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Community Calendar Saturdays, 8 a.m., San Manuel Open Air Market. Phone 2122337 for more information. See you there!

Every Saturday, 9 a.m., Oracle Farmers Market. The Farmers Market at the Triangle L Ranch is held every Saturday at 9 a.m. till noon.

Mondays, 11:45 a.m., Bridge at the San Manuel Senior Center. Bridge is back! There will be an indoctrination and refresher session from 11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Bridge games will begin at 12:30.

There will be hand outs to help you learn the rules and counting in Contract Bridge.

Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m., Bridge at the Oracle Community Center. The Oracle Senior Center bridge group is open to

the Tri-Community. We play on Tuesdays from 12:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Interested in playing, call Mary at 896-2604 or Ethel at 896-2197.

Tuesdays, 6:30 p.m., Yoga at Rolling Rock Gallery in Superior. There’s a free (donations accepted) yoga class Tuesday nights at 6:30 p.m., Rolling Rock Gallery, 160 Main Street, Superior.

Bob Jones Museum in Superior. The Bob Jones Museum is open every Wednesday and Friday from noon to 3 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. These hours depend on the availability of volunteers. Come and visit and see the displays of Superior’s past, heritage and history. Membership is open to

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Every Wednesday, 1:30 p.m., Sewing Bee and Tea at the Oracle Community Center. From 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. each Wednesday, the Oracle Community Center ladies meet to work on crafts.

First and third Wednesdays, 9:30 a.m. to noon, Queen Valley Scrap Rats. The Queen Valley Scrap Rats, a chapter of the Arizona Quilters Guild, meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month from 9:30 a.m. to noon at the Queen Valley Baptist Church at 241 N. Queen Anne Drive.

All levels of quilting experience are welcome and would-be quilters can get help getting started. Classes are offered in quilting, an annual quilt show that is held every March is planned and contributions are made to charitable groups.

Quilting information and tips are offered as well as a Sew & Tell session at every meeting.

The yearly dues are $5 for

the Chapter and $30 for the Arizona Quilters Guild. For more information, call Patty Friesz at 480-20302928 or Norma Kanzig at 480-4632089.

March 19 through May 1, Smithsonian Museum’s Key Ingredients “America by Food” Exhibit Opens at the Acadia Museum in Oracle.

The exhibit is open from March 19 through May1 at the Museum located at 825 East Mount Lemmon Highway.

The exhibit is open Monday through Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 520-896-9609 or go online to oraclehistoricalsociety.org for more information.

April 1, 6 p.m., Gila County Historical Society’s First Friday Program. Chris Marin will present “Judge Me by My Credentials: Daisy Moore and Marietta Bryant vs. GlobeMiami School Boards 1951-

1952” at the Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum, 21 Plaza Circle, in the George Cox Room, in Miami. Programs are free to the public and light refreshments are served.

Programs are sponsored jointly by the Bullion Plaza Cultural Center and Museum and the Gila County Historical Society Museum.

Saturday, April 2, 2-4 p.m., Mammoth Historical Society Presentation. Mary Melcher will offer a talk and a community discussion about Arizona Foods During Depression and World War at the Mammoth Public Library, 125 N. Clark Street. The event is free. For more information, please call 520-487-2026.

Saturdays, April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2 p.m., Junior Ranger Saturday at the Arboretum in Superior. Arizona State Parks’ Junior Ranger program invites kids to have a more interactive experience as they walk the trails and explore the gardens

Obviously, self-defense is enhanced when a person is skilled in using a variety of weapons. One weapon that has a great deal of potential, but is often not considered is the foot. Not only can it be used to strike, trip, check, pin, and block, it is the very foundation on which we stand and fight. Our hands appear to be the easiest and most natural way to fend off an attack, so the feet are overlooked. Because it is necessary to balance on one leg for a brief period of

time while employing a foot technique, reluctance to do so is understandable.

What are some of the advantages of using feet? First, they have greater reach. Second, they have a great deal of power. Third, they are difficult to block or avoid, especially in close range.

Fourth, they either free the hands to do other work, or help if the hands are occupied or trapped. Fifth, they create distraction and can confound the attacker. Sixth ... well, you get the point.

So, what are the disadvantages of using the feet? First, and this is paramount, balance while in motion is most important. Second, using the feet requires more effort to lift the legs. Third, aim and control are difficult without a great deal of practice.

We spend a lot of time developing our comfort with a flexible stance that allows us to effectively use our feet while remaining balanced.

Mr. Weber is the chief instructor at the Aikido Academy of Self-Defense locat-

at the Arboretum - gives them a treasure hunt and an hour of learning, and a chance for their trip to the Arboretum to mean something special. No preregistration required, just be at the Arboretum by 2 p.m. any Saturday this winter.

