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Self Defense Self-defense class to be offered Self-defense is a Fundamental Human Right. Understanding what that entails is quite another matter. How does one keep themselves and their loved ones safe in everyday life? What constitutes a threat? How do you recognize the danger in time to react? What are the essential techniques necessary to thwart aggressive behavior? Are there physical and non physical methods that can be
learned without the need to be an expert in Martial Arts? Are there age or gender distinctions? How can I overcome my own doubts and inhibitions? Sudden attacks with no warning are relatively rare, but can occur when one least expects it. Much more common are confrontations that escalate into violent situations. In both cases, surprise is a major factor for the average person. In the first case, it can be
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psychologically difficult to get into a fighting mind set especially if you have been hit or are injured. In the second case, it can be very intimidating to deal with any aggressive act or actual attack in a controlled and decisive manner. What aggressive people really want is a victim! Good Self-Defense training teaches you how not to be so vulnerable. To this end, I am offering a three-hour workshop that will concentrate on a small number of highly flexible skills that will enable you to answer the questions I posed earlier in this article. This oneon-one, focused workshop will allow for only 10 students on a first come, first serve basis. The date is Sunday, Nov. 13, and the time is from noon to 3 p.m. Location is at the Aikido Academy in Catalina. The cost is $60. Call 825-8500 to reserve a spot. Mr. Weber is the chief instructor at the Aikido Academy of Self-Defense
Steve Weber located 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) 8258500 for information regarding these and other programs. If you wish, check out the website at www.AikidoAcademyOfArizona.com.
Community Calendar The Safe Journey House is open and running. It provides help and support for victims of domestic violence. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Emergency help is available after hours by calling 520-385-4970 or toll free 1-855-385-4970. The house is located at 212 East Fifth Street, San Manuel. Safe Journey House needs caring, compassionate women for buddies against domestic abuse. Call Carol at 385-4970. Saturdays, 8 a.m., San Manuel Open Air Market. Phone 212-2337 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.
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. Saturdays, 9 a.m. to noon, Margaret’s Garden Market at Guyton’s Store in Oracle will have different artisan breads, various sweet breads, Ginger’s mild and hot salsa, local raw honey, a variety of jams and jellies, and a good selection of summer vegetables and fruits. Saturday, Oct. 29, 6:30 a.m., Zen of Composition And Lighting - Early Morning Photo Workshop and Shoot with Andrew Henry at the Arboretum in Superior. Photography teacher Andrew Henry will teach you two powerful techniques which will produce better photos for you any day of the week. Composition is often talked about but not always looked at from a perspective of how light effects what you are photographing. The human eye can see between 12 - 15 levels of exposure, but your camera can only detect 8. Spaces are limited in this class and pre-registration is required; participants should be aware this is not a class for beginners - enrollees should already be familiar with basic Continued on Page 3
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Continued from Page 2 camera settings for aperture, exposure and white balance. Call 520-689-2723 to enroll and prepay. Cost is $30 for BTA annual members and $39 for nonmembers. As a special and optional bonus - after class is done around 9:30 a.m., those who wish to continue will enjoy a casual time to use your composition and lighting skills along with Andrew in a trip to see aspens and maples – Fall Foliage – in the Pinal Mountains another hour’s drive from BTA and near Globe. Participants will need a high clearance vehicle, or be willing to carpool with other participants. For more detail about this optional day-trip, email btainfo@ag.arizona.edu. Friday, Nov. 4, 6:30 p.m., Gila County Historical Society’s First Friday Program. Arizona Eastern Railway History presented by Donna Anderson. Free admission and light refreshments served presented by the Gila County Historical Society and the Miami Hardscrabble Historical. The event will be hosted at the Miami Memorial Library, 1052 Adonis Avenue, Miami. Nov. 5, 13, 19 and 27, Dec. 3, 8:30 a.m. Weekend Bird Walks at the Arboretum in Superior. Autumn guided bird walks continue with Arizona Game And Fish Department avian expert Troy Corman as the guide Nov. 5, then with photographer Cindy Marple and Cindy West on Nov. 13, Pete Moulton Nov. 19, and Kathe Anderson Nov. 27. The final 2011 bird walk will be with Cathy Wise and Marceline Vandewater on Dec. 3, Saturday. Saturday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., SaddleBrooke Fall Art and Craft Fair will be held at the MountainView Clubhouse.
