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JULY/AUGUST 2012 Vol. 29 No. 7 An Open Forum publication allowing all voices to be heard since 1983

ARIVACA YESTERDAYS Roads: Sasabe Road, Arivaca-Sasabe Road & Fraguita Road

by Mary Noon Kasulaitis

hen automobiles began to be produced so that people could buy them, some of the more well-off ranchers in the Altar Valley began petitioning for an improved road from Robles Ranch (now Three Points) to Sasabe. La Osa, Sturges, Ronstadt, Anvil and Coberley ranches found themselves far away from civilization, but not too far if they just had a passable road to Tucson. In addition, a good road to the port-of-entry at Sasabe would increase Mexican business. The Escalante family’s Sasabe Mercantile also would benefit. Anyone who drives that way has noticed the size of the Altar Wash by the time it gets to the King’s Anvil Ranch. You can attribute this to an early wagon road that went down the valley and eventually eroded out. A good road was necessary. When the road bonds were approved in 1919, they included “a properly graded and drained road, with permanent waterways, from a point

near Robles ranch, in a southerly direction to the International Boundary line.” At this point, they were asking for $110,000 for the Sasabe Road, but as we saw last month, it wouldn’t be enough, and the asking amount eventually became $315,000 which would provide a gravel surface. Once the approval had been voted on, the ranchers and mining companies started chomping at the bit to get the road done and done right! A number of ranchers and mining companies did not like the “mud flat” route chosen by the Highway Commission, and hired a surveyor of their own. They preferred an upland route closer to the foothills of the Sierrita Mountains, which they said would be the same cost, in the long run, and even shorter. However, the Commission went the less expensive way, ignoring the 28 petitioners, and chose the “mud flat” route, finishing the survey by May of 1920. Too bad they can’t see how close the Altar Wash is now to the road as it goes by the Palo Alto Ranch.

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The interested parties included a number of companies in the Altar Valley in Mexico, as reported by the Tucson Citizen. Who would have thought that almost a hundred years later the road from Sasabe to Altar would still be unpaved! Although it is officially called the Sasabe Road, at one point it was referred to as the San FernandoTucson Road. Tucson’s Fronterizo newspaper described the construction of the Sasabe road: in May of 1921: three camps were established on the different sections between the Palo Alto Ranch and King’s. Great groups of workers were trying to keep ahead of the summer rainy season. A new bridge crossing Arivaca Creek was almost finished. Their worries were warranted, because in August it washed out and had to be repaired. Construction of the highway did not make it an official County road. After more petitions and paperwork was filed, the Sasabe Road became a County Highway in Dec of 1927.

The Arivaca-Sasabe Road was not part of the initial road building projects of 1919-21. It existed, however, as an old road that had once been a trail going from the Arivaca store towards the Buenos Aires Ranch and Sasabe, past the Wilbur Ranch and the Figueroa Ranch. Once it passed the Arivaca Creek and went up on the foothills, it was easy for it to be extended straight (more or less) to the newly created Sasabe Road. Petitioners in 1928 included the Bogans, Bernardo Caviglia, Arthur Noon, Demetrio Amado, AR Wilbur, Manuel Gonzales and Matildo Campas. On an early map it was called Wilbur Highway, but since any number of people lived along this road, not just Wilburs, it was designated Arivaca-Sasabe Road and officially established in 1928. You would think that this County action would be the end of things, but we find in the record a letter and petition of 1937 asking for a road to be constructed. A whole new list of petitioners signed on, including the Brouses, the Continued on Page 2

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Thin Paper by Maggie M. I ran out of space so meeting and event notices were not included. An article and a poem or two were also put into the September folder. I appreciate people contributing to the paper and I do endeavor to get everything sent in - in. But it's a matter of economics and the only guaranteed placement is for paid ads. So, if you buy an ad, I'll have more revenue to pay for more pages and then I'll be able to get everything in. It's a vicious circle. This is a double issue for July and August. The next edition will be in September. Enjoy the rains.

Jack Walls, Mary Noon Kasulaitis, Buddy Valenzuela, Alice Shepard Allen, Pam Osborne, Terry Jaurequi Lindeman, Ron Weyenberg, Carolina Oros, Robert Salcido, Olivia Oros and Frank Weyenberg got together on June 22 to celebrate their years together at the Old Sopori School during the 50s & 60s. The Old Sopori his month (and next) at Sweet Peas Cafe School was located half-way along Arivaca Road where the Walking J Farm is now. It was built in 1927 and close in the 1970s. It remained standing for another 20 years and was then demolished.

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Arivaca Yesterdays Kinmans, A.J. Hubbell, L.P. Merriman, the Pachecos, and almost 100 more! Complicating the issue was an action in 1932 by Charlie Boice in which he fenced off the road, forcing people to use a trail along the foothills. There was an outcry about this, which shows that the County’s initial establishment of the road wasn’t initially enforced. A 1937 letter from the County Attorney pointed out to Charlie and the Chiricahua Land and Cattle Company that he couldn’t fence off an official road and must remove the fences, or at least provide cattle guards. Part of the problem was that the Arivaca Townsite wasn’t fenced, but cattle were running around, and there was some issue about the County’s responsibility to put in and maintain a cattleguard on the road. The Fraguita Road (a.k.a. Tres Bellotas Road) became an official Pima County Road in 1939. Once again, petitioners brought the matter up: a commonly used

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road, in this case to some mining claims, needed to be maintained for public use. The Edgehill Equipment Company had been trying to haul out ore and their truck slid off the road and “escaped going over a precipice by the narrowest of margins… at last report, the truck man was stuck somewhere on the grade, with a load of ore.” But the County was only responsible for the part within its jurisdiction, which is only about 2 miles from town to the Coronado National Forest fence line. Probably the precipice was further south, inside the Forest. At any rate, the road was established and is still being maintained by County grader to this day. References: The Tucson Daily Citizen and a special thanks to Claire Rosales-Logue, of the Pima County Department of Transportation.

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Harmful Border Legislation

Why Republican?