Alternating weekend dates Feb. 27-April 24, 8:30 a.m., Bird Walks at the Arboretum in Superior. Guided walks continue April 2 which features three bird walk leaders: Dave Pearson along with Pete Moulton and Cynthia Donald.

Cindy West returns April 10, and then Phoenix photographer Richard Ditch along with Pete Moulton and Cynthia Donald April 16. Marceline Vandewater leads a special bird walk on Easter Sunday April 24. For more information, call 520689-2711.

Sundays, 2 p.m., Two o’clock Sunday Stories at the Arboretum. Sundays at 2 p.m.

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Techniques That Use The Feet

Self Defense

by Steve Weber

ed at 16134 North Oracle Road, in Catalina. He has more than 40 years of experience in the Martial Arts and has achieved skills in a variety of disciplines. He also teaches Tai-Chi with classes on Wednesday from 11 a.m. to noon and Saturday from 9 to 10 a.m.

Please call (520) 825-8500 for information regarding these and other programs.

If you wish, check out the website at www.AikidoAcademyOfArizona.com.

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Continued from Page 2 starting Jan. 2, kids and adults are invited to Sunday readings of kids’ books including The Seed & The Giant Saguaro

by Jennifer Ward on April 3; and April 10 our book will be about those scruffy javelinas Don’t Call Me Pig by Conrad J. Storad. A special treat on April 17 has author Conrad Storad here in person to read his Rattlesnake Rules (also offering a slideshow and presentation in the lecture room). Our final springtime story is April 24 with The Butterfly by Anna Milbourne and Cathy Shimmen For more information, call 520689-2711.

April 2, Golf Tournament at the SaddleBrooke Ranch West Golf Course. The Knights of Columbus Ninth Annual Charity Golf Tournament to benefit scholarships will be held April 2 at the SaddleBrooke Ranch West Golf Course on Highway 77 north of Oracle Junction. The four-man scramble will have lots of prizes. See related story.

S a t u r d a y, A p r i l 2 , 1 0 a.m., History Walk at the Arboretum in Superior.

Phoenix historian Sylvia Lee has researched little-known facts about Arboretum history and will share some of her trove of knowledge on a walking tour at 10 a.m. on the first Saturday each month this Fall. Bring your questions – share your own family anecdotes about BTA – and Sylvia bring historic photos of the Arboretum from your grandparents’ photo album, if you have photos to share.

Tour times move to 10 a.m.

November through April.

April 2-3, Live Music Weekend with Scott Schaefer at the Arboretum in Superior.

Saturday 12:30 - 2:30 p.m. featuring Scott with Marina Miyoshi, then Sunday from 1-4 p.m. along with Dream Chemistry. World music recording artist Scott Schaefer shared the haunting, ethereal sounds of digeridoo, flute and the Chinese gouzheng onstage in the picnic area with outdoor evening concerts last fall and winter. The unique entertainer returns April 2-3, and will share the stage with Japanese pianist Marina Miyoshi Saturday, April 2, with music from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. The two have collaborated on CDs including Ebb & Flow, and play duets described as a “musical free verse: a very peaceful, natural approach to music as meditation.” Sunday afternoon, April 3, Scott and Marina return, and have invited members of the band Dream Chemistry to join then from 1 4 p.m. Band members include Jimmy Caterine (guitar and vocals), Neal Harris (Bass, Djambe, Cahon, Udu); Michael Mulryan (Violin, Djambe, Cowbell, Vocals), Tito Valentin (Cajon, Shakers, Angel Wing, Vocals). Invite friends, bring a picnic or plan a BBQ in the picnic area either day with live music. For more information, call 520-689-2711.

Sunday, April 3, 8:30 a.m., Dog Socialization Walk at the Arboretum in Superior. Dogs are welcome at the Arboretum, provided they are on good

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behavior and a short leash – and also are accompanied by owners who pick up after their canine compadres. The Arboretum also offers a dog socialization walk each month.

Pre-registration is not required, just be here by the time walks begin at 8:30 a.m. from the visitor center breezeway. For more information, call 520689-2711.

April 3 and 16, 1:30 p.m., Plants of the Bible Walk at the Arboretum. Learn about botany, history and scripture on this slow-paced and relaxing weekend walk down smooth and flat trails that are wheelchairaccessible. October-throughApril tours departs the Visitor Center breezeway at 1:30 p.m. on the third Saturday each month with Dave Oberpriller leading the walk. Frankincense

is among the most famous plants referenced in scripture, and Dave will have a few potted, rare frankincense plants available for purchase on each of his tour dates, with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Arboretum! Plants of the Bible walks on the first Sunday of each month are guided by Leda Fide. For more information, call 520-689-2711.

