Vol Xi1i No 8
August-September 2017
Come enjoy our updated menu and cooler weather on the patio at Shelby’s Bistro. HALF-OFF BOTTLES OF WINE ALL SUMMER LONG! CANNOT BE COMBINED WITH ANY OTHER SPECIALS OR OFFERS. GOOD THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER.
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By Kathleen Vandervoet
Santa Cruz County Update
REPAIRS UNDER WAY ON SEWAGE LINE BREAK
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After a sewer main line was broken for seven or more days and raw sewage flowed into the Nogales Wash and the Santa Cruz River, repair work started on Aug. 2. The sewer line, called the International Outfall Interceptor, runs from Mexico to a treatment plant in Rio Rico. The break occurred about 15 miles south of Tubac, but sporadic heavy monsoon rains meant that contaminated water flowed heavily into the Santa Cruz River. An announcement said that contaminated water didn’t enter the river after Aug. 2. Other areas along the wash and river also are causing concerns. “The recent flows from summer monsoon rains have eroded embankments at a number of locations within the Nogales Wash, exposing and threatening critical infrastructure and property,” said Shelly Jacobs, Santa Cruz County public health emergency preparedness program manager. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has sent people to assist in stabilizing the banks, she said. As well, the Arizona Army National Guard’s 253rd Engineering Battalion sent soldiers and heavy equipment. The county health department encourages people to stay out of the Santa Cruz River and the Nogales Wash. People who have a private well within 100 feet of the waterway should have their wells tested for contamination, Jacobs said. Information can be found at ein.az.gov, at santacruzcountyaz.gov, on the county’s Facebook page and Twitter at @santacruzaz, Jacobs said.
The tower will be constructed by Eco-Site, a company with a Phoenix office, said consultant Nancy Smith. The web site says the headquarters are in Durham, N.C. The land, owned by Jean and William Neubauer, already had business (B-1) zoning but a conditional use permit from the board of adjustment is required by county law for a tower. A staff report said the tower, which will provide service for T-Mobile, will be camouflaged to look like a water tower and will have a six-foottall adobe-style wall surrounding it. There will be capacity for two other cell carriers, but there are no contracts yet with other companies. SUPERVISORS OK $75 MILLION COUNTY PLAN Tax rates are rising from $4.6703 to $4.6978 per $100 of a residence’s assessed value in the Santa Cruz County 2017-18 budget approved by the three-member Board of Supervisors on Aug. 2. Of the $75.5 million budget, property tax revenue accounts for about $14.7 million. County Manager Jennifer St. John said in a letter that accompanied the budget that, “The county continues to spend beyond its means due to the slow recovery and continued expenditures in uncontrollable costs such as state mandated, health care and retirement expenditures.” She added, “The county will survive this fiscal year by using accumulated fund balance. We believe that the following fiscal year will provide much needed relief in terms of additional property tax, state shared sales tax and local tax revenues.”
85-FOOT TOWER GETS APPROVAL
SCHOOL TAXES RISE WITH $25 MILLION BUDGET
An 85-foot-tall cell phone tower will be designed to look like a water tank in Tumacácori on the south end of the property of the Santa Cruz Chili and Spice Co. The plan received approval from the Santa Cruz County Board of Adjustment at a July 20 meeting.
The combined primary and secondary tax rate for the Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District 35 (Tubac and Rio Rico) rose from $3.8639 in 2016-17 to $4.3818 per $100 of a residence’s assessed value for the 2017-18 year which started July 1. Continued on page 6...
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The five-member school board voted on July 11 to adopt a $19.8 million maintenance and operation budget for the year, up from $19.3 million in the year which ended June 30. The total comes to $25,683,025 with the categories of unrestricted capital at $1.5 million, and federal projects at $4.3 million. District spokeswoman Carol Cullen said the secondary tax rate decreased by 95 percent, from $1.0083 to $0.05, due to “using the cash-on-hand to offset the override and bond cost for our constituents. Specifically, in 2016-17, we refinanced our outstanding debt giving us additional cash on hand allowing us to offset the cost to our constituents. The bottom line is that we are not imposing a bond levy this year.” When asked why the primary tax rate increased by 34 percent, from $2.8556 to $4.3318, Cullen said it was the “result of a new formula dictated by the legislature in which districts are now prohibited from using cash on hand to calculate the primary tax rate. In years past, we were able to use this COH to calculate the primary rate.” The district anticipates 3,388 students for the year which started Aug. 7, and expects to have 164 teachers, Cullen said.
KINSLEY DIES AT AGE 69 Shaw Kinsley, former director of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, died July 6, 2017. He was born Oct. 6, 1947 in Denver, Colo. He was director of the Park from 2010 to April 2017, when he resigned due to health problems. Kinsley earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado and a master’s degree from the University of Oxford. He received the Arizona Historical Society Al Merito award that recognizes individuals who have made outstanding contributions and served as role models for preserving Arizona’s rich history. An announcement said, “By recruiting volunteers and keeping them dedicated with his leadership and a charismatic personality, Shaw was able to maintain and expand the park to become a major Tubac destination.” A memorial service is planned in November. For details, call the Tubac Presidio Park at (520) 398-2252. For comments or questions contact the writer at kathleenvandervoet@gmail.com
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NEW DIRECTOR OF THE TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK
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he Board of the Friends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum, Inc. is pleased to announce that Shannon F. M. Stone will be joining us in August as the new Director of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. Shannon received her Bachelor Degree in History with a minor in Anthropology from the University of Arizona and currently is working on her Master of Liberal Arts in Museum Management through Harvard University. She has been serving as Education Director of the DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun Museum and Foundation in Tucson, where she has worked for over 16 years. She has extensive experience in managing museum daily operations and special events and her efforts at developing and supervising programs to raise visitor attendance proved to be highly successful. Her work in coordinating organizations, schools, businesses and private groups for events and marketing were well conceived and executed, adding to the success of the Museum. She has been deeply involved with assessing operating costs, developing departmental budgets and reports and meeting budget constraints. Her experience The new Director of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, Shannon F. M. Stone. Photo, courtesy of the Board includes collection maintenance, creating art of the Friends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum, Inc. projects, email blasts, power point presentations, lectures, gift shop scheduling, web page design and marketing on social media. Shannon’s strong
knowledge of Southwest and Latin American history, art and culture is also an important asset for this position. She is the successor to the late Shaw Kinsley who so ably guided the Presidio to its present position with Trip Advisor giving us our sixth consecutive Award of Excellence. We look forward to her joining us and to the part she will play in the continued improvement and successful operation of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. The Tubac Presidio was the first Arizona State Park and it has the second oldest school house in Arizona, where classes are still held by visiting school children from Pima and Santa Cruz Counties. It also has the first printing press in the state on which the first newspaper in Arizona was printed, and it is still operational. There is a horse drawn vehicle from the mid eighteen hundreds called an “ambulance” that is the only such vehicle known to be on public display anywhere in the world. Over 2000 years of fascinating history is on view here at this very special Park which is open every day of the year except Christmas. Visit the Presido at 1 Burruel Street in Tubac. Online: http://www.tubacpp.com
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BIRDING - bagging the nemesis
By John O'Neill
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silently muffled a joyous gasp in July, lying on a wet forest floor at a 20-degree angle, high in the Rockies, long after the sun was over the mountains. Next to me sat the world’s undisputed expert on flammulated owls and about 30 feet up in a ponderosa pine a hatchling stuck its little head out of a nest hole, its black eyes clearly visible. At last! I had seen the other 18 species of owls in North America and had begun to wonder if ever I would glimpse a flam, as they are called, after failing in five states, including Arizona, over many years. All of us birders have nemesis birds, elusive species that others have seen and tell us about but we can’t locate in spite of great effort, expense, prolonged damage to our fragile psyches, and bouts of pitiable existential bird emptiness. Indulge me a few minutes while I tell how this epic adventure happened and I’ll tie it somehow to birding in Tubac. Flams are hard to see because they are virtually unseeable. The two-ounce, sixinch-long, well-camouflaged owls were “long overlooked in many areas and were considered rare until recently,” according to the Audubon Society. “The monotonous flat toot of the flammulated owl can be difficult to locate,” say experts at Cornell. “The softness of the call, together with the gradual beginning and end make its direction hard to detect. In addition, when the owl detects a person it sings even more softly, making it sound as if it’s far away.” Escaping the torrid heat, my wife and I joined friends last month in Green Mountain Falls, Colo., a village at an elevation of 7,800 feet near Colorado Springs. Golf and touring were relaxing until a friend asked if there were any birds in the area I’d never seen. I didn’t think so, but looked at a check list and there it was, the flam, my nemesis owl. Checking Google for area flams, I found a well-written article with photos in OutThere Colorado about an important long-term study of flams at Manitou Experimental Forest, just a dozen miles from Green Mountain Falls, directed by Colorado College Professor Brian Linkhart.
The article told how Linkhart and his undergraduate field assistants spend long nights in the woods capturing, evaluating and releasing every flam in a large area, taking DNA samples, checking for disease, timing forays to catch moths for food for the young, and banding the birds to learn about migratory routes and rates of return. After several unsuccessful attempts to find a flam on my own at the Experimental Forest and with a sickening feeling I would miss it yet again, I sent Linkhart an obsequious email “to beg, implore, entreat, supplicate, petition, beseech, and importune you to let me join you or one of your crews for a while this week to see a flam.”
Southern Arizona is a hotbed of owls, with 13 species. Flammulated owls are findable in the surrounding mountains - Mt. Lemmon, the Huachucas, Cave Creek, Chiricahuas, Et cetera.
He replied in the affirmative, a rare opportunity for a non-scientist and I was thrilled. A few days later we set off in a Toyota Tacoma, four-wheel-drive pickup, up slick, rutted Forest Service roads, far beyond the reach of my vehicle, to a known flam nest site. Three field assistants, all young women, were already there lying on a tarp recording the number of times the adults returned to feed the three hatchlings in the nest hole. Adult owls brought food periodically offering me clear sightings. The hope was that one of the young would fledge that night, but they stayed in the nest hole. Before we left one of the aspiring field biologists raised a telescoping pole that swayed back and forth until she was able to insert a light into the nest hole. As we hoped, all three hatchlings were safe inside. Lightening and rain drove us from the mountains about midnight, truncating the research work for the night. I got home about 1 a.m., a happy man, and kept Gretchen up for an hour with a detailed report. Before Linkhart’s work for the past quarter century, knowledge of flams was anecdotal. Now the fate of the owls is a barometer to the health of the forest ecosystem, helping answer such crucial questions as whether fire suppression is helpful or a bane to the flora and fauna in America’s vast timberlands.
