Tubac Villager November 2011

November

2011

Burros events around tuBac santa cruZ county update

Vol. VII

ariZona's w ild turkeys

the art of naming

charlie meaker 30 years in tuBac

Borderlands photographer

anZa day 2011

tuBac shots

No.1

and much more...

C e l e br at ing t he A rt of L i v ing in S o u t he r n A r i zon a

"Let us show you the quality and distinctive beauty of Tubac"

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE...

TO BE LIVING IN TUBAC 2319 Belderrain

24 De Prado

(new on market)

Bill Mack, owner Tubac Real Estate

11Circulo Nomada Office: 520.398.2945 Fax: 520.398.3184

Custom built mud adobe and energy efficient.

This lovely home in the Country Club Estates features beamed ceiling, mesquite doors, 2 fireplaces and a pool. $575,000 Circulo de Anza

This lovely Mediterranean home is casual elegance as you have come to know it in Tubac.

A true value at $319,000 1 Calle Marquez

www.Tubacrealestate.com BillMack@TubacRealEstate.com

(new on market) One acre corner lot in the Tubac Valley Country Club Estates- great views. $75,000 2298 Calle De Anza

This 2 bdrm home plus casita boasts great mountain views AND green construction. Beautiful patios for entertaining-all on an acre. $589,000 Sierra Vista Ln.

Clee Johnston, Realtor Tubac Real Estate

11Circulo Nomada Office: 520.398.2263 Fax: 520.398.3184

www.Tubacrealestate.com Clee@TubacRealEstate.com

A "resort within a resort". Beautiful home with guest quarter, pool, spa, mountain views, over sized garage with workroom. $950,000

360o views and eleven dividable acres, electric and well. $230,000

Remember, it doesn’t cost any more to work with the best.

(But it can cost you plenty if you don’t.)

Call us at 520-398-2945 w w w.TubacRealEstate.com

November 2011 Floating stone inn & aqua spa 398-3193

La Paloma de tubac 398-9231

Tubac Community Center: follow Calle Igelsia around the bend, or from the East Frontage Road, take Bridge Road to the end.

November 2011 Villager Supporters Map art rendering by Roberta Rogers.

Work in progress.

This map is provided as a courtesy and is limited to the paying advertisers of the October 2011 issue of the Tubac Villager.

Unmarked structures may be open businesses.

Call 398-3980 for corrections or to be included.

Graham bell Gallery 398-9111 casa Maya de Mexico 398-9373 De anza restaurante & cantina 398-0300 Quilts, LtD 398-9001

"surrounded" 17" x 11" oil on canvas

Janes attic 398-9301 soulistic Medical institute 520-398-3970 Galleria tubac 398-9088

schatze 398-9855

old Presidio traders 398-9333

roberta rogers studios 979-4122

Lily's of tubac 398-1319

Florabundance 520-248-5039 red Door Gallery 398-3943

shelby's bistro 398-8075 evolution Dance studio 719-237-7364 tubac ranch 398-8381

rogoway Gallery 398-2041

by BarBara hill You can find this and more of Barbara Hill's artwork at the karin newBy gallery Located at 15 Tubac Road www.newbygallery.com Contents -

4 -Burros 6 - events around tuBac 8 - county update 10 - ariZona's wild turkeys

tubac territory 398-2913 tumacookery 398-9497 casa Maya de Mexico 398-3933

tubac Deli 398-3330 zforrest 398-9009

On the Cover:

casa Fina Koorey creations 398-8620 398-8360 tubac center of the arts 398-2371

beads of tubac 398-2070

Plaza de anza 398-8700 Karin Newby Gallery 398-9662

Tumacacori National Historical Park (520) 398-2341 Santa Cruz Chili Company (520) 398-2591

aLL saiNts aNGLicaN church (520) 777-6601

JacobsoN custoM hoMes (520) 975-8469

reaLty executives charLie MeaKer (520) 237-2414

tubac reaL estate biLL MacK (520) 398-2945

aMaDo steaKhouse 398-2651

exPressive art stuDio WWW.EXPRESSIVEARTSTUDIO.COM

burr exterMiNatiNG 520-628-1951

La roca eL baLcÓN bar & restauraNt in Nogales, Sonora (520) 313-6313

scott PottiNGer buiLDer (520) 398-9959

uNiteD coMMuNity heaLth ceNter (520) 407-5510, opt.1

FoWLer cLeaNers (520) 270-4105

LoNG reaLty cha cha DoNau (520) 591-4982

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20 - Borderlands photographer 24 - tuBac shots 25 - la f iesta de tumacácori info 26 - remnants from ruthie

advertisers outside the tubac village

Fiesta tours 398-9705

14 - anZa day 2011 18 -the art of naming

Take the Frontage Road south to Wisdom's Café, (520) 398-2397

Head further north to the Tubac Golf Resort & Spa (520) 398-2211 Realty Executives, Charlie Meaker (520) 237-2414

13 - Banwr grasslands info 16 - charlie meaker

brasher real estate 398-2506

Take the Frontage Rd north to Tubac Art Exchange (520) 237-5439 Village Councling 520-820-1678 Tubac Villager (520) 398-3980.

12 - arivaca f irst saturdays

November 2011 Circulation: 10,000 The Villager is made available in racks and at businesses throughout the Santa Cruz Valley, and thousands of copies are distributed by Certified Folder Display to hundreds of locations and hotel managers and concierges in Phoenix and Tucson.

The Villager is also available at public libraries in Arivaca, Green Valley, Nogales, Rio Rico and numerous Tucson Libraries.

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Burros, smart and curious, entertain their owners Article by Kathleen Vandervoet, photographs by Scott Bell

Three adorable burros live happily on the north Nogales-area ranch of Tom and Charlotte Bell who operate the Graham Bell Gallery in Tubac.

“I love the burros, they’re wonderful companions. They’re entertaining and so much fun,” said Charlotte, the prime caretaker. She feeds them and visits with them daily when she’s not

traveling with Tom. “They’re very happy.

They have 40 acres to roam on.”

Charlotte admires burros because “they’re very smart.” A notable characteristic is that they’re very curious and watch what is going on around them at all times. “Their ears are up and they’re tuning into everything.”

Charlotte became a burro owner in November 2003 when she adopted two Tubac burros, Andrew and Louie, who lived at the Burro Inn, a Tubac restaurant operated by Pete Goshia.

When Goshia closed the restaurant, his health was declining. He invited the Tubac Rotary Club to auction the burros to raise money for scholarships.

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Tom got a phone call the evening of the auction telling him, “Well, congratulations, you got ‘em.” Knowing nothing about Charlotte’s $800 bid, given to a friend to be placed by proxy, Tom replied, “Got what?”

More excitement ensued. The brand on the neck of one of the two burros, Louie (a female), was a freeze brand,

E HAVE BEEN IMPORTING FOLK ART FROM THE CRAFT CENTERS OF LATIN AMERICA FOR 35 YEARS. WE WORK WITH HUNDREDS OF ARTISANS, IN VILLAGES FROM MEXICO TO ARGENTINA. THE QUALITY OF ART WE DISPLAY IS A RESULT OF DECADES OF TREATING ARTISANS FAIRLY, NOT A VISIT TO THE GIFT SHOW. SEE FOR YOURSELF, AND EXPERIENCE ONE OF THE BEST LATIN AMERICAN FOLK ART COLLECTIONS ANYWHERE. WE EXCLUSIVELY OFFER OVER 100 ITEMS OF HAND PAINTED DINNERWARE IN 18 DESIGNS SHOWN IN THE PHOTOS. IT IS LEAD FREE, DISHWASHER SAFE, OVENPROOF, AND MICROWAVE SAFE. OUTSIDE YOU WILL SEE THOUSANDS OF POTS RANGING FROM UTILITARIAN TERRA-COTTA PLANTERS TO TRADITIONAL TALAVERA. HIDDEN INSIDE ARE DISPLAYS OF SANTOS, PERUVIAN CERAMICS FROM PISAC, CHULUCANAS, QUINUA, AND THE SHIPIBO. MATA ORTIZ POTTERY. COLORFUL CLOTHING AND TEXTILES FROM ECUADOR, MEXICO, GUATEMALA, PERU, AND ARGENTINA. SILVER FROM TAXCO AND CUZCO. OAXACAN FOLK ART, PERUVIAN RETABLOS, MILAGROS, AND OTHER TREASURES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION.

5 and that was an innovation Tom had worked on developing 35 years earlier. The freeze brand allowed them to learn Louie’s age and that she had been captured from a Nevada range in 1984.

Tom, a retired doctor of veterinary medicine and Michigan State University professor of pathology, transported the burros with Charlotte’s help to the ZZ Cattle Corp. Ranch south of Ruby Road, owned by Tom and his brother, George. There, the burros were turned out in lush pasture to roam at will.

Andrew could only breathe out of one side of his nose and had respiratory difficulty and he died about four years ago. The Bells said he wasn’t freeze branded so they couldn’t learn his history.

Meanwhile, Louie continues to thrive at approximately age 30. Soon after Andrew died, Charlotte went to a Bureau of Land Management auction and adopted a wild burro, Scruff, and her newborn burro son, Donkey. Scruff has a freeze brand.

Tom enjoys talking about the freeze brand, which is unalterable. He said, “It’s painless for the animals. It’s not a hot brand and is applied using alcohol and dry ice, which are readily available, or through liquid nitrogen.” Hair grows back over the brand, but the brand is easy to see when the hair is shaved off.

Tom was an employee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture while a veterinary student at Washington State University. He worked with his mentor, R. Keith Farrell, a professor who first discovered that white hair grew from frozen skin, and they developed the methods adopted by the USDA for individually identifying donkeys, mustangs and blue bloods.

The freeze brand uses an angle system which makes use of a metal right angle marking in various rotations when applying a freeze brand. The wide variety of positions, corresponding to numerals, allows for more information than using Arabic numbers.

Burros seem indestructible

Charlotte has a lot of fun, especially with the youngest burro. “When he was about five months old, I started putting a dog pack on him.

We’ve hooked him up to a cart and he pulls it,” she said. The Bells have seven grandchildren, all of whom love playing with the three burros.

The burros “seem like they’re indestructible. They’re unshod, and they don’t need to be shod, because their feet are so adaptable,” Tom said.

Burros are a theme at the Graham Bell Gallery in Tubac, open seven days a week. The shop features professional photos by the Bell’s son, Scott Bell, along with photos by acclaimed Western photographer Louise Sherpa.

Many of the photos are of horses or burros, exciting rodeo action and of working cowboys. There are Westernstyle shirts, books, hats, belts, leather purses, boots, pillows, glass cutting boards, Tibetan memorabilia, a children’s clothing corner and much more.

Shoppers react positively to the photos. “We get a lot of burro stories from people who have raised them,” Charlotte said. But they don’t bring the burros to the gallery because “they’re not easily loaded on the trailer – they’re too smart,” Tom said.

“The burros are my little buddies.

You know how stressful life can be, and I go down there (to the ranch) and spend a couple hours shoveling manure and just being around them, and it’s a calming effect,” Charlotte said.

The Bells bought the gallery property in 1998. It includes a now-renovated home where Will Rogers Jr. lived for many years until his 1993 death. The charming gallery was a storage area that has since been remodeled and enlarged.

