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Vol. V No. 1
A Kaleidoscope of layers
November 2009
Pg 4 Santa Cruz County Update by Kathleen Vandervoet Pg 6 Event Calendar Arizona History
Pg 8 Fritz Contzen part 2 by Mary Bingham Southern Arizona Dining
Pg 10 Stockman's Grill by Bernard Berlin
Tubac Business Feature
Pg 14 Tubac Performace Studios by Kathleen Vandervoet The Borderlands Photographer
Pg 16 Natures Bounty; Still Lifes by Murray Bolesta Sonoran Desert Animal
Pg 20 Mule Deer by Maggie Milinovitch Pg 22 The Importance of Being
Nowhere
by Charles Bowden Pg 24 Hope by Carol St. John Pg 25 Remnants from Ruth Pg 26 Enhancement of the
Ron Morriss Park by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers
Pg 27 Tubac Meditation Center Pg 29 Tubac Map 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. Opinions and information herein do not necessarily reflect those of the advertisers or the publishers. Advertiser and contributor statements and qualifications are the responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named. All articles and images are the property of the Tubac Villager, and/or writer or artist named, and may not be reproduced without permission. November Circulation: 11,000. The Villager is made available at 180 Tucson locations, 400 Phoenix locations, and offered free of charge at locations in Tubac, Tumacacori, Carmen, Green Valley, Nogales, Rio Rico, Amado and Arivaca, Arizona.
Bernard Berlin Mary Bingham Joseph Birkett Murray Bolesta Charles Bowden Michael Arthur Jayme
Julie Jackson Meyers Maggie Milinovitch Katie Munger Ruthie Carol St. John Kathleen Vandervoet
Michael Arthur Jayme’s creations aim skyward
by Kathleen Vandervoet
The beauty of nature
is translated joyously into the paintings of Michael Arthur Jayme. His current work features the powerful essence of ravens, while he continues as well with the stunning clouds paintings that have been his recent passion. The vast clouds take up threefourths of the large canvases, and the colors are mixed in an almost unearthly manner which provides depth and delight for the viewer.
Jayme’s intriguing technique makes use of veils, through which he adds several translucent color layers: “I paint in veils. I establish a road map on the blank canvas that is sort of like aiming myself in a direction and a journey through the piece with an unknown outcome.” The veils are “an unknown journey in the creative process that finally arrives and gives itself to me. In turn, I release it and give it to the viewers,” he said. “But that isn’t terribly unique. All artists embark on a journey with every new piece and it’s just my own style, painting with a palette knife in veils and veils of color, so that they sort of emanate a kaleidoscope of layers and colors that draw you.”
Jayme, a fifth-generation resident of Southern Arizona, finds excitement and satisfaction in his art. There’s a new calling in his work that leads him to depict ravens, and he explained he’s felt a “powerful experience through the guidance coming in with raven.
“The raven started coming in about nine years ago, but not until this past year did I start painting raven. There was an appreciation and also sightings of raven,” Jayme said.
At the Tubac home he purchased in 2000, he’s planted more than 400 trees and shrubs, creating a habitat for birds. Ravens began to visit and he said he observed them and “I started to be really still and feel that energy.”
Jayme moved into a new, for him, studio in December 2008 at the Amado Territory Ranch on the west side of Stockman’s Grill restaurant. He had first seen the space about 10 years ago during a party and felt a connection. When it became available, he jumped at the chance to work there.
He’s scheduled a day of entertainment at the Amado Territory Ranch on Saturday, Nov. 28, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited. Music will be provided by Native American flutist R. Carlos Nakai and the Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio will perform. Art displays will include paintings, jewelry and pottery. Plate lunches by the restaurants Kristofer’s and Stockman’s Grill will be for sale.
“I’ve invited a lot of artists to come join me for the event,” he said. “During the Thanksgiving weekend, I thought it would be a lovely thing to have an art celebration while we have so many out of town visitors, so we can show them the lovely quality of art, sculpture, jewelry and music,” Jayme said.
Asked to describe how he creates paintings, Jayme responded, “There is always a moment of jumping into the abyss when I begin a new piece. There is a wonderful flurry of excitement when I poise myself before a blank canvas. “When you start squeezing the paint and mixing the colors, those first few exhilarating moments start to establish the tempo and the rhythm for what’s going to continue to emerge on its own.”
Jayme said he prefers to be a conduit for the creative process. “I do get out of the way and allow it to emerge on its own. Getting out of the way is so important to me in so many facets of my life.”
Getting out of the way? Jayme elaborated: “It’s not allowing ego to be part of the process. That has to be left elsewhere and not included in the journey, because that does get in the way. “I’m just the messenger for the energy and I put it on the canvas. That’s what I mean by getting out of the way and letting it come through, so it presents itself in a natural progression.”
He likes to have approximately three pieces in development. “There’s just way too much energy for me to be able to focus it in one place while working on any particular piece.”
In earlier years he used smaller canvases since he painted while outdoors, in the plein air style. Next, he built a studio onto his home. “The paintings got bigger as I had more space. The paintings, on their own, wanted to be bigger, and my gesture wanted to be bigger. The journey was becoming more and more fabulously intense.”
When he moved into his new studio, which he calls “cavernous,” he said, “the paintings took a huge leap in size. If I had an even bigger studio, they would be maybe as big as the side of a house.”
