Vol Xi1i No 9
October 2017
Day of the Dead Celebration Mission:
Educational and Spiritual - Remember our departed loved ones Cultural - Eat, Dance, and Tell Stories Civic - Gather family and friends for a Tubac-wide celebration History - Preserve a cultural tradition Artistic - Nourish our creative spirits
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By Kathleen Vandervoet
Santa Cruz County Update
3 FIRE DISTRICTS TALK COST-SHARING
Three fire districts are in talks about a plan to share some services and expenses with the goal of cutting costs for taxpayers.
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On Sept. 13 the elected boards of the Tubac Fire District, Rio Rico Fire District and Green Valley Fire District met to talk in depth. Previously, each group had agreed to pay the accounting firm Beach Fleischmann to prepare a $10,000 study.
No decisions were reached, said Mike Connelly, chair of the Tubac Fire District board. “We are continuing to explore possibilities where we can save money, and not just money, (but also) where we can be more efficient; maybe having one guy wear three hats for all districts for certain jobs,” he said. Connelly said it doesn’t seem to him that the districts would consider merging. The three districts are neighbors; Rio Rico is to the south, Tubac is in the middle and its boundaries include the north half of Rio Rico; and Green Valley is to the north.
There are plenty of differences Connelly said. Tubac and Rio Rico have tax levies for bond repayments for building construction which Green Valley doesn’t. Also, Tubac and Rio Rico operate ambulance service and Green Valley doesn’t. The meeting was valuable. “The boards get to know each other, the fire chiefs are in the same room together,” he said.
Mutual aid agreements between the three districts have been in use for many years. Connelly said he’s not sure how additional connections will be made with Green Valley. “The fit between Tubac and Rio Rico is obviously much closer than Green Valley. We’re just so much more similar.” Another meeting is planned to be held Feb. 20.
BIRDWATCHERS WELCOMED TO PARK
Birdwatchers will find it easier to get to a prime viewing location. The Ronald R. Morriss Santa Cruz County Park in Tubac has nine new directional signs throughout the village of Tubac that were installed by Santa Cruz County Public Works in September.
The park was developed and opened about 20 years ago and has a baseball field with bleachers, three covered picnic tables and a small playground. It draws from dozens to hundreds of people daily from January to May for birdwatching as many birds use the route for migration, and other birds make their homes in the trees that flourish along the Santa Cruz River.
County Supervisor Bruce Bracker said the signs resulted from a meeting last spring with representatives of a local birdwatchers group. At that time, the county changed its policy so that birdwatchers are able to stand on the Tubac Bridge over the Santa Cruz River to watch migrating birds. Before that, birdwatchers and any pedestrians were prohibited from standing.
The park, named after a former Santa Cruz County Supervisor, is at 31 Calle Iglesia near the west bank of the Santa Cruz River. The signs include three on Bridge Road, two on Burruel Street, and two on Calle Iglesia. At press deadline, a county public works department spokesman said two more would be installed on Plaza Road after receiving Bluestake approval.
Ronald R. Morriss Santa Cruz County Park sign, photo by Kathleen Vandervoet.
Birdwatchers will find it easier to get to a prime viewing location. The Ronald R. Morriss Santa Cruz County Park in Tubac has nine new directional signs throughout the village of Tubac that were installed by Santa Cruz County Public Works in September.
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If you, or someone you know, thinks you might need a ride to a doctor’s appointment or shopping either because you don’t drive or you might be unable to drive temporarily, you might want to look into becoming a participant in the Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors volunteer transportation program. Under the direction of Valley Assistance Services, trained volunteers who have undergone background checks will be available to drive you to appointments in Green Valley, Tucson and Nogales, said one of the organizers, Sherry Mullens of Tubac. With three to five days notice, you will be picked up at your home, driven to your destination and returned home when you are finished. The ride is free although a small donation may be requested to cover the cost of gas and insurance.
The program targets those 55 years and older, or 40 years and older for those with disabilities. Anyone who lives in Amado, Tubac, Carmen or Tumacácori is eligible to participate. Mullens said Neighbors Helping Neighbors also offers a friendly visiting program where a volunteer will be matched with a community member who would like someone to visit on a regular basis to read together, play cards, or simply chat. For more information about the program and how to sign up, call Valley Assistance Services at (520) 625-5966.
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Three medical marijuana farms are now located in Amado, inside the Santa Cruz County boundaries. An Aug. 29 news article by the Nogales International said that Earth’s Healing Medical Marijuana Dispensary bought about 80 acres of land in the summer.
Nature’s AZ Medicine opened in 2014 and Elephant Head Farms opened in August 2015. None of the three companies sell their products in Santa Cruz County, according to the news article. Their retail operations are in the Tucson and Phoenix area.
The three farms and their greenhouses are on the east side of Interstate 19 between the Arivaca Road and Agua Linda Road interchanges.
TUMACÁCORI MISSION ENTRY SPRUCED UP
Native plants are really the only way to go here, most people have learned. They can survive in the blistering heat and the freezing cold. An attractive butterfly garden of many labeled and irrigated native plants now spans the area on both sides of the main entrance to the Tumacácori National Historical Park.
The front plantings were dreamed up, designed, planted, and are being cared for by a volunteer Master Gardener crew, most of whom come from Tucson. Debbie McIntosh is the group's leader, and was responsible for writing and submitting the grant request which resulted in a $15,000 grant for the project from the White Elephant of Green Valley. McIntosh said, “I wanted to use only native plants in this area as our focus at the mission is to represent something that the missionaries could have done in their time here.
“On the north end, there is a section for plants used by Native Americans for weaving. We have the well-known grasses and yucca, but also some that aren't so familiar. The Tohono O'odham, Apache, Yaqui, Papago and Seri Indians are represented. There is a sign in the works informing guests of the purpose of this area and lists some other plants and trees in the park that were used for weaving, but are too large to show here.”
A Cantera stone bench will complete the garden and people are invited to sit and enjoy the view and the butterflies and hummingbirds drawn to the plants. Update continued on page 8...
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UPDATE GIVEN ON SEWAGE LINE BREAK
Jose Nuñez, principal engineer for the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC) gave community members details about efforts to repair a main sewer line that broke open in late July, sending raw sewage into the Santa Cruz River in Rio Rico. That contaminated the river in Tubac and along its length, officials said.
A temporary repair to the broken line has been in place since Aug. 2, but a permanent fix is needed. As well, there are several other manhole locations along the main sewer line that are badly worn and could break at any time, Nuñez said. Nuñez spoke at the Sept. 21 meeting of the IBWC’s Southeast Arizona Citizens Forum held in Tubac. About 60 area residents and business people were in the audience. The entire sewer line, which delivers sewage from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico to the treatment plant in Rio Rico, and also collects wastewater from Nogales, Arizona, and Rio Rico, is due to be “rehabilitated,” he said, using cured in place pipe, which is a resin filled polyester felt tube. Engineering for that is completed, and bids will be accepted in upcoming months. But the City of Nogales must enter into a cost-sharing agreement with the IBWC before work starts, and the city has not shown cooperation, Nuñez said. Once the agreement is in place and bids are awarded, the project will take one year to 18 months, he said.
The area in which the sewer line broke is north of the Nogales city limits, in an unincorporated area. Nuñez said Santa Cruz County has declined to act as a local partner so that the Army Corps of Engineers can shore up the dirt banks and provide protection for the sewer line. If the county agreed, the county would be responsible for future maintenance costs, he said.
Ben Lomeli, a retired hydrologist and a member of the Southeast Arizona Citizens Forum board, said the system is “legally fragmented by jurisdiction and responsibility. Nobody wants to do the whole thing. “We need a comprehensive, holistic, sustainable solution for the whole storm water issue.” He said the entire watershed must be considered. “All of us need to work together, and stop this ‘It’s not my responsibility.’” He concluded, “Every agency needs to be working together and not separating it.”
HOME GUN SALES APPROVED
Tubac resident Robert Gorman received a conditional use permit for his home-based gun sales business.
The Santa Cruz County Board of Adjustment No. 3 approved the permit Aug. 17 following a public hearing at which some of Gorman’s neighbors spoke. Gorman said he’s held a federal firearms license since 1987 and is visited by an inspector annually. This year for the first time, the inspector said that he must possess a county permit in addition to the federal license from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Gorman said.
He said he keeps no inventory at the home which is on the west side of Interstate 19. He orders guns only upon request and does a background check on buyers. Gorman said the business activity is low. In the past five years, he did nine weapons transfers. Buyers seldom pick up guns at his home, he said.
During the hearing, three neighbors said they were in favor of the permit, one was opposed and four were neutral but had some concerns. (For comments or questions, contact the writer at kathleenvandervoet@gmail.com)
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By John O'Neill
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BIRDING IN TUBAC
here are two stabilizing forces in human civilization, two sports/hobbies that soothe the savage breast, preventing us from constant warfare, domestic abuse, environmental defilement, mental derangement and substance abuse, that temper our tendencies to revel in the seven deadly sins of avarice, envy, wrath, sloth, gluttony, lust and pride, and that lessen, but don’t vanquish, the need to write half-baked, hyperbolic drivel. These two staffs of life, as intelligent people know, are birding and golf. Wait! you say. What about the days when instead of our usual eagles and birdies, we have pars, bogies or, gasp, even worse? Or what about the days rare birds slip out the back of the trees 20 seconds before we arrive, never to be seen again, and those who saw them condescendingly describe their beauty?
Yes, even birding and golf, great sources of soul enrichment, emotional stability and enlightenment, can sometimes cause a tad of distemper, misalign our chakras, and destabilize our feng shui (sorry, yoga people).
But what if there were a place in our beautiful Santa Cruz Valley where, after too many double bogies, we could toss the clubs in the trunk and immediately walk a beautiful birding trail? Or conversely, on days when bird identification is a struggle, slip the binoculars under the seat and promptly play some golf ? Voila (fancy French word), thanks to a couple of birder/golfer volunteers and tenacity of a golf pro, there is such a place: the Rio Rico Golf Course. The sad story of the Robert-Trent-Jones-designed Rio Rico Golf Course is well known. Opened about 1971, the course, once the place where young pros competed to qualify for the PGA tour, began a decline about a dozen years ago. In 2013 a management company took
a five-year lease but abandoned the course in 2015. Greens died and weeds sprouted in the fairways. For a time last year it was ungolfable.
Golf pro Jane Chanik, who was teaching at the course, and her partner, Margaret Wolverton, got a lease/ purchase on the property when the management company split. The prognosis for the course was dim as golfers and diners were few and carts and mowers were sputtering to a stop.