There are two entrances to the gallery and its large, tree-shaded courtyard with mountain views. One entrance is from the Tubac Plaza north of The Country Shop, and another is by using the stairs from Plaza Road. For information, call (520) 398-9111. �

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FriDays Jazz & bLues at the Amado Territory Steakhouse at 5:30pm. Featuring becKy reyes with scott MuhLeMaN. 520-398-2651. Exit 48 I-19. “cavaLcaDe oF history” art exhibit at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. The Alan B. Davis Gallery exhibits 16 paintings from the Arizona Highways “Cavalcade of History” collection. The canvas giclées of paintings by renowned Western artist William Ahrendt depict scenes from Arizona’s colorful history. Exhibit included in park admission $4 adult, $2 youth (7–13), children free.1 Burruel Street in Tubac. Open daily 9am-5pm. Call 520-3982252 or visit www.tubacpresidiopark.com.

PataGoNia LaKe state ParK activities - saturDays at 9am Nature Walks -meet at the Birding Kiosk at the east end of campground. Saturdays at 2pm Junior Rangers for children 6 to 12 at the Visitor Center.

MoNDays at 9am Bird Walks at Birding Kiosk at east end of Campground. Saturday evening programs at the Visitor Center at 7pm. A variety of speakers and topics will be presented. Activities are free; however Day Use or Camping Fees must be paid to visit the State Park. $10 per car. For more information call the Visitor Center 520287-2791 weekends, or 520-287-6965 weekdays.The Visitor Center is open from 8am until 4:30pm.

NoW thru Nov, 13th - WorKiNG With PaPer & the stuDio exhibitioN - Innovative works with paper selected by juror Jim Waid. Included in Working with Paper is "3000 Souls", a special group installation by the Contemporary Artists of Southern Arizona. 3,000 hand painted flags cascading down like streams of tears represent over three thousand lives lost on September 11,2001 in New York City, in Washington D.C and in a open field in Pennsylvania. For more information contact Tubac Center of the Arts at 520-398-2371 or visit www. tubacarts.org.

NoW thru Nov 23rD - 20% oFF FaLL FoLiaGe at Florabundance, 10 Plaza Rd. 520-248-5039.

NoW thru JaN 7th - throuGh the eyes oF the eaGLe: iLLustratiNG heaLthy LiviNG This family‐friendly exhibition, inspired by a children’s book series of the same name, raises awareness about type 2 diabetes prevention from a Native American perspective. History, culture and health are explored through objects, photographs, artwork, storytelling, and video. Hands‐on activities encourage healthy living. Arizona State Museum is located on the University of Arizona campus, just inside the Main Gate at Park Avenue and University Boulevard in Tucson. More information on the exhibit and on free public programs celebrating it at www. statemuseum.arizona.edu.

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Fri, sat & suN, Nov 4th - 6th - artist recePtioN at the reD Door GaLLery from 1 to 4pm.

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Fri, sat & suN, Nov 4th - 6th - DeMoNstratioNs by NavaJo siLversMiths MoNroe & LiLLie ashLey at the Old Presidio Traders, 27 Tubac Rd. 520-398-9333. sat & suN, Nov 5th & 6th - artWaLK, a weekend celebration of art and the creative process, gives visitors the chance to meet the artists of Tubac inside the village’s galleries and artist studios. Watercolor, oil painting, sculpture, pottery, metal smithing, jewelry and leather crafts are among the arts to be demonstrated. Special exhibits and artist receptions will be hosted by our many fine art galleries. Sponsored by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce. ArtWalk hours are 10am to 5pm daily. Admission is free. Exit 34 on I-19. For more information, please contact the Chamber of Commerce at 520-398-2704 or visit www.tubacaz.com. sat, Nov 5th - tubac ceNter oF the arts' aNNuaL GoLF tourNaMeNt at Torres Blancas, Green Valley.

520-398-2371. sat, Nov 5th - reaL PeoPLe, reaL coMMuNicatioN. Come to a one-day retreat with inspirational speaker Terry Hershey. Each of us desires relationships that are healthy—with trust, compassion, laughter, honesty and touch.

And each of us moves away from the very things we desire. Here’s the deal: Intimacy has little to do with the other person. Intimacy begins with me. What does it mean to be real, honest and authentic? What does it mean to practice real communication? Why are we afraid to be real? Terry teaches us–with very practical tools–about a life with real and open communication…built on a foundation of kindness, appreciation, sensitivity, and awareness. To register call 1-800-524-5370 or go to Terry’s website at: www.terryhershey.com. $49, includes lunch. At the Floating Stone Inn & Aqua Spa, 9am-4pm. sat, Nov 5th - southWest Fiber arts FestivaL. The Southwest Fiber Arts Guild will host their annual festival at the Tubac Presidio during Tubac’s Fall ArtWalk from 10am-3:30pm. Featuring premier fiber artists and purveyors, “Make & Take” mini-classes, and fiber demonstrations. Meet the sheep, goats, llamas and alpacas that produce the fiber for the artists. Admission $4 adult, $2 youth (7–13), children free. Tubac Presidio State Historic Park is run by the Tubac Historical Society at 1 Burruel Street in Tubac. Call 520-398-2252 or visit www.tubacpresidiopark.org. sat, Nov 5th - arivaca's MesQuite FaLL FestivaL at the Arivaca Community Center from 10am - 4pm.

Buffet, Native Foods, Local Foods, Craft Booths, Music and more. For info, call 520-398-3010. sat, Nov 5th - ceLList boris aNDriaNov will present a Master cLass at 3 PM in the Leo Rich Theater at the Tucson Convention Center. Open to the public, free of charge. Contact the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music at 577-3769, or visit our web site at arizonachambermusic.org to purchase tickets and learn more about commissioning and other AFCM programs. sat, Nov 5th - Celebrate Tubac's ArtWalk at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori with Live Music by biLL MaNzaNeDo from 5-8pm. 520-398-2397. suN, Nov 6th - FroNtier PriNtiNG Press DeMoNstratioNs from noon-4pm at the Tubac Presidio.

Professional printer and teacher James Pagels demonstrates the 1858 Washington Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper and answers questions about hand press printing, type setting, and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering. Admission $4 adult, $2 youth (7–13), children free. 398-2252.

suN, Nov 6th - ceLList boris aNDriaNov will perform with PiaNist aLexaNDer KobriN at 3 PM in the Leo Rich Theater at the Tucson Convention Center. General admission tickets are $25. Student $10. Reception immediately following the concert in the theater’s lobby. Contact the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music at 577-3769, or visit our web site at arizonachambermusic.org to purchase tickets and learn more about commissioning and other AFCM programs. tues & WeD, Nov 8th & 9th - broaDWay shoWstoPPers ii at 7:00 pm. Community Performing Arts Center Foundation & FOMC Annual Fundraiser. Top area thespians perform smash hits from 6 major Broadway shows, including “Show Boat”, “Chicago”, and “The Sound of Music”, plus individual showstoppers such as “My Heart Belongs to Daddy” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone”. Tickets $15.

For more information, contact the CPAC at 399-1750.

1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley visit www. performingartscenter.org.

WeD, Nov 9th - sLoW-sMoKeD bbQ ribs special all day long at Wisdom's Cafe, call to reserve yours 520-398-2397. thurs, Nov 10th - FrieNDs oF the FLoatiNG stoNe. Any one wishing to help the Floating Stone grow and expand, offer programs, donate time, learn how to contribute in exchange for spa privileges are welcome to attend a brainstorming meeting from 4pm to 6pm. Floating Stone Inn & Aqua Spa. thurs, Nov 10th - GuiDeD MooNLiGht hiKe to watch the full moon rise above Overlook Hill in Sonoita Creek State Natural Area of the Patagonia Lake State park. The walk begins before the sun sets so that hikers will be at the top of the hill to watch the moon rise at 5:23 p.m. Meet at the Visitor Center at 4:30; we will car pool to the Trailhead. Wear sturdy shoes; bring water, a flashlight and perhaps a walking stick. The trail is moderately easy with a 350 ft. elevation gain. The hike is free; however Day Use or Camping Fees must be paid to participate. Day Use fees are $10 per car with up to 4 people. For more information call the Visitor Center 520287-2791 on weekends or the Entrance Station 520-287-6965 during the week. thurs, Nov 10th - Poetry NiGht at the Tubac Golf Resort & Spa under the ‘Poet Tree’ at 6:45pm. Share a poem, excerpt, song or favorite reading. Poetry may be self written or taken from your favorite author. If you would prefer to remain anonymous, just hang your poem from our “Poet Tree” and it may be read by someone else. Participation is free. Come enjoy a beautiful evening, live acoustic music, good wine and great poetry. Wine is sold by the glass or bottle. For more information, email kristinav@tubacgolfresort.com or phone 520-3983545.

thurs, Nov 10th - the hoPi PeoPLe 7 PreseNtatioN by author caroLyN o’baGy Davis at the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7 PM, at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac. Her topic will be “Hopi Summer and the Hopi People.” Free and open to the public. This presentation portrays the lives of the Hopi people during the 1920s and 1930s before the tremendous changes brought about by the U.S. government, anthropologists, and tourists to Hopi communities on the three mesas. Carolyn O’Bagy Davis is the author of 10 southwestern nonfiction books including The Hopi People, Hopi Quilting, Kayenta and Monument Valley, Mogollon Mountain Man, and her most recent book, The Fourth Wife: Polygamy, Love, and Revolution. For more information about the Santa Cruz Valley AAS Chapter and its activities, call Alan Sorkowitz at 520-207-7151 or email asorko@cox.net.

Also visit he Arizona Archaeological Society web site, at www.AzArchSoc.org.

Fri, Nov 11th - The world’s premier Native American FLutist, r. carLos NaKai, and yaQui cLassicaL Guitarist and Artist of the Year at the 2011 Native American Music Awards, GabrieL ayaLa, are putting on a benefit concert for Tucson’s homegrown conservation group, Sky Island Alliance. Reception begins at 6:30, concert to follow. At Grace St. Paul Episcopal Church 2331 E. Adams St., Tucson (near the Arizona Inn)$65/ticket including catered opening reception. Tickets can be purchased online www.SkyIslandAlliance.org or by calling Keri at 520.624.7080.

Fri, Nov 11th - oLDies but GooDies revue Desert Doo WoP at 7pm. Remember that old familiar street-corner music from the 50’s and 60’s? Along with the familiar oldies, they also have some original material. Look forward to a trip down memory lane. $1 of each ticket will be donated to The Animal League of Green Valley, $1 to the US War Dog Association and $1 to the Green Valley Food Bank. Tickets: $15 in advance; $18 at the door, For more information contact the Community Performing Arts Center Foundation, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley 520-399-1750 or visit www.performingartscenter.org.

Fri, Nov 11th - Live Music by aMber NorGaarD at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori from 5-8pm with our Famous Fish & Chips specials all day. 520-398-2397.

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county supervisor districts changing

Tubac, Tumacácori and Amado have been represented by Santa Cruz County Supervisor District 3 for many years. That could change soon. In proposed maps, Tubac and neighboring communities could be split along Interstate 19 with those on the east side in District 3 and those on the west side in District 2.

People who want to provide their opinion can participate in a Nov. 16 study session in Nogales to give comments to the supervisors before a final vote is taken.

Every 10 years, in the year following a national census, Arizona county supervisor district boundaries are reconsidered. The Board of Supervisors is due to vote at its Nov. 23 or Nov. 30 meeting to adopt new district boundaries so that each of the three districts has nearly equal population.

A community meeting was held in Tubac on Nov. 2 to show five proposed maps for district boundaries.

In addition to the proposals to split Tubac, there are other proposed maps in which all of Tubac, Tumacácori and Amado would remain in District 3.

Melinda Meek, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, said the most recent population total available for

Santa Cruz County is 47,420. Of that, District 1 has 13,069; District 2 has 14,812; and District 3 has 19,539. She said the ideal district population they will work towards is 15,807.

County, the City of Nogales, and the Town of Patagonia.