In addition to being on view at his studio, open Sunday through Wednesday from around 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Jayme’s paintings are featured at Galleria Tubac, 31 Tubac Rd., Global Arts Gallery, 315 McKeown Ave., Patagonia, and Avalon Gallery in Ruidoso, N.M. For information, call him at (520) 270-7462. �
On the cover: "The great Mystery" oil on canvas by Michael arthur Jayme
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ARTWALK NOVEMBER 7 & 8 Meet the Artisits · Reception 1:00-4:00 Sat & Sun
J. Eggman - Monotypes Brent Nageli Oil painting Teresa del Rito Southwest Crosses
County budget crisis grows
In January, more Santa Cruz County employees are expected to lose their jobs and some could have salary reductions, while others will face mandated furloughs. It’s likely employees will have to pay more for health insurance as well. The county has maintained unbudgeted money for a cushion, but the state legislature has been chipping away at that all year. County Finance Director Jennifer St. John gave a detailed budget presentation on Oct. 19 to members of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council in Tubac. She was joined by County Manager Greg Lucero and County Supervisor John Maynard. St. John said it’s anticipated that the county will have a potential “shortfall of $2 million” next year. Lucero said property taxes cannot be raised due to state caps set by law. He said he doesn’t anticipate any new revenues in the upcoming two years. His choices to balance the budget come down to adding new fees for service, and cutting spending.
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In an interview after the meeting St. John said the county has 369 employees, down by 18 from a year ago when there were 387 workers. She said the proposed furloughs may be 13 days a year -four hours per pay period, of which there are 26 a year. That is still to be decided by the Board of Supervisors.
The county’s general fund budget is $30.68 million. Revenues to pay for that include property taxes of $11.2 million, sales taxes of $3.7 million, a cash carry forward from the prior year of $12.7 million, charges for services, $2.1 million, intergovernmental income of $723,000, and interest income of $45,000. “January looks to be the time things are going to get really bad,” Lucero said.
Fire station contract approved
The governing board of the Tubac Fire District approved a contract for $2,221,920 to build its Station No. 4. The action was taken during a special board meeting held Oct. 21. The contractor is Lang Wyatt and the project is to take 10 to 12 months.
The bid was nearly $300,000 less than was budgeted, Fire Chief Kevin Keeley said. Station No. 4 is being constructed in northeast Rio Rico, which is inside the boundaries of the Tubac Fire District. Work on the new Station No. 3, also in northeast Rio Rico, is nearing completion and is expected to be done by February.
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Date set on checkpoint widening
A project to expand northbound Interstate 19 between Tubac and Amado for an interim U.S.
Border Patrol immigration checkpoint may begin in mid-February and the $1.5 million project could take about three months. The Border Patrol plans to add a third lane for trucks between Chavez Siding Road and Agua Linda Road just north of Tubac. A 115-foot wide metal shade and rain canopy will be erected across the highway.
Linda Ritter, an Arizona Department of Transportation spokeswoman, said in late October that ADOT “is close to issuing an encroachment permit.”
Omar Candelaria, a Border Patrol agent and spokesman, said the agency is required to develop a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan, which will be done after the construction contract is awarded. Candelaria said the improvements “remain fairly modest, but will provide an appreciable improvement in efficiency and agency safety.”
The agency announced in 2006 it intends to build a $27-million permanent checkpoint station in the future at that location.
Second slab for school admin building
Work is continuing on a new 6,192-square-foot administration building for Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District No. 35 (Tubac and Rio Rico).
A foundation slab poured in late September developed a large crack, so it was demolished and removed by the contractor. A new foundation slab was poured Oct. 26. The contract for the administration building, awarded July 6, pins the cost at $914,500. Funds come from a $10 million bond election approved two years ago.
The building, which will replace a modular facility, is being constructed on district-owned land in front of Mountain View Elementary School on Camino Lito Galindo in Rio Rico west of Interstate 19. It will combine all the business and human resources functions into one location, and will have a large room for school board meetings and other meetings and training sessions.
Three fire hydrants to be funded
Three fire hydrants in west Tubac will be installed as part of a water line extension project by Arizona American Water Co. The hydrants will be along the route of the new 12-inch water main. Two will be placed on Nielson Lane and one on Keating Circle. The Tubac Fire District is paying the cost of about $29,000. The fee would be much higher if the work was done after the water line is complete and the street is paved, Chief Kevin Keeley said. The work wasn’t in this year’s budget so the fire
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district board agreed to transfer funds earmarked for replacement of a staff vehicle to cover the cost.
study the new flood plain ordinance. “I think it’s important you understand that is going to be a critical document,” he said at the Oct. 19 meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council, “as we begin to look at development activity in the county. The riparian community is something I feel is well worth protecting.”
Community groups to be formed
Two “working groups” are slated to be formed by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to study controversial issues and develop recommendations.
The other committee will study roads. “That group will make some recommendations on the Rio Rico community, but also county-wide. This will be a critical issue as well. I’ve felt that with the
Supervisor John Maynard said one group will
reductions in state revenue we receive for road maintenance there are alternatives the county is going to have to look at.” The county plans to introduce legislation at the state level to allow the county to maintain and possibly bring in additional dirt roads into the county’s system, he said. (For questions or comments, contact Kathleen Vandervoet at kathleenvan@msn.com.)
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SHOWING ALL OF NOVEMBER - GEORGIA'S TRAVELS a onewoman show featuring a variety of media and subjects from Georgia Doubler's travels. On exhibit at the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales, Nov 1 through 31st. 520-287-5515.
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SHOWING NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY – TUBAC ARTIST BOBB VANN ON EXHIBIT at the law firm of Mesch, Clark & Rothschild, downtown Tucson at 259 N. Meyer Avenue. A commercial artist in Philadelphia until the early 1980’s when Vann became interested in the role of African Americans in opening and settling the American West. He moved from commercial to studio art and began to concentrate on what he calls “The Black Experience.” Anyone interested in viewing the exhibit may call 520-624-8886 to schedule an appointment.
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MONDAYS - CHILDREN'S READING HOUR at TJ's Tortuga Books & Coffee Beans in the Mercado de Baca at 10am. 520-398-8109.