Saturday, April 9, 8:30 a.m., Learn Your Lizards Guided Walks at the Arboretum in Superior. On the second Saturday each month from April through September, kids and adults can “learn your lizards” and see the most common on a walk around the main trail.

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Golf tourney set for April 2 The best little charity golf tournament in the area is Saturday, April 2 at the SaddleBrooke Ranch golf course on Highway 77, mile post 93.5, just north of Oracle Jct., sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.

“Prizes this year include rounds of golf for four at some of the most elite golf courses in southern Arizona, including The View at Vistoso, El Conquistador, Starr Pass, Robson Community golf courses and Heritage Highlands,” said John Wahlmeier, tournament director.

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Copper Spike Railroad offers a trip

By Taylor Sheaffer Ritter Growing up in Tremonton, Utah, a mere 29 miles from the Golden Spike National Historic Site, I had seen trains.

Tr a i n s , P l a n e s a n d Automobiles.

All three - really, since my grandfather and father are both into planes and cars too. Truly, I had seen trains.

The family had made several trips to the Golden Spike site. Beyond the

Golden Spike, I had also been to the Historic Union Station in Ogden, Utah.

I had seen trains and deduced that while they were cool, they really were not my thing. I had heard from my mother, aunts and grandparents about how enjoyable it was to take trips on trains and then remembered my experience traveling overnight by train from Valencia to Barcelona; my pillow vaguely smelled

of urine, the bed was not long enough for me and at 5’4” this is a bit ridiculous, and there was a pair of screaming Portuguese the next bunk over. Obviously, my experience was not similar to that of my kin, not in the very least; yet I do remember that the three hours of sleep that I got on that train ride was the best three hours of sleep I had ever had. I think that once I got over not having a clean pillow and the muddle Portuguese faded into the background, it was the way that the train gently rocked Ophthalmology me to sleep, like a cradle and has office hours at Sun Life the endless ‘chu-chu-chuof the tracks became Family Health Clinic in San chu’ a sort of melodious lullaby.

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junk in a bag, grabbed my camera, made a mental note to grab my recorder and then forgot it, and headed east towards the train.

We arrived at the beautifully restored depot on Broad Street and my spirits perked up a bit. We wandered out of the rain and inside and my jaw literally dropped, the place was incredible and I had heard a rumor that it had been entirely restored by volunteers. I then had the pleasure of meeting Kip Culver, the Stationmaster and Steward of the depot and various outbuildings.

Not that I know many stationmasters, but Kip is easily the most pleasant one of the bunch, immediately dropping what he was doing to show me around and give me an excellent history of the depot, railway and what it took to bring it all back to its former glory. The man is a serious treat and if you ever get the chance to hang out with him, you have been given a gift.

Kip explained to me that the depot was designed and built in 1916 by Henry Trost of El Paso, Texas, one of the better known architectural engineers of his time with the ability

to work in several styles including art deco, revival and Pueblo Revival…so this building is pretty cool with some interesting history. In 1953 the passenger service stopped and the building subsequently went on to become a Laundromat and car wash, Trost was probably rolling in his grave.

This is where the volunteers come in and they did quite a job of restoring the building to its original splendor. Sadly I do not have any good pictures as the makeover took place, but

many pictures are displayed in the station to document the transformation. Kip and the volunteers removed an incredible 14 tons of detritus, hollowing out the station like a giant pumpkin in an attempt to restore it.

Kip explained that the station had been built in 1916 because Globe was an optional stop between New Orleans and Los Angeles on the Southern Pacific Line. The Mardi Gras car, which we rode in, had been built in 1918 and then redone in 1947 for service

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Maybe the lovely hand-crafted saguaro-rib room divider or the two-hour flying lesson will draw enthusiastic bidding as well.

Bid or hold, everyone attending “Frontier Fixin’s: Pioneer Dining on the Oracle Frontier” gala benefit on April 30 at Oracle State Park’s Kannally ranch house will “win,” knowing the fun they’re having is helping Friends of Oracle State Park (FOSP) and Oracle Historical Society (OHS).

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gin at 5:30 p.m. on the cowboy-decorated ranch house patio with a social hour,.

That’ll be followed with the action-packed live auction.

Long-time auctioneer Arthur Smith will guide the action.

Of special interest, two archival photo reproductions of Lee Kannally paintings will be auctioned. One was released by collector Susan Woodruff on behalf of OHS, the other is owned by FOSP. Many other unique objects and gift certificates have been donated by residents and businesses in the Tri-Community, SaddleBrooke, Oro Valley, and Tucson.

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back in time and promises a great meal

on the Illinois Central Line.

Interestingly, the Jupiter from the Golden Spike in Utah was the first train ever in use on this line. As Kip led me around the station, he proudly explained that his grandfather had been one of the original engineers on the line. Kip and I wandered over to the old Freight Office, which was basically

the UPS office of its day and started showing me some of the incredible history that surrounded the train system during the period.

