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APRIL 2012 Vol. 29 No. 4

ARIVACA YESTERDAYS

by Mary Noon Kasulaitis

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rivaca was an exciting place in 1917, and mostly because of its proximity to Mexico.

There was bootlegging. Nationwide prohibition hadn’t happened yet, but an ordinance had been passed against bootlegging in Tucson and liquor was already being seen as detrimental to society.

As reported in a Tucson paper: “There was a Fourth of July celebration at Arivaca last night, but it was pulled off without the aid of C.I. Smith, who is said to have labored for the success of previous celebrations. Smith’s automobile was stopped on the road by Sheriff Miles* last night and three pints of whisky taken from under the seat.

Celebrations at Arivaca in recent months have been attended by an amount of reckless enthusiasm all out of proportion to the climate, the occasion and the disposition of the inhabitants…Wisdom in worldly

Arivaca in 1917

things gave Mr. Miles a hunch that a bootlegger was favoring Arivaca fiestas with his presence. A deputy having failed to discover the secret cause of unrest on the border, Mr. Miles himself left for the front on Tuesday night…Smith is a member of the well-known Smith family of Las Guijas, the tungsten mines.

His brother Robert S. is the alleged bootlegger now under bootlegging charges and out on bond…When the sheriff stopped his car, Smith asked him what he was looking for. “’I have a six shooter here,’ he said, suggesting that it might be firearms. ‘I’m looking for booze,’ replied Miles bluntly. ‘I ain’t got any of that,’ said Smith. Under the seat cushions the sheriff found three pints.” (Tucson Daily Citizen, 7/5/1917) The ultimate outcome of this incident is unknown.

In other law enforcement matters, Sid Simpson was one of the most visible characters in the area.

Originally from Texas, he was well known for having once been kidnapped by bandits in Mexico, along with two other Americans.

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Pretending to go to Nogales to procure money to ransom the others, he actually got a gun and shot Noriega, the leader of the gang. This heightened his reputation and was hired as a Deputy Sheriff in Santa Cruz County. Later he was appointed County Ranger in Pima County to assist in the protection of cattle and horses in the region near the border. Soon after, he was hired as Pima County Deputy Sheriff. In one of his exploits in this position, he followed some thieves who had robbed the Jacome department store in Tucson. He followed them into Mexico and pretended to have goods to sell. He was guided to the men who had allegedly led the robbery. Telling them stories and buying drinks all around, Simpson verified who had done the deed. He then kidnapped three of them and brought them to Nogales, Arizona where they were arraigned. (Tucson Daily Citizen, 2/6/1917). His exciting life was not without penalty, because in September of 1917, he was shot

by bootleggers in the face and left arm. He recovered from this, but resigned as deputy sheriff to take up a position as deputy livestock inspector, working for ranchers in the Altar Valley. From which position he retired in 1918 when a co-worker, Cy Broome, allegedly shot one Charles Yakimovich who owned a ranch near the Palo Alto.

Simpson stayed in the area until around 1920 when he apparently took his family and moved away.

The Mexican Revolution continued to affect Arizonans. Pancho Villa and his troops had attacked Columbus, NM on March 9, 1916, this in addition to having attacked and killed American citizens in other incidents in northern Mexico.

U.S. General John J. Pershing was chosen by President Woodrow Wilson to lead the Punitive Expedition in retaliation against Villa into Mexico. Pershing and his 10th Cavalry chased Villa from March 15, 1916 to January, 1917 when the American forces were withdrawn after a mostly Continued on Page 2

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Photo of Sid Simpson and Sheriff Albert Forbes, taken in Arivaca in 1916 by the Connecticut National Guard Photographer, Raymond Barrows, Troop B, Conn. Nat'l Guard.

Photo courtesy of Don Bonner, Bruce and Dorothy Bonner

was originally a line camp for the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company.

