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June/July 2010 TUBAC VILLAGER This monthly journal is made possible through the support of local advertisers, artists and writers...please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad, art or article. The Tubac Villager is a locally owned and independently operated journal, based in Tubac and published monthly to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona. Letters are welcome.

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June/July 2010 Circulation: 11,000. The Villager is made available at 180 Tucson locations and 400 Phoenix locations by Certified Folder Display, and offered free of charge at locations and businesses in Tubac, Tumacacori, Carmen, Green Valley, Nogales, Rio Rico, Amado and Arivaca, Arizona.

Carol St. John David Simons

On the cover: "Wagon Driver" 16" x 20" Oil by David Simons Tubac Artist, David Simons was born in Ontario, Canada in 1951. In 1984 he moved to Haifa, Israel to work as a construction supervisor on major projects at the Baha‘i World Centre. It was in Israel that he began painting, at the age of 33. David is a self-taught artist. Having started as a watercolorist, he now prefers painting in oil. He is primarily a landscape artist but also enjoys still life and portrait painting. David has lived in Tubac, Arizona since 1993.

His work has won acclaim in the southwestern United States and is collected internationally. David is a member of Oil Painters of America. He is also a distinguished Artist Member of the Tucson Plein Air Painters’ Society, and one of the founding members of PASSA (Plein Air Painters’ Society of Southern AZ). He is also a member of the American Impressionist Society. David teaches painting workshops locally.

DaViD siMons' arTisT ’s sTaTeMenT

I consider myself a tonalist, rather than a colorist.

I like to explore the subtle ways that light affects the landscape. I also enjoy color, but the value relationships in a landscape are what interest me most. Another quality that I like to emphasize in my work is the abstract nature of the landscapes that surround us. Painting for me is a meditative experience-essential to my well-being, and a necessary part of my life. Painting also brings me great joy, and, I hope, uplifts the hearts of those who view my work. David Simons' work is represented by: The Karin Newby Gallery and sculpture garden,Tubac, Arizona, www.karinnewbygallery.com. The Max Gallery,Tucson, Arizona www.themaxgallery.com Rich Design Gallery in Colorado Springs, CO. www.richdesignsgallery.com Visit David's online portfolio www.davidsimonsfineart.com

Some of David's work is currently on display at the UMC's Cancer Center in Tucson. David Simons also offers his artistic services in commissioned paintings and portraiture. Examples are available online at his website. contact David at 520-398-2128. for more information.

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volunteers are needed to help at the reception desk, to assist with office work, landscaping and maintenance. Training is provided. For information, call the park at (520) 398-2252 or visit the website of the Tubac Historical Society at ths-tubac.org.

State park continues to welcome visitors

A strong effort by a dedicated group of volunteers has meant that the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park remains open and was not closed due to severe budget cutbacks faced by Arizona State Parks. A signing ceremony held at the park on May 17 drew a crowd of about 130 who supported the efforts. The agreement allows Santa Cruz County to accept responsibility for the park until Arizona State Parks can again operate it. In turn, the Tubac Historical Society agreed to oversee fundraising and train volunteers to work at the park.

Manuel Ruiz, chairman of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, said on May 17, “I think it’s important that we preserve the heritage of the southwest. We have a lot of children in the back. What we do here today is going to have a long-lasting effect as

The park, with a museum and several historic buildings, including the 1885 Schoolhouse, is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thursdays through Mondays. The entry fee is $4 for ages 14 and older, $2 for ages 7-13, and free for those 6 and under. Santa Cruz County Supervisor John Maynard signs the agreement to transfer responsibility for the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park from the state to the county. He’s joined by costumed children from Montessori de Santa Cruz School in Tubac. these young people see what us older Arizonans are doing to try to protect a part of history. “We have a rich heritage. I’m glad more than anything that we have some great people willing to step up to take the bull by the horns and to

be willing to work as volunteers to keep this beautiful state park open. As politicians we get to take credit for certain things, but it’s what is behind the scenes that’s important. Shaw Kinsley, president of the Tubac Historical Society, said more

A break on fire district taxes

Property tax rates are predicted to drop slightly for residents of the Tubac Fire District. The formal presentation of the budget is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, July 7, at 9 a.m. at Tubac Fire Station No. 1, and the public is welcome to attend.

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The five-member board on May 26 heard a summary of the proposed budget for the new fiscal year that starts July 1 from Fire Chief Kevin Keeley.

He said the operating budget for the upcoming year is slated to be about $3.68 million, down from this year’s $3.8 million, he said. No employee raises are included in the budget and there are no new positions.

He said the tax rate of $2.64 per $100 of assessed valuation has been the same “for about 10 years,” and the same amount is proposed for the upcoming year. The bond repayment tax is slated to drop by about one-third, from $0.73 per $100 of assessed valuation to $0.49. In total, the current combined rate is $3.37 per $100 and the plan is to reduce it to $3.13 per $100. The drop is a result of the decrease in the valuation of all the property inside the district by the office of the Santa Cruz County Assessor, Keeley said.

Members for 3 boards to be elected

Three governing boards that control how tax dollars are collected and are spent in Tubac and nearby areas will have openings for the upcoming year. Those include the boards for the Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District No. 35, three openings; the Tubac Fire District, two openings; and the Santa Cruz County Provisional Community College; four openings. The positions are all unpaid.

Nomination petitions signed by qualified electors must be submitted no later than Aug. 4. The elections will be held Nov. 2 and the terms will begin Jan. 1, 2011. To learn about details, call the following offices. For District 35 and the college district, call the office of Santa Cruz County School Superintendent Alfredo Velasquez at (520) 375-7940. For the fire district, call the Santa Cruz County Elections office at (520) 375-7808.

State sales tax rises

The state sales tax will be a penny higher for the next three years. Estimated to raise about $1 billion a year, the state sales tax will be 6.6

percent starting in June. In Tubac, shoppers will pay 7.6 percent because of an extra Santa Cruz County tax. In Tucson, shoppers will pay 9.1 cents per $1. Voters on May 18 approved the sales tax increase. About two-thirds of the extra sales tax collected will go to primary and secondary education.

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College tax approved by voters

With 67 percent of voters saying ‘yes’ to a new $0.069 property tax per $100 of assessed valuation, the Santa Cruz County Provisional Community College District will continue to operate.

The Board of Supervisors had said it might have to be closed down without the tax support. The election was held May 18.

Tubac Council gets update on topics

The monthly meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council was held May 17 and was the final meeting before a summer break. The group will meet again Monday, Sept. 20, at 9 a.m. at the Tubac Community Center. Jim Patterson spoke about the proposed rate consolidation for customers of Arizona American Water Co. He said it would decrease rates for Tubac customers but would increase rates for Sun City, Ariz., customers. It didn’t seem likely that the issue would be approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission, he said.

Gary Brasher, chairman of the Coalition for a Safe and Secure Border, invited people to visit the new web site for information. He said people can also use it to submit concerns about anything related to activities by undocumented migrants, smugglers and Border Patrol agents.

