February 2012 - Connection

Connection

February 2012 Vol. 29 No. 2

An open forum publication allowing all voices to be heard since 1983

ARIVACA YESTERDAYS

by Mary Noon Kasulaitis

Arivaca at the time of Statehood in 1912

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he village of Arivaca was just getting started in 1863 when Arizona became a Territory, both having been promoted by Col. Charles D. Poston. Between 1863 and 1912 the town went along as a stage stop and supply center for the mines in the area.

During the little boom of the 1870s when what we know of as Main Street was developed and the Schoolhouse built by Pedro Aguirre. The town Store, owned by Noah W. Bernard, was in what has most recently been the Rocking A Feeds Store on the north side of the street.

The Arivaca Ranch, known in those days as Bogan and Bernard, got going good in the 1880s and eventually morphed into the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company(ALCC). It kept Arivaca alive by turning it into a company town. The early part of the 20th century saw homesteading in a big way, because it was not until the Arivaca Land Grant ownership was settled in 1902 that any land was

available for permanent settlement in Arivaca valley. By the time of Statehood, the town of Arivaca was already a good 50 years old and things were happening Arivaca (as a voting precinct) had made the newspaper in 1911 by voting against the State Constitution, which was ratified by the pro votes elsewhere, allowing Arizona to become a state on February 14, 1912. For most people the reason for the negativity was the provision for judicial recall. We may take for granted Arizona’s three distinctive rights: initiative, referendum and recall (of public officials), but at the time, they were considered innovative and rather scary. Many newspaper articles in 1911 discussed this issue.

Pictures of Arivaca in 1903 show many adobe buildings, but by 1912 someone had come to town and plastered everything, thus keeping them going for another hundred years (they are still there!) The big news of 1912 was the large store building constructed by the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company on the site of the current Arivaca Mercantile. (That building lasted until

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1956, when it burned down and the current one was erected.)

By 1912, the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company’s owners were Noah C. Bernard, John Bogan, George Pusch, John Zellweger and Ramon Ahumada. (Pedro Aguirre and Noah W. Bernard had died in 1907.) Pusch and Zellweger were land developers from Tucson who owned other ranches elsewhere. The ALCC had started acquiring and fencing land around town, sometimes illegally expropriating it for their own use.

The government had to step in and stop it, filing a complaint in 1912.

This was not the first or last legal action involving the ALCC. When John Bogan filed for a Desert Land homestead entry (320 acres) on cienaga land in 1908, a legal protest proved that the land was indeed a swamp with perennial water. He was forced to file for the usual 160 acres. Arthur Noon also filed on 160 acres of this land.

One of the big stories of 1912 was the death of Forbes Talcott, who had fallen off a horse while working cattle and suffered a skull fracture on July

23. With his friend Jack McVey, he had been developing the Jarillas Ranch. At the time, Jack and his wife were honeymooning in New England.

McVey and Forbes were wealthy young men who had come West three years before looking for adventure and a cattle ranch. Jack came back and carried on with the ranch, building a big house, developing an orchard, and receiving a National Forest grazing lease. By September, the McVeys were inviting their Tucson friends out here for parties. Jack was one of the first people in town to own an automobile and later an airplane!

Water rights were a big thing in 1912, with all the farming going on. Settlers took their turn at using water out of the Creek and some had done so for 30 years, but proving this use and having rights grandfathered in was now really important. Yndalecio Aguirre, Phil Ward, Dr. Ball and the Figueroas, Rita Sanchez Mora as well as the ever present John Bogan were filing legal affidavits for water rights.

It was at this time that the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company began Continued on Page 2

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Arivaca Yesterdays

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Main Street Arivaca - 1910 - two years prior to Statehood. Still here, from left: Tony Prevor's two houses; La Gitana Cantina before the front area was added; the adobe ruins were then Teresa Celaya's boaring house; the building torn down prior to the new post office construction; the Townsend houses. Right: a glimpse in the trees of the feed store and the Mercantile prior to being rebuilt after l950s fire - front view in photo at right.

Photographer: Raymond Barrows, Troop B, Connecticut National Guard, 1916.

Photos courtesy of Don Bonner. Collection archived by Bruce and Dorothy Bonner its move to locate Arivaca town with official streets and lots, thus corralling settlers on a small parcel of (essentially useless) rocky land and keeping squatters from moving onto their ranch land nearer the cienaga. The townsite became official in 1916.

The mines around Arivaca had slowed, but the Oro Blanco District had a little boom in 1912. The Austerlitz, El Oro, Switzerland, Republic, Grubstake, and Old Glory mines all reported an upswing in activity and changing of owners. It was claimed that 400 miners were at work. A Post Office was established at Montana Camp on the day of Statehood, February 14, named after Lille B. Ruby, the wife of the Postmaster, Julius Andrews. That was because the original name might confuse someone who thought it was in Montana. A hotel was needed but neither Arivaca nor Oro Blanco had one, the Citizen reported, “which compelled most people to return to Tucson the same day in order not to run the chance of sleeping in the street.” By 1914, the little boom was over--most of the mines in the district had played out―the pockets of good ore were mined out

and there was “inadequate recovery by the mills with 30 to 40 percent of the gold and silver going out in the tailings and down the canyons.” (Fred Noon, the Connection 1992) The Mexican revolution had begun in earnest in 1910 and by 1912 Arivaca was being affected. Fears that organized forces of insurgent agitators were massing near town with the intent of moving south into Mexico brought calls for the Cavalry in 1911. The local cattle inspector, Willard Wright, fearing that these forces would be stealing cattle for food, requested that troops be sent to Arivaca from Tres Bellotas Ranch, where they had been stationed. Troop D of First Cavalry was called in. In September of 1912, Troop B of the Fourth Cavalry was in Arivaca, to be relieved by the 9th Cavalry in November. The proximity to Mexico and its revolution created trouble for Arivaca, Oro Blanco and the surrounding mining camps until 1920 when the revolution was over.

Our best photos of the area were taken by the photographer of Troop B of the Connecticut National Guard, which was stationed here for two months in 1916.

Most of the troops only stayed a few months, but in 1917 the 10th Cavalry was brought in and stationed here until 1920. (General Pershing led those

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troops into Mexico but he was not in Arivaca.)

Late in 1912, a couple of crimes put a damper on things. As reported in the Tucson paper, after a celebration of Mexican independence on September 16, a brawl broke out. Pablo Burruel was stabbed by Jesus Noriega. In a hurry to help him, they were all returning home to the Liberty mine when the horses spooked and Manuel Corona fell off the wagon and was killed. For years, Manuel has been memorialized by a sign in the La Gitana Cantina, which states that C.E. Bent caught his killer. (Except that he got the date wrong, and maybe there was no killer?) In a December Tucson Daily Citizen story, local rancher Agustin Wilbur and his cowboy, Manuel Acosta, were accused by cattle inspector Rye Miles and arrested for cattle stealing. Officials came to Arivaca itself to try the case.

P.M. Clarke was Justice of the Peace Mary Melton and then Gipsie Clarke were teaching at the Arivaca School (60 kids in one room) Arthur and Martha Noon had a cattle ranch east of town (in 1912 my dad, Fred Noon, was 4 years old) An Automobile Stage Line owned

by Gavino Grijalva ran from Amado Station to Arivaca and Oro Blanco The population in the 1910 census showed 121 in the town itself with about 59 at the Moyza and in Guijas Valley, and 222 between Arivaca and the Garcia Ranch (over by the Buenos Aires Ranch headquarters) for a total in the area of about 400. Many of them had ranches, farms or mines or worked for other ranches, farms or mines.

Dr. Joseph Ball was the town’s doctor.

We don’t have any photos of Arivaca taken in the year 1912, just some a few years before and some a couple of years after, but the best street scenes of Arivaca, taken in 1916, show that not much has changed on Main Street in the last hundred years.

Teresa Celaya owned the town bar (at least one of them) and a boardinghouse

References: The Tucson Daily Citizen, which is indexed in Genealogybank, the historic newspaper database

So, who else was here in 1912 and what were they doing?

People Helping People Providing Hospitality And Supporting Each Other In The Borderlands Community Workshop Saturday, February 18th 10 am - Lunch Provided Arivaca Community Center Come discuss community concerns about living with Border Patrol and helping our fellows in need. Get educated and become more aware. Hear from Arivacans involved in humanitarian aid work. Margo Cowan, Attorney at Law and Sarah Roberts, RN will

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The workshop will be 3 to 4 hours, depending on questions and length of discussion. A delicious lunch will be provided!

Contact: arivacanmd@hotmail.com or Regan at 520-343-3671 RSVP helpful but not essential. All are welcome and encouraged to attend!

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Living in the Borderlands

By Ragan Wendell I am lucky, and I am grateful. I stumbled upon Arivaca just before Thanksgiving in 2007. I had never heard of the town and knew nothing about the community. I was nervous about going to the community potluck, not sure what to expect.

(Little did I know, I would be attending more potlucks than I could ever dream possible in the years to follow.)