FRI, NOV 6TH - FIRST FRIDAY AT WISDOM'S CAFE in Tumacacori with Live Music by Bill Manzanedo, BBQ specials & 2 for 1 margaritas. 398-2397.
THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS & SATURDAYS LIVE MUSIC at Stables Ranch Grille in the Tubac Golf Resort. At 6pm. 520-398-2678.
FRI, NOV 6TH - MARIE RHINES FIDDLE PERFORMANCE at the Tubac Center of the Arts. 520-398-2371.
FRIDAYS - BECKY REYES LIVE 5-8pm at Stockman's Grill at the Amado Territory Ranch, I-19 exit 48. 520-398-2651.
FRI & SAT, NOV 6TH & 7TH – THE PIANO STORY – A narrative concert performed by Argentine pianist Mario Merdirossian at Rogoway Gallery, 5 Calle Baca at 5:30pm. Merdirossian will tell and play the captivating story of the piano, from its invention over three centuries ago until today. To illustrate the progressive development he will perform spellbinding short pieces by Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt, Grieg, Debussy and other outstanding classical composers. The free tickets are available by calling 520-398-2041or at rogowaygalleries.com. Tickets are required due to the limited seating space. Mario Merdirossian will be available for a personal interview beginning Wed, Nov. 4th or by telephone interview prior to that date. Please call the Rogoway Gallery to arrange an interview.
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THURS, NOV 5TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Evelyne Tanehill speaking on Abandoned and Forgotten; An orphan’s story of survival during WW II. Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artist's Palate Restaurant, 40 Avenida Goya, Tubac at 9am. Tickets are $10. 398-3333 Limited seating. Admission includes a full sit down breakfast. Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at tubacbreakfastforum.wordpress.com/ THURS THRU SUN, NOV 5-8TH – INTERNATIONAL SOULCOLLAGE® FACILITATORS CONFERENCE in Tubac with Founder Seena B. Frost attending. For more info visit www.soulcollage.com. FRI, NOV 6TH – FIVE-MILE BIRD HIKE. Bird several different habitats and see a variety of species with a guide. Hike begins in desert uplands and reaches Sonoita Creek. Bring sturdy shoes, binoculars, water and snacks. Hike is approx. five miles and four hours long. 8am. Call 520-287-2791 to register.
STARTING SAT, NOV 7TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESS/WRITER/ TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios, 2243 E Frontage Road. Step outside the flow of hurried time, make contact with "imagic-nation" and awaken creativity through creative writing. Saturdays from 10-11:30am. Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit www. tubacperformancestudios.com.
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SAT, NOV 7TH- A rare demonstration and talk by LOCAL PAINTER FRED COLLINS and 2009 People’s Choice Winner. A master at Trompe l'Oeil or “tricks of the eye” Collins exciting images will greet you as they seem to walk out of the canvas. At Cobalt Fine Arts, 5 Camino Otero from 11-2. SAT, NOV 7TH - ARTIST RECEPTION WINE & CHEESE BAR at Tubac Territory, 1 Calle Baca from 12pm - 5pm. Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and designer Gustavo Olivas. 520-398-2913. SAT, NOV 7TH - WALK THE ROCKS: THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF BROWN CANYON, led by Richard Conway, Ph.D. Around and within the towers and buttresses of the Baboquivari Mountains is concealed an extraordinary story of shattered land masses, mega-volcanoes and vanished landscapes. With your eyes to the rocks and ridge-tops you will learn to recognize clues that reveal the area’s geologic history. For more info visit the Friends of BANWR at www friendsofbanwr.org
SAT & SUN, NOV 7TH & 8TH - COPPER PLATE ETCHING DEMONSTRATIONS by Nicholas J. Wilson, Internationally Known Wildlife Artist. Sat – 10am to 5pm, Sun – 1pm to 5pm. At TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coffee Beans, 19 Tubac Road – Mercado de Baca Plaza.
SAT & SUN, NOV 7TH & 8TH - MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION at The Red Door Gallery, 10 Plaza Road. J. Eggman - Monotypes; Brent Nagell - Oil painting; Teresa del Rito - Southwest Crosses. From 1 to 4pm. 520-3983943.
SAT & SUN, NOV 7TH & 8TH - POTTERY AND RAKU DEMONSTRATIONS by local potter Diane Lisle and the tile work of master craftsman Jack James. At Clay Hands, 5 Camino Otero.
SAT & SUN, NOV 7TH & 8TH - JOIN US FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT ZFORREST GALLERY in the La Entrada Shopping Plaza. 520-398-9009.
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SAT & SUN, NOV 7TH & 8TH - ART EXPERIENCE WEEKEND from 10am - 5pm. Art Experience brings visitors up close and personal with the artists of Tubac. Artists create works right before visitors’ eyes throughout a weekend celebrating the creative process. Enjoy demonstrations, artist receptions and special exhibits. Free admission. For more information, contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce, 520-3982704, www.tubacaz.com.