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Stewart Loew, an owner of Agua Linda Farms in Amado, talked about the possibility of opening a small farm café which would serve locally grown produce.

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NECTAR DRINKING BATS BEING STUDIED THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN ARIZONA Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and local researchers are seeking volunteers from throughout southern Arizona to monitor use of their home hummingbird feeders by nectar-feeding bats.

Those willing to participate in the project, conducted in partnership with City of Tucson and Town of Marana, should contact Adjunct Professor Ted Fleming of the University of Arizona at ted@ sonaura.net, or 520-797-5609. Volunteers will be asked for their name and address, cross streets only if preferred; zip code; and the general dates bats were noticed using hummingbird feeders, and will be provided with the monitoring protocol. Photos of bats feeing are also being sought. “If your hummingbird feeders mysteriously drained during the night last summer, the midnight raiders may have been bats,” said AGFD Regional Supervisor Raul Vega. “Most of Arizona’s 28 bat species eat insects, but two species drink nectar and eat pollen from plants such as the saguaro and agaves. These bats are becoming

common visitors to southern Arizona hummingbird feeders in late summer and early fall.”

In southern Arizona, there are two bat species that consume nectar: the lesser long-nosed bat, which is listed as federally endangered; and the Mexican long-tongued bat, an Arizona species of concern. These gentle, beneficial pollinators live in caves and mines. During summer nights, they travel in search of food, and over time, have found their way to hummingbird feeders in southern Arizona. The bats are migratory and return to Mexico in the fall. The use of hummingbird feeders by bats has been documented in southern Arizona for many years. In 2006, large numbers of bats were detected foraging on hummingbird feeders in the urban areas surrounding the Tucson basin. Bats visiting the feeders is now being detected more widely in southern Arizona, and volunteers are currently

monitoring them as far north as Dove Mountain near Pinal County and as far south as Nogales in Santa Cruz County.

Habitat conservation planning by the City of Tucson and the Town of Marana has spearheaded these efforts to evaluate potential effects to these bat species in the Tucson basin. Additional information can be found at the projects official website sponsored by the Town of Marana. The 2010 hummingbird feeder monitoring program website can be located at www.marana.com/bats

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KEEP WILDLIFE WILD, AGFD URGES Public Should Look At, Not Touch, Seasonal Wildlife The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) is advising parents to teach children not to take wildlife from the wild or "rescue" newborn animals apparently orphaned or abandoned.

animals. For example, a desert tortoise tends to urinate if handled because of stress. Desert animals need to retain water, especially in periods of drought.

Warmer temperatures bring out reptiles.

In addition, people sometimes catch a wild animal, take it home, but then later decide that they can no longer keep it. So they let the animal go, but it has become accustomed to where it’s been held and when released doesn’t know the area, which may be occupied by others of its species that may territorial.

Handling is stressful for wild

"Rescuing" animals, such as baby birds, that appear to be orphaned, often does more harm than good. If their parents are alive, they

"When people pick up wildlife, there's potential for lots of bad things to happen," said AGFD Non-Game Specialist Tim Snow. "It's especially common now as people are getting outdoors more because of the warmer weather."

Handling wildlife animals, including baby bobcats and jackrabbits, birds, lizards and desert tortoises, can result in injury or death to the animals, not to mention bites or diseases for people.

Picking up snakes and lizards can result in venomous bites, and bobcats, coyotes or javelinas also bite and can transmit rabies.

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will return if people don't intervene. Even when birds fall from nests, the parents often find them and feed them on the ground. Finally, there are fines for possessing wildlife without a permit. It's illegal just to pick up rattlesnakes, desert tortoises and other species, even if you don't plan to take them home.

“Keep wildlife wild. Never try to touch, feed or own them like pets,” said AGFD Regional Supervisor Raul Vega. “Feeding wildlife or leaving pet food where wild animals can get to it is also not recommended. Among other things, it can attract predators."

Vega also noted that when animals are orphaned or injured, licensed

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wildlife rehabilitators are best suited to care for them, and that wildlife should only be observed from a safe distance.

Information provided by Mark A. Hart, Information & Education rogram Manager, AGFD

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Thursday: Chicken Piccata with Angel Hair Pasta Friday: Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa Saturday: Half Rack Baby Back Ribs.

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haTTie Wilson is The auThor of a neW nonficTion BooK seT in noGales.

“Murders Tried in an Arizona Court House” recounts verdicts handed down in the Santa Cruz County Courtho

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lengthy legal jargon.

The final murder Wilson chose to write about occurred in 1976 when Janet Shea, a horse-trainer, shot and killed her ex-husband Danny in Patagonia. “That was the last good story,” she said. After that, trials seemed to focus on drugs, she noted.

saD facTs of life reTolD in BooK aBouT MurDers

by Kathleen Vandervoet

“Murders Tried in an Arizona Court House” by Hattie Wilson is an intriguing and quick read. Wilson, who published a Tubac newspaper “The Monthly Arizonian,” for 13 years in the late 1980s and the 1990s, is a board member of the Friends of the 1904 Courthouse in Nogales.

“It took a year to pull it all together,” she said of the current book. She thanked Axel Holm and Theresa Leal of the Pimeria Alta Historical Society in Nogales for their assistance in her research.

She said she wanted to bring attention to the historic building and “The topic (of murders) was interesting.”

As well as the eight murder trials, the book includes brief biographies of Farley, who presided over nearly all the trials from 1938 to 1978, attorney Nasib Karam, Judge O’Connor who served until 1933, and Blaine Lewis, Patagonia’s deputy sheriff in the 1940s.

Details from the accounts of crimes remind the reader of how different life was in the early years of the last century. There were few paved roads and telephone contact was extremely limited. Nogales and its courthouse were more isolated than now, when drivers can hop on Interstate 19 and speed to Tucson and Phoenix.

Some background on the 1904 Santa Cruz County Courthouse is included in the book, as well. Wilson writes that it was constructed on Morley Avenue of tufa stone quarried in Nogales and was designed in the Neo-Classical Revival style on a cruciform plan by architect Henry Trost. It cost $33,000 and opened in January 1904. A replacement county court complex opened in 1985 and employees moved out of the historic building then. In recent years, it has been rented by Cochise College for administration offices and classrooms.

Not every story is about a murder. Wilson retells the story of “The Fortune Teller and the Foolish Spinster.” Even though a judge rendered a verdict against the fortune teller, the woman fled Nogales for California and evaded her responsibility to pay back money she had received. One of the most notorious trials ever held in the Santa Cruz County Courthouse was that of Tucson resident and businesswoman Louise Marshall, accused of killing her husband in April 1931. Her attorneys asked for the trial to be moved to Nogales because of the heavy newspaper publicity in Tucson.