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BIRDING continued... To discover these Colorado flams spend winters, usually in southern Mexico, Linkhart and his assistants match field biology with high technology by attaching a device that weighs 3/1,000 (like nothing) of a pound to the flams. On it is a geolocator which somehow reads light to determine latitude and longitude within plus or minus 100 miles. At predetermined times the device takes GPS readings within 10 meters of the flams. All this information is recorded on a chip. The rub is the bird has to be recaptured to get the chip for analysis. Partners in Flight estimates a global breeding population of just 20,000 flammulated owls. Thanks for waiting for the fascinating Birding-in-Tubac connection. Southeast Arizona is a hotbed of owls, with 13 species. Great horned owls have nested in a cottonwood just outside the patio at the Tubac Golf Resort. Western screech owls and whiskered screech owls abound. Long-eared owls visit in the winter at Arivaca. Flams are findable on Mt. Lemmon, in the Huachuca Mountains and Cave Creek in the Chiricahua Mountains. Et cetera. It would have been possible to find a flam closer to home, but I always dipped (birder word for failure) until a kindly ecologist and professor from Colorado understood my desperation and took pity on me. *** This summer wasn’t the first time I’d had good fortune bagging a nemesis bird in Green Mountain Falls. My principal nemesis before the flam was the white-tailed ptarmigan, a chicken-sized grouse that inhabits alpine regions, usually above the timber line, where there are few roads. These wonderful birds are exactly the color of snow when it’s snowing and mottled when the snow melts. I had huffed and puffed up mountains in Alaska, New Mexico, Washington and California in quest of a glimpse and had no luck. Then in 2004 Gretchen and I made our first and, until last month, only visit to Green Mountain Falls to the same house with the same family of friends from Kansas City. It was Yuletide during a cold snap - minus 14 degrees the day after we arrived. Leafing through “A Birder’s Guide to Colorado,” I read that Guanella Pass was “probably the best spot in the United States to see white-tailed ptarmigan in winter plumage.” Temptation overwhelmed common sense and I decided to go for it even though my best outdoor footgear was sneakers. I rose at o dark thirty on Dec. 26, drove north to Denver, headed west on I-70 and slipped and slid on a snow and ice-packed road up to 11,600 feet. Winds howled, the car shook, snow flew horizontally and the sky was ominous. Guanella Pass was a very lonely place. The birder’s guide warned about bringing foot gear suitable for plunging through thigh-deep show drifts and knowledge of signs of hypothermia. I decided to get out and wander a leeward trail for about 20 minutes, less time I assumed than it would take to get frostbite of the toes. It was one of the best decisions of my birding life. Along the way I stopped briefly to commune with “nature.” When I turned back toward the trail I saw black dots, the dark eyes of ptarmigan, their bodies camouflaged perfectly in their snow suits. They were motionless and I had just walked by them. After a few minutes they began to ignore me, eating from willows that protruded through the snow. December 26th is a holiday called Boxing Day in England and the Commonwealth. I celebrate it every year as Ptarmigan Day. What does that historical bird chase have to do with birding in Tubac? In truth, not much, since there are no grouse in southeast Arizona. But as my grade school teachers used to say: anything’s possible. �
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What’s Next?
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By Carol Egmont St. John
his has been an unusual summer for me. I’ve been following my new book around; giving talks, appearing at book groups, loving the attention and affirmation. It is what I had hoped for and satisfying, but how long will I be able to sustain the energy it takes to keep the bubbles in the air? I don’t know if you have this problem, but you may relate. With the completion of a big project, one that took all my concentration, I find I have an empty plate, no bucket list. I remember this feeling when I did theater productions that took months to prepare, days to present--great excitement and then, the big nothing. The same was true after art shows that called for extraordinary effort and follow-through, and then the fallout, the flatlining, the aftermath. I know many artists have a challenging time sustaining the kind of energy level that a public face requires. It is no wonder they pop pills, act out and self-destruct. It isn’t normal to operate at full steam all the time. It doesn’t matter how much the ego is fed or the pockets are filled, most self- importance is delusional, fragile. After all, we are no more than a flash of energy. Too much oomph and we blow the circuit. Mothers know. They recognize danger when a child’s energy spirals. Teachers know it, too. It’s why time-outs were invented.
My experience as teacher and mother is telling me to take a time out, allow time and remember the healing process of detachment. But can I grow quiet enough to become one with the life all around me? Can I let the wind compete with the coyote’s howl, ignore the gazillion bugs buzzing my yard and be as non-reactive as a stone washed in monsoon rain without cluttering my mind with metaphors? Perhaps being disconnected would be as enlightening and inspiring as being attached. Timeouts are everywhere. The seas calm, the lizard sits, lobsters hide, bears hibernate, the daffodil waits ‘til next year. Even hurricanes have quiet at their very center. I suspect our built-in mechanism for sleep is proof of the natural need for stillness. But, how still is still? How long? What does an artist do while waiting for the next inspiration? How can anyone know whether an emptiness is forever or just another timeout? Does every author expect a new tale to replace the last? Do ideas require fallow ground to germinate? I suspect there’s a Thoreau in me somewhere, a part that wants a pond and an empty day to watch caterpillars, while someone else cogitates the meaning of life. But here’s the rub-- you see, I feel time pushing at me. I want to know more and still more and there’s so little time left to learn. I fear the compromise of succumbing to easy answers. It’s this urgency that makes going quiet so difficult. I try to imagine myself a wild strawberry on a vine, precariously placed, at the mercy of wind and rain and intrusive creatures, with no will, and no assurance that I’ll be discovered when I am ripe for picking. Such an existence seems bleak until certain advantages become clear. I need to have little concern for my purpose or taste. It doesn’t matter if I am fleshy or firm or red or green. I simply soak up the sun and the rain, complete in my strawberryness. To be strawberry for a day, would be to experience life as a part of a much larger picture, a product of nature herself. It would preclude the restlessness of human nature and allow Mother Nature to provide her sustenance. It would mean just hanging out, be a receiver of great gifts and possibly become a great gift in the end. No work. No effort. Which leads me to think, trying may not be the best way to go. It surely didn’t save the circus. This summer, when the circus shut down for good. I wondered about the lion tamers and the dancing bears, (not the clowns--I know where they went). Where did they go? I knew the circus had tried to keep going. They had worked hard to adapt to the world of entertainment, the changes in perceptions of animal rights, the high costs of skills and special effects while continuing to create affordable magic for children. Nevertheless, we witnessed the end of a sub culture that had survived over many a millennia. Tell me, where will the trapeze artist rest her wings? I worry about the circus family I once met, camping in the woods near my home in New England. They had four children and two elephants. Their lives were centered around the elephants, and the other circus people were their extended family. What will happen to them now that the big tent has come down? What will they do? And so, I ask you, where are you going? Do you need to know? Are you full or empty? Have you had your timeout today? Are you berating yourself for your lack of zeal or ambition, for your sense of fatigue and world weariness or for your insatiability? Would you consider joining me in spirit as I try nothingness and nowhereness in my attempt to just be with the world as it continues to spin, as it turns and turns, trusting in what I cannot know, accepting what I do. Illustration: Under the Big Tent by Carol St. John, 26” x 40” acrylic
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors off to a great start! By Sherry Mullens
Valley Assistance Services’ new Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors program is off to a great start! Participants are being recruited and monies are being donated to the program which is due to start in October, 2017. Based on input from planning sessions open to the community, the program will focus on the two most needed services: friendly visiting and transportation for medical appointments and shopping. The mission of the program is to provide services to seniors, 55 years and older, and to those with disabilities, aged 40 and over, who may have no other options or no one else to count on. Volunteers will go through formal training and those requesting services will be interviewed to assess whether the program is the most appropriate for them and whether there might be other needs that could be addressed. An RN from Valley Assistance Services will oversee the program which will operate Monday through Friday. The idea for the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program began six months ago when several community members realized that the Tubac area
had no formalized volunteer support program that could help those in need with friendly visiting and transportation. A survey was conducted in April by Sherry Mullens and Claire McJunkin, along with the Board of the Tubac Community Center, to assess the community’s interest in a volunteer support program. Of the 90 anonymous surveys completed, 100% said it would be a valuable asset to the community. With that mandate, Sherry and Claire approached Valley Assistance Services (VAS), and collaboration began to formally expand the VAS volunteer program to the Tubac area. The transportation program will include trips to Tucson, Green Valley and as far south as Nogales, Arizona. Because volunteers are not trained health care professionals, anyone seeking help with transportation will need to be able to get in and out of vehicles without assistance. Volunteer drivers will be reimbursed for mileage so, to help with that cost, anyone making over $2500 per month who uses transportation services will be asked to make a suggested donation based on how far they need to go. The suggested donation will help off- set the costs of the program and maintain sustainability.
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For anyone making less than $2500 per month, there will be no cost. There will also be no cost to anyone receiving friendly visits. In addition to mileage reimbursement for the volunteer drivers, other program expenses include professional trainings, background checks, liability insurance and administrative costs. Donations to the program from foundations and individuals will help cover those expenses. Two fundraising events are already being planned for the fall. Anyone wishing to find out more about the program is encouraged to call the office at Valley Assistance Services, 520-625-5966, or go on their website www.valleyassistanceservices.org. Volunteer applications can be downloaded from the website. In addition, tax deductible donations may be made online through Valley Assistance website and will go directly into a fund for the Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors program. (Please enter this information into the gift information box online and read more about donations and AZ tax credit on the VAS website.) �
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Headwaters of the Santa Cruz, San Rafael Valley
THE SANTA CRUZ WATERSHED
By Vincent Pinto
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he Santa Cruz River, which flows through Tubac, is approximately 184 miles long. It is a river of 2 countries whose current fate is intertwined into the populations and political vagaries of Mexico and the U.S. Like a tourist visiting old Mexico, it initiates its journey in the U.S., dips south of the international border, only once again to enter the U.S. many miles from where it began. This circuitous route is part of its charm and inherent character.