Ellen quickly spotted me as a “new person.” She talked to me and gave me a hug, as only Ellen can. She introduced me to people and helped me to feel welcome. My heart was happy. I had moved to the right place.

Over four years later, I am still here.

Arivaca is the first place I have ever lived, where I was not looking for another place to live. The mountains and stars take my breath away and the sunrises and sunsets bring me to tears. This is what I experience from my doorstep. But in those beautiful mountains and valleys, there are many more stories.

I am loved here. You all know my name, and those of you who don’t, recognize my face, and say hello anyway. When you ask me how I am, you actually care about the answer. I served on the board of the ACC for several years, and continue to volunteer and participate in community events. I give my time to the community and in return I have a community, a family.

I live in Arivaca because I love it, and also to be of service. Most, if not all of us, have seen travelers from the South on the road, in the mountains, or at our homes. Many of us have opened our doors and our hearts to these fellows. In my years of traveling, I have experienced generosity and kindness along the way. Today I have the opportunity to repay what was so generously given to me. I cannot compare my life experiences to another’s, but I can offer people what I would want offered to me.

Our legal system is not structured around the tenets of morality and basic human rights. The laws are confusing and the people enforcing them are not eager to be my friend. I have chosen to educate myself about the law so that I can be of service and not be afraid. I have chosen to listen to my heart rather than be told what to think and feel.

Whatever your personal opinion about immigration, I don’t imagine any of us enjoy driving through an unconstitutional checkpoint and being profiled by men with guns.

We are asked impertinent questions

and often intimidated. They request illegal searches of our vehicles. (Did you know that you do not have to let BP search your vehicle without a warrant?) They speed through our quiet town disregarding posted signs.

They enter private property and then give lame excuses when questioned. It is frustrating and tiresome. When I am most angry and frustrated with Border Patrol, I make it a point to wave to every agent I see that day or the days to follow, until I feel more balanced and patient. It may sound silly, but let me tell you, it works.

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Most days I accept their presence as part of life down here. I do not like it, and I choose to join efforts to change it. But in this moment, right now, they are here. By choosing to live in this beautiful place with all of you beautiful people, I also choose to live with Border Patrol. I choose to live in an area where people are dying in my back yard. Where there is suffering within earshot when I wake and when I sleep. When I am warm in bed on a cold, wet winter night, I lay there grateful. I am grateful for what I have because I know someone is out there freezing and dying of hypothermia.

That person is someone’s parent, someone’s child, and someone’s friend. That person is me, and that person is you.

There is suffering all over this world.

I cannot be everywhere at once, and even if I could my heart would not bear it. It is the suffering and injustice that is going on in my backyard in which I choose to concentrate my efforts. Today I make a conscious choice not to ignore it.

These borderlands can be a confusing and sometimes frustrating place in which to live, but neither our confusion nor our frustration serves to change it. The reality of people traveling in this area is not likely to change in the near future. The only thing we can change is our own attitudes and behaviors. I have seen countless cattle fences in the desert where obvious foot trails cross through them. Some wise ranchers have set up gates or passages for people. There is a reality they may not like, but they have accepted it and found a way to coexist. They have made a conscious choice to trade frustration for peace.

I am grateful to this community for all you give to each other and all you give to our fellows traveling through. It is all of you that make it possible for me to live here. The Arivaca community is strong, wise, and supportive. It is our joy and love that fills this harshest of places with beauty and compassion. The winter rains may bring the wildflowers, but it is all of us that bring the peace

• Geologist Richard Conway on "The Ancient Volcanos of Arivaca" 1 pm at Old

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your visit:

 Shop Marian's Farmers' Market - 9 to Noon  Join in La Gitana Cantina's Patio Party - 11a - 3p  Stroll Buenos Aires NWR Cienega boardwalk  Enjoy fresh coffee at Gadsden Coffee Co. 8:30 - 4pm  Breakfast or Lunch at Sweet Peas Cafe - 8am - 3pm  Check the Book Sale at Arivaca Library 9am - 5pm  See local art at Arivaca Artists' Co-op 10am - 4pm and Cactus Rose Gallery 10am - 4pm

 Bring your RV and camp at Universal Ranch RV Park This event is sponsored by

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THE TYRANNY OF MONEY

by Jay Quick

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robably no human invention has caused more misery and misunderstanding than this curious thing we invented about 5,000 years ago called money. When I started to do research for this article I thought I had a pretty good understanding of what money is and why deficit spending is bad but I was driven by an uneasy feeling that my belief system had some flaws in it. I couldn’t understand how millions of willing people could be unemployed when there is so much work to be done. Nor could I explain why printing more money would cause inflation when so many people lacked any money at all. It turns out that the coins and bills you and I carry around are called “portable money” and they represent only a small fraction of the total amount of money in the economy.

The majority of the money is in the form of credit or debt, and it is debt that creates money, not the other way around. In fact, without debt there would be no need for money. Did you know that every time you use your credit card you create new money?

While we’re killing Santa Claus- here are a few more fairy tales that aren’t true. You know how the politicians keep telling us that deficit spending will be a burden on our grand children? Not necessarily true because, unlike you and I, Governments can “roll over” their debts indefinitely. They do this by selling new securities to redeem their maturing securities. If you don’t believe this ask yourself how our government is currently replacing the money the politicians “borrowed” from our Social Security and Medicare Funds to finance

their deficit spending for the past several decades.

We started selling Treasury Notes to China (this is one of the ways the government prints new money). When those notes come due the government will sell simply more Treasury notes to redeem the first set of Treasuries- so tell your grandkids to relax – no worries.

If this is starting to sound like a “shell” game you’re catching on.

The historical problem with money and debt has always been an uneven and inequitable distribution of assets, money, and debt. We call that inequity the “wealth gap”. To understand the consequences of the wealth gap think of the board game “Monopoly”. At the outset, every player starts with an equal amount of money which is magically provided by a player who is called the banker. After a few lucky rolls of the dice, one player lands on some prime pieces of real estate and it’s soon game over- when the other players have to start paying rent every time they land on his property.

Our economy functions in much the same manner and as a result we periodically have to end the game and start over. In other words people have to take to the streets. Historical records dating back to about 5,000 B.C. when written alphabets and coinage first appeared, show that whenever the “wealth gap” reached the point where a small group of people monopolized the majority of the available money people did indeed take to the streets.

The current wave of protests in the Middle East (The Arab Spring), where the oil produced wealth is largely controlled by Royal Families, is an example of that. Anthropologist David Graeber in his recent book “Debt, the first 5,000 years” describes a long historical record of periodic and systematic uprisings and protests against excessive wealth gaps in which the goal of the debtor working people is to “burn the debt records

and redistribute the assets (land)”.

Our economy has three distinct interactive layers- each with its own moral code. The multitudes of us who get up every morning and do the work that keeps the country running quickly learn to live within our means. Not very long ago failing to do that would put you in debtors’ prison or cause you to sell a child into slavery. Today you go on food stamps, unemployment, and pray you don’t get sick and need health care. That is our morality.

The second layer of our economy is the financial sector. When it’s operating as it should, it functions as a responsible lender and source of funds for economic expansion and growth. Recently that sector has operated less as a lender and more as a chronic gambler playing roulette at the tables in Reno with our money. Formerly, the morality of this sector was cautious lending to wellthought out business ventures. That morality has recently vanished. The new morality is to bet on failure and then take steps to ensure that failure occurs. The new morality is to pay the politicians to deregulate the industry so that they can gamble recklessly for personal profitleaving us, the tax payers, to clean up the economic devastation they create.

The third layer of our economy is the Government sector. Governments are typically our largest and most reliable job creators. Governments also stimulate the economy by funding education, social services, large public works projects such as roads, parks, bridges, dams, water projects, as well as defense spending. Many of our proudest privatesector, free-enterprise companies make their living off of government contracts.

From the stand point of maintaining high levels of employment throughout our economy there is no discernable difference between a government job and a private sector job.

So what’s the bottom line? The bottom line is that we’re taking money far too seriously and allowing it to tyrannize us in ways that cause way too much suffering. If there are a billion people on the planet who don’t have enough

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Maybe the best way to sum up this money nonsense is to say that whatever artificial morality we chose to apply to one segment of the economy must be applied equally to every sector. We can’t rescue the failures of the financial institutions and leave home owners stuck with bad investments. We can’t allow people to starve if saving them only requires the wealthy to pony up and pay their fair share. If you are in business for the love of what you do, or make, you’re entitled to make as much money as you want–as long as you pay your employees well and pay your fair share of taxes. If you’re in business to get rich at the expense of others; if you export jobs to avoid paying taxes on your profits; if you hire lobbyists to allow you to take advantage of competitors or to avoid paying taxes, then you have no business being in business in the first place–and for sure you shouldn’t be rescued by taxpayers when you hit a rough spot in the road.