Enter, stage right, a retired couple from Wisconsin, perfect volunteer heroes to help breath life into a golf course taking its last gasp. Denny Allen had owned a mobile small-machine repair business up north and, in retirement, was missing the challenges. Sandy Allen had owned a pet boarding and grooming business that could handle 100 dogs and 30 cats. People who could fix dying machines and herd cats were manna from heaven for Chanik. “We had tired, horrifying equipment and Denny’s ability to make something out of nothing is the reason we survive,” she said.
This story gets better because Sandy and Denny are birders and for years the golf course has been part of the Rio Rico CBC (formerly Christmas Bird Count), a nationwide effort to document bird populations over time. While birding the golf course during last December’s CBC, it occurred to Sandy and Denny that the areas around the course, with lakes, forest edges and grasslands would make a splendid birding trail if it were plowed and birders discovered it.
Voila number two. This summer Denny took a tractor and cleared a trail through the grasslands. News of the new birding venue began to pop up on the Arizona/New Mexico birding listserv. Four local birders spotted 58 species one morning in early September. A report of a yellow-bill cuckoo, a nice but not rare bird for southeast Arizona, brought about 30 birders to the trail, said Sandy. Continued on page 12...
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BIRDING continued... The survival of the Rio Rico Golf Course (RRGC) is now important for two reasons. Rio Rico, ground zero for real estate scams in the 1960s, will never be mistaken for Santa Fe. Though it has a reasonably dense Mexican-American and Anglo population and prosperous produce firms, it has no traditional-looking downtown and few visible community centers. Chanik would like to change that by making the 155 acre, park-like- RRGC setting a neighborhood resource for more than just golf.
“There is a vast improvement since last year,” she said. Since November nine holes have reopened and there is grass on the greens, and in the sand traps too, but it is a start. “People don’t want the golf course to go fallow and be developed,” she said. “The volunteering here is a story in itself,” she said. About 40-50 people have helped and 19 came to a “volunteer party.” Some plan to erect blinds to aid birding.
Chanik would like to develop foot golf, a combination of golf and soccer which she said is “quite the craze.” Golf holes are shortened and play is with a soccer ball and 21-inch diameter holes. Play is by the rules of golf: drive, chip and putt. She has partnered with the high school agriculture department to have gardening alongside tee boxes. The club has a liquor license, could be used for events, and offers a Sunday brunch.
Chanik, who describes herself as a “dreamer,” said long-range plans are to buy adjacent land for soccer fields. “People watched the demise for 14 years and find it hard to believe it can come back,” she said. “We think it can.” A second reason why RRGC survival is important is to maintain the site for bird watching. Birders from all over the world go to Madera Canyon, the Anza Trail at Tubac and Tumacacori, then go south to Pena Blanca Lake or Patagonia Lake, before heading east to the Huachuca and Chiricahua Mountains. The RRGC site is different from the higher-elevation oak and juniper habitat at Madera, and the Anza Trail is a dense riparian area. The RRGC trail offers more open-sky and grassland birding.
The more top-notch birding sites we have in our glorious valley the more enriching it will be for us all and, of course, for humanity, one sparrow and one birdie at a time. *****
On Sept. 15 there several Swainson’s hawks over the RRGC and hundreds more in the agricultural stubble east of the Rio Rico bridge.
Some of these elegant raptors nest along the Santa Cruz River near Tubac. Most seen here in fall are on the way to their wintering grounds in Argentina, “one of the longest migrations of any American raptor—forming flocks of hundreds of thousands as they travel,” according to ornithologists at Cornell. Wow! �
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CONSERVATION WORK CONTINUES AT MISSION CHURCH
By Kathleen Vandervoet
Helping to preserve what exists now at the 217-year-old adobe-walled Tumacácori National Historical Park’s mission church is the goal of conservation work. “We identify problems and continually have to intervene,” said Alex Lim, architectural conservator at the park. In August, six post-graduate students and several others worked on two projects – preserving old plaster patches where they adhere to the interior wall of the church so they won’t fall off, and preserving the plaster so it won’t crumble into tiny pieces. The post-graduate students are expected to return in January for a few weeks, Lim said. The five-year project is about halfway complete. Although saving bits of old plaster might not, at first, seem important, Lim explained that it can help future researchers.
“There has never been a very systematic iconographic study of the interior (of the church). So, by making sure that the material of all these fragments remain, we are allowing scholars and the public who are curious about this side of how did the Spanish decorate the inside of the church, and they don’t just randomly decorate, it has a religious meaning, so losing that would mean taking that opportunity away permanently. “Our job is to allow that potential to stay alive, until whoever wants to do it, can do it,” he said. The students are connected to the Architectural Conservation Laboratory of the University of Pennsylvania, which is home to specialists in research on and field treatment of earthen architecture, or adobe. Also participating were University of Pennsylvania Professor Frank Matero, an art conservator from the Arizona State Museum and a mural conservator from Mission San Xavier del Bac south of Tucson. The materials used were developed and tested at the laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania before anything was done at the mission church. “To come up with the (plaster) intervention method requires very specific research,” Lim said. “The first thing is a custom method to address our goal. The second is (to determine), can we use this project as a way to educate and provide training opportunities for conservators.” As well, he said it’s important to use the project to educate the public whenever possible. In 2016, more than 43,000 people visited Tumacácori National Historical Park. Each of the graduate students on the team was given a regular assigned time to talk with and show a display poster to park visitors about what was taking place, Lim said. The summer work, which lasted three weeks, was successful. “We came up with particular methods (to deal with the plaster issues) and we tested them in the field, so this summer project was the first time both pilots have been fully adopted in a much larger context.” Part of the $200,000 project includes a thick bound booklet created as the grad students compiled all the work that’s been done in the past. The connected searchable data base is also of prime value. “What’s amazing is that they reviewed all the reports since 1908 (when the church and land around it were declared a national monument) and this makes it such a rich site in that aspect,” Lim said. “This is the first Hispanic Heritage site to be declared a national monument. “We have more than 100 years of conservation history; a lot of people
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CONSERVATION WORK continued... worked on the church, inside and out. That gives us a rich history of the church, how people approached the preservation, what techniques they came up with, and how did those techniques fare over the years.” So far, they’ve worked on plaster patches in the nave, or main part of the church. In the next two years, they’ll finish that, and also work in the sanctuary, where the priest would have been located. “In the sanctuary, we have significant amount of original finishes still left,” Lim said. As well as the visiting students, the entire park staff of 17 people assisted in the project in
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Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary, dedicated to saving equines from neglect, abuse, and slaughter, will hold its annual Fall Fundraiser on Sunday, November 19th, from 5pm to 8:30pm. It will be held at the Tubac Golf Resort, located at 1 Ave de Otero Rd, Tubac, AZ. The event features music by classical guitarist Ivan Orellana, a silent auction, a live auction by Letitia Frye, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, and a three-course meal. The featured live auction item is a pristine 1989 Jaguar XJ6! All the money raised at this event will go directly to benefit the equines that have made the sanctuary their home, especially those who are seniors and those with special needs. One of those special needs horses is Samson, who was Tickets are $85 rescued by Equine Voices this past May from Havasupai Falls in the Grand Canyon. He had been used as a pack horse to transport Reservations may be made people and supplies up and down from the rim to the canyon online at floor, an eight-mile journey each way along a narrow mountain www.equinevoices.org trail with no water available. Samson was so severely abused by his owner that he was left blind and starving. Today, he is recovering or by phone at at Equine Voices where he will never be hurt again. His story is 520-398-2814. like so many of the over 1000 horses, burros, and mules rescued Seating is limited so reservations by Equine Voices since 2004. From the moment they arrived they should be made early. were treated with love, food, water, and medical care. Rescuing these animals takes a community effort that includes volunteers and supporters. Currently, Equine Voices is home to over 60 equines. Monthly costs to operate the sanctuary run between $40,000 and $45,000! This annual fundraiser is needed to ensure the continued operation of Equine Voices. You can help by attending this event.
Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary
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Greetings! I live down between Rio Rico and Lake Patagonia. I'm a NASA supported astronomer but am heavily involved in the arts. I'm selling the 36 acres adjacent to my house and observatories.
I have a great well so yours should be too. Electricity is in. It's easy to get from Pilot on I-19 to this property. Nice view. Good light!
Ever think about building a studio? Perhaps the dream studio you always wanted with a little privacy thrown in? Share with others?
Asking $125,000. I'm happy to give terms.
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Namaste! Michael
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Apple for the Teacher
By Carol Egmont St. John
Apples. Yellow busses. New shoes. Pencils, pens and lunchboxes.
School starts and something in me stirs remembering the excitement of new faces, new challenges and a fresh start. For thirtyfive years I taught in a myriad of settings, all of them asking me to become more, to stretch my imagination and knowledge so I could meet the potential of others. I deeply respect the profession of teaching and am often touched by a teacher’s high intentions. I can count about five or six who made a profound difference in my life.
One of them was Barbara Nechis who I was introduced to through her art book, Watercolor: The Creative Experience. Her work’s spontaneity and inventiveness grabbed me, and when I learned she lived within driving distance from my house, I believed it was no accident. We were destined to meet. It wasn’t long before I was I traveling down highways, over bridges and into unknown parts of
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Westchester to reach her studio. She turned out to be around my age, a passionate teacher with fabulous enthusiasm and an effective teaching style.
Hoping to open up and loosen my work, I enrolled in her evening course and found what I was looking for, an innovative approach to watercolor, different from any I had known. In addition to the most basic skills, she gave students permission to create, to take chances, to interact with water, paint and paper on a journey without a specific destination. Her techniques were daring and bold. Gone were the hackneyed flower vases, the precise lines of a shipyard or typical anythings. Art became invention, adventure, risk.
we might discover how much more fun it is to run with it and share its journey. Going with the flow is energizing.
In the midst of painting, should your hand precede a thought, things can happen so quickly that your reaction may throw you off. At such times, take advantage of the situation and work with what you’ve got; coax it, manipulate it, translate it and consider it anew. When we accept the fact that we are not completely in control, we enter into a communion of sorts, allow ourselves to become conduits, receptors, sensors and interpreters.