There will be more than 100 vendors. The event is entirely indoors and there is plenty of parking. Food will be sold. Saturday, Nov. 5, 10 a.m., Arboretum History Walk. You may have walked the Arboretum trails a dozen times and never crossed paths with the Galapagos Tortoise pens. Learn a few new facts about the life and times of Colonel William Boyce Thompson and his namesake Arboretum as the Fall / Winter series of guided history walking tours guided by Phoenix historian Sylvia Lee resumes Oct. 1. Walks typically last about 90-minutes, departing at 10 a.m. from the Visitor Center breezeway. Sunday, Nov. 6, 1-3 p.m., at the Mammoth Public Library, Mammoth Historical Society is hosting an Open House with hot dogs and sodas for our guests. The public is invited to see the progress the volunteers of MHS have made in almost two years since incorporated. Nov. 6 and 19, 1:30 p.m., Plants of the Bible Walk at the Arboretum in Superior. Queen Valley resident Leda Fide teaches participants about botany, history and scripture on this slow-paced and relaxing walk Nov. 6, Sunday, down smooth and flat trails that are wheelchair-accessible. Mesa resident and Bible Scholar Dave Oberpriller leads the walk Nov. 19. Tour start time is 1:30 p.m. Nov. 12 and 27, 1:30 p.m., Edible and Medicinal Desert Plants Guided Walks at the Arboretum in Superior. Nov. 12 the tour will be lead by Apache Junction author Jean Groen, sharing her knowledge about ways native plants have fed, healed and clothed Sonoran desert peoples for more than a thousand years. Ethnobotanist David
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Morris guides this walk Sunday, Nov. 27. Please note: this tour explores the Curandero Trail, which has steep sections that are not suitable for visitors who use wheelchairs or walkers. Saturday, Nov. 12, 5-7:30 p.m., Edible Desert Dinner Fundraiser at the Arboreum. Owner and chef Jeffrey Ferns promises an equally unforgettable Saturday evening here at BTA Nov. 12 with a $40-aplate dinner fundraiser which benefits the Arboretum. Call soon if this menu sounds enticing; Jeffrey’s debut dinner described above sold out before it was widely advertised – and seats are limited for our event Nov. 12. To reserve a
seat and pre-pay, have a credit card ready and call 520-6892723. Saturday, Nov. 12, 6 p.m. to midnight, Hayden High School Class of 1981 will have its 30 year class reunion at the Hayden Golf Club. Contact Priscilla Blancarte Expinoza at 602-818-4013 or Margie Silva Contreras at margaret62136@yahoo.com for more information. Saturday, Nov. 12, Superior High School Class of 1981 Reunion. The Superior High Class of 1981 will be celebrating its 30th Reunion with a Dinner/ Dance on Nov. 12 at the VFW Hall in Superior. All alumni are welcome. Dinner/ Dance Tickets are $40 single
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more information, please contact Richard Ivy at 520405-0815. Saturday, Dec. 3, Kearny Winter Wonderland and Electric Light Parade. The Winter Wonderland/Electric Light Parade will be Saturday, Dec. 3, at Pioneer Park. The theme is “A Magical Christmas.” Love lights, memorial luminaries and memorial fireworks are planned.