As a socially enlightened nation it’s time to end the heartless self-righteous bickering about the morality of money and debt. It’s time to make a pact that no person will ever again be tyrannized, or denied health care, shelter, food, or education for lack of money. After all, money is only something we invented to smooth out the exchange of goods and services. It’s not anything real. It has no intrinsic value other than the value we decide to give it. It’s a useful tool only so long as we don’t allow it to rob us of our humanity.

Jay Quick is a business owner in Tucson.

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money to get 2,000 calories a day we need to print and distribute more money to them. If there are unemployed people willing and able to work and there is work to be done, we need to print enough money to hire them. If millions of people owe more money on their mortgages than their homes are worth, we need to write down those loans to realistic market values–just as we rescued the financial institutions when they were allowed to mark down the over valued assets in their portfolios.

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Letters & Comments ince moving to Tumacacori about five years ago, I look forward every month to reading the small but power-packed Connection. Publisher Maggie Milinovitch is true to her word and allows for a diversity of (mostly) local persons’ opinions to be aired in this monthly, open-forum publication.

I especially appreciate Maggie’s own columns and articles on many topics that are well-written and researched as well as thought-provoking, which often challenge some of the other viewpoints published in the same issue.

Though I don’t always agree with all the perspectives of the writers, I do read and carefully consider their passionate political and social commentaries on current national and world affairs. It is refreshing to find in such a small publication the diversity of thought and opinion expressed on topics that go beyond just local issues.

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I enjoy also the local flavor found in Connection. Smaller, local newspapers and other publications are one of the effective tools in creating and maintaining a sense of “community” for any region, whether in a large city or a small, rural town. The Connection does that for the out-of-the-way community of Arivaca and surrounding areas, bringing people together and helping neighbors to get to know one another through homey, newsy articles and columns about the local comings and goings of people in the area. I visit these places every month through this publication, learning about the historical and current happenings of the region and feel as if I know many of these neighbors that I may have never met in person.

As someone who enjoys looking back to learn about and reflect upon the past and how it has affected the present, Mary Noon Kasulaitis’ front-page “Arivaca Yesterdays” articles are informative and interesting. My excursions to explore the beautiful country in this area through back-road drives and hikes are enriched by my knowledge of whom and what has gone before me, and Mary’s columns have contributed to this appreciation.

Lack of quantity and quality of food is a burgeoning problem worldwide, and our region here in the borderlands of Southern Arizona is regarded as a food desert. We all need an increased awareness of the worldwide politics

of food, and we can start by knowing where our own food comes from, how it is grown, and how we can support local farmers and gardeners. It is wonderful to have two regular columns in the Connection about two local organic farms. Though I physically only get to Agua Linda Farms in Amado about once a year to one of their annual festivals, I visit them monthly through Laurel Loew’s “Agua Linda Farm Journal”. I can relate to the many family and agrarian situations she so delightfully and humorously describes since I live at Avalon Gardens and EcoVillage, which also is featured in Tarenta Baldeschi’s “In Season” column.

Through five years of reading other columns and perusing the advertising of local businesses in the Connection, I have observed Arivaca's growth- in many ways, especially in the practice of “community”. Though this small, wild-west town has experienced many challenges and tragedies, its people of a variety of world views and cultural practices pull together to give love and support to those of their community who are having some hard times. Every community needs a core of proactive people who come together to provide leadership in caring for their neighbors and fellow townspeople, and Arivaca seems to have that core.

I’m glad the number of enjoyable and meaningful events held in Arivaca that bring residents and visitors together has grown in the last three to four years. A couple of times a year I drive to Arivaca to attend something happening there and always meet warm, welcoming people. On the first annual open garden tour sponsored by Somos y Semilla, I enjoyed visiting the Arivaca Community Garden and have several flourishing plants from there to remind me of the beauty and practicality of that place, which gives its harvest to various community food banks. I gifted friends with lovely, affordable original pieces of art done by four very different Arivaca artists, which I acquired at last year’s open art studio tour. I look forward to going again this year. Also last year a group of us had an awesome home-cooked meal at the Arivaca Community Center before viewing a couple of hours of interesting films on a variety of topics created by local filmmakers.

I anticipate another wonderful year of reading the Connection and discovering more about the gifted and dynamic people of the Santa Cruz Valley. In these trying times where worldwide social, economic, political, and environmental crises abound, I recognize the need now more than ever for us all to bond in unity without uniformity, where we can take better care of each other and our precious earth by conscientiously striving to be good neighbors and reaching out in friendship.

May all of us progress within our own higher minds and sense of morality and compassion this New Year.

Voices from the Dust

“Voices from the Dust” is the first portfolio Roy Purcell will share on Saturday, 10:30 am until noon on February 18th, from a series of The Gatherings, held at the Sonoran Center in East Amado. Roy will talk about a variety of important tribal experiences and the history behind, the Power Animals, the Vision Quest, and the Shaman’s Journey. Many works of art will be displayed, including etchings and acrylics in conjunction with the Native American culture talk, including discussion time.

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Today would answer a question that had been bouncing around in my mind for some time. What’s going on in Imuris, a small town in Sonora not so far below the border? In past drive-throughs, Imuris seemed way too busy for the small town it is. And today was no exception, as cars and trucks were parked cheek by jowl along a very narrow shoulder.

A woman, who later identified herself as Sara, motioned me to the side of the road, and my old Camry dutifully complied. I was about to learn the Imuris secret and why this small town is worth a visit.

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Clay Studio Open House in Green Valley The Clay Studio at Santa Rita Springs (921 West Rio Fuerte) will hold an Open House Saturday, February 11th from 10 to 3 pm. If you’re curious about what the studio members do, we will have a tour as well as exhibitions and demonstrations. Demonstrations will include throwing pots on a wheel, hand-building and sculpture.

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Sara, "Quesadillera Suprema" You see, Sara is doña of one of many quesadilleras that line Hwy. 15 as it passes through Imuris. Quesadillas are those tasty, small tortilla sandwiches stuffed with cheese and beans, grilled perfectly into a mouth watering treat.

Next door in the Fiesta Room studio members will have their pottery and sculpture for sale if you are interested in purchasing a unique art piece that is functional, decorative or both.

Everyone who attends will receive a free gift and purchasers will receive a 20% off coupon good for one item only.

Coffee and cookies will be served in the Fiesta Room also. Our theme this year is “We (heart) Clay” so come find out why we love it so much and you can be a part of the fun!

I was soon planted on the last available stool (there were only eight) that line the front of Sara’s open front restaurant.

She was behind the short counter going to work. The sun was warm on my back; I was in the right place.

No menu here. After all you don’t stop in Imuris for burger and fries. This is quesadilla country - the very best ― anyplace.

Each quesadillera has its own fans.

Cars and trucks were pulling into their favorites. I could tell by the easy banter that Sara’s customers were regulars.

As Sara hurried back and forth she patiently answered my questions. Her father has owned the store for nineteen years and Sara has worked it for nine. The delicious tortillas are made fresh, early every morning by her mother. Cheese is made locally in a growing cottage industry.

Santa Fe Artist Selected as Tubac Festival of the Arts 2012 poster artist

Santa Fe artist Patricia Wyatt submitted the winning entry in the competition Sara also features a caldo (soup), for the 2012 Tubac Festival of the Arts with chunks of meat bobbing in a commemorative poster. Wyatt uses beef/tomato broth served with fresh different materials to create her art; tortillas. After all, Sonora is beef she works with watercolor, pencil, oil country. This is served up in a large pastel and ceramic stucco. The artist’s Styrofoam cup. Tacos are also available pieces are collaged and the paper jutes but here in Imuris, quesadillas are the out from the canvas in many directions thing. Mexicans, and at least one gringo, creating unique and unexpected pieces. were tucking into the local delicacy.

Posters will be available during the Sara’s hours are 7am to 1pm, seven Tubac Festival, Feb. 8 – 12, at the Tubac days a week. Imuris is about an hour Historical Society booth on Tubac Road. south of Nogales on Hwy 15. You can’t Wyatt will be at the festival a booth in miss it: look for the cars. front of the Tubac Deli. Signed posters See you soon, with more from Mexico. available throughout the 5-day festival.

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h, Life’s Mysteries! How can it happen that an elaborate event, all of whose people and parts are delightful, adds up to anxiety and weariness? We had 14 out-of-town guests for Christmas Eve, eight of whom stayed for three days. My wife and I slept on the floor, in the hall. I wore the same socks for three days because one nephew’s mattress and a mountain of luggage had sprung up outside my closet door. By the time it was over the dog had gone totally nuts, the dishwasher burned out, and I could tell that I’d be next. It had been fun and then . . . and then . . . I needed to get out. Minutes after the last guest was gone, I, too was in my car, leaving Patagonia on a spontaneous 3 day road-trip. Waiting for breakfast at Reb’s Café in Benson, I examined a map and then plotted my course: Safford, Duncan, Clifton / Morenci, Silver City and Bisbee. All mining towns with open-pits. I figured that with all the fuss these days about the Rosemont Copper mine and others that have been proposed near Patagonia, I’d better have a look around and see what I could see. Here’s what I saw (and thought.)