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J. Wilson, Green Valley, Az. A wag once said, “There are two types of Republicans, millionaires and suckers.” I have found, now more than ever, this observation to be true. I have never registered as a Republican, but in my early voting career, I did cast a ballot or two for Republican candidates. Of course this was back when Republican candidates had a mind of their own, had some good ideas, and listened to their constituents instead of pandering to the clutch of screaming fear-mongers and Christian “religionists” that drive the Republican Party today. You have to be in deep denial to think someone like Willard “Mitt” is going to do you any favors if he becomes President. His constituency consists of: a.) The filthy rich or b.) large corporations. (“Corporations are people, my friends.”) This man is so far removed from the everyday of you and me, he cannot even dress casually without looking ridiculous. He’s incapable of offering a simple compliment to a small business baker who volunteered to bake cookies for one of Mitt’s rallies in March. I cannot conceive why this man, who has so much money he will never be able to spend it all, wants to be President of the United States. Then I think…. he wants more…. more money for him and his rich buddies. He is willing to let you and I take on a higher tax burden while he and his cronies squirrel away, tax free, their lucre in the Cayman Isles, or Swiss bank accounts. Wall Street loves Mitt! The Wall Street criminal element has plowed more money into Mitt’s campaign than any candidate in history! Didn’t the Tea Party at one time rail against the coziness of Wall Street and the Federal Government? So if you consider yourself Tea Party shouldn’t you be putting up a big rebellion about Mitt’s incestuous relationship with Wall Street?

With the wealth Mitt has, why run for President? Why not simply fade into the background? Go enjoy your mansions. Is it ego? Social validation? His rationale may not be apparent, but there is one thing for sure. He is not in it to help the people of this country. And why be such a pathological liar? Mormons that I’ve known don’t have the guile Mitt the Mormon exhibits. If he’s not lying about the President’s record, or a perceived Doomsday scenario brought on by this president, he’s lying about his record at Bain Capital, or lying about doing his own laundry. Mitt Romney has no concept what concerns the ordinary citizen of the United States. This vulture capitalist panders to the Extreme Right of the Republican Party in a series of 180 degree spins, that makes your head twist off. His economic plan is the “W” Bush plan on steroids. Look how well that worked out for the country. As for the Tea Party Republicans running for office…any office.. they’ve hijacked a party that now lists so far to the right their erstwhile savior, Ronald Reagan would be laughed off the debate platform. Those who identify themselves as Tea Partiers are corporate bootlicks deluding themselves into thinking they as a group will bring about a magic revolution that will take this country back to the greatness of 1900?, 1850? 1776? The Dark Ages? The only thing they are accomplishing, is moving us backward in time, and closer to fascism. Republicans are pulling us into an abyss most of us thought we’d emerged from years ago. They are sacrificing the country in an attempt to ruin a Presidency. A laundry list of sins knitted into their political fabric demonstrates the scorched- earth policies:

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egislation passed in the Republican dominated House of Representatives that will waive 36 environmental, cultural, due process and public transparency laws on all lands within 100 miles of both US borders and assign control of all federal public lands to the Department of Homeland Security, giving the agency unchecked authority over our parks, forests, grasslands, monuments and wilderness areas. Formerly HR 1505, the cynically named “National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act,” hands Border Patrol the keys to all federal public lands nationwide and gives the agency unchecked power to construct roads, walls, surveillance equipment, militarystyle forward operating bases or any other tactical infrastructure virtually anywhere on public lands. It also specifically waives the Endangered Species Act,

the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Wilderness Act, Clean Water Act, National Historic Preservation Act, and over thirty other federal laws on all lands within 100 miles of both the southern and northern borders. This extreme legislation has been folded into a much larger bill, HR 2578, which is an omnibus package of 14 unrelated bills. The House of Representatives passed it and it's on the way to the Senate. Please contact your senators and stop this extreme overreach. This bill is does not address the needs of the Border Patrol, but is instead an attempt to gut the legislaive protection of our environment that has taken decades to put in place. No one wins with this latest assault except those who view protecting the environment as a road-block to profit.

Towels by Maggie Milinovitch Hand towels, dish towels, bath towels and beach towels – everyone has them, but there is a good deal to consider in a towel - if you stop to think about them. I, probably like most folks, had used towels for as long as I can remember without ever giving any dedicated thought to them. However, while folding laundry specifically a towel, my mindless task musings were interrupted by a remembered quote, “A towel . . . is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have.” It’s from Douglas Adams’ Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in which Ford admonishes Arthur to never leave home without his towel. So I pondered the towel’s many and varied contributions to humanity. For example, when going for a picnic on the beach, one can use a towel as an insulating blanket for the cooler. Then, spread it on the sand as a tablecloth. Fold it up to use as a pillow for an aftermeal siesta. Jump in the lake for a quick swim and dry off with the towel. Not looking too good in your swimsuit – wrap it around your pulchritude and it becomes a functional garment. If the seat in the car has overheated from the sun, the towel can be employed as a seat cover. That’s six uses in a brief summer’s afternoon. Towels are endlessly useful around children: as an emergency diaper, blanket, car-window sun-blocker, or folded ii serves as a booster seat at the dinner table. Its uses are only limited by our willingness to cope with a problem as it arises, our

imagination and ready access to a towel. I have at various heat-stressed times wet a towel and hung it in a window where a breeze was blowing into the house. I’ve also wet, wrung out and draped one over my torso so I could sleep in cool comfort –towels make fine evaporative coolers. Having a bad day – put a towel over your head and gently press two corners into your ears and it becomes an isolation chamber. Besides its conventional uses, a towel can be a substitute hat, laundry bag, wet-hair turban, suitcase, harvest basket, curtain, umbrella, distress signal flag, a liner for a kitten box, bathmat, hot or cold compress, isometric exercise resistance band and it will dry just about everything but a large body of water. Since a towel is such a tremendously useful resource, I wonder why we all don’t have a monogrammed towel-carrying bag slung over our shoulder at all times. Which is an interesting idea for a new cottage industry! Making towel carriers – again provided by the humble, indispensible towel.

