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olor! That is the first thing people notice when they walk in the watercolor studio of Peter Chope.

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That's how Peter sees the desert. Not as a brown empty desert but a place filled with intense reds, purples, greens, yellows and blues. Peter paints some of the most saturated watercolors you will ever see by using a lot of paint. So much paint that he actually begins a painting by pouring pigment onto the watercolor paper rather than using a brush. He also uses transparent watercolor pigments allowing him to put a second and third wash of color on a painting without it getting muddy.

Chope paints boldly and without fear.

When Chope looks at the desert, a new painting enters his head. Its not a specific subject but a feeling he wants to convey to the viewer. "I want to do a painting that shows the intensity of the purple prickly pear cactus in the spring" or "I want to do a painting that shows the incredible range of cactus

and color at sunset." The emotion comes first, then the colors he wants to use, and finally the layout of the subject matter.

Peter spent his early years living in San Paolo, Brazil where his father was a doctor with the Rockefeller Foundation. He then moved to the San Francisco Bay Area and graduated from the Chouinard Art Institute in Los Angeles.

After moving back to the Bay Area, he formed an ad agency named Peter Chope and Associates which worked with the huge number of high tech startups in Silicon Valley.

In 1997 Peter passed the ad agency on to his son Chris and he began painting full time. He took many classes around the world to learn as much as he could about watercolor techniques and styles. The very first class he took was from Jim Kosvanec in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, back in the mid 1990s. He and his photographer friend William Arbogast were looking through a watercolor book of Jim Kosvanec paintings and decided they needed to meet this guy. They read that he lived in San Miguel de Allende and booked a flight with the intention of tracking him down. Well that idea turned into a month-long stay in San Miguel attending classes at Jim's house, who just happened to be in town, and taking classes at the local art institute.

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Other classes include Ron Ranson in Greece, Tom Lynch in France, Bridgette Austin in Wisconsin, and Marilyn Simandle and Tony Couch in California. Each teacher brought their own techniques and styles. Peter learned to paint with a big brush from Ron Ranson, learned to be diligent and patient from Tom Lynch, learned negative painting from Bridgette Austin. From all these classes and 10 years of painting, Peter has developed

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his own distinctive style which you can see today.

The Chopes are two of the founders of Markleeville Open Studios now entering its 8th year.

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Peter paints out of his studio located in the Courtyard at 6 Camino Otero in Tubac.

Peter Chope

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While he still has his home in Markleeville, he spends winters the year in Tubac with his wife Sandy.

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Kathy Edds

Desert Magic by Peter Chope

Watercolor on paper, 15" x 20"

You can stop in and see Chope's paintings most days from 11 to 4, or call for an appointment at 520-398-8335. Chope is participating in Tubac Open Studios and will be co-hosting the first Monet Garden Party on Saturday afternoon, April 10, in the courtyard where his studio is located.

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ARE GIVEN A WARM WELCOME

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brochures to have available for guests, the greeters are happy to chat for a while.

Tubac has always been known as a friendly community. With the opening of a tourist information oﬃce, things are even better. When you step inside the Tubac Chamber of Commerce “Welcome Center” you’ll be greeted with a smile and plenty of information.

The new welcome center, which opened Jan. 11, is small and attractive, featuring six colorful framed posters commemorating the annual Tubac Festival of the Arts. The chamber is not being charged rent, and received a twoyear lease for the space, Etherington said.

On the desk is a large map of Tubac and the “you are here” location is highlighted in pink. Behind you is a large display rack brimming with brochures and booklets.

Etherington thanked the chamber’s administrative assistant, Dyna Chin, who “was instrumental in getting this open. She rounded up volunteers and stocked it.” Etherington and Chin continue to work from the chamber’s business oﬃce at the Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Rd.

This prime spot to help visitors get oriented is right at the village entrance next to the Brasher Real Estate oﬃce Volunteer Sandra Bushmaker enjoys greeting tourists at the Tubac and across the street from the five flags Chamber of Commerce “Welcome Center.” Photo by Kathleen Vandervoet monument. Volunteers work there on is. Tourists come from throughout the U.S., and weekdays, and it’s planned to extend to many are here from Canada. The visitors’ log weekend hours when more volunteers come shows a healthy number of people on trips from More volunteers are sought and shifts are from forward, said Kim Etherington, executive 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. or 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Volunteers Europe and South America, as well as Iceland. director of the Tubac Chamber of Commerce. will receive training and have a binder with Etherington fi lled in for one shift and she answers to frequently asked questions. They Information is provided about shops, galleries, commented, “You just never know who’s going greet visitors, give directions and hand out maps, types of items stocked, restaurants, lodging and to walk in the door.” guides and brochures. historical locations. Sandra Bushmaker, who works two mornings a week, said she’s been surprised at how busy it

You don’t have to be a tourist to use the welcome center. If you want to pick up a Tubac map or

To learn more or to become a volunteer, call (520) 398-2704.

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Thanks to support from Santa Cruz County and from the Arizona State Parks Board, it looks more and more likely that Tubac’s Presidio Park will remain open under a volunteer effort coordinated by the Tubac Historical Society. A special bank account has been opened and contributions from individuals and families are now being sought. If the agreement doesn’t materialize, all contributions will be refunded. Donations are tax deductible and should be made payable to “Tubac Historical Society” for the Save the Presidio effort. Please mail your check today to Tubac Historical Society at P O Box 3261, Tubac, AZ 85646. If you would like to contribute using your credit card, you may do so on our website at www.ths-tubac.org by following the link to “Save the Presidio Park Initiative” and using the PayPal Donate Now button. If you would like to volunteer your time and talent, please let us know your skills and interests.

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AREA

DESCRIPTION

SALES PRICE

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62 ROSALIES CT.

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2BR DORN W/GUEST QTR., FORECLOSURE

$320,000

$135.36

41 VIA CAMPESTRE

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2BR TOWNHOME, BUILT 1974

$200,000

$126.42

107

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2BR TOWNHOME, 1966 VINTAGE, FURNISHED

$270,000

$166.97

509 POST WAY

BARRIO - EMBARCADERO

1BR TOWNHOME, FORECLOSURE

$67,200

$74.58

157

611 POST WAY

BARRIO - EMBARCADERO

1BR TOWNHOME, FORECLOSURE

$68,000

$75.64

307 POST WAY

BARRIO - EMBARCADERO

1BR TOWNHOME, FORECLOSURE

$74,900

$85.80

208 POST WAY

BARRIO - EMBARCADERO

1BR TOWNHOME, FORECLOSURE

$90,000

$100.11

45 CALLE MARIA ELENA

BARRIO - SANTIAGO

2BR DORN HOME, BUILT 2005, FORECLOSURE

$290,000

$118.65

101 POST WAY

BARRIO - EMBARCADERO

2BR TOWNHOME, SHORT SALE

$81,000

$77.14

146

2205 EMBARCADERO WAY

BARRIO - SENTINEL HILL

2BR DELUXE TOWNHOME, FORECLOSURE

$242,400

$111.24

185

703 LOMBARD WAY

BARRIO - EMBARCADERO

3BR TOWNHOME, FORECLOSURE

$118,000

$80.00

NOTE: Each month, we will report on Home Sales, using MLS DATA.

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Some Events Around Tubac

ongoing tueSdAyS & FrIdAyS SIlent MedItAtIon at the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center, located at 2247 E. Frontage Rd. From 5:30-6:15pm. Call 3981108.

FrI, Apr 9th - wISdoM'S cAFe'S Fish & Chips with lIve MuSIc by Gerry Glombecki, 5-9pm. 398-2397 for more info.

SundAyS MedItAtIon, chAntIng And dIScuSSIon at the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center, located at 2247 E. Frontage Rd. From 7:45-10am. 398-1108.

SAt, Apr 10th - cAnoe/KAyAK At pAtAgonIA lAKe. Meet at Sonoita Creek Visitor Center, at 9am. Bring your own watercraft or rent at park (Call 287.5545 for information & reservation). Launch at the marina. Explore the shoreline & coves around the lake. Great exercise & beautiful scenery. Canceled if too windy or cold. Call Reed Menke 520.394-2899. Registration required. Sponsored by Friends of Sonoita Creek.

k now thru Apr 25th - beyond the lenS, is an exceptional exhibition and sale of traditional and innovative photography at the Tubac Center of the Arts. 520-398-2371. now thru Apr 25th - open StudIo SAMpler Show, is an exhibition and sale of works by artists who will be welcoming visitors in the Tubac Center of the Art’s, HIDDEN TREASURES OF SANTA CRUZ VALLEY FREE STUIOD TOUR, on the weekend of April 10&11. 520-398-2371. wed, Apr 7th - I’ItoI country tohono o’odhAM nAtIon - John Dell - $108 - Learn about our neighboring Tohono O’odham culture and the unique environment in which they live. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@gmail.com.

