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Two Ward 3 neighborhoods celebrated new streetlights and crime-prevention efforts with Councilwoman Karin Uhlich last month at a recognition ceremony and ice cream social.

Oak Flower residents celebrated the installation of 69 streetlights in a portion of their neighborhood. Dodge Flower residents were recognized for their one-year partnership in crime- and methamphetamine-prevention efforts through the Tucson Neighbors Building Community program.

"Our neighborhoods improve when several key components come into play," Uhlich said in a press release. "Here, we have neighbors willing to take active roles in making their areas a better place to live."

The streetlight project was made possible by the Pima County Neighborhood Reinvestment fund. It cost about $500,000.

The boundaries of Oak Flower are Monte Vista Drive to the north, Columbus Boulevard to the east, Alvernon Way to the west and Grant Road to the south.

Dodge Flower is bounded by Glenn Street to the north, Alvernon Way to the east, up to but not including Palo Verde Boulevard to the west and Grant Road to the south.

The American Legion Auxiliary national organization raised money for injured service members in multiple-trauma units across the country.

Of that, $5,570 was presented to the Southern Arizona VA Health Care System last month.

The legion raised the money through donations collected from its members.

Kathleen Lohse, assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Arizona, is looking for volunteers to measure rain.

Rainlog.org is a project led by Gary Woodard of Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas and Mike Crimmins, associate professor, to track where and when rain falls in the area. "It could be called a 'citizen science' project because the scientists are enlisting the help of ordinary citizens to help collect the data necessary to answer scientific questions," Lohse said in an e-mail.

Lohse will use the Rainlog data in her larger project that is focused on possible trade-offs between urban runoff and water quality. Researchers will also track runoff and water quality along Arroyo Chico and other washes.

To volunteer, contact Lohse at klohse@email.arizona.edu or call her at 621-1432 or Erika Gallo, doctoral student in the UA's Department of Hydrology and Water Resources, at 390-5770.

For more information about the project visit the Web site http://ag.arizona.edu/srnr/ research/wr/lohse/LohseLab. 

Eight grants totaling about $25,000 were awarded by the Central Arizona Project to non-profits that provide educational programs on water and environmental resources.

The recipients are Natural Resource Education Center, $5,000,; Pima County Parklands Foundation, $1,000; Arizona Hydrological Society, $1,600; Arizona Nursery Association Foundation, $1,500; East Maricopa Resource Education Center, $4,000; Tucson Pima Arts Council, $3,000; and University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center, $4,000, to update the Arizona water map and $4,925 to support its teacher workshops.