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Contzen Part 2
by Mary Bingham
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ritz Contzen was one of the few civilian Anglos to remain in Arizona throughout the Civil War. The 1861 Apache raid on his Rancho Punta de Agua and his subsequent 1862 imprisonment at Yuma resulting from Brevet Brigadier General James Henry Carleton's orders to arrest any civilians remaining in Tucson as Confederate sympathizers placed Fritz in a financial bind. Fritz and his young wife were now living in Tucson. Taking a page from his old Texas Ranger commander William "Bigfoot" Wallace, Fritz proved his honesty and loyalty to the United States, by volunteering for one the most hazardous jobs in the territory - military express messenger. The Arizona Historical Foundation file on Contzen notes:
After the Union established a Military Post at Tucson, [Camp Tucson later renamed Camp Lowell] orders and communications were sent by military couriers to a Military detachment at Blue Water on the Gila. This detachment was used principally to escort mail riders carrying mail from Tucson to Prescott. As Military couriers were frequently killed by the Apaches, Fritz Contzen volunteered to carry Military dispatches to Blue Water, which he did successfully for a considerable time. Usually he started out on horseback at four P.M. and rode the 100 miles most of the time on a gallop, reaching his destination early the next morning. Usually upon arrival at Blue Water, he was greatly exhausted and barely able to get off his horse... For this work he received $100 a month. Meanwhile Fritz's new wife, Margarita Ferrer, probably gave birth to their first son, Luis/Louis, sometime during Tucson's period of military occupation. Lockwood records that the son died in infancy, however the 1864 Arizona Territorial census lists a Louis Contzen, age 8, living in the same household with Frederick and Margarita Contzen. If the child really was eight-years-old, then who was the mother? Did Fritz have a third wife? Did the census taker make an error? Perhaps Luis was only eight-months-old, then again, there is always the possibility that Luis was the son of Fritz's brother Julius. However, Fritz testified that Julius died without issue in 1857.
The 1864 census also showed that Fritz owned property valued at $450. He was beginning to recover financially from the raid and vowed to stay out of the ranching business. With the move to Tucson he dabbled in real estate purchasing and selling a number of properties around town, making a profit in most cases. By 1867 things were looking up as he signed a contract with Louis Zeckendorf, the principal contractor, to carry mail between Tucson and Prescott at $1,000 per month. The Arizona Miner for December 14th reported that Fritz soon contracted out the route from Maricopa Well to Tucson for $650 a month to another man. Fritz would add mail routes to Tubac, Patagonia, Sasabe and the newly established Fort Crittenden near Sonoita. Danger from Apache attacks and bandits was constant. Several express riders were killed and frequently Fritz would have to carry the mail himself. In 1868, a second son, Philip/Felipe was born to the Contzens. It is not known when Luis died, but there is no mention of Luis after Philip was born. In spite of constant danger, the 1870 federal census shows Fritz was doing very well. His property was now valued at $5,000. Mining was also a part of Fritz's business portfolio. He is recorded as the first to locate the San Xavier and Young American Mines and continued to mine on and off for the rest of his life.
Camp Grant Massacre In 1871, Fritz would once again volunteer to fight Indians. A group of Tucson citizens led by William Oury, made up of six Anglo-Americans, forty-eight Mexican-Americans and ninety-four Tohono O'odham (Papago) would attack an Apache camp near Camp Grant, killing 108 Aravaipa and Pinal Apache. Some sources claim the number killed was as high as 141. Upon inspection, the dead were found to be women and children, with only eight men among those counted. Fritz is clearly named in the Carl Hayden "Arizona Biography Files" as being a participant in the Camp Grant Massacre with the following quote from the Frederick Contzen file: "Was one of six Americans in the party which attacked the Arivaipa Apache rancheria near old Fort Grant when 108 Indians were killed, April 30, 1871..." Hayden's father, Charles Trumbull Hayden was the foreman of the Grand Jury that handed down 111 indictments against the participants. Among those named were Sidney R. DeLong, William Sanders Oury, D. A. Bennett, James Lee, Charles T. Etchells, David Foley, Jesus María Elías and Juan Elías. Fritz's name probably appeared in one indictment that included ninety names. There can be no doubt that Carl Hayden knew of Fritz's part in the massacre.
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As the trail date approached in December 1871, only seven men were arraigned. They included Oury, Lee, Bennett, the Elías brothers, Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis. Fritz would testify during the trail, identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event. Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson. Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial. The final act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B. Wooster and his wife, Trinidad Aguirre, at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac. The jury, with John B. "Pie" Allen as foreman, returned a verdict in nineteen minutes. All defendants were found not guilty. Return to Germany
By 1873, Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education. They would remain in Germany until 1880, staying with Fritz's father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck. Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions. A few years later, Philip would return to his grandfather's home to complete his education in civil and mechanical
engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin. Upon his return to Arizona, Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor General's office. He would be given the difficult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona. Among them was the infamous Baca Float No. 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico. Later, Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor. Over the years, Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases. In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages, alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menager's store. Fritz testified: "In the morning I went into the store, when Menager and his dog was on the counter. He usually keeps his dog in the yard. I says, hello, good morning. Then he have jumped for me. Then I called for to have taken him away from me, and they did not. I went there on business. I only said good morning, then the dog jumped on me, then I commenced fighting, and he bit me in the leg, (indicating the sport on the thigh.) I said, 'Take that damn dog from me.' Mr. Menager did nothing at all. I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month. Of afternoons I have fever. The wound was black. I
went to Dr. Handy who dressed it, and he charged me $20. I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching, and have apprehension of hydrophobia." The judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much. The verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50. A more serious case made it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1900. Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua, Fritz had to first prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack. Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union, Fritz never applied for citizenship. However, he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence. In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months, and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas. The Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3, 1900 ruling that if Fritz, upon attaining his majority, had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation. Fritz died of Bright's Disease on May 2, 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson.
Special thanks goes to Dr. Christine Marin, archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen file allowing this story to be written. SOURCES:
- "Contzen, Frederick (Fritz)," Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays. http://www. asu.edu/lib/archives/azbio/azbio.htm - Contzen v. United States and the Apache Indians. http://www. precydent.com/citation/179/ U.S./191 - Granger, Byrd H., Will C. Barnes' Arizona Place Names. Tucson: University of Arizona, c. 1960. - Lockwood, Frank C., Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864. Tucson: The Tucson Civil Committee, c. 1943. - Schellie, Don, Vast Domain of Blood: The Story of the Camp Grant Massacre. Tucson: Westernlore Press, c. 1992. For more history and great publications, visit Mary Bingham's Blue Traveler Press online at:
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Southern Arizona Dining
THE NEW STOCKMAN’S GRILL: GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISH
by Bernard Berlin
For those who have not visited Stockman’s Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte, a rare culinary treat awaits you. Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch, Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fish. If my praise for Stockman’s Grill sounds effusive or overly enthusiastic, it is well deserved.