SAt, Apr 8th - the SoulIStIc MedIcAl InStItute And hoSpIce is celebrating the openIng of its long awaited medical oﬃces located in Tubac, at 26 Tubac Road, Suite B & C2. The open house at 11:00 a.m. with refreshments & tours until 6:30 p.m. 398-2333.

StArtIng Apr 8th - begInnIng MedItAtIon at the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center. Have you always wanted to learn how to meditate, but don’t know where to start? Do you already meditate, but want the help and support of a teacher and a group? If you do, the Spring Programs at the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center may of interest to you. For new meditators, the Center is offering a six-week “Beginning Meditation“ course starting April 8. The course is facilitated by Virginia Hall, who has practiced meditation for 30 years and has

studied with teachers from all the Buddhist traditions. These meditation methods are widely used in all spiritual traditions; you do not have to be a Buddhist to benefit. The course will include meditation instruction, practice and discussion. Class will be held from 5:30PM-6:30 PM for six consecutive Thursdays at the Center, located at 2247 E. Frontage Rd. in Tubac. The cost is $60, and no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Group size is limited to 10. Registration is available online at www.tubacmeditation.org or call 398-1108.

SAt, Apr 10th - Monet gArden pArty - Hosted by Peter Chope Watercolors, Roberta Rogers Studio, and I Love Sweet Stuff in The Courtyard at 6 Camino Otero from 2pm to 6pm. In celebration of spring and the 170th birthday of French artist Claude Monet (b1840 – d1926). The celebration occurs during the 2nd weekend of Tubac Open Studios. Rest your weary feet and enjoy our beautiful garden and courtyard. We will be serving refreshments and a Monet birthday cake in the artist's honor. 520-303-5698. continued on page 13...

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Money to keep the park operating for the upcoming 12 months was raised through donations by Tubac businesses, non-profit groups and individuals.

“We expect this to be a seamless transition that will not affect the flow of tourism into the community,” County Manager Greg Lucero said. The park, with its 1885 Schoolhouse, a museum, two restored buildings, and an archaeology display, is open Thursdays through Mondays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Election planned for May 18 Early voting starts April 22 for the May 18 special election. Voters will be asked to approve a Santa Cruz County tax proposal and a State of Arizona tax proposal. The local ballot issue asks if voters will approve increasing their property tax by $0.069 per $100 of assessed valuation to help pay for the Santa Cruz County Provisional Community College District. Now that money comes from the county’s general fund which is facing severe budget cuts. The statewide issue is to approve a proposed increase of 1 percent on the

After being closed since Jan. 8 because of budget reductions, Ronald R. Morriss County Park in Tubac will re-open April 14. The park has a Little League field with a backstop and bleachers and an area with playground equipment for young children.

Volunteers are encouraged to step forward, said Katie Munger, co-chair of “A Park for Tubac.” The public is invited to a picnic (bring your own food) and volunteer training at the park on Wednesday, April 14, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The park is at 31 Calle Iglesia on the west bank of the Santa Cruz River. The organization which accepted responsibility for the Morriss Park is the non-profit Tubac Community Center Foundation, which oversees the use and upkeep of the Tubac Community Center at 50 Bridge Rd. Also offering support and involvement are the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council and the Anza Trail Coalition of Santa Cruz County. “A Park for Tubac” is not yet incorporated but is a group of parents of young children who hope to upgrade the park. Volunteers are needed to unlock and lock the park gate daily, to carry trash containers to a dumpster at the Tubac Community Center twice a week, and to clean the small restroom building twice a week. The Anza Trail Coalition members will handle grass and weed cutting when it’s needed, Munger said.

Anyone who is a regular user of the park is invited to the April 14 training, Munger said, as well as any other interested people.

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Due to a scarcity of funds, the Tubac Santa Cruz Visitor Center in the La Entrada Plaza was closed on March 15. An announcement was released by email.

The Pima County Board of Supervisors voted in early March to appoint Frank Antenori to the District 30 Senate seat formerly held by Jonathan Paton, who stepped down to run for U.S. Congress for the District 8 seat now held by Gabrielle Giffords.

The operations were operated by a board of volunteers and it was staffed with seasonal volunteers and salaried employees. The email said, “The facility operations are funded by memberships, grants and event revenues. Unfortunately, that has changed. Currently, membership does not meet overhead, state grant funds are frozen and competition for grant funding in other sectors is greatly reduced with increased competition for funds,” the announcement said.

Ted Vogt was appointed March 16 by the Pima County Board of Supervisors to replace Antenori in the state House. Tubac, Amado and Green Valley are in District 30. Missing your census form?

Census forms were not delivered to thousands of residents of Tubac, Amado, Tumacacori, Carmen and Arivaca in midMarch. The forms are now scheduled to be hand-delivered in early May.

The announcement was signed by Rori Wailes, president, Todd Harrison, vice president, and board members Roger Marquette and Ruben Monroy.

The problem resulted because nearly no one in those communities has mail delivered to their homes. Rather, the U.S. Postal Service requires that they use a post oﬃce box. In turn, the Census Bureau isn’t set up to have the forms go to a post oﬃce box, said Census media spokesman Doug Wayland.

Fire Station No. 3 opens The Tubac Fire District’s third fire station was the location of a grand opening on March 20. The station is in northeast Rio Rico at 333 Camino Josefina. The project came in at $2.4 million, and cost less than the $2.6 million budgeted. It will house up to six firefighters and has a fire engine, ambulance, brush truck and Type 3 truck for wildfires.

The forms were actually delivered to the community post oﬃces bearing street addresses, and had to be returned to the Census Bureau’s Tucson oﬃce, said Robert Soler of the U.S. Postal Service in Tucson.

The fire district also operates Station 1 on the East Frontage Road in Tubac north of the village entrance, and Station 2 in northwest Rio Rico south of the Peck Canyon interchange of Interstate 19 on the West Frontage Road.

For information, call the Tucson oﬃce of the Census Bureau at (520) 917-4600. (Contact Kathleen Vandervoet at kathleenvan@msn.com)

A fourth fire station is currently under construction in northeast Rio Rico and is

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History continues to be on view at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, which was not closed on March 29, as had been the intention of the Arizona State Parks governing board. The board had taken that stand due to extreme financial hardship.

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n our lives we use repetitive movement daily, holding the phone to a particular ear, looking over the same shoulder to back the car up, walking a certain way because of an injury; this is the same for horses. Since we (both horses and humans) are usually multi-tasking, there is a part of our body that takes on a lot of this work so we don’t have to think about it. That way we can focus on the important part of the tasks. The same is true for the horse. Once we are through with these particular tasks or events, we go on to other things, but our body has that “kicked-in-to-help-us-out” action and our muscles forget what the “normal” position should be (sensory motor amnesia). Through Hanna Somatic Movement techniques, expertly taught by Gloria Hester, we wake up the muscles and show them how to get back to normal.

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By example, Max, a Rio Rico gelding, does not know his aching front leg is a result of sensory motor amnesia. What Max does know is that when Gloria comes to his corral and practices Equine Hanna Somatics with him, he will have less pain, more motion and a return to muscle awareness that had been missing. Max lives at Rancho la Reforma in Rio Rico with his owners Alonzo and Irene Ortiz. Gloria Hester is a teacher and practitioner of Hanna Somatics. She uses the somatic techniques, her knowledge of Therapuetic Yoga and other movements to guide and reeducate humans and horses to become more conscious of their body and how to feel better.

By contraction, extension, and thorough and slow methodical movement, Gloria makes us aware of muscle groups we have not paid attention to in a long time - maybe

never! This new awareness feels great and allows our relearning to release muscle groups tensed from habitual overuse. New awareness of muscles can erases the amnesia. The movement is taught so we can be in our own body and physically sense how to return to proper muscle alignment and awareness. The human class creates a better understanding of how it works for the horses.

In the arena, Gloria explains how you can guide the horse to release unconscious holding patterns that have developed in his body due to riding habits, fight or flight responses, repetitive patterns of movement and/or any injuries. The slow and loving actions begin to not only re-educate a horse’s motor nervous system, but develop a connection between you and the horse. This mindful activity engages your own sensory motor movements as well. The deeper

the horse relaxes, the more the release of tension for both the horse and you. When you see any horse begin to sigh, lick and chew and snort, you know the work is having a good effect. Not only does the horse’s eyes become bright and relaxed, you begin to feel a calmness that is reciprocal to the horse.