The draft maps can be viewed at www.co.santa-cruz. az.us/redistricting/index.htm For information, call Meek at (520) 375-7812.

The county flood control district hosted a public open house in Tubac on Oct. 27 to provide the public the opportunity to see the new maps before they become effective.

The Nov. 16 study and comment session and will be at 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Cruz County Complex, 2150 N. Congress Dr., Room 120, Nogales.

how does flood map affect the area?

New county flood maps take effect Dec. 2. Some properties that didn’t required flood insurance in the past may require it now if a mortgage is to be approved.

Tubac is west of the Santa Cruz River but is subject to some flood danger. As well, two major arroyos or washes drain rainwater from east to west or from west to east, and those arroyos put residences along them in some danger.

The Santa Cruz County Flood Control District has been working since 2006 to update the Flood Insurance Rate Maps (FIRMs) for Santa Cruz

After the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a letter of final determination in June, the new Digital Flood Insurance Rate Maps (DFIRMs) for all of Santa Cruz County will become effective on Dec. 2, 2011.

Many people received a post card in the mail informing them that the property they own will now be in the flood plain and about 50 people came to the open house to talk with a representative of the flood district.

The maps can be viewed online at www.co.santacruz.az.us/flood/DFIRMS/dfirms.html. For information, contact John Hays, floodplain coordinator, in Nogales at (520) 375-7830 or by email at jhays@co.santa-cruz.az.us.

restaurant still hopes for off-track Betting

Restaurant manager Marcos Cazares at De Anza

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Santa Cruz County Update continued... restaurant and cantina on Camino Otero in Tubac has not dropped his goal of adding off-track betting to the business.

He originally made the request of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors at a Sept. 14 meeting.

He said the betting would be operated by Tom Taylor of Tucson Greyhound Park.

At that time, the supervisors asked him to talk with community residents and the Tubac Chamber of Commerce. Cazares said on Oct. 27 in an interview that he has started to do that.

At the September county meeting, Cazares explained that the board of the Arizona Racing Commission has final say in authorizing the betting operation, but that approval from the local municipal government is required first.

He told the supervisors he wanted to bring in off-track betting to increase the sale of food and beverages at the restaurant. He said the restaurant “would receive no revenue” from the betting. Five Tubac residents spoke during the Sept. 14 meeting to say they opposed the proposal.

Cazares said last month that he is “trying to do some education on what off-track betting is. We still want to go through with it.”

He plans to continue to talk with individuals and “put together a fact sheet of some sort.”

He will need to return to the board of supervisors and talk about the issue during a regular meeting but said, “I don’t want to rush into it.”

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A $20 million permanent Border Patrol checkpoint on northbound Interstate 19 between Tubac and Amado remains in the planning stages.

In an interview in July 2010, Tucson Sector Border Patrol spokesman Omar Candelaria said design work was about 30 percent complete when, at the direction of Congress, the agency put the project on hold in order to provide specifics on the effectiveness of the interim checkpoint.

Leslie Lawson, Nogales Border Patrol Agent in Charge since July, said on Oct. 17 at a Tubac meeting that she’s waiting for an update. She promised she or someone would return to Tubac for the Nov. 14 meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council and give attendees the agency’s latest news is.

Lawson said the permanent checkpoint is still part of the agency’s plans but funding is not in this year’s budget. A three-lane interim checkpoint was opened by the Border Patrol on I-19 in March 2010.

Lawson told those at the council meeting that the Border Patrol presence “is a presence I feel we need to continue to talk about, whether we have perceived problems or issues. I want to discuss the Border Patrol with you on a regular basis.

“We continually are asked about our presence here and what our plans are. I know that in the past when Tucson Sector was receiving the scrutiny

it was because of all the illegal entrants we were apprehending. The checkpoint is a very major part of our strategy in Arizona. All of our checkpoints are,” she said.

The agency gets many questions about the dogs and how they act around vehicles. She said many people think the dogs are trained with food but “they are not. They are trained with a special toy they only get then. They think they are looking for the toy. The toy just happens to smell like drugs, or like a hidden human they can’t see. Their noses are so sensitive, that if they can smell three different people but only see two of them, they will alert,” she said.

appointment of new county manager

As of press time, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors had not settled on the appointment of Santa Cruz County Manager. The topic was on the agenda of their meetings held Oct. 12, 19 and 26 but they only discussed it during closed-door executive sessions.

The two finalists were Carlos Rivera, current interim county manager, and Stephen J. Pauken. They were interviewed on Sept. 26 by the three supervisors during closed-door executive sessions.

(Reach the writer with questions or comments at kathleenvan@msn.com)

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As Autumn progresses inexorably towards Winter many turn their thoughts to Turkeys. Savoring a warm Thanksgiving or holiday meal centered around a big bird cooked to perfection is certainly a tradition in many households in the U.S. and beyond. But how is it that a gangly, bald-headed bird managed to take center stage in a land full of other wildlife and how are the wild versions now faring in the Sky Islands of Southern Arizona?

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by Vincent Pinto

Turkeys command in the American imagination, as well as stomachs, we have to travel back to the ancient Southwest. There (actually here!) around 1100 AD, evidence suggests that Turkeys were imported from Mexico and perhaps re-domesticated ca. 300 AD A very innovative and enterprising person or people reckoned that a relatively slowflying and rotund bird might better serve their caloric and ceremonial needs as a domesticated animal. Thus, the vagaries of hunting Wild Turkeys were, perhaps, somewhat dispensed with among

some cultural groups and the rest is the stuff(ing) of culinary legend! To this day this New World addition to animal husbandry helps keep the limelight upon their unbridled kin in a fashion that very few other birds enjoy.

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Famously, no less than Ben Franklin lobbied to make the Wild Turkey our national symbol. This would have been more fitting perhaps than the Bald Eagle, as it has close relatives in other parts of the world.

Wild Turkeys now occupy more areas than when Columbus landed, as they've been introduced into new, previously unoccupied areas of the U.S., particularly in the northern states. Over this vast range they utilize a diversity of habitats, including Eastern Deciduous Forest, the edges of Grasslands, Chaparral, Riparian Forests, and Coniferous Forest.

In Arizona they range throughout much of the nondesert regions of the state, particularly thriving in mountainous areas that afford a range of habitats.

I was witness to this broad use of habitats when I was a Wild Turkey Researcher for New Mexico State University back in 1987. At that time I was conscripted to detail the habitat use, population numbers, and human impacts upon the Gould's subspecies of Wild Turkey that had a precarious foothold in the Peloncillo Mountains straddling Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico. My research confirmed the importance of large roosting trees, such as Apache Pine, and the key role of riparian areas in their ecology. After an intense summer of chronicling the habitat use and distribution of wild turkeys, I came to the conclusion that the entire Southern Peloncillo Mountains contained approximately 50 birds - a very low number indeed!

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I arrived at this number using only “hands-off ” research techniques, such as track and scat surveys, roost surveys, and Gobbler counts via voice prints unique to each male.

Gould's Turkey is the largest subspecies and the likely progenitor of our barnyard birds.

Within the past decade it has been reintroduced throughout a number of Sky Islands mountain ranges, including the Chiricahuas, Huachucas, Santa Catalinas, Pinalenos, and our own Santa Ritas. 38 Gould's Turkeys were released in 2006 - an effort made possible with the help of the National Turkey Federation and Arizona Game and Fish, as well as the U.S. Forest Service and the Mexican Government, which supplied wild birds for relocation. The Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico continue to be a stronghold of the Gould's subspecies.

(Editor's note - Since 2007, AGFD has introduced more than 100 Gould's turkeys into the Santa Rita Mountains, specifically Madera, Gardner and Casa Blanca canyons, including 8 of which that were released February 24, 2010.)

These reintroductions appear to be a resounding success due to a number of factors. One is that hunting pressure is low-to-non-existent on these protected populations - certainly not the case in the past when humans decimated the birds for food.

Another is that previous, mostly unsuccessful releases of Wild Turkeys in the Sky Islands - begun in the 1930s - had employed the Merriam's subspecies, which is more suited to Arizona's high country,

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All of the required wild turkey habitat needs are present in abundance in most of the higher Sky Islands Mountains. Most ranges have adequate water for drinking, which is key. Food sources include acorns, other plant seeds, and - especially in summer - insects - that are also also abundant. Adequate roosting sites in the form of dense, tall trees that provide protection from predators and the elements alike is another vital habitat component. With a continual improvement in wild turkey habitat in the Sky Islands, we should see a gradual resurrection of this emblematic and inspiring species for many years to come!

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“First Saturday,” a new tradition, an opportunity to see Arivaca at its best.

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It's hard to miss the town of Amado while driving Interstate 19, the sight of Elephant Head on the east and the big horns of the Long Horn Restaurant on the west. What you cannot see from the highway is the little town, 25 miles southwest of this point, called Arivaca. Originally it was occupied by Pima and Tohono O’odham villages, later by Spanish settlers who developed small mines and today by ranchers and artists. I could almost see myself with a scarf on my head, sun glasses, and sitting in a convertible rolling down the winding road to the town, a road that delivers butterflies in the stomach with every dip, a road that I think must be the most exciting road I have ever driven, Arivaca Road. I don’t have the convertible or the scarf to cover my hair, but that won’t stop me from taking my family and my camera to be delighted with the charms of this adventure.

Mountains, desert, grasslands, wildlife and mystical places such as Baboquivari Peak are some of the factors that make a drive to Arivaca so beautiful.

News, legends and history make the place intriguing and the fruits of the land, art and a cup of fresh-roasted coffee from Gadsden Coffee Co. make it extremely attractive for a Saturday morning outing.

Every Saturday from nine to noon, Arivaca vendors offer their products at the local Farmer’s Market. I had a chance to visit and I couldn’t resist the temptation to purchase a jar of sweet pickled squash made by Kathy Sheldon who also sells other exquisite items such as pesto, pickled dill and strawberry agave nectar. At the same table her daughter Rachel Barry and son Elliot displayed loafs of fresh sweet breads, zucchini, pumpkin and honey whole wheat.

Other tables were those of Arienne Ellis who had an attractive display of native plants, some produce grown at the community garden, pomegranates and dates. Jean and Dale Bazer had organic eggs, sunflower seeds, gourds, squash and more from their garden. Sage had a table with appealing lemon bars, walnut brownies and a variety of cookies.

Chris and Edwin Stockwell, third generation of honey producers, had different presentations and styles of honey, mesquite, mesquite with wild flowers, raw, processed and others. Much more is offered and likely will be found during what they call “First Saturday” as I was told by Maggie Milinovitch, resident and owner of local newspaper “Connection.”

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It is an initiative to present Arivaca to tourists and the surrounding communities every first Saturday of the month. Participants present their fruits, their talents and their beauty. On Nov. 5 the “world” is invited to participate in the first, First Saturday, to walk the town, visit the Cactus Rose Gallery and the Artist Co-op filled with fine crafts, paintings and clothing from various local artists, visit the mercantile for all kinds of treats, stop at La Gitana’s cantina for refreshments and food, enjoy the display and the opportunity to buy fresh foods at the market.

Other activities during the day include the celebration of The Day of the Dead and Annual Folklorico Festival in downtown and The Harvest Mesquite Festival at the Community Center. It sounds like a good day to mark on our calendars with two additional things to do: First, a mile and a quarter walk down a trail of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge, though the wetlands in the Arivaca Cienega Trail. Beautiful wooden bridges and paths make it a very easy walk for the public.