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Concert to benefit Safe Journey House By John Hernandez The SaddleBrooke Coalition Against Domestic Violence is presenting the SaddleBrooke All-Stars concert at the Desert View Performing Arts Center on Nov. 5. Proceeds from the concert will go to supporting the Safe Journey House in San Manuel. The performers are donating their time and talent to assist the Safe Journey House in providing advocacy and intervention services to abused women and children in Eastern Pinal County. The show will feature many of the well known entertainers from SaddleBrooke such as vocalist Ron Aeschliman, the classically trained voice of Monica Gray singing pop and classical music, and Ted Robus with his great delivery of pop music. Patsy Chase’s Desert Stars will be delivering their finely choreographed clogging routines and Linda Griffin
will be performing with her wonderful voice and piano playing. Not only will SaddleBrooke’s favorites be there but some incredible new talent will be performing at the concert. Jim Merker and his Barbershop Quartet will be harmonizing old favorites. Classical and Broadway songs will be performed by Gail Nellis. Pianists Joanne Thomas and Carol Whitney will be playing duets and making their keyboards sing. Hector and Lidia Legrand will be performing the Argentine classical and sensual tango routines. Former Sapphires star Earlene Lewis will play guitar and sing “uppity” jazz and will accompany Madeleine Fiorino in a beautiful rendition of La Vie En Rose and Terry Irwin will be playing country and western favorites for the audience. It should be a magical evening for those in attendance. There will be two
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Vista Fine Arts presents the Arizona Choir By Betty Little VISTA FINE ARTS is pleased to present THE ARIZONA CHOIR as the first program of its 20112012 season. This outstanding choral group is under the direction of Dr. Bruce Chamberlain, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Arizona. It
is the premiere choral ensemble at the University School of Music, presenting significant choral literature from all style periods. The majority of the 36 choir members are graduate students majoring in voice, choral conducting and music education. This group has performed with prominent musical
ensembles around the world and was featured at regional and national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association and the Music Educators National Conference. The concert is Sunday, Nov. 13, at 2:30 p.m. at Vista de la Montaña United Methodist Church, located at 3001 East Miravista
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open to the public. An offering will be taken. Please bring your friends and come to enjoy this
beautiful music. For more information, call (520) 825-1985 or visit www.vistaumc.com.
Oracle’s annual art and gift marketplace to open Nov. 25 Oracle’s Holiday Gift and Art Market, featuring original works exclusively by Oracle artists and artisans, will open on Friday, Nov. 25, and run for extended weekends through Dec. 23. The onestop location is an indoor gift and gallery space at 1995 West American Avenue in Oracle. The annual event, formerly called Art on American Avenue, is set for the post-Thanksgiving weekend and every Thursday, Friday,
Saturday and Sunday in December before closing the day before Christmas Eve. Hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. “Browsers and buyers will find unique, affordably-priced gift items and small art work pieces, with many being shown for the first time,” said Judy Walsh, chairperson. Participating artists include Elvia Acuna, Val Bembenek, Alicia Bristow, Jill Caid, Barbara Kemp Cowlin, Jim Cowlin, Diana
Creighton, Skylar Khan, Jane Kirkeby, Karen Medley, Diana Mueller, Lewis Schnellmann and Judy Walsh. All are welcome to attend the special Meet the Artists evening with wine and hors d’oeuvres scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m. The gift and gallery is in the old Green Javelina location, just across American Avenue from the Circle K. It has wheelchair access and easy parking.
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Time to have some fun before the holiday madness begins! Purchase your tickets: Oracle Inn, Oracle Market, Dub’s Plumbing, Sue and Jerry’s antiques, Class’e Look’s ‘n Oracle Salon, Winding roses, the Picket Fence, Penni Wyz Boutique or Call 520-904-2567
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Tilting at Windmills ... David By John Hernandez David Omstead has been working with metal over 30 years. Recently he has turned his experience as a metal fabricator into creating works of art. David always loved art and had made metal trinkets as a hobby. He and his wife had gone to Sedona and saw some metal windmills at a show. He came back and made one out of metal remnants. He liked it so much he decided to go into the art business. He enjoys making what he calls “Feel Good Art,” which is the name of his business. David and his wife Jane work together to create
their art. Jane comes up with ideas and designs patterns. David turns their ideas into beautiful windmill art. He also does metal sculptures of insects and animals. David was born and raised in Tucson.