Wilson conducted her research at current Santa Cruz County court complex north of Mariposa Road, she said, reading trial transcripts. As well, she read old issues of the Nogales International newspaper available on microfiche and quoted from some of those reports in the book. A surprising story is about how an Arizona Highway patrolman, Joseph Serino, received a suspended sentence after being found guilty

This is the fourth book for Wilson, who lives in Rio Rico. She previously published “The Best of the Tubac Arizonian,” “Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers,” and “Patagonia: The Way it Was.” Wilson is also a contributor to the “Tubac Villager” and writes on history. of manslaughter in the 1968 death of his wife, Socorro. Judge Gordon Farley wrote that he wanted Serino to be able to provide for his two children. Several of the murders involved killings on remote ranchlands. Stories about the court cases on which the book focuses are not lengthy and Wilson has included the most salient information while staying away from

“murders tried in an arizona court House” sells for $10 and is available in tubac at tJ’s tortuga books, in patagonia at mariposa books and in green valley at The book Shop.

JU S LY AT 3R . D !

4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT

Festivities start July 3rd, at 4pm, ﬁreworks at 8:45pm.

We will celebrate our annual ﬁreworks celebration with fun & family activities, food vendors, kids face painting, DJ, huge desert sky ﬁreworks – larger than in past years, live music & special VIP packages:

Parking $7 per car VIP Package: $40 adults/$15 kids (inclusive) to include steak, chicken, BBQ Baby back Ribs, Salads, Desserts, coffee/tea

Festivities start July 3rd at 4pm, fireworks at 8:45pm. We also have sponsor packets available starting at $150 – Note, limited room availability, so call now! NO COOLERS ALLOWED

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Pe r s o n a l i t i e s o f Tu b ac

Maxine Guy by Shaw Kinsley

t’s been said that “Tubacans, in spite of their conspicuous individuality, love to have fun.” This is true for many personalities of Tubac, but it is especially true of Maxine Guy, the Nebraska native who came to Tubac as a potter and wildlife rehabilitator after a distinguished career in the Army.

Maxine graduated from the University of Nebraska with a major in Art before moving to Chicago to attend the Art Institute after a brief spell as a furniture buyer for Marshall Field’s. When the second World War broke out, Maxine was in the first graduating class of officer candidates in the Women’s Army Corp. She had a variety of jobs from quartermaster to processing officer before becoming one of eighteen WAC officers chosen to serve in the Far East. After she completed a rigorous course of instruction in Asian languages, topography, and

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sociology, plus firearms training, she was appointed to the staff of General Douglas MacArthur during the postwar occupation of Japan. Her job was to encourage trade between Japan and the United States in carefully chosen products, and in her oral history at the Tubac Historical Society, she takes great pride in the compliments she received from the Japanese artisans she assisted. She also tells how she inadvertently slammed the door on General MacArthur himself as she was leaving headquarters in the Daichi building in Tokyo in addition to an amusing riff on the designers of women’s military headgear. Maxine rose to the rank of Major and took up the study of pottery in 1953 in Washington, D.C. She found Tubac in 1965, thanks to the wife of the commanding officer at Ft. Huachuca, who told her about the fledgling arts community. Maxine fell in love with the concept of

craftsmen/artists all doing their own high quality work. She moved to Tubac four years later in 1969, sharing a studio on Tubac Plaza with Marcia Palmer. She opened her own studio and gallery, The Potted Owl, three years later in 1972, where she threw her own clay creations and generously shared her skills with a number of young artists who later became successful potters themselves. Maxine was particularly proud of her specialty glazes. Tubac Historical Society would like to have photographs of Maxine’s pottery: if you own a piece, please call 398 – 2020 so we can photograph it for our collections.

It was also while Maxine was stationed near Washington that she began caring for injured wildlife. Here’s a passage from her 1985 oral history conducted by Betty Lane.

Facing page, left: 1975 MarciaPalmerMaxineGuy Caption: Potters Marcia Palmer (left) and Maxine Guy (right) at work. Facing page, center: LMH MaxineNormaLorraine Caption: Maxine Guy (left) Norma Gaby (center) and Lorraine Mitchell Halvorsen, no date.

“The beginning was when I was a youngster back in Omaha. I got my love for wildlife from my mother, who was an outdoor person, who could ride a horse better than anyone I ever saw; who loved the outdoors. I’ve always cared for wildlife, and as a result, everywhere I’ve been I’ve always managed to fine some poor little stray bird or some stray animal. I started doing it pretty extensively when I was in the Washington, D.C. area – when I lived in Virginia. The Audubon Society would send birds to me, the veterinarians would send them to me. So that’s when I started writing this book with my friend Mae Hickman. What she didn’t know about wildlife care, I did, and what I didn’t know, she did.”

Facing page, right: 1975 MaxineGuyand Owl Caption: Maxine Guy with ‘Cartier,’ a great horned owl. Above: LMH MaxineGuy and others Caption: Maxine Guy’s “direct gaze and beautiful smile” is directed at an unknown photographer.

Betty Lane asked, “ You learned through books?”

MG: “No, there weren’t any books – for the layman.” BL: “ You learned through vets?”

MG: “Learned through plain common sense and experience. No, the vets asked us for help. In fact, the vets have been buying our book because they’re not trained in wildlife.”

The book was Care of the Wild, Feathered and Furred: A Guide to Wildlife Handling and Care by Maxine Guy and Mae Hickman. It was lauded by Cleveland Amory as the best guide available, and reprints are still available today. Maxine was one of only a handful of people licensed by state and federal authorities to care for wild

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animals. Maxine said she’d cared for everything, “from hummingbirds to eagles,” and had one great horned owl she called Cartier because of the expensive bill she paid to have a pin inserted in its wing so it could fly again. Olga Leone, editor of the Tubac Tortilla, a local newspaper published in Tubac in the 1980s, says, “Maxine has never refused to ‘take in’ a needy animal. And as far as I know, the cost of special supplies for the patients has all been hers, paid for out of her own pocket.”

Maxine also cared for eight bobcats while she was in Tubac. She had a Hungarian Vizsla dog named Kelly who helped raise two of them. One came to Maxine as a kitten and was named Tigger. He was tame and continued on page 19...

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Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

destinations for the photographer. In town you may need permission to take pictures of homes still occupied, but in the back-country you can often linger at the ruins without worry. This loitering applies to public lands; private property containing these structures may be marked as private. In any setting, don’t accelerate the decay of these precious relics with needless contact.

hat’s so intriguing about doorways?

There is a fundamental psychic connection with doors. Doors are portals for both the body and the mind, framing and focusing a view to another place, requiring only a step or two to enter another realm. Moreover, a picture, any picture - framed or unframed, photographic or painterly - is a gateway into both another place and time. A picture of a door can be doubly enticing to the imagination.

In town or out, artful entrances beckon the borderlands photographer. Once discovered, a door itself may be unhinged, locked, or flat on the ground. In battered old homesteads, a door may be missing completely, with only the doorframe remaining. Once inside, the intrepid photographer may encounter a darkened room requiring wariness of hidden beasts. Or, the structure may have no roof at all, with doorframes and walls as the final remnants.