You could not imagine a more picturesque start for a river in Arizona than the San Rafael Valley in Santa Cruz County. There in a Great plains Grassland lie the headwaters of the Santa Cruz River. A wooden sign marks the area, where a lonely dirt road crosses a normally dry wash bedecked with a few spectacular Cottonwoods. In monsoon season the river gets a mighty kick in the ass and gains tremendous momentum as it J’s into Mexico around the Sierra San Antonio, comes back into our country, flies past Tubac,, enters Tucson, and ultimately completes its journey to its confluence with the Gila River by the Santa Cruz Flats and Picacho Peak State Park. Today it is increasingly rare for water in the San Rafael to actually reach the Gila River, though this was not always the case. A combination of mostly human, but perhaps also natural events have conspired to reduce the Santa Cruz to its current diminished flow rate.
HISTORIC ACCOUNTS
One thing is clear from the narratives furnished by observers of bygone eras. Namely, the Santa Cruz had more water, more miles of perennial flow, and more associated habitat. For example, Julius Froebel during his journeys in the region in 1855 remarked "... the banks of the river, and the valley itself, are covered with poplars and willows, ash-trees and plantains, oaks and walnut trees ... Some portions of the valley are of such grand, rich and simple beauty, as for instance Tumacacori and San Xavier del Bac, that they would be remarkable in any part of the world.� Clearly, the lushness of the Santa Cruz River Valley impressed him immensely and was wider spread than what we witness today. Further, a number of Pima villages depended seasonally upon the flow of the Santa Cruz to irrigate their vital crops. The river gave rise to not only their communities, but also to most, if not all of those now found along its length. It is beyond doubtful that Tucson would even exist were it not for the life-giving waters supplied by the Santa Cruz in the 1800s. Back then and even into the early 1900s, there were even marshes and springs along the river, including in Tucson itself. On a side note, perhaps the catastrophic earthquake (approximately 7.2 on the Richter scale) of May, 1887 also altered some of the water sources that fed the Santa Cruz.
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PLANT COMMUNITIES TODAY
Fortunately for those of us visiting or living by the Santa Cruz River today there are a few sections still extant that hint at its former majesty. The riparian forest that towers above the river near Tubac and Tumacacori is relatively healthy given all that has transpired since 1855. If you learn one native tree species associated with the Santa Cruz, then Fremont Cottonwood would be a good start. This large, towering tree is by far the tallest of a host of deciduous species that grace the banks, as well as the adjoining channels and terraces of the river. If you have healthy Cottonwoods, then the river cannot be completely lost or written off, so water-dependent are they. When severe drought hits, they are among the first to suffer the consequences, sometimes dying in large numbers. A healthy grove requires a large annual supply of water, which in the case of the Santa Cruz often is synonymous with the few remaining perennial stretches still to be found. Joining Fremont Cottonwood are a large number of Gooding’s or Southwestern Black Willows - a tree that favors even more water than its cousin (they are both in the Willow family). This Willow can even thrive fully inundated for long periods - a condition that starves most trees of the vital oxygen required by their roots. This CottonwoodWillow Riparian Forest is a habitat that experts say is about 90% vanished from Arizona. It has been the victim of many human follies, as I will briefly note later. Add a healthy dose in some combination of Velvet Ash, Netleaf Hackberry, Arizona Walnut, Black Elderberry, and a few rarer deciduous trees and you might soon get the feeling that you are once again in the somewhat similar forests found along rivers back East or in the Midwest. Finally, add a fringing dense border of Mesquite Woodland further from the river and its taller forests and you generally complete the current picture of plant communities along the Santa Cruz where it is still relatively intact.
Fremont Cottonwood - Southwestern Black Willow forest
MONSOON WILDLIFE
No season brings the river more to life than monsoon season - a period that generally falls between early July and the end of September. It is then that rain storms large and small pepper southern Arizona with a barrage that varies from frustratingly dry in some spots to spectacularly wet in others - even within the same year! This July in Santa Cruz County has certainly fallen into the latter category with regular deluges bringing things quickly back to life. Given any decent amount of rain, both the waters of the Santa Cruz and its surrounding areas spring back from the parched months of May and June. Monsoon season brings forth such a profusion of species that many neophytes to this season are in complete awe of the transformation from desiccated desert to writhing river of life within mere months. No animal group more epitomizes this profound alteration than the invertebrates. The collective creepy crawlies of the Santa Cruz come hither once “las aguas” ensue. Perhaps the easiest to embrace are our Lepidopterans - the many species of Butterflies and Moths that grace our day and evening skies. Though other seasons proffer these picture-winged wonders, no does so with the sheer abundance of the monsoon. One of the truly spectacular sight of summer is the flight of thousands of mainly Sulphur Butterflies of various species. In certain years, during particular storms, and at select locations they are pushed up en masse from Mexico into nearby Arizona. A literal blizzard of Butterflies ensues and graces our skies for a day or two before they apparently dissipate into the proverbial four corners.
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Dense Netleaf Hackberry grove
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SANTA CRUZ WATERSHED continued... Reptiles and Amphibians too have their heyday in Monsoon season, including a good number of species along the Santa Cruz. Look for behemoth Sonoran Toads throughout the summer rains, when they emerge from their underground lairs to breed. Their voice recalls a short version of a ferryboat whistle and is mainly heard at dusk and at night after a good soaking. If you feel compelled to capture one of these amorous Anurans, please restrain yourself, as their skin secretions are highly toxic and can potentially do you harm. Emerging to consume the tadpoles of Frogs and Toads are Black-headed Garter Snakes. These nonvenomous reptiles are seemingly immune to the toxic skin secretions of tadpoles and regularly sup upon them. Meanwhile, Coachwhip snakes patrol the river high and low in search of any meal they can force down their maw. In pursuit of calories they go down holes, along the ground, and well up into trees, including impressive and unnerving bursts of speed at times. Thus, they are one of our most versatile predators in all the Sky Islands.
Adult Gray Hawk
Last, though by no means least, also keep a keen eye out for the legions of bird species that will be passing through or breeding in the Santa Cruz River corridor in August. The aforementioned habitats offer a rich supply of both animal and plant food for migrants and breeders alike. Warblers, Flycatchers, Hawks, Sparrows, and many other groups will be in abundance in August - hence the presence of several local birding festivals during this time.
CONSERVATION
If I were a pessimist, I might have entitled this article “ Requium for a River” or “Once a River Ran”. Indeed, there are scores of serious threats to the Santa Cruz, any one of which - let alone all - could spell its demise. Its old news by now that sewage pipes have been compromised along some key tributaries of the river north of Nogales, AZ. Spewing foul and toxic human waste into an already imperiled waterway is hardly a recipe for recovery or even status quo. Mired in the political vagaries that always seem to accompany such complicated (and in this case international) matters, the issue has no near resolution. Nonnative plants, such as Tamarisk, Giant Reed, Tree of Heaven, Johnson Grass, and others conspire to irrevocably alter the habitats of the Santa Cruz even if water remains above ground. They aggressively invade riparian forests and can soon make them nearly unrecognizable.
Varied bunting
Further development along the Santa Cruz vies for the top threat to its continued existence. With new industrial complexes, businesses, and residential homes comes more groundwater pumping. Remove enough water from below the surface and you soon have an ex-river. Rarely do even large floods allow the Santa Cruz to flow to the Gila River these days. Only floods and some linear stretches of sand will be the bear testament to the once life-giving waters of the Santa Cruz. We are not far from this future - just ask Tucson. Images, courtesy of Ravens-Way Wild Journeys
Naturalist, Wildlife Biologist, & Bird Guide Vincent Pinto and his wife, Claudia, run RAVENS-WAY WILD JOURNEYS - their Nature Adventure & Conservation organization devoted to protecting the unique Biodiversity of the Sky Islands Region. RWWJ offers a wide variety of custom Bird Guiding, Nature Tours, & Educational Programs in the Sky Islands including the Chiricahuas. They also own and manage a luxury Safari EcoLodge on their 42-acre Nature preserve by Patagonia Lake. The Safari Tented Camp caters to birders, Nature-lovers, hikers, and anyone who enjoys the peace and solitude of the great outdoors. Visit: www.ravensnatureschool.org
Gulf fritillary butterfly
Coachwhip in Mesquite tree
Art Matters By Myrna York
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THE FOOD EVOLUTION
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ur very own existence starts with a cry for air followed by food. Because life depends on food, we have linked health and longevity to the kinds of foods we eat. Which cultures have the most centenarians? That culture must have the best foods. If its good for them then it must be good for us so we adopt their foods in our diets. But we don’t know how to grow, prepare, and eat their foods. As consumers in a free society, we demand these foods be available to us. However we lack the skills and techniques to handle these new found ingredients so we subscribe to the sleekest food magazines, watch the cooking channel, pull up You Tube videos, or be a disciple of a food blogger. That can only satisfy us visually and hard as we try to imagine, the olfactory factor is still missing. Remember how repulsive fish sauce can be but no matter how you have been forewarned, your own experience is the best reliable source. Smell and taste are hard to package so where can we find and sample the multitudinous cuisines that promise good nutrition, visually appealing, and flavors to savor before we die? Lucky for us to be alive in Tubac. We have a store and a school dedicated to cooking and delivering the whole shebang from kitchen gadgets, to make food prep easy and fun, to classes that make cuisine sampling a memorable gastronomy experience. Tumacookery and Cooking A-Z, owned and operated by Randy and Karin Wade, have made all things culinary into an art affair. Though fleeting as an evanescent art form, cooking is the purest aesthetic medium tantalizing all senses. I have been a student and a teacher at Tumacookery’s cooking school and have witnessed a number of talented instructors elevate comfort food recipes into exotic cuisines. One of them is Jeri Hoyle who demonstrates her creativity by using recipes she developed over the years and from notable celebrity chefs she met while managing the Williams-Sonoma culinary process in Santa Barbara, California. Because entertaining is a huge part of her passion for cooking, she believes the adage we eat first with our eyes so the visual presentation is very important. Deeply connected to the familiar, she ventures to the new and different using fresh, bright and colorful ingredients which are presented in the most appetizing way. Hoyle’s interest in food began at age five. She learned to make bread and jam from her Swedish grandmother who combined regional dishes after having lived in New York, New Orleans, and the Midwest. Her mother was also a big influence who she considers a
good cook during her own time because she used a lot of convenient new foods and short-cuts during the 60’s. But what was ingrained in her is her mother’s love of entertaining and by being an excellent hostess. For over 30 years, Hoyle honed her technical skills by taking many cooking classes. The past 10 years were devoted to working with Williams-Sonoma where she set up cooking programs and junior chef programs in Annapolis and Baltimore, Maryland and Santa Barbara, California. This impressive resume is evident in how she conducts her classes with high organizational skills (very important when there are too many cooks in the kitchen). Her recipes are well-researched which also include the ingredient’s history and the quality of its flavors which then provide students with a more meaningful cooking experience. “I love teaching and the venue (Cooking A-Z) allows for some wonderful instruction and at the end of class we have a party, what could be better!”, quips Hoyle. Cooking A-Z allows food adventurers to seek their passion and follow their emotion about food. Food has become very sophisticated and is no longer just for comfort and survival nor just to satiate hunger and tastes. We reinvent and we change. We provoke and we take risks. These constructs redefine who we are. Creating simple food has become sublime and supreme though more difficult to achieve. The love of cooking starts with discovering, understanding and respecting basic elements, the true nature of a certain ingredient, and whether to highlight or downplay it’s taste, texture, color, and shape. Subconsciously, cooking is chemistry practiced by connoisseurs not as an abstract formulaic science but as a means to analyze success as well as mistakes and errors. There is a spontaneous intellectual and artistic pleasure in discovering how taste complements what the eyes see. Food trends and sophistication are our backlash against the food industry’s overly pre-packaged processed foods, laced with chemicals for the sake of shelf life and produced for sheer profit. We clamor for diets that match our values of honesty and trustworthiness in our rapidly changing world. From an artistic point of view, this phenomena provides new vigor and opens the art world to explore a medium once dominated only by the French. Although I can’t forget French chef Michel Troisgros’ creation of the Milk White and Black Truffle dish based on Lucio Fontana’s Spatial, Concept, and Expectation. The plate has become the canvas, fruits and vegetables provide color, sauces are swished and swirled, and passion,
emotion, and attention are manifesting as key staples like a mother’s mind. Creation and change go hand in hand. Have a happy healthy life. Vamos a comer!