Jane is from Devon, England. They met in Tucson at a car show. David enjoys restoring cars and attending car shows. Jane and David have been married 18 months. “Feel Good Art is just
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Omstead makes art out of wind starting up and we are trying to get it going,” said David. The “windmill art” that David makes follows the wind and can turn 360 degrees. The windmills can be personalized. The blades can be in the shape of your hands or face. If there is a design or subject you are fond of, Feel Good Art can make it happen. Dave has created windmills of butterflies, clouds and lightning, hearts, and hands to name a few. “If you can dream it we can make it,” said David. David can work with any metal. He uses copper and stainless steel as it does not rust. He uses scrap metal to create beautiful art. The windmills and metal pieces are handmade and unique as no two pieces will be exactly alike. David and Jane would like to make a name for Feel Good Art. They work to make something for your yard that you can enjoy. “It is becoming to the eye and will last a long time,” they said. If you see something you like or have an idea of something you want made contact Jane or David Omstead at (520) 896-3834 or janeomstead@yahoo. com. Let them make your dreams into a reality.
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Cobre Valley Art and Wine Tim Humphrey is known in the community for his beautiful work on sandstone. It is like no other art to be found. “All the images are handdrawn, etched and then burned,” he explained. “There is no paint used.”
His inspiration came from a perfect butterfly imprinted on a piece of cut sandstone. “A million more stones could be cut and the chances of finding another image would be impossible,” he said. It took Tim more than a year and a half to develop the process of burning images onto the sandstone. Tim runs a full-time business, Dream Pole Construction, but a rare and admirable trait of the art Tim creates is that it is all done for charity. He finds joy in helping others through his unique talent. “If it became a business it would become stressful. I enjoy creating pieces that will help organizations with their fundraising
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efforts,” Tim said. His passion and commitment to this cause is evident in the time he takes to pick the perfect stone, to know the qualities of the stone, and to position the wildlife image. “In the end, I have no control over how it comes out. It is what nature wants you to see and feel,” he explained. Tim Humphrey’s art will be for auction along
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Auction: Tim Humphrey to be featured with many other beautiful pieces at the CV Art and Wine Auction to be held on Nov. 3, 6 p.m., at the Gila County Fairgrounds. The CV Foundation
raises funds in support of Cobre Valley Regional Medical Center. These funds are used to purchase equipment and technology specifically for patient
care and staff training which strengthens the healthcare services in our communities. A silent and live auction will be held along with
several wine tasting stations, a beer garden, photos and much more. The fairgrounds will be transformed into the old west of 100 years ago in
celebration of Arizona’s centennial. Tickets are on sale now for $10 or for $12 at the door.
For more information, please contact Ellen Kretsch at (928) 425-4495 or Jane Allen at (928) 4021230.