A doorway lures you to the other side. It invites you to discover the contents of the next place, tempting you to take a bit of a risk. Images of a room’s entrance are provocative: entering a place is the beginning of an adventure. Exiting is the end of one. Taken at home, a picture of a commonplace door is of small interest to the ambitious borderlands photographer. Elsewhere, the character of a doorway is enhanced by age or aesthetic detail, an improvement perhaps equivalent to the experience waiting on the other side. Exploring southern Arizona, true architectural character can be found. Tucson’s Barrio Viejo yields ripe fruit to the photographer in search of this topic. Restored or decayed, the quaint style and vivid color of the Barrio’s structures provide easy gratification for those seeking artful entrances. Decades ago, the city of Tucson removed much

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Ghosts that haunt these structures are figures from a time and place alien to our life today, a time of slow pace, dark nights, quiet open space, and closeness to the land. Crossing the thresholds of these treasures ignites a vision of an Arizona borderland with a rich heritage, fully engulfing the photographer’s imagination. Murray Bolesta’s CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizona’s natural, rural, and cultural heritage. Murray’s home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at www.CactusHuggers.com.

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“They have a much decreased ability to cool. Dogs rely on panting to cool themselves. Between the short nose and abnormally small airway, they’re much poorer at cooling,” Horton said.

fter 15 years of living in Rio Rico, Daniel Horton, DVM, knows quite a bit about the summer ills that can affect pets.

Heatstroke and rattlesnake bites are among the perils awaiting pets. And once the monsoon rains begin in July, Colorado River toads flourish in small pools of water in many locations and some dogs are drawn to lick their skins.

If they develop heat exhaustion or heat stroke, “Their body temperature starts rising and their normal mechanisms to control that aren’t adequate. Since dogs don’t sweat except for the pads on their feet, there’s no way for them to cool.”

Colorado River toads secrete poison under their skin. “Some dogs seem to get hooked on the idea” of licking the toads and they absorb the poison, Horton said. “It’s really dramatic; (the dogs) start foaming at the mouth, hyper salivating, and progress to muscle tremors, staggering, and seizures.”

During the height of the monsoon season, he sometimes will receive five or six phone calls a night, Horton said. “I tell them to spend five minutes by their watch rinsing the mouth with a hose, being sure not to drown the dog in the process. And then (wait) another five minutes by their watch, and if they aren’t showing clear signs of improving, I should see them. Almost always they bounce back in that time limit,” he said.

Veterinarian Daniel Horton has operated San Cayetano Veterinary Hospital in Rio Rico since 2003. Photo by Kathleen Vandervoet

Horton owns San Cayetano Veterinary Hospital in Rio Rico, built in 2003. In addition to providing routine care for pets, the hospital set-up means there is a modern surgical suite, advanced anesthesia, an in-house laboratory and X-ray equipment.

Horton, who earned his veterinary medicine degree at Oregon State University in 1983, moved to Rio Rico with his family in 1995. That’s when his wife, Rita Kester, also

a veterinarian, accepted a job inspecting livestock with the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Nogales.

Pet owners should never keep their pet inside a car during the warmer months of the year. That can quickly become fatal.

“Obviously, it starts with the heat. Some dogs seem to be much more prone to” heat stroke. Dogs with a short head, also described as brachycephalic, need special monitoring. Those include the bulldog, pug, Boston terrier, Pekingese, boxer and Shih Tzu.

“Mostly it’s people who are running them.” Horton explained that some people like to have their dog exercise by running alongside the owner who is driving an ATV, or all terrain vehicle.

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He said people shouldn’t offer ice or ice water, but rather tepid water, and monitor the animal and get them to the veterinarian as quickly as possible. There are some serious potential after-effects, including severe problems with the blood clotting system. “You also need to be sure you don’t over-cool, because once they start getting down close to normal temperature you need to quit cooling, because they have a tendency for it to continue.”

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Rattlesnake bites are a concern in southern Arizona. Horton estimated that he’s consulted on average about 10 to 15 times per season. “The (bite) season is the worst in the spring and fall, especially the fall. In the fall, snakes are out later and they’re moving faster.”

Cats are struck less often than dogs. “We see one cat for every 10 dogs. Cats are typically much more cautious. Dogs get bit in the middle of their nose because they’re putting their nose down there to see what’s going on. Cats will reach out and get bit on their arm.”

Horton has published a newsletter article in which he offers advice for pet owners about rattlesnake bites. Here are some excerpts: “We are hard-wired to fear snakes and there is an awful lot of folklore, mythology and plain old misinformation about how to deal with a snakebite. The best answer is ‘Don’t panic!’ While this may be easier to say than to do, it is crucial advice because your pet needs your help and thinking clearly is very hard to do while you’re having a panic attack. “The truth is that most dogs and cats will be able to survive a rattlesnake bite with prompt treatment and good after-care at home. Many bites are ‘dry,’ meaning that little or no venom has been injected, and this has led some pet owners to dismiss the need for antivenin or other treatment.

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“If you aren’t sure whether the swelling your pet is experiencing is from a snake bite or not, look for fang marks, though these may be hidden by a lot of swelling. Also check for a discharge of bloody serum from the wounds and discoloration of the skin in the affected area.

“If you still aren’t sure, let your veterinarian have a look right away to decide, because time is critical – the antivenin needs to be given within the first 12 hours of the bite to be most effective, and sooner is even better.”

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“Other bites are fully loaded with a potent mix of venoms that can destroy tissue, alter heart and nerve function, and in some cases cause severe bleeding disorders. These are truly life-threatening situations and it is impossible for you or your veterinarian to truly know how ‘dry’ the bite is in the early going, so it is wisest to treat every rattlesnake bite as a life-threatening situation. “Having succeeded with the ‘Don’t panic!’ instruction, the next thing to do is to make sure you and your pets are safe. Is that snake still around? Is your dog itching to go another round with him? Are there other pets or humans that need to know to avoid the area?

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The amount of venom a rattlesnake injects can vary dramatically. In the case of a bite, it is always best to get your animal prompt, professional veterinary care.

“Once you are sure that it’s safe to approach, examine your pet. Be careful and gentle as snakebites are very painful and even the nicest dogs and cats can lash out unpredictably when they are in pain.

“We rarely see heat stroke in cats. They’re too smart. But they could have it if they get locked in a car,” he said.

The Ainsa Brothers - Part 2 by Mary Bingham

Filibuster Aftermath

After Augustín and Jesús María Ainsa’s ill conceived Mexican filibustering attempt of 1857, led by botherin-law Henry A. Crabb, the name Ainsa was in need of repair. The Daily Alta California periodically published news from Sonora written by a foreign correspondent who signed himself — “Chinaco.” On May 27, 1867 an article attributed to “Chinaco,” praising Sonora’s Governor Ignacio Pesquiera, took a swipe at the Ainsas and several other filibusters by saying: We nearly all remember the unfortunate and senseless expeditions of Count de Raousset. Walker, on two occasions, Crabb (a martyr to the ambition of the Ainsa family)…and several other officers—all these came up, in order, to be settled by Pesquiera.

On that same day, Heintzelman took the stage to Tucson as did Augustín. Two days later, Heintzelman wrote: Mr. Ainsa was quite exhausted when we arrived last night but this morning is quite smart again.