Apparently, Mexican troops had been stationed in the canyon below the border, it being close to the American mining camps in the Gulch, Warsaw Canyon and Ruby and a large population of Mexican expatriates, who might be expected to join the revolution at any time. One Lieutenant Reyes was reportedly in command.

unsuccessful expedition.

An event near Ruby in early 1917 made the national news.

The Utah Cavalry had arrived in late 1916 as guardians of Arivaca and points south, complete with a pack train of 60 mules. These troops were part of the contingent of National Guardsmen called up

by President Wilson in light of the Mexican Revolution and the troubles with Villa. In late January of 1917, these troops were involved in a skirmish at the border near Casa Piedra (Stone House) in California Gulch. This landmark is an old building about a thousand yards north of the border, on elevated ground on the east side of the canyon. Reportedly, it d te e a c to til o L xt an Jewelry ne erc e th

According to various newspaper reports and letters, cowboys for the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company were retrieving cattle from near the border when Mexican soldiers fired on them. The cowboys were armed, of course, and they returned fire.

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Lieutenant Arnes, were stationed at Arivaca. A unit of these troops was passing by Casa Piedra on a regular run and they were called upon to help. More troops followed as the day progressed.

The Utah cavalry were stationed behind rocks about half way between the house and the fence from which point they returned fire. Apparently the battle went on for more than a day. One Mexican soldier was apparently killed, one captured and the others fled.

The Star reported no casualties among the American soldiers.

The captured soldier was taken to the border and released on the Mexican side.

When the Mexicans evacuated their post, a live calf with an American brand was found tied near one of the adobe houses, and two hides, one with Phil Clarke’s brand and the other with the Arivaca Ranch brand were found. Four rifles, five saddles and three belts of ammunition were also found by American troops afterwards. The houses were wrecked and burned. The American soldiers went a mile and a half into Mexico. One found a live chicken and another a pair of shoes.” Several of the locals, including my grandfather, had followed the cavalry down into the Gulch to watch the action, staying well back on the hills and out of range. Apparently, the sight of soldiers coming out of the canyon carrying chickens was reportedly almost as exciting as the shooting itself.

The Star related the following incident: “Captain St. Clair, an English mining man, formerly of the English army, wanted to go and talk to the Mexicans and settle the trouble, when the first fighting took place. He walked coolly up to the fence and leaned against the gate smoking, calling on the Mexicans to come out and talk it over. Suddenly the door of the adobe opened and several rifles cracked, the bullets barely missing

the peacemaking Englishman.

“I thought my hour had come,” he said afterwards. However, several cowboys and soldiers came to his aid and covered his retreat with firing directed at the door of the adobe. The captain retreated in dignity for a short distance and then went ‘double quick.’”

On the Mexican side of the line, some thought that the Mexicans were followers of Francisco Reyna, a bandit, but another bandit by the name of Salazar was also operating just south of the border. Some 75 Mexican soldiers had gone to that vicinity shortly before this incident.

These were government soldiers or Carrancistas, because Venustiano Carranza was President of Mexico at the time. His government was supported by the U.S. (Remember, though, that other factions were trying to take power from him— Pancho Villa, for instance). In a news article, General Francisco Serrano, the military commander of Sonora, stated that American filibusters attacked the Mexican garrison at Casa de Piedra and were repulsed by their troops. He said, “In that region there have been very frequent incursions by cattle rustlers from the American side of the line and that is why we have been compelled to redouble our vigilance on that part of the border.” An article in a Salt Lake newspaper said that U.S. officials refused to discuss this incident due to diplomatic concerns.