On an earlier visit, I didn’t see much of the wildlife; we were rather noisy, but not noisy enough to ignore some of their sounds. Second, a stop at the Aribac caffe that will give your trip the touch of coziness. To me, there is some romance involved when there is the fresh aroma of coffee. Gadsden Coffee Co. located in the same place roasts the coffee. Make sure you add to your order of a cup of coffee a quiche slice or a pastry and challenge someone to a backgammon match or a game of cribbage. ¾ �

The Third Annual Grasslands Celebration at Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge On November 19, 2011 the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge and Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is hosting a celebration of wild grasslands.

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 the vast grasslands and flanking sky island mountain range with their protected wildlife including pronghorn antelope 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.

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

The Fair will be a great time to come to the Buenos Aires NWR, discover a little know world and learn about what is happening out here to preserve our wild-lands heritage.

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by Nature: Blue Range Wolf Recovery and tracking exhibit. Fire Management on the Refuge Permanent Exhibits in Refuge Visitors Center Presentations 11:00 Buenos Aires NWR: Its Ecology and Mission

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Music by Mariachi Plata of Nogales and Mexicayotl Academy’s Azteca Dancers.

1:00 Coyotes in Native American Myths by Tamara Karamanis

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2:00 Dragonflies of Southeast Arizona by Rich Bailowitz

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3:00 Sky Island Cats of Northern Sonora and Arizona by Jessica Lamberton

Snakes and Reptiles: Tucson Herpetological Association Desert Water exhibit and kids activity

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The Refuge is located near Sasabe, Arizona. There are two ways to get from the easterly urban centers. Both are great drives. Either way it is about 1.5 hours from Tucson or Green Valley. You can take I-19 south from Tucson through Green Valley to Amado and the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48). From Nogales and Rio Rico and Tubac drive north on I-19 to Amado. 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. From Tucson you may want to take Ajo Way (Az 86) west from I-10 and drive west to Robles Junction (Three Points), then turn south on Az 286 and drive 38 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 the Friends at 520 405 5665 or email fobanwr@gmail.com. The Refuge can be reached at 520 823 4251BUENOS AIRES 2011 GRASSLANDS FAIR SCHEDULE OF EVENTS10:00 AM: Fair opens with free coffee, drinks, baked goodies 10:45 Welcome by Refuge Manager at west porch 11:00 to 4:00:

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ANZA DAYS 2011

by Shaw Kinsley - images courtesy of the Tubac Historical Society

Anza Days, 2011 was a remarkable event that encompassed the entire village of Tubac. There were dancers, mariachi bands, food vendors, and street theater performances in addition to the main event which was the reenactment ride from the Tumacacori mission to Tubac. The event was distinguished first by the participants in the ride and by a group of 8-generation descendants of soldiers of the original expedition.

The riders: Fourteen riders represented Spanish Colonial Presidio soldiers and settlers. “This was the most authentic of the rides yet,” said organizer Rick Collins, president of the Tucson Presidio Trust for Historic Preservation and retired manager of Medical Television, AZ Health Sciences. The riders' outfits were created using information that has only recently come to light. The expedition was issued new uniforms, prescribed in 1772, just before the expedition launched. The white cueras, or deerskin armor, were brand new. Only deerskin has the pliability to work from atop a horse. Adarga is an Arab word that originates with the 700 year occupation of Muslims in part of Spain, and refers to the bilobe rawhide shields carried by the soldados. The 9-foot lances were real, and replaced the 7-foot

lances used previously. This called for extra care on the part of the soldiers. It also was a great learning experience. “How do you carry a lance for 1200 miles?”

The group included a police officer, a television director, and individuals with direct personal ties to the Anza Trail. Juan Bautista de Anza II was portrayed by Bill Islas, who took on the role after the passing of Tumacacori National Park ranger Don Garate. Islas, who is a civil engineer at Raytheon, is connected to the lineage of Anza’s wife and his ancestor dispatched 5 militiamen to escort the settlers. Andrew Carrillo, another descendant of the original expedition, also rode in the cavalcade. Two other riders with a special interest in the Anza expedition also took part.

78 year old Sidney Brinckerhoff, historian and author, organized the famous 200th anniversary ride of Anza’s trip as an official part of the nation's Bicentennial in 1975. Brinckerhoff was intent on “paying homage to the original expedition and those who rode in the large reenactment.” Riding with Sid was Jay Van Orden, retired from the Arizona Historical Society, and the Bicentennial ride's weapons expert. John Blake has ridden in previous Anza Days reenactments, but Tucson police officer and Marine Corps veteran Brian Harwood and Museum of the Horse Soldier director Rae Whitley participated for the first time this year. The reenactment soldiers wore deerskin armor and carried rawhide shields called “adargas.” Each soldier was armed with a sword and a real 9 foot lance. Many of the riders used exact copies of original Spanish Colonial saddles. The original expedition consisted of women and children and this year's reenactment ride did, too. Barb Collins, director of student services at the UA College of Pharmacy, Jane Spearing, math tutor and wrangler for the Rocking K ranch, Karen Sesler, administrator at the UA College of Education, and Charlotte Bell, world traveler and local rancher all rode this year.

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The descendents: Los Californianos is a group of about 600 members who are direct blood line descendents of individuals of Hispanic ancestry who were in Alta California between 1769 through 1848 while it was a province of Spain or Mexico. The group hosts programs of cultural and historical interest at various sites throughout the State of California, but this year their quarterly meeting was held at the Esplendor Resort in Rio Rico from October 21 to 23 in order to witness the Anza Day celebrations. Of the 52 members who attended, most were eight generation descendents of the leather jacket soldados who went to California with Captain Juan Bautista de Anza. Members and guests arrived on Friday evening where Barbara and Leonard Espinosa, the hosts of the meeting, provided a reception at which participants intermingled and sang Spanish songs accompanied by members who brought instruments. On Saturday morning members and guests had the opportunity to attend the High Mass inside the Tumacacori Mission church and to witness the start of the reenactment ride of Tubac Presidio Captain Juan Bautista de Anza.

They then visited the Mission before traveling north to Tubac Presidio State Historic Park for the Anza Day celebration. Tubac Historical Society provided a special tent for Los Californianos to view the arrival of Anza, his troops and other riders. They enjoyed the Presidio and the various entertainments in the village of Tubac. That evening members and guests enjoyed social activities and a dinner at Esplendor Resort, where Shaw Kinsley gave a presentation on Anza'a Tubac Presidio, Territorial Arizona and Tubac. The following morning, participants enjoyed breakfast and a presentation by speaker Bill Reed on Father Kino and his cartographic techniques. Los Californianos enjoyed being together and they will not soon forget the pink Coachwhip snake that came to visit. �

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by Kathleen Vandervoet

Charlie Meaker could easily be described as a typical Realtor. He knows his community well after living in Tubac for 32 years, is friendly and community minded.

“Our daughter, Dawn, graduated from Nogales High School in 1979, and as school board president, I handed her a diploma,” he said.

Soon after, they sold their Nogales home because they both liked Tubac and Sandy was enjoying the flower arranging classes she took here.

He insists that he likes the work, even with the ups and downs the profession has seen in the past few years. His cheerful outlook radiates to those around him. “I’ve had a lot of fun doing it. I’ve met a lot of wonderful people, some very good friends, and get a lot of satisfaction out of helping people find their places,” he said.

At age 72, real estate and household repairs keep him quite busy, he said. Even so, he had the interest and time to contact the American Red Cross and bring two CPR classes to Tubac during 2010, which in turn were attended by 86 participants.

Dawn lives in the Syracuse, N.Y. area, and the Meakers have two grandchildren, ages 16 and 26, whom they enjoy visiting.

Charlie Meaker of Realty Executives Team has been in the profession for nine years and said he gets “a lot of satisfaction out of helping people.”

He’s an area representative for the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council, which meets once a month, and is currently a 29-year member of the Rotary Club of Tucson.

For the past few years, he has compiled monthly reports published in the “Tubac Villager” on all residential sales with the address, sales price and length of time the property was on the market. “It’s public information, but I think of it as a public service,” Meaker said.

Meaker and his wife, Sandy, moved to Tubac in 1979 and lived in a rental until their new home was completed, moving in on Memorial Day weekend in 1980.

They previously lived in Nogales, where Meaker worked for manufacturing plants and where he was president of the Nogales Unified School District governing board.

Meaker took up the real estate profession in 2002 after financing equipment for business from 1982 to 2002. For the past five years, he’s worked for Realty Executives Team where the broker is Sally Robling. The office was moved during October from a building next to the Tubac post office to the Tubac Golf Resort next to The Stables restaurant, he said.

Conversation is easy with Meaker. He enjoys sharing information. “Everybody is interested in real estate. I can remember all the years before I got involved, I would mentally track the value of my home by somehow finding out what neighboring houses sold for,” he said.

“For many people, it’s the biggest asset that they have. As such, you worry about it,” he said.

The “top of the wave” for real estate prices was in 2006 and since then prices have dropped. But things in Tubac are now turning around, he said.

“We realtors are going to sell probably 70 homes this year. That will be more homes, volume-wise, than we ever have sold here, back even in the good days when we would sell 50 or 60 homes.”

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Meaker continued...

During 2010 there were 135 resale homes on the market and now the number is around 70. “We’ve been selling them. However, the prices are very low. The houses will sell if they’re priced right,” he said.

Still, it’s a buyer’s market where, if the price isn’t right, the buyer will quickly move on. “We have seven instances we know of in the last 18 months where the buyer made an offer. The seller countered – the buyer left. They didn’t take that first offer.”

Many of those who come to Tubac to buy, he said, are buying a second home, “and they don’t really need to buy immediately. They can wait, unless they get a smokin’ deal,” he said. Those who aren’t retired are frequently intrigued

by Tubac’s quiet and beauty and some of the buyers in the past few years are people employed in Nogales or Green Valley, he said.

Realtors in Tubac generally receive a six-percent commission with half going to the agent representing the seller and half to the agent representing the buyer, he said. One house he had remained on the market for 2,032 days and it sold in August. In that instance, he represented both the seller and buyer.

Meaker said he’s happy to talk with anyone about Tubac real estate. “I have a real knowledge in depth about Tubac, having done this for nine years. I will attempt to answer any questions about real estate. I don’t mind at all being a source of information.”

He keeps a history of all the resale houses that have been sold and shares information when the assessed valuation is released every year by the Santa Cruz County Assessor’s Office. People often wonder if the assessment on their home is accurate, he said.

“I’m glad to share that with people so they can see what the values are in the community and use that” if they want to appeal the valuation on their own home.

Meaker can be reached on his cell phone at (520) 237-2414 and his email address is charlie@tubac.com.

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Arizona Author Lyle Johnston was in Tubac during October doing research on a biography of Will Rogers Jr., who lived in Tubac with his wife, Collier.

Rogers was a Tubac resident and a community booster from 1958 to 1993, when he died. He and Collier are buried in the Tubac Cemetery.

Will Rogers Jr. was the son of Will Rogers, who was an American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, actor, and one of the best-known celebrities in the 1920s and 1930s.

Will Rogers Jr. and Collier visited Tubac in 1955 and soon purchased one of the few buildings, the ranch house of James Garrett. That is now the home of the Dave and Jan Munger family and the Mungers’ store, The Country Shop, is located on the west side of the property.

From the late 1970s until his death, Rogers lived next to that location, and that residence is now the property of Tom and Charlotte Bell.

Johnston said he’s already published one biography called “Good Night, Chet,” about the famous newscaster Chet Huntley. After he retired last summer, Johnston said he was ready to start work on this new book.

While in Tubac, he was able to conduct research at the Tubac Historical Society library in the Tubac Community Center, and he thanked Joyce Thompson for her assistance.

He interviewed Shaw Kinsley, Leroy Doyle, Tom Bell and Jeff Horwitz, all of Tubac. He said “there’s plenty of material out there” about Rogers Jr., who gave numerous interviews during hs life.