However, even more important was Heintzelman’s comments in the paragraph above this entry.

I went this morning to see an anvil, made of the meteoric stone found in the mountains in sight of this place and close to the road to Tubac….

Whether Heintzelman was accompanied by Ainsa is not stated, but it is quite possible that Heintzelman discussed the meteorite with Ainsa either before or after seeing it. If so, Ainsa would certainly have been aware of its existence and of the interest it was generating among some important Americans.

So who was “Chinaco”? My best guess is that he was the interim governor of Baja California, Juan “Chinaco” Rebolledo, who was captured in 1853 by the notorious William Walker during his first filibuster campaign.

Back in Tubac the Weekly Arizonian, Arizona’s first newspaper, began publication on March 3, 1859. Three months later, on May 10th, the Arizonian carried a page one story regarding Jesús María Ainsa’s release from a Mexican prison after two years. My bet is that the story was given to the editor, Edward Cross, by Augustín.

Tubac Thurs. Aug. 26., 1858…One of the Ainsa’s is here sick and has been with us some time. He has a brother in jail in Sonora, suspected of being engaged with the filibusters. They are brother in laws of Crabb….

After Augustín’s stay at Calabasas following his exile from Sonora in 1857, he turned up in Tubac. Major Samuel Peter Heintzelman, one of the founding members and president of the Sonora Exploring & Mining Company, made the following notation in his diary:

Augustín quickly establish himself in Tucson. His success was confirmed by the 1860 U.S. Federal Census, where his real estate holdings were valued at $1,000 and his personal estate at $500, a sizeable amount of money at that time. Also listed with him were his wife Emilia [Iñigo] and sons Agustin, two years and Manuel two months. Emilia was from an old and prestigious Sonoran family. Farming wasn’t the only reason Augustin remained in the area. He needed to obtain a pardon from the Mexican government so that he could return to Mexico where he

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had family and important friends. He appealed to local U.S. officials for help and even more likely, appealed to his father-in-law, Manuel Iñigo Ruiz, owner of a large estate in San Miguel de Horcasistas, about 150 miles from Tubac. Iñigo was the most successful and wealthy businessman in Sonora at the time. The pardon finally came through and was reported by the Arizonian on February 9, 1861.

Up to now, little has been heard of Santiago Ainsa. Sixteen at the time of the Crabb filibuster, he was away at school returning to San Francisco after graduating from St. John’s College in New York. Santiago would quickly join his brothers in efforts to restore the honor of the Ainsa name.

The Tucson Meteroites

One of the two Tucson meteorites, or aerolites as they were often called early on, was first brought to the attention of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. by John R. Bartlett, United States Boundary Commissioner from 1850 to 1853. While surveying the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico in the period prior to the Gadsden Purchase, extensive notes on the flora, fauna and other interesting natural history objects such as petroglyphs and the “meteorite at Tucson,” were made. Bartlett sketched one of the meteorites and described it on July 18, 1852. Shaped like an irregular signet ring, Bartlett was unaware that a portion of the meteorite was buried in the ground and underestimated its actual weight of 1,400 pounds. In 1858 when the Smithsonian Institution, was

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approximately 12-years-old, it acquired the collections of the Natural History Museum and was anxious to obtain more specimens from the west. The Tucson meteorite was of particular interest. Over the next few years, additional reports filtered into the museum about one or more meteorites in Tucson being used as anvils.

History’s pages still hold secret the story of how the signet ring got to Tucson and who transported it. The first documented report of the meteorite was recorded by José Francisco Velasco, Secretary of State for Sonora in 1845. Dr. Richard R. Willey in his excellent book The Tucson Meteorites… has translated the passage as follows: Between the presidio of Tucson and Tubac, there is a sierra [mountain range] called de la Madera [Timber] and puerto de los Muchachos [mountain pass of the Children]. In it are seen enormous masses of virgin iron, many of which have rolled to the foot of the said range. From these masses, a middle-sized one was taken to Tucson, where for many years it has remained in the plaza of said presidio.

The signet ring was used as an anvil at the Tucson presidio by the herrero or blacksmith. The last military armorer to use the meteorite was Antonio Comadurán, son of Tucson’s last presidio commander. Forty-niners even made note of the unusual anvil in their diaries. A second meteorite, shaped like a whale bone, has been better documented. Weighing less than half the amount of the signet ring, it was hauled to Tucson by Ramón Pacheco, son of Tubac natives Ignacio Antonio Pacheco and Rita Durán. Willey notes that Pacheco may have been in business as early as December of 1849, as two blacksmiths were reported to be in town. He also notes that the second meteorite was moved to Tucson prior to 1851, thus it would appear that Bartlett missed seeing it during his survey. Of course the forty-niners were the reason that Pacheco opened his blacksmith business.

Irwin Claims the Ring

First Lieutenant Bernard John Dowling Irwin, M.D. arrived at Fort Buchanan, located north of present-day Patagonia, in late 1857. He was the new assistant surgeon for the Seventh Infantry. With a wide range of interests, Irwin had been in contact with the Smithsonian since his medical school days. One of his main contacts was Dr. Spencer F. Baird, Assistant Director of the Smithsonian who requested Irwin to check into the status of the “Tuczon Meteorite,” and to inquire about the cost to ship it to Guaymas where the U.S. Consul would arrange to have it shipped to Washington, D.C.

Sometime in late 1859 or early 1860, Irwin located the meteorite where it had been abandoned by the departing Mexican Tucson Presidio soldiers back in 1856. It was in a back alley, too heavy to move. Irwin checked around to see if anyone had laid claim to it. Finding none, he claimed it for the Smithsonian. By May of 1860, Irwin had contacted Baird and received a reply that he would “gladly pay 40 or 50 dollars for its transport to Guaymas….” Years later, Irwin would recall that he made arrangements with “Mr. Augustín Ainsa, who was engaged in the business of freighting, and lived at the Fort or in its vicinity during much of the three years while I was stationed there….” Irwin goes on to state that he contracted with Ainsa to transport the meteorite to Guaymas for fifty dollars, and in a letter to Baird, dated February 3, 1861, he confirmed that it had departed Tucson and was on its way. He also made it clear that he was presenting the meteorite to the Smithsonian as his gift. Within four months, the Civil War began. Irwin and the Seventh Infantry were transferred to the East, burning Fort Buchanan and all other sources of supplies in the Tucson area before departure.

Augustín and his family along with the meteorite made their way via Tubac, Tumacácori and Calabasas to El Alamito, the estate of Emilia’s father near Hermosillo. Willey contends that Augustín had no interest in the meteorite and left it unattended at his father-in-law’s hacienda for two years. However, the Civil War was raging and there is a good possibility that Augustín felt that it was not safe to ship it to Washington, D.C. until things were settled between the North and South. In 1864 the Daily Alta California published an article praising Augustín’s remarkable success in running his father-inlaw’s estate, attesting to the fact that he had remained in Hermosillo with the meteorite. The arrival of Colonel James H. Carleton and the California Column would soon change the situation.