Once on board, I felt quite in the lap of luxury and decided that this type of travel we definitely preferable to the modern transit and even some car rides (I recently had the

Vintage comfort ...

The Copper Spike Raiilway offers much in the way of vintage comfort with its two beautiful cars, the Mardi Gras and the Dome car. See more photos online at www.copperarea.com. (Taylor Sheaffer Ritter photos)

host gala benefit A silent auction of still more gotta-have-it items will continue throughout the evening.

The white-tablecloth dinner will be served under the stars, featuring mesquite-smoked pork ribs, cowboy beans, baked potatoes, other fixin’s -- and slices of the famous Oracle Inn pie. Robson Resort Communities has generously underwritten the dinner.

A western line dance party for watching or slide-steppin’ led

by Rebbeca and Mark Magdanz will kick off the rest of the evening.

Tickets for “Frontier Fixin’s” are still available at $50 per person. The event is limited

to 75 persons, so early reservations are encouraged. Proceeds will be divided between FOSP for ongoing Kannally ranchhouse historic preservation projects, and OHS to help offset the education, promotion, and renovations associated with hosting the Smithsonian exhibit “Key Ingredients: America by Food.” Visit www.oraclehistoricalsociety. org for KI event information; visit www.friendsOSP.org for Kannally ranch house and Friends information.

Persons may contact Mary Ann Pogany at 520-896-9269 for tickets. Ticket sales will close on April 20.

pleasure of sitting in a fresh blob of gum in a friend’s car). The four of us sat down at a comfortable booth and nestled in for the ride while perusing the menu; might I add at this point that the menu had a very nice variety and was extremely reasonably priced…we’re talking huge plate of chips and salsa for $3 and a nice

cheese and crackers plate for $4, not to mention a nice beer, wine and liquor selection. I can always dig a nice ride with a lovely menu.

The Mardi Gras car had a beautiful and cozy interior (complete with a bar) with free standing seating and a few booths with tables; there were intricate little details to the interior that definitely were a throwback to another era. Aside from riding in the Mardi Gras, you could additionally ride in the Dome car, which was topped with domed windows so that you could better take in the view. This trip is popular because it goes to the Casino and back and, when we rode, it was loaded with people who were headed out to play. Additionally you can book tickets on the Copper Sunset Dinner train for a dinner excursion for $50 with menu items like New York Strip Steak, grilled to order with sautéed mushrooms in Sherry Demi-Glaze or Marinated Boneless-Skinless Breast of Chicken,with a Lemon-

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I have to admit that riding the train on a rainy day really added to the experience, but I definitely cannot guarantee that you will always have this kind of luck. While the scenery was not the most incredible, the experience was well worth it; it was like

taking a ride back in time.

For tickets, visit www. copperspike.com, with the train in operation ThursdaySunday, December through May with departures at 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m., each trip taking approximately two hours. You can also contact the Copper Spike Railroad at 1-866-979-RAIL (7245).

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spring had sprung. Be still my heart, but, the roadways have begun to bloom with finely restored beauty.

If you, too, feel that special excitement that comes from the admiration of pure, functional beauty, then, the 25th Annual Oracle Spring Run Car Show is the place for you to be. If you are the proud owner of a classic vehicle, even more so.

Come to the County Courthouse Grounds, in Oracle, just off American

Avenue, on April 16, beginning at 10 a.m., and see the lovelies, at the low, low cost of entirely for free. Or, participate, at $20, if your entry is postmarked before the 11th, or $25 thereafter.

If you are a vendor, the cost is variable. Trophies will be awarded in 17 classes, at 3 p.m. All car show proceeds benefit the Oracle Historical Society and its education, and historic preservation, efforts.

The fee for cars covers,

besides the entry, a t-shirt, dash plaque, lunch for two, a goody bag, 50’s music, 50/50 drawing and donuts at parade lineup. Entry fees can by picked up at Guyton’s Speed & Machine in Oracle, Dale’s Collision Center in San Manuel, or, you may email m.guyton@msn.com or visit www.cruisinarizona. com.

This car show, hosted by the Oracle Historical Society, will be featuring, as it ever has for the 24 years

beforehand, an amazing selection of historic and unusual cars. This year, the show is timed to coincide with the Oracle Oaks Festival, which is sponsored by the Oracle Community Center. The day’s events will include a parade, at 9:30 am, a car show, carnival, craft fair, book sale, day time entertainment, and lots of food.

A new addition to the show is the “AZ Model Fest”, which is a scale model

contest, located in the Oracle Courthouse, with 1st and 2nd place, in 36 categories, in 9 classes. Registration starts at 8:30 am; the fee is $4 for the 1st car, and $1 for each additional entry. For more information,call Jim at 520870-5695.