Rogers Jr. was in three movies in the 1950s including “The Story of Will Rogers,” “Boy from Oklahoma,” and “The Eddie Cantor Story,” Johnston said.

Anyone who would like to submit material for Johnston’s book, which he hopes to see published in fall 2012, can write to him at 8919 E. Navajo Court, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314.

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The Art of Naming

by Carol St. John

The naming of children is momentous. Think of how many family conversations have taken place around this subject. What is sacred, what is traditional, what is artsy, what is bizarre, old-fashioned or nerdy? Go ahead. Play around with this topic of conversation at the dinner table.

Everyone will have an opinion with or without a new baby to consider.

How important is a name? Would I be the same person if my parents had named me Forsythia (the flower of Brooklyn) as my father suggested? I’m sure it would have mattered. My first born was named after people I adored.

Leslie Louise was a tribute to Leslie Caron and my mother Louise Marie. I find it interesting that this generation is naming their kids with names I can’t even pronounce or as unconventional as Apple, Allura, Blue and Straight. I guess they are better than Sony , Potatohead, Orange or Bent. But weird names are a challenge to the innocents who receive them.

I take time with the naming process when I complete a painting because it helps me define the work for myself.

However, I question whether labeling is a good or a bad thing. I think back to expressing my grief over a young man’s murder by painting his funeral.

I called the piece, The Aftermath, and hung it in my gallery. When I saw that

the reactions to it were far different than I had anticipated, I wondered, why, and asked. Responders came up with stories obviously related to their own imaginations. Some thought it was a cartoon about an adulterer’s end or a mock funeral-- themes that were a huge departure from my inspiration. Although some actually laughed at it, one woman burst into tears. She turned out to be the minister who performed the boy’s memorial service. She said she thought the painting was as much about life as it was about death and that she had to have it. I was made aware again of what art does. Each of us takes it in and sifts it through our personal filters. The danger of naming is that it can corral another’s experience. If I had named the painting more precisely, I may have shared my feelings but prevented the individual interpretations I want my work to inspire.

Some see naming as reductive. For example, when a child first discovers a brown pebble in a sea of stone and takes possession of it. She smells it, tastes it, sticks it in her ear and puts it under her pillow. She has found a jewel that needs no name. But at some point the same child discovers it is only a piece of gravel and it loses its magic.

Painting - "The Aftermath," watercolor by Carol St. John

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We might name a pet rat Sweetums, but

not if we intend to feed it to our pet lion. Sure some of us raise pigs as pets and give them names like Lovey or Mikey, but what happens to us if Lovey turns up on the dining room table? We name things because we want to own them in a special way. Remember the pet rock phenomenon? Many of those still exist in attics holding childhood treasures.

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How about the quirkiness of the names attached to cities, villages and towns across the country? It might lead you to wonder if anyone took these places seriously. How could Hot Springs, a village in New Mexico, sacrifice its name to become Truth or Consequences just to win a prize on a radio show? Surprisingly, the name stuck and it paid off, putting the once relatively obscure town on the map.

The naming of Intercourse, Pennsylvania in the 1700’s had no sexiness attached to it. It was founded in the same county where the Amish and the Quakers settled. Intercourse was a term of promised friendship and sharing. Of course, it has caused many to turn off the road in modern times to find out what such a place is really all about. It is not far from two other unincorporated but very old villages. One, called Bird-InHand and the other, Blue Ball. Bird-In-Hand was so named because early settlers decided to stay in the place instead of moving on. They thought a bird in the hand was worth two in the bush. Blue Ball, was the location of the Blue Ball Hotel which was distinguished by a big blue ball that hung outside.

Who wouldn’t expect a pleasant community in places such as Bliss, Michigan or Delight, Arkansas? Wouldn’t Dewy Rose , Georgia, and Mellow Valley, Alabama, smell sweet? Then again, would you be drawn to Prim or Rushing, Arkansas ? Are you surprised northerners are pouring into Frostproof, Florida?

Locally, we have our fair share of strange names. Bumble Bee was named after an incident that involved the deaths of two men due to a swarm of bees. It’s said, one man was in hot pursuit of another when a wild shot woke up a hive of bees and stopped both men in their tracks.

It is not hard to imagine why certain names exist, names like Devils’s Canyon here in Arizona, and 104 other places in the country, but the naming of Tubac remains moot. What explanations do you believe?

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Photo editing is neither manipulation nor digital painting.

Both of the latter involve creating new “artificial” content from scratch. Photo editing is a more subtle process resulting in the artful emergence of a finer image.

photography. It has the goal of achieving perfection up front, with no subsequent editing. SOOC is a fine ideal but a bit demanding.

Virtually all images can be improved with precise editing.

The software Photoshop is often mentioned disparagingly and in the form of a verb. This derogation refers to computer fakery. Like much of today’s technology, Photoshop is treated obsessively and as an end in itself. Made by Adobe Systems Inc., Photoshop is today’s predominant serious photo editing tool, comprised of many hundreds of individual programs.

In its most basic conception, fine art photography has three facets: subject, composition, and technical quality. This article addresses technical quality. Fine art photography demands action to be taken on every square centimeter of an image: repair, refine, enhance, It’s hard to know how to begin using complex software like improve, optimize!

Photoshop and similar programs.

SOOC (straight out of the camera For best results, serious photo photography) is just the opposite, editing requires a standard rejecting all of these notions sequence or workflow in the as a purist’s genre of today’s steps needed for completion. The following brief overview is written in that order.

Removal of digital noise is required for most fine art photos.

Digital noise is defined as imperfections coming from light sensitivity variations of a camera’s digital sensor. Visually, noise takes the form of dots or splotches.

Photoshop contains an effective program in its raw image processor which compensates for excessive digital noise.

Image size refers to both physical size and resolution.

These measurements impact the performance of many subsequent editing steps, so I mention them early. Physical size refers to the dimensions of the final print, and to total volume of data within a digital file, measured in megabytes.

Resolution is the density of that data within the digital file, measured in dots per inch (dpi).

For resolution, most photo prints are produced at 300 dpi.

Composition and size are related, since the artistic selection of your subject’s composition will usually involve cropping the image to particular dimensions.

These dimensions are the height and width of the composition, expressed in inches or pixels.

Choosing a composition by cropping an image early in the editing process is advisable to avoid later processing of unwanted image content.

Exposure and brightness are two separate adjustments which should be done next. The two settings are designed to affect the high, low, and mid-tones of an image differently, with brightness having the more subtle effect of the two.

Exposure settings (in the camera or software) can easily obliterate portions of an image by making them too light or too dark. These regions will be uneditable. Two important lessons about these settings are: first, most images are more attractive when somewhat brightened; and second, these adjustments should not be applied to the entire image but instead to image sections. In the traditional darkroom this is called dodging and burning. Sectional editing is crucial to a fine art photograph and there are many tools in Photoshop which manage discrete portions of an image.

Color and white balance adjustments are needed to create a desired effect. Your memory of the actual setting of a photograph is the best reference for this.

White balance refers to the light source itself, such as fluorescent bulbs or direct sunlight. For best results, color and white balance adjustments should start by reproducing the ambient tones of the original scene, and then modify from that point if desired.

Monochrome photography is very artful. In more images than you think, color is not the point of the picture. When color is not the point, removing it eliminates distraction from the shapes, shadows, textures, and subject of the image which form its essence.

Moreover, in art the notion of

complementary colors is crucial.

Colors in a typical landscape photograph, for example, often are not complementary. The blue of the sky does not complement the green of the landscape. So, you might replace the dissonant halves with a compatible whole and do it all in sepia.

Dust removal should happen towards the end of the process, since the previous steps will expose imperfections. As with every other step, a dust removal tool should be used nimbly, since the tool itself might cause new imperfections.

Sharpening comes at the end, since it’s not something that can be undone and since the degree of sharpening will depend upon the output size. Unless your image is intended to be completely soft-focus, some sharpening will probably be needed. This step also must be done subtly and can’t compensate for an earlier mistake, such as a blurry image due to poor motion control or an out of focus image due to inaccurate camera settings.

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Following these techniques and doing a before-and-after comparison, you’ll be amazed by the transformation.

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Images on facing page: Both “Saint Xavier” and “Exhausted Cactus” are examples of rigorous exposure management and elimination of colors in favor of sepia. Monochrome treatment eliminates the distraction of uncomplementary colors. The sky in images like this must be handled separately from the rest of the picture during the editing process.

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Fri, Nov 11th - The Tubac Center of the Arts 28th Annual Performing Arts Series opens with a performance by biLL GaNz WesterN baND at 7:30pm. Since 1992, the Bill Ganz Western Band has kept authentic Western music alive in one of the places of its origin, Tucson. While paying tribute to the golden age of the singing cowboy, the band brings to mind songs that seem to speak to all of us, even those from "back East." Since appearing with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra last year, a new legion of fans has come to a renewed appreciation of this most American music. The band, includes Ralph Gilmore, Rich Brennion and Bill Ronstadt. Season tickets for the 6-concert series are available for $90. Tickets for individual performances are $20. Please call the Center to reserve your spot! 520-398-2371 or visit www.tubacarts.org.

Fri thru suN, Nov 11-13 - 25th aNNiversary "raNch tour" of the Old Pueblo Touring Association, an organization of old car enthusiasts. The tour, headquartered at the Amado Territory Inn in Amado(exit 48 I-19), brings old cars from as far away as Southern California. This year, one of the founding tour directors, Edna Eoff, will travel from Missouri to attend the Silver Anniversary Event. sat, Nov 12th - buiLDiNG briDGes throuGh art! Artists Karon Leigh, Susannah Castro and Karol Honeycutt are using their art to support young budding artists in Mexico through a cross border fundraiser, “Building Bridges Through Art!” at the studio of artist, Karon Leigh, exPRESSive Arts Studio in Tumacacori, AZ. A Fundraiser for the Santa Cruz Community Foundation to provide art scholarships to children at IMFOCULTA in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. 10am – 5pm the studio will be open to the public with 10% of all sales being donated.

Contact exPRESSive Arts Studio, Karon Leigh, 100 Cantos Road, Tumacacori, AZ. www.exPRESSiveArtsStudio.com or email studio@ exPRESSiveArtsStudio.com. sat, Nov 12th - the public is invited to view our autoMobiLes, aLL DatiNG beFore 1927, in front of The Artist's Daughter/Hal Empie Studio in Tubac. Cars will arrive about 11am and will stay until about 2pm. Old car owners are always happy to talk about their cars and welcome questions from the public. sat, Nov 12th - a heaLthy ceLebratioN - Health Fair at the UofA’s Arizona State Museum front lawn from 9am to 3pm. Comic books, Nutrition & Athletic Activities, Skateboard Demos, Multicultural Performances, Hands-on Activities & Give Aways, Native Farmers Market & Cooking Demos, Dance & Athletic Clinics, Nutrition Games. “Just Move It!” 5k walk/run begins at 8am. beGiNNiNG sat, Nov 12th - The Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is sponsoring a series of talks over the next six months about the application of “buDDhist PriNciPLes iN DaiLy LiviNG.” Presented

by Dr. Dean Pielstick, also known as Khenpo Dimed Dawa, an ordained lay practitioner of Tibetan Buddhism. Facilitating this series will be Anne Parker, his life partner and a therapist who specializes in wellness and psycho-spiritual growth. The series will deal with four themes: “Suffering and illness,” “Aging and dying,” “Relationships,” and “Forgiveness and letting go.” The dates are Nov 12, Jan 14, Mar 24, & May 5. Each session will run from 9am until noon. The cost is $30 per session. Please register by calling 398-1108 or 820-1678.

sat, Nov 12th - the cuLturaL LeGacy oF southWesterN textiLes: at the aMeriND FouNDatioNceLebratioN oF iNterWoveN traDitioNs from 1:30 - 3pm. As part of the Celebration, renowned Navajo weaver, Barbara Teller Ornelas will speak about the tradition of Navajo weaving and about the Amerind's textiles exhibit. This exhibit showcases impressive Navajo rugs and other textiles in the Amerind collection. The Amerind is located in Cochise County, one mile south of Interstate 10, only about an hour east of Tucson, between Benson and Willcox. More information call 520-586.3666 or visit www. amerind.org. sat, Nov 12th - WorLD PreMiere oF the aNza exPeDitioN DocuMeNtary. Join the National Park Service & the Tubac Presidio for the premiere viewing of “Legacy of a Journey”—a video that tells the story of the Anza Expedition of 1775-1776 from 4 to 6pm. Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza led almost 300 settlers and soldiers on a 1,200-mile epic journey across unknown lands from the Presidio at Tubac to the Pacific coast. Their goal was to build a presidio, or fort, to secure and protect New Spain’s struggling missions. Their settlement would become the city of San Francisco. The history of the Anza Expedition connects to timeless themes such as emigration, opportunity, diversity, hope, and faith. In addition to the video showing, living history volunteers in period attire will demonstrate frontier life and docents will offer tours of the Presidio. Wine and light refreshments will be served.