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FIRST SATURDAYS OF EVERY MONTH - TUBAC CARS & COFFEE! 7/8AM TO 10/11AM, IN FRONT OF THE TUBAC DELI - An informal gathering of car enthusiasts, no registration needed, no charge to show cars or be a spectator! - All vehicles welcome, any year, Domestic, European, Asian, Hot Rods, Rat Rods, Sports Cars, Drag Cars, Low Riders, Trucks, Antique Cars, Motorcycles, anything cool on wheels! email for more info Tubaccarsandcoffee@gmail.com AUGUST 17 THROUGH AUGUST 24 - PICTORIAL EXHIBITION OF GREAT MAESTROS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY - 8am- 5pm, Free - at the Consulate General of Mexico 135 W. Cardwell St. Nogales, AZ - Opening reception Aug 17 at 6pm. AUGUST 18TH, 6-8PM – MARK MULLIGAN IN CONCERT AT THE TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS - Mark Mulligan deported himself to Mexico 24 years ago, ditching his gold Century 21 Real Estate jacket for flip flops and a guitar. 13 albums and 4 kids later, he calls the Sea of Cortez home, living south of the border in beautiful San Carlos, Sonora. - His songs paint pictures of the sunshine, sailboats, and sandy beaches. - Location: Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac - Admission: $25 for members; $30 for nonmembers. Cabaret style at TCA. - Boxed dinners available for preorder. Doors open at 5:30; Concert starts at 6 pm. - Purchase tickets online at www. tubacarts.org/event/mark-mulligan-summer-concert/ or call 520-398-2371. AUGUST 18 - ALZHEIMER’S PRESENTATION - AT TUBAC PUBLIC LIBRARY 1pm-2pm - Join us for a Free educational presentation featuring - The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s disease is not a normal part of aging. If you or someone you know is affected by Alzheimer’s or dementia, it’s time to learn the facts. This program provides information on detection, causes and risk factors, stages of the disease, treatment, and much more. www.alz.org/dsw SATURDAY, AUGUST 19 - CELEBRATE TUCSON’S 242ND BIRTHDAY AT THE ARIZONA HISTORY MUSEUM 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. FAMILY ACTIVITY - Create seed balls using a mix of Old Town Tucson Wildflower Seeds. - Each participant will learn how to make 5 seed balls to take home. - PROGRAM FEE: $4 per person/Non-members. $3 per person/Members - Seed balls are ideal for Tucson’s arid climate. All the nutrients needed to grow are inside the ball. The clay/soil mixture surrounding the seeds protects them from drying out, blowing away, or being eaten by birds. When the monsoons come, rains “melt” the seed balls, letting the seeds grow into beautiful wildflowers, like the ones growing in the early days of Tucson. Let your seed balls dry in the sun for a couple of days. You can scatter them now, or wait until spring. - Arizona History Museum 949 E. 2nd Street, Tucson, Arizona 95719 520-628-5774 www. ArizonaHistoricalSociety.gov AUGUST 21, 2017- TONTO NATIONAL MONUMENT - THE GREAT AMERICAN ECLIPSE- 9:00 AM- 12:00 PM Bullion Plaza Museum, 150 N Plaza Circle, Miami - Solar telescopes and eclipse glasses will be available - Tonto National Monument protects two cliff dwellings built by the Salado people over 700 years ago. Established as a national monument in 1907 by President Teddy Roosevelt, the cliff dwellings were part of the early archeological preservation movement in America. Additional information is available on the Monument’s website, www. nps.gov/tont , or call 928-467-2241. AUGUST 22, 2017 ALL DAY, POLLINATOR BLITZ from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m., Coronado National Memorial, in southeast Arizona - Join us for a pollinator blitz at the beautiful Coronado National Memorial! You'll help us collect data on bees, butterflies, and other critters with iNaturalist, an easy-to-use app for your smartphone. - What is a Pollinator Blitz? It is a fun way to document and identify the different species of pollinators in the park using your smartphone and the iNaturalist app. Stay for a couple hours or as long as you like! More information www. skyislandalliance.org AUGUST 24TH - 2ND FAILURE NIGHT - HOW NOT TO START A PROJECT Presented by the Nogales Community Development & The Consulate General of Mexico. - at Orenccios Ristorante Terrazza 1855 N. Grand Ave. Nogales, AZ. Please RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fun-ambos-nogales-2nd-failure-nighttickets-36758725337 AUGUST 25, 6:30 PM – MUSIC & MIRACLES CONCERT BENEFIT FOR ST. ANDREW’S CHILDREN’S CLINIC ANNUAL CLEFT PALATE/CLEFT LIP MISSION. Tickets $50 includes concert, beverages, and heavy hors d’oeuvres. Concert held at First Baptist Church, 1916 N. Frank Reed Rd., Nogales, AZ. Tickets available at St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic, 75 W. Calle de las Tiendas, Ste. 129B, Green Valley; La Cinderella Shop, Mariposa Center, Nogales; from any St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic Board Member; or at the door. If purchasing at the door, it is strongly advised that you call ahead to reserve your tickets (520) 648-3242, 281-2780, 604-0557 as this has been a sell-out performance in the past. AUGUST 25TH FROM 4:00 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M., TUMACÁCORI WILL HOST A FAMILY GAME NIGHT in celebration of the National Park Service’s 101st birthday. “Tumacácori is all about families, past and present,” says Superintendent Bob Love, “And families play games.” - Family Game Night features games from all genres and traditions. If you enjoy board games, try your hand at the traditional O’odham stick game, or the favorite Spanish game lotería, or try out national park versions of familiar board games like Yahtzee and Monopoly. You might even try the new “Trekking the National Parks” game, learning to play directly from its designer! Puzzles and card games to suit every age and interest will also be available. - Alternatively, visitors can
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play games that take them to sites of interest throughout the mission grounds. A total of ten badges can be earned by solving the challenges along “Padre Kino’s Quest.” PokémonGO trainers can visit the gym and pokéstops (baited with lures throughout the evening) to “catch ‘em all” with friends and family. - Because Family Game Night falls on a fee free day, the Western National Parks Association will also be offering a 15% discount on purchases in the park store - Admission to the park is free all day and during the event. For more information on Family Game Night or other events and activities at Tumacácori National Historical Park, call 520-377-5060, or visit the park website, at nps.gov/tuma. AUGUST 25 - FRIDAY - LOBSTER NIGHT at the Cow Palace. I-19, Exit 48 in Amado. You need to call ahead and reserve your lobster. 520-398-8000. AUGUST 26, 7:30PM - MUSIC WITH FOURTISSIMO - Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, 330 E. 7th Street, Tucson, AZ. - Ages 18 & up = $15 advance / $20 day of show (reduced rates for youth) - FourTissimo (Gabriel Ayala, Will Clipman, AmoChip Dabney and Johnny Walker) plays musica sin fronteras (music without boundaries): a convergence of infectious grooves and harmonious soundscapes that will move your body, engage your mind and satisfy your soul. For info & directions – http://theseaofglass.org or (520) 398-2542 AUGUST 26, SEPTEMBER 2, & SEPTEMBER 23 - EXPERIMENTAL ARCHAEOLOGIST ZACK CURCIJA TO DO DEMONSTRATIONS AT TONTO NATIONAL MONUMENT - Roosevelt, AZ – Join experimental archaeologist Zack Curcija and learn about how the Salado made arrows, used yucca fibers for textiles, attached turquoise into a mosaic jewelry, and made shell ornaments. Demonstrations will be held at the Visitor Center. - Arrow making on Saturday, August, 5- 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. - Yucca fiber textiles on Saturday, August, 26- 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Turquoise mosaic jewelry on Saturday, September, 2- 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. - Shell ornaments on Saturday, September, 23- 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. - These elaborate items that Curcija recreates are based on original artifacts found in this area and many examples are on display at the Monument’s Visitor Center. Tonto National Monument protects two cliff dwellings built by the Salado people over 700 years ago. - Established as a national monument in 1907 by President Teddy Roosevelt, the cliff dwellings were part of the early archeological preservation movement in America. The Monument is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. except for December 25. For information on planning your trip, call (928)467-2241 or email tont_information@ nps.gov . AUGUST 28 - Date by which to send comments to the EPA about the Clean Water Act www.regulations.gov/comment?D=EPA-HQ-OW-2017-0203-0001 SEPTEMBER 1ST THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4TH - SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE WILDERNESS WATERS: LABOR DAY WEEKEND GALIURO MOUNTAINS, Coronado National Forest Backpacking Trip Join us for a Labor Day weekend backpacking trip into the Galiuro Wilderness area to assess springs and other water resources! Sky Island Alliance is helping the Coronado National Forest inventory and assess water resources in the Galiuro, Miller Peak, Rincon, Chiricahua, Mt. Wrightson, Pajarita, and Santa Teresa wilderness areas, so stay tuned for more opportunities. More information www.skyislandalliance.org SEPTEMBER 2, 7:30PM - MUSIC WITH LEATHER TRAMP - Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, 330 E. 7th Street, Tucson, AZ. - $15 advance / $20 day of show (reduced rates for youth) 10-piece eclectic ensemble where folk band meets symphony! Leather Tramp is a folkestra combining acoustic-fueled indie rock with the anthemic elements of an orchestra. For info & directions –www.theseaofglass.org or (520) 398-2542 SEPT. 6 AND SEPT. 7, AT 6:00. AUDITIONS! - THE MAN WHO CAME TO DINNER - Meet in the Dance Studio, Community Performance and Art Center, 1250 W. Continental Road in Green Valley. The large cast includes 