Rose Milam to serve as SPATS producer By Skylar Khan The Divine Sister by playwright Charles Busch will have its Oracle debut at Spats Theater on Nov. 4, 2011 according to producer Rose Milam. She invites us to be entertained and laugh a lot by a great cast of our favorite actors/actresses: Imo Baird, Michelle Egan, Dee Hansen, Mary Ellen Kazda, Christine Oberth and Julie Szekely. Showtimes are 7 p.m. on Nov. 4, 5, 11, 12, 17, 18 and 19. And two o’clock matinées will take place Sundays, Nov. 6 and 13. Rose Milam, the show’s producer, calls herself a “deer in headlights.” She will do everything associated with the production of a show, as long as she does not have to act in it. For the last 15 years, Milam has worn multiple hats during Spats’ productions, including reservation manager, house manager, ticket manager, stage manager and prompter. The only assignments left for other talents include: acting, directing, hair and makeup and technical aspects. Prior to her successful association with Spats, Milam has worked at the Sheraton El Conquistador Resort since its inception. She deliberately set out to learn the various aspects of running a hotel, including being a life guard, head cashier, handling Accounts Receivables and working in housekeeping. Although well versed in the different fields associated with the hospitality business, she nevertheless decided that 17 years were enough, when she retired and went into business for herself. She took away from her job what would continue to be a constant in her life: the love of meeting and interacting
with new people. Milam’s passions include gardening, crocheting and embroidering. A love for cooking is shared with husband Shane who also acts in various plays. Her favorite dish is her mom’s Hungarian goulash. Son David will complete his service in the Army by the end of this year. She confides that during his 2½ years deployment to Iraq she was unable to sleep. She lovingly mentions her mom, two brothers, two step sons and seven step grandchildren who are all part of the family. Born and raised in Germany,
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•Enjoy the wildlife and views from this immaculate home on an acre. So many upgrades inside, flagstone patio. $225,000. •Almost new MH, 3 bd., plus bonus room, large kitchen with lots of cabinets, breakfast bar and DR, 360 deg. views on 2 1/2 ac, horse propoerty. $199,900. •Views in every direction from this lovely MH on 1.25 ac., heated swiming pool, horse property, everything you could want! $195,000. •Beautiful 2300 s.f. MH on 2.5 ac. with amazing views, plenty of room inside and out. $130,000. •Open plan 5bd, 2 ba home on a very private lot with great landscaping, a playhouse and lots more. $178,900. •Nice brick home in school neighborhood, large fenced backyard, large lot, remodeled kitchen. $89,000. •4 bd, 2 story home also includes a rented duplex, home has new AC, carpet & remodeled bath. Only $130,000. •Country living on Hwy 79, 2.49 ac., desert wonderland with private well, fully fenced. $110,000.
•4 lots, 1.25 ac. each, custom home area. Owner will carry. Submit offers. $82,000. •Commerical property on America Ave. owner has started construction on approximatly 6,000 sq. ft. bldg and is including building materials on site. $145,000. •Horse Property! Build your home or put a manufactured home on this great 3.34 ac parcel. $109,000. •Choose your own parcel from 1.25 to 3.75 ac., flat, easy to build on, utilities at street. $84,900 to $210,000. •40 ac. for your own ranch, can be split, great investment property. $60,000.
•4 view lots, 1.25 ac. each in high view area of Oracle, homes only. Utilities at lot line. 3 lots for $95,000; 1 lot for $96,000. •REDUCED!! 3.3 ac. on Linda Vista Rd with great views, ready to build, utilities at road. $164,900. •Two Lots with shared well 1.5 ac each. Price reduced to $26,500. •1.25 to 10 ac., buy part or whole, has excellent well, borders State land, no financing necessary, owner will cary. $32,000 - $125,000. •Half acre plus lot with all utilities, paved road, homes only area. $33,000.
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•Hwy 77 and Main, zoned commercial/ residential, water, sewer and electric at property line. Leveled off pad area, great views. Owner will carry. 2.1 ac. Price reduced to $24,500. •Beautiful MH with fantastic views and 3.3 ac. to spread out in, well, fireplace, large MB, $125,000. •REDUCED!! Stunning views from this elevated property on high side of Redington Rd. Can be split. 8.48 ac $149,500. •Beautiful views, 37 ac in secluded area, State land on 2 sides, zoned for site build or MH. $250,000. •Great mountain views from this 3.75 ac. south of Mammoth. $47,000. •Just under 44 acres for your own little ranch, hilltop location south of Mammoth. $344,000. •Secluded area with great views, large room addition on mobile, lots of mature trees, 1 1/3 acres. $49,000.