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War on Us All

Campfire Tales:

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Our Week at Huachuca Oaks

by Ceth and Jaycee Johnson

ello and welcome to Huachuca Oaks the camp for kids just like us. If you go, you get to stay there for a week. Isn’t that great? This time G’ma said we didn’t have to team write and we could each tell our story. This is the Jaycee story. I interviewed Sheriff Dan, the man who makes the camp possible. We call him Sheriff Dan because he is a retired sheriff. Sheriff Dan told me that Huachuca Oaks camp was founded by four churches back in 1965. That was a really long time ago. Sheriff Dan worked there as a counselor from 1973 to 1981. He came back to manage the camp in 2009. Every day there were fun activities like swimming, archery, target

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practice with bb guns, caving, hiking and an obstacle course. At night we played games like capture the flag. We stayed in cabins and slept on army cots. Each cabin had a counselor with a camp name. For instance, my cabin’s counselor was called Bass and we had to guess what his real name was. Well, we finally found out his name is Jimmie. This was Bass’s first year on the job. None of the counselors get paid so I asked him why he did it. Bass said that he enjoyed the work because he gets to get away from reality for a while plus he loves kids. I had a great time at camp. I made some good friends, found some neat rocks in an old mine, and got to do a lot of swimming. Now it is Ceth’s turn. This is the Ceth story. My camp was called the Rucker’s Expedition and it was an extraordinary experience. Huachuca Oaks is a beautiful place and it is good for my heart and soul. I was in the adventure camp. We were all over Southern Arizona. The first day was so exciting. We

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I’d shout for repentance.... “The end is near.” But, repentance is not possible for the psychopaths who make the wars we all fear. There is no soul, no concept of guilt, no shame. There is no complete human to hear logic or pain– only an empty shell of greed which will not hear, nor see, nor feel, nor understand its lack of humanity.

got there, signed up and the adventure began. As soon as my parents left, we were all ready to go mountain biking. My best friend, Clay, fell but he was okay. The next day we went to the San Pedro River and played. Wow! Wednesday, we went biking on Mount Lemon in the Santa Catalina Mountains but Spud, my counselor, would only let us ride up. I wanted to ride down but Spud said “noooooo”. That’s okay because we got to repel down cliffs. It was fun but making yourself go over the edge is tough. After all that we went to Rocks and Ropes and climbed. That was great! Thursday, we stayed at camp and swam. We also got to use the zip lines. They also let us sleep. Friday was the last day but we made the best of it and on Friday night we had a big camp fire and talked about all the good times and all the times that were not so good.

Of what wars do I speak? The Wars of a thousand fronts: War on Peace War on Women War on Hispanics War on Blacks War on GLBTs War on the Poor and Middle Classes War on Truth War on Democracy and Freedom War on the Homeless War on the Sick and Disabled War on the Old War on Public Education War on Social Security and Medicare War on all who want Work and a Good Wage War on Us All. We real persons have long been led astray by those who have always wanted to enslave us, hold us as indentured servants, serfs or victimized “illegals” and to pay us a fraction of the minimum wage to multiply their insanely greedy profits. Chinese sweat shops working for multi-national corporations illegally pay workers only 22 cents per hour, while Walmart and other companies demand that the goods produced must be made for lower and still lower costs.

Saturday morning we held our paper plate awards ceremony. I was given the fast and furious award for my repelling and Jaycee got the Brainiak award but I don’t know why. It was a happy and sad kind of morning. Huachuca Oaks was great and I hope we can go again next year. We were able to go because of a scholarship from the Arivaca Christian Center. They will give scholarships to kids who want to attend; just call them at 3982825. The camps are still going on and you can find out more about them on the Internet at http:// huachucaoaks.com/ .

Why is this done? It is greed, my friends. Insane, psychopathic, inhuman, corporate greed.

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Voter suppression. Eliminating reproductive rights. Contraceptive rights (women’s only). De-funding education. Denying science/Promoting superstition and ignorance. Diluting workers rights. Destroying Social Security. Destroying Medicare. Legislative obstructionism.

Absolutely no one refers to the Republican agenda as “progress” or “enlightened.” Anal retentive is a term that can be used in association with their regressive tax stance. Troglodytes can be used in reference

to their social policies. Republicans have so few issues left standing that they fall back on - guns, god, gays the trio of trump cards. But they are beginning to show cracks on some of these issues when the hypocritical mirror is held up to them. A word to Joe Six-Pack: do yourself and your family a favor, don’t let the Republicans pull the Tea Party wool over your eyes, it’s bad for your economic health, your family’s economic health, and the economic health of this nation. If you vote Republican and you’re not a millionaire, then you’re a……

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by Maggie Milinovitch Amado is a community divided by an interstate highway running through the middle of it and further by county lines – the northern areas of Lakewood, Elephant Head, and Arivaca Junction are in Pima County while Amado Territory and Old Amado are in Santa Cruz County. But divisions do not occur in the community spirit of cooperation to accomplish a goal. The recently opened Amado Youth Center, as an effort to keep their kids away from drugs and help them find a better path in life, is a great example of cooperation of business, churches, government, not-for-profit agencies and private individuals.

The Center is on the Arivaca Road side of the Cow Palace complex. It had been used in recent years for storage but with volunteer help, including lots of kid power, it has been cleaned and remodeled into a great space for kids to gather. At the opening ceremonies on June 8th there were over 120 people gathered to celebrate the event. Speeches were made, thanks were expressed and the air of accomplishment was evident in many faces. A lovely buffet was provided by Kristofer’s Catering, Longhorn Grill, BK Outlaw BBQ, and the Cow Palace. JoAnn Corneliusen is the Youth Coordinator. She said the goals of the Center are: Drug use prevention, learning life skills, citizenship and leadership. There will be mentoring programs, a Clean & Sober theater group, workshops with drug counselors and a safe place to meet with friends. There is also a program for giving each student a backpack filled with the supplies they will need when school starts up. Currently the hours are 3 to 6 pm, 3 days a week with monthly events on Friday or Saturday. Stop by and have a look.

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n 2011 Governor Jan Brewer signed a proclamation naming the Colonial Spanish as Arizona’s Heritage Horse. As it happens, this horse hails from Arivaca so I decided to write a story from my childhood about these horses and their interesting owner. The fact that these horses survived their isolation in Arivaca is absolutely amazing to me Eva Antonia Wilbur-Cruce was a very colorful character in Arivaca and owner of these horses. Colorful meaning she went to prison for horse rustling; she could shoot as good as anyone earning the nickname La Pistolara. Bonnie, as some called her, was also a scrapper and she fought with

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the ranchers in the valley over land and her “Rock Horses.” These hardy horses had been in her family since the 1870’s and descended from the Spanish Barbs that came from Spain in the 1600’s. They remained with her until 1989 when she sold the ranch to The Nature Conservancy. The American Livestock Breeds Conservancy got involved with the horses to protect the breed. Eva later wrote a book, “A Beautiful, Cruel country” in 1987 and the rest is history.