Life comes with conditions that challenge and surprise us. We would be wise to collaborate with the forces of nature, see the creation of We spilled paint, scraped, splashed, sponged, a beautiful painting as something unto itself, pushed and pulled color to create shapes a spontaneous and unique entity. A vase of just like kids in kindergarten. I would return flowers is no longer a vase or its flowers merely home with my watercolor sheets still wet, still flowers. The subject is secondary to the beauty waiting for me to see a form revealing itself inherent in paint mixing with water, strokes from the pools of color that had formed during pushing color, freeform assuming shapes. our wild experiments. From these random One evening Barbara directed us to baptize results, I sculpted recognizable subjects. our sheets of 140 lb. watercolor paper in tubs Sometimes roses, sometimes faces, sometimes of water, then stretch them out on boards, a landscape or just a lovely series of shapes. allowing the wetness to adhere the two I learned to let things happen and to wait and see. As I let go of the product in favor of the process, I thought how much life should be like that. If we would stop pushing the river,
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surfaces. Next, we chose a color and likened that color to our mood. With a big brush filled with pigment we applied our brushes to an area of the wet sheet making an amorphous
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shape. We watched as the color ran, navigating the space, whirling, puddling, making itself known throughout the flood plain, and then we determined if we wanted to manipulate its motion by tilting the boards or using our brushes or fingertips.
We looked for the most interesting conjunctions between paint and paper and considered what another color might add to our work. Would it become more exciting? Would it clash or interrupt? Would in blend? We were taking the process right down to the elements, to the character of color, of paint in water; the thirst of paper, the motion of strokes. Again, like life, we found each element essential and dependent on the rest.
This kind of painting teaches you to pay attention. It is not a reflection of what is, but what is possible. It requires interpretation, a trust in the spontaneous nature of things. It guarantees an original image because it is an engagement with potential as opposed to recreating what already exists. It takes intuition, an inner eye, confidence and a great deal of experience with materials. But most importantly, it was made possible by a teacher, a teacher who was willing to share all she knew. There were no grades, no negatives, only good energy and encouragement.
How many wonderful teachers have you had in your life? How many have given you wings and fed your spirit as well as your mind? This new school year, I hope our teachers will be honored and enabled by their students to make a difference. Remember, learning is never over, and good teachers are out there waiting for those who hunger. The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to ignite. ~ Yeats
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Join us for an evening of food, music and friends:A Fundraiser for Valley Assistance Services’ Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors Program Friday, October 20, 2017 5:00 – 8:00pm Mexican Buffet (5:30 -7pm), Cash Bar, Music, 50/50 raffle Join us at Tubac Jack’s Restaurant & Saloon 7 Plaza Rd, Tubac, AZ 85646 $20 Adult ticket
($10 kids, 12 and
younger) Tickets are sold at the following locations: Tumacookery, Jane’s Attic and Valley Assistance Services All Proceeds will benefit the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program, a transportation and friendly visitor program, in the Tubac Regional Area of Amado, Tubac, Tumacacori,and Carmen. For more information: Call Valley Assistance Services
520-625-5966 ******************************************** If you would like to volunteer for this program, call Valley Assistance 520-625-5966 or go to www.valleyassistanceservices.org Volunteer trainings will be Mondays, October 30th and November 6th from 10am – Noon at the Tubac Community Center
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. ~ Einstein �
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(Above, left) Perey Riley with her Ofrenda Installation. (Right) Zandra Pardi. (Facing page) Gaby Centeno. Photos by Myrna York
D
ay of the Dead, or Dia de Los Muertos is the most conspicuous and most iconic holiday that blends European and Latin American cultures and the only country in Asia, the Philippines. The common bond is the Roman Catholic Church’s centuries old tradition of celebrating All Souls Day on November 2.
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To explain this holy day briefly without being an iconoclast, Dia de Los Muertos or All Souls Day has to do with the concepts of heaven, limbo, purgatory, and hell in Judeo-Christian teachings and the tenets of what happens after death. Heaven is for canonized saints and martyrs and for those who have died in a state of grace which is celebrated on November 1 as All Saints Day. Limbo is a permanent place for the unbaptized dead children. Hell is for people who died with mortal sins and for some reason deprived of forgiveness. For those who depart with venial sins (not as grievous as mortal sins) their souls remain in purgatory and await for indulgences to set them free. This is where the practice of praying for the dead called indulgences originated around 740 AD. The more indulgences the better the chance for the reposed soul to make it to heaven and unfortunately, the ignored dead are doomed for eternal infernal suffering. It is not a holy day of obligation as November 1 but on this day Catholics visit the graves and memorialize their departed loved ones by cleaning and sprucing up the grave site with flowers, candles, followed by a cemetery vigil in warm climates to be reunited with relatives that share the same line of ancestry. In Mexico and most Latin American countries, Dia de Los Muertos incorporated Mayan and Aztec traditions evidenced by the skull at its core. Archaeologists discovered Aztec skull masks and skull motifs woven in garments. Feasting and dancing in commemoration of the dead were practiced during pre-Columbian times in conjunction with the Fall harvest festivals. This ancient and rich tradition focuses on the ancestors and memorialized them with four elements: water, fire, earth, and wind. The souls of the dead were believed to return to visit the homes where they resided. To prepare for their return, a proper welcome was in order with a feast of the departed’s favorite dishes arranged in a special place in the home called ofrendas or altars elaborately decorated with symbols of the four elements, all reminders of maintaining connectedness. As much as the Spanish clergy tried to suppress this practice, the natives continued the tradition privately in their homes and in time was subsequently combined with the Christian faith moving the August festival in Mesoamerica to November 2.
La Catrina is the most popular symbol associated with the contemporary Day of the Dead. Jose Guadalupe Posada created the image of a female skull wearing a large fancy hat around 1910 as an illustration for a leaflet and was originally named Calavera Garbancera. Calavera for skull and garbancera used as a derogatory term in the early twentieth century for the natives who denied their own cultural heritage and embraced the imitated European style and customs. Posada was poking fun at the Mexican aristocracy and his message was in death, all social classes are equal. In time, Posada’s political satire was called La Catrina, the female version of catrin, a dandy man. The Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera, adopted Posada’s La Catrina and depicted her as a full figured skeleton dead center next to him and her creator in his painting, Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park, in 1948. To add to Rivera’s reverence for Catrina’s indigenous roots, her boa is in the form of a plumed serpent with leaves of a corn plant, symbols of Mexican nationalism. Today, La Catrina has been depicted in numerous ways still elegantly dressed but bearing different personalities from all walks of life, in papier-mâché, ceramics, wood, papel-picado and sugar confections. It has become synonymous with a whimsy Day of the Dead, adding humor and light-heartedness to the somber concept of death. The skeletal bridal couple is a popular theme, as well as Frida Kahlo’s surrealist self-portrait with the unibrow. Pets and animals have also been added as an includible class of the departed. The imagination is limitless in personifying and honoring the dead and easing our fears by celebrating death as part of life. Everyone who observes and partakes in the Day of the Dead event is engulfed in the vibrant and lavish pageantry of costumed participants, ofrendas, and processions. The artistry abounds with folk art elements made of simple materials that are readily available. Make-up and face-painting have developed into theatrical expressions of joy, revelry, and gaiety. Marigolds or Flor de Cempasuchil in various shades of yellow, orange, and red is the iconographic symbol of the holiday. Bright colorful tissue paper flowers large and small are also used as sculptural elements and multi-colored banners called papel picado, an intricate Mexican paper-cutting craft that removes negative space but maintains one solid connected shape, flutter in the wind.
Tu b a c Vi l l a g e r O c t o b e r 2 0 1 7 will share the history of the Day of the Dead from her hometown of Michoacán as well as Oaxaca, and Veracruz regions of Mexico. She currently resides in Green Valley and is a Spanish instructor and promoter of many Mexican traditional celebrations focusing on art, music, and dance. She will explain and demonstrate how dancing to folk songs like La Bruja, La Calaca, and La Llorona take a very important role in the celebration as Mexicans do not fear death instead they dance with death as a major part of life. Pardi will also touch on the iconology of the ofrenda: veladoras (votive candles), agua (water), copal (incense), sal (salt), pan de muerto (bread), papel picado in purple, orange, and black and many more. The Cementery (sic) is a jewel in our village. It is spanglish (Spanish and English) for cemetery and cementerio. The graves are festooned with artificial flowers as the Ybarra family and the clan prepare for the Day of the Dead celebration. The Cementery has restricted access as it is on private land owned by the early settlers of Tubac but on this holiday, a special permission was granted to process through the graves. Dia de Los Muertos is surely an expression of cultural identity. The artisans delight in providing the decorations to create a festive mood and anyone can become an artist in expressing their sentiments through extravagant decoration. The ofrendas may have had humble beginnings in private homes but today the practice has extended into the business establishments such as hotels, restaurants, retail stores, and other public places. The enthusiasm is contagious and the artist within us all is challenged to participate. Our Tubac community has celebrated Day of the Dead now in its 4th year at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park and K Newby Gallery. To our delight, the Nogales High School Marching Band and the Nogales High School Mariachi Band will be performing and leading the procession from the Presidio to the cemetery, through the three major streets of the village ending with a bonfire with more music and dancing at KNewby Gallery. Intentions or personal prayers written in small pieces of paper are collected throughout the day at the park and burned in the bonfire signifying the release of the offerings. A special presentation of Dia de Los Muertos will be made by Zandra Pardi at 11:30 AM in the old school house at the Presidio. Some of her knowledge and expertise are briefly mentioned here and she
Dia de Los Muertos at the Presidio is packed with a variety of activities throughout the day. Live music and performances provide continuous entertainment. Wisdom’s Cafe and other food booths are serving delectables in the beer garden. Plus, arts and craft vendors will be flaunting their wares. Children’s activities include games and art making: clay skulls, paper flowers, and sugar skull masks. Ofrenda installations will be on view in the school house and the museum. La Catrina costumed children and adults in full regalia can be seen everywhere. The celebration at the Presidio is followed by a procession led by the Nogales High School band with a free admission event at K Newby Gallery for more music, food trucks, dancing, and bonfire hosted by Kim Roseman of K Newby Gallery, the Indigo Desert Ranch and Gaby Centeno of Casa Maya de Mexico. A beer garden is sponsored by the Anza Trail Coalition and music will be provided by Suerte, an 8-piece band from Tucson playing Tejano style music. Food trucks will also be on the premises to complete the festivities throughout the evening. If you are interested in doing an Ofrenda, applying as a vendor, setting up an educational booth, or obtaining other information, please call the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at 520-398-2252.