For more information on the car show, call 520-8969609 and leave a message for Margaret or email m.guyton@msn.com. There is no fee to the public, and, everyone is welcome!

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Eppersons invite touring visitors to their studio in Oracle

By John Hernandez The 19th Annual Oracle Artist Studio Tour will be held on the weekend of April 9 and 10. Forty artists and artisans will be displaying and talking about their work at a number of different galleries, historic ranches, open studios and group venues. Art lovers are encouraged to stop at the Welcome Center, 1880 West American Avenue, where they can browse the preview gallery and pick up a self-guide travel map. There will be demonstrations by some of the artisans and art of every style and type will be available for sale and your browsing pleasure.

Two of the artists that are opening their studio are Alice and John Epperson.

Alice is a weaver. She has been weaving for more than 30 years. Alice first learned to weave in Tucson. She has studied in Paris, France and at a studio in Canada. She likes to make functional items such as wall hangings, blankets, towels, rugs, place mats and scarves.

She enjoys the Scandanavian style of weaving. Her favorite technique is the rib weave because she can make a lot of different patterns. She has had her work displayed and sold in galleries in Florida and locally.

She has won ribbons at guild shows including a first place.

Alice and her work appeared in an article in an issue of Gulf Shores Magazine in 2004. Al-

ice said that she weaves for the simple pleasure of weaving.

“If I sell something it is a plus,” she said. “I do it for the love of it.”

Alice will be demonstrating weaving techniques and will share her love and knowledge of weaving at her studio tour.

John Epperson will be demonstrating gemstone faceting at the studio he shares with Alice.

John is a silversmith and lapidary. He cuts and facets precious gemstones. He has worked with opals, rubies, sapphire, garnet, turquoise,

amethyst, peridot and many others.

John started more than 40 years ago in Scottsdale, where he took lessons from Native American Peter Walkingfast.

John said that when he started the price of silver was between $4 and $5 per ounce. Now it is more than $40. He stopped doing work with gold as it has gotten too expensive.

John considers his lapidary work more of a hobby. He doesn’t make jewelry with the specific intent to sell it.

He enjoys what he does and if people want to buy his stuff it makes him feel good. John’s work was sold in galleries in

Florida. At one gallery in Fort Myers, John said he “was selling his stuff as fast as he could make it.”

His work with an amethyst took third place in a nationwide contest. John makes all types of jewelry including earrings, rings, necklaces, pendants, concha belts and money clips. He makes his own chains.

Besides being an artist, John has another claim to fame.

During World War II, he was an American pilot. He was stationed in Greenland where he flew B-25 bombers in antisubmarine patrols in the North Atlantic. He also flew P-38s in

the Pacific while based in the Philippines and New Guinea.

(This is not his claim to fame as he put it, although to the author of this article it is!)

We all have heard of Admiral Byrd. He is given credit for being the first to reach the North and South poles by air.

The chief pilot for the expedition that was first to reach the South Pole was a Norwegian pilot by the name of Bernt Balchen.

Balchen would become the first man to pilot airplanes over both the North and South Poles. Balchen once did conSee Eppersons, Page 17

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‘Welcome Center’ will greet visitors to Oracle’s annual artist studio tour set for April 9 and 10 Visitors and art adventurers will want to begin their tour of Oracle’s artist studios at the special “welcome center,” 1880 W. American Ave., where works by participating artists and artisans will be on display to browse and preview. Pick up your self-guiding tour map, and spend the day in working studios, galleries, historic ranches, and charming group venues.

Tour days are April 9 and 10; all 23 art locations are open from 10AM to 4PM on Saturday and 11AM to 5PM on Sunday. The welcome center is located just four-tenths of a mile from the Hwy. 77 turnoff into Oracle.

With 40 artists participating in this 19th annual event, a diverse selection of techniques and media is guaranteed, from abstract to classic and functional to

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whimsical. Wall art in oil, watercolor, acrylic, giclee, encaustic, and mixed media; photographic prints; silver and gold jewelry with semi-precious stones, beads, and crocheted pearls.

Also porcelain, stoneware, raku, and ceramic pieces; hand-built and wheel-thrown clay; woodcraft; textiles; metal sculpture; paper mache and journaling books; lapidary and

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gemstone work; art books, and rammed earth. Several studios have scheduled demonstrations and art talks as well.

Rancho Linda Vista Gallery, RLV “Wilson Barn”, Green Javelina Gallery, and Acadia Ranch Museum are among the locations sites.

Visitors can visit the studio tour website (www.oraclestudiotour.com), which also includes photos of artists’ work and links to

many artist websites. The website map can be downloaded for reference.