Gloria is extremely intuitive when it comes to her communication with the animals. She knows that the horses have as much to teach her as she them. They respond to the quality of her actions and breath in the same respectful way that she responds to them. Watching the interaction between Gloria and Max is serenity in itself. When Gloria comes to Rancho la Reforma and the horses know she is there, they often all stand in their corral and look toward the house patiently waiting for Gloria to come out and rejuvenate them.

Irene Ortiz says she has noticed a great trust develop between herself and her horses because of the somatics. She has learned that her efforts to heal them have made them less edgy when she approaches. Irene says the horses know she is not always there to just saddle them up and ride somewhere, but that she can and will make them feel better. Irene also said she has more confidence around the horses and is more comfortable than she ever was with grooming and care for them.

Hanna Somatics was developed by the late Thomas Hanna and further developed for horses by Gloria Hesterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mentor and teacher Eleanor Ciswell Hanna, Ed.D. Gloria has not only had a lifelong passion and interaction with horses, she has certifications in yoga and an extensive background in Therapeutic Yoga. She has broad knowledge of human and equine

anatomy and is an ERYT and Hanna Somatic Educator. When she comes to Rancho la Reforma, she offers workshops in Human and Equine Somatics, holds restorative yoga classes, and is available for private sessions with you or you and your horse.

Gloria Hester will return to Rancho la Reforma April 24 and will be there through May 3, 2010. She will also be there June 2 through 11, 2010. She usually does one and two day workshops with the horses/humans, one or two separate evenings of restorative yoga, and can schedule private sessions. If you would like to find out for yourself about somatic work or

restorative yoga, please consider a day with Gloria, it is a gift you will not regret. If you are interested in bringing your own horse to a workshop, great! But, you can always work with the Rancho la Reforma horses (they are extremely receptive and love it). For more information and the specific dates and times for the workshops, human somatic

classes or restorative yoga, please contact Irene Ortiz at 520-3770774 or visit her website at www. rancholareforma.com. For more on Hanna Somatics and Gloria Hester you can go to www.gloriahester. com. Reach the writer, Kathy Edds at 520-275-2689 or by emailing: yogabunnyaz@yahoo.com

Volunteer Patricia Rosas provides information during a recent river walk tour.

Visitors from Ontario, Canada, Gary Douglas, left, Mary Ann Cimer and Joe Cimer, enjoyed learning more about the Santa Cruz River.

River’s bounty lures people and wildlife

by Kathleen Vandervoet On a gorgeous Saturday, the first day of spring, the guided nature walk at the Tumacacori National Historical Park offered the chance to enjoy a mild sunny day, and learn more about the area’s ecology.

The park offers nature walks to the Santa Cruz River in February, March and April. A park volunteer will lead the 10 a.m. walks every Saturday and Sunday,

with the last tour taking place on April 18. Patricia Rosas was the guide on a March 20 walk and she spoke knowledgeably about the river, the national historical park, and the many varieties of trees and plants. These nature walks begin at the park’s visitor center,

follow a section of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, then end at the river’s edge after about half a mile. The trail is generally flat and easy to walk. The River Walks last approximately one hour, returning to the visitor center in time for a tour of the mission grounds.

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Ross told the tour group, consisting of winter visitors from Ontario, Canada, and a Rio Rico resident, that “This valley has been occupied for about 3,000 years” due to the water source. She explained that the river now flows year round due to the output from the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant which was improved in 2008-09.

Rosas pointed out how different the river banks look compared to a year ago due to unusually heavy rains in January and February which swept in downed tree branches and piles of vegetation.

The Santa Cruz River is an excellent example of the southwestern riparian environment. Not only is the Santa Cruz a beautiful oasis for nature lovers, it provides a critical habitat for abundant wildlife that live in, and migrate through, the Santa Cruz Valley.

A park spokeswoman said discussions during the walks, led by different volunteers, may include several themes, including the O’odham people, missions and settlement, plant and animal identification, the mesquite bosque (forest) and riparian environments, and current issues related to the Santa Cruz River. Because the area is rich in wildlife, particularly birds, binoculars are useful.

The end of the walk brings visitors back to the mission church and museum.

What else is there to see at the Tumacacori Mission? The Mission church San José de Tumacácori and associated cemetery, mortuary chapel, lime kilon and ‘convento’ are on the self-guided walking tour. There is a reconstructed O’odham house and the mission orchard. The visitor center was built of adobe in 1937 and there is a patio and garden adjacent. The park’s three-room museum was completely updated in 2008-09.

Construction on the church began in 1800, directed by a master mason with a crew of Indian and Spanish laborers. Work slowed and then stopped until 1821 when work resumed. In a few years, the church as almost completed but the bell tower was never capped with its dome. The Tumacacori National Monument was created in 1908 and the National Park Service took it over in 1916. The guided walk is free. Conditions may be muddy after rain. Participants will need comfortable walking shoes and water. The adult park entrance fee is $3. For information about the guided walks, call Tumacácori National Historical Park at 520-398-2341, ext. 0.

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ourselves with some chips and salsa, a plate of sautéed ground beef with rice and black beans (our own recipe) and whiled away the afternoon praising the flavors of Las Brisas Margaritas with food. It is also a perfect premixed drink to serve at parties, letting you enjoy more time with your guests.

by Bernard Berlin

Savoring thirst-quenching margaritas is as much of a southern Arizona fun-time and pastime as it is enjoying sunny days on the golf course or watching the sunshine evanesce as it falls below the horizon in the evening. For margarita lovers though, making that perfectly balanced margarita with just the right amount of tequila and fruit juices can be as challenging as making your favorite martini or old fashioned cocktail, the same way every time. Those of us who enjoy the flavor of tequila and citrus juices in our drink often find bottled or premixed margaritas too sweet or too tart and the taste of the tequila is usually unnoticeable—until now.

During her twenty years in the restaurant and catering business, Tubac resident Mary Jo Claussen, the energetic owner of Las Brisas Margaritas developed a recipe for a refreshing margarita that her restaurant customers loved but could not duplicate

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at home. Because of the popularity of the margaritas served in her restaurant, Mary Jo reproduced the recipe for an easy drinking margarita and created Las Brisas Margaritas in a bottle for everyone to enjoy anywhere. Named after her former restaurant, Las Brisas in Denver Colorado, her Las Brisas Margaritas in a bottle is a delicately balanced blend of one hundred percent agave tequila, triple sec liqueur and natural fruit flavors. The bottle of Las Brisas Margaritas my wife Linda and I tasted was, as Mary Jo proudly described during our interview, a refreshing blend of tangy tequila melded with a touch of sweetness and citrus fruit flavors that refreshed our palates. The taste of the tequila is not overpowering but present, coalescing effortlessly with the triple sec liqueur and natural fruit flavors. Served over ice, we sipped it alone just for the fun of it and later indulged

To introduce everyone to the uplifting freshness of Las Brisas Margaritas, tasting events are scheduled in restaurants throughout the state and locally in Tubac. Mary Jo also donates “Las Brisas Margaritas Tasting Parties” complete with margaritas, an assortment of food and a bartender to charitable organizations for silent auction fundraisers. For information on how your organization can enjoy the benefits of a Las Brisas Margarita tasting party, contact Mary Jo Claussen via e-mail at mjclausslasbrisasmargarita. com or visit the Las Brisas Margaritas website, www. lasbrisasmargarita.com. Las Brisas Margaritas are available in ample 1.75-liter bottles for $22.00 and sold locally by El Mercado in Tubac and Garrett’s IGA in Rio Rico.

A bottle of Las Brisas Margaritas is now a staple item in our refrigerator for us to enjoy a refreshing margarita with our food or just for the fun of it. The next time the sun is bright and the taste for a smooth, thirst-quenching margarita craves satisfaction, simply twist off the cap of a bottle of Las Brisas Margaritas for an effortless fun-time—anytime! Bernard Berlin ia a freelance writer of food, wine and travel. Visit his online blog at: Bernardberlinwineworld.blogspot.com

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That’s because of the wizards of the canyonlands, I inform my friends Sam and Cass whimsically. Having moved here recently, my friends are becoming nature photographers with the maximum of economy and the minimum of equipment, using only their cellphone cameras. Cass wants to acquire wildflower photos of the southwest and is not content just with cactus blossoms. “In that case,” I say playfully, “the wizard of Sycamore Canyon beckons us. But beware, canyon wizards concoct strange living things in these remote corners, and only the hardy among us may enter these faraway places.”