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TUBAC’S ADOBE BUILDINGS HONOR LOCAL HISTORY By Kathleen Vandervoet
In 1994, Tubac residents were successful in establishing Old Town Tubac as a National Historic District with 24 buildings and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
All nine buildings on the tour are slightly east of the arts and crafts galleries of Tubac and are in the original neighborhood that dates to 1752 when a Spanish presidio, or fort, was constructed in Tubac. One of the buildings is believed to have garrisoned Spanish colonial soldiers in the mid-1700s. Others are known to have housed some of Arizona’s earliest 19th century Anglo settlers and others were built on the existing foundations around the early 1900s by Tubac’s Hispanic heritage families.
Valentine said the length of the tour will vary for everyone, depending on their interest in details. “We’ve found that folks have a tendency to linger,” she said, based on the first tour, which was held last year. Trained docents will be at each building or home to answer questions. All the buildings are in walking distance of each other, but there are no sidewalks and the street paving is uneven.
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ubac was Arizona’s first European settlement, and some long-standing structures reflect that. Historic Old Tubac is the locale for a self-guided walking tour of nine adobe buildings on Saturday, Nov. 11, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event allows people “to open the doors of these buildings and see inside and absorb the flavor,” said Karen Wilson, president of the Tubac Historical Society.
The tour is “a wow moment.” People will say, “Wow, I didn’t know this was here,” said Nancy Valentine of the Lowe House Project, who’s excited about introducing people to the experience.
Adobe as a construction material consists of blocks formed of mud and straw that have been dried in the sun. Some of the buildings retain characteristics of their humble beginnings, while others reflect architectural features added over time, Valentine said.
Co-sponsors of the tour are the Tubac Historical Society and the Lowe House Project artist in residency program, both are nonprofit organizations.
The Tubac Historical Society was founded in 1967 and this is one of several special activities planned to commemorate that, Wilson said. “This is our 50th year and it’s very exciting to be involved with so many passionate people working hard to preserve the history,” she said.
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The starting point is the art studio complex of El Presidito, 4 Calle Iglesia, at the corner of Burruel Street and Calle Iglesia. At that location, participants will receive a booklet with a map and information about each building and its occupants over the years.
Tickets are $40 and can be purchased in advance through the Tubac Historical Society website at ths-tubac.org. They will be sold the day of the event when only cash or check will be accepted. The ticket price for THS members is $35. Children with adult supervision and students are free. For information, call the historical society at (520) 398-2020 or Valentine at (520) 841-1404.
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This year differs from last year in that there will be additional buildings, and people costumed and speaking as if they are the individuals who lived and worked in the historic locations, Valentine added. Research has supplemented material for some of the buildings showcased a year ago. About 50 people have volunteered their time to plan for the tour.
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Montessori Moments
Students at Montessori de Santa Cruz view Solar Eclipse with Awe!
By Judy Berlin Clifford
Sonoran Institute Seeks Public Comment for
Santa Cruz River Vision
Citizens urged to participate and support binational water security The recent breach of the International Outfall Interceptor (IOI) near Nogales, Arizona, has renewed international attention in the Santa Cruz River, as experts fear the rupture in the crossborder sewer line could roll back a decade of progress in improvements to river water quality.
Photo by Madeline Alcorta Ever since time began, the sun, earth and moon have been embraced in a slow, exotic celestial dance. On August 21, 2017, parts of the United States fell under the path of a total solar eclipse—an event that won’t happen here again until 2024. The Montessori School in Tubac used this historic event to get their students excited about science. The solar eclipse traveled from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast, through Oregon to South Carolina, viewable to anyone in its path. During the eclipse, the moon blocked the sun’s light, and the moon cast a shadow over parts of Earth. For those people at the center of the moon’s shadow, the sky appeared dark. In addition to just being pretty cool, solar eclipses also allow astronomers to learn more about our sun’s outer layer, and help scientists to understand the space environment that satellites and astronauts must travel through.
The last time Arizona was in the path of a total eclipse was 1806, when only Native Americans and some Spaniards enjoyed the spectacle. United States hasn’t had a full solar eclipse in nearly 40 years and won't see an eclipse again for another seven. While Arizona only got about a 70 percent view on 2017 and it still caused excitement. What a wonderful experience to see crowds of families and friends gathering peacefully for the 2017 solar eclipse. With all this excitement, it is still a perfect time to nurture a child’s interest in space. Here are some great books to keep our children learning about space. Recommended books for children:
Ages 3-7, Me and My Place in Space, by Joan Sweeney and Annette Cable
A lovely introduction to space for younger readers, this book features a girl who takes a tour of the solar system, learning about the planets in a way that’s relatable. Colorful illustrations and a glossary at the end make this a great primer for kids who are just beginning their journey into space obsession. The female main character is a reminder that women travel into space too. Ages 6-8, Looking Up! The Science of Stargazing, by Joe Rao and Mark Borgions. This fun and informative book, written by a meteorologist, guides kids on how to cast their eyes to space and explains what they’re seeing. The chapters have fun comic-style illustrations. For Middle Grades The Green Book, by Jill Paton Walsh
This is an older book, but a great one for introducing kids to the idea of colonizing new worlds. It’s also a lovely one to read out loud to middle grade readers. The story is about families leaving a dying Earth on one of the last escape ships, headed for a planet they know nothing about. Pattie, names the new planet—”Shine,” because all the plant life sparkles like glass. How will they co-exist when they meet alien beings? Pattie’s book, the “green book” of the title, becomes the most important as it tells the new story the colonists are creating. For information call 520-398-0536. Write PO Box 4706, Tubac, AZ 85646. 18 Calle Baca, Tubac, AZ 85646 Email mdsc1@montessoridesantacruz.org
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Sonoran Institute, well known for its Living River reports tracking the improved conditions along the Santa Cruz River, has been working in the region for decades. The organization is seeking public comment at a meeting scheduled for 6 p.m., Nov. 16, at the Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Road in Tubac. Organizers hope to address the community vision for the river near Nogales.
Santa Cruz County is fortunate to have a 15-mile stretch of the Santa Cruz River flowing with the release of effluent from the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant. This highly treated water is critical for meeting the community’s water demand, particularly during the driest times of the year prior to the summer monsoon. However, the release of water in the river is not guaranteed for the future. Much of the treated wastewater is owned by Mexico. If Mexico were to reclaim its portion, more than two-thirds of the water would be diverted for use south of the border, instead of flowing north towards Tubac. To ensure a resilient future, Sonoran Institute is exploring a long-term binational strategy to secure flowing water for the river. Understanding community values around the river is essential for determining how much water is needed to sustain all values. Earlier phases of this work included workshops and online surveys with the public in Santa Cruz County in Fall 2016 focusing on the role of the river within the regional community’s economy, history and environment. From this baseline of information, Sonoran Institute has listed the most prized aspects of the river in order to better advocate for community needs. “We plan to use this work to support strategies that will further protect river resources in Santa Cruz County,” says Laurel Arndt, Sonoran Institute Project Manager and organizer of the upcoming public meeting. Sonoran Institute is revisiting the conversation with Santa Cruz County following the IOI breach. “We always
strive to ensure our data is relevant to the current conversation. The recent IOI breach may have changed some of the community attitudes, values and preferences,” says Arndt. Santa Cruz County residents are encouraged to review the initial data and suggest improvements to make it the most reflective of the diverse community. For more information, please contact Amanda Smith, asmith@sonoraninstitute. org, and register to attend the community meeting at www.sonoraninstitute.org/ events.