Due to this incident and others at Nogales, the Alabama Signal Corps was sent to Arivaca in early February as part of reinforcements along the border. The 10th Cavalry, some of which had been in Mexico with Pershing, was then stationed in Nogales with an outpost in Arivaca. General Pershing was never in Arivaca. He became General of the National Army during World War I in Germany. *Pima County Sheriffs during this period: Albert W. Forbes (1915-16), J.T. “Rye” Miles (1917-20)

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Earth Uprising Dave Moshel

by Roxi Hardesty

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ittle did Dave Moshel know that his experiment of building ovens out of dirt and water (adobe) in the 1980’s would turn into a decades-long occupation with the materials. While living primitively in California Gulch, east of Arivaca, and out of a desire for home baked bread, Dave conceived the idea of making an oven. Forming a conical structure on the ground with yucca and sotol stalks, and leaving a small opening at the top, Dave placed a mix of dirt and water over the stalks and left it to set. Once dry, a fire was made inside the form, which burned the stalks away. This created an adobe oven that Dave used to bake bread and other food. “It worked really well. I made bread about every other day,” Dave says of this early endeavor.

Not long after, a friend bought a house in Tucson and needed a wall constructed; Dave volunteered.

Using purchased, pre-made adobe bricks, Dave built both walls and a fireplace. More jobs ensued and Dave became a busy contractor. He built adobe walls and fireplaces for many homes in Tucson and around Southern Arizona. He gained further experience building with adobe with Rammed Earth Construction.

In the early 1990’s, Dave heard about a compressed earth block machine able to manufacture adobe bricks onsite. Seeing the benefits of such a machine to his growing business he purchased one. This enabled him to provide block for his building projects. Finding it didn’t work well; Dave rented a shop in Arivaca and, with his friend John Cook, attempted to salvage the ailing machine. Finding too many things wrong with it, their efforts at repair were abandoned.

Saving major components from the machine, Dave, John and Larry Beckelman re-assembled it at Larry’s shop on Crooked Sky Road using a different and better design.

For centuries, civilizations have built structures of sun-dried adobe blocks and rammed earth. Pressed earth blocks – produced by machines like Dave’s – combine these two ancient techniques The earth mixture has been “pressed” until it forms a block

almost as hard as concrete, while still retaining the inherent natural aesthetic of adobe. The added advantage in this more compact form is each block is embued with more insulating qualities due to its increased density.

Emulsified asphalt or cement is added to create what is referred to as a “stabilized block.” This increases both strength and resistance to moisture – especially desirable in wet climates. Stabilized block can be stockpiled indefinitely, and used in a variety of building methods and styles not open to “un-stabilized” blocks. A stabilized block with 4-5% cement added also meets building codes in urban areas. Further stabilization of adobe is achieved by adding a covering of stucco plaster and an overhang to protect the surface from the elements. Both of which are advisable in any climate, but particularly in wet climates and those with a lot of sun exposure, like Arizona.

Dave has also designed molds to produce different size adobe blocks, the sizes most prevalently used for construction. A smaller work area is also a benefit of the brick press, as traditional sun-dried adobe requires more space to dry. The convenience of using on-site materials is also cost effective, especially in rural areas where importing construction material can be expensive. Also a consideration in this increasingly environmentally aware era is the “green” aspect of adobe construction in general, as well as the use of pressed block adobe.

Adopting the business name “Earth Uprising”, Dave used the brick press on his own construction jobs and also began selling bricks to other builders.

One local project was a house on Penny Lane in Arivaca, owned by Jim Chilton; Dave helped build it using his pressed bricks. Another, more current of Dave’s projects is building a wall for Aja and Otis Squires in Tucson.

Over the years, design improvements have resulted in a brick press with increased durability and streamlined production. These have also resulted in another business

Larry and Dave in Arivaca begin work on a new Brick Press

pursuit. For the past few years, Dave and Larry have been building (at Larry’s shop in Arivaca) and selling the brick presses, with purchasers including the Kayenta Indian Tribe in Northern Arizona, a developer in Honduras, and an alternative building group in Canada. Dave’s website (http:// www.earthuprising.com/) has been integral in spreading the word. Recently, with the sluggish economy as incentive, Dave has partnered with a person in the Prescott area to provide adobe

block for construction in Northern Arizona. They will use what is referred to as an Adobe Lay-Down Machine, which uses molds to produce multiple blocks at a time.