11 men and 9 women of all ages, from late teens to 70’s. All are welcome! Auditions consist of cold readings from the script. (scripts will be provided) For information, contact director Susan Voorhees -at smvaz@aol.com or 520-625-7242. Rehearsals begin Monday, Sept. 18 and performances are Nov. 3-11. If you are interested in helping behind the scenes, please get in touch! We are always in need of help with set, props, costumes, opening night reception and much more. SEPTEMBER 8 THROUGH OCTOBER 21, 2017 – “19” - THE 19 EXHIBITION FEATURES ARTISTS ALONG THE I-19 ARTS CORRIDOR FROM NOGALES TO SOUTH TUCSON. The 19 Exhibition is a celebration of the vibrant and innovative arts corridor that extends from South Tucson to Nogales. As an extension of our annual Open Studio Tour, the 19 Exhibition is an example of some of the fine artists that live and work in the region. The extent of talent and ability will surprise and delight patrons, as the Center works to celebrate the arts in Southern Arizona. - Opening Reception: Fri. September 8th, 5 - 7pm Location: Main Galleries, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac - Admission: Free Contact: Call TCA at 520-398-2371 SEPTEMBER 8 THROUGH OCTOBER 22, 2017, “BODY MEMORY” - The works of Tucson artists, Gary Asgaard, Inna Rohr, & Aaron Roth are presented in the Master Gallery September 8 – October 22, 2017. - Opening Reception: Fri. September 8th, 5 - 7pm - Location: Master Gallery, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac Admission: Free Contact: Call TCA at 520-398-2371
SEPTEMBER 8 THROUGH SUN. OCTOBER 1, 2017, “AMY PILGER, Members’ Open Best of Show Winner”The works of Green Valley artist, Amy Pilger, Best of Show winner, Members’ Open Exhibit. - Location: Studio Gallery, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ - Admission: Free Contact: Call TCA at 520-398-2371 SEPTEMBER 8TH, 7:30PM, SAMUEL J – MUSIC FOR THE SOUL - Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, 330 E. 7th Street, Tucson, AZ. - $20 advance / $25 day of show (reduced rates for youth) - Conscious activist musician from the UK. Performance highlights include playing for the Dalai Lama, the Olympic Games in London, and with known artists around the world such as Michael Franti, Xavier Rudd, Trevor Hall, Nahko Bear, Gabriel Pensador and many more. For info & directions – http://theseaofglass.org or (520) 398-2542 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8 - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 - SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE BEAR CANYON FOUNTAIN GRASS WEEKEND - Santa Catalina Mountains, Coronado National Forest Camping Trip - We're kicking our invasives removal project up a notch and starting work in some of the higher reaches of Bear Canyon! Join us as we backpack into Sycamore Reservoir, along the Arizona Trail, and start a new round in our battle against invasive grasses in the Catalinas. More information www.skyislandalliance.org SEPT. 8TH, TUBAC GOLF RESORT’S PAR 3, 9-HOLE FUN EVENT - $45 includes golf, cart, dinner & gratuity To register please call our golf shop at 520.398.2021. For all our Golf Specials and Events please visit, TubacGolfResort.com/golf SAT. SEPT. 9TH, 9-HOLE PUTTING CONTEST - $5 per person, or bring up to 4 players for $10. All people, young and younger…if you can swing a putter, you can play! To register please call our golf shop at 520.398.2021. For all our Golf Specials and Events please visit, TubacGolfResort.com/golf SEPT. 15, 5:00PM – 7:00PM. “MONSOON” EXHIBIT RECEPTION & STUDIO OPEN HOUSE. Lowe House Project studio artist Karon Leigh presents an exhibit of contemporary abstracted paintings capturing the excitement and beauty of the southern Arizona summer experience we all love – “Monsoon”. Visit the Lowe House for the exhibit reception and learn about new work being created in the studio. The Lowe House and Karon Leigh’s studio are open during special events and by appointment. Contact Karon Leigh at karonleighart@gmail.com or Nancy Valentine at tubacval@ msn.com. SEPTEMBER 19TH AT 7:30 P.M. - SEPTEMBER GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING OF THE RIO RICO HISTORICAL SOCIETY - Public history talk at the Rio Rico Historical Society; Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacacori, Baca Float, and Rio Rico - Dr. Thomas E. Sheridan, University of Arizona Distinguished Outreach Professor, author of the only book in print about Rio Rico’s history; Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacacori, The Baca Float, and the Betrayal of the O’Odham. A flyer for this talk is located at: www.RioRicoHistoricalSociety.org/talks.html This history talk is open to the public. - In what will be one of our premier guest history speakers, we are very proud and honored to have Dr. Thomas E. Sheridan as our guest history speaker. Dr. Sheridan is a Distinguished Outreach Professor from the University of Arizona. He is the author of Landscapes of Fraud, the only book in print about the history of Rio Rico. His talk is entitled "Landscapes of Fraud: Mission Tumacacori, the Baca Float, and Rio Rico." This is a definite "DO NOT MISS" event that is open to the public! Rio Rico Community Center, 391 Avenida Coatimuni, Rio Rico, AZ 85648 SEPT. 20-21—DECORATIVE PAPERS AND HANDMADE ARTISTS BOOKS PLAYSHOP WITH SUSAN CORL—9a.m.-12 Noon and 1p.m. – 4 p.m.—Back by popular demand! Have fun like a kid making a mess playing with paints, glue, crayons and make beautiful decorative papers to be included in handmade books and book covers. Experiment with different techniques such as Orizomegami, a fold and dye technique and wax resist papers using batik methods and common materials found around the house to create one-of-a-kind works. Learn different bookmaking models that include your decorative papers. All materials included. A Lowe House Project “playshop” in Old Town Tubac. For more information, fees and registration email susancorl@hotmail.com or call 520-394-2926 SEPT. 21 & 22 - FINISHING YOUR WRITING PROJECT WITH BILL STEPHENSON STEPHEN—1p.m. - 3 p.m. Attention Writers! Are you stuck? Join Bill Stephenson in this two-session workshop with editing assistance in the afternoons to help you take your work through. .A Lowe House Project Workshop in Old Town Tubac. For more information, fees and registration contact Bill at livewritewords.com, wmcstephenson@gmail.com, or 828-557-2527 September 21 through September 24 - Sky Island Alliance Planting for Pollinators Extended Weekend Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument, New Mexico Camping Trip the long awaited return to the Gila! You'll be helping stabilize a recently burned hillside by installing plants that are beneficial to native pollinators. Join us in this fantastic National Monument for a long, fun weekend restoring the wild! More information www.skyislandalliance.org
Tu b a c Vi l l a g e r Au g u s t - S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 7 SEPT. 21 —TUBAC WRITER’S GROUP “REGROUP” GET-TOGETHER -- 4 p.m.–6 p.m. Come one, come all to celebrate our second year! A meet, greet and sharing of summer vacation stories and updates on our writers’ writing and publishing progress. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac. For more information contact Bill Stephenson at livewritewords.com, wmcstephenson@ gmail.com, or 828-557-2527. SEPTEMBER 23 - ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY FALL GALA 2017 - 5pm - 11pm - Join the ATC for an exciting performance, food, wine and dancing under the stars in the courtyard of the Temple of Music and Art. Cocktail attire. For more information call 520-884-8210 Ext. 7304, or visit www.arizonatheatre.org. The Temple of Music and Art is located at 330 S. Scott Avenue, Downtown Tucson. SEPTEMBER 28, 2017 – CROSS BORDER TOUR: “INTRO TO NOGALES” - The purpose of this tour is to give participants a chance to see for themselves what Nogales is like beyond the wall with an overview of the region, historically and contextually. The tour begins on the US side with a brief orientation, followed by travel through the emerging, dynamic city of Nogales, Mexico. Register online at www. BorderCommunityAlliance.org SEPTEMBER 28 6:30 P.M. AND AGAIN ON SEPTEMBER 30 at 2 p.m. at the Rio Rico History Museum, Rio Rico Plaza, 1060 Yavapai Drive, Suite 7 - THE RIO RICO HISTORICAL SOCIETY is sponsoring a fundraiser to help fund Rio Rico’s first museum – the new Rio Rico History Museum. A Rio Rico railroad history talk about the “Historical Influences of the Railroads on the Borderlands” - Dwight Thibodeaux, Rio Rico historian, will speak about: How did the railroads shape our identity through historical and cultural change and adaptation? - Calabasas (Rio Rico), Line City (Nogales), and Ruby are featured communities in this history talk. - Today, we don’t think that much about the railroads unless the traffic arms come down at a railroad crossing and block our way. This is especially true today since there is no passenger service from Nogales to Tucson. The trains are hauling freight. How was the 1854 Gadsden Purchase motivated, in part, by the railroads? Beginning in the 1880s, the railroads had an enormous impact on southern Arizona, including marriages. How Rio Rico could have become a major metropolitan area today, like Tucson with over a million residents, if all of the planned railroads had been completed to Calabasas! Suggested donation of $5. Contact: RioRicoHistorian@hotmail.com or http://www. RioRicoHistoricalSociety.org/talks.html SEPTEMBER 29 - LOBSTER NIGHT at the Cow Palace. I-19, Exit 48 in Amado. You need to call ahead and reserve your lobster. 520-398-8000. SEPTEMBER 29 THROUGH OCTOBER 1 - AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT - BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: HEALING SLEEP & DREAM RETREAT WITH RUBIN NAIMAN, PHD - Dr. Naiman is on the faculty of the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and internationally recognized for his innovative approaches to healing sleep. He’s been featured in Time Magazine, WebMD, NPR, Dr Oz, The YY Times, HuPost, Yoga Journal & more. His work has been described as “life changing!” Through engaging multimedia, discussion and exercises, this program covers: • A new, integrative body, mind and spirit approach to sleep and dreams • Strategies for weaning from sleeping pills using effective, natural alternatives • Proven cognitive techniques for falling and staying asleep through the night • Scientic and spiritual approaches to maintaining a healthy dream life The Two Night Package includes the program and a 50-minute Spa Service: $523 per person, double occupancy in a luxurious Posada Double Queen Room $726 single occupancy in a luxurious Hacienda Suite Space is limited to 15 participants! To reserve your place today, call Michelle at 520.398.3546 SEPTEMBER 30TH - SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE NATIONAL PUBLIC LANDS DAY! BEAR AND PARKER CANYONS, CORONADO NATIONAL FOREST - Celebrate National Public Lands Day with Sky Island Alliance, and take your pick! We've got two different options for making a difference on your public lands! You can join us for a day in either Bear Canyon in the Catalinas, or down at Parker Canyon Lake! More information www.skyislandalliance.org