About the Sonoran Institute
Founded in 1990, the Sonoran Institute’s mission is to connect people and communities with the natural resources that nourish and sustain them. We work at the nexus of commerce, community, and conservation to help people in the North American West build the communities they want to live in while preserving the values that brought them here. We envision a West where civil dialogue and collaboration are hallmarks of decision making, where people and wildlife live in harmony, and where clean water, air, and energy are assured. For more information visit: www.sonoraninstitute.org. Additional contacts or resource links
SI Statement on the IOI Breach: sonoraninstitute.org/2017/ioi_breach/
SI Blog post about 2016 river values workshops: sonoraninstitute.org/2016/reenvisioning-the-upper-santa-cruz-river/
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FIRST SATURDAYS OF EVERY MONTH - TUBAC CARS & COFFEE! 7/8AM TO 10/11AM, IN FRONT OF THE TUBAC DELI - An informal gathering of car enthusiasts, no registration needed, no charge to show cars or be a spectator! - All vehicles welcome, any year, Domestic, European, Asian, Hot Rods, Rat Rods, Sports Cars, Drag Cars, Low Riders, Trucks, Antique Cars, Motorcycles, anything cool on wheels! email for more info - Tubaccarsandcoffee@gmail.com THROUGH OCTOBER 22 – “19” - THE 19 EXHIBITION FEATURES ARTISTS ALONG THE I-19 ARTS CORRIDOR FROM NOGALES TO SOUTH TUCSON. The 19 Exhibition is a celebration of the vibrant and innovative arts corridor that extends from South Tucson to Nogales. As an extension of our annual Open Studio Tour, the 19 Exhibition is an example of some of the fine artists that live and work in the region. The extent of talent and ability will surprise and delight patrons, as the Center works to celebrate the arts in Southern Arizona. - Opening Reception: Fri. September 8th, 5 - 7pm Location: Main Galleries, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac Admission: Free Contact: Call TCA at 520-398-2371 THROUGH OCTOBER 22, 2017, “BODY MEMORY” - The works of Tucson artists, Gary Asgaard, Inna Rohr, & Aaron Roth are presented in the Master Gallery September 8 – October 22, 2017. - Opening Reception: Fri. September 8th, 5 - 7pm - Location: Master Gallery, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac - Admission: Free Contact: Call TCA at 520-398-2371 OCTOBER 7, 5 TO 10PM BARKTOBERFEST IN THE PLAZA DE ANZA COURTYARD. Join the community for Dancing, Live Music, Food, Beer, Wine and a Silent Auction to benefit the Santa Cruz Humane Society. Sponsored by the Tubac Market, Italian Peasant and !DOS¡ - Tickets available at the Tubac Market and SCHS Sept 1. OCTOBER 7 & 8 - EARTH HARMONY FESTIVAL - $10 ages 12 7 up - $3 ages 11 & under - Experience the progressive and innovative lifestyle of a fully functioning EcoVillage - tours, live Global Change Music, food, art, kid's village, pony rides, and speakers on sustainability. Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, Tumacácori, AZ. For info & directions – http://earthharmonyfestival.org (520) 398-2542 OCT. 7—VAN GOGH SUNFLOWER PAINTOUT AND AUCTION 3:30 – 6:00 - Real sunflowers (if the javelinas don’t eat them) juxtaposed against The Historic Lowe House grounds and in Old Town Tubac will be the inspiration for plein air artists and the backdrop for an auction and reception fundraiser for the Lowe House Project artist in residency program. And a fun celebration of Vincent Van Gogh’s 130th anniversary of the beginning of his famous series of sunflower paintings begun in 1887. For more information view lowehouseproject.com and send inquiries to tubacval@msn.com OCTOBER 9 - THE UPCOMING QUAIL CREEK KINO LECTURE SERIES WILL PREMIER WITH A TALK BY NAVAJO RUG EXPERT STEVE GETZWILLER OF NIZHONI RANCH GALLERY IN SONOITA - FROM 7-8 P.M. IN THE QUAIL CREEK MADERA BALLROOM. As one of the country’s top collectors, dealers and experts, Steve will share his extensive knowledge of Navajo rugs, their history, styles and current trends. His visit is cosponsored by The Women of Quail Creek's (TWOQC) Scholarship Committee and the Quail Creek Education Committee. Proceeds from the sale of tickets will go to the Scholarship Fund which annually sponsors scholarships for senior girls at two Sahuarita Unified District High Schools and supports Women in Transition returning to school to pursue educational goals. - Tickets ($5 cash only) are available at Pinky’s on the corner of Continental and La Canada, at Creative Edges Framing Shop in the Safeway Duval Mine Shopping Center and at the Quail Creek Madera Clubhouse Concierge Desk. The public is welcome and encouraged to attend this informative talk. OCTOBER 10, 2017 – THE BORDERLANDS FORUM: “TRAVEL AS A POLITICAL ACT” - 9:00 to 11:00, at BMO Harris Bank, 270 W Continental Rd, Green Valley - $15
for members; $20 for non-members - Well-known travel guide Rick Steves of PBS fame wrote a book with this title a few years back. In it, he suggests that that travel can shape our world-view and make us better citizens. In this class we’ll work with his insights to see how travel can do more than entertain us; it can engage us in a rich and important dialogue about how to live more fully and deeply in the global context. [Note: The word “political” here is used in the broadest sense of the word -- how societies are organized – rather than more narrowly as “partisan.” BCA is a nonpartisan organization.] Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCTOBER 11 — PUBLISHING OPTIONS WITH THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN THERE DONE THAT. 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Explore today’s publishing options during a discussion panel by published authors and literary agent in the know. Learn from their experiences about different forms of publishing from traditional, hybrid, e-book and self-published print book . Emerge with more confidence about knowing how to pursue the right publishing options for you. Panelists include Claire Gerus, Lois Griffel, Carol St. John, Linda Strader, Pat Dolan and others. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. Donations Requested. 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac Reservations recommended. For more information and registration contact Bill Stephenson at livewritewords.com, wmcstephenson@gmail.com, or 828-557-2527. OCTOBER 11TH 2017 - BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE - ANNUAL BROWN CANYON TRAILS CLEAN-UP - 8:00 AM MEET AT THE BROWN CANYON RD (MILE 20.5 HWY 286) - Join us for a Refuge Week tradition here at the Buenos Aires NWR. All hands on deck for a trip to Brown Canyon to trim back and re-mark the trails ahead of the hiking season. Water and hand tools will be provided. Please bring work gloves, long pants and sleeves, work boots and a hat. We'll meet volunteers at the intersection of Hwy 286 and Brown Canyon rd (mile 20.5 on hwy 286) at 8am. If you arrive after 8:30 nobody will be available to escort you up to the canyon so please arrive on time. OCTOBER 11 THROUGH OCTOBER 13, 2017 - DAVID SIMONS OIL PAINTING WORKSHOP: “Seeing Differently – Painting Differently” - In this 3-day oil painting workshop with artist, David Simons, students will learn how to see with the painter’s eye. - Cost: $225/Members, $250/Nonmembers - Time: 9am – 4pm each day - Location: Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac - Register: online at TubacArtWorkshops.com or call 520-398-2371 - Information Contact: Call TCA at 520398-2371 or email Workshops@TubacArts.org. OCTOBER 13 - DEADLINE FOR ARIZONA ARTISTS (18 and older) to submit up to six pieces of art for consideration in Unplug, on display March 2 – April 30, 2018 at the Herberger Theater Center, 222 E. Monroe Street in Phoenix. - Technology is everywhere and very relevant, but perhaps more essential is finding time to unplug… to look up… to just breathe. The art in this exhibit will reflect the countless ways to refresh our body, mind and spirit through literal and/or metaphoric expression. - Guest curated by Kim Walker, the exhibit is open to original two- and three-dimensional solo or collaborative work. Artists are selected to display and sell their work through a blind jurying process based on aesthetic, stylistic and/or technical presentation. The jury will consist of artists from various disciplines. - The completed prospectus, $25 non-refundable fee and required CD or flash drive of art images must be postmarked or hand-delivered to the Herberger Theater Box Office by 5pm Oct 13 - on : www. herbergertheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Unplug-2018.pdf. For information, contact Laurene Austin at laustin@HerbergerTheater.org or 602-254-7399, Ext. 105. OCTOBER 13 THROUGH 15 - CELEBRATE BIRDING & WILDLIFE NEAR ORACLE - WHILE HELPING ARIZONA AUDUBON CHAPTERS - BIRDING/WILDLIFE EVENT & CAMPOREE Hosted by Arizona Zipline Adventures in Oracle, AZ - Enjoy guided birding tours, vendors, live music, great food, games, raffles - as well as presentations by Craig Anderson (Arizona’s Important Bird & Biodiversity Areas) and Bruce Taubert (Photographing Wildlife in Arizona). This new and different festival benefits Audubon Arizona, Tucson Audubon, Sonoran Audubon, and Desert Rivers Audubon. More info is available at ziparizona.com OCTOBER 14, 2017 – CROSS BORDER TOUR: “GASTRONOMIC TOUR OF NOGALES” - Have you ever wondered what exactly is Sonoran food and how it differs from Mexican cuisine in general? This gastronomic tour of modern Nogales will clarify the regional characteristics of our culinary vibrant southern neighbor in situ while providing a local historical background. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org
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OCTOBER 14, 5PM-7PM - YOU ARE INVITED TO WINE & DINE FOR OUR FELINES. Join Paws Patrol for food, wine, music, and silent auction. To donate an auction item call 520-207-4024. Proceeds benefit community feral/stray cats. At the Karin Newby Gallery. OCTOBER 14 - TEODORO ‘TED’ RAMIREZ ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE CONCERT SERIES: TRES GUITARRAS, 2 PM - This is Ted’s 7th season as our artist-in-residence, and he has a phenomenal line-up for us this year. Chris Jácome returns with two other stunning guitar masters. This level of musical ensemble is usually found in London, Paris, and New York City, but believe it or not - the trio will join us in Tubac for one concert featuring Chris, Bob Fahey & Stan Sorenson - all three musicians considered to be at the top of the guitar stage performance world and will grace the schoolhouse stage with their phenomenal flamenco, blues, and jazz guitars. Tickets $25 adults, free for children 14 and younger. Seating is limited, please call now for reservations, 520-398-2252. 1 Burruel St, Tubac OCTOBER 15TH - THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA PRESENTS 3ND ANNUAL “JEANS AND JEWELS GALA” - 4:30PM at Oasis Wild Horse Ranch, 6801 N. Camino Verde. The gala will help raise awareness and much needed funding for the vital programs and services we offer throughout Southern Arizona. Enjoy a spectacular desert sunset, gourmet dining, silent auction, live entertainment, wine toss, games of chance and more. 100% of the proceeds from our Gala will stay local. Tickets are $100 and are available at as-az.org or by calling 770-1541. OCTOBER 17 - THE TUBAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE OUR NEXT “BREAKFAST WITH HISTORY” event with featured speaker Herb Wisdom of the famous Wisdom’s Café restaurant in Tumacacori, AZ. Where: Wisdom’s Café, 1931 E. Frontage Road, Tumacacori, AZ. - 8:30 a.m. - Tickets: $20 pp for Tubac Historical Society members and $25 pp for non-members. Tickets can be purchased on our website, www.ths-tubac.org, or send checks to THS P.O. Box 3261, Tubac Call THS at 520 398-2020 for additional information. OCTOBER 18, 2017 – THE BORDERLANDS FORUM: “BEYOND DAY OF THE DEAD” - 2pm at BMO Harris Bank, 270 W Continental Rd, Green Valley, AZ 85614 - $15 for members; $20 for non-members Join Blyth and Russ Carpenter for a lively class on the famous calavera art we see during the Day of the Dead. This bold, imaginative art form is an integral part of Mexican culture and is becoming important in American culture as well. The class will be supported by printed handouts, multimedia presentations, and class discussion. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCTOBER 18 - YOGA FOR BACK HEALTH. STARTS WEDNESDAY - 10-11:15AM AT THE TUBAC HEALING ARTS CENTER. This gentle class takes a therapeutic approach to back health. Whether you are recovering from a back injury, or simply interested in maintaining good spinal health, you will find value in this fun and informative class. $12 drop-in or use your pass. Questions: Erin 520-222-7972 or Erin@ RadiantEnergyForLife.com OCTOBER 19TH - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22ND - SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE FALL WILDLIFE TRACKING WORKSHOP - TNC Aravaipa Canyon Preserve If you've been wanting to learn more about the tracks and scat of local wildlife, this will be a great time to join us! You couldn't ask for a more beautiful place to learn this ancient art than this spectacular riparian corridor! This training is required for anyone who wants to be part of our volunteer tracking crew. More information www. skyislandalliance.org OCTOBER 19 - NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE CIRCLE IN TUBAC. (HEALING SPIRIT FLUTE CIRCLE) OUR FIRST TUBAC CIRCLE - FROM 5PM - 6 PM AT THE TUBAC EMBARCADERO PALACE OF THE GOVERNORS. This circle is for all ages and skill levels or those just wanting to learn more about Native American Flute playing. Hosted by Jeanne Van Oss nee Megariz. 4144607147. Jmvanoss@gmail.com for more information. OCTOBER 20, 2017 – CROSS BORDER TOUR: “MAGDALENA THEN AND NOW” - The historic city of Magdalena lies approximately sixty miles south of Nogales, yet it is a different world with colonial buildings and the rustic feel of the vaquero (cowboy) heartland. This guided tour includes an overview of the rich and complex history of the region. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCT 20TH - "PAS DE DEUX" ART EXHIBITS & GALLERY OPENING RECEPTION - FRI. OCTOBER 20TH 5-7 PM. 24 Tubac Rd. Please join Purcell Galleries and Kuzara Studio & Gallery for Two Art Exhibitions. "Soul Guides" an exhibit of a new series by Roy Purcell and "Turn the Page" an exhibit of new work by Barbara Kuzara. "Turn the Page" Opening Reception - 5-7 pm. 24 Tubac Rd. Art Exhibit and Gallery Opening Reception. In this exhibit Artist Barbara Kuzara explores a new direction with abstraction and composition. She is also celebrating the opening of Kuzara Studio & Gallery. OCTOBER 20TH - LET'S FLY! TUCSON AUDUBON'S ANNUAL GALA - JOIN US ON FRIDAY, LOEWS VENTANA CANYON RESORT TO CELEBRATE ARIZONA'S BIRDS and the arts as we proudly feature music by the group The Latest Traditions. Tucson Audubon Society board member Mary Walker has been teaching, performing and leading dulcimer groups for ten years in the Tucson area, and has presented demonstrations and workshops at the Western National Parks Association. In her newest group, The Latest Traditions, she is joined by her husband, Skip Walker, on guitar, and a newcomer to our area, Randy Smith, on dulcimer. Become a sponsor: call Katie this week at 520-209-1812 Call to Artists: call Katie and consider being part of the Fly! Art Auction at the event. OCTOBER 22 - TUBAC WALK/RUN FOR TATAS - 9:00 AM-11:00AM - $20.00 Registration Fee - The run/walk starts from the Governor’s mansion (1400 Golden Gate Way) and will meander through the neighborhoods of Barrio de Tubac. It will take place on October 22nd, 2017 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. The run will be 10k and the walk will be 5k. There will a costume contest for the run/walk participants and prizes for the top finishers. For more info call (520) 375-6050
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OCTOBER 26, 2017, 5PM - ARTS SPEAK: GENEVIEVE ANDERSON – “Too Loud a Solitude” - Conversation with the artist/ filmmaker at the Tubac Center of the Arts OCTOBER 20 - CALL TO ARTISTS DEADLINE Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour & Exhibit (November 11, 2017) For Tubac artists and those exhibiting in Tubac. The 2nd annual tour and exhibit at the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. For more information, view lowehouseproject.com or email inquiry to tubacval@msn.com. OCTOBER 20 - 5:00 – 8:00PM - TUBAC REGIONAL NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS PROGRAM - MEXICAN BUFFET - 5:30 -7PM AT TUBAC JACKS - 7 PLAZA RD. - Cash Bar, Music, 50/50 raffle - Fundraiser event for Valley Assistance Services - Tickets are sold at the following locations: Tumacookery, Jane’s Attic and Valley Assistance Services - All Proceeds will benefit the Neighbors Helping Neighbors program, a transportation and friendly visitor program, in the Tubac Regional Area of Amado, Tubac, Tumacacori,and Carmen. - For more information: Call Valley Assistance Services 520-625-5966 OCTOBER 21- ANZA DAY CELEBRATION- HOW FAR FELIPE PAGEANT - Tubac Presidio State Historic Park 8 a.m. - Noon. Based on the children's book by Genevieve Gray and after years of no performances, the Montessori de Santa Cruz students are revitalizing and revising the pageant! With Spanish costumes circa1750s, masks and musical performances created especially for Anza Day, the children will reenact the experience of young children and their animal friends participating in the 1775-1776 Juan Bautista de Anza expedition to settle and found San Francisco. Anza Day Celebration at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. 8 a.m. to noon. 1 Burruel Street, Old Town Tubac. How Far Felipe pageant is sponsored by the Lowe House Project artist in residency program and underwritten by the Tubac Historical Society. For more information view montessoridesantacruz.org, azstateparks.com/tubac/events or call the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at 520-398-2252. OCTOBER 21 - ANZA DAY, SATURDAY, 9 AM TO 3 PM - THE PRESIDIO’S ANZA DAYS CELEBRATION reflects historical accuracy and provides for the educational engagement of youngsters in this most significant event in Tubac’s history, when Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza made the 1775 overland expedition from Tubac to the Pacific. It begins in the cool of the morning at 9 am with period costumed riders executing cavalry drills. On the command of, “Vayan subiendo”, the Anza riders will assemble along with a host of imaginary settlers and livestock, and proceed to the steps of St. Ann's Church (the site of Tubac’s original church, Santa Gertrudis) where they will receive a blessing for the journey. From 10 am to noon at the Presidio we will unveil our children’s Anza Discovery Program with costumes, activities, props, ponies and superb photo ops. This is a wonderful opportunity to engage your children and grandchildren in Tubac’s colorful history. A $1 per adult donation is suggested for supplies. For more information call the Presidio, 520-398-2252. 1 Burruel St, Tubac OCTOBER 22 - CELEBRACIÓN DE LA COSECHA (HARVEST PARTY) AT TUMACÁCORI NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK - FROM 11:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M., Tumacácori will celebrate the harvest of fruits cultivated within the mission garden and orchard. “Partnerships formed over the course of this project will now see
OCTOBER 24-—WHERE IDEAS ARE BORN—A FREE TALK BY CAROL ST. JOHN—1 p.m. – 3 p.m. Back by Popular Demand! Awaken the senses and creativity with local columnist for the “Tubac Villager” accomplished oil painter, watercolorist, poet, activist and author of the 5-Star Rated book “Taproots...Where Ideas Are Born” A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. 14 Calle Iglesia Old Town Tubac. Donations requested. For more information email tusaints@gmail.com. OCTOBER 25 THROUGH OCTOBER 28—GOLF AND WHY MEN LOVE IT—LiveWrite “Playshop” with Bill Stephenson--Find and give voice to the mysterious x factor that keeps us coming back–often braving rain, wind, and cold, not to mention anger, frustration, and disappointment with golf. Play on local courses in the morning, talk in the afternoon, and dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. This workshop (really more of a playshop) revolves around M. Scott Peck’s book Golf and the Spirit.. For more information and reservations contact Bill at livewritewords.com and/or 828-557-2527 OCTOBER 25, 2017 – THE BORDERLANDS FORUM: “HISTORY OF SONORA – Session 1” - 1:30 to 4:00 PM, at BMO Harris Bank, 270 W Continental Rd, Green Valley, AZ - $30 for members; $40 for non-members for each session. (Part 2 scheduled for November 1, 2017) - The aim of this two part course is to provide Arizonans with a basic understanding of our neighboring Mexican state of Sonora´s history. Topics to be covered include the multiple indigenous groups of Sonora, the colonial experience during the Viceroyalty, the Jesuit order and their expulsion, the history of mining/ranching, the Porfiriato, and the Mexican Revolutions connections to Sonora. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCTOBER 26, 2017, 5PM - ARTS SPEAK: GENEVIEVE ANDERSON – “TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE” - CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTIST/FILMMAKER ABOUT THE FEATURE FILM ADAPTATION OF CZECH WRITER BOHUIL HABAL’S BELOVED BOOK set during the Russian occupation of Czechoslovakia during the 40’s and 5o’s. Learn about the book, its author and the how/why of it is being made into a film using puppets. A two-minute trailer of the film will be shown. - Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac, - Admission: Free for members, $8 suggested donation for guests and nonmembers. - Call TCA at 520-398-2371 OCTOBER 26 6:30 P.M. AND AGAIN ON OCTOBER 28 AT 2 P.M.- THE RIO RICO HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS SPONSORING A FUNDRAISER TO HELP FUND RIO RICO’S FIRST MUSEUM AT THE NEW RIO RICO HISTORY MUSEUM. Rio Rico History Museum, Rio Rico Plaza, 1060 Yavapai Drive, Suite 7 - A Rio Rico history talk about Prehistoric Rio Rico Revealed! Prehistoric People - Dwight Thibodeaux, Rio Rico historian, will speak about What happened in Rio Rico before Padre Kino and the Spanish arrived? Dwight has developed a talk on Prehistoric Rio Rico and the Prehistoric People who lived here. A local history talk that is about the prehistoric people who lived here and you can learn about their many villages in the Rio Rico area. Suggested donation of $5. - RioRicoHistorian@hotmail.com or www. RioRicoHistoricalSociety.org/talks.html
OCT. 27 & 28—DECORATIVE PAPERS AND HANDMADE ARTISTS BOOKS PLAYSHOP WITH SUSAN CORL--9-12 and 1-4--Have fun like a kid making a mess playing with paints, glue, crayons and make beautiful decorative papers to be included in handmade books and book covers. Experiment with different techniques such as Orizomegami, a fold and dye technique and wax resist papers using batik methods and common materials found around the house to create one-of-a-kind works. Learn different bookmaking models that include your decorative papers. All materials included. A Lowe House Project “playshop” in Old Town Tubac. For more information, fees and registration email susancorl@hotmail.com or call 520-394-2926 OCTOBER 27 THROUGH SUN. DECEMBER 3, 2017 – “CABOT & COWBOYS” - FEATURING THE WORK OF TUBAC ARTIST, HUGH CABOT and cowboy trappings. - Opening Reception: Fri. October 27th, 5 - 7pm - Location: Main Galleries, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac - Admission: Free - Contact: Call TCA at 520-398-2371 OCTOBER 27 THROUGH SUN. DECEMBER 3, 2017 – “THE MASTERS AT WORK” FEATURING THE WORK OF THE LIVING MASTER ARTISTS, VIRGINIA HALL, TOM HILL, BOBB VANN, AND NICHOLAS WILSON. - Opening Reception: Fri. October 27th, 5 - 7pm Location: Master Artist Gallery, Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac - Admission: Free - Contact: Call TCA at 520-398-2371 OCTOBER 29 - TUBAC'S 4TH ANNUAL TRADITIONAL DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION & PROCESSION - 11 - 4 PM THE TUBAC CELEBRATION OF DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS IS AN EVENT EXUBERANTLY HONORING OUR ANCESTORS AND COMMUNITY. Everyone is welcome to create an ofrenda or altar and these will be displayed throughout the community. At Tubac Presidio State Historic Park beginning at 11 am and running until 4 pm, we’ll have face painting, live music, food vendors with a wonderful variety of offerings, ofrenda exhibits, intention writing and crafts for the children. In the afternoon a splendid procession will march through the streets to the Tubac Cemetery and end at a symbolic bonfire in the Sculpture Garden at the K. Newby Gallery. There will also be music, dancing, food and drink in the Sculpture Garden. Participants are encouraged to come in costume, have their faces painted and bring mementos of loved ones to memorialize in the parade and at the bonfire. Purchase your tickets at the Presidio by October 28 and receive a discount: Adults $6, youth (7-13), $1, children (younger than 7) are free. Day of event ticket prices $8 adults, $2 youth (7-13), children (younger than 7) are free. 1 Burruel St, Tubac