These will be made and then transported to various job sites.

The lay-down machine functions as follows: it is first hooked up to an engine with hydraulic power (4 cylinder diesel Cummins or John Deere engine). Then a pallet is placed under it, which has been fitted with the mold containing Continued on Page 4

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Earth Rising - Dave Moshel continued from Page 3 the grid for the desired brick size.

The dirt, water and cement are mixed in a separate machine (an auger mixer) until a thick mud consistency is achieved and then transfered to the hopper of the block machine. The machine is lowered onto the pallet and lays down the individual bricks, up to 18 at a time. (Quantities vary according to press mold size.)

The brick laden pallet is then moved aside and another pallet placed underneath the machine.

Depending upon the size of the brick being made, production rates vary from 6 to 12 bricks per minute.

Dave’s pal Larry Beckelman calls

this process “hands-free adobe”.

Dave divides his personal time between Tucson and Arivaca, where he is building an adobe wall on his own property here.

When asked where he is willing to provide his expertise, Dave replied, “Pretty much anywhere it is needed.” To learn more about Dave and Earth Uprising Adobe Block and Machine Company visit www.earthuprising.com, where more detailed information about both the process and the machines are available, including youtube videos. Or contact Dave directly at davemoshel@earthuprising.com and 520- 490-3537.

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She uses watercolors for her floral paintings.

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obody got pinched that we saw and the Arivaca Fire Department Auxiliary Chili Cook-off was a great hit. There was lots of chili and a batch of fun! Dad said there must have been 400 people in downtown Arivaca.

So where did chili come from? Does anybody know? There’s a rumor that chili came from San Antonio around 1920. Some even say that immigrants brought it from the Canary Islands.

No matter where it comes from, we like chili. We tasted all eight chilis the cook-off had to offer and we liked them everyone. Mark made a Hawaiian chili with pineapple but he said he liked his daughter’s chili better. Annette entered her unique spicy Southwest chili. She has ten years of chili making experience.

Tracy’s turkey and pumpkin chili was healthy and good. Tony came all the way from Phoenix to share his own spicy chili recipe. It was his first time entering. We talked to the secret judges who said they looked at the chili’s color, taste and texture.

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It isn’t a party without music and dancing and the chili cook-off gave us both. There were beautiful folkloric dancers who told stories through their dance. When they spun around their red skirts flared like a helicopter taking off. Don’t forget the band. The Too Old Two band plays all across the west but on Saturday they played at home.

Charlie, Velma, Harold and Margie played fun music to eat chili by.

They even let these two reporters play a couple of tunes with them.

The day was a success. The Arivaca Fire Department Auxiliary made almost $1,000 for things the fire department needs. Many people came and had fun. Some, Like Kenneth, a geologist and former resident, came from Tucson to support his family’s chili making.

Others like Wayne and Margaret are moving to Green Valley from Cleveland, Ohio and came to meet their Arivaca neighbors. They will take their good time in Arivaca back to Green Valley and Cleveland, Ohio.

Oh yes, the results were: 1st place trophy & ribbon - Beth Lusby $75.00, 2nd place trophy & ribbon - Nancy Campbell $50.00, 3rd place trophy & ribbon - Annette Zampatti $25.00, People’s choice - Tony Mockridge

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LETTERS & COMMENTARY

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llegal migration from Mexico is much in the news. A recent issue of Time magazine expanding on that topic mentioned a book titled a Country for All: An Immigrant Manifesto...I have long been concerned that the earth will not support an ever expanding population. I have also been concerned that U.S. consumption of illegal drugs is a cause of problems faced by Mexico. Until today, I had not heard that drought in Mexico is the worst in 71 years and that 2.5 million Mexicans are affected by that drought which extends across two-thirds of Mexico’s states (The Christian Science Monitor–March 12).