SEPT. 30—READING AND DISCUSSION—J.R. BARTLETT AND THE CAPTIVE GIRL BY NANCY VALENTINE. 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Based on a true story with some of the action taking place in 1850s Tubac, Nancy will read from her manuscript and share how this book about a remarkable New England bookworm who overcame conflicts of love, honor and duty while rescuing a beautiful Mexican Apache Captive when surveying the 1851 boundary line between Mexico and the United States. A timely love story that needs to be retold! A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac. Donations Requested. Reservations suggested. For more information contact Nancy at tubacval@msn.com. SEPT. 30—HISTORY WRITERS TODAY—4 p.m.-6 p.m. Hosted by Bill Stephenson of LiveWriteWords, writers of historical fiction and non-fiction are welcome to join with other writers to share works in progress, research tricks of the trade, publishing options and support for this uniquely challenging writing genre. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac. For more information contact Bill Stephenson at livewritewords.com, wmcstephenson@gmail. com, or 828-557-2527. OCTOBER 7, 5 TO 10PM BARKTOBERFEST IN THE PLAZA DE ANZA COURTYARD. Join the community for Dancing, Live Music, Food, Beer, Wine and a Silent Auction to benefit the Santa Cruz Humane Society. Sponsored by the Tubac Market, Italian Peasant and !DOS¡ - Tickets available at the Tubac Market and SCHS Sept 1. OCTOBER 7 & 8 - EARTH HARMONY FESTIVAL - $10 ages 12 7 up - $3 ages 11 & under - Experience the progressive and innovative lifestyle of a fully functioning EcoVillage - tours, live Global Change Music, food, art, kid's village, pony rides, and speakers on sustainability. Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, Tumacácori, AZ. For info & directions – http://earthharmonyfestival.org (520) 398-2542 FRI. OCTOBER 6 – SUN. NOVEMBER 5, 2017 – “YOUTH” “YOUTH” is an exhibition of art work from 18-25 year-olds from around the state. Curated by TCA Generations artist Brianna Miller and Michael Fenlason, this exhibition seeks to feature art from the next generation. - Location: Studio Gallery, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ 85646 - Admission: Free - Contact: Call TCA at 520-3982371 OCTOBER 6 - THE 9TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL - 5PM TO 9PM AT LA ENTRADA DE TUBAC, 2221 E. Frontage Road, Tubac - Enjoy food samplings from some our best local restaurants, paired with wine or other beverages, while listening to the music of Silk & Soul. All proceeds benefit the Boys & Girls Club of Santa Cruz County. Helping kids find their way to academic success, healthy lifestyles, good character, citizenship… and fun! www.clubnogi.com. For ticket information call 520-287-3733. OCT. 7—VAN GOGH SUNFLOWER PAINTOUT AND AUCTION 3:30 – 6:00 - Real sunflowers (if the javelinas don’t eat them) juxtaposed against The Historic Lowe House grounds and in Old Town Tubac will be the inspiration for plein air artists and the backdrop for an auction and reception fundraiser for the Lowe House Project artist in residency program. And a fun celebration of Vincent Van Gogh’s 130th anniversary of the beginning of his famous series of sunflower paintings begun in 1887. For more information view lowehouseproject.com and send inquiries to tubacval@msn.com OCTOBER 8 - THE TUBAC ART ACADEMY (TAA) OPEN HOUSE AT 4 CALLE IGLESIAS IN EL PRESIDITO - 5pm-8pm The Tubac Art Academy has re-emerged as the Tubac School of Fine Art LLC (TSFA), still housed in the historic El Presidito complex in Tubac. Following the death of TAA founder Lou Maestas in April, a core group of his students and colleagues reorganized the academy in the same spirit of artistic exploration and training. Classes, workshops, exhibitions and open studios will re-commence in October and are open to the public. - The facility has welcomed art students since 2015 when Maestas opened his academy. TSFA Director Leslie Miller is one of a dozen local artists who aim to honor his vision of a thriving art school. She says, "The Tubac School of Fine Art will thankfully continue Lou's mission to fan the flame of creativity and to provide a haven to developing artists." - Once home to a
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Spanish presidio in the 1700s, Tubac lies in southern Arizona about 20 minutes from the Mexican border. It has long been a multi-cultural destination for the arts and artists. With over 100 galleries, Tubac is home to the internationally acclaimed and longest running annual art gathering in the United States, The Festival of the Arts. Miller says, "I think the beauty and magic of this region will draw students from all over the country here to explore their passion for art." More information - Leslie Miller Director - Tubac School Of Fine Art LLC -tubacschooloffineartllc@gmail.com OCTOBER 10, 2017 – THE BORDERLANDS FORUM: “TRAVEL AS A POLITICAL ACT” - 9:00 to 11:00, at BMO Harris Bank, 270 W Continental Rd, Green Valley - $15 for members; $20 for non-members - Well-known travel guide Rick Steves of PBS fame wrote a book with this title a few years back. In it, he suggests that that travel can shape our world-view and make us better citizens. In this class we’ll work with his insights to see how travel can do more than entertain us; it can engage us in a rich and important dialogue about how to live more fully and deeply in the global context. [Note: The word “political” here is used in the broadest sense of the word -- how societies are organized – rather than more narrowly as “partisan.” BCA is a nonpartisan organization.] Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCTOBER 11 — PUBLISHING OPTIONS WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE DONE THAT. 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Explore today’s publishing options during a discussion panel by published authors and literary agent in the know. Learn from their experiences about different forms of publishing from traditional, hybrid, e-book and self-published print book . Emerge with more confidence about knowing how to pursue the right publishing options for you. Panelists include Claire Gerus, Lois Griffel, Carol St. John, Linda Strader, Pat Dolan and others. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. Donations Requested. 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac Reservations recommended. For more information and registration contact Bill Stephenson at livewritewords.com, wmcstephenson@gmail.com, or 828-557-2527. OCTOBER 11 THROUGH OCTOBER 13, 2017 - DAVID SIMONS OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP: “Seeing Differently – Painting Differently” - In this 3-day oil painting workshop with artist, David Simons, students will learn how to see with the painter’s eye. - Cost: $225/Members, $250/Nonmembers - Time: 9am – 4pm each day - Location: Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac - Register: online at TubacArtWorkshops.com or call 520-398-2371 - Information Contact: Call TCA at 520398-2371 or email Workshops@TubacArts.org. OCTOBER 13 - DEADLINE FOR ARIZONA ARTISTS (18 and older) to submit up to six pieces of art for consideration in Unplug, on display March 2 – April 30, 2018 at the Herberger
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Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe Street in Phoenix. - Technology is everywhere and very relevant, but perhaps more essential is finding time to unplug… to look up… to just breathe. The art in this exhibit will reflect the countless ways to refresh our body, mind and spirit through literal and/or metaphoric expression. - Guest curated by Kim Walker, the exhibit is open to original two- and three-dimensional solo or collaborative work. Artists are selected to display and sell their work through a blind jurying process based on aesthetic, stylistic and/or technical presentation. The jury will consist of artists from various disciplines. - The completed prospectus, $25 non-refundable fee and required CD or flash drive of art images must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the Herberger Theater Box Office by 5pm Oct 13 - on : www.herbergertheater. org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Unplug-2018.pdf. For information, contact Laurene Austin at laustin@HerbergerTheater.org or 602-254-7399, Ext. 105.
The Sharp Edge of Mexico: Knives and Swords of the Frontier - This is a unique and fascinating exhibit of several Spanish and Spanish-Mexican swords of the 18th and 19th centuries. Come view the beautiful and intricate iron works of these weapons that range from a 1728 Spanish sword design that is considered the apex of sword development, to a heavy forged sword machete that could be used as a weapon or to harvest grass for horse feed. Included with park admission, $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free.