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OCTOBER 26, 2017 – CROSS BORDER TOUR: “INTRO TO NOGALES” - The purpose of this tour is to give participants a chance to see for themselves what Nogales is like beyond the wall with an overview of the region, historically and contextually. The tour begins on the US side with a brief orientation, followed by travel through the emerging, dynamic city of Nogales, Mexico. Register online at www. BorderCommunityAlliance.org OCTOBER 27, 2017 – CROSS BORDER TOUR: “GASTRONOMIC TOUR OF NOGALES” - Have you ever wondered what exactly is Sonoran food and how it differs from Mexican cuisine in general? This gastronomic tour of modern Nogales will clarify the regional characteristics of our culinary vibrant southern neighbor in situ while providing a local historical background. Register online at www.BorderCommunityAlliance.org
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OCTOBER 28 - ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY SATURDAY -STARTING TIME: 5:30 PM - 31 TUBAC ROAD - Music by the Nogales High School Mariachi Band - Join us at the gallery/gift shop for an evening of fun, music, and treats on Saturday, October 28th starting at 5:30 pm. As a special delight we will be featuring the award-winning Nogales High School Mariachi Band. Come dressed as you are, or dressed as you aren’t…catch up on the latest village gossip…meet new friends, greet old ones. And while you’re at it, you might notice that Tubac Art and Gifts is brimming with new, colorful, one-of-a-kind art and crafts. 575-640-6569 - www.tubacartandgifts.com OCTOBER 31, 2017 – THE BORDERLANDS FORUM: “HOW TO TAKE YOUR PHOTOS FROM GOOD TO GREAT: INSTRUCTION & PHOTO SHOOT” - The aim of this class is to offer guidance to help you improve your photography skills AND to provide you with a unique setting to practice what you’ve learned. Professional photographer Monica Rojas is your guide (see her website www.MonicaRojasPhoto.com) and the setting is the Holler-Saunders home in Nogales, Arizona, with its stunning collection of Spanish Cologial artwork. Monica will help give instruction in the principles of good beginner and intermediate photography, tailoring her presentation to the specifics of your DSLR camera. This promises to be a friendly, hands on experience in a unique setting with practical results. Questions about the class can be addressed to Monica at monica@MonicaRojasPhoto.com. Register online at www. BorderCommunityAlliance.org NOVEMBER 4 AT 11:30 A.M. - THE RIO RICO HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS SPONSORING A FUNDRAISER – A BUS TOUR OF “HISTORIC RIO RICO.” - A bus tour of 8 historic Rio Rico sites: 1773 San Cayetano de Calabazas visita mission, Calabasas Town Site, Toacuquita Indian Village, Baca Float Ranch House, The Stud Barn, Palo Parado Siding/Otero Town, Baca Float Ranch Barn, Rancho Santa Cruz and the cowboy bar. - In what promises to be our best tour yet of "Historic Rio Rico," we are offering not only a visit to 8 historic sites in Rio Rico, but we will go inside three of these historic sites. First, under the guidance of a National Park Ranger, we will look inside the 1773 San Cayetano de Calabazas visita mission - the oldest building in Rio Rico dating back to the times of the Spanish padres. Our second "inside look" will be a first. For the first time ever - that this home will be opened to the public - we will have an exclusive premier - a private tour of "The Stud Barn." "The Stud Barn" is where Georges Simenon lived in what would later become Rio Rico. Georges was the most prolific author of the 20th century and he wrote "The Bottom of the Bottle" about life on Baca Float Ranch in 1948, while he lived in "The Stud Barn" with his secretary and current mistress. His novel was made into a major motion picture in 1955 and much of it was filmed locally. Our third "inside look" will be another exclusive private tour Rancho Santa Cruz - the first ranch HQ for the Baca Float Ranch and the residence for Tol Pendleton (Pendleton Drive is named for him). In 1936, Rancho Santa Cruz became the third dude ranch in Santa Cruz County and it had the first swimming pool built in Santa Cruz County. Please, please, you don't want to miss this very special tour of "Historic Rio Rico" that might not be repeated in the future with all these exclusive "inside looks." Rio Rico Community Center, 391 Avenida Coatimundi, Rio Rico, Arizona - Make your reservations with a suggested prepaid donation of $25 for members and $30 for non-members to help defray the costs of the Rio Rico Historical Society. NOVEMBER 4, 2017 - ARIZONA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING - TUCSON, AZ - KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANDREW E. MASICH, PH.D; PRESIDENT AND CEO OF THE SENATOR JOHN HEINZ HISTORY CENTER - Civil War in Arizona and the Southwest Borderlands - Still the least understood theater of the Civil War, Masich will take us back to the 1860s southwest borderlands that saw not only Union and Confederate forces clashing but Indians, Hispanos, and Anglos struggling for survival, power, and dominance on both sides of the U.S.–Mexico border. The Arizona Territory was created during the Civil War and the conflict profoundly shaped the state we know today.
Baskets for All Seasons Demo and Sale at the TCA Nov 24 @ 10:00 am. November 26 @ 4:00 pm
Manhattan Dolls at the TCA Nov 18 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
NOVEMBER 9, 2017, 5PM – MASTERS AT WORK – PANEL DISCUSSION - HEAR FROM THE LIVING MASTER ARTISTS TOGETHER IN A PANEL DISCUSSION, EACH RESPONDING TO THE SAME QUESTIONS BOBB VANN, VIRGINIA HALL, AND NICHOLAS WILSON. - Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Road, Tubac - Free for members, $8 suggested donation for guests and nonmembers. Call TCA at 520-3982371
its founding in 2004, Equine Voices has rescued over 1,000 horses, burros, and mules. Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit all the equines at the sanctuary, especially those who are seniors and those with special needs. Tickets are $85.00 each and may be purchased online at www.equinevoices.org or by calling 520-398-2814. Seating is limited so reservations should be made early. Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary is a 501(c) 3 non-profit corporation and all donations are tax deductible.
NOVEMBER 10TH AND 11TH (FRIDAY AND SATURDAY), 9AM-4PM - 49TH ANNUAL ARTISAN FESTIVAL, 100 LOCAL ARTISTS will be selling their hand-crafted items such as pottery, jewelry, paintings, fiber arts, wood and much more. Free Parking - GVR West Center 1111 GVR Drive - Green Valley - Follow signs from La Canada or I 19 Exit Continental Road
NOVEMBER 21 - THE RIO RICO HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS SPONSORING A HISTORY TALK AT THE NEXT GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING. A Rio Rico history talk about Baca Float Number 3: Evictions and Injustices of the 1914 Supreme Court Decision - Steve Gastellum, local historian, will speak about how his family and 197 local families were evicted overnight by U.S. Marshalls and Santa Cruz County sheriff deputies even though they had legitimate land claims and homesteads in Calabasas, Tumacacori, and Tubac for decades! - 6:30 p.m. Rio Rico Community Center, 391 Avenida Coatimundi, Rio Rico, Arizona - Suggested donation of $3/person or $5/ couple to help defray the costs of the Rio Rico Historical Society. RioRicoHistorian@ hotmail.com or www.RioRicoHistoricalSociety.org/talks.html
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2017, 9 A.M. TO 5 P.M. THE 9TH ANNUAL SAHUARITA PECAN FESTIVAL FEATURING THE POPULAR SAHUARITA PECAN CLASSIC AND NUT 5K WALK/ RUN. Come for harvest demonstrations, wagon rides through the pecan orchard, food, arts and crafts from the Santa Cruz River Valley and surrounding areas, great music, dancing and family-friendly activities. See you at the Festival! Take I-19 to Sahuarita Rd and head East approximately 3 miles to 1625 E Sahuarita Rd, Sahuarita, AZ 85629. This year, the festival is celebrated in honor of our veterans. More information at www.sahuaritapecanfestival.com. Free admission. NOVEMBER 11 - STARRY, STARRY NIGHT 2017 - GALA DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT UNDER THE STARS! - AT 5 O’CLOCK IN THE EVENING - Tickets $150 - Cocktail Attire - At the spectacular Valhalla Farms in Tubac - Complimentary valet parking - Catered by Feast, signature cocktails by Jeff Marron of Hacienda Corona, Music by Domingo DeGrazia - BUY TICKETS ONLINE AT ARSOBO.ORG - For more information call: Bill Neubauer at (520) 444-9048 NOVEMBER 18TH, 7:30PM, “THE MANHATTAN DOLLS” - TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS, 9 PLAZA ROAD, TUBAC - The Manhattan Dolls originated in New York City in 2009 and are a swing-style female vocal trio with the sound of The Andrews Sisters. Started by former USO Girl, The Dolls travel the world performing for military events, air shows, award ceremonies, parades, jazz clubs, concert series, you name it! Enjoy an evening journey back in time with songs from the 30’s and 40’s. - This performance is part of the Performing Arts Series package. A full season subscription is $120/Members and $160/Nonmembers. Purchase season subscriptions online at http://tubacarts.org/pa-tickets/ Limited individual tickets available. Contact the art center to purchase tickets, 520-398-2371. NOVEMBER 19 - EQUINE VOICES RESCUE & SANCTUARY FALL FUNDRAISER - THIS ANNUAL FUNDRAISER WILL BE HELD AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT & SPA FROM 5PM TO 8:30PM. It includes a three-course meal, hors d’oeuvres, a cash bar, live music by guitarist Ivan Orellana, a silent auction, and a live auction with Letitia Frye. This year, the featured live auction item is a pristine 1989 Jaguar XJ6! Since
FRI. NOVEMBER 24 - SUN. NOVEMBER 26, 2017 – “BASKETS FOR ALL SEASONS” - TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS, 9 PLAZA ROAD, TUBAC - The original “carry all” for all cultures, baskets have always been a part of everyday life for people throughout the world. Visit Tubac Center of the Arts to see Native American basket weavers at work, learn about the various kinds and types of basketry created today using techniques that have been passed on for generations. Baskets of all sizes and shapes will be available for purchase as gifts or for your own basket collection. Admission: Free. Call TCA at 520-398-2371
THE CHURCH AT TUBAC - CHRISTMAS EVE CANDLE LIGHT SERVICE - FROM 4:30 TO 5:30, 2204 W Frontage Rd. Tubac - Inormation - call 520 398-2325
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TUBAC FALL ARTS &CRAFTS FESTIVAL
The Tubac Fall Arts & Crafts Festival will take place dates November 3, 4 & 5, 2017, from 10 am to 5 pm daily. Artists and crafters from around the country will be displaying their works throughout the village of Tubac. 100+ booths will line the streets with everything from sculpture and painting to fun and functional ceramics. This show will be a great place for visitors to do some unique holiday shopping. Paid lots will be charging $8 per car with all proceeds benefiting local nonprofit organizations. For more information visit www. tubacaz.com or call 520.398.2704. Take I-19 south to exits 34 or 40.