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Jim Cowlin teaches basic digital photography in Oracle through CAC Community Education By Guy Harrison Media and Marketing Specialist ORACLE, Ariz. – Local freelance photographer Jim Cowlin will offer Basic Digital Photography
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has built a collection of images that range from broad panoramic views to intimate close-ups. Cowlin’s photographs can be licensed for use in travel and nature magazines, websites and promotional materials. He provides detailed captions facilitating their use in science textbooks. He also specializes in the production of fine art prints for use in corporate offices, hotels and healthcare facilities. Using high resolution scans of film-based images or digital captures, he
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Catalina Ranch House presents ... •Fall & Holiday Fashion Show & Luncheon
November 9th Vistas Dining Room at SaddleBrooke One All inclusive tickets are $20 and available ONLY at Catalina Ranch House
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“Gentlemen’s Night Out – It’s All About Her” Event on December 6th from 6-8 p.m. • Refreshments • Drawings for Discounts • Personal Shopping Assistance • Gift Certificates • Complimentary Gift Wrapping Available
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Tucson Gem & Mineral Show™ poster mineral specimen’s Tucson connection As told by John and Karen Gem & Mineral Show™ will Cesar be no exception to marking Can you imagine turning 100 this significant event. years old? How would you Each year the Tucson Gem celebrate? Surely celebrating & Mineral Society prepares such a milestone would merit a special poster, generally special honors and obserfeaturing a unique mineral vances, and Tucson has been specimen, for the show at the doing so for several months. Tucson Convention Center. In One can’t help but notice all honor of Arizona’s Cententhe historical references and nial, this year the show theme anecdotes which have apis the Minerals of Arizona. peared daily in our newspaThis year’s “poster mineral” is pers, as well as various venues particularly appropriate in that and shows which have served it was found at the Old Yuma to highlight our uniqueness, Mine in the Tucson Mountains landmark events, and contriby Tucson residents who are NUGGET butions. The 2012 Tucson also members of the Tucson
Gem & Mineral Society. And collecting site as well as one just like the centenarian Ariclose to home. We were also zona, those residents can look able to drive straight up to the back at their find as if it hapmine, and the owner, Susie pened yesterday. Davis (who had a particular The late sixties were a wonfondness for Karen) had given derful time for Nehru suits, us carte blanche permission to hippies, the Beatles – and collect there. mineral collectors! Most of Our expectations for findthe classic sites were still ing anything were low, not open and accessible – the Red just because the area had Cloud, the Total Wreck and been pretty well picked over the Old Yuma – and friends already, but because Gene and could enjoy the fun of collect- I had been there the previous ing together weekend to collect vanadiIn late September of 1968, nite. Until the discovery of our friends Gene and Jackie world-class vanadinites from CriEr Schlepp asked my wife Karen Morocco, the Old Yuma and and I to go collecting with the Apache Mines were the them. As Karen was about primary sources of these two weeks from delivering our specimens. first child, she was restricted Therefore, you can imagine by her doctor from collecting our surprise and excitement expires 11/30/11 expires 12/14/11 in an underground mine. An when we arrived at the Old understandable restriction, Yuma to see that the ceiling Buy 1 dinner get 1 free w/purchase of 2 beverages Buy 1 dinner get 1 free of 2 beverages considering the difficulty in w/purchase over the “glory hole” had fallCannot combine coupons Cannot combine coupons getting her out if she went into en, leaving large slabs, weighlabor underground. ing many tons, lying on the Therefore, the Old Yuma floor like giant crooked tile. Mine was a perfect choice Jackie was the first to discover 15930 N. Oracle Rd., Ste 178 • Catalina • 825-0140 15930 N. Oracle Rd., Ste 178 • Catalina • 825-0140 since it was located in the Tuc- a pocket containing wulfenite vitellosonline.com son Mountains about 8vitellosonline.com miles (our “poster mineral). When from Tucson Scan – both surface and I arrived she and Scan with your smart phone or bring in coupon withayour smart phoneKaren or bring in coupon Gene were already examining a large mass of intergrown wulfenite crystals at the top of one of the slabs. After a SADDLEBROOKE FINE ARTS GUILD brief discussion and a review of the surrounding, Karen and FALL SHOW I worked our way down to NOVEMBER 19th and 20th, 2011 the bottom of the slabs to see the extent of the find, where SATURDAY AND SUNDAY 10 AM TO 4 PM a water course and a pocket containing wulfenite were visible. Those of you who are collectors are familiar with both the excitement of such a find and the daunting challenge of getting to it in such tight suroil roundings without disturbing acrylic or damaging anything – definitely not an endeavor for a pastel claustrophobic! We spied a group of large crystals – inmixed media cluding the “Poster Wulfenite” digital art – still firmly attached to one of the slabs in an almost inacwatercolor cessible location in a narrow photography gap between the fallen slabs. Also wedged firmly between sculpture two boulders near the bottom was a small slab literally covered with druzy-coated Karen Brungardt wulfenite. What we wouldn’t have given to extract some Directions: Oracle Rd. to SaddleBrooke Blvd., of these, but the tools we had Right onto Mountain View Blvd., Follow Signs. available were unfortunately Mountain View Clubhouse Ballroom. inadequate, so most of these fragile crystals were lost.