In 1956 I was 11, horse crazy (still am) and lived in Arivaca. My friends and I had spent a great day at our special place we called Horse Paradise. On our ride home we discussed in hushed tones how we should go about turning Eva’s poor skinny horses loose for food and water. Both of which were not available to them on a consistent basis. We just had to do something. Helping those horses became a mission for the four of us. They were so skinny it made us cry. But our parents had warned us repeatedly not to go around Eva’s place. We couldn’t help it. It was on our way to our favorite spot, so we started to scheme. We lay on our backs for hours in the soft grass watching the light filter through the big cottonwoods, our horses cropped the grass and we developed a plan. We knew the stories about Eva and knew we had to be really careful. We reasoned that on one hand was our fear of the belt if we got caught, but on the other hand, those horses needed us. Kids were pretty fearless in the 50’s and left to our own we thought we were pretty clever. It never occurred to us that it would be Eva who might catch us. The plan was that Pam and I would spy on Eva. I don’t know if we were brave or just stupid. We would find out when she was gone and which gate to use to free the horses. We would report back then decide when to turn the horses loose. That afternoon when Judith and Mary took off for home, Pam and I rode toward Eva’s ranch. We didn’t talk because I think we were both a little scared; I know I was. I had plans for my quick escape if I had to make a run for it. In our life Eva was a scary lady to say the least. Best to be prepared - that was my Girl Scout training kicking in. We left our horses, Beauty and Duke, tied to a mesquite just off Sasabe Road so they wouldn’t

be seen. We hunkered down and crept on hands and knees toward the ranch house. It was made of sun-baked adobe bricks with two little windows in back. It was late afternoon and I remember it took us a long time to make it to the back of the house. My mouth was dry and the shadows were getting long as we approached Eva’s house. Since Pam was taller than me, I told her she had to look in the window. Either that or she had to boost me up. She did the looking. Little by little inching up the wall to look in and it was pretty dark inside because the front door was closed and the windows were small. All she could see was one chair, one plate, one spoon and a cup on an old wood table in the middle of the room. Now we were sure she was weird - one of everything? I heard our horses nicker behind us and hoped they stayed put. But so far so good. All was quiet and no Eva in sight. We got on our hands and knees and crawled along the back of the house toward the horse pens and the gates. I remember we were very quiet as we crawled along, but it was too quiet. As we rounded the corner of the house we looked toward the horse pens. We could see the first gate, the one closest to us, and it looked like a cinch to open. The porch was clear except for an old chair but the front door of the house was now standing open. No sooner had that registered in my little kid brain and life exploded around us. I heard a women scream from somewhere behind us, “Ya damned sneaky kids I’m gonna shoot ya.” Pam and I both swiveled around to look back at the same time and there stood Eva with a shotgun. She was silhouetted against the sun. Her hat was flat brimmed and her hair glittered as it poked out from underneath. She wore a long skirt and a large shirt. She just stood there looking with that shot gun pointed straight at us. She was the scariest thing I had ever seen in my life. We took off like we were shot. The next thing I remember is my butt on Beauty. Pam and I hit the Sasabe Road at high gallop with dirt flying in all directions. Beauty and Duke didn’t slow down until we came to the corner of the Sasabe and Ruby Road at Hack Townsends store. Our parents didn’t find out … and the skinny horses stayed skinny. So my congratulations to the”Rock Horses” of Arizona. A big Happy Birthday Arizona, and as for Eva… “I figure if a girl wants to be a legend, she should go ahead and be one.” ~Calamity Jane Happy trails

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When to Eat Your Pets

Stewart & Laurel Loew

hose of you who read my journals know about many of the animals who live here on the farm. I love it when people visit and ask about Waddle, the turkey hen or Cody, the horse. Once during a festival I overheard two women as they were looking out into the pasture at the cows and trying to identify Cyrus the bull. The most talked about critter here on the farm this spring and summer has been Flash, the sheep. Some of you may recall that Flash was a twin lamb born two springs ago that was rejected by his mother. Flash moved into the house where he slept on the floor of my room with the dogs. He was bottle fed formula four or five times a day and trotted around with his surrogate mom, Patches, the sheep dog. Flash was about the cutest thing ever! He had a darling overbite and enjoyed going on walks. My son played with him daily, amused by the way little Flash would butt against his fist with his tiny forehead where budding horns were barely protruding. When I posted pictures of Flash on the Farm’s Facebook page, I had more “likes” than anything I had posted before. My older sister, who doesn’t have children, called him her baby and called regularly to be sure I was caring for him to her standards. When Flash was a month and a half old, and his messes too much to handle, he moved out of our house and into the petting zoo where small goats and another hand-raised lamb lived. He was wonderful with the kids who came to the farm for the Pumpkin Festival - letting them pet and kiss him all day long and gently butting them to play. After the festival, Flash was put in with his original family, the sheep. It was a little painful to see him get knocked around by the flock as the “new guy” found his place in the pecking order. He was getting big, though, and his horns had grown in, so soon he established himself as a well-respected member of the group.

The flock wintered in a corral where early spring babies would be safest from predators. We paid little attention to Flash, other than giving him the occasional scratch on the forehead through the fence. Spring field trips, Easter on the Farm and other events required our petting zoo be up and running, and Flash – now almost fully grown, was returned to the pen that is dominated by goats. It seemed to make perfect sense – though he was large, Flash loved people and would be the perfect ambassador to his species. School children could pet his wooly coat while I talked about scarves and sweaters. From a “real” farmer’s perspective, keeping a male sheep makes no sense. One ram is all that is needed and neutered males are merely hay-burners. Having Flash “earn his keep” as an educational animal was his ticket to longevity. Or could have been. When my new interns started describing the horrors of handling Flash, I didn’t take it seriously, “He loves people,” I explained, “and is just trying to play with you.” Soon Amanda and Desarae were comparing bruises and scratches inflicted by sweet Flash and there was no more denying the situation. It was during a kiddie-party that Flash’s fate was sealed. I had asked the family to wait for me before entering the petting zoo so that I could separate Flash from the group, but before I knew what was happening, a dozen or more folks – toddlers included, were opening the gate. I ran as fast as I could (not very fast) and tried to cheerfully stop them without scaring anyone – picture me running, smiling and shouting. I was about 3 seconds too late. Flash had successfully butted over a six-year-old and was standing triumphantly on the child when I arrived to hear the poor boy’s screams. The parents were very nice about the whole thing, but I am afraid that there is one more child in the world who will forever be terrified of farm animals. After the kid was dusted off and extracted from the scene, the rest of the kids loved on Flash through the fence where butting was not possible. Flash loved it! Problems with the now big and not-so-cute woolly beast escalated when the flock started going out to pasture for the day. Usually the