The extravagant wild yellow columbine can be found throughout the Coronado National Forest of southern Arizona. A most special place is Sycamore Canyon of the Pajarita Wilderness, whose stream is adorned by these bright blossoms in April. Here, early in the month, buds turn to blossoms which, a few weeks later, greet pollinators sent by the wizard to perform their duty. Opportunities for you, the wildflower photographer, are multiplied by these critters – bees, butterflies, hummingbirds – who transform static subjects into dynamic ones.

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deliberation. Variables of composition, depth of field, and exposure enter your mental calculus. When composing a picture of a flower, you must consider the milieu, or surroundings of the plant. The background should be a contrasting tone or a simplified space. Sky and shadow are examples.

When considering exposure, remember that a good flower picture often is not taken in direct sunlight, as the challenge is great to avoid overexposure of bright sections and provide a full range of tonality. However, direct sunlight often makes a brilliant subject more brilliant; with automatic cameras, a solution for overexposure is pointing the camera lens at the brightest spot and pressing the shutter halfway to set the light meter, maintaining pressure on the button while recomposing the shot, and then fully pressing the shutter. Depth-of-field and focus can be exploited to result in especially artful flower pictures. If you’re not seeking a perfectly honed reference shot of a plant, then a few petals or other parts are welcomed as out of focus. I do not believe in the tyranny of the razor-sharp image.

The variables to consider for depth of field are lens focal length, aperture setting, and distance from the subject. If you want the entire plant in focus, use a small aperture, or f-stop setting, at f11 or more. (There are depth-of-field, or DOF, tables available for your lens on the internet.) This will impact your shutter speed, so watch for motion blur and use a tripod if available. The wizards of wild desert canyons provide two superlative seasons with fabulous flowers: the traditional springtime and later, the “monsoon.” The magic, thereby, is doubled!

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unites four working artists by Kathleen Vandervoet Tubac’s oldest shopping plazas is bustling these days with a group of four working artist. El Presidito was built in 1958 by Frank and Gay Griﬃn who arrived in Tubac two years earlier. It’s located across the street to the north from the historic Tubac Presidio founded in 1752 by Spanish soldiers. At the corner of Burruel Street and Calle Iglesia, the modest but dignified El Presidito is home to small spaces for galleries and workshops, and has two spacious patios, one with a garden, inside its boundaries. WHITE WOLF TRADING CO. Self taught in leather, Crystal Johnson said she “started out” going to Native American Pow Wows in the early 1990s where she sold her bead work. From that, “I got more and more into doing the

leather work. I really enjoy it. It takes a life of its own. Each leather has its own characteristics, how it moves, how it stretches, how it drapes. Each individual hide teaches me something. I like working with leather because it’s alive in its own way.” Deer and elk are leathers she uses most often, and she also works with cow hide, sika, calf suede, American bison, Italian lamb and reindeer. Jackets and coats are sometimes trimmed with a detachable fur collar. Her leather work is strikingly attractive and she explained it’s because of the “professional finish. I’m not what they call a lazy stitcher. That’s where they punch holes in it to run the laces through quickly. I take more time, but the lacing marries back up with the leather and it doesn’t distort after a few years.”

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Left: Crystal Johnson stitches leather at her White Wolf Trading Co. in El Presidito. Above: Gary Anderson considers his sculpture titled “St. Ann.” Above right: Peter Zimmerman enjoys adding texture to his contemporary abstract paintings. Bottom right,Dante Sandoval displays a picture frame handcrafted from cactus spines. A selection of clothing such as vests, jackets and skirts are for sale in her shop, which is run with her partner, Russ Thompson. But most of Johnson’s work is through custom orders, she said. The waiting period is from six to 12 weeks, depending on the item. She’ll take measurements when a customer visits, even if the person doesn’t buy an item. That way, if they live elsewhere, they can call in the future to order something. She’ll sew a piece out of muslin and mail it to the customer so that adjustments can be made early on. There’s plenty to admire in the shop such as the napkin rings, table runners, place mats, purses, and pillows of leather. Also on display is custom beaded jewelry which she has been doing for 30 years, and a good size collection of beads for sale. A color portfolio of custom clothing completed in the past is available to look through for ideas of her work.

Johnson became fascinated with crafting bags from turtle shells, since each is so uniquely different. “It called to me and I thought I could raise it up to a little more of an art form.” They are costly, from about $500 to over $1,400. Some take as much as 100 hours of her time, she said. White Wolf Trading Co. is open daily except Tuesday. For information, call (520) 398-3246. PETER ZIMMERMAN GALLERY Contemporary abstract acrylic and textured paintings, all by Peter Zimmerman, are on display in his gallery. His painting studio is in the rear so it’s not unusual to find him working on a current piece.

The paintings are bright but not glaring, and exhibit strong shapes and forms. He especially enjoys building up and manipulating the surface with texture paste or gel with pumice.

“Every now and then I hit on something and I follow it until I think I’m through with it,” Zimmerman said, in response to a question about the themes. “Some of them are very abstract landscapes.”

He ended a 30-year career in real estate a few years ago and turned to painting, which he originally started in 1994. Zimmerman and his wife moved to Tubac late last year from Reno. His work is also on display in Tubac at the Carol Curry Gallery, and in galleries in Reno and Wyandotte, Mich., he said. Zimmerman is pleased with the El Presidito location of his gallery, he said. “We don’t have anywhere near the traﬃc they have up front. From

my experience we have a lot more artists come down this way, trying to see what other artists are doing.” The shop is open often, but he describes the business hours as “by appointment or by chance.” For information, call him at (775) 7426440.

KIVA SCULPTORIUM Gary Anderson, a retired orthopedic surgeon, displays his sculptures at Kiva Sculptorium in El Presidito. He chose the name “kiva,” he said, because he learned to sculpt while in New Mexico and Native Americans have built kivas for centuries. A kiva is a room, sometimes underground, used for religious activities. Anderson’s sculptures, of marble or alabaster, often reflect a religious theme, he said. One attractive piece has been named St. Ann, for the mother of Mary. He liked the lines running through the marble and decided he would depict an older woman, he said. Another of his sculptures is of honey calcite and is titled “Bread and Wine.”

Anderson’s studio with the large tools and equipment required for shaping stone is at the rear of his small gallery where only his work is on display at this time. “I like working with a dimension that isn’t incorporated in other ones,” Anderson said. “There’s a feel that’s very nice. If the sculptor has done the work properly, it’s smooth, you can’t feel any dents or bumps, and those are hard to see.”

He spends three to six months on each sculpture. Anderson explained that once the final shape has been created, that’s just the half-way point. “Then you start the sanding and polishing process.” The gallery is open Tues., Wed., Fri. and Sat. For information, call (520) 648-0030. PHOTOGENESIS BY DANTE Photographer Dante Sandoval’s interest in the San Francisco Bay area, where he grew up, and in New Mexico, the ancestral home of his mother’s family, runs through the various styles of his photographs. His gallery is upbeat and casual and he explained he’s “inspired” by other pieces that he sees. The space, which primarily features his own work, also displays paintings by guest artists.

The title of his gallery, Photogenesis, can mean the production of light by bacteria, insects or phosphorescence. Sandoval also hopes to impart

that the purpose of the gallery is about photographs and genesis, meaning origin. His photos frequently incorporate computer alterations as part of the creative process. He likes to work with “old religious art, old churches and old cemeteries,” he said. Many of his photos are displayed in handcrafted frames he’s made from spines from saguaro and cholla cactus. He also creates retablos, a Latin American devotional painting in the folk art style. Sandoval said his first language was Spanish since his parents were born in Spain, and so Latin American themes are important to him. He participated in the Hispanic Cultural Center in Tucson, both taking and teaching classes. Photogenesis is open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Sundays. For information, call (520) 256-3435.

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JOSEPH CASEY - MASTER OF ESCAPE PART III - CLEANING UP A FEW LOOSE ENDS OF THE CASEY CASE

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Deputy Sheriff and Jailer, Andrew W. Holbrook, is cited as the first member of the Pima County Sheriff ’s Department to ever be killed in the line of duty. Sadly, the web site for this worthy organization displays the date for Holbrook’s death as May 4, 1883, five days after the day he actually died! The same error was also found on the Oﬃcer Down Memorial Page web site.

Both organizations were notified of the error in January 2010. The Oﬃcer Down Memorial Page was updated immediately, however over two months have gone by and the Pima County Sheriff ’s Department is still displaying the wrong date!