Carleton Seizes the Pacheco Meteorite

A year after Augustín’s departure from Tucson, the Old Pueblo was captured by Captain Sherod Hunter and his company of Confederates on February 28, 1862. Three months later, the California Volunteers, under the command of newly promoted Brigadier General James H. Carleton secured Tucson for the Union on May 20th. Hunter and his men had quickly withdrawn from the Old Pueblo a week before the California Column arrived.

During Carleton’s brief stay in Tucson, he made it a point to locate the meteorite mentioned by Bartlett a few years earlier. Without actually seeing the object in question, Carleton ordered one of his officers to locate it and seize it. Unfortunately, the only large meteorite still remaining in Tucson at the time was the one owned by Ramón Pacheco who had hauled it from the Santa Ritas a decade earlier. The meteorite was seized and Carleton ordered that it continued on the next page... Providing 2 to 24 hour care 7 days weekly

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be sent to San Francisco. Pacheco was promised a U.S. quartermaster anvil in exchange for his prized anvil. Sadly he died in 1900 at age eighty, without ever receiving the anvil or any other form of compensation.

Quickly, the second meteorite was dubbed the “Carleton Meteorite” or “Carleton Iron” and was loaded on a departing wagon train headed for Yuma. On November 26, 1862, the Daily Alta California published a letter from Carleton addressed to Brig. Gen. G. Wright and received with the meteorite’s arrival in San Francisco;

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Soon after my arrival in this place, I sent by a train to Fort Yuma, to be shipped to your address, at San Francisco, a very large and beautiful aerolite, which I found here, and which I had heard and read of for many years…. I desire that you present this aerolite to the city of San Francisco, to be placed upon the Plaza, there to remain for the inspection of the people, and for examination by the youth of the city forever. It will be a durable memento of the march of the Column from California. Sincerely and respectfully, your ob’t servant James H. Carleton,

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Word of the Carleton Meteorite would have reached Santiago Ainsa in San Francisco, and very likely Augustín in Hermosillo, soon after its arrival. If so, it certainly placed pressure on Augustín to fulfill his contract with Irwin and the Smithsonian to transport the signet ring meteorite to Guaymas. Six months later, the Daily Alta California noted the arrival of the big meteorite in San Francisco on page one of the June 9, 1863 issue: Another Monster Aerolite. — Mr. I. [sic] M. Ainsa, who returned in the steamer Oregon, from Mexico, has brought with him a large aerolite, which he has transported from the territory of Arizona to Guaymas, with the view of sending it to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. This is the same aerolite mentioned in one of the Government reports, several years since, and which has excited the curiosity and wonder of travelers for many years. It was mentioned by the Jesuit explorers of the last century in their reports to the Spanish Government, as lying in a

desert country among the mountains of Arizona, and was of such great weight that its removal by any means in those days was considered impossible. Its weight is about fourteen hundred pounds. It is in the form of an irregular ring, is copper colored, and when struck gives out a clear bell-like tone. Several wagons were broken down under its weight in the transportation to the sea coast. To geologists, and the scientific world generally, it will be of the greatest interest, as it is the largest yet found on the Pacific Coast. Capt. Waterman, of the Oregon, kindly gave Mr. Ainsa the freight free, in view of its importance to science. If the Collector will permit, it will be placed for a few weeks on the steps of the Custom house.

With this story, Jésus María Ainsa took the first step in claiming the meteorite and tying it to the Ainsa/Anza family legacy. As Willey notes, the article also mentioned a historic connection to the Jesuit explorers of the last century. Willey’s extensive research has turned up no firsthand documentation that would confirm this statement.

With both Tucson meteorites now in the “City by the Sea,” Santiago took over. Meanwhile, Irwin, fully engaged in the Civil War, was unaware of the arrival of the two meteorites in San Francisco and was not aware that his meteorite was still on the west coast! Santiago initiated correspondence with Dr. Joseph Henry, Director of the Smithsonian, on July 2, 1863 advising that his brother, Jésus María, had delivered the meteorite to San Francisco and that he would be shipping it to the Smithsonian. He also graciously offered his services to the Institute.

Dr. Baird, Augustín’s old contact, was elated to hear of the whereabouts of the meteorite after two-and-a-half years, He replied to Santiago’s letter and asked for his help in gathering information on the history of the meteorite. Baird’s response was just what Santiago was hoping for as it opened the door to restore some luster to the tarnished Ainsa/Anza name.

In a letter to Baird, dated August 26, 1863, Santiago managed to skip one whole generation of the Anza family and claimed that his grandmother, Doña Ana Anza de Islas, was the daughter of Don Juan Bautista de Anza instead of his brother Francisco de Anza. In a few lines further on, Santiago began the scam that would be perpetuated for over a century. He wrote: …In an expedition made by Don Juan Bautista Anza, then “Gran Capitan de las Provincias del Occidente,” about the year 1735, to the country about Tucson, he was induced to visit the aerolite, and he undertook the work of transporting it to Spain. The place where it was found is called “Sierra de la Madera,”

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on a spot called Los Muchadios. Through the want of proper means and the bad state of the roads, (having to carry it to San Blas, then the nearest port of entry,) the work of transportation was given up, and they were satisfied to take it as far as Tucson. There it remained ever since, until my brother, Agustine Ainsa, undertook to transport it, in 1860, and present it to the Institute.

Two glaring facts among several stand out in this account. One, Juan Bautista de Anza, Jr. was born in 1736. Two, Tucson was an Indian village in 1735 as was Tubac. At the time, the northernmost Spanish presidio was located at Fronteras, in present-day Sonora, some 120 miles southeast of Tucson where Captain Juan Bautista de Anza, Sr. was in command. There would be no conceivable reason to transport a 1,400 pound chunk of metal to a primitive Indian village north of Fronteras.

Willey notes that meteorites were merely considered curiosities in the 18th century, thus Spain would not have been interested in such an item. He also notes that San Blas did not exist until 1767, so the fabrications of Santiago quickly fall apart.

Ten days after Santiago’s reply, Baird contacted Dr. Irwin, who was now a U.S. Army major on duty at a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Baird requested any history of the Ring Meteorite that he could supply. Irwin’s information was admittedly second or third hand and provided little help. Irwin was not made aware of Santiago’s letter, by Baird. It would be two years before Irwin received a delayed copy of the Smithsonian’s Annual Report for the year 1863. There he read that the Institution was proposing to call the meteorite the “Ainsa meteorite”! Irwin was irate and bypassed Baird in a scathing letter to Director Henry on June 27, 1865. Irwin suggested that the name be changed to the “Tuczon” [sic] or “Arizona” Meteorite. Dr. Henry replied July 17th, apologizing for the misunderstanding and advising that the meteorite had been renamed and relabeled as the “Irwin-Ainsa Meteorite.” Not wanting his name associated with Ainsa’s, Irwin protested to Henry and then quickly self-published and eight-page booklet which he titled:

Things remained quiet until Irwin visited the Smithsonian a decade later and found the meteorite still labeled as the “Irwin-Ainsa Meteorite.” Once again he contacted Dr. Henry and at long last, the meteorite was renamed the “Tucson Meteorite.” The second meteorite would remain in San Francisco until 1941 when it was sent to the Smithsonian after an outright purchase made by Dr. E.P. Henderson in 1939. Both meteorites remain on display to this day.