whole group blindly follows behind old Charlie while Patches the sheep dog brings up the rear. Flash didn’t see the point. He has little loyalty to his species and has absolutely no respect for the dog who had played “mommy” for almost two months. Patches is utterly embarrassed when Flash turns and rams the dog for attempting to do his one job on the farm. When people intervene, it is an “at your own risk” proposition. I still believe that Flash – now a full-grown ram – only wants to play, but he plays rough! The only way I have found to control him is to grab him by the horns and drag him out to pasture. While last year’s interns adored Flash, this year’s group is Googling mutton recipes. It was on sheepshearing day that the bruised and battered crew enjoyed a little retribution. Flash went first and in 10 minutes or so was transformed from a mighty, wooly ram, with thick chocolate brown fur to a skinny hairless wonder that the remaining sheep refused to recognize. The clippers broke with him being the only one with a new hairdo and for days the other members

of the flock either shunned him or bullied him into hiding. For our intern, Amanda, it was a justifiable punishment. As of this journal entry, Flash is still with us, but his days are numbered. It is incredible to me that I can hand raise an adorable lamb and get to a place where I am okay with having him made into sausage, but I am ready. I don’t think Flash will be on the menu for our August Dinner on the Farm, but we will be having one. Check our website for more information, www.agualindafarm. net

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Heritage Gardens

season Tarenta Baldeschi

istory was made last month, June 2012. At Avalon Organic Gardens and EcoVillage we harvested 3 acres of Sonoran Winter Wheat, a variety that was originally introduced to this area by Father Kino in the late 17th century. Several farms in Santa Cruz and Pima County grew and harvested the same wheat varieties as a Heritage Grain Collaborative that involved sharing seeds, equipment, knowledge, research, outreach and marketing. (Visit this website to see photos and for additional information: http:// www.nativeseeds.org/index.php/ community/blog/entry/heritagegrains-project-kicks-off-withmeeting-at-avalon-organic-gardens) From the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century the Sonoran Desert on both sides of the border was the main supplier of Sonoran

Winter Wheat for both countries. But then the variety disappeared and was replaced by “improved” and hybridized seed for better yields. The small to medium size farmers and grain growers couldn’t compete with the mass production operations that required the yearly purchase of seeds, fertilizer, pesticides and insecticides, and of course bigger and more expensive machinery. Sixty or more mills shut down for a variety of reasons including the bigger and harder grain wasn’t compatible. There is more to this story, and a book is in the making.

varieties of all vegetables, herbs and grains. If you think of your own heritage, either genetically through your family history or where you grew up and lived, you have memories of how food should taste and look.

As gardeners don’t limit yourself to the mainstream potted plants or seeds available in supermarkets and commercial retail stores. For decades now, we at Avalon Organic Gardens have been planting seed varieties from all over the world— including the Americas—to see how they adapt to each climate zone. Seeds that are grown year Do you enjoy the very large Sonoran after year, and that find stability white wheat tortillas? They are in their adaption to this desert, are unique to this desert, and they saved. Heritage varieties bring old are our heritage of this area. You and new flavors to our culture. In don’t find them elsewhere. By the blending of many races on this reintroducing this wheat to the main planet, new tastes develop and market, we preserve this heritage interesting history is made. food and its tastes. For us as a We encourage all of you to become community, it is one more forward engaged in this movement. Every step towards sustainable living. month new books are published Just think of the many varieties on this subject, and all of them of hot peppers, tomatoes, corn, have something significant to sunflowers, amaranth, and much share. The excitement of making more that have their origin and/ healthy, locally, and organicallyor history here. There are seeds grown heritage foods available available from Native Seeds for people is gaining momentum. Search as well as many other You too can become gardeners and alternative seed savers who consumers of such fantastic foods. are also offering heritage If you can’t grow them yourself,

go and find your local farms and community gardens—like Avalon Organic Gardens and EcoVillage— and support them. Inspired cooks can become CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) members and get weekly shares of the harvest—we offer it all year round. We are also delivering to Green Valley and Tucson, as well as Tubac and Tumacacori throughout the year as well. Find out more by calling our CSA office line: (520) 403-4207. Sign up on our mailing list for the weekly “Hands in the Soil” Newsletter that shares stories of what is happening here—and elsewhere. Learn and participate by coming out to Avalon Gardens to plant seeds, transplant, mulch, weed, and water. “Hands in the Soil” mornings are each Tuesday and Thursday from 7-9 a.m. and are great learning, cultural, and heritage experiences. You will feel more connected to this special land you have chosen to live in. Besides reading about sustainable gardening, another way to learn is to take of tour of Avalon Organic Gardens, Farm and Ranch (520) 6039932 where we will show and point out the different cycles of each plant. See you soon, Tarenta Baldeschi (Change Agent)

The Littlest Birds Folk Duo Friday, August 24, at 7:00 PM, Global Change Multi-Media presents The Littlest Birds folk duo from California at the Tubac Plaza Main Stage.

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The Littlest Birds combine the cello, banjo, with smooth harmonies for a show you won’t want to miss. Sharon Martinson and Dave Huebner, classically trained musicians have been making music their entire lives before coming together to create The Littlest Birds.

Coming from a small mountain town in the Eastern Sierra of California, The Littlest Birds have been stretching their wings on long national tours, playing more than 150 shows over some 25,000 miles of highway in less than two years.

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Mountains

questions never meant to be asked

What is it about mountains that calls us? Is it their seeming permanence in light Of our fleeting presence on this earth, The mysterious places just beyond our view Their beauty illuminated by the rising or setting sun?

for eons a silent Creation procreated--dumb and speechless

Perhaps the answer is different for each of us

at last came a Creature which asked the questions never meant to be asked

For me, I do not feel called to hike the trails Ford the streams or climb the peaks Just the sight each day, against the morning sky, Of “my” mountains speaks to some place Deep within me and brings peace to my spirit

how could something come from nothing from whence do we come and why --G. Joseph Moody, Green Valley

Pitiful Poets

Teresa Goorian

SEA-CHANGE A whole new world lies just ahead. Adrift from the past, arms outspread I am tossed on a roiling sea, Filled with hope – and uncertainty. What, I wonder, Will become of me? When will these waters cease to swirl? When will I open the window To an olive-leaf , rainbow world?