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Stories about Joseph Casey killing, robbing and rustling before his arrest and the “accidental” killing of Jailer Holbrook on April 29, 1883, are vaguely referenced by newspaper reporters and later quoted as fact by historians, and writers of several wild-west stories. Major research over the past couple of months has proved fruitless. Casey truly left this world as a man of mystery. In the definitive newspaper article of the day, appearing in the Weekly Citizen on April 17, 1883, the unknown reporter ended his article by saying: Casey has always been particularly reticent regarding his home and relatives. Yesterday he expressed a desire that he should die leaving his folks in ignorance of his fate. His father and mother reside in Kansas. On account of having a disagreement with his father he left home in 1877, and has since been on the frontier. He acknowledged that Casey was not his real name.

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At the time of Casey’s escape from the Pima County Jail on October 23, 1882, eight other murderers and robbers escaped. Articles reporting on the escapades of Casey often mentioned, that the others had not been recaptured, or that several had been shot and killed, but details were lacking. The following tidbits will serve to clear up a few of those loose ends.

Tim Hurley – was originally arrested for the murder of a miner near old Fort Crittenden, located between present-day Patagonia and Sonoita, on April 24, 1882. Several accounts identify the name of the victim as “old man Roberts,” but Hurley was actually tried and convicted for murdering Frank Lewis at Tar Flat No. 2 on the east side of the Santa Ritas. What makes Hurley interesting to Tubac historians is that he was identified by Arizona historian James Barney in a 1949 article as the

unnamed outlaw described by Arizona pioneer John Rockfellow.

Rockfellow’s autobiography, Log of an Arizona Trail Blazer, never mentions the name of the gunman or the victim. However Barney notes: One time—when Bob Paul was sheriﬀ of Pima County—a fellow known as Tim Hurley killed an old miner—Roberts by name—at the old Salero Mining Camp….

Hurley escaped and crossed into Sonora. Barney continues:

…Bob Paul also managed to get across the line, and locating Hurley, gave him his choice of remaining a dead man in Mexico or going back with him to Arizona and standing a regular jury trial. Hurley quickly decided that he was in a tight fix and chose the trip to Arizona, trusting to the chance that something favorable to him might turn up.

From Rockfellow’s account, we find the miners at Salero Camp (also known as the Hacienda de Santa Rita) were incensed at the particularly nasty murder of their friend. One man identified as “John C.,” by Rockfellow, seems to have been the leader of a lynch mob of Salero miners who rushed to Tubac when they heard that Sheriff Paul and the killer were at the border and heading to Tucson. Rockfellow identifies John C. as a good friend of Paul’s. So who was John C.?

One name appearing on the 1880 U. S. Census for the Hacienda de Santa Rita may give us the answer. John H. Campbell, his wife Alice and two children, E. Leroy and Pearl, were recorded as living at the Hacienda de Santa Rita along with eighteen others including the mining superintendent, Oliver Moffet, and family. Upon arrival in Tubac, it was planned that John C. would reach out to grasp the hand of Sheriff Paul in a friendly way and “then throw his left arm around him and so hold him while the prospectors took the prisoner and strung him up.” This was a rather ambitious plan as Paul’s son, Albert, remembers his father as being 6’ 6” tall and weighing over 240 pounds!

With years of law enforcement under his belt, Paul spotted what was up and barreled through Tubac with his prisoner. John C. rushed out to try and stop him, hand extended as if to give him a congratulatory handshake. Rockfellow concludes his story by saying:

Bob’s smile widened to a grin. In a jiﬀy he was past, and then, looking back over his shoulder, he returned John’s salutation with a wave of his hand and a still broader grin.

After Hurley’s escape from the Pima County Jail with Joseph Casey and the others, he was recaptured in El Paso, Texas. The Galveston Daily News for September 9, 1883 reported the following:

He [Hurley] was a gambler and rustler in that country, and committed an atrocious murder on Senorita [Sonoita] creek, 75 miles south of Tucson, a year ago last July, by shooting and killing a miner in a dispute over a game of cards involving twenty-five cents.

Hurley was convicted of second-degree murder on September 29, 1883. He served eight years of a twenty-year sentence in the Arizona State Prison at Yuma. He was pardoned August 7, 1891.

James A. Morton – It is my belief that Morton was the killer of “old Man Roberts,” not Hurley. Identified as Frank Morton in the Arizona Daily Citizen for July 23, 1882, it was reported that Morton turned himself in to Tubac’s Justice of the Peace, T. Lillie Mercer, but was discharged due to lack of evidence. Morton didn’t waste any time heading south, crossing the border. The Citizen went on to report:

…it appears that people fearing harm to themselves hesitated telling what they knew…. On leaving Arizona, Morton went to Magdalena, but immediately left on Paul’s arrival at that place, and with two others camped in the bush. An Indian who had been sent out to find them returned and reported the camp deserted and that the men had backed into Arizona. Sending a party of Mexicans on the road towards Calabasas, Sheriﬀ Paul took the one leading to La Noria, and there he found his man. He was taken to Tubac and again given a hearing before Justice Mercer, who committed him without bail to wait the action of the grand jury.

As noted above, author Barney identified Tim Hurley as the murderer of Roberts, however the Citizen article for July 23rd concluded by saying:

When brought back from Sonora the feeling was very strong against him [Morton], and Sheriﬀ Paul is under the impression that had it not been for his interference Morton would certainly have been lynched.

Morton was finally, ensconced in the old Pima County Jail, but managed to escape on August 30th. He made it as far as the Total Wreck Mine southeast of present-day Vail when hunger got the best of him. He sought food and shelter from a miner named Andrew Bobo, who complied, but also notified the law. Morton was returned to a cell in the Pima County Jail by Deputy Sheriff Merrill.

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The September 3, 1882, Weekly Citizen reported on his recapture and noted: “It is hardly probable that he will get away a second time.” Morton was the last prisoner to escape from the old Pima County Jail. Less than two months later, Morton escaped from the new Pima County Jail with Joseph Casey and the others. No more information about Morton has been found to date. Harry/Henry Sinclair (St Clair) & Lorenzo Lopez – were sharing a cell with Casey on the morning of April 29, 1883.

Sinclair was originally arrested by the newly elected Sheriff of Cochise County, Jerome Ward. He was accused of trying to rob Kauffman’s store at La Noria and attempted murder. He was quickly turned over to Sheriff Bob Paul of Pima County. In an interview with an Arizona Daily Citizen reporter, Sinclair claimed innocence in both the La Noria case and the killing of Holbrook. On June 23, 1883 he was sentenced to imprisonment “in the Territorial prison at Yuma, Territory of Arizona, for the period of your natural life.” Lopez’ crime is not known, but seems to have been rather minor as he was not charged in the murder of Jailer Holbrook. He returned to his cell as soon as things went sour and no more information has turned up regarding his incarceration.

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John W. Murphy – was recaptured along with Dave Gibson in Fenner, California on December 15, 1883. An angry Tucson crowd awaited their return. Thoughts of lynching the pair were rampant. His trial began December 29th. Young notes that he was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison. However Murphy’s name does not appear on the list of the Arizona Territorial Prisoners at Yuma.

Dave/Dan/Daniel Gibson – managed to obtain the services of a good lawyer. His trial was delayed until May of 1884. After several days of testimony, Gibson was found not guilty of killing Levy. It was ruled that “Levy was already dead from the gunshots fired by Moyer and Murphy.” William Moyer/Moyers/Mayer – was recaptured in Denver, Colorado on July 19, 1883 and returned to Tucson on August 3rd. An angry crowd awaited ready to lynch him. On December 14th, he was found guilty of murdering James Levy one day before the recapture of his two cohorts. Moyer was brought back as a witness in the trials of both Murphy and Gibson, but was not allowed to testify at Gibson’s trial!

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Pat Mahoney was in jail for committing highway robbery near Calabasas. R. A./D.A. Westover/Western/Nestover was sentenced for robbery on July 21, 1883. Young notes that he was also known as “Westerner.” John Webber, identified as one of the escapees at the time, has been determined by Young not to have been involved. Young identifies Charles French as the final escapee. French was indicted for robbing the U.S. mails near

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One final note — this article that began in January with the search for the true story of Joseph Casey has one more story to reveal. “The Mysterious Gunman” first published in the December 1966 issue of The West magazine with the brief mention of Salino [Sabino] Otero has helped me to turn up many fascinating facts about Tubac and the history of the old west. As a final surprise, I discovered that the author of the article, Maurice Kildare, was actually a well-known Arizona author named Gladwell “Toney” Richardson. Texas born Richardson (1903-1980) moved to northern Arizona at age fifteen. Dan Thrapp’s biography of Richardson notes that he was a clerk at the Houck Trading Post, Richardson’s uncle, George Mc Adam, being the owner. Richardson’s arrival marked the fourth generation of his family to “devote their business careers to Navaho Indian trading.”