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Unprepared for such a large find, we found it necessary to race over to the old Cortaro Road Post Office and store to get what we needed – beer flats and additional toilet paper for wrapping – so that the men could dig out the crystals and the women would start wrapping. The poster mineral was firmly attached to the hard matrix. Gene dangled upsidedown trying to free it with a hammer and chisel, while I worked from the bottom up, wedged between two slabs and stretching to catch the crystal when it was freed. We must have made quite a sight, and the dialogue between us would have been great material for a skit. By Sunday evening we had retrieved the majority of the specimens, but then had to go to our respective jobs the next morning – exhausted, late (not good for rapport with our bosses), but still reeling from our good fortune. Unfortunately our euphoria was unexpectedly broken. When we returned Monday evening, imagine our surprise to hear voices and see lights moving in the darkness. To our amazement, when we peered into the glory hole there was a group of collectors from Phoenix pounding away. We left wondering what there was left to collect, if anything. Because all of us worked together, dividing the minerals fairly was a challenge. In the end it was decided that none of the minerals would be kept and that the find would be sold as a lot rather than as individual pieces. Gene recommended taking several specimens to George and Dick Bideaux, who had a mineral business in downtown Tucson at that time. They were very impressed with the color and quality of the specimens and made an offer. But in the end, we couldn’t bear to see the specimens sold, especially after George and Dick had raved about their quality. My wife and I had to borrow what amounted to a little over two month’s salary and bought out our friends’ half. We often wondered if the money from that find was part of the seed money which made it possible
for Gene and Jackie to realize their dream of becoming full-time mineral dealers and open Western Minerals. We hope so. Meanwhile, the owner of the mine – Susie Davis – had heard about the specimens. Being the lady of class that she was, she only asked for the right of first refusal if we ever decided to sell. Some of the specimens were later donated or traded to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, but we still have the best of them. Many years later after Susie’s death, Dick Bideaux located and filed a new mineral claim at the Old Yuma and ultimately formed a company to mine crystals. The Old Yuma was eventually bought out by the US government and is no longer open to any mineral collecting. We collected an amazing array of crystals. One piece of the wulfenite was covered with mountain leather, and some had a dusting of sparkling druzy quartz (and/or possibly cerussite since the covering has not been analyzed). Much of the wulfenite had a base of tiny vanadinite crystals which were attached it to the matrix. Complex crystals which appeared to have been broken and re-healed were also found, in addition to individual floaters (crystals that had no point of attachment to any matrix), and some complex miniatures. According to Dick Jones, in The Mineralogical Record, Arizona –IV, March-April 1983, the poster specimen is “...probably the best group ever collected at the mine, and among the finest wulfenite specimens in the world.” Not a bad feather-in-the-cap for two young couples out collecting on a Saturday in September.