The state of Guanajuiato is “...one of the biggest growers of produce in the country. Since October 2010 there has been no significant rainfall.” Mexico needs help–the U.S. should send food. In the meantime, the drought is coming our way. Maybe we should move to Alaska and Canada.

Maggie,

Maggie,

Letter to the editor:

It’s nice to know that some of your readers enjoyed my article on money.

We hear a lot about Ayn Rand these days. Perhaps more in the last few years than the previous quarter century. It’s time then to remind ourselves that neither an economist nor a political scientist, Ms. Rand was a novelist. She wrote fiction. Second rate fiction. On the level of a second or third year high school student.

Folks from other countries including Afghanistan are seeking asylum. The Monitor reports that U.S. military leaders want to remain there until they can withdraw with pride. We went there after 911 to capture bin Laden. Now we’re there for pride?

Congratulations on your column concerning our new Arivaca Fire Chief.

Like you I was not to enthusiastic about hiring a “fire chief” when our communities aging population would benefit far more with support from paramedics servicing this area. However your clarity in presenting the facts concerning his accomplishments during his first month in office, including now, finding wild land fire experience personnel, his 3 new grant applications with more to come, accepting only a minimal stipend so at least two paramedics can be hired, and formulating a 3 year budget are very impressive.

Yes, there are still funding problems and excessive taxes but finally and thankfully Arivaca has a professional with an impressive resume and a positive “lets get it done correctly” attitude. Yes, he might move on in a years time, but if successful, and I believe he will be ― he will leave this community in better shape than it has ever been.

Other Monitor news: U.S. refiners are exporting gasoline to India, China, South America, and Europe. As prices rise in the U.S. consumption falls. So our oil industry serves customers elsewhere. In the meantime, U.S. political candidates are smiling and uttering sound bites.

We continue to strive to run the world while the mess at home grows worse.

I’ll leave the March 12 Monitor at the library the next time I’m in Arivaca.

Maggie, thanks again for the Connection. It is a temptation to thank you for pieces page by page.

But I’ll settle for thanks to Daniel Chitwood and his poem, C Hues Saw Hues. I love her mural in the Old Schoolhouse.

Ralph Shelton

Members of this community who have taken a petulant, judgmental attitude toward his selection should rethink their opinions and at least say “welcome”.

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n America you are allowed as much justice as you can afford.

Larry Beckelman

I’m really enjoying and relishing some of the poetry your contributors are sending in lately. The tenor of the poetry suddenly seems pertinent to these stressful and confusing times we live in when it is so easy to forget what a miracle life is and what our purpose ought to be. The poems remind me to focus on what is important and what is not important.

You have some unusually wise and thoughtful people subscribing to your publication. It’s a pity we have to get older before we finally begin to understand how unnecessary all of this squabbling is. I’m noticing an interesting trend of thoughtful articles suddenly appearing in some of the other newspapers I read as well. I think the people who thrive by stirring up hatred, and pitting us against one another, may finally have over played their hands.

So today when we hear elected officials sing her praises, and attempt to base policies on her views, we should put them on that same intellectual level. The ideology of which she wrote, objectivism, she apparently lived but not successfully.

She died in modest circumstances supported by Social Security and sustained by Medicare, two programs that she despised and the benefits from which she took under the name Ann O’Connor.

Planning a nation’s economic policies based on the exploits of fictional heroes is a recipe for disaster.

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El Paso Natural Gas Pipeline through Altar Valley?

by Melissa Owen

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magine a rolling sea of native grasses surrounded by mountains and watched over by Baboquivari Peak, the center of the universe for the native peoples who lived here. Imagine that this valley contains a wildlife refuge and it is home to an astounding array of wildlife including eight endangered species. Mule and white-tailed deer, pronghorn, bobcats and coatis all make their homes here. Jaguars have even been sighted in the Baboquivaris. 325 bird species have been recorded in the Valley’s desert grassland, sky island and riparian habitats. Birders and wildlife enthusiasts from all over the world come to hike, camp and bike here, both on the National Wildlife Refuge and at two locally-owned guest ranches.