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TRX ADVANCED & BEGINNING … FRIDAY- WED. 9:00 AM ARGENTINE TANGO … EVERY FRIDAY AT NOON
TUBAC QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS … EVERY TUES. 9:00 AM
S.C. VALLEY CITIZENS COUNCIL … THIRD MONDAY – 9:00 AM PICKLEBALL … SCHEDULE VARIES, CONTACT 602- 524-0067
DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING – FRIDAY OCTOBER 13TH 9:30 AM TUBAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY … OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
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oing something new can make me feel anxious or even vulnerable. I always want the experience so I usually go for what is offered. Learning yoga is a continuous unfolding that never ceases to provide fresh insights and skills. It is a great way for me to keep the brain and enjoyment of life expanding. The first time to visit a yoga studio or come to a new class can make anyone uncomfortable. The information about how good yoga is for you should simply be enough to give it a try. From the very basic to the very diverse makes the poses available to everyone. Body awareness and attention to its external functions and internal processes work collectively with spirit and breath to mold us into integral beings. I appreciate being able to operate my life intact, conscious of not only my wholeness but the fullness of everything around me. We are fundamental to one another. A little yoga goes a long way to remind us everything we do is part of the whole. There was a time when some poses gave me pause, could I really do that? Do I want to? When challenged by my teachers I never felt I “had” to do anything. Gentle encouragement and coaching was their style. To attempt something that is foreign to me is enough to experience something new. It reminds me that I am simply a cog in the wheel. Being part of the whole by opening my heart and raising my sights is a great connection to everything. The commonly named pose “wheel” is one of the most “heart cracking” and opening yoga poses out there. The true name is Urdhva Dhanurasana or Upward Facing Bow. This pose (asana) asks that you allow everything you want to protect and keep to yourself to be open and exposed. Revealing our tender spots needs support from external muscles and internal resolve. A safe place with a teacher and a yoga studio or group of practitioners gives us all a chance to try upward facing bow. Practicing this asana in a place
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that is comfortable builds the confidence needed to let your deepest self be revealed anywhere. Doing a “backbend” in unfamiliar territory is a good test of inner strength. Preparing for a backbend can take a long time or not depending on the state of your flexibility. I always did them when I was a child and continually wish someone had told me to keep doing them every day! So, when I found my way back to yoga there was definitely a learning curve. Once past the initial intimidation and fear I have learned to love each Urdhva Dhanurasana I do or not do. They make me happy, they make me want to laugh, I want to do them everywhere. Some days they come easy and some days they are more difficult, but I keep practicing and working on the breath, belief and energy that propels me to do all yoga poses. This pose can be done so many different ways to get the same affect, there is no reason not to give it a try. Even students with limitations can get the thrill of a backbend in a chair or with props. There is nothing like opening up your heart and aiming your arrow straight at the best of life. Kathy Edds, Yoga Instructor (ERYT500), Ayurvedic Lifestyle Coach, www.kathedds.com Kathy teaches yoga at The Tubac Healing Arts Center in Tubac. www.tubachealingarts.com
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FIGHTING WORLD PROBLEMS WITH A STRONG FINANCIAL FOUNDATION By Duffy Elgart, Tubac Rotary president
Last month we talked about the history of Rotary and this month I thought you’d like to know just how Rotary funds the phenomenal multi-million dollar work the organization does to make the world a better place.
It actually all started with a $26.50 donation from the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Missouri in 1917 when outgoing Rotary president Arch Klumph suggested to the Rotary membership that an endowment be set up “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” That one idea set in motion a powerful force that has transformed millions of lives around the world.
During the past 100 years the Rotary Foundation, as it is now called, has spent more than $3 billion on life-changing, sustainable Rotary projects worldwide. The money to fund those projects comes directly from Rotary members and private and corporate donations. Most Rotarians pledge money each year to the Foundation and many other private foundations around the world donate to the Rotary Foundation. The Gates Foundation, for example, matches each $1 donated to the Rotary PolioPlus program set up to fight Polio with a $2 donation. Individuals who believe in the Rotary programs can donate at any time. More than 91 percent of the money donated to The Rotary Foundation is spent directly on the programs it supports. In laymen’s terms the Rotary Foundation holds the purse strings for Rotary International acting as a separate entity to distribute the money. It is organized as a public charity operated exclusively for charitable purposes and governed by a Board of Trustees. The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotary members to “advance world understanding, goodwill and peace through the improvement of health, support of education, and the alleviation of poverty.”
The Rotary Foundation acts under strict rules when it decides just where the money will be spent each year. Money is allocated to support the six sustainable causes that Rotary International has identified and earmarked. Each of those causes has hundreds of areas needing financial help and requests for funding go through rigorous scrutiny. Here a breakdown of the six Rotary “Causes”:
1) Promoting Peace -- Through service projects, peace fellowships and scholarships Rotary addresses the causes of conflict including poverty, ethnic pressures, lack of education and unequal distribution of resources. Rotary has raised and distributed $142 million to promote peace. 2) Providing clean water-- 23 million people in the world now have safe water through sanitation, hygiene and education projects. Rotary has awarded more than $100 million in grants to facilitate clean water programs. 3) Maternal and child health care – Rotary works to expand access to quality health care for mothers and children through education, immunization, mobile clinics and birth kits.
4) Basic Education and Literacy - With more than 775 million in the world over the age of 15 illiterate, Rotary has made it a cause to reduce those statistics with teacher training, scholarships and adult literacy programs.
5) Growing local economies – The Rotary Foundation spent $9.2 million to grow economies and reduce poverty around the world through micro-loans, agricultural opportunities and Adopt A Village programs. 6) Disease prevention and treatment – More than $65 million has been distributed to fight and control malaria, Alzheimer’s, Multiple Sclerosis, diabetes and polio with advanced health care, disease prevention programs and supporting studies of treatment. Rotary
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No spring nor summer beauty hath such grace as I have seen in one autumnal face. ~ John Donne (1572-1631) We give thanks for sun and moon, dark sky and day, rain and clouds, fertile field and sky, springtime and harvest, growth and rest. ~ Congregation of Abraxas
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es, this is our time of rest. After tremendous heat and some wonderful monsoon storms, working in the yard slows way down for the next few months. We can sit back and watch the wonders of fall unfold. What a spectacular time of the year for us in the sweet Santa Cruz Valley. We've hibernated all summer and slowly we peek out hoping the heat is over. We can enjoy the cool mornings and evenings. Everything in the yard seems to be settling down for the fall.
Fall is the best time of the year, I think. This will be our 31st fall here and I never tire of the slow turning of the cottonwood, the yellow and silver hue of the leaves. The mums are coming back, such a harbinger of autumn. And of course, the pumpkins. I tried for many years to grow pumpkins. Some years were good, some not so. I would have to hand pollinate the blossoms and it didn't always work. The javelinas would always come after Halloween to eat the pumpkins we would carve and place on our front wall. We waited for them and loved watching them. Haven't seem them for a long time. Not to say there is not a lot of activity still in the air. "It's a paradise out here", said my sister-in-law, Katherine on a recent visit from Dallas with my brother, Penn. There were so many birds, hummingbirds, dragonflies, and butterflies all intent on giving us a show. It is glorious. The picture of the Western Tiger Swallowtail on the Milkweed has a damaged wing but that did not stop him from being all over the yard. The seeds from the Milkweed plant are tiny feather-like wisps with a tiny seed that are starting to disperse throughout the yard. I planted them to entice the Monarch butterfly to come and play. This is their favorite plant on which to dine.
The Painted Lady butterfly, according to my "Desert" book, is the most widespread butterfly in the world and we have an abundance of them right now, along with the yellow Common Sulphur butterfly. These sweet things have invaded our yard, we are so fortunate that they are here. We have lost almost 2 and a half hours of daylight since June. I love the early darkness in the evening. The tiny solar lights that are sprinkled throughout the yard,
(at least the 4 that are still in place. Did I mention that we have 2 new puppies? More later) come on, and it is just a very happy place to be. It's quiet and peaceful and then we have the stars that come out and give us another show of beauty. Unexpected visitors, the best kind, from Arkansas, classmates from grade school, Marilyn and David, came through and spent the night on their way home. What fun to catch up and sit outside and exclaim about the beauty of the night sky. They were very impressed with our dark skies, not everyone is so lucky to have them.
The pace in Tubac is picking up. Mark your calendars for all the events coming up. October is the beginning of the social time in Tubac. For the next 5 or so months our little village will be a real hub of activity. One such event is the fundraiser at Tubac Jack's on October 20th. This is the kickoff for the newly formed Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors. This program will serve Amado, Tubac, Tumacacori and Carmen. We not only need more volunteers to help with transportation and friendly visits, we need to reach the people who NEED these services. Please help us kick off this really important program. There will be a Mexican buffet, 50/50 raffle, and music from 5-8pm. $20.00 a ticket at Jane's Attic and Tumacookery and at Valley Assistance in Green Valley. Fall weather is soup time! Try this delicious and oh, so healthy red lentil soup with kale. Enjoy!
Red Lentil Soup with Kale
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1 tsp oil any kind 2 garlic 1 onion 3 celery stalks 1 bay leaf 1 and1/4 tsp cumin2 tsp ground coriander 1/4 tsp sweet paprika 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper 14 oz can diced tomato 5-6 cups veggie stock 1 cup red lentils 2 handfuls Kale or Spinach salt and pepper
Directions: Oil in pan add onion and garlic, cook 5 minutes, add celery bay leaf, and spices and stock, tomatoes and lentils bring to a boil and then simmer for 30 minutes add Kale or spinach. I added roasted cauliflower and eggplant for more taste.
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