Joyce Kilmer.....one of the “only-the-good-die-young” poets .....born in 1886.....reluctantly left life at but thirty-two..... he wrote..... “I think that I shall never see..... a poem as lovely as a tree....a tree whose hungry mouth is pressed..... against sweet earth’s flowing breast” then too..... it has been proposed.....that if a thousand busy monkeys..... playing on typewriters .....(today they would play on personal computers) that they would eventually compose.....buried beneath countless reams of paper.....or hidden within mountains of virtual data .....one of Shakespeare’s sublime sonnets nevertheless..... we would-be poets.....struggling at our craft .....ruefully accept Kilmer’s last stanza.... “but poems are made by fools like me...... but only God....can make a tree”.....and yet we fools still try. Robert C.Barnacastle,Tubac

Tether Your love is like a tether Holding me to the ground. Without it, I would fly away, Never to be found. My life has changed in so many ways Each unwelcome loss Causes me to want to slip away Into the earth and moss. I wish sometimes you all didn’t care So I could escape my pain. Other times I thank you all For keeping me here and sane. My legs burn; I am so tired, Everything is hard to do. My sense of humor bit the dust, My joy in life is through. My only hope is that some day I’ll heal and be well again, For now, I ask you,”Don’t let go!” I need your help, my friends. Jan Gaylord

Springtime Antics In spring, desert creatures Are off to the races Bunnies in abundance Share our spaces As they bound along the trails, Exploring new places We often see their tails And seldom see their faces

Teresa Goorian

Noah/Loretta Carmickle

Sphinx

SPIKED Cross section: square. Color: brown-black. Creosoted for permanence. Tough ties that last. Just one design flaw crept into the works: Though the linked iron rails can’t separate now, neither can they touch.

That old pharaoh who built the sphinx, the Gutsam Borgland of his time, how did he do it? With no earth movers, no power drills nor dynamite, no virtual plans on his computer. It took lots of elbow grease, (not his of course), acres of sand; it was slave intensive. Did he have a model made, a sketch on papyrus, perhaps a life mask, with gooey plaster on his face? G. Joseph Moody, Green Valley

I Live in Harmony Life is very good for me. I am where i ought to be. My life is like a great song which is going to be long. It is like a symphony which lasts an eternity. It is a love song from God. which has given me the nod. I feel i have been selected and not merely elected. If i cannot name the song, I know God has never been wrong. This song is a melody which God is singing to me. Walt Abbott

Judgement I pray that on the Day of Judgment the Creator will look upon my years with kindness, But here and now, I judge myself and acknowledge all faults and emotional blindness, That brought needless pain and sadness To those who looked to me for support and gladness. My time that remains I swear to treat as a treasure, To be spent in taking honest measure, Something I cannot do alone, But must call upon the love of my dear ones so that I may truly atone. Jerry Belenker

Poetry 4 July 2022 where will we be 10 years from now will you or I be on stage and come out for a bow or will age overtake us leaving us behind in the quest for love and riches what will we find maybe it is gold that we secretly seek or maybe the world will be ours as the downtrodden and meek or maybe it is love that we seek or the golden white dove that will bring us peace but for now we are here and our world is full of fear let us take time this 4 July 2012 to think only of what we now hold dear john j kazlauskas

Infinite Ballroom I saw that thin shell of moon last night, A curve of closed eye as she winks, a slight, Silvery, shining, teasing of love, A thinnest, fine line of silver above. I’ve been watching Venus and Jupiter dance, Pleides twirl, Saturn take chance, With Mercury leaving the night early, for some, For him, enough! He ‘s already done! Black velvet draperies, by Starlight, An Infinite ballroom, to the edge of the night, Moonlight so elusively changing, like you, Like me, like us, like all that we do, Twirling and spinning through life and through Love, Heaven around us, not just above, Do our planetary Dancers know where they are going? Do we? are we all just spinning, not Knowing? To caught up in the Dance, a joyful delight, To land winded and exhausted in the arms of the Night Jan Gaylord

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Around Arivaca By Mary Kasulaitis

Library News

Upcoming programs for adults and teens: “The Undocumented Migration Project (what archaeology can tell us about migration)” is about a Field School led by anthropologist Jason De Leon from the University of Michigan. He and his students will present a program on this Project on Saturday, July 14 at 2 pm at the Old Schoolhouse. He is anxious to share their work with the greater Arivaca community. Local author Yale Wishnick, Ed.D. will present his thoughtprovoking new book From a Culture of Dependency to a Culture of Success, in which he encourages the American people towards positive change and independence. Join Yale in this conversation on August 4 at 1 pm at the Old Schoolhouse. Poetry Night at the Library will be Saturday, August 11 at 6:30 pm. The theme is “10 Acres.” You can do with that what you will! September 8 at 1 pm in the Arivaca Library, writer Marge Pellegrino will present a writing and art workshop for teens and adults: “Someday.” We’ll listen to Charlotte Zolotow’s book and create our own Someday book Summer Reading for kids, teens and adults goes from May 24 –

Election Notice

The Arivaca Fire District hereby notifies the registered voters of all precincts within the Arivaca Fire District that 2 (two) vacancies will occur on the Arivaca Fire Board at the General Election on November 6, 2012. The last date for candidates to file petitions for these positions is August 8, 2012 at 5 pm at the Pima County Elections Center located at 6550 S. Country Club Road, Tucson, AZ 85756.

July 21! Because 2012 is Arizona’s Centennial, our theme this year is Our State, Our Story! Children, Teens and Adults, too! Come by the Library and pick up your passport and get started reading and doing fun activities. You can start anytime! How about NOW! Besides reading….. The mostly children’s Librarysponsored programs are at 1 pm at the Arivaca Community Center: Friday, July 6: The Science of Magic! By Mad Science Wed., July 11: Tohono Chul’s Desert Players Performance: Dancing with the Animals!

Training Workshop

oin us on July 4th after the parade to celebrate the opening of the Humanitarian Aid Office. Come enjoy some sweet treats and learn about resources available at the office for community members and travelers. The office is located between the Merc and the Artists' Coop. See you on the 4th!