Now imagine that a private company wants to bulldoze a natural gas pipeline with a 60-mile long 100foot utility easement and an access road through the Valley from the tiny town of Sasabe on the Mexico/ Arizona border to Tucson, pumping 1 billion cubic feet of liquid gas each day through a 36” pipeline. The gas would go – not to better serve U.S. customers or to provide cheaper energy for consumers in the United States – but to Mexico. And, to make a profit for the company installing the pipeline.

This project sounds absurd, doesn’t it? But it’s exactly what El Paso Natural Gas is trying to do to the Altar Valley.

This project would have disastrous effects on the fragile ecosystem of the desert grassland which receives only 10 - 12” of rain each year. Company representatives have themselves admitted that the natural vegetation would be fully restored “in 30 years.” By their own estimate, 140 endangered Pima pineapple cactus lie in the right-of-way – and that’s only one of the species that would be directly imperiled.

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A 100-foot wide easement and additional road would open the Valley – already heavily damaged by illegal foot traffic – to even more people and drug smugglers. Wildlife migration routes would be disrupted. Hunting on the refuge might be severely impacted. The proposed route runs within 25 feet of Carrizo Springs, one of the only remaining live springs in the area and a life-saving source of water for wildlife during periods of drought and within sight of Brown Canyon, a pristine sky island habitat which until now has been preserved with a reservations-only policy by the national wildlife refuge.

A fragile, unique ecosystem would be scarred forever. All to save El Paso money. Alternative routes for this pipeline already exist, but a straight line through the Altar Valley will benefit the company’s bottom line despite costs to the ecological integrity of the area.

El Paso Natural Gas Company plans to bulldoze a 60-mile long road through a valley which is home to EIGHT endangered species.

While the company says “they would not want open flames over the pipeline” it will run through an area which experiences naturallycaused wildland fires every summer, not to mention fires started by undocumented immigrants for warmth or to signal for help. Buenos Aires NWR and the Altar Valley Conservation Alliance both sponsor detailed Burn Plans and prescribed burning is the chief tool to restore native vegetation to the Valley.

Children and downloading

By David Krest

Anyone who doubts the sophistication of a child downloading information given them should think about the first time your child blurted out a curse word picked up from you. I’m sure you noted its sophistication, correct pronunciation, its nuance style, and context carrying your signature.

I’m thinking that very few of us would deny this simple and obvious information.

Imagine the consequences of hearing your parent say you are a “stupid child,” you “do not deserve things” will “never amount to anything,” “never should have been born,” or are a “sickly or weak” person. When unthinking parents pass on those messages to their young children, they are no doubt oblivious to the fact that such comments are downloaded into the subconscious memory as absolute “facts” just as surely as bits and bytes are downloaded to the hard drive of your computer. During early development, the child’s consciousness has not evolved enough to critically assess that those parental pronouncements were only verbal barbs and not necessarily true characterizations of “self”. Once programmed into the subconscious mind, however, these verbal abuses become defined as “truths” that unconsciously shape the behavior and potential of the child through life…from the book The Biology of Belief by B.H. Lipton

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It’s been my personal experience that the ‘verbal barbs’ hooked into my thinking became my reality.... until I essentially brought them to my conscious mind and saw them for what they were, or are.... words of fear, anger and frustration spat upon me the receiver. By being aware of my own behavior when I personally suffered the pain of anger, fear and frustration I cannot condemn another for condemning me, or controlling me, or victimizing me.

My children have suffered not necessarily from my verbal abuse but from my absence; and possibly from my actions other than not being physically available.

In this time of what I refer to as the Great Awakening of Humanity it is quite easy for us to see into ourselves and change what we know to be a detriment not only for ourselves but to all of humanity.