During his writing career, Richardson wrote over 300 novels, and more than a thousand articles and short stories. He used many pseudonyms including Maurice Kildare, John R. Winslowe, Calico Jones, Laramie Colson and a name fitting to his time near the Navaho Reservation – George Blacksnake.

Richardson wrote another article about Joseph Casey, a month earlier. Written and published under his own name, it appeared in the November 1966 issue of Westerner magazine. Titled “Mystery Outlaw of the Border,” Richardson attributed all kinds of heinous crimes to Casey prior to his run-in with Sheriff Bob Paul. How much is true and how much is fiction is yet to be determined.

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Sources: - Barney, James M., “Bob Paul — Early Arizona Sheriff.” Sheriff ’s Magazine, February 1949. - Andrew W. Holbrook – In Memoriam - http://www.pimasheriff.org/Page/875/Show.aspx - Officer Down Memorial Page - http://www.odmp.org/officer/6607-deputy-sheriffandrew-w.-holbrook - O’Dell, Roy, “Joseph Casey – Arizona Escape Artist.” Laramie: University of Wyoming: Quarterly of the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History Vol. XIII, No. 2, Fall 1988. - Rockfellow, John A., Log of an Arizona Trail Blazer. Tucson: Arizona Silhouettes, 1955. - Thrapp, Dan, Encyclopedia of Frontier Biography, Volume III. Glendale, CA: The Arthur H. Clark Company, c. 1988. - Young, Roy B., Robert Havlin Paul: Frontier Lawman, the Arizona Years. Apache, OK: Young & Sons Enterprises, c. October, 2009. - Arizona Daily Citizen, “Harry Sinclair – A Citizen Reporter Interviews Him This Morning.” June 30, 1883. - Arizona Weekly Star, “Execution of Joseph Casey.” April 17, 1884.

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Otho Kinsley by Shaw Kinsley

everal years ago the Tubac Historical Society undertook a series of oral history interviews with members of the Cowbelles of Santa Cruz Valley. The Cowbelles is a distinguished organization of ranch women whose “take” on life in our area gives a special insight. The transcripts are available at THS and I highly recommend them. By a happy accident, I was able to transcribe a number of these taped interviews. Almost all of them mentioned a place called Kinsley’s, either for the frequent roping contests and rodeos, or for the swimming pool, or for the movies shown on Saturday nights. I was intrigued that my own surname was applied to this multifaceted pleasure spot. I don’t know if I’m related to Otho Kinsley, but after learning more about him, I certainly hope so.

The vertical files at THS contain the basic facts of his life. He was born in 1899 in Bishop, California, the son of a farming family that had moved to California from somewhere in Michigan. When Otho was about 15 years old the family moved to the San Rafael Valley, but we don’t know precisely where or on what ranch they might have worked. Otho maintained that he was hit in the leg by a bullet from one of Pancho Villa’s riflemen when he was riding a fenceline after the family moved to Arizona. The wound extinguished Otho’s hope of being a rodeo star,

but he stayed involved with rodeos for most of his life.

During the Depression Otho worked on a highway gang on the road between Tucson and Nogales, and bought 450 acres of land near Arivaca Junction for $40, (or possibly for $100 – the accounts vary). In the ensuing years he acquired some adjacent property and ended up with a total of 600 acres on which he raised cotton and livestock. His specialty was raising bucking horses and bulls, but he also established a tavern-restaurant-grocery store-gas station there, and later added a swimming pool, two lakes, and an air strip. There is a photograph behind the bar at the Cow Palace of Otho, Sr. with one of two pet African lions he owned and used to ensure decorous behavior at his recreation area.

Otho’s son Otho Kinsley Jr. now lives in Primghar, Iowa, and has collected some interesting material about his father and the property, and posted it on his website: www. primghar.com/ranch/index.html. Among other materials collected by him you can see a “before and after” view of Kinsley Ranch when the airstrip occupied land now taken up by the houses of Lakeside Estates. Young Kinsley found and posted a 1954 article about his father from the Arizona Republic: “By far the most unusual ranch in the Santa Cruz Valley is the Otho Kinsley spread south of Sahuarita and north of Tubac. Most stock raisers strive for

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horses that can be ridden and cows that can be contained in a four-wire fence. But not Kinsley. If they don't buck, bite, kick, and sail over 10-foot fences, they're not worth a nickel in Kinsley's book. He buys every outlaw horse he can lay hands on and channels them to rodeo promoters in Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. Kinsley claims that out of a random sampling of 146 horses, only one will be a blue-ribbon bucking horse, willing to make with its meanest antics day after day. Papoose and A-7 are two famous--or infamous--Kinsley broncs. Kinsley says the odds on producing a satisfactory riding bull are better. Out of 20 bulls, six or seven generally qualify as rodeo caliber.” The website also has an article called “Looking Back” about the rodeos at Kinsley Ranch by William H. Porter. He writes, “Otho Kinsley had a bevy of bulls of which he was justly proud. Some of the Brahmans and crossBrahmans were named Little Snuffy, Paleface, Pieface, Buttermilk Sky, Oscar Thompson, Fearless Fosdick, Rotator and Climbin' High. The most famous bull, the one that brought in the most dinero, was called Speck. Years ago Kinsley had this to say about Speck: ‘He's a fine bull....one of the toughest to ride I've ever seen, but gentle as a lamb in the chute.’ Speck was mottled brown and white — ‘just like a trout’ — and when he came out of the chute and went into his spin, he cleared the way for yards around the gate. He was a spinning bull from the moment he was clear of the gate. He turned round and round in short, rough, fast circles, upsetting the balance of nearly everybody who tried to ride him. So rambunctious was he that Kinsley stood him ‘open to the world’ for any amount of money. Speck put down such top boys as Jimmy Hazen, Mitch Owens and Chappo Valenzuela. He was finally humbled in a well ballyhooed match by Dick Griﬃth at Tucson on December 8, 1946.” Porter doesn’t mention a bull named Phillips 66 that made the “Picture of the Week” in Life magazine.

Kinsley was a water-witcher and sited the wells on a number of properties in Santa Cruz and southern Pima counties. Some people wonder whether the “witching” was more of a show and that Kinsley actually located likely drilling spots from a close observation of the geology and plant growth. The two wells he drilled on his property filled the 80 foot by 20 foot swimming pool with fresh, cold, nearly unchlorinated water. The overflow went into the two lakes and that overflow irrigated his cotton.

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Over the years Kinsley tried a number of crops on his property, including gladiolas, pigs, and cotton. In 1946 he added the airstrip with three planes to provide air service into Mexico. That was the year hoof and mouth broke out and the resulting travel restrictions brought Kinsley’s fledgling airline to a halt. The dance hall was a much more successful addition. It was a large hexagonal building located where the Post Oﬃce is now, just north of the

Cow Palace. Otho Jr. has posted “Memories of Kinsley Ranch” written in 2001 by Dianne Dreyer Thompson, the daughter of Otho Kinsley’s bookkeeper. She writes, “My Dad, Dick Dreyer, went to work as bookkeeper for Otho V. Kinsley, Sr., in late 1949 or early 1950. … Kinsley Ranch, set halfway between Nogales and Tucson, was a working ranch as well as being known for its restaurant, swimming pool, and lake. The ranch had a rodeo arena, as well as rodeo stock. It was said that Otho was the one who first introduced brahmas to rodeo, and he could well have been, because he was always interested in something new and different. Otho also supplied rodeo stock to many area rodeos including Tucson, Sonoita, and quite a few others. … There were many dances held in the huge dancehall, and folks would come literally from miles away to dance the night away. One favorite performer was Pug Scott and her fiddle. There was also John E. Jones and his group, among many others. Usually the fee was a dime a dance: drop a dime in box and go dance. … I will tell you of my Dad's "counting dimes". Usually after a rodeo dance and collecting a dime a dance, my Mom, Dad and anyone else who was free would count and roll dimes, a tedious job. One weekend there was to be a two day rodeo, and hence, two dances. My Mom and Dad had decided to get away for the weekend, and Otho also left Sunday night. Monday morning my Dad went to the oﬃce to count the proceeds, and make the bank deposit, but he could not find the money from the dances anywhere. My Dad, Mom, Ken (the bartender), the waitresses, and I looked every place that Otho could have put the money, but could not find it. My Dad decided Otho must have locked it in his car trunk – he had done that before when he didn't want to go to the oﬃce, but we were not able to get a hold of Otho to find out. My Mom then noticed the rain barrel that set in front of

the oﬃce had a board over it with a big rock on it that was not usually there. On examination, we found ALL the proceeds in the barrel, from the restaurant, swimming pool, rodeo, and dances for the whole weekend – in checks, cash AND a whole mess of dimes in a big paper bag. The bag split when it was lifted out. Let me tell you, we counted dimes forever, and had to turn the barrel over to get them all out. I know it was well over $300 in dimes!”