Inside the restaurant, the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood flooring, antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier. The regal, high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifies Stockman’s Grill.
Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights, from 5:00PM to 8:00PM, is one of my local favorites, Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband, Scott Muhleman. Becky’s lush, sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience. With Becky’s melodies in the background, my wife Linda and I dined at Stockman’s Grill. We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake, full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise Stockman's Grill proprietors, Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu The Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted on the side. This was followed by a was crispy on the outside yet tender within, at the beautiful Amado Territory, just 10 minutes North of Tubac. Photo by Joseph Birkett generous dinner salad with a pleasing and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda are both from fresh, never frozen, wild decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust, the and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized caramelized sugar topped crème brûlée and a deliciously tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy Australian lobster tail. creamy flan. clam broth, unlike anything I have ever had before. With When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockman’s Grill in March our appetites whetted, our main courses arrived. Linda’s thick The splendid ambiance of the Stockman’s Grill outdoor patio 2009, their goal was a simple one, “to be proud of everything slice of tender, perfectly pink Prime Rib, outlined with just the may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area. Shaded by a that came out of the kitchen.” Having honed his grilling skills right amount of trimming, oozed savory beef juices. My slab canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen, the award-winning of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak, accented with candied, tree, scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine, the brick patio cookbook author and host of the television series, The Primal caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have overlooks beds of verdant flora, sprinkled with splashes of Grill and Barbecue University, Jeff knew what was needed to ever had. The steak’s rich, natural beef juices coated my mouth colorful flowers. Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds accomplish their goal— serve only the finest beef and freshest with each bite. Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon, from Chile, of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a fish he could find. Jeff personally prepares everything from titillated our palates with soft tannins and flavors of plum and cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling scratch, including the French fried potatoes, soups, bread, a black fruit—a perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine. brook, inspiring long, leisurely dining. The savory, marbled steaks and mouthwatering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockman’s Grill are from “Certified Angus Beef.” Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of “Certified Angus Beef,” according to the Cattleman’s Beef Association. Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices, allowing the rich “goodness” of aged, marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience.
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Above left, guests enjoy their dinner on Stockman's patio, on cooler evenings, the patio is heated. Photo by Berlin Above center, Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings, starting around 5:30. Photo by Berlin Right, Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons. Photo by Joseph Birkett Usually such fine dining in restaurants serving Certified Angus Beef and fresh fish are set aside for special occasions only, not so with Stockman’s Grill. The moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy. The dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake, Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth, tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more, all for just ten dollars each. Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled, tender chicken breast, marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf. There is a slow roasted half of duck, with brandy-orange jus, that I cannot wait to try, for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention. All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup. The Stockman’s Grill new Sunday brunch buffet with pasta salad, fresh fruit, tender hand-carved beef, soup and made-toorder omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many. The lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars, a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads
for eleven dollars. There are also hearty sandwiches, including Stockman’s Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing, each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars.
Upcoming events to watch for at Stockman’s Grill are a bountiful Thanksgiving Day buffet and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner, featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band. The New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings, one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time, 9:00PM and one at midnight, local time, for New Years Eve purists. Either sitting is sure to be a fun filled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy. Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fish in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockman’s Grill! Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockman’s Grill for casual yet elegant dining. To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte.
Stockman’s Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48 of Interstate 19 in Amado. For reservations, call 520-398-2651
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SUN, NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright, energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes. At Cobalt Fine Arts, 5 Camino Otero.
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sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level. They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the body’s biofield. Health benefits are said to include: reducing inflammation, enhancing circulation, enhancing immune and endocrine systems, destroying viruses and bacteria, enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxification, increasing energy, retarding the aging process, helping fight cancer cells, and more. Proceeds benefit nonprofit teen & young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance. Tubac Plaza Main Stage, 29 Tubac Plaza, Tubac, AZ. For info & directions - www.GlobalChangeMultiMedia.org (520) 398-2542. TUES, NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program offerings. Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am. View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak. Observe one of nature’s most spectacular cosmic shows. Learn about meteors, comets, meteor showers, and touch an actual piece of an asteroid. Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri, Nov 13th. Cost is $35 for Adults, $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members. Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservation.Visit www.noao.edu/ outreach/kpvc/classes.html. Dress warmly. Parking at the picnic area, guests shuttled to the mountain. Snacks and refreshments. Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can. continued on page 18...
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veryone knows what acting is. And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting. But does that mean everyone can do it? Polly Schlitz, who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios, is here to provide expert guidance. Many of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents, but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrong.
Passion, hope and determination fuel her conversation. She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural offerings in Tubac through her acting studio. Within a few years, she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is, in turn, part of an even larger foundation to support music, writing, performing and more.
Schlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years, she said. Acting was something she embraced from childhood, when she had the lead role in elementary school performances. She turned to acting, she said, because “I wanted to
understand how I could enrich my life, have better personal controls, better observational skills, and a better way to communicate.
are actors. You have interesting things happening.”
“I realized I loved acting, but wasn’t as interested in being an actress,” she said. That led her to becoming a teacher and a writer. She now offers acting classes for anyone interested, from ages 5 to 95, she said. Classes are of varying lengths, such as a three-hour course or a weekend program. Alternatively, they can run a week or a month.
With novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confidence, she said, “I start out saying, ‘I think you have a mistaken notion of acting.’ The first thing I do is divide the class into half. I put half onto the stage, sitting on chairs. The other half is the audience. I say to the actors, ‘go.’ Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves. But that provides the first lesson. She next tells them, “Acting is doing,” and gives them varying small tasks in the room. As they start to do what she suggested, “Suddenly, they forget they
Polly Schlitz
Acting is a craft, Schlitz said. “You can learn it like anything else.”
The craft “trains the imagination. And the imagination is what shapes our intention, our perspective and our sets of possibility.” She approaches the children’s classes differently. “Every workshop for kids starts with a story.” Often, a book with large, colorful illustrations will be used. The children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions are.
“I always explain to kids, from Day One, that the glory of theater is that there’s no black and white, right or wrong. It’s about exploring your imagination, and manifesting that into something that interests you. “They’re learning to work together, to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product. My emphasis is always on the process of creating. We include music, movement and voice. We include creative writing.”
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Above, kids work together on producing performances through imagination. Tubac Performance Studios offers classes for all ages. Above right, Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th.
Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the first group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience. “It was a lot of fun. I don’t think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise. I’m going to continue again when she starts the next class.” Voisard has taken many classes over the years. “I do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work. To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing ever.” Schlitz has hired a second instructor, Joshua Cicci of Tucson, a professional with a strong background in improvisation. “Most adults like improvisation. They don’t really know if they want to do a show, they just want to do something interesting,” she said.
Tubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitz’s company, and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company. “We’ll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs, plays.”
Schlitz’s own full-length play, “Sally’s Group” has had a professional reading in L.A. and “is now being pitched to some filmmakers,” she said.
“All of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute. The overview is a huge vision. I’m hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writer’s colony, music recording studios, and a center for the performing arts with theaters,” she said. Although Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September, Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston, an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the U.S. purchased what’s now Arizona from Mexico. Poston’s writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment. In the role of Poston, Kinsley will welcome visitors into the
small theater, which will be decorated as if it’s Poston’s home, and talk about Tubac as if it’s still 1854. Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec. 11 to Dec. 20.
The Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E. Frontage Road. The phone number is (520) 398-9156.
Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances? Schlitz is optimistic: “There will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them. I think every location brings its talented people.
“And I think talent comes out of people that didn’t even know it was there. My theory is that your imagination is your talent, and that the world is your canvas.”
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The Borederlands Photographer Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta
Nature’s Bounty: Borderlands still lifes
At this time of year, interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame.
Thanksgiving, as a harvest festival, is intimately connected with still lifes. The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of nature’s bounty are fertile subjects for you, the borderlands photographer. My wife Agnès, who is French, refers to my still life images as southwestern “natures mortes”. She composes still lifes from common objects, often raw food items, and has me photograph them, sometimes labeling them “bodegones”. The latter, a Spanish translation, seems most appropriate for the borderlands. A photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home, or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully. In this case, Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographer’s eye.
Describing “still life” as “inanimate” is the usual practice. Webster defines “inanimate” as lacking life, spirit, consciousness or the power of motion. But in the case of the still life image, spirit is very much in evidence. Lacking motion, the still life is often serene and contemplative, with an emotional or symbolic subtext. Truly, the few requirements of a still life are: a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical range.
Inside one’s home, it’s more of a studio operation: you make the picture rather than take the picture. While I like to call my nature photography pure, without alteration or adulteration, a studio procedure is limitlessly creative, allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements. Outdoors in nature, the purist’s dictum is not to touch or move the subject, but to position the lens to exploit an artful IMages:
optimum of the natural composition. Here, the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment. Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile: the outdoors light that catches the eye, highlighting or framing a collection of objects, is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly. Even so, don’t be too hasty. Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness. If you lose the shot, there’ll be others.
A single object will not pass the test, since composing of a group of objects, juxtaposed to exploit their shapes, textures, colors, and relative positions, and exploiting the available light, is the whole point of still lifes. Often overlooked by photographers is the scene’s background and surface. Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures, contrasts, and colors. In still life photography, positioning objects via propping can be demanding, since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety. Another critical need is the right surface. The surface
must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result; indeed it should augment.
A special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field. This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint. A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus. If you follow this rule, make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field: distance from subject, focal length of the lens, and aperture setting. Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes, but unless you have abundant light, tripods will produce the best technical result. For subjects, nothing beats food in its raw form. Commonly, colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme. Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate. Try vegetables – a cornucopia of corn cobs, peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes, textures and colors.
Borderlands nature, as usual, provides the best subjects: simple, found objects such as gourds, bones, and the pods of coral and mesquite beans. All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographer.
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.
Top, left: The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer, even inside the home. Here, the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection. Middle, left: The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom. Nature generally composed this still life. Bottom: The bounty of nature, either native to the borderlands or not, provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized. Top, right: All you need is a persimmon, a deer antler, and a few clouds to provide, in this case, a somewhat abstract still life. The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast. Middle, right: Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life. Here, two different angles of a plate with gourds, a bone, cholla spines, mesquite pods, and a pine cone. The setting sun, as always in photography, can dramatize a subject. At top, the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind, and below, the plate positioned to catch the last rays.
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THURS, NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn, owner of Tubac's Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health; Utilizing Chinese Medicine. Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artist's Palate Restaurant, 40 Avenida Goya, Tubac at 9am. Tickets are $10 call 398-3333. Limited seating. Admission includes a full sit down breakfast. Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained attubacbreakfastforum.wordpress.com/ THURS, NOV 19TH - HUDOST indie world music from NY. Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal. 4pm. $10adv/$13door. At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage, 29 Tubac Plaza. 520-398-2542. globalchangemusicmedia.org. FRI, NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish & Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori. 520-398-2397. FRI, NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD – 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERS’ JURIED EXHIBIT & LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road. 520398-2371.