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Agua Linda Farm Journal - April Stewart & Laurel Loew here is a gentle breeze today blowing fluffy white pieces of cotton from the cotton wood trees around. It almost looks like it is snowing but it is a pleasant 75º. I didn’t bother brushing my hair today and I am feeling a little unmotivated, lounging on a chaise in the sun. I can think of plenty if things that I want to do, but there are so many things that I need to do first that my mind is just sort of spinning in circles – much like the swirl of cotton now trapped on the porch that my cat is also transfixed by.

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This year I have been more aware of the changing of the season and it’s affect on the plants around the hacienda than ever before. I have never been a winter person and have always been keenly aware of the first signs of spring – the tweeting of a bird I haven’t heard for a few months, the first bright green leaves marking the path of the Santa Cruz. Since farming with Stewart, I have felt even more in touch with the season changing with my hands literally in the dirt coaxing spring plants along and starting summer seedlings in the greenhouse. This year – while I am stuck in the office - Stewart is doing most of the planting with our current intern and I feel a little disconnected. But sitting on the chaise I vow (again) to start a journal dedicated to the blooming of plants and arrival of birds – maybe I will even look them up and write down their species and draw little sketches in the margins. Today I noticed that the yellow iris is blooming.

Purple iris has not started yet. The plum trees are waking up. I hope we have plenty of plums again this year. Ours are small and hold onto a yellow color when they are ripe, but they are infinitely better than the mushy, gross things that I had thought plums were – until I ate our own. I hope to make some plum jelly, but last year, we ate them all right off the tree!

Much of my job description on the farm these days involves office work.

It is agonizing for me to let a spring day like this go by without fully appreciating it. When I was teaching second grade, I refused to keep my class inside on days like these. With writing journals, sketchpads or stacks of reading materials in hand, twentyfive 7 and 8 year-olds would stretch out in the grass for a warm afternoon lesson outside. Unfortunately, my laptop screen that I need to use today is impossible to see if I sit outside and the breeze would blow my papers away.

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The mulberries will be next to leaf-out and by May, there will be ripe berries to harvest for jelly.

I have been staring up at these towering trees for years, envious of birds that come in droves each spring for the sweet

feast until a couple of years ago, and relevant – but I have no brilliant with a GOOGLE search, I learned suggestions. Anyway, whatever how to harvest the berries. They number field the horses were moved are small, like a wild raspberry, but to today is green! Hay prices these the trees are giants and the fruit is days are outrageous and, given our too high up to reach. Stewart and dysfunctional need for equines, we I spread old sheets under the limbs are very lucky to have plenty of and, using a garden hoe, shook the grazing land. I was all geared up branches allowing the ripe berries for an excuse to play cowgirl. My to drop. We were late in the harvest horse, Cody and I make a good team and I made two or three cases – herding cattle around, but I wasn’t my first jelly, actually. It was so needed. The animals are trained to tedious! There are tiny seeds in the come to the sound of a whistle that berries that need to be extracted. I I heard from the office where I was followed the directions of the recipe working (boo-hoo!). I ran to get I had and purchased a jelly bag to my cowgirl boots, but with a quick squeeze the juice away from the look out the window I could see that seeds, but it took forever! Then, the the job was nearly done. With my next day, while berries threatened goofy mustang, Willy in the lead, to go bad in the refrigerator, Stewart the whole herd, including 4 horses, happened on some sort of press at 2 ponies, 2 miniature horses, 2 The White Elephant thrift store. It donkeys and 8 cows excitedly raced may have been designed for just this through the fields towards the open job – or perhaps tomato pressing gates and greener pastures. Back to – it was perfect and cut the time the officeL extracting the juice in 4ths! Later, stewart@agualindafarm.net that fall, I felt like a seasoned jelly maker when I was able to quickly and efficiently can our pomegranates with what I had learned from the mulberries.

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Yesterday we moved the horses and cows into the northeastern pasture (what number has Stewart named that field?)

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Connection

Heading South

Life in the isolated community was a struggle. Apache raiding and the arrival of devastating European diseases made life precarious. The church was several times burned, and the Pima forced to flee, only to return and rebuild when danger had passed.