1) GEOMANTIC: These mining towns are often rather odd. The town takes on the nature of the place.

Topography creates a town that can’t be plain or dull, and even seems to shape the people here. Irregular terrain attracts a range of quirky types.

But Shiva's Pretty, Too Where will you find a more exotic mix of cartoon characters than in lumpy Patagonia? Compare that to Sonoita, only 12 miles up the road, where all the land is flat, and all the folks Republicans.

2) CHTHONIC: A high concentration of mineral ores affects a region’s “vibe,” it seems. The electromagnetic energies of such places are the same energies as elsewhere, of course, but focused and intensified, and thus importantly transformed. The sunlight which ignites a schoolboy’s homework papers, intensified by his magnifying glass, is the same sunlight that comforts his mother’s geraniums, but to different effect. I will not test your patience here with talk of “vortices.”

The word’s been rendered ludicrous by vapid New Age geese who use it to market Sedona’s motels. Forget about The Pleiades, as well. Let’s keep it simple, JoJo – down to earth. We’re talking about metals in the dirt.

3) IN MY BEGINNING IS MY END: The elements which make our town a very special place may ultimately lead to its demise. But even those who hate them as ecological calamities will admit that open-pit mines can be visually awesome -- perhaps even beautiful. – like the Grand Canyon. Many of mankind’s biggest achievements are destructive. This raises a larger question.

4) PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS:

The Hindus posit not one God, but three: Brahma, The Creative Force, Shiva, The Destructive Force, and Vishnu, The Janitor (or the Conductor, if you will.) Think of an electrical circuit: a positive pole and a negative pole and something between that allows them to flow. This schema is less problematic than our binary model here in the West, where God (Good) wrestles with Satan (Evil.)

We’re told that God will win. It’s said that he’s omnipotent, but take a look around. The world, these days, is so screwed up it makes God look more impotent, unless you resort to bizarre theological ploys. Not only do the Hindus avoid this embarrassing stand-off, their wisdom goes farther: they depict their three gods as a harmonious consort, playing beautiful music together, not despite but as the very expression of their differing natures. Pretty Classy, I’d say.

5) POP QUIZ: Q: WHAT IS THE BASIS OF ALL SUFFERING? A: ATTACHMENT TO PERSONS AND PLACES AND THINGS. We love the quiet beauty of this place.

In large part, that’s what brought us here to live. We do not want to lose the things we love, and as we watch them go downstream, as they all someday must, it fills our hearts with pain, reminding us, unconsciously, that we, too, age and rot and

disappear. Yes, life is flux and Yes, flucks sux, but is the very nature of this world. Things change. (You’re right, It Isn’t fair!) The lovely rose or almond trees are fragrant when they bloom and are delightful to behold.

But later in the psychle* when they’ve withered and turned brown, they’re lucky we don’t run them out of town!

We sigh and wait for spring to come again.

6) TOAST: My Fellow Dregs, Survivors, Friends: Let’s raise our shopworn flagons, clogged with cobwebs though they be, to the whole awesome cycle –- to creation, life and death -- yes, even winter’s sagging boobs and varicosities. It hurts to watch an orchid trampled under clumsy hooves. Console yourself with knowing that those who strive to safeguard nature in the lovely landscape hereabouts may or may not succeed, but will, regardless of how things turn out, enrich themselves in heart and soul -- and their companions, too -- for theirs is a service of appreciation and gratitude: acknowledgment that something wonderful was given us, whether it dwindles or not.

"Congress is so strange.

A man gets up to speak and says nothing. Nobody listens ―and then everybody disagrees."

- Morris Udall

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Stewart & Laurel Loew The newest additions to the farm family are a pair of twin lambs. They were born New Years Eve, much to the thrill of the many family and friends staying at the farm that weekend. The ewe is also the mother of twins born this time last year. She had rejected one and dutifully cared for the other and Flash moved into the house. For a month the little lamb slept with the farm dogs in their beds and trotted around with Patches, the sheep dog whom, (other than feeding), became his surrogate mother. When messes in the house became intolerable and Flash was eating on his own, he joined the small animals in the petting zoo. All in all, hand raising the lamb had been a success.

We observed these new babies and it was soon evident that mamma had not changed her ways. One lamb was her pride and joy; the other a pesky nuisance that seemed to stress out the new mother – NO FEAR – Laurel and Stewart (and Patches) are here!

First order of business when raising a lamb is to force–nurse it. Nursing off of mom the first day or two is a matter of life and death. The colostrum that the ewe produces gives the lambs what they need to fight illness and grow healthy.

Stewart’s job is to hold the reluctant ewe while I guide the baby to the nipples. This little cutie had a natural sense of what nursing was about and ravenously latched on and sucked away.

Four feedings on day-one and four more day-two – then on to formula and into the house.

The dogs were thrilled! (Other than Rocco our resident “toughie” who

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has seniority and though he tolerates his owner’s eccentric tendencies, he draws the line at sharing his bed with livestock). Patches, however, is a lambraising expert and our new baby was licked and loved (the new Labrador enthusiastically helping out). One of the added benefits to Patches-theNanny-Dog is that he cleans his little charge in the way its mamma should have. “Delilah”, as we began to call her, settled in well to life with humans and canines and for the next two days she enjoyed her baby bottles of formula, followed us around the farm and grew strong and healthy. Then, she went home.

At first, I couldn’t figure out where Delilah had gone. She should have either been inches away from Patches (wherever he went), or napping in a cozy spot n the house.

She was not. I looked to the skies, “Is she small enough for a hawk to carry off?” I went from room to room and around the house with the dogs, but she was nowhere. I started to panic. Stewart was the one who walked to the sheep pen and found Delilah asleep under a tree with the flock. I was a little hurt and insulted. Surly the dog beds are more comfy than the ground? This had never happened with Flash who probably couldn’t have figured out how to get all the way back to the sheep pen from the house at barely five days old, anyway. Delilah was obviously an independent thinker and somewhat of a lamb-genius. Okay. No urine on the tile floors. This could work.

Since that day, Delia has gone from house pet to livestock at will. She is small enough to squeeze through the gate and spends some nights in the house, and some with her species. Last evening, I mixed up her formula in the human baby bottle (this works much better than the ones made for lambs) and walked to the sheep pen with her final feeding for the day. The sun was low in the sky and it was warm against the back of the small shed. I sat

down in some fresh hay and Delilah eagerly sucked her dinner down in less than a minute. The small flock briefly panicked when I entered, led by a white ewe who is terribly neurotic and suspicious. She was one of the few survivors of a mountain lion massacre four years ago and has never recovered from the trauma. While the remaining animals soon realize that it’s just me and not a hungry predator, and settle back into their grazing, the white ewe stands at a distance, alert, her eyes watching my every move, stomping one foot in protest. Delilah stays close, climbing all over my lap looking for more milk for a few minutes, then walks over to her

mother who promptly butts her away.

The other adults are less aggressive towards her, but it was Charlie who gave her a friendly sniff without a push.

Charlie is one of the first sheep we ever got. I have no idea how old he is, but he must be ancient. He is a neutered male that was given to us along with three other farm critters (one of which was a victim of the lion; the other two have died of old age). Charlie is very comfortable with people, and though he, too, was witness to the horrible slaughter, he has kept life in perspective.

He is not the “ram” in the flock, but he is, in most situations, the leader. He is far more intelligent than the other sheep and his face shows the gentle intelligence of an old, patient uncle.

Charlie’s large eyes are set broadly on his black forehead and his muzzle

is rounded softly, not pointed like the others. Charlie’s black wool has grayed with age and he sports a large, round belly. When the flock is moved out to pasture, Charlie leads the way, not the ram, and it is Charlie who comes when called at the end of the day, the flock following loyally behind.

Sitting in my warm, sunny spot in the pile of sweet hay, I watched the ram walk up to Uncle Charlie and lean his heavy rack on his shoulders. It was definitely a gesture of dominance, but it seemed to be more like a reminder, “Hey, don’t forget, I am the Ram, not you.” Charlie respectfully ignored the gesture and continued eating.

No argument ensued and the boys proceeded to enjoy their dinner. Charlie was not a hormone-driven-powerhungry male. He had no interest in proving anything to the less intelligent Ram, but there are certain tasks that the fertile male can perform that Charlie cannot.

While the flock ate, Delilah mimicked their movements, nibbling on small bits of hay on the ground. For the most part, she was ignored, but tolerated. She seemed to have a dejected posture as she walked alone towards her napping spot under the tree and my heart broke for the tiny baby. Then, suddenly, her twin sister bounded away from their mother and caught up to Delilah. She tried to engage her in a little frolic, but settled for a leisurely walk, shoulder to shoulder. They almost seemed to be walking and talking. Delilah had a friend.