FRI, NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER, Head Resident of Tucson’s Zen Desert Sangha, including meditation instruction, followed by tea. The event will take place at TBMC’s new meditation hall and library, located at 2247 E. Frontage Rd., Suite 2 in Tubac, at 7pm. Suggested donation is $8. For more info visit www. tubacmeditation.org or call 520-398-1108. SAT, NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERY'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm. 10 Plaza Road. 520-398-3943. SAT, NOV 21ST – MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J. HANCHETT, JR. “Crossing Arizona” and other books at TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coffee Beans, 19 Tubac Road – Mercado de Baca Plaza. 1 to 5pm. SAT, NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET. $8 per stall. Hot dogs & drinks. Call Arthuro 520-909-8818. SAT, NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa
Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 p.m. at the VFW Hall. Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served. The price for this event is $15 per person. Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available. For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131, the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors. Visit our web site at www. mingusproject.com and look for more upcoming events. FRI, NOV 27TH - Fish & Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori. 520-3982397. SAT, NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH. Art, Music & Food from 10am to 1pm. Featuring Live Entertainment by R. Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio. I-19 exit 48. For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit www. michaelajayme.com.
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Mule Deer
by Maggie Milinovitch
It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning. We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter. Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere, the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people. Just cows and various native fourlegged vegetarians. The three dogs are not leashed, but are well-behaved and have a job to do. They bark to let the cows know to step aside, we’re comin’ through. To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait, they will occasionally give chase.
On a recent cool, crisp morning, returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres. It’s rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs. I saw a deer – a female mule deer.
The doe saw us first and bolted to get out of our path. I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldn’t see, start barking and further alarm her. It almost worked. Then the doe’s companion vaulted through the air. A magnificent buck with a proud antler display, executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other. I gazed in wonder at the beauty. Then Peanut, a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex, saw him and started the alarm.
It’s hunting season. Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land. There is little sanctuary for deer out there. I felt awful having the deer flushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence. I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again. When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulate.
I have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country, but realized I didn’t know much about them. Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans. I once saw a deer, at a dead stand still, parallel to a five-foot fence, flex his legs, then clear that fence and trot away. At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking stride. In our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite different in their behavior and appearance. Mule deer do not run like other deer, when alarmed, they “stot.” A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time. This allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance, evade predators in rough terrain, achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances, see above the shrubs, or, if necessary, do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees.
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Mule deer have a black tip on their tail, white tails do not. They also have larger ears, giving them their common name. White tail antlers fork off a main branch; the muley’s are bifurcated – forked – with two equal length tines. The rack can reach a four-foot spread.
Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut, generally in November and December, and then are shed at the end of that time. The doe, after about 200 day’s gestation, generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year. The fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feed. Among their other special talents, they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts. Muleys, with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep, which they find with their keen sense of smell.
Deer are primarily browsers, but graze green grasses, berries, acorns and forbs. Like a cow they have multiple stomachs, one for storage until they have time to “chew their cud.” They generally stay close to a water source and forage.
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It’s just not easy being Bambi in the desert. Even so, these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature. I just wish they could read – I’d put up signs on my fence, “Deer Sanctuary – No Hunting Allowed.” I’ll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over.
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he Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration! The Refuge volunteer group, The Friends of Buenos Aires NWR, is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday, December 5. The Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fine breezes that inspired the name “Buenos Aires”. See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope, wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail. Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona. The Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters. Here you will usually find a visitor’s center with displays, a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips. But on December 5th, the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents. On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics. You will learn about reptiles, plants, birds, butterflies and more in talks, exhibits and demonstrations. Many of the events will be great for kids. Food and shopping will be available, too. There will be baked goodies and Arivaca coffee in the morning, and grilled food and salads in the afternoon. Local vendors will
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10:00 AM to 12:00 PM: Coffee, baked goodies 11:00: Welcome
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Paul Kinslow, a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist http://arboretum.ag.arizona.edu/ paulkinslow.html, has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day. The winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoon. Dessert, accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band, Filo del Mundo. The day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting. If you are not a member of the Friends, the Fair will be a
great time to learn about the organization. We love to welcome new members.
The Refuge is located near Sasabe, Arizona. From Tubac, take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48). Then drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286. Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance road. For more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at http:// friendsofbanwr.org. You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwr@gmail.com.
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The Importance of Being Nowhere by Charles Bowden
The day felt like rain and smelled like rain. The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm, the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas, equal steps, to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land. It was 1957, and I was your basic 12-year-old, out of the Southside of Chicago, riding in the back seat of a '55 Chevy down the Ruby Road, that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak. I looked
out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks, the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout, and was struck dumb by the ground, that moment they now call imprinting, where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed. I remember imagining living down there, a sane thought for a kid who'd spent most of his life in an apartment. And that was it, no bolt of lightning from the heavens, no roll of celestial drums, no voice thundering a revelation.
Since then, I have, like most of my fellow citizens, wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life, but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me, riding the El in a Chicago rush hour, commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast. I can still feel the light, taste the air, and smell the soil of that day. The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees, the scrubby oaks dotting hills, the trees glow with an eerie green.
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Valley and Scottsdale. This oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers. It is, God be praised, too nondescript for the global scenery consumers.