Tickets are $25. All proceeds will benefit the “Save the Presidio” effort to keep Arizona’ first state park open for the public. For reservations and information, please call 520-398-2252 or email info@ths-tubac.org. 1 Burruel Street. Learn more at www.TubacPresidioPark.com. sat, Nov 12th - secoND saturDay at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori with grilled specials on our patio, 2-for-1 margaritas and live band MEZCAL playing everything from Santana to Mana. As long as the weather is good we’ll keep it going. Join us for our Patio Party “Tardeada” (afternoon party) from 4-7!

Sat, Nov 12th - St. Andrew's Episcopal Church 59th Annual pit-roasted beef barbecue from 4:30-7:30pm. Tickets: $10 (adults), $6 (children), $8 (pint). Eat-in or take-out at 969 W. Country Club Dr., Nogales, AZ (exit 8 from I-19). Added attractions: Ye Olde St. Andrew's Faire and raffle. sat, Nov 12th - Jazz aND bLues uNDer the stars at 5:30 pm. Joe Bourne hosts CPAC’s first concert under the stars. Joe and seven of Tucson’s best musicians will perform an eclectic blend of your favorite jazz standards, hot club sounds, Latin jazz, hard bop, blues and Dixieland. Fronimo’s Café will be catering a wonderful array of Greek hors d’oeuvres. Tickets: $35 includes food, For more information, contact the Community Performing Arts Center Foundation, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley. 520-399-1750 or visit www.performingartscenter.org. sat, Nov 12th - "2ND saturDay" barN DaNce with live music and a dance caller (No experience necessary!), from 7-9pm at the Evolution Studio in Tubac - Wear comfortable, clean shoes. $5 per person.

Evolution Studio information available online at www.evolutionstudio. org. Plaza de Anza, 20 Avenida Goya, Tubac. Contact: violinjenn@cox.net.

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MouNtaiNs: oNe-Day WorKshoP. Discover the extraordinary story of shattered landmasses, mega-volcanoes and vanished landscapes, all told by the rocks of the Baboquivari Mountains. The leader Richard Conway, a retired geology professor, will introduce you to some important southern Arizona rocks close-up in a picnic table geology lab and then take you on a trip through time on the trails of Brown Canyon. Here you will learn to read history from the rocks and discover some of the remarkable stories told by southern Arizona rocks and landscapes. The walking is easy on a dirt road and good trails. $20. For more information visit Friends of Buenos Aires NWR at www. friendsofbanwr.org, email fobanwr@gmail.com or call 520-405-5665. suN, Nov 13th - PaWs PatroL's cat aDoPtioN Fair from 1pm to 4pm at Green Valley Canine, 750 W Camino Casa Verde. All cats and kittens are raised in our foster homes. For more information, call 520-2074024 or visit greenvalleypawspatrol.org.

MoN & tues, Nov 14th & 15th - saNta cruz shoestriNG PLayers auDitioN Notice For DaviD auburN’s “ProoF,” our second show of the 2011-2012 season. Auditions at the Community Performance and Art Center, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley at 6:30 p.m. Actors only need to attend one night. Performance dates are January 26-28 and February 2-4, 2012. “Proof” is being directed by Susan Ford, director of last year’s popular comedy “Sylvia”. “Proof” won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize and the Tony Award for Best Play. Two men and two women are needed for the cast. The story revolves around Catherine, a troubled young woman, who has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a famous mathematician. On the eve of Catherine’s twenty-fifth birthday, her estranged sister arrives from New York City. About the same time, Hal, a former student of her father’s, appears at Catherine’s door hoping to find valuable work in her father’s notebooks. Over the long week-end that follows, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: how much of her father’s madness--or genius--will she inherit?

“Proof” was originally produced by Manhattan Theatre Club in 2000 and starred Mary-Louise Parker as Catherine. It is produced through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service. 520-399-1750 or visit www. performingartscenter.org. tues, Nov 15th - the WoNDer oF Water. Carolyn Rashti, M.S., A.E.A. will be presenting a free lecture on the many years, many ways and many people receiving help from the most vital substance on earth - water. This will be followed by a free session of the joy of therapeutic aquatic aerobics. Make your reservation at 398-3193 an bring your bathing suit. Floating Stone Inn & Aqua Spa. tues, Nov 15th - LiFe eNrichMeNt. Understanding the Stages and Cycles of Life is very helpful in beginning to appreciate all that life has to offer. When Life Happened to Pati Hope, everything had changed!

It was helpful to see that these stages and cycles of life are common to everyone and that there is a purpose to them. In this workshop we will have fun as Pati shares not only her experiences but also gives practical tools to take home. Email: evolvetolive.org or call 530-913-8288. At the Floating Stone Inn & Aqua Spa, 10am – 12noon. $20 or $100 for series. tues, Nov 15th - JacK Lasseter, “the PLaiNs iNDiaN Wars ~ First haLF” at 7pm. This is the epic story of the Indian Wars on the Great Plains during the 1800’s. The first half of this story takes us along the Platte River Trail in the 1850’s up to the Spring of 1868. In addition, Jack also describes the Sioux and Cheyenne people themselves. $12 in advance $15 at the door, For more information, contact the Community Performing Arts Center Foundation, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley.520-399-1750 or visit www.performingartscenter.org.

WeD, Nov 16th - couNty suPervisor District chaNGiNG stuDy aND coMMeNt sessioN and will be at 5:30 p.m. at the Santa Cruz County Complex, 2150 N. Congress Dr., Room 120, Nogales. thurs, Nov 17th - coNtroLLiNG hyPerteNsioN aND PreveNtiNG heart FaiLure with Lorraine Mackstaller, MD. Free and open to the public. Presentations are held on the third Thursdays of each month from October through April at 10 a.m. at Canoa Hills Social Center, 3660 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley. No reservation required. Refreshments provided. To contact the UA Sarver Heart Center: Appointment Line 520-694-8888 or 800-524-5928 or email heart@u. arizona.edu. thurs, Nov 17th - aLKaLiNe LiviNG DeMoNstratioN with Bill Drevyanko. Bill has been selected as the “most valuable distribuor” within Enagic, the Japanese manufacturer of the Kangen water medical devices.

He has a big heart, loves people and believes in the pay-it-forward philosophy. If you are curious what this alkaline water is about, don’t miss Bill’s talk at 5:30 on November 17th. It is a free event. Call to RSVP at 520 398-3193. We will serve light snacks, prepared with Alkaline water.

Floating Stone Inn & Aqua Spa. oPeNNiNG Nov 18th thru JaN 2ND - the Tubac Center of the Arts - hoLiDay artisaN MarKet & MiNiatures exhibitioN – Juried showcase for fine hand-crafted collectibles & gifts. National juried 2 and 3-D miniatures. Opening Reception for Holiday Artisan Market – 5-7pm Nov 18th. Information, contact Tubac Center of the Arts at 520-398-2371 or visit www.tubacarts.org.

Fri, Nov 18th - Live Music by DaviD bLixt at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori from 5-8pm with our Famous Fish & Chips specials all day.

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Fri, Nov 18th – FroM Fear to Faith. Reverend Donna Mauer, minister at the Center for Spiritual Living in Amado, will talk on “From Fear to Faith.” Donna, gifted in story telling and practical tools for living, shares her expertise and will help you discover for yourself what is keeping you stuck and how you can move forward. Email: evolvetolive. org or call 530-913-8288. $15 per person, $25 couple. At the Floating Stone Inn & Aqua Spa, 7-8:30pm.

Fri & sat, Nov 18th & 19th - The Green Valley Lapidary and Silversmith Club presents the 2011 GreeN vaLLey artisaNs FestivaL at the West Social Center in Green Valley from 9-4pm.

This annual event features the work of over 100 gifted Green Valley artisans. Meet the artist, ask questions and know that you are purchasing a unique one-of-a-kind item. The artisans will be displaying fine jewelry made with hand cut stones and silversmithing techniques. In addition, dichroic glass, pottery, note cards, wooden bowls, fiber and fabric art, gourd art, photography and a huge variety of other handcrafted items. Raffle tickets for hourly drawings of donated items by the participating artisans. Open to the public! At the West Social Center located at 1111 Via Arcos Iris, Green Valley. I-19 exit 63-Continental Rd., turn west and follow the signs. For emailed directions send request to gvartisanfestival@gmail.com. sat, Nov 19th - Live Music by biLL MaNzaNeDo at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori from 5-8pm. 520-398-2397. sat, Nov 19th - KeviN PaKuLis, popular local folksinger, will perform at the Patagonia Community Center, just west of the old train station, from 6-9pm. Free and open to the public. Sponsored by Friends of Sonoita Creek. Donations appreciated. sat, Nov 19th - tubac rotary cLub's PoKer hiKe along the Anza Trail. With only four countries in the world that still have active cases of Polio the Tubac Rotary Club is joining with 30,000 other Rotary Clubs to raise funds "To End Polio Now". The 2+ mile walk will have five spots along the trail to pick up cards for a poker hand. Prizes are not for the fastest walker but for the best poker hand. People of all abilities are invited to join us. Enjoy a pleasant morning in Tubac with lunch at the Secret Garden Inn. Please register beforehand by calling 520-398-8868 or 520-398-9371. sat, Nov 19th - thirD aNNuaL bueNos aires NWr GrassLaND Fair. The annual Grassland Fair has become a major way to reveal the wonders of Buenos Aires lands to people. Each year more and more are delighted by this unexpected place. The Grassland Fair celebrates wild grasslands everywhere and features our own major tract of preserved wild-lands. This year’s fair is even better with many environmental and wildlife exhibitors, vendors featuring local arts and craft, an art show, a program of presentation by experts on a variety of natural history topics from jaguars to early explorers. There will plenty of food for all palates made in local kitchens and on the spot. And music – southwest style! A special effort will be made this year to engage kids in the excitement of learning about the natural world. Special areas will help kids learn about things like desert water, quail habitat, snakes and lizards and bats. For more information visit Friends of Buenos Aires NWR at www.friendsofbanwr.org, email fobanwr@gmail.com or call 520-4055665. sat, Nov 19th - Dutch oveN cooKiNG cLasses from 9 to 12pm. Introductory Class, $10.00 per person. The class is taught by experts Dave “M&M” Kresky and Howie “Trapper” Gregg. You must prepay to save a spot in class. If you have questions, call 480-983-4888.