The sun had gone behind the trees and the air was rapidly cooling. I quietly stood up and squeezed through the bars of the gate. The white ewe stomped her foot and stared wide-eyed and terrified, but no one else noticed as I slipped away back to the house. I couldn’t imagine enjoying a half an hour anywhere else in the world more than I had sitting in the sheep’s pen at sunset, but was looking forward to an evening in front of the fire in the house. Delilah, too, has the best of both worlds and that evening she chose the flock. Life is good. stewart@agualindafarm.net

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As a child growing up in small town Minnesota, Nancy learned to sew when Nancy Tucker at her shop. She's wearing Cactus Rose Gallery exhibits a wide array of art works, including Nancy's her mother did. Using a blouse she designed and made of fabric jewelry creations. scraps, Nancy patched hand dyed by her grandson Damien whose together garments by clothes are also sold in the shop. hand for her 4-yearmakes clothing - from her fabrics Cactus Rose winter hours are Thursday old frame. Much to or a customer’s, patches jeans, sews through Monday 10-4pm. On Thursdays, her mother’s chagrin, she wore these a cowgirl with glitzy suede dresses curtains, covers cushions - whatever Nancy’s daughter-in-law, Amber, who around the neighborhood. A few years dripping with rhinestones and fringe. is required. The “doggie jacket” has makes and sells fine beadwork at the later her mother, now convinced, Another vocation close to Nancy’s heart become a recent favorite. Nancy shop, covers the store. For information, bought her a child-size sewing machine continues to make and sell her jewelry. call 520-398-9403 or 520-940-4848. is making jewelry. As a teen Nancy and Nancy’s vocation took off. She made jewelry out of inexpensive beads Inspired by the beads themselves, began sewing for her life-size doll, with and black wire from the hardware store Nancy explains the feeling which she could trade outfits. She made that she sold to friends. At one point she of awe “holding in my hands her own patterns (commercial patterns provided jewelry to 7 different stores in something earth produced cost a whopping 35 cents), which laid the Twin Cities. As with her sewing, the millions of years ago…. the foundation for her excellence in, increasing demands of motherhood and Sometimes I’ll have a vision and love of design. At age 10 she went college soon left little time for jewelry- of what to make and search into business, selling golf skirts to her making. She took a long break from for the beads to make it so. mom and her friends. both.

Other times I create a piece In her high school Home Economics around a particular bead that In 2007 Nancy picked up her beads class, Nancy’s skill in completing a interests me.” Nancy uses again. “It was therapeutic,” she recalls, 175 Juried Artists 2-week project in 2 days disrupted natural beads exclusively. In and she amassed quite a collection her teachers set lessons plans. At 21, Fine Foods the thousands of pieces she’s before setting up as a street vendor in she made her new daughter Heidi’s made over the years, no two Arivaca. She began eyeing the retail Entertainment clothes and began freelancing to a local are alike. She also has does storefront adjacent to the Mercantile. boutique, where her unique creations custom work. Recently a Meanwhile Nancy began putting the were sought after. One year, she entered young woman came in with word out to other local crafts-people her creation, “a satirical Jackie Kennedy and artists, those who were not Arivaca a large stone she wanted dress” in an avant-garde talent show used in a necklace. Nancy’s Artist Co-op members. In July 2010 and won first prize. She also designed she jumped at a chance to get out of the creation was more than she stage wear for a punk band, Blaze. Of had hoped for. wind and temporarily into a tiny shop this venture Nancy comments, “It was in town. It was sufficient but too small The annual Gem and all about stripes and zippers.” for comfort. Two months later, the Mineral Show in Tucson has When Nancy started college her sewing shop was moved into the empty space been Nancy’s favorite place career tapered off. Holding down a in the Mercantile building and opened to shop. She said, “I’m like number of jobs, including a stint as The Cactus Rose Gallery on October 1, a kid in a candy store. There For information call 520 398 2704 a cab driver, Nancy’s focus was on 2010. www.tubacaz.com are materials and vendors making a living. Her sewing continued from all over the world - all The Gallery now shows the works of est. 1752 Est. 1752 for her growing family (birth of son 15 participating craftspeople and artists. in one place. Every year I Where Art & History Meet George) in order to defray expenses.

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Poetry

Solstice Song

Old Folks at Home

SINGING IN ROUNDS the verses turned back on themselves braided, knotted, tangled and twined controlled chaos eventually brought to an end straggly pigtails cut off even

Ahh! Healing Juniper and Oak and Pine, Sycamore with twirling vine Of old mans beard.

Why does it say? Why not virgin’s beard?

T’Would be my way Of seeing things- I love the sex That permeates what I love best!

My friends think I am lewd, or weird, Because I see the virgin’s beard!

I do not care! I have those Eyes That see through you in your disguise, And loves you still, or even more, Because you think you can’t restore What’s right and true. So sad and wrong!

You can, and ARE the Goddess’ song!

Let yourself be free, and if your friends scoff, You will not be hurt- you’ll love the lot Of them.That’s how She works.She shelters deer, Loves rabbit’s heart beating, with death so near!

The strange, violent mystery of life and death, Is just the same as our own breath.

Observe your breath! And you will see The Oak and vine, Juniper tree..

Jan Gaylord

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Ann M. Penton

I live in an old folks home now.

It’s like a pasture for a cow, a place for resting my old bones, and where i hear a lot of groans.

I have no current memory.

It’s a place where i ought to be.

So many walkers are allowed the residents become a crowd.

Some of them are older than me.

Rent is higher than it should be.

Most of us don’t drive any more, and many of our backs are sore.

Our children may come to see us.

Some years later they will be us.

Walt Abbott

Unwelcome Diversity

Washington Park

Foreign to the area, these non-natives arrived— uninvited, turned up in our midst, unchecked.

Washington Park is a sacred place.

Her oak covered hills, ponds, and quiet paths invite a pleasant pace.

Yes, she is many things to many people.

Runners discover renewed spirits in an early morning ritual.

Nature lovers savor the ebb and flow of seasons aglow; while, cross-country skiers glide across new fallen snow.

Picnickers partake a barbecue feast; while, tennis buffs unleash power serves and scamper for returns.

Generations become one as grandfather and grandson explore her ponds, and feed a feathered friend.

Lovers share promises fueled by passions oh so real.

Bicycle wheels stroke a meandering drive, and man’s “best” friend drags “master” on a reckless chase.

Multiplying, they have already taken over lands where long-time locals once thrived— or at least managed to survive.

Obviously, any walls were not tall enough, fences not strong enough to deter these invaders.

It’s a bit late to prevent their entry.

In great numbers, they slipped in somehow, skirting all surveillance –and complacence.

Buffelgrass respects no borders.

Yes, spirits of the thoughtful are uplifted by her bountiful treasures. s. chaffee

February Snow

snow drifting...descending equally passive to it’s surroundings touches the brown, cracked leaves hanging inseparable from their origin...they grasp out for a look not yet old...they look to remain attached. john kazlauskas

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ONE BY ONE

My Silent Song When i lift my voice in song i know that something is wrong.

I am croaking like a frog or else howling like a dog.

It isn’t by my own choice that i have a broken voice.

I know how it ought to sound; but it’s lost and can’t be found.

It’s embarrassing to me, and other people agree; i ought to keep my mouth shut so you cannot hear me–but i really want to be heard so i use the written word.

On by one they’ve magically disappeared.

One pearl earring, a favorite tea cup, pink flamingo from the front yard, the summer of sixty six.

Virginity and innocence lost at senior prom, sense of invincibility vanished at thirty, belief in limitless possibilities at sixty, inexhaustible energy a thing of the past.

Sorrow gives way to humility, emptying prepares room for compassion as loss pries open the reluctant heart.

Clinging to nothing, discoveries abound.

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tilled into the soil after the season is over, and acts like a natural fertilizer).