The driving route will be posted with special directional signs, making it easy to find studio locations in the community’s charming neighborhoods and mountain-view roads.

Also of interest during the weekend, “Key Ingredients: America by Food,” a Smithsonian traveling exhibit, will be open at the

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Continued from Page 3 reptiles. Carry water bottles, too, because April mornings can be hot. No pre-registration is required, just be at the Arboretum at the start time for this popular tour. For more information, call 520-689-2711.

Saturday, April 9, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Art and Craft Fair in SaddleBrooke. The SaddleBrooke Spring Art and Craft Fair will be held at the MountainView Clubhouse.

There will be more than 90 vendors participating. There will be unique arts and crafts, a food court and plenty of parking. Follow the signs from Oracle Road to the Clubhouse.

Saturday, April 9, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Herb Festival at the Arboretum in Superior.

Catherine “The Herb Lady” Crowley is planning something special for the annual Herb Festival - an herb-crusted turkey will be smoking all morning with samples shared around noon with visitors.

Learn about herbs and herbal cuisine from Catherine, the Arizona Herb Association and from vendors set up beneath the pistachio trees across from the Wing Memorial Herb Garden.

For more information, call 520689-2711.

April 9 and 24, 1:30 p.m., Edible and Medicinal Desert Plants Guided Walk at the Arboretum in Superior. ** Please note: this tour explores the Curandero Trail, which has steep sections that are not suitable for visitors who use wheelchairs or walkers. For more information, call 520689-2711.

April 15-17, Miami Boomtown Spree. Miami’s Boomtown Spree will be held April 15-17 on Sullivan Street in Miami. Planned during the event is a three-on-three basketball tournament, stair climbing competition and a car show. Please call 800-804Continued on Page 19

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SaddleBrooke Singers to present selections from greatest American composers

By John Hernandez On Friday, April 8 and Sunday, April 10, 2011 the SaddleBrooke Singers will present the music of three of the greatest composers in American music history.

Seventy talented members of the SaddleBrooke Singers have been hard at work rehearsing the music of Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Cole Porter. Dr. Linda Griffin, Director of the SaddleBrooke Singers has put together an exciting program featuring 25 songs which includes six

medleys.

The Spring concert is entitled “Fascinating Rhythms” and includes many of the classic songs of these composers. The Singers will perform songs such as Irving Berlin’s “Blue Skies”, Alexander’s Ragtime Band”, and “Anything You Can Do”; George Gershwin’s (and Ira Gershwin’s lyrics) “Embraceable You”, They Can’t Take That Away From Me”, and “Summertime”; Cole Porter’s “I’ve Got You Under My Skin”, You’d Be So

Nice To Come Home To” and “Let’s Fall In Love”.

The concert will include both male and female solos, small group performances and the 70 person chorus. It will be a night to reminisce and enjoy an evening of romantic music and some of the greatest songs ever written!

“I am confident SaddleBrooke residents will be thrilled with the Fascinating Rhythms Concert,” said Griffin.

The concert will be at the DesertView Performing

Arts Center on Friday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, April 10, at 4 p.m. Tickets for the Spring Concert are on sale now at the MountainView Country Club ticket office or online at http:// tickets.saddlebrooketwo. com/. The cost for the tickets is $16 in advance or $20 at the door. Get your tickets now as these shows are known to sell out.

For more information about the concert call Dwight Shupe at (520) 825-2292.

See Page 20 for the story about Irving Berlin and how “God Bless America” was written

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Continued from Page 13 sultant work for Amelia Earhart making some technical adjustments on her airplane so she could fly a solo transatlantic flight from the United States to Europe. Amelia Earhart said of Balchen in 1932, “He is just about the finest flyer and technical expert in the world.”

She also thanked him for having confidence in her which enabled her to make the flight.

Balchen would later become an American pilot and officer during World War II. Balchen was responsible for setting up secret airbases in Greenland to fight the Germans. Balchen’s work and flying missions in

World War II and the Cold War are legendary. He is in the National Aviation Hall of Fame and the only non-Canadian in the Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame.

John flew Colonel Bernt Balchen to Greenland. Balchen was his co-pilot!

Alice and John are just two of the friendly and interesting people you will meet along the Studio Tour. Come and meet them and see some beautiful and affordable art along the way.

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Elizabeth Taylor, Gardens & a Farmers Market I was going to write a whole column about spring and mixing your soil just right and getting the beets, peppers, tomatoes, green beans, squash and anything else you like into the ground.

Then Elizabeth Taylor died and brought back old memories of the time I had a close encounter with her.

We’ll get to the garden thing later.

It was in the spring of 1979 and Occidental Petroleum Corp. had sent a bunch of their lobbyists and public relations people back to Washington, D.C. Since that is what I did for one of their subsidiaries, Occidental Minerals, which was trying to get a mine started in Miami, I

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across Lafayette Park from the White House. It was one of the older hotels in Washington and elegant in a kind of old, dark wood sort of way.