Go to the website to read the rest of Dianne’s memories of Kinsley Ranch, or stop by the Tubac Historical Society where they have been printed out and added to the Otho Kinsley biographical file. And then search your own memory banks. What can you share with a local historical society to bring life to names and places that might otherwise be forgotten? Otho died way too young in 1962 after having sold 450 of his acres for $421,000. The old hexagonal dance hall had burned prior to the sale, which paved the way for the Lakeside Estates development, and the Cow Palace took over what had been an institution for decades. I like to think of the spirit of Otho Kinsley still smiling on the southern Arizona air, roaring along the old road in his Pontiac (the one the lion bit the rear armrest out of ), an unlit cigar in his teeth singing along to Western music. Otho Kinsley was another of Tubac’s great personalities, and the Tubac Historical Society is eager to have any additional memories, photographs, or anecdotes you might have. Photos courtesy of the Tubac Historical Society:

Facing page, left: Otho Kinsley and Lion: Otho Kinsley, Sr. and one of his pet African lions. Pets like these helped ensure decorous behavior at Kinsley’s popular recreation area. (Courtesy Frank Bertolino.)

Facing page, center: KinsleyRanch from otho: The figure to the left of the white pickup on the right side of the photograph of a Kinsley Ranch Rodeo is thought to be Otho Kinsley, Sr. (Photo courtesy Otho Kinsley, Jr.) Facing page, right: Kinsleys1: An intently watched roping contest at Kinsley Ranch Rodeo. (Photo courtesy Randy Williams.)

Above: Balerina Bull: In this photograph of a Brahma bull riding contest at Kinsley’s Ranch the bull appears to have won. (Photo courtesy Otho Kinsley, Jr.)

Shaw Kinsley is a specialty consultant currently focused on personal archives, libraries and collections. By organizing, preserving and presenting individual collections Kinsley helps families pass their stories on to future generations. He is the author of the recently published book Tubac in the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing which tells Tubac’s history through vintage photographs. The book and an accompanying set of 15 postcards are available at the Tubac Historical Society, T.J. Tortuga’s Books and Coﬀee Beans, the Tubac Center of the Arts, the Santa Cruz Chili & Spice Company, or directly from Shaw at www.ShawKinsley.com

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4th through 7th grade are eligible to apply for the junior group sessions held from 9:00 AM until 11:30 AM, Monday through Friday. Senior Group: Students going into 8th through 10th grade are eligible to apply for the senior group sessions held from 1:00 PM until 3:30 PM, Monday through Friday. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2010. Application will include parental permission, teacher recommendation, commitment contract & attendance by student/parent at COTA Orientation. Classes will have an upper limit of 20 students. Students will participate in one of four arts disciplines: dance, drama, music or visual arts. Acceptance will be by the date an application and payment are received. Class assignment will be made based on student preferences and class availability. Cost for a two-session and performance is $100 per student. A limited number of scholarships will be made available, based on financial need, student/parent commitment, references and interviews. For more complete information, please visit www.performingartscenter.org or call 520-399-1750. Summer Arts June 15-July 18, 2010. Get ready for another summer of fun and creativity at tcA'S AcclAIMed SuMMer ArtS progrAM. Students ages 6-13 can be enrolled by calling the center at 398-2371. Cost for four weeks is $195. You can give the gift of creativity by sponsoring a child. A special treat for sponsors will be an exclusive performance of the students' theater production at the end of the program. Full sponsorship, $195, half sponsorship $100. All sponsorships are tax-deductible and any amount under $100 will certainly help a youth attend this marvelous program.

AnnounceMentS Art clASSeS available at Beads of Tubac, 5 Hesselbarth Lane. beAd StrIngIng, KnIttIng, drAwIng, Mold MAKIng, encAuStIcS, wAtercolorS, AcrylIcS, oIl, pAStelS, And ScrAtchboArd wIth ArtIStS: bArbArA borgwArdt, KIM edwArdS-KeASt, cArol reIlley, dee robInSon, dAvId SIMonS, JAn thoMpSon, wAndA tucKer & rIcK wheeler. Call 520-398-2070 or visit www. beadsoftubac.com for dates, times and prices.

the entIre tubAc coMMunIty IS beIng ASKed to Support the SAve the preSIdIo InItIAtIve. Thanks to support from Santa Cruz County and from the Arizona State Parks Board, it looks more and more likely that Tubac’s Presidio Park will remain open under a volunteer effort coordinated by the Tubac Historical Society. A special bank account has been opened and contributions from individuals and families are now being sought. If the agreement doesn’t materialize, all contributions will be refunded. Donations are tax deductible and should be made payable to “Tubac Historical Society” for the Save the Presidio effort. Please mail your check today to Tubac Historical Society at PO Box 3261, Tubac, AZ 85646. If you would like to contribute using your credit card, you may do so on our website at www. ths-tubac.org by following the link to “Save the Presidio Park Initiative” and using the PayPal Donate Now button. If you would like to volunteer your time and talent, please let us know your skills and interests.

RAINBOWS by Carol St. John

Rainbows are not offered in one specific place, nor is there any one specific reason for their existence, not if you are a lover, a dreamer or me. As we do with every natural phenomenon on this planet, humans have endowed rainbows with special meanings. Norsemen saw them as connectors between the homes of the gods and the homes of humans; in the Epic of Gilgamesh, the rainbow was the necklace of the Great Mother Ishtar; in Olympian legend, the goddess Iris was the rainbow attaching earth to the sea; in the Old Testament it’s a reminder of the covenant between God and Noah.

Beyond these ditties, we have advanced the understanding of how light works when played against droplets of water. We know now that with the exceptions of photography, everyone sees their own rainbow. Refracted light changes with each perspective. We also know that all colors combined will produce white and the absence of light will produce black. It is in the acute or obtuse angle of the rays of the sun that we can see the colors that are the foundation for colors everywhere.

Artists understand that colors play different roles and each is important to the other. Spinning a rainbow into a color wheel could help us understand how specific colors work. Follow the order of the rainbow and layout a pie of red, orange, yellow, green, blue Join us for our second annual MOTHER'S DAY BRUNCH Sunday May 9th. Call for details. and purple slices. From these you can easily test color theory. Red, yellow and blue are the primary colors. The others, orange and green and purple are secondary. Mix two primary colors from the left or right together and you get a secondary color. Mix a primary color with its direct opposite and you will get gray. Like yellow and violet, or blue and orange. Therefore, to make the shadow on a yellow banana lit by the sunshine, just add some purple to the yellow and voila! You have nature’s truth. To place a shadow on an AILY UNCH PECIALS open orange pumpkin, throw in a little blue. Again, nature’s gray. lunch:

In our modern world we attach more practical meanings: Rainbow at night, shepherd's delight; Rainbow in morning, shepherds take warning. How about? If there be a rainbow in the eve, it will rain and leave. But if there be a rainbow in the morrow, it will neither lend nor borrow.

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Now that you understand these special relationships of opposites in colors, (blue-orange, yellow-purple, red-green) think of them as complementary. It might help to think of the word complimentary because opposing colors really do bring out the best in each other. If you have a room full of blues, try a little orange to make it sing. (Or a little rust if orange is too scary.) But back to rainbows. Children love them as much as we do. Having taught many years in a variety of settings, I never failed to see little ones trying to capture a rainbow in their first artworks. Why? Is it because they see the upside down smile? The exquisite order? The utilization of all their favorite colors? By the way, black rainbows show up, too. I see these as a sign that things are not going well. But art is art, and a child has the same rights to interpret the world as we grown-ups do. In fact, I think

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they may get it better than we do, with our layers and layers of programmed knowledge.

Certainly a spokesperson for kids was Kermit the Frog. He sang Rainbow Connection to babies everywhere and they didn’t need an interpreter. They understood. Rainbows are about potential and promise and hope.

I long for the return of innocence in the face of the rainbow. I want it to remind us of the need for every color, gender and gift that humans have to be considered as important and interdependent as the colors of the rainbow. I want to see the merging of our differences to be perceived as beautiful, just as beautiful as the transitions from one color to another. If we see the beauty in the differences, subtle and bold, I think we might extend our lives and joy during our brief visitation on this planet.