I keep coming back to it, and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies, destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin. And so far I've always been wrong. In part, I think what has spared it is the lack of water. Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs. The other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico, always nearby, and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences. And finally, what has saved this place are the inhabitants, a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republic's malls and economists. For 40 years this tract has been the playing field of my fantasy life, the place where
there is space, silence, and hills no one has yet broken to a name. And within its core, say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado, is a kind of Bermuda Triangle, where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace. Naturally, this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure. I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s, in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe, a vicious threat that would stop anyone's heart. I like the light, the white light bouncing off the burned grass in June, the soft light touching the face in December. And I like the big events that never make the papers. I remember once in October watching fifty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash, a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a fling before they mated and bonded for life, and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks. I've killed a lot of time in this border forest, finished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chilton's ranch, wrote another book or
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NO HISTORY. That sounds about fine to me. It's not that nothing happens, it is that what happens is not news. If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake, you'll find huge cedar stumps, stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen. And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century. If you look at early photographs of Ruby, the hills are all but empty of oak, the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine. So things do happen, if you watch for them. The places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with. That's where the life is. That's why we should feel lucky. What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last. We can count on it, even if most other people can't even notice that it exists. God, in his infinite wisdom, has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacrifice areas. Out here in nowhere, we are lucky. Nothing happens. Progress seems nil. We have a future.
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What is hope? I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish. She came adventure of out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise. making art. She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve. Our waitress was It is the idea also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and of something satisfaction very seriously. She called my husband Miss and then giggled better coming. as she corrected herself. I laughed right along with her. She patted me something in friendship and gave me a wink as I left. The little visit there turned out beyond what I to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite, only more so. thought possible. What is hope? I see it resting on However, the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called The Melon Patch where I ate Ann’s Buttermilk Pie. The restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another.
my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art. It is the idea of something better coming. Something beyond what I thought possible.
It’s only reality rests in the abstract. It’s not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence. Hope is placed at altars all over the world. It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death. I met a man in Van Horn, Texas, who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coffee. He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the first day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didn’t eat breakfast, she never made another. We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again. And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself. But, he added, if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again. I thought, this goes
way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage. It’s testimony of a real relationship. The Bible says, “Hope is the anchor of the soul.” I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it. But, now, I am not sure I want my soul or anyone else’s tethered or anchored. I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives, a nefarious upside down smile, a light hard to nail down, even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do, as we change our perspectives, as the sun finds its way before or after the rain.
Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes. It rises with the first shoots in a garden. It sparkles in the face of first love. It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosque’s muezzin. It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again. It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season. It is in the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable. And, although it is hard to find in the dark, it survives even the worst of life’s suffering. I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award, in recognizing that attitudes change the world; that a leader’s hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future. Peace, like a river, rarely, if ever, flows, but we all want to believe that it can. We hope it can. Yes, hope propels us forward, gives us vision, and a quest. It has a childlike quality that keeps us going. Like Little Toot, the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying, I think I can, I think I can, I think I can, until he reached his destination and sang, I thought I could, I thought I could, all the way down the other side.
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We went to K.C. Missouri to see my two month old first 'great' grandchild, oh my, what a beautiful baby boy, my granddaughter and proud husband doing well! Then to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful, simple ceremony, my other two sons and wives, granddaughter #3 and grandson #1 also, lovely friends and guess what? It was all free! The marvelous scenery, the unforgettable moments with family and friends, the love, one for another, FREE! Then to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again... The moon belongs to everyone, The best things in life are free,
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Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers A local group of parents, grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park. After a summer of meeting and planning, architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park. The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees, adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading. The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail. Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement. The group envisions that the project be communitybuilt and volunteer-driven. Mr. Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition.
The group's next meeting is scheduled for 5:30 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend. If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help, or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacpark@yahoo.com. Additionally, you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubac.com and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions. Finally, the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations. The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community. The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains. The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use.
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The Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will offer area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen – Zen Buddhism – November 20th at 7 PM. Susan Weimer, Head Resident of Tucson’s Zen Desert Sangha, will present “An Introduction to Zen Buddhism” including meditation instruction, followed by tea. The event will take place at TBMC’s new meditation hall and library, located at 2247 E. Frontage Rd., Suite 2 in Tubac. Suggested donation is $8, but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay. The November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows October’s Open House to celebrate the Center’s move to its new, larger location. After Dr. Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members, everyone in the xTBMC’s growth. The response was greater than expected, and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success.
TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country, and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions (Theravadan, Zen, and Tibetan). In late December, the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche, a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors. In fact, he started an organization called “The Compassion Project” after moving to the United States. This will be Phagyab Rinpoche’s second visit to the Center.
The mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition, open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike. Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons, and Sunday morning, and introductory meditation instruction is offered on Tuesday at 5 PM. Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and December’s Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche, as well as the Center’s regular meditation schedule and services, can be found at www. tubacmeditation.org or by calling 3981108. The center is a 501c(3) nonprofit corporation.
Eloise Meyer "Sandy" Johnson, 83, passed away on July 11, 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant fight with cancer.
Mrs. Johnson was born on May 4, 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood, New Jersey. She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947. While at the University of Ill., Mrs. Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years. She married Peter H. Johnson,, Sr. in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge, Ill. until 1966. Peter Johnson, Sr. was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur.The Johnson's had two sons: Michael W. (1952-2006) and Peter,Jr. (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian. Peter, Jr. is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason. The Johnson family moved to Phoenix, Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years. Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s. The Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s. Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer. Peter, Sr. died unexpectedly in 1997. Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003, but still remained active in the Historical Society. Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady. She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays, the symphony, and opera. She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe. Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley. Eloise "Sandy" Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne), daughter-in-law, Suzanne Johnson, grandson David Johnson, ganddaughter ,Katie Johnson, brother, William S. Meyer, nephew, Robert Saul (Pam), niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott), and her loyal poodle of 13 years, Maggie Jo. A memorial service for Mrs. Johnson will be held on Sat., Nov. 7th at 1:00 p.m. at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 2:30 at the Rex Ranch in Amado. Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618@cableone.net or call 928-241-8620. Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society, P.O. Box 3261, Tubac, Az. 85646
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