Cocóspera: Sad Queen of the Desert

by Grant Hilden

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he old Spanish colonial mission church at Cocóspera abides in silence, overlooking the valley where it has stood for more than three hundred years. The river that flowed then flows now.

Today trucks lumber by and the occasional car, while this lovely old ruin waits quietly above, hoping someone will look up and remember.

Silent now, but not always. This great church was the center of a lively self-contained community.

Families lived and worked, sharing good times and bad. Directed by their missionaries toward the European model of Christianity, Pima Indians accepted the new religion, while continuing to practice and cherish many of their traditional life-ways. Priests complained of native intransigence, yet the determination to hold tight to old values has given us the Mestizo mix of cultures we enjoy today in Mexico.

Jesuit Father E.F. Kino was exploring when he found a Pima (O'odham) rancheria here in 1689. Native farmers must have received him with fear and curiosity. But Kino often traveled without soldier escort, and could not have been a very threatening figure. And the gifts of food and trinkets surely made him welcome. He seemed to want nothing in return, only the chance to tell of his new religion.

Over time the Pima continued to welcome Kino, and built a ramada for religious services. At the same time the missionary was sharing new crops and ways to increase production of food.

In 1702 the Pima began building this grand church. Labor flooded into the community from as far as Bac, the great rancheria to the North.

Wages took the form of food and clothing. Thousands of mud adobes were formed, some burned into traditional bricks. Timbers cut in nearby mountains were dragged in by oxen. Kino described the new church as an adobe/brick structure with a flat roof, topped with grass and mud. A traditional transept allowed for arched side chapels; the whole topped with a dome, and a lantern to welcome those seeking shelter.

When Franciscans replaced Jesuits in 1768 the church was in ruins.

Archeologists tell us the present building is Franciscan, built over and around the bones of Kino’s old church. They added a new facade, bell towers, barrel vaulted ceiling , and choir loft.

The Franciscans were themselves gone by 1828. The old community soldiered on but was finally abandoned for the last time in 1845.

Since 1845 Cocospera has not received much love. Scalawags searching for Jesuit gold destroyed the church interior, and ruined the altar. Moving outside they desecrated ten generations of Pima dead. No above ground evidence of the old burial sites exist.

Modern day neighbors have continued to bury their dead at Cocospera. These burials, marked by simple rock cairns are still visible, some marked by wood or metal crosses. The ground is littered by the glass of broke vases and faded plastic flowers. A few family pictures have faded away under the fierce Sonoran sun.

The church is melting back into the desert. Plaster remaining on the church front is littered with thoughtless graffiti. Rusting scaffolding now decorates the facade: someone’s dream of assisting the old church long forgotten.

Even in ruins this is a haunting and beautiful building. Take a lunch, find some shade, and take it all in. Cocospera is an easy day-trip from Green Valley. From Mariposa border crossing drive south on Mexican Hwy. 15 to Imuris (about 40 miles). On the south end of Imuris look for an intersection on the left. Cocospera is about twenty miles on the left side. You can’t miss it.

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while raking last year’s mesquite leaves .....so tiny.....yet so enduring.....

I found an old grasshopper.....no doubt guilty of chewing last year’s garden.....

Mother Song

“Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bones” I am young and filled with life The mother song sings in my heart

old grasshoppers and I.....we don’t need much.....a little food,,,,, a warm place to hide from rain and cold .....and hope of another sunrise..... we can learn from old grasshoppers Robert C.Barnacastle,Tubac

When time and place and circumstance are right The note will complete a chord

Song For All

The mother song The father song The family song In their infinite variety They sing through the years They sing around the world Rejoicing in their harmonies T. A. Goorian

April Dance As the sun dances across the sky the clouds fly to the horizon with images of love to be seen by the lupine and the poppies as they sway to a breeze and all this being reflected on the surface of Arivaca Lake where below the bass and catfish are being danced by life