Superstition Mountain Historical Society, 4087 N Apache Trail, Apache Junction. www.superstitionmountainmuseum.org. suN, Nov 20th - treestuMP WooDcraFts' oPeN house & artist DeMoNstratioNs at 12 Santa Gertrudis Lane, Tumacacori.

520-398-9009 & 520-398-9123. www.treestump.biz. suN, Nov 20th - Santa Cruz Performing Arts Foundation will present roNNy cox, musician and noted actor, and South Carolina-born singer-songwriter-guitarist JacK WiLLiaMs on stage at Walker Ranch in Sonoita at 4:00 pm. Walker Ranch is located at 99 Curly Horse Road.

For reservations and more information, please call 888-202-1942 or email scfpa@scfpapresents.org.

tuesDays, Nov 22ND, 29th & Dec 6th - heaLiNG throuGh coNscious MoveMeNt . Adrianne Stellzenmuller is offering a 3 class series that is designed to help increase body awareness, connection to breath, increase flexibility, balance, and mobility. To promote individual healing of personal physical issues. One-on-one attention will be given.

The client will walk away with tools they can continue to practice in their own life to continue their progress toward more integrated health. Call to reserve at 520 398-3193. $45 for the 3-class series. 11am - 12noon.

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November & December 2011

thurs, Nov 24th - 3rD aNNuaL thaNKsGiviNG ceLebratioN buFFet at the Amado Territory Steak House from 11am to 2pm. Ala Carte Dinner from 5 to 8pm. Exit 48 I-19. 520-398-2651. thurs, Nov 24th – extravaGaNt thaNKsGiviNG DiNNer at Stables Ranch Grille featuring a special three course plated menu. For more information call 520-398-2678. thurs, Nov 24th – thaNKsGiviNG GatheriNG & DiNNer. Does your life no longer fit into old-fashioned traditional celebrations? Would you like to enjoy a relaxing afternoon without shopping, cooking, or cleaning up? We would be honored to have you join our 1st annual celebration. Our goal is to have a beautiful, yummy, healthier version of the traditional Turkey Dinner. Enjoy the afternoon with old friends and make new ones. Come early or stay after and swim under the stars in the healing waters of the Aqua Spa. $40, or $35 if paid

by Nov 1. $10 extra to swim. Email: evolvetolive.org or call 530-913-8288.

At the Floating Stone Inn & Aqua Spa, 1-6pm, dinner at 3pm. thaNKsGiviNG WeeKeND saLe at El Changarro with 30-60% off.

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Fri, Nov 25th - Live Music by aNGeL Perez at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori from 5-8pm with our Famous Fish & Chips specials all day.

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Fri, Nov 25th - Come listen to great jazz performed by heather o'Day and enjoy dinner and dancing at the Tubac Golf Resort, from 7-11pm.$45 per person. For reservations call 520-398-3533.

Fri thru suN, Nov 25th - 27th - Mata ortiz WeeKeND Featuring pottery of DieGo vaLLes aND JorGe caNtata. Pottery demonstrations at the Tubac Center of the Arts. Friday evening showing of the new documentary: “The Renaissance of Mata Ortiz.” Pottery firing, book signing by John V. Bezy and Stuart D. Scott, authors of “Mata Ortiz Artistry and History”. Information, contact Tubac Center of the Arts at 520-398-2371 or visit www.tubacarts.org.

Fri thru suN, Nov 25th - 27th – seLF care retreat. Take some time away, learning how to take care of yourself while having fun this holiday season. Spend the weekend with Author & Master of Transition, Pati Hope. Have fun, talking about & sharing practical tips for enjoying the holidays, no matter what your family dynamics are. There will be plenty of time for relaxing, swimming, shopping and playing before the holiday rush! Email: evolvetolive.org or call 530-913-8288. $135 before Nov 10, $165 after. At the Floating Stone Inn & Aqua Spa, 7pm Friday – 12noon Sunday. sat, Nov 26th - Live Music by biLL MaNzaNeDo at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori from 5-8pm. 520-398-2397. sat, Nov 26th - Jazz DiNNer & DaNciNG at Stables Ranch Grille at the Tubac Golf Resort & Spa. Featuring Heather O'Day. From 7-10pm. $50 + tax. Tickets call 520-398-3521 or email Jromo@tubacgolfresort. com. oPeN Dec, 1st thru Feb 26th - eNcouNters – a Native aMericaN ethNic costuMe exhibit at the Tubac Presidio Museum from 9am-5pm. The Castañeda Museum of Ethnic Costume of Tucson presents a glimpse into the lives of the Yaqui, Seri, Tohono O'odham and Yuma Indians. Featuring apparel, artifacts, dolls and historic photographs of these four indigenous peoples the Spaniards encountered in the 1500's and who are our neighbors today. Exhibit included in park admission: $4 adult, $2 youth (7–13), children free.

Tubac Presidio State Historic Park is run by the Tubac Historical Society at 1 Burruel Street. Call 520-398-2252 or visit www.tubacpresidiopark.com.

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November 25 - 27 Mata Ortiz Weekend Featuring pottery of Diego Valles & Gerardo Tena.

For a “Season At A Glance” brochure of our full season, please visit our website at www.TubacArts.org.

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BarktoBerfest – an oktoBerfest for pets in need

While Germany enjoys their 16-day Oktoberfest celebration without us, we celebrate our own style with a very philanthropic purpose, to raise funds to protect the lives of those who bark or meow.

To benefit the Santa Cruz Humane Society, the Tubac Market, Maria’s Grill and The Italian Peasant organized this very traditional Bavarian celebration right outside our doors in Plaza de Anza in Tubac. Traditional dishes such as sauerkraut with pork, apple sauce, potatoes and more where were prepared and nicely presented by the organizers. It was hard to walk around with an empty plate, as different specialties were served in different corners of the plaza, including a hot-dog and bratwurst stand set up by Boar’s Head meats that really pleased my children’s appetites. As it is part of the Oktoberfest tradition that beer can’t be scarce, the bar had six different types and new local brewers Cliff Wisdom and Oscar Valdiviezo offered a tasting of their own production. But food was not all that kept us entertained, there was much more, a juggling performer that amazed us with his ability to balance standing in what seemed to be a 65-inch ball holding fire, a local fitness Instructor, Angela Tollefson, who led people in the audience in a Zumba class; the company of our neighbors and friends; and of course, live music delivered by Tucson band “Heartbeat”. It was close to 10 p.m., the party seemed to be at its best and I was ready to kick off my high heels to do the last few dances when the rain announced it was my time to go. Over 250 tickets were sold, says Paul Cisek, manager of the Tubac Market, $3,000 was raised. It was a happy time, a worthy cause and another great night in the community.

Becky reyes and friends gift tuBac with their music

On October 15, the Tubac Chamber of Commerce hosted an incredible music performance at the Tubac Plaza. For a change, we were not forced to hear the rolling tires of a semi truck going up the freeway, but delightful and energizing sounds of the blues and American traditional music played lived by award-winner musicians. Becky Reyes was responsible for bringing this quality show together. Musicians such as Steve Grams and Danny Krieger hail from Tucson, Mark Pierce, Kevin Pakulis, Scott Muhleman and Buzz and the Soul Senders performed during this sixhour show. In a note I received from Reyes, she expressed her gratitude for the opportunity to bring them together to our community. She also expresses her gratitude to the Italian Peasant, the Tubac Market for the food and to all those who made it possible: “I want to thank the Chamber of Commerce for putting on the event. They put so much effort into the event and it showed! Thank you Angela Kirkner, Executive Director of the Tubac Chamber of Commerce, and Kelly Jones, Barb Hahn and everyone at the Chamber of Commerce. Gary Ford at August West Audio for running sound for us. And a BIG thank you to my friend, Russell Palmer for being the middle man and for moral support!” The chamber expects this to be the first of an annual event, not only to provide the community with the art of music, but to bring visitors into the area and to fund support for the programs they run. Reyes says they have received plenty of positive feedback and hopes that the goal will be achieved. If the community wants more and expresses the desires for it, it is very likely we will see more. Reyes writes it well. “Whether Tubac is host to more upscale live performance is wholly dependent on the general public. I would encourage folks to go out and discover local entertainers. And tell local venues what kind of entertainment you'd like to see, too! Little by little, venues are featuring live music on a regular basis. As a performer, this is exciting for me. I know first-hand how many truly talented performers we have in the area! JUST WAIT 'til you meet them all!” As a music lover and Tubac resident, that’s an exciting idea and I look forward to meeting more local entertainers.

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la fiesta de tumacácori: 41st annual celeBration at tumacácori national historical park

The 41st annual Tumacácori Fiesta will be held free to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, December 3 and 4, 2011, at Tumacácori National Historical Park. La Fiesta de Tumacácori is a celebration of all the cultures which have lived in and influenced the historical Santa Cruz Valley. The two-day event will feature Native American, Mexican, and Southwest food, crafts and performances.

Fifty booths, representing a wide variety of local nonprofit historical, cultural and religious organizations, will provide food, handicrafts, and information. On the main stage, there will be all-day, continuous free entertainment, featuring a multi-cultural variety of dance and music groups. There will be all-day demonstrations of paper flower making, rawhide braiding, leatherworking, and tortilla making. For the children, there will be piñatas, hands-on traditional crafts and live raptors. Guided tours of the mission will be available both days, as well as guided walks to the Santa Cruz River.

Sunday will begin with a traditional Mariachi Procession and Mass in front of the old mission church. The procession begins in front of the visitor center at 10:00. Mass begins when the procession returns to the church, approximately 10:30. Please note that no photos are permitted during the procession or mass, or while sacred dances are being performed. (“NO PHOTOS” signs will be posted prominently at restricted times and locations.)

The Tumacácori Fiesta is sponsored by the National Park Service and by Friends of Tumacácori, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to raise funds in support of special projects at Tumacácori National Historical Park.

Admission to the park is free during the fiesta.

Please note that although pets are normally allowed at Tumacácori, no dogs or other pets are allowed in the park or on the fiesta grounds during the fiesta weekend. The Tumacácori Anza Trailhead is closed to horseback riders during the fiesta.

Tumacácori National Historical Park is located 45 miles south of Tucson and 15 miles north of Nogales.

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saturDay, December 3, 2011 9:45 – 10:00 Blessing and opening of the 41st annual Tumacácori Fiesta 10:00 – 11:00 Francisco Quintana from Tucson, AZ 11:00 – 12:00 Lourdes School Folklorico Dance Group from Nogales, AZ 12:00 – 1:00 La Junta Loca from southern Arizona 1:00 – 2:00 Ted Ramirez from Tucson, AZ 2:00 – 3:00 Ballet Folklorico Quetzalli-AZ from Chandler, AZ 3:00 – 4:00 Mariachi Tucson from Tucson, AZ 4:00 – 5:00 Pure Native Waila Band from Tucson, AZ suNDay, December 4, 2010 10:00 Mariachi Procession with Mass to follow (at approximately 10:30) 11:30 –12:30 Southern Arizona Old Time Fiddlers from Tucson, AZ 12:30 – 1:30 Seguridad Social Baile Folklorico from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico 1:30 – 2:00 Black Mountain Singers and Drummers from San Xavier, Tucson, AZ 2:00 – 3:00 Mariachi Leal from Tucson, AZ 3:00 – 4:00 Theodore Roosevelt Middle School Crown Dancers from Fort Apache, AZ 4:00 – 5:00 Dennis Lopez Waila Band and Wes Henajkam Kwaliyadam Cuadrilla dancers from Tucson, AZ Side Performances, Saturday and Sunday Traditional Food, Craft, and Information Booths - all day All day Papel de China paper flower making, living history enactors, rawhide braiding, leatherworking Guided Walks to the Santa Cruz River - 12:30 and 2:30 Hourly Guided Tours of the Mission - 10:00 to 4:00 Saturday, 12:00 – 4:00 Sunday At the Discovery Corner, Saturday and Sunday Touch tables, live raptors, adobe making, mano and metate mesquite bean grinding, historic costumes, fire education, crafts, and many other exciting activities Piñata Breaking - twice each day

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ome in November, we’ve been waiting for you, some people may be affected by the change in time but that too will pass. We must celebrate Veterans’ Day and of course a wonderful Thanksgiving Day to all of you and Blessings too!