Seed Library

Pima County Public Library now checks out seeds! The Seed Library’s mission is to help nurture a thriving community of gardeners. In addition to providing access to free seeds, we hope to help support gardeners and seed savers, from beginner to expert, through the process of growing. See the Pima County Public Library’s website for a link to the Seed Library; www. library.pima.gov/seed-library/

Contact the County Elections Department for any particulars concerning this election at 520-7246830. Terry Tompkins, Clerk of the Board

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ARIVACANS PARTY FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

by Leesa Jacobson

hen I moved to Arivaca a year ago, I already knew it was a community of wonderful people. But the June 1st fundraiser at Sweet Peas Cafe made me realize just how many of those great Arivacans are also humanitarians. That night, over seventy people came together to celebrate and support the cause of humanitarian aid in the borderlands. We enjoyed a delicious buffet dinner prepared by Jenni Stern and Company, and listened to the sweet sounds of musicians Brad Knaub, Obe & Faith Sweetwater, Mike Cowar, Roxi Hardesty, Michael Armour, and Bry Melvin. Dozens of generous donations were made for the raffle and silent auction, and lots of happy winners went home with new treasures. In the process of enjoying a great party, Arivacans raised enough funds to get the Arivaca Humanitarian Aid Office off to a

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o More Deaths will be offering a one-day training for local Arivaca residents. Topics will include Border History, Legal, Medical, Civil Initiative, Power and Privilege in a low-grade war zone, and more. Please join us if you’re interested in volunteering with the organization at the Humanitarian Aid office in town, at the desert aid camp and medical station, or on the trails. Sunday, July 8th, 9am-4pm at the Arivaca Community Center. Participants should bring a lunch.

Constitutional Rights In Border Communities Know Your Rights & the value Of Documentation August, 11th at 2:30pm - Arivaca Library

ames Duff Lyall, Staff Attorney at the ACLU of Arizona will speak about constitutional rights in border Friday, July 20: James Reid’s communities and the ACLU’s Juggling and More Fun Show efforts to document, expose, and Wed., July 25: Stories with the challenge Border Patrol abuses. African Thumb Piano by Mark The presentation will include a Holdaway “Know Your Rights” training, with information and materials for The Book Club meets on the Second Tuesday of the Month at 2 pm. Come individuals encountering Border and join us for some eclectic reading. Patrol agents at checkpoints and in the community. Call the Arivaca Library for more James Duff Lyall is involved in a information. variety of the ACLU of Arizona’s Remember to sign up for individualized computer instruction any time. Call Mary or Coey for more information at 594-5239. We can help you with e-readers!

n the 17th of this month I had a medical problem and ended up calling 911. I want to take this opportunity to thank the EMT's from the Arivaca Fire District for their help, their compassion and their professionalism. My kudos to the new fire chief for putting the EMT's in place. At this point, everyone who may need assistance in the valley is assured of excellent care.

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great start. Located between the Mercantile and the Artists’ Co-op, the Office will have regular hours starting in early July. Staffed by local volunteers, it aims to be an information office that will help nurture the culture of caring already alive and well in Arivaca. Training for new volunteers will be held at the ACC on July 8th. As a newcomer to this remarkable community, I’m delighted to learn that kindness and compassion are essential to the make-up of so many Arivacans. At least in this one special place, people across the political spectrum seem willing to work together to relieve suffering and reduce the number of tragic deaths in our beautiful borderlands. There will be an Open House to celebrate the opening of the office after the parade on the 4th. Please join us as we say “Thank You, Arivaca” for your caring support! Sm

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Above & Beyond

Arivaca Clinic

for the Kids by Barbara Stockwell At a recent 4-H archery practice, Priscilla Duddleston presented a silver and turquoise belt buckle to archery leader Jack Rees. The buckle belonged to Priscilla’s late husband, Larry Sullivan, who was widely regarded as the “father” of 4-H Shooting Education in Arizona. He was a notable advocate and trainer of our youth in the shooting sports. Jack was given this “Above and Beyond” Award for conceiving, designing and putting together an excellent archery range on his property. The range includes 3-D, field, and FITA archery setups. Our club is blessed to have such a dedicated leader. We also appreciate our other archery

For Appointments call 520-407-5500, Ext 4503 Clinic Hours: leader Tony Arvizu who, although now living in Tucson, still supported our club at the county fair competitions and several practices. The program continues to grow with three new members recently enrolled in 4-H. Practices continue through the summer, now beginning at 8 a.m. at the Rees’ residence on Saturdays.

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• WiFi - access available on patio • Free Computer classes! Individual help or tutoring - Internet use, Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher or Power Point. • Homework help available •Pima County Public Library’s Virtual Library at www.library.pima.gov Caviglia-Arivaca Branch Library Hours are: Closed Sundays and Mondays; Tues and Wed 11-8; Thurs 10 – 6; Fri 11-5 and Sat 9-5. To renew books call the renewal line at 903-2865 or Caviglia-Arivaca Branch Library at 594-5235.

4th of July 10am Downtown Arivaca Just a reminder to everyone that this year’s Red, White, and Blue Parade promises to be bigger than ever. Some new entries are signed up and our old favorites are making plans. July 4th at 10 am. Come early, before the Arivaca Road closes

Southern Arizona Wildflower Guide Describes plants growing in our area of the desert. Includes 204 flowering plants with over 400 full color photographs. Designed for amateur wildflower enthusiasts, the descriptions are written to easily aid identification. Index of Spanish common names Available at: Cactus Rose Gallery, Gadsden Coffee and La Gitana Cantina in Arivaca Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac Presidio State Park in Tubac Buenos Aires Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, Sasabe Mariposa Books, Patagonia

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Wildflowers a field guide to

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Meetings &Activities

july/august 2012

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JULY 4th 10am Red, White &

Blue Parade. After: Open House Humanitarian Aid Office. At La Gitana afternoon music on the patio

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JULY 14 - Rusty Cumming's Memorial Dog & Pony event starting at noon. Chuck Wagon & the Wheels at 8pm

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SATURDAYS Every Sat - 9am: Marian's Market. 1st Sat - 9am - Human Resources Rummage Sale 3rd Sat - 1pm - Arivaca Family and Community Education Assn. At the Old School (or at Library--call 594-5235 first). 3pm - Friends of the Arivaca Library - Board Meeting

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HORSES BOARDED - Personalized full service care. Lg. pens w/ shelters or box stalls with turnouts. Close to trails. Arena and round pen. Trailer storage. $ 235./Mo. THE RIDING CENTER, Amado, 520 398-2392