We were there four or five days and one of their Washington staff, Jon Kyle (yes, our current senator’s father) had arranged all kinds of activities for us. We toured the White House, the Library of Congress, a couple of the Smithsonian Institution’s museums and a few other places.

Meetings with our Congressmen had been arranged and I had a short visit with Dennis DeConcini and lunch with Eldon Rudd, whose campaign I had worked on in Gila County.

Touring the Capitol building where our Senators and Members of the House of Representatives have their

deliberations, we went in to the Senate gallery to watch them at work.

This being my first trip to our nation’s beautiful capitol, I was playing the tourist and taking lots of photos. I had fallen a little behind my small group and when they filed in the door and down the steps to the rows of seats lining the gallery above the floor of the Senate, I wasn’t with them.

A minute behind, I went through the door and saw them sitting together down five or six rows and over 20 or 30 seats to the right. Not wanting to be a disruption, I went down three or four rows and five or six seats in.

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or anything. And she was very comfortable and assured in her composure.

And that’s my Elizabeth Taylor story.

Now, back to gardening.

You probably know all the basics – I wrote about it last year: start getting your soil ready – like last month, depending on your elevation and location, figure out where everything is going, rotate crops if possible, have lots of mulch or manure on hand, get your stuff in the ground, plant plenty and bring all your excess produce to the Globe Farmers Market this summer.

We’ve put together a genuine farmers market, meaning no re-sale stuff; somebody can’t bring in a pickup load of wholesale produce from the Valley and retail it at our Farmers Market. Everything will be grown in our backyards and small farms.

It will be held in Veterans Park in front of Globe City Hall every Saturday rain or shine 8a.m. to noon June 25 through Oct. 1 – and a little longer if gardens are still producing enough.

For more information or to get a vendor’s packet with an application form, contact our market manager Paul Buck at 928-812-3208 (pauljensenbuck@gmail.com) or Laura Gottschalk at 928-402-8589.

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deal to be a minute late.

But it wasn’t me they were staring at.

Elizabeth Taylor had come in behind me and sat a couple of seats over and a row behind me. She was married at the time to Senator John Warner, R- Virginia, and had come to see him at work, I guess.

I also turned to look when it became obvious everybody wasn’t staring at me, and there she was. Instantly recognizable, she was as beautiful as you’ve heard; impeccably dressed, not a hair out of place, make up perfect and those famous violet-blue eyes looking – at me!

I nodded politely and turned back to the Senate floor, not wanting to make a dork of myself by asking for an autograph or something.

But my heart was beating a little faster.

Everybody else finally got back to business and my group filed out a little later.

I got up and walked back to the aisle up out of the gallery – right past Elizabeth Taylor.

We nodded politely again and I went out to join my fellow employees. They, of course, were properly jealous because I got to sit so close to this living legend for a few minutes. Reflecting later, I thought it a little odd that she was all by herself, no bodyguard, companion, groupies

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One Year War

By Elena Huerta My hands are shaking uncontrollably. My mind has gone completely blank. I can’t help but cry with the immense pain.

I’m surrounded by nurses who take vital readings. I feel like I am the only person in the room and that’s why I am being watched so intensely.

My journey begins November 19, 2009. We are told by everyone it will be the safest decision. Who knew it would all change for me? My family and I have just arrived at a clinic for our H1N1 (also known as Swine Flu) vaccination. We walk in noticing the line of victims before us.

I flinch as the tip ”of changing my life” is injected into my bare arm. At first my arm feels normal. When we finish getting our shots, we walk to a room full of other prey. I don’t pay much attention but I know others are watching our every move to see how we react to the shot. As we begin to leave after our ten minutes in the watch lab, I start to observe my face to find out that I can’t feel it! “My face! I can’t feel my face; it’s like numb or something,” I calmly tell my mom. Although I can feel my voice begin to rise as I begin to worry.

My mom takes me back in the torturous room and precisely questions the front nurse. Immediately the nurse yanks on my arm; tugging at me to sit on a chair. Right away she has another nurse bring her the equipment to take vital signs. The feeling of having the blood pressure cuff tightening on my arm makes me have a cold rush flow through my body. The nurse looks at my throat to see that my tonsils are so swollen that you can’t see past them!

That’s when she chose to call the ambulance.

I sit here in my chair having thoughts rushing back and forth; in and out of my head. When the paramedics arrive, they continue the course of checking my vitals again! I become impatient knowing there is something wrong and I need to be taken to the hospital.

Finally, the paramedics tell my mom, “Okay, we are going to take her by ambulance to the nearest hospital”. My mom okays the ambulance and we start toward the place no kid wants to be.