OCTOBER 14, 2017 – CROSS BORDER TOUR: “GASTRONOMIC TOUR OF NOGALES” - Have you ever wondered what exactly is Sonoran food and how it differs from Mexican cuisine in general? This gastronomic tour of modern Nogales will clarify the regional characteristics of our culinary vibrant southern neighbor in situ while providing a local historical background. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCTOBER 14, 5PM-7PM - YOU ARE INVITED TO WINE & DINE FOR OUR FELINES. Join Paws Patrol for food, wine, music, and silent auction. To donate an auction item call 520-2074024. Proceeds benefit community feral/stray cats. At the Karin Newby Gallery. OCTOBER 18, 2017 – THE BORDERLANDS FORUM: “BEYOND DAY OF THE DEAD” 2pm at BMO Harris Bank, 270 W Continental Rd, Green Valley, AZ 85614 - $15 for members; $20 for non-members Join Blyth and Russ Carpenter for a lively class on the famous calavera art we see during the Day of the Dead. This bold, imaginative art form is an integral part of Mexican culture and is becoming important in American culture as well. The class will be supported by printed handouts, multimedia presentations, and class discussion. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCTOBER 19TH - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22ND - SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE FALL WILDLIFE TRACKING WORKSHOP - TNC Aravaipa Canyon Preserve If you've been wanting to learn more about the tracks and scat of local wildlife, this will be a great time to join us! You couldn't ask for a more beautiful place to learn this ancient art than this spectacular riparian corridor! This training is required for anyone who wants to be part of our volunteer tracking crew. More information www.skyislandalliance.org OCTOBER 20, 2017 – CROSS BORDER TOUR: “MAGDALENA THEN AND NOW” - The historic city of Magdalena lies approximately sixty miles south of Nogales, yet it is a different world with colonial buildings and the rustic feel of the vaquero (cowboy) heartland. This guided tour includes an overview of the rich and complex history of the region. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCTOBER 20 - CALL TO ARTISTS DEADLINE Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour & Exhibit (November 11, 2017) For Tubac artists and those exhibiting in Tubac. The 2nd annual tour and exhibit at the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. For more information, view lowehouseproject.com or email inquiry to tubacval@ msn.com. OCTOBER 21- ANZA DAY CELEBRATION- HOW FAR FELIPE PAGEANT - Tubac Presidio State Historic Park 8 a.m. - Noon. Based on the children's book by Genevieve Gray and after years of no performances, the Montessori de Santa Cruz students are revitalizing and revising the pageant! With Spanish costumes circa1750s, masks and musical performances created especially for Anza Day, the children will reenact the experience of young children and their animal friends participating in the 1775-1776 Juan Bautista de Anza expedition to settle and found San Francisco. Anza Day Celebration at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 8 a.m. to noon. 1 Burruel Street, Old Town Tubac. How Far Felipe pageant is sponsored by the Lowe House Project artist in residency program and underwritten by the Tubac Historical Society. For more information view montessoridesantacruz.org, azstateparks.com/tubac/events or call the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at 520-398-2252. OCTOBER 24-—WHERE IDEAS ARE BORN—A FREE TALK BY CAROL ST. JOHN—1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Back by Popular Demand! Awaken the senses and creativity with local columnist for the “Tubac Villager” accomplished oil painter, watercolorist, poet, activist and author of the 5-Star Rated book “Taproots...Where Ideas Are Born” A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. 14 Calle Iglesia Old Town Tubac. Donations requested. For more information email tusaints@gmail.com. OCTOBER 25 THROUGH OCTOBER 28—GOLF AND WHY MEN LOVE IT—LiveWrite “Playshop” with Bill Stephenson--Find and give voice to the mysterious x factor that keeps us coming back–often braving rain, wind, and cold, not to mention anger, frustration, and disappointment with golf. Play on local courses in the morning, talk in the afternoon, and dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. This workshop (really more of a playshop) revolves around M. Scott Peck’s book Golf and the Spirit.. For more information and reservations contact Bill at livewritewords.com and/or 828-557-2527 OCTOBER 25, 2017 – THE BORDERLANDS FORUM: “HISTORY OF SONORA – Session 1” - 1:30 to 4:00 PM, at BMO Harris Bank, 270 W Continental Rd, Green Valley, AZ 85614 - $30 for members; $40 for non-members for each session. (Part 2 scheduled for November 1, 2017) - The aim of this two part course is to provide Arizonans with a basic understanding of our neighboring Mexican state of Sonora´s history. Topics to be covered include the multiple indigenous groups of Sonora, the colonial experience during the Viceroyalty, the Jesuit order and their expulsion, the history of mining/ranching, the Porfiriato, and the Mexican Revolutions connections to Sonora. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org
"CABOT & COWBOYS” - FEATURING THE WORK OF TUBAC ARTIST, HUGH CABOT AND COWBOY TRAPPINGS. OPENING RECEPTION: FRI. OCTOBER 27TH, 5 - 7PM - LOCATION: MAIN GALLERIES, TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS, 9 PLAZA ROAD, TUBAC - ADMISSION: FREE CONTACT: CALL TCA AT 520-398-2371 OCTOBER 26, 2017 – CROSS BORDER TOUR: “INTRO TO NOGALES” - The purpose of this tour is to give participants a chance to see for themselves what Nogales is like beyond the wall with an overview of the region, historically and contextually. The tour begins on the US side with a brief orientation, followed by travel through the emerging, dynamic city of Nogales, Mexico. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCTOBER 27, 2017 – CROSS BORDER TOUR: “GASTRONOMIC TOUR OF NOGALES” - Have you ever wondered what exactly is Sonoran food and how it differs from Mexican cuisine in general? This gastronomic tour of modern Nogales will clarify the regional characteristics of our culinary vibrant southern neighbor in situ while providing a local historical background. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCT. 27 & 28—DECORATIVE PAPERS AND HANDMADE ARTISTS BOOKS PLAYSHOP WITH SUSAN CORL--9-12 and 1-4--Have fun like a kid making a mess playing with paints, glue, crayons and make beautiful decorative papers to be included in handmade books and book covers. Experiment with different techniques such as Orizomegami, a fold and dye technique and wax resist papers using batik methods and common materials found around the house to create one-of-a-kind works. Learn different bookmaking models that include your decorative papers. All materials included. A Lowe House Project “playshop” in Old Town Tubac. For more information, fees and registration email susancorl@hotmail.com or call 520-394-2926 OCTOBER 27 THROUGH SUN. DECEMBER 3, 2017 – “CABOT & COWBOYS” FEATURING THE WORK OF TUBAC ARTIST, HUGH CABOT and cowboy trappings. Opening Reception: Fri. October 27th, 5 - 7pm - Location: Main Galleries, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac - Admission: Free - Contact: Call TCA at 520-398-2371 OCTOBER 27 THROUGH SUN. DECEMBER 3, 2017 – “THE MASTERS AT WORK” FEATURING THE WORK OF THE LIVING MASTER ARTISTS, VIRGINIA HALL, TOM HILL, BOBB VANN, AND NICHOLAS WILSON. - Opening Reception: Fri. October 27th, 5 - 7pm Location: Master Artist Gallery, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac Admission: Free - Contact: Call TCA at 520-398-2371 OCTOBER 31, 2017 – THE BORDERLANDS FORUM: “HOW TO TAKE YOUR PHOTOS FROM GOOD TO GREAT: INSTRUCTION & PHOTO SHOOT” - The aim of this class is to offer guidance to help you improve your photography skills AND to provide you with a unique setting to practice what you’ve learned. Professional photographer Monica Rojas is your guide (see her website www.MonicaRojasPhoto.com) and the setting is the Holler-Saunders home in Nogales, Arizona, with its stunning collection of Spanish Cologial artwork. Monica will help give instruction in the principles of good beginner and intermediate photography, tailoring her presentation to the specifics of your DSLR camera. This promises to be a friendly, hands on experience in a unique setting with practical results. Questions about the class can be addressed to Monica at monica@ MonicaRojasPhoto.com. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org
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Native Americans in the U.S. Armed Forces - You’ve probably heard of the Navajo code-talkers that helped our nation in WWII, but are you aware that American Indians were invited by the 1775 Continental Congress to join the fight against the British? This fabulous exhibit chronicles American Indians’ roles in all U.S. wars from Ely Parker who attained the rank of brigadier general in the Civil War to Bloody Knife, a Crow scout who died with Custer at Little Bighorn, to women who served as Marine reservists in WWII. Don’t miss this one! Included with park admission, $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. The Spanish Barb Horse - The Barbary horse came to southern Spain in 711 A.D. when the Moors from the Barbary coast invaded. These horses were lighter, faster, agile and then bred with the Spanish horse. They came over to the Americas with Columbus in 1493 and changed native Americans way of life. The exhibit tells the history of this breed, including that the pure Barb strain was lost and on the verge of extinction, when miraculously they were re-discovered! Included with park admission, $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. Ongoing Exhibit: Unique 1800’s Ambulance - This exhibit at the Tubac Presidio is a rare original 1800’s period carriage called an ambulance. It has been restored and modified to replicate the ambulance that Phocion R. Way, an engraver from Cincinnati, Ohio, rode on from Mesilla on the Rio Grande River to Tucson in June of 1858. Many other figures in Tubac’s Territorial history arrived here on this type of vehicle because of its comfort and speed. Our ambulance was restored over thirteen months by Hanson Wheel and Wagon in Letcher, South Dakota and is the only known vehicle of its type on display anywhere in the world. Included with park admission, $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. Art Exhibit: The Arizona Cavalcade of History – The Alan B. Davis Gallery is open with 16 paintings by renowned Western artist William Ahrendt, each depicting a significant event in Arizona’s colorful history. The paintings and their historical narratives were featured as a special 16-part “Cavalcade of History” series in Arizona Highways magazine from 1987 through 1990. Arizona Highways remembers this series as “among the magazine's most remembered illustrations.”The giclée reproductions on canvas were donated to the Tubac Historical Society in memory of longtime Tubac resident and businessman Alan B. Davis. The collection is on permanent display at the Tubac Presidio’s Otero Hall. Included with park admission: $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. Experience Our New Children’s Garden - The children’s garden by the schoolhouse allows children of all ages to play hopscotch, marbles, and jump-rope the old-fashioned way. The wonderful colors of the various flowers will attract you, along with butterflies and hummingbirds. Come be as sunny as the sunflowers and delight in some summer fun. Included with park admission, $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. Frontier Printing Press Demonstrations - The Washington Hand Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper in 1859 is here. Watch a video about hand press printing, type setting, and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering. Copies of the first edition are available in the gift shop. Included with park admission: $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. Returning this Fall: Popular speaker Jack Lasseter and Artist-in-Residence Ted Ramirez and Friends
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at Tubac Jack's Mexican buffet, 5-8pm $20.00-adults - $10.00-kids cash bar, music, fun and a great cause!