This will hold back the weeds—especially Bermuda grass which will emerge earlier with the warmer temperature spikes that we are now experiencing. It will also keep the heat and moisture in better unTarenta Baldeschi derneath it. The method is simple. First Greetings Gardeners, water your garden area thoroughly. After fter experiencing continuous climate laying out the material and covering up the edges with your soil or metal/plastic “weirding”/changes this winter— which includes extreme temperatures spikes, you cut a hole through the plastic into the soil with your trowel wherever from 10 degrees in the morning to 70 you want to plant your seeds or transdegrees during the day and a drought that has taken its toll in the natural world plants. The soil is better protected from erosion due to wind and storms as well. all around us—there is no doubt that we · The watering of these protected need to adapt to these dramatic shifts plants has to be done either by hand with in our garden plantings. Some of the an extended wand sprayer or by using a extreme gusts of wind—up to 70 miles drip system, which we are doing. Last an hour (some call them microbursts) year we converted three acres of floodthat come so unexpected—can destroy irrigation to drip-tape with great success. plantings or break tree branches, lift Any drip system is a great water conserup dry soil and carry it away. While vation technique and time saver. Planted temporary and expected changes seeds and roots of transplants will get occur all the time, these new and sufficient water to sprout and establish unprecedented ones can really challenge a healthy root system. By applying a a gardener’s planning abilities. Last year steady trickle, the soil will be kept moist our hardest frost of 0 (zero) degrees was but not wet. Plants that are experiencing considered a 100 year record. Our last greater stress with the extreme up and frost in the spring of 2011 was May 15th down temperatures now have a better (in 2007 it was April 10th). Our first frost chance to adapt and live healthy and viin the fall of last year was Oct 11th (in brant lives. You can plant a little denser, 2007 was it was Nov 8th). Using these and the foliage will cover all the plastic comparisons, our growing season has mulch and create living green mulch. shortened about six weeks on average. · I have written in the past about the One of the strangest things happened benefits of small or larger hoop/high tunin early January of this year when our nel non-heated greenhouses that extend apple trees started to bud and flower. the growing seasons or assist in getting We had transplanted most of our apple seeds started earlier in pots for transtrees from our Sedona gardens in March planting later. Heating mats (Ken Bar of 2007 where they had just been in the Agri-Tape) placed underneath the potted ground one or two years. Their chillplants can regulate with trickle energy hours are on average 800 hours, which the soil temperatures for ideal conditions means their dormancy breaks later than of seed germination. other varieties and they can handle · Most gardeners are familiar with many periods of cold temps. Since being the technique of covering the growing transplanted to this region, they had areas during the hottest summer days adapted to the “normal” seasons and with shade cloth, thereby cooling down their average budding and blooming the areas underneath by 10-15 degrees. started beginning of April, which was This fall and winter we left the shade good, since the late frosts are usually cloth areas up and actually kept those short with mild snaps in the upper 20s. areas frost free many nights and early mornings. Warmth that was radiated and In planning your gardens this year you released by the soil was contained by the need to be aware and even expect that many unusual things may occur. Here at shade cloth at night keeping the plants’ environment warmer. We also keep the Avalon Gardens we decided to increase shade cloth over our hoop houses so that the protection of the plants. Some the plants don’t heat up so fast during an materials are used mainly in industrial unusual hot day. Even if the plants seek applications, but we found they can be light and get “leggy,” they stay healthy used in small gardens as well. We also and harvestable. The goal is to keep a found sustainable and organic materials moderate environment for the plants to use. even in extreme temperatures. · Black mulch plastic is used to cover · If you are unable to invest in a hoop the planting areas. (This year we’re house, there is perforated plastic (40 using BioTELO, a biodegradable, nonsmall holes per square foot) available GMO cornstarch plastic that can be that you can place over some small wire hoops. This plastic will release the heat

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from underneath the small tunnels during the day but protects from frost at night. If you apply another layer of reemay/agribon white fiber cloth during the coldest nights, you’ve got miniature hoop houses and can place them wherever you like.

While this month’s column is more technological, we are living in changing times and these are some solutions we have found to work. These techniques have helped us keep our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program going all year round, providing organically grown vegetables for the Santa Cruz River Valley residents. Of course the best formula is still healthy soil with lots of organic matter and microorganisms, vigorous organic seeds (saved by you or in the same area to adapt better to the climate), natural mulch and shade created by planting more trees.

And putting your hands in the soil is a great healing medicine for your soul and spirit.

Come and visit Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage; call for a tour at (520) 603-9932. Visit our website at www. avalongardens.org.

Green Valley Notes: Feb 10, 6 pm - Movie, "Life After Life" and discussion. $5 donation - No one is turned away. Unity in the Valley, 17630 S Camino De Las Quintas,Sahuarita.

Feb 13, 9:30 am - American Assoc. of University Women, GV Branch, American Legion Post 66, 1560 W. Duval Mine Rd, Sahuarita. Speaker Margaret Regan, author of "The Death of Josseline: Immigration Stories from the Arizona-Mexico Borderlands."

Contact Elizabeth Beyrer, 269-7701.

Fri, Feb 17 - 2:15 pm - Former Attorney AZ Attorney General Terry Goddard guest of GV Democratic clubs will speak on the topic of "Better Solutions for Border Security." GV Library. The public is invited.

Sat. Feb. 18 – 9 am to 3 pm. GV Genealogical Society Seminar featuring Dr. Tom Jones. Desert Hill GV Rec Center Auditorium, 2980 S Camino del Sol. Cost $40/$45, includes syllabus, lunch and door prizes.

Registration form and information available at www.rootsweb.ancestry. com/~azgvgs. Early registration is encouraged.

Kristofer's

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Open 7 days - Lunch 11-2

Dinner at 5 (closed Tues & Sun evenings) Weekly: Wild Walleye Fridays w/live music

Saturday After Hours - Food, music & entertainmen in Carlito's Cantina

Catering - Culinary Classes Located in Placita del Sol •Amado Territory Ranch north • I-19 exit 48, East

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Christina McKill Sheldon

C Hues We bid a fond farewell to the form of C Hues as we knew her. Every morning the sight of a turquoise hat and a turquoise coat and turquoise gloves in a turquoise golf cart followed by a big white dog made me smile.

After many travels and walking back and forth across this country, C came to Arivaca. One look around and she knew this was her place, she met the people here and decided, yes, this is my home.

C died Saturday, 14 Jan 12, at home as was her desire. She is survived by her companion, Angel; children, Alex and Yvette; grandchildren, Heidi, George and Ash and great grandchildren Alex,

Damian, Zach and Tristan. Preceded in death by el gato, Romeo.

Well known for her works of art (gheez, is that an understatement!). She was also a loving mother, a friend, teacher, mentor, and guide. An advocate for the humane treatment of all beings, for children, immigrants, our mother earth. In one of our last conversations we spoke of greed and war, people we did not like or were having a difficult time with, C said, “We must be the peacemakers.”

Arivaca Christian Center - non denominational -

Join us as we Worship and Praise the Lord!

Sunday Morning Worship - 10:30 am Wednesday Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - 6 pm - Potluck at 5:00 Children’s Church • Song Sunday • Prayer Chain • Fellowship Sunday Praise & Worship Service 6:00 p.m.

Rev. Rebecca Gibson, Pastor

17085 W. Third Street

PO Box 134, Arivaca

398-2825

Arivaca Clinic

For Appointments call 520-407-5500, Ext 4503 Clinic Hours: Mon - CLOSED • Tues - 9 - 4 • Weds - CLOSED • Thurs - 9- 4 • Fri - 9 - 4 • 3rd Saturday - 9 - 12 Mon - CLOSED • Tues - 9 - 4 • Weds - CLOSED

• Family ThursDon & Fri Smith, - 9 - 4 • MD 3rd Sat 9-12 Practice

James Derickson, MD • Family Practice

Our mom, Chrissy, to her friends, left this world to be with her Lord on January 15, 2012. She entered this life on January 27, 1920. She was a spunky, adventurous, lively lady who will be greatly missed by her five children, seven grandchildren, thirteen great-grandchildren and all who knew her.

A memorial service will be held at the Arivaca Christian Center at 11 am on February 18, 2012. In lieu of flowers, contributions to the Center or the charity of your choice.

To the wonderful people of Arivaca A year has passed since Albert passed away. I am slowly and steadily walking out of my oppressive cloud of sadness. I would like to thank everyone who has helped me, especially Janis and Chris, Mary and Irlene, Carm, and Lezlie. For all the beautiful cards and messages from Ellen, Kathy, Velma and Teresa.

Thank you all.

Sincerely, Lydia Dojaquez and Sons

Library News Saturday, February 11 at 1 pm at the Arivaca Old Schoolhouse The (Sometimes Rocky) Road to Statehood in Poetry and Song.

Greg Scott will illustrate the decadelong struggle for Arizona's Statehood using songs and poetry. Greg is an educator, historian and musician with a lifelong interest in cowboy folk music. This is an Arizona Centennial program, made possible by the Arizona Humanities Council and theCaviglia-Arivaca Library.

Saturday, February 25 at dusk: STAR PARTY! The Sonora Astronomical Society will bring their telescopes to the Arivaca Library parking lot.

Around Arivaca

Land Use Predictors Affecting Land Disturbance in Exurban Arivaca, Arizona

By John Regan In December, 2011, I completed a study of land disturbance in Arivaca for my dissertation in Arid Lands Resource Sciences at the University of Arizona. A full copy is available in the Arivaca library if anyone is interested in reviewing my methodology and findings.

Exurbanization – sometimes referred to as “wildcat subdivisions” - is occurring where large tracts of land are being sold to developers. Typically these are ranches that are then divided into 40acre parcels and put on the open market, avoiding subdivision regulations requiring paved streets, utilities and other amenities. The result is an unplanned subdivision with no public infrastructure, and tax revenues that cannot offset the cost of providing it.

Interviews with professional planners suggested there may be independent variables capable of predicting the amount of human disturbance in an exurban area: parcel size, full cash value, tenure, distance to paved roads, site-built housing, mobile homes, and presence of biological or riparian areas. A total of 7,465 acres (3,022 ha) of parcels with varying levels of disturbance were digitized in exurban Arivaca, acreage values were converted to a binary dependent variable and used in logistic regression analysis to test independent variables’ ability to predict levels of land disturbance. Four were statistically significant: parcel size, full cash value, mobile homes and site-built housing.

Landscape fragmentation was also tested using the presence of the independent variable scoring the highest predictive probability - sitebuilt housing. Zones of influence with a possible negative ecological influence surrounded the homes – up to 5,055 acres (2,046 ha) were impacted.

Interviews with a group of exemplary residents regarding their land use ethic revealed all had very strong opinions on how their properties should be treated as well as what they felt were undesirable land uses, such as overgrazing, over-use of groundwater for short-term economic gain and use of off-road vehicles.

An explanation of the small sample size of both planners and residents is warranted. Planners were limited to those working in Pima County government who had professional experience with the study area of Arivaca and were familiar with its particular situation. The number of Arivaca residents interviewed was intended to discern an exemplary group’s opinions based on how large a parcel they owned, the various lot sizes being a typical cross-section of acreage in the study area.

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Arivaca Fire District Report

Omar Rood

On January 19th, the Board rated the 12 applications for the Fire Chief position.

It was decided to offer interviews to the top 5 candidates.

The process of outfitting one of our ambulances for Advanced Life Support services has been put on hold. The paramedic we had hoped could volunteer has taken another position and is no longer available in the area.

Senior Buddies is owned and operated by Ginny & Buddy - working as a team to operate an honest, reliable service. Insured. Call or email for free consultation. We are a “commission only” company.

Valenzuela Group •Ginny & Buddy Valenzuela HC65 Box 6256 . Amado, AZ 85645 . (520) 398-9665 cougartrail@wildblue.net • www.azseniorbuddies.com

Please feel free to speak to me, or to any of our other Board members, on your hopes or concerns for the Fire District.

at the Library . . .

• WiFi - access available on patio • Free Computer classes! Individual help or tutoring - Internet use, Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher or Power Point.

• Homework help available •Pima County Public Library’s Virtual Library at www.library.pima.gov Caviglia-Arivaca Branch Library Hours are: Closed Sundays and Mondays; Tues and Wed 11-8; Thurs 10 – 6; Fri 11-5 and Sat 9-5.

To renew books call the renewal line at 903-2865 or Caviglia-Arivaca Branch Library at 594-5235.

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What these findings illustrate is the difficulty of predicting human-induced disturbance, land fragmentation is more than the actual areas of physical disturbance and some residents are aware of impacts related to their activities, mitigating damage wherever possible.

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Two Arivaca Fire District Board seats will be up for election this year. One of the incumbents has already stated he will not run. If you are a registered voter and reside within the District boundaries, you would be eligible to run for the Board. A District boundary map is in the fire hall.

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Home Town Boy Returns

Rev. Connie Retires

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fter 25 years of working to bring the Arivaca Christian Center into the lives of the people of Arivaca and the surrounding Community, Rev. Connie Sparks has retired from the Christian Center in order to concentrate more fully with the ARIVACA HELPING HEARTS, an organization dedicated to helping people physically while the Christian Center continues to help the people spiritually.

The Good Little Thieves playing at La Gitana Cantina. Front: Honeysocks (aka Alaric Weber) and Josh Cicci.

Back: Jerry Wagner on drums, Eric Swedlund, Zack Armstrong.

When questioned, Rev. Sparks commented that "once a Minister, always a Minister"and further that her calling has changed to helping with the financial needs of the community.

The HEARTS group is able to do this through a 501C3 organization with a small group of volunteers such as Treasurer Terry Tompkins, VicePresident Bobby Johnson, Secretary Sally Rucker and Board Members Norma Snetsinger, Ed Kohlhepp, Bonnie Tompkins and Contact Person Patty Jent @ 398-8515, and of course Rev. Connie as President of the Board.

by Maggie Milinovitch

the Retirement Service and Dinner which was sponsored by the Church and for the lovely plaque presented to her, honoring Sparks' quarter of a century of service. "It was a good day in the Lord" she said but now it is time to move on, she added. She will be missed in the pulpit but will still be working to aid those who need help. Just let her know and she will see what can be done to help.

Rev. Sparks said further that she wanted to thank the many people who attended

Arivaca Helping Hearts This month, Arivaca Helping Hearts, is starting their third year of reaching out to the community regardless of income or holdings, to help ease (not eliminate) the problems and the rough times we are all facing.

As a 501C3, we are letting you know just how much we have been able to help and how helpful you all have been in this venture. People have said that they probably do not qualify for this help, but as I have tried to tell one and all, the only restriction or qualification is that you have an Arivaca address period.

That is all there is to our paying up to $100 every six months or $200 total in a year of your bills.

Here is what you and our group have been able to do for others: 20 Clinic Co-pays - $1,146; 3 Car Parts - $300; 4 Utilities(phone) - $311; 5 Prescriptions - $345; 2 Rents - $200; 13 Gasoline $627; 8 Propane - $452; 1 Hospital

Co-Pay - $60; 1Veterinarian - $100; 4 Misc. - $192. Helping 64 people for a total of $3,820. Close to $4,000 went out, and almost $4,000 in donations and fund raisers came in. It never ceases to amaze me that one day someone will need a $55 co-pay and the next day someone will walk up to me with a $50 bill and offer to help other people out.

That is one reason the Helping Hearts is having a “Ham & Eggs Breakfast” on Feb. 4th at the Old School House FOR ONLY $5 donation instead of the usual $10 fund raiser, as this also helps folks out during these rough times. The $5 breakfast starts at 8 am and stops at 11 am or until we run out of food. “Good thing the Mercantile is around the corner so that we can keep on serving,” added Treasure Terry Tompkins. Hope we see you there.

Thanks again, Connie Sparks, President of the Board

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One of the bonuses of operating a place like La Gitana Cantina is being able to bring great bands to play at our events.

Locals and visitors alike really enjoy the opportunity to hear good music.

able to host The Good Little Thieves with our good friends Josh Cicci and Alaric Weber. (Josh lived in Arivaca for a number of years and now lives in Tucson.)

La Gitana has dances and performances about twice a month featuring groups like Chuck Wagon and the Wheels, The Bad News Blues Band, Al Foul and when available, our local bands as well.

This wonderful group of musicians will be playing on the patio of La Gitana during the March 17th AFD Chili Cookoff. Stop by and hear some good music.

We were thrilled last month to be

Visit The Good Little Thieves facebook page to learn more about them.

Arivaca Community Center Membership Meeting

Sunday, February 19 Noon to 2pm at the Community Center. All ACC members are encouraged to attend. We'll talk about the current status of the ACC and have elections for new board members. Snacks and refreshments will be served

Meetings &Activities SATURDAYS Every Sat - 9am: Marian's Market. - Downtown.

1st Sat - 9am - Human Resources Rummage Sale

3rd Sat - 1pm - Arivaca Family and Community Education Assn. at the Old School (or at Library--call first).

3pm Friends of the Arivaca Library - Board Meeting Sundays - am - Heat Yoga (Comm Garden Yoga Greenhouse) Call for seasonally changing times - 398-2839 1st Sun - 3:30pm - Arivaca Water Cooperative Assn meet at town water yard

2nd Sun 4pm. Arivaca Action Center - Board Mtgs. 15925 W. Universal Ranch Rd, (formerly Carivaca) arivacaactioncenterinc@ gmail.com

Last Sun - 5:30pm - Arivaca Local Monthly Potluck at Obe Sweetwater’s home

Mondays - 4pm - Gentle Yoga at Old Schoolhouse Call Nancy 398-9859 5:30- 6:30 pm - Silent Meditation at Old Schoolhouse 2nd Mon - 6:30pm - Ariv. Fire District Auxilary - at the Fire House

TUESDAYS: 2nd Tues:- 2pm Arivaca Library Book Club call 594-5239

3rd Tues - 7pm - Adyashanti Gathering Call for info 398-0022.

Last Weds - 4pm - Arivaca Clinic meeting at the Clinic THURSDAYS: 4pm - Gentle Yoga at Old Schoolhouse Call Nancy Fricchione for more info. 398-9859 3rd Thurs - 7pm - Arivaca Fire District board meeting at Fire House public encouraged to attend. www.arivacafiredistrict.org FOR KIDS: Tues & Thurs - 10 am to 12 pm Creative Play Recreation (ages 5-12) & KAPP (ages 3-5) (Community Center) . Call Ellen for info 398-3010 Teen Night - Call Ellen 398-3010 WEDS - 11:30am Pre-school & Toddler Story Hour, Arivaca Library.

Babytime at 11:30 am on Fridays Girl Scouts for all ages. Contact Patti Hanson - 398- 9411 FOR SENIORS

If you are thinking of selling or buying - give me a call!

Need a custom home built on one of these properties? Call 398-8132

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

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To Place an Un-Classified Ad: Mail to: Connection, POB 338, Arivaca, AZ 85601 or email: SoAZVox@aol.com WANTED: A small-size pickup truck or SUV for rough roads. It doesn’t need to be pretty, just in good running condition.

247-2842 Art In Amado! @ Buffalo Son Studio - Open Draw every Saturday morning, 9am - 12pm. Bring your drawing materials and join others in the practice of drawing from observation.

Coming in February @ Buffalo Son Studio, a satellite location for The Drawing Studio, Drawing Fundamentals, Level 1. An eight week course designed for the beginner as well as those with some background to learn/deepen their understanding of drawing principals towards a more effective drawing practice and the core of what it is to draw, which is how to observe. Starts Sunday Feb. 12th thru April 1st, 1pm - 4pm. Call The Drawing Studio @ (520) 620-0947 or visit www.thedrawingstudio.org to register. Buffalo Son Studio is located @ 9 Amado-Montosa Rd. off the East Frontage Rd. between I-19 Exits 42 & 48, call 398-9144 for more information.

Happy New Year to All! Universal Ranch RV Park, Arivaca - RV $20/day, $100/Week, $300/ Month Full Hookup, Electric. included.

Tent/$10. www.universalranchrv.com 760-608-3386 2+ acres, Arivaca Ranch Rd. near Arivaca all paved Roads. Property fenced with Well, Workshop, storage and studio apartment, Double wide, needs work. $68,500 OWC, trade possible, Discount for cash 520- 7601981 Land For Sale: 20 Acres with a well, 2 electric services, and phone line. $89,000 OBO 520-396-0865 jferris94@yahoo.com”

Office Space For Rent: A convenient location, serene surroundings with plenty of parking.

Just off I-19, East at Amado. Sonoran Center. Two adjacent suites available, both 400+ sq. ft. with private baths, renting for $450/mo. each +util. Can be combined. Call Loma, (520) 820-7427 to view.

Feb. 11, Sat. 9-2 Used Books and Bake Sale Good books for all. Fiction, art, hobby, classics, youth philosophy.

Cheap. Tasty treats. UU Church,Placita del Sol, Amado Territory I-19, Exit 48 E. Call Sandy Mills-648-2829 CONCERT, SUN. 2 PM, Mack Bailey, Tenor -Guitarist Folksinger has been with the Limeliters . UU Church, Amado Territry, 1-19, Exit 48 East. Marla Daugherty,648-0890 RV/Trailer Parking Space: Near Arivaca on 40 acres fenced with cattle guard gate.. 45foot Shade Canopy with side awnings. Rent by the month $300. includes water and electricity. Call 3982722.

Very nice 2 Bedroom home on ½ acre in Lakewood Subdivision of Amado. Private backyard with beautiful pool, large screened Arizona room and two 2-car garages. $129,000. By Owner. (303) 520-1783 House Cleaning / Helper – Life is more fun when you are organized. Let me help. Reliable maid service. Affordable, honest, excellent references. Kerry 820-7000.

Tutoring: Reading/Study skills.

Tai Chi lessons. Shiatsu treatments.

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24x32 adobe block shop w/concrete floor, electric and 21 ft. electric door. 4-stall metal horse barn, power/water, electric horse walker. Enclosed tennis court, horse shoe pit, volleyball and more. $295,000.

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FOR SALE OR Rent - BY OWNER 4.3 acre,for $47,000 Home site with excellent views. On the corner of Hardscrabble and Cedar Creek Rd. Power, water, septic and phone. Terms. Call 480-993-8272 URANTIA Book Fellowship Meeting and Classes---Mondays: 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. at Avalon Organic Gardens EcoVillage facilitated by Elders and Ministers of Global Community Communications Alliance. We are the 99%. spiritualution. org Call first (520) 603-9932.

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a r e a s u pp or t me e t i n gs HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM? We can help. NA Mtgs. 6:30 M, W. & F Sahuarita Serenity Group, Sahuarita Baptist Church, 2875 E. Sahuarita Rd. Al-Anon Family Groups, Green Valley, St. Francis Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Canada. Mon. 11am Beginner Mtg, Mon 12pm, Thurs 7pm, Fri 11am. For info 520-323-2229 or www.al-anon-az.org

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

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Feb 4 – 9 – 3 – First Saturday in Arivaca “Rockin’ Mineral Show” See ads on Pages 3 & 5.

Feb. 11, Sat. 9-2 Books and Bake Sale Good books for all. Tasty treats. UU Church,Placita del Sol, Amado Territory I-19, Exit 48 E. Call Sandy Mills-648-2829

Sat., Feb. 11 - 1 pm The (Sometimes Rocky) Road to Statehood in Poetry and Song with Greg Scott. This is an Arizona Centennial program - Arivaca Old Schoolhouse Sat., Feb. 11 – 4:30 to 7pm – Valentine Sweetheart Dinner – Arivaca Christian Center – see ad page 2 Sat., Feb 11 – 7pm – Statehood & Valentine’s Day Dance with the Bad News Blues Band at La Gitana Cantina.

Thurs., Feb 16 – 7pm - Screening of Short Films on Border Issues "The Fence", an HBO documentary, and "Fencing The Border and It's Birds." Arivaca Community.

Admission is free. Donations to the Sierra Club Borderlands Protection Campaign will be gratefully accepted.

In Green Val.

Feb 18 – 10:30am “Voices from the Dust” talk by Roy Purcell at Sonoran Center in East Amado.

For more information visit www. theinsidejourney.com Feb. 19, Sun. Forum, 10 am Lecture "Surviving Growth: Are There Limits?" Dr. Nick Kildahl will talk about the growth that underlies many of today's crises. UU Church, Placita del Sol, I-19, Exit 48 E. Paul Taylor, 648-7231.

Feb. 26, Sun. 2pm Mack Bailey in Concert. A beloved folk tenorguitarist. Placita del Sol, Amado Territory, I-19, Exit 48E. Call Marla 648-0890 for tickets/info.

In Patagonia at the Visitor Center at Patagonia Lake State Park. Events are free, but Park admission fees apply. The following is a sample list of activities most require registration - call 520287-2791 for fuller information.

Sat., Feb. 4, 10am to 4pm - Green Valley Clay Arts Festival - "MUGS to SCULPTURE" Show & Sale, Green Valley Village, suite 35, SE corner of Esperanza Blvd & La Canada Dr., GV. Contact Kathy Hacker 520-437-7889

• Petroglyph Hike • Why Was There a Train Here and What Happened to It? • Moonlight Hike • Ghost Towns & Mining Camps of Santa Cruz County • Birds of Patagonia Lake & Sonoita Creek • Railroad Trail Hike • What is the Natural Area and Why? • Also regularly scheduled Sat., Feb. 11, 10am to 3pm birdwalks on Mondays at 9 am Clay Studio Open House. Tours, demonstrations, exhibits, and sales. Bird Hikes at Patagonia Lake State Free gift and discount coupon for one Park: Join us at the east end of the Campground by the birding kiosk. purchase. Santa Rita Springs, 921 Walks are free with admission to W. Rio Fuerte, GV (East Frontage the Park, which is $10 per car for up Road South of Canoa Exit) Free & to persons or with an annual Park open to public.

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In Tubac Thur, Feb. 9 – 7 pm – Lecture, “Archaeology’s Deep Time Perspective on Environment and Social Sustainability,” Santa Cruz Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac. Archaeologist Allen Dart will discuss how archaeological evidence on environmental changes and their effects on human cultures can be used to help make decisions affecting modern societies. Free.

Contact Alan Sorkowitz, 520-2077151.

Feb 8-12, 10 am to 5 pm daily Tubac Festival of the Arts - Tubac Village presented by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce. Free admission. $6 parking

In Tucson Feb 18 & 19 - Sat 10 am to 5 pm Sunday 10 am to 4 pm 19th annual Southwest Indian Art Show and Market - Arizona State Museum. $10 general admission $7 museum members. University of Arizona campus, just inside the Main Gate at Park Avenue and University Blvd., Tucson. http://www.state maUfu/ nsiinevdueemrxs.i.astrhyit zBmoonl ual.eedvua/redv ents/swi

AT THE TUBAC PRESIDIO: Feb. 5, 2pm - Schoolhouse Concert with the Siroccan Winds Tickets are $15 and include admission to the Park. Seats are limited; please call for reservations.

Feb 17 - 12-3pm Spanish Colonial Living History-Volunteers dressed in period clothing reenactments. $4 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free.

Feb 19 - 2pm - A History of Beads: World Trade to the American West $5, includes admission to tour the Park. Reservations encouraged.

Feb 22 - 10:30 am - Guided Tour of the Barrio de Tubac Archaeological Site - reservations encouraged.

Feb 24 - 10a - 12:30p Fiber Art Friday. Free with Park admission.

Feb 25 - ARIZONA: A History, Revised Edition with Thomas Sheridan at Visitors Center at 2pm to sign books and will give an illustrated presentation at 2:30pm.

The Visitor Center book signing is FREE; admission to the presentation is $5.

For further information on programs contact the Tubac Presidio Part at 520-398-2252 or visit www.

TubacPresidioPark.com

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