Now the birds will change, unbelievable that the orioles are still here and the Verdin too, the mornings are cool and the days are more livable, the night air refreshing as it comes through the screens, it’s a most wonderful time of the year! Repeats in the holiday food, hard to break tradition and oh my it’s all so tasty.

1 can whole cranberrry sauce 1/2 c. quick rolled oats 4 Tbl. butter 1/4 c. flour 1/4 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. pecan pieces Spread cranberry sauce over bottom of greased 8” x 8” pan. Blend together the rest of ingredients, pour over cranberry sauce.

Bake at 325 degrees for 30 min. Serve with whipped cream.

Make your holiday cooking easy this year, these make ahead mashed potatoes can be made five days before the Big Day

Green Bean Bundles

Make Ahead Mashed Potatoes

5 lb. potatoes, cooked and mashed 2 c. sour cream 2 3oz packages cream cheese salt & pepper Combine all ingredients, mix well: place in one or two casseroles. Bake in 350 degree oven for 30 min.

Penna. Dutch Pecan Pie 1 c. white sugar 1 c. light corn syrup 2 eggs 1 c. broken pecans 2 tbl. butter 1/4 tsp. salt Cream butter and sugar, add salt, well beaten eggs, syrup and nuts, mix well.

Bake in raw pastry shell 50-60 min at 300 degrees.

2 cans whole green beans 12 strips bacon, cut in half 1/2 c. brown sugar 3/4 stick of butter, melted garlic salt Make small bundles of green beans (8-10), wrap strip of bacon around, place in baking pan seam side down in rows. Pour butter and sugar mixture over each bundle, sprinkle with garlic salt. Cover and bake in 350 degree oven for 20 min, bake uncovered for 15 more min till bacon is done.

Truisms An old bachelor left all his property to three ladies to whom he had proposed marriage - and who all had refused!

“It is because of their refusals,” he said in the will, “that I owe all my earthy happiness.”

If your lips would keep from slipping, 5 things to observe with care: To whom you speak, of whom you speak, and how and when and where!

Visits always give pleasure if not the coming then the going!

Sweet Potato Casserole

4 or 5 med. sweet potatoes 3/4 c. sugar 2 eggs 1/2 stick melted butter 1 tsp. vanilla

topping 1 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. butter 1/3 c. flour 1 c. chopped pecans Peel and boil potatoes, mix well with other 4 ingredients. Place in casserole dish or large pie plate. Mix ingredients for topping till crumbly, place on top of sweet potatoes. Bake 25 min. at 350 degree until brown.

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Doggie Bones for you Best Friend

2 c. whole wheat flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1/2 c. peanut butter 1 c. soy or skim milk Put all ingredients together and work with hands, make small balls and place on baking sheet. Pinch balls in middle and it will look like a bone. I’ve never had a complaint. If your dog doesn’t have a weight problem, use white flour.

Question of the Day Why must we have memory enough to recall to the tiniest detail what has happened to us, and not enough to remember how many times we have told it to the same person!?

Chapel on the Hill Next meeting will be November 18th for the Ladies Litergy. Mary Alice Jones will sing “Put me in my little bed,” accompanied by the pastor. Refreshments will be served.

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Fri & sat, Dec 2ND & 3rD - during the beautiful Tubac Luminaria nights, taLiasvaN’s briGht & MorNiNG star choir & orchestra will perform several sets throughout the evenings at the Tubac Plaza Main Stage from 6-9pm. This magnificent, 40-voice choir has been performing for the last 17 years – sharing their harmony with people of all ages, races, and religions.

They will be performing traditional Christmas Carols, as well as a few original sacred holiday songs written by the choir’s founder. This will be the choir's fifth year performing at Tubac's Luminaria Nights and they are becoming a favorite attraction of this annual family event. At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage next to the Out Of The Way Galleria at 29 Tubac Plaza. Donations are appreciated which go toward the nonprofit programs - Personality Integration Rehabilitation Program for teens and adults and Avalon Gardens Internships. For directions or more information call 520-398-2542 or visit www.GlobalChangeMultiMedia. org. sat, Dec 3rD - DesiGNiNG aND creatiNG aN aLter. Adrienne Stellzenmuller is offering a 3-hour, non-denominational workshop on the spiritual principals for understanding the use of and creating an alter. 2pm 5pm. Women only. Call to reserve your space at 520 398-3193. Floating Stone Spa & Aqua Spa. sat, Dec 3rD - biLL MaNzaNeDo Live from 5-8PM at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori, and LUMINARIA NIGHTS in Tubac! CUT~OFF DATE TO RESERVE RIBS FOR DEC 7th. suN, Dec 4th - the 22ND aNNuaL WiNe aND cheese aMoNG the trees, hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to benefit St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic from 2-6pm. St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico. This clinic is held the first Thursday of every month except hot July at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 969 W. Country Club Drive, Nogales. The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day. For more information regarding the clinic visit www.standrewsclinic.org. Enjoy four varieties of wine and about 10 different cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees (mostly different each year) and numerous nativity scenes at the hosts’ home, 781 N. Linda Vista Drive in Nogales. Also enjoy a portion of the largest private collection of the late Hugh Cabot’s art work. Nonalcoholic beverages also available. Tickets, $20 for adults and $5 for children, are available by calling Clapper and DeLong at 520-287-5929, St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic office in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas, Suite #129B, 520-648-3242. Tickets are available at the door. tues, Dec 6th - FoMc Lecture series. Mark Heitlinger, Range Manager of the Santa Rita Experimental Range, will speak at 2:00 pm on “GreeN vaLLey’s biGGest bacKyarD”. Tickets $5. For more information, contact the Community Performing Arts Center Foundation, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley. 520-399-1750 or visit www.performingartscenter.org.

WeD, Dec 7th - zoNta cLub oF NoGaLes hoLiDay auctioN LuNch. The event raises funds for a leadership workshop for eighth-grade girls, a teen community service club, donations to the domestic violence shelter, international projects and university and trade school scholarships.

Auction items include gift baskets, desserts, gourmet food, jewelry and other items. The champagne lunch runs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and is at Mr. C’s restaurant, 282 W. Viewpoint Drive in Nogales. Ticket deadline is Nov 30th. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by sending an email to zontaclubofnogales@gmail.com. Call 520-281-0944.

Fri thru suN, Dec 9th - 11th - coWboy christMas artist recePtioN from 10am to 9pm at The Red Door Gallery, 10 Plaza Rd. Featuring c. K. WearDeN, boNNie GibsoN & JaMes roGers. 520398-3943. sat, Dec 10th - the tubac buDDhist MeDitatioN ceNter will be holding a “useD booKs, DvDs, cDs, aND eveN vcr Movies!” saLe from 9-12 at the Center. If you have books, CDs, or movies you would like to donate, please feel free to bring them to the Center at 2247 E. Frontage Rd., Suite 2 and drop them off. All proceeds will go to support the overhead costs of the Center, which is a 501c3 non-profit. sat, Dec 10th - eQuiNe voices rescue aND saNctuary hoLiDay oPeN house IN AMADO. Celebrate the holiday season at our third annual Open House from 12:30 to 4:30. Meet Gulliver, our mascot and symbol of rescued horses. Relax and enjoy music, food, and the works of local artists. Take a tour; celebrate our new Equine Voices Memorial Garden.

Shop for your holiday gifts at Gulliver's Store. For information, contact us at: info@equinevoices.org or call 520-398-2814. sat, Dec 10th - coWboy christMas - experience the culture of Sonora, Mexico. 1-7pm Wine & Appetizers. 3-7pm Mariachi. 4-7pm Cabellero Cookout. At the Turquoise Rogoway Gallery, 5 Calle Baca; Tubac Territory, 1 Calle Baca; and The Red Door Gallery, 10 Plaza Rd. Proceeds benefit the needy children of Sonora through the Santa Cruz Community Foundation.

520-761-4532. suN, Dec 11th - tubac siNGers coNcert at the Tubac Center of the Arts. 9 Plaza Rd. 520-398-2371. tues, Dec 13th - oriGiNaL WiLDcat Jass baND at 7:00 pm. They offer traditional New Orleans and Chicago jazz, performed in a spirit and style that is true to its musical roots. Their energetic performances are sizzling with musical energy and steeped in good humor. Tickets: $15 in advance; $18 at the door, For more information, contact the Community Performing Arts Center Foundation, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley. 520-3991750 or visit www.performingartscenter.org. tues & WeD, Dec 13th & 14th - tubac siNGers MissioN coNcerts at the Tumacacori Mission. thurs, Dec 15th - stroKe uPDate: the PoWer oF coMMuNity with Leslie Ritter, PhD, RN. Free and open to the public. Presentations are held on the third Thursdays of each month from October through April at 10 a.m. at Canoa Hills Social Center, 3660 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley. No reservation required. Refreshments provided. To contact the UA Sarver Heart Center: Appointment Line 520-694-8888 or 800-524-5928 or email heart@u. arizona.edu.Thursday sat, Dec 17th - christMas coNcert With DoLaN eLLis at the Tubac Presidio at 2pm. “An Arizona Christmas” concert in the 1885 Territorial Schoolhouse featuring Dolan Ellis – Arizona's Official Balladeer, Grammy winner and an original member of the New Christy Minstrels. Ellis is known for his 12-string guitar, his baritone voice and his songs about Arizona and the American Southwest. Tickets are $20 for adults (15+) and free for children age 14 and younger. Limited seating, please call for reservations, 520-3982252. tues, Dec 20th - GreeN vaLLey staGe baND “hoLiDay coNcert” at 7pm. This big band spans the ages from the early swing bands to current bands and styles. Tickets: $15 in advance; $18 at the door.

For more information, contact the Community Performing Arts Center Foundation, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley. 520-399-1750 or visit www.performingartscenter.org.

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Fri, Dec 2ND - First FriDay at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori with 2-for-1 margaritas and live music by David Blixt from 5-8PM plus our Famous Fish & Chips special all day. And LUMINARIA NIGHTS in Tubac! 520-398-2397.

oPeNiNG WeD, Dec 7th - saNta cruz shoestriNG christMas PLay. Also playing Thurs, Fri, Dec 8 & 9, all days at 7:00 pm. Sat, Dec 10th at 2pm. Tickets: $15 in advance; $18 at the door, Children: Under 12 $10.

For more information, contact the Community Performing Arts Center Foundation, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley. 520-399-1750 or visit www.performingartscenter.org.

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thurs, Dec 1st - christMas at GraceLaND at 7:00. Don’t miss Tucson’s own Blue Suede King, Richard Butler, performing his first concert on the CPAC stage. This will be an exciting evening of Elvis favorites. Butler reenacts the style of Elvis Presley through voice, music, movement and charisma performing songs spanning decades of “The King’s extraordinary career. Tickets: $15 in advance; $18 at the door, For more information, contact the Community Performing Arts Center Foundation, 1250 W. Continental Road, Green Valley. 520-399-1750 or visit www.performingartscenter.org.

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