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Yoga poses (asanas) possess the madhya, from breath to engagement, muscle energy to release. It is the mean of progression from one position to the next. As we imagine the asana we are moving to, we have the chance to transform. We can visualize how our life will be tomorrow, then move toward it with moment to moment awareness, accepting that the possible obstacles we encounter are meant for better transitions. Yoga poses offer us so much as we study the final expression of particular asana, but the transitions are the true thing of beauty. Movement to change must have all our attention. We need to remain attuned to actions in the body and spirit while transmuting from what we are to what we will be. Our heart may stop for the pause of emptiness. We may reflect as we shift and remember on the other side. Diligence and connection to detail moves us through safely, while a moment of distraction may find us floundering. In asana the actions between each position are where yogis most often get injured. Asanas and life can unfold precariously. We can let it disturb or delight. Awareness of the madhya, as delicate and ethereal as it may be, holds the meaning.
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ow many times have you heard - the only thing you can count on is change? We know it’s true, but accepting that adage requires more than buying into some often repeated saying. There is a space in our hearts and being that is a place of emptiness. Not empty in the sense of longing or need, simply an unnamed consciousness and awareness that can keep us in the moment if we allow it to. This is the work - to be okay with arriving at and being with the unknown. Sometimes the enigmatic anticipation of what is to come is as empowering as knowing everything. Our lives are full of plans, places to be and intention. Intention is necessary to live a caring and supported life. When our plans or routine changes, difficulties can occur. Whatever questions or disappointments arise, they are a creation of our desire to be in control. Having control of our lives does not mean we can control other people, the elements or the universe. It means we can learn that movements, pauses, fullness, emptiness, are simply part of the journey. Being in the moment or the place of transition is often uncomfortable and sometimes scary. In Sanskrit the word madhya is a vague description of that place. The pause between the end of the exhale and the next breath . . . the top of the pendulum swing where there is a brief rest before it swings back . . . or the moment between the dying rays of the sun and night.
We love our sense of comfort. Altering things from a steadfast place into the unknown can be daunting. Being at ease with transitions is a practice. Yoga offers a place and chance to encounter dis-ease and ways to come to terms with those sensations or fears. To be fully present even in the middle of the movement reveals the ever changing aspect of life. There is a beautiful collection of sutras called the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra (loosely translated as “the terror and joy of realizing oneness with the soul”) and a favorite verse sums it up for me: “At the end of the inhale, Filed with the song of the breath, There is a moment when you are simply Holding the tender mystery.” Kathy Edds, Yoga Instructor (ERYT500), Ayurvedic Lifestyle Coach, www.kathyedds.com Kathy teaches yoga at The Tubac Healing Arts Center in Tubac. www.tubachealingarts.com
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A Bit of Rotary History By Duffy Elgart, Tubac Rotary Club President My fellow Tubac residents,
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is David Elgart, although everyone who knows me calls me Duffy. I am now completing my third year as a full-time Tubac resident. I have been a Rotarian for 30 years and have just been elected as the president of the Tubac Rotary Club for 2017-2018.
As the new president I will be taking over the job of not only leading the club, but also, thanks to the kindness of The Tubac Villager, will be keeping you informed about what we are doing. This issue I thought it would be a good idea to give you some of the history of Rotary. It’s a fascinating story about how one man’s idea of a community-based club evolved into a service organization with 1.2 million members in more than 200 countries. Hope you enjoy it.
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he world’s first service club, the Rotary Club of Chicago, was founded in 1905 by Paul P. Harris, an attorney who wanted to form a professional club of his peers that had the same friendly spirit of the small towns of his youth. He recruited a few business friends and they began meeting weekly, rotating meetings amongst the member’s offices – thus the name Rotary. It didn’t take long before the concept spread and within a decade clubs were chartered from San Francisco to New York to Winnipeg, Canada. By 1921 they were formed on six continents and Rotary soon adopted the “Rotary International” name.
As Rotary grew, its philosophies and mission expanded beyond the professional and social interests on which it was first organized. Rotary became a true servicebased club as members began pooling their resources and professional talents to take on community projects. The organization adopted the motto “Service Above Self ” - a motto still used and a personal motivation for many members to get involved and join Rotary.
Rotary grew like wildfire and by 1925 had grown to more than 2,000 clubs with an estimated 108,000 members including presidents, authors, prime ministers, humanitarians and a host of other distinguished members. And, the international Rotary club began taking on long-term commitments to make positive, lasting changes in communities at home and abroad. Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s persistent issues including promoting peace, fighting disease, providing clean water and sanitation, saving mothers and children, supporting education and growing local economies. As a small community-based club we also monetarily support the efforts of Rotary International but most of the money we raise stays right here in our community, serving our friends and neighbors. When you attend one of our fundraisers – the Taste of Tubac or the New Year’s Day Golf Tournament— you are supporting dozens of smaller organizations and programs which we help fund including : youth scholarships, the food bank, teen leadership and delinquency prevention programs, water purification for Nogales schools, dictionaries for elementary students and medical clinics, just to name a few. As a club we share your donations with those in need and, in many cases are hands-on in making sure that our projects have direct impact and sustainable influence.
Each week at our meetings we recite the Four Way Test, which was adopted by Rotary in 1943. It reminds us of the good values and morals that Rotarians live by through asking the following questions: Of the things we think, say and do: #1) Is it the Truth? #2) Is it fair to all concerned? #3) Will it build Goodwill and Better Friendships? #4) Will it be Beneficial to all concerned? As a Rotarian for 30 years I still love meeting with my fellow Rotarian “friends” to socialize each week just like our founders. And I am also still a firm believer that we should all give back to the community in which we live. If you would like more information about how to become a Rotarian or would like to join us for breakfast to learn more, contact our club’s secretary Patricia Thompson at 520-336-7638. Tubac Rotary meets each Friday, at 8 am, at the Tubac Golf Resort.
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The earth is looking at me; she is looking up at me I am looking down on her
I am happy, she is looking at me I am happy, I am looking at her.
~Navajo chant
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es, we are all looking at our amazing earth. After an unbelievably hot June, July welcomed us with much needed rain but also clouds--wonderful, cool, fluffy, sometimes menacing, clouds. Clouds that helped to tamp down the heat. It gave a slight reprieve to the animals and people.
Friend Nick said that in 45 years of living here, he had never seen it so hot in Tubac. The Arizona Daily Star said past June was the hottest in 130 years. We always bragged that Tubac never got as warm as Tucson NOT this June. We had triple-digit heat for many days in a row. I think we year-rounders need a medal for sticking it out! I had plants that withered and I pulled them out, not wanting to waste water. We covered some things with shade cloth-our magnolia tree was, quite literally, burning up. Never experienced this kind of unrelenting heat. The horses, cows, and deer made a path to our back acre looking for water and any kind of nourishment that was still alive.
Ok, we survived, as did some native plants and flowers... just waiting and watching for our 2nd summer to begin. The parched earth is alive with all manner of green. New flowers are springing up where I had broadcast thousands of seeds in June. Purple verbena is back, the salvia looks happy, the stunning Texas ranger is in bloom for a few short days, Arizona sunflowers dot the landscape along with desert marigolds, pepperweed, fleabane, caltrop and the sweet silverleaf nightshade. The last 2 desert flowers I have identified using Maggie Milinovitch's super "Wildflowers A Field Guide to Flowering Plants of Southern Arizona." This is a wonderful reference book to carry with you. Most of the flowers that are popping up right now only come
after the rains, so you really need a way to tell one from another. All these flowers are in our back acre. (See picture above.) The lovely sacred datura is blooming (not lovely to touch!). Even the ocotillo is bursting with leaves. Tiny wonderful vegetation is covering the ground. The drive to and from Nogales is particularly gorgeous right now. The mesas and mountains are green and vibrant-the brown earth is gone for a short time. Get out and look at our sweet valley--'Mine eyes have seen the glory...' People, plants and animals and birds are good right now.. The earth is happy.
The nectar feeding bats should be coming before long. Our 2 oriole families are thriving, the tiny hummingbird has made another home in the existing nest on the wind chime. We have gone through a lot of sugar water and bird feed this summer, lots of activity from early to late. One more thought. We live in a truly special place. Not just our views, our night skies, our stars, our precious spot in the universe. It is our people. Our neighbors.
The new Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors program that will kick off in the fall has shown that Tubac cares about each other. I read this quote the other day--"I don't know how to explain to you that you should care about other people.." Our tiny village gets that! Thank you.
We won't be talking again until October. August will surely bring more rain and lovely clouds. September is the trickiest month. September is a tease. You think it's fall, the calendar says it's fall, but it's still too hot during the day. Cooler temps don't come until half-way through October, when a flurry of activities will begin again in our corner of the world. Fund raisers for animals, Barktoberfest, at the Market and a fund raiser at Tubac Jack's for the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program are just the beginning. My daddy loved to cook. He had 5 sisters and one brother and they all cooked. Their mother died when they were young and after coming to the states from Italy they had to work, make money, assimilate as quickly as they could and try to scrape out a living. Daddy cooked in the army, he cooked at his first job after the army. We loved his cooking, especially his fresh-made doughnuts on Saturday morning. The following recipe was one of our favorites growing up.
Poor Boy Spaghetti Poor Boy Spaghetti is a quick, easy, no mess meal, and it uses left-overs! Perfect for a summer evening. 2-3 cups left-over chicken, beef, or turkey, shrimp 1 onion, chopped 2 cloves garlic, chopped 1 8 oz package fresh mushrooms, sliced 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese 8 oz spaghetti, cooked salt and pepper Cut meat into bite size pieces, mix with onion and garlic and mushrooms which have been sautĂŠed in a little olive oil and butter. Add cooked spaghetti and cheese, add more butter on top of the pasta before mixing. Add a salad, garlic bread and you have a feast! Enjoy!
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