Next month: Ainsa Brothers – Part 3. The Anza Portrait Scam Sources:

- Acuña, Rodolfo F., Sonoran Strongman: Ignacio Pesqueira and His Times. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, c. 1974. - Altshuler, Constance Wynn, Cavalry Yellow & Infantry Blue… Tucson: The Arizona Historical Society, c. 1991 - Bartlett, John Russell, Personal narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico, California, Sonora, and Chihuahua…. Chicago: The Rio Grande Press Inc., c. 1965. - Daily Alta California, San Francsico, CA 18531867. - Mission 2000 - http://home.nps.gov/ applications/tuma/search.cfm - North, Diane M.T., Samuel Peter Heintzelman and the Sonora Exploring & Mining Company. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, c. 1980. - Officer, James E., Hispanic Arizona, 1536-1856. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, c. 1987. - The Miscellaneous Documents of the House of Representatives for the Second Session of the Forty-Ninth congress, 1886-’87. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1887. - Sheridan, Thomas E., “Historic Resource Study: Tumacacori National Historical Park, 2004.” http:// www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/ tuma/hrs/index.htm - Velasco, José Francisco, Sonora: Its Extent, Population, Natural Productions…. translated by Wm. F. Nye. San Francisco: H. H. Bancroft and Company, 1861. - Willey, Richard R., The Tucson Meteorites: Their History from Frontier Arizona to the Smithsonian. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, c. 1987. Photos:

History of the Great ‘Tuczon Meteorite,’

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To the Smithsonian Institution.

Meteorite-Times Magazine _Martin Horejsi

Donated by B. J. D. Irwin, Surgeon U.S.A., Memphis, Blelock & Co., 1865

A copy of the booklet was send to Henry.

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friendly, so much so that Lorraine Mitchell Halvorsen was able to take a photograph of Tigger inspecting a building site as he wandered casually around Tubac. The other bobcat raised by Kelly was called Charlie and he was featured on the June 1981 cover of Smithsonian magazine. Animals came to Maxine for treatment from agencies such as Arizona Fish and Game and the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum as well as individuals who found them. Maxine released animals to the wild with the help of Arizona Fish and Game so the relationship was what she called “a two-way street.” In 1988 George McGill and Edith Bobbitt conceived a benefit evening they called “For the Love of It” to raise funds for the Maxine Guy Wildlife Trust Fund. The event was held at Johanna’s Café (now Shelby’s) and over 200 people attended, raising close to $5,000. Randy Aronsen served as master of ceremonies while certificates of appreciation from the United States Congress and Santa Cruz County and a Letter of Commendation from the Humane Society of Santa Cruz County were presented. German food was served, complimented by entertainment provided by the Rusty Greer Hofbrauhaus German Band.

Visitors to Tubac often stopped at The Potted Owl to see Maxine’s animals. Olga Leone said, “Maxine’s graciousness, her alert but unobtrusive hospitality made it easy for people to want to spend time there.” Maxine’s work continues today at the Simpson Wildlife Sanctuary at Montaña Vista in Green Valley. Ken and Sue Simpson are grateful to Maxine for her help in getting them properly licensed and for all she taught and shared with them.

Maxine died at home on a Sunday in 1992 of an apparent heart attack. Guy and Mary Ellen Blakeslee said this, “Maxine Guy is a total package; a whole person in her attitude and action toward nature and in the clear aesthetics of her art.” She is missed by the people who knew her and by all the wild, feathered, and furred creatures she helped.

Most of the information for this article came from the Tubac Historical Society’s collection of taped oral histories. These interviews with Tubac residents make fascinating reading, but a quick glance at the dates they were made exposes a problem. Scores of interesting Tubacans have not yet been interviewed, and their stories won’t be available in the future. THS is looking for individuals to conduct oral history interviews so we can capture details of the lives of people whose “conspicuous individuality” needs to be recorded. They will provide training and provide the necessary equipment. If you can help, please call 398-2020 or email info@ths-tubac.org.

Shaw Kinsley is the author of Tubac in the Images of America series published by Arcadia Publishing, which tells the story of Tubac with vintage photographs. It’s available at the Visitors’ Center of Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, which is now being run by volunteers under the direction of the Tubac Historical Society. If you would like to volunteer in this community effort to Save the Presidio, please stop by the Park between 10 and 5, Thursday through Monday for an application. �

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TUBAC HOME SALES - Resale home SALES as reported by MLS - 3/26/10 - 4/27/10 - 6/3/10 Address Area Description Sales price 30 Avenida Otero Golf Resort 1966 Home on the 1st fairway $400,000 2 Avenida de Otero Golf Resort - NE corner Furnished 2BR townhome - built 1966 $205,000 208 Circulo Veranera Sanctuary 2006 Dorn 3BR - Foreclosure $254,000 910 Lombard Way Barrio - Embarcadero 3 BR Townhome - Short Sale $137,500 504 Post Way Barrio - Embarcadero 3 BR Townhome - Short Sale $126,000 101 Powell Ct. Barrio - Trails Head 3 BR Patio Home - built 2006 $250,000 407 Post Way Barrio - Embarcadero 3 BR Townhome - Short Sale $125,000 58 Calle Maria Elena Barrio - Santiago 3 BR Dorn Home - Foreclosure $351,500 905 Lombard Way Barrio - Embarcadero 2 BR Townhome - Furnished $180,000 403 Post Way Barrio - Embarcadero 3 BR Townhome - Foreclosure $140,000 708 Lombard Way Barrio - Embarcadero 3 BR Townhome - Short Sale $120,000

$ per sq. ft. $165.29 $134.43 $90.62 $98.92 $85.77 $138.12 $73.91 $127.54 $156.52 $94.59 $88.63

Days on Market 86 74 64 204 706 295 319 48 16 37 132

This report furnished as a courtesy by Charlie Meaker - Realty Executives Team. Questions or comments? - contact Charlie at 237-2414 or e-mail at charlie@tubac.com

20 by Carol St. John

Why I Write

I wanted to be a writer as soon as I tasted my first pencil, as soon as I fell in love with Pooh, as soon as I saw my clumsy doodles posted on the refrigerator. My first books were scribbled on old legal pads and placed in the file cabinet. My parents exclaimed at those early efforts and made too much of them I’m sure.

Creative writing is conscious dreaming; it starts with a thought and that thought leads to another. As pathways appear, the imagination has permission to wander down them. This inner adventure offers much and costs only time and a few modest tools.