In 1985, Children in Iona, Scotland revised an old hymn at the Community Works: a World Student Christian Federation. These are their words: Praise the Spirit among us liberating truth from pride, forging bonds where race or gender dare divide. It’s a new world with very old prejudices, isn’t it? But, again, the kids get it. They understand that we owe it to each other to appreciate whatever color or colors we choose. This is hard work. I know.

I was so impressed by an interview with Desmond Tutu in Time Magazine’s annual issue. He is quoted as saying, among other things, that he is not optimistic. He describes himself, instead, as a prisoner of Hope, and says what reassures him is that all the bad guys eventually fail. He goes on to say that free South Africa is young but is learning. (I think the same about the human race.) He supports gay and lesbian clergy because their sexuality is as much a part of who they are as his race is to him. They don’t choose their gender, he says, any more than I chose to be black. How wise and simple that inspired man’s words sounded when I read them. We have things that are given and things we choose. To me the art of living and being on the right path is knowing your colors and being able to celebrate them, safely, passionately and with compassion.

When I hear of how prosaic we have allowed our thinking to become as a nation, I try to think of leaders like Desmond Tutu and the children who think above the fray. Maybe the rainbow can help us to do that, too. Look up, see Heaven’s bridge, made just for your eyes. Watch as the sun behind you dances in the rain in front, and each little droplet of water gathers light to add to a spectrum more beautiful than we could have ever imagined.

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ver 50 years ago my family and I paid a visit to my brother and his family in Akron, Ohio, he had four children and we had three.

My brother loved flea markets and antique shows, one morning just Earl and I went shopping at a local flea market about five miles from his home, as we were walking and looking, he spies a huge container filled with beautiful large balls of white cotton yarn, tightly knit together, 50 +! They all had 12 in. plastic handles. He gathered up about a dozen saying, "The kids will love these." I said, "Earl, you do realize you bought a dozen toilet bowl cleaners," he said, "they'll love them and still have fun."

Dear friends, they did love them and they did have fun and I've never had such a wonderful toilet bowl cleaner! 50 years and going strong! Never, ever have I had to replace it! Months ago I gave a recipe for "Three Minute Cherry Cobbler," I very seldom use or give a recipe using a box mix, but this time one proved to be delicious! A man in Tucson who happened upon the Villager made the cherry cobbler, the apple cobbler, the peach cobbler and the blueberry cobbler, I must confess I never thought of using all the canned fruit pie mixes for the cobbler. I did make an apple and a peach cobbler - very good. I shall tell you more about my friend in May. THREE MINUTE CHERRY OR APPLE OR BLUEBERRY OR PEACH COBBLER

1 can fruit pie filling (your favorite) 1 box Betty Crocker Butter-Pecan cake mix 1 stick cold butter Put contents of pie filling in bottom of 8" x 8" baking dish, sprinkle cake mix over all. Put slices of butter over all the fruit. Bake at 375⁰ for 30 min. (uncovered) Serve with ice cream or whipped cream.

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Asked Willie Armijo about the swallows, Willie watches over the Tubac Community Center you know, he said he's seen quite a few, they've made their reservations, looks like a good year! Oh Happy Day, Oh Glorious Day! The 26th of March marked the arrival of the orioles, the 30th heralded the arrival of the Grosbeak.

The colors are beyond description and what more could one ask for, just as the stars are brighter than ever, we've got it all! I hope you all had a very blessed Easter and may the message remain with you throughout the coming year!

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Springtime in the Sonoran deSert

Oh glorious Spring when life stretches, yawns and unfurls itself to the warming rays of sunshine. All those clichés come true at this time of the year, as early flowers burst forth, trees start leafing out turning the landscape a fresh green, the quail are vocal and best of all, the insects go from dormant to active, changing shape and behavior, hatching from egg to caterpillar or nymph, emerging from underground and triggering activities far and wide that make our ecosystem alive and well.

As you set out for that invigorating walk around the neighborhood, change your viewing perspective from large (birds, javelina, even trees and flowers) to the smaller world, you might be amazed by what you see. Of course those yellow flowers draw your attention, but better still, large black bees - carpenter bees, are hovering and almost attacking the flowers to sip nectar and gather pollen on their bodies. Look closely at the faces of these bees, if there is a yellow patch, you have found the early emerging males. Males are first out of nest and await their brides who take their sweet time making an entrance. Maybe you will find an old agave flower stalk where they nested last year. Look for a quarter sized opening, and maybe one of these new bees will appear to look at you. If you peer very closely into some of the smaller flowers, you may see small yellow and black bees flitting to and fro, or burrowing into flowerheads. Arizona has a wealth of native bees that emerge when their particular flowers open up to share their delights of pollen and nectar, and to be pollinated. I should mention honey bees also, because many stories have spread about their demise. Not true. Our honey bee population is fine, but just may have moved to some other spots now. They are sharing the wealth with all our bees. You may be a lucky one to have a swarm fly overhead. Don’t be afraid, this is just how honey bees find new shelters and resources. As you meander through the trees, keep a sharp lookout for strange brown cases, maybe half an

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inch long and half that high, attached broadly to a twig. Praying mantis females produced those structures last Fall, so the eggs should be ready to hatch now, as lots of other small insects appear on the scene, ready to be eaten. Look on the top of the case to see if it is still zipped up, indicating the young are still waiting. Keep returning as you may just be fortunate to see some young mantids emerging. Check the sides for perfect circular holes, an indication a parasitic wasp was nurtured by a few mantid nymphs and has escaped to seek a host for her young. Don’t fret because parasites are needed for all populations to be kept in balance, but not eliminated. If there are cactus around, check the ground for a smooth, shiny black beetle with fairly long antennae marching to a different drummer. This is a long-horned cactus beetle, probably hungry after his winter respite, and seeking juicy prickly pear to nibble and also some protection from that roadrunner that might be skulking around the vicinity.

As we move to April, more and more flowers are in bloom, which means some different insects may appear. Blister beetles, a diverse family of insects known for their chemical defense, cantharidin, and thus the common name blister beetle, may readily be seen. First to be noticed is one that seems like a large ant-like critter having a brilliant orange head and thorax, with yellow wings and a black cross, the Iron Cross Blister Beetle. How could you miss the advertisement? They show themselves about ten or eleven in the morning, feed in a plot of wild flowers called Eriastrum, and then disappear about 3:30 P.M. They are good hiders, because I haven’t found them until the next day when they show for feeding again. They will eventually find palo verdes in budding stage, lay eggs, and the adults die. Those eggs, though, will hatch right after the buds reveal brilliant yellow flowers to attract one of our other desert bees. The little beetle larvae hitch rides on those bees, are taken back to the nest

somewhere in the soil, drop off and become eating machines, uninvited guests in the bee cell where they eat everything, young bee included. This is a long process and will be unknown to our world again until next spring.

Be aware of other blister beetles, a big black one with an orange head and thorax that visits brittlebush flowers, and creates a scene of bug passion right in the open. You will find that insects don’t hide their feelings and behaviors from the world, as people are wont to do!

One more spectacular arrival for Spring may be found on the mesquite trees beginning in April. Tiny little red bugs with a blue-black mark on the abdomen and a flag at the tip of the antennae may appear in clusters. As they grow and change, the colors become more brilliant red and white bands begin to appear. By May these bugs are about an inch long, red, white and black, still waving the flagged antennae, and migrating up and down the mesquite depending on daytime temperature regimes. The hotter the day, the farther down the mesquite they come, until many are running about on the ground. These are Giant Mesquite Bugs, advertising their presence because they can produce a sweet odor which to most predators is a turnoff. If the smell isn’t enough of a deterrent, they have glands exposed on the back that produce burning, noxious fluids to drive away the persistent predators. They live in large groups to increase the effectiveness of the advertisement, sip fluids from the mesquite, and eventually molt into drablooking adults that can now escape by flying away. Harmless to the mesquite and animals alike, enjoy the colors they bring to the desert now. Spring is high energy for all, with a different story and critters in every flower, tree and shrub. Observe, ask questions and discover life that you may never have thought about, as it keeps you amazed and enjoying the world of Nature. Those bugs aren’t mean or nasty; they are important parts of life everywhere, so relish it.

Top far left: Carpenter bee. Photo courtesy of Doris Evans. Top left, center: Mantid ootheca shwing parasite emergence holes & baby mantids Photo courtesy of Carl Olson

Top right, center: Lytta magister, black with red orange head and pronotum. Photo courtesy of Carl Olson Right: top Adult male giant mesquite bug. Photo by Jillian Cowles

Right bottom: Immature giant mesquite bug. Photo by Jillian Cowles

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