Arivaca Community Garden will feature garlic, onions, carrots and dates. There will be some eggs (maybe) and possibly squash towards the end of the month. We are very much in need of volunteers for Saturday morning vegie sales at Marian’s Market. Please 20 acres For Sale. 14050 call Rex Tucker at 398-2000. This is a W. Jalisco Rd. Well, electric, great opportunity to meet people and small septic, horse corral, sheds, take home great vegies. We also need small structure, and fully fenced. volunteers at the garden - check with Asking $79,000. 520-396-0865 or the garden for dates and times. jferris94@yahoo.com CosmoServices, Revelatory Jan’s TLC & Kisses - Pet Teachings and discussions from The Grooming 398-2603 URANTIA Book at Avalon Gardens EcoVillage, Tumacacori---Spiritual 2+ acres, Arivaca Ranch Leaders of Global Community Rd. near Arivaca all paved Communications Alliance Church Roads. Property fenced with Well, Gabriel of Urantia and Niánn Emerson Workshop, storage and studio Chase, Sundays 10:00 a.m. Hear the apartment, Double wide, needs CosmoWorship Bright & Morning Star work. $68,500 OWC, trade possible, Choir. Organic lunch follows. Tours Discount for cash 520- 760-1981 Available. Donations appreciated. We are the 99%. spiritualution.org Call RV/Trailer Parking Space: first (520) 603-9932. Near Arivaca on 40 acres fenced with cattle guard gate.. 45foot Shade FOR SALE BY OWNER: 20 Acres, Canopy with side awnings. Rent by secluded in a canyon on Cedar Creek the month $300. includes water & Rd., Arivaca, AZ. 2,240 sq .ft. 2002 electricity. Call 398-2722. 4-bedroom, 3-bath home w/18 x 80 vaulted ceiling, deck w/wet bar and Art In Amado! The Drawing Studio, ceiling fans. Separate adobe wall Inc. is offering 3 fun workshops at B.B.Q. area and landscaped, shaded the De Anza RV Resort's Art Studio. yard all enclosed by block wall. 24x32 Wed. July 18, 9am - 3pm "Bringing adobe block shop w/concrete floor, Your Fundamentals to the Field". electric and 21 ft. electric door. 4-stall Warm ups, thumbnail sketches first metal horse barn, power/water, electric half , lunch & conversation then work horse walker. Enclosed tennis court, to produce a finished drawing of the horse shoe pit, volleyball and more. mountain range. Wed. July 25 and $295,000. Terms Call 480-993-8272 Wed. Aug.1, 9am - 12pm "Cowboy Up" Draw actual cowboy(s) wearing Massage in Arivaca or Green what they wear, not in costume. Valley by Kathi Abbott. I will come to 1st session focuses on the figure, your home. Make appointments at the 2nd on portraits. The De Anza your convenience. 520-904-9442 RV Resort is located @ 2869 East Frontage Rd. between I-19 Exits Gentle Touch Colt starting & 48 (north exit) & 42 (south exit). To training. 35 yrs exp. Certified The sign up and for more infor contact Horseman Jimmy 398-3031 (520) 620-0947 or visit www. FOR SALE OR Rent - BY OWNER thedrawingstudio.org . Look for 4.3 acre,for $47,000 Home site with The Drawing Studio Summer 2012 excellent views. On the corner of Course Schedules in locations around Hardscrabble and Cedar Creek Rd. the valley. Let's Draw! Power, water, septic and phone. Terms. URANTIA Book Fellowship Meeting Call 480-993-8272 and Classes---Mondays: 7:30 p.m.WANTED: Advertisers and subscribers 9:00 p.m. at Avalon Organic Gardens - Contact the Connection EcoVillage facilitated by Elders and Ministers of Global Community RD's BACKHOE SERVICE - Septic, Communications Alliance. We are perks, trenching & grading. Licensed & the 99%. spiritualution.org Call first Insured. 30 yrs exp. 398-9654. (520) 603-9932.

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Sundays - am - Heat Yoga (Comm Garden Yoga Greenhouse) Call for times - 398-2839 1st Sun - 3:30pm - Arivaca Water Coop Assn meet at town water yard 2nd Sun 4pm. Arivaca Action Center - Board Mtgs. 15925 W. Universal Ranch Rd, arivacaactioncenterinc@ gmail.com Last Sun - 5:30pm - Arivaca Potluck at Obe Sweetwater’s home

Mondays - 4pm - Gentle Yoga at Old Schoolhouse, Call Nancy 398-9859 5:30- 6:30 pm - Silent Meditation at Old Schoolhouse 2nd Mon - 6:30pm - Ariv. Fire Dist. Auxilary - at the Fire House TUESDAYS: 1st Tues. - 6pm - People Helping People - Providing hospitality and community support in the borderlands. Arivaca Library

2nd Tues:- 2pm Arivaca Library Book Club call 594-5239 3rd Tues - 7pm - Adyashanti Gathering Call for info 398-2512.

WEDNESDAYS: 2nd Weds. -4pm - Arivaca Coordinating Council – Human Resources Group mtg. - Human Resource Office Public Invited Last Weds. - 4pm - Arivaca Clinic meeting at the Clinic

THURSDAYS: 4pm - Gentle Yoga at Old Schoolhouse Call Nancy Fricchione for more info. 398-9859 3rd Thurs - 7pm - Arivaca Fire District board mtg @ Fire House

www.arivacafiredistrict.org FOR KIDS:

Tues & Thurs - 10 am to 12 Creative Play Recreation (ages 5-12) & KAPP (ages 3-5) (Comm. Center) . Call Ellen- 398-3010 Teen Night - Call Ellen 398-3010 WEDS - 11:30am Pre-school & Toddler Story Hour, Arivaca Library. Babytime at 11:30 am on Fridays Girl Scouts for all ages. Contact Nathalie Dresang - 398- 3009

FOR SENIORS Teatime for Seniors (Arivaca Christian Center) Fridays - 1 - 3 pm Senior Outings One trip per month. Call 398-3010 or 398-2771 Senior Hiking Club on Mondays at 8 am. Call Ellen at the Arivaca Community Center 398-3010

a r e a s u pp or t me e t i n gs HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM? We can help. NA Mtgs. 6:30 M, W. & F Sahuarita Serenity Group, Sahuarita Baptist Church, 2875 E. Sahuarita Rd. Al-Anon Family Groups, Green Valley, St. Francis Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Canada. Mon. For info & times 520-323-2229 or www.al-anon-az.org

TUBAC AL-ANON / AA MTGS Weds, 7pm - Tubac Community Ctr, 50 Bridge Rd. Hotline 624-4183 ARIVACA AA MEETINGS Saturdays 8am next to Gadsden Coffee Amado Nooners-AA mtg - Unitarian Church, Amado Territory, every Saturday at 12:00. I-19 to exit 48, turn East.

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