In the ambulance, I get my first I.V. I keep thinking it will hurt but I can only feel it for a couple of minutes. We finally arrive at the hospital and I get into a room where they will examine me and my symptoms. After they finish, the doctors give me epinephrine and benadryl in my now aching I.V. I am having an allergic reaction to the H1N1 vaccination! The doctors decide to not release me and may let me go in the morning depending on how my symptoms turn out. I am able to go home to my family in the bright and early morning.

I am 13 years old and I get into this kind of mess over a shot! I have been having problems ever since this dreadful event. It has already been a year and my body still distresses over this challenge.

Going through this journey is really tough but I will continue to try and make an end to this war!

Editor’s Note: Elena Huerta is an eighth grader in the Ray Unified School District in Kearny. She was encouraged by her parents and counselor to write about what she experienced after suffering a severe allergic reaction to a vaccine.

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Sunday, April 17, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Arizona Swiss Society Picnic at the Arboretum in Superior. Got the urge to yodel, don some leiderhosen or feast on Swiss veal bratwurst and cervelat with Zopf-bread? Then don’t miss the Arizona Swiss Society’s Spring picnic, held outdoors in the Arboretum’s picnic area. The Swiss flag will fly in the picnic area starting early that morning, lunch is served buffet-style from 12:001:30 p.m. and events include Swiss games, and tours of the gardens. Arboretum admission is $7.50 for the day; event organizer Christian Bucher says Swiss expats and those who wish they were Swiss are welcome to participate with the group’s picnic and potluck for an additional $10 (please bring along a dish to share if you do). If you’re not a member of the Swiss Society, please sign up in advance so there will be plenty of bratwurst and cervelat to share! Email questions to azswiss@cox.net or go online to arizonaswisssociety.com.

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Learn about butterflies on a guided walk lead by Adriane Grimaldi March 26 at 9:30 a.m. as the spring-summer-fall series of monthly butterfly walks resumes. ASU Professor Ron Rutowski leads the walk April 23, Marceline Vandewater May 28 and again June 25. Leaders are To-Be-Announced for walks July 23, August 27, September 24 and October 22. For more information, call 520-689-2711.

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The family settled in the Lower Eastside of Manhattan in New York City.

In 1901, Israel’s father died. Berlin quit school to earn a living and found himself singing in the streets, brothels and local bars. His rags to riches story was just beginning.

In 1907 he wrote a song that was published. The publisher made a mistake crediting the composing of the song to I. Berlin. Israel liked the sound of the last name and used his nickname of Irving to become Irving Berlin from then on.

In 1911 he published “Alexander’s Ragtime Band” which became a world wide hit and started a dance craze which established him as a famous songwriter.

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Kate Smith had been looking for a patriotic song to sing on her radio show for Armistice Day. November 11, 1938 was the 20th Anniversary of the end of World War I. On the day the song was broadcast on the radio, the American people had been hearing the news about Kristallnacht (night of the broken glass) in Germany. On November 9 and 10 in most of Germany’s largest cities, synagogues were demolished and set on fire, shops owned by Jews were ransacked and windows broken, Jewish homes and apartments were burned, many Jews were beaten, 91 were killed and nearly 30,000 Jewish men were arrested and placed in concentration camps. Many people were looking for a sign of hope. Berlin provided a song of hope which became an instant hit and continues to be sung today.

The traditional lyrics included a spoken introduction which many people do not include in today’s version. Kate Smith always started the song with the spoken lyrics “While the storm clouds gather far across the sea/ Let us swear allegiance to a land that’s free/ Let us all be grateful for a land so fair/As we raise our voices in a solemn prayer.”

Berlin refused to accept royalties for the song instead donating the copyright and royalties to the Girl and Boy Scouts of America.

Kate Smith became known for the song and sang it regularly through out her career. In 1943 she sang it in a patriotic motion picture, This is the Army. It was a musical based on a Broadway play with the songs written by Irving Berlin.

Ronald Reagan was one of the stars of the movie. The movie raised $10 million for the Army Emergency Relief Fund and just as important contributed moral support for the war effort.

Forty-three years later, President Ronald Reagan presented Irving Berlin with the Medal of Liberty (1986). The medal was given to 12 of the most distinguished naturalized citizens of the United States.

It was part of a celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Other noted recipients of the medal were Bob Hope, Henry Kissinger and Elie Wiesel.

Berlin embodied the American Dream and Spirit. When he wrote those words, “God bless America, my home sweet home,” they came from his heart. Irving said that the line came from his mother who would always say God bless America, meaning that if it was not for the United States her family would not have had a place to go to.

George Gershwin, a great composer in his own right considered Irving Berlin the “greatest songwriter that ever lived.”