I am not talking about professional writing, the kind that has so many rules and expectations attached. I’m talking about a personal type of writing, the extemporaneous, stream of consciousness version. This is one way to put new thoughts together, experiment, connect and reflect. It is not meant to be judged or corrected; it simply is what it is. Plato and Aristotle would be horrified at such writing. For the early philosophers the printed word was sacred, a declaration of truth, not much different than those absolutes Moses carved in stone. Today we are more aware that what is written represents only a point of view and a point in time;

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truth is highly subjective, and the only constant is change. But beware! If your thoughts are published they may and do come back to bite you. They are a matter of record, can be used in court or brought up when you’re nominated to be a Supreme Court Judge.

The mind is a traveler and a hungry one at that. We grope for more and more knowledge in the massive amounts of data available; but we should not dismiss our own writing, writing we do in journals, letters and in the margins of books. We have an abundance of firsthand knowledge to draw upon to better understand the human dilemma. It is our job to be the recorders of our particular time and place. Each person’s experiences can help explain the way history consequently unfolds. Even the act of writing reveals deeply ingrained truths. How we push the pen or pencil across a flat surface says more than most people realize. It describes emotions, energy, point of view and honesty. It exposes whether one thinks small or large; has the ability to complete tasks and create order. Mood, confidence, vanity and honor show up, even when you try to conform your writing to imposed styles. Graphologists believe writing is an unconscious photograph of the inner mind. But, I believe it is not how you write that counts, you could write with your toes in the sand, it is what you say that is matters. Unfortunately, I forgot the truth of this when I was encouraging a class of fourth graders to write a poem. I made a point to explain that poetry was a lot about how you place your words on the paper. I showed them at least three variations of poetic form. They began to write and I was thrilled at the effort taking place. After about ten minutes a little boy came up to my desk and showed me his work. “Mrs. St. John,” he asked. “Is this what you meant by pathetic form?” Personal writing needs a safe place. Nothing makes me happier than to be in a room of writers, young or

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old, and witness minds lost to the act of writing. It is a poem unto itself. Eyes look inward. Bodies become soft. Space is filled with an energy that’s transcendent. The sounds of busy brains in concert are like an esoteric orchestra. The pencils become percussion instruments; long pauses hold a kind of drama and the scratching that follows is like a violin bow building to a grand crescendo.

The results may be lofty, earthy, revelatory or nostalgic. The important thing is that free writing is a way to respond to the little voice inside one’s head, the buzz that is sometimes annoying and sometimes really needing an audience. Writing allows us to be both player and audience. It teaches us that we have an inner universe and although we may be only a speck in the big scheme of things, we have something significant to say.

I strongly suggest you buy a journal or simply a bound composition book. Ask yourself questions that no one has asked. Don’t settle for just recording a day’s schedule of events. Such notations will be quite boring in the end. Push yourself to respond to interesting thoughts. Where are you happiest? How many ways has water touched your life? Whose face are you trying to remember? Writing has a way of making experiences more real, imbuing life with meaning and attaching one part to another. It is an inroad to being really, fully, consciously alive to the here and now. It captures what is too easily forgotten.

When I was in school, before printouts and computers and access to instant information, we had to take notes. I never liked the task but it helped me remember what was said in class. It was a kinetic tool for my memory. Now, I voluntarily take notes as I observe nature, consider my spiritual world and regard on-going political issues. Writing is for everyone. It is not a talent. It is available to anyone willing to try. Do it. Do it now. Write. Trust that you have something to say.

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Those gorgeous Orioles are still here, what a thrill! Just think they came in March, they do love their sugar water! Can’t forget the Red Winged Blackbirds and the Wrens, they were a treat.

Is all my chatter about birds and their colors and what they mean to me for naught?

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You’ll hear from me in August, can you just hardly wait?

Does all my meandering amongst the stars seem like the ravings of a mad woman who lost “it” years ago?

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Do I seem normal or a little strange to some? Of course… strange! I even wonder about me.

But, if in all my writings I strike just one chord in someone who sees a bird and remembers its beauty or spotted a star that brings a gasp, then I’ve served my purpose.

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Remember When? Have you ever had a Tin Roof? A scoop of vanilla ice cream, chocolate syrup over all and several spoonfuls of Spanish peanuts on top? How absolutely delicious! They’ve been around for many years. I had a run on TIN ROOFS in May, had one every night for a week, the urge has come back, pardon me while I check the ice cream. By the way, Hershey’s has come out with a Special Dark Syrup now, soooo good!

Willie Armijo, site manager for the Community Center in Tubac says all is well with the swallows. There are twelve or fourteen and they seem quite satisfied with their housing. They appear to prefer the nests with the ‘Poop Deck’, safer I’d say. Willie made these teeny tiny porches last year.

SHE WAS ONLY A WHISKEY MAKER BUT HE LOVED HER STILL. My brothers made my day when they took me for a ride in their Model A, of course I had to ride in the rumble seat, I didn’t mind. I remember Joy Gasoline was 10 gallons for a dollar! I also remember their nickname for me was ‘BRAT!’ Remember several months ago I remarked that the older I become the more the past comes back to me. Please let me know if you ever heard of RED NICKELS AND HIS FIVE PENNIES? I danced to his band over 70 years ago at Walled Lake, Michigan. I’d love to hear. A CHICKEN CROSSING THE ROAD IS POULTRY IN MOTION. My son Penn and I were at J. L. Hudson’s department store on Woodward Ave. in Detroit about 60 years ago when who should come by but Soupy Sales! Remember Soupy? He told Penn he should come to his show.

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A m a d o T e r r i t o r y R a n c h

FRI, JUL 30TH - FRIDAY NIGT LIVE music by Eduardo Valencia, at Wisdom's Cafe, 5-8 p.m. FRI, AUG 6TH - FIRST FRIDAY w/2-for-1 margaritas & live music plus our Famous Fish & Chips, 5-8 p.m. At Wisdom’s Café.

$5000 to $4,90000

ANNOUNCEMENTS Navy retiree Hank Koehler, a Tubac resident, is interested in contacting any one who served aboard the USS Saint Paul. Call (520) 398-1240 for information. Thank you. Hank Koehler

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

Send activities for Event Calendar to: tubacvillager@mac.com Professional watercolor Paints available

roberta rogerS visit her studio at 6 camino otero

520-979-4122

www.robertarogerswatercolors.com

2 Locations in Tubac

Tubac Real Estate Team #1 agents in Tubac since 2005

Sally Robling

2339 Esplendido – short sale offered at $285,000

2328 Balderrain – Offered at $375,000

Silver Fox - 2 Camino Otero in the Village – offered @ $550,000

2316 Balderrain – Offered @ $595,000

2234 Calle Palo Parado – Offered at $499,000

102 Elliot St. – Offered at $1,475,000

NEW LISTING

Lot 109 - 2311 Balderrain – Offered at $100,000 2251 E Frontage Rd., Suite #2 (just south of the Post Ofﬁce)

Kenyon Ranch Rd, 4.3 acres – Offered at $150,000

Bill Mack: (520) 398-2945 Sally Robling: (520) 398-2222 Ofﬁce: (520) 398-2770 Email: Tubac@Tubac.com

Cocinero - Two 6.34 ac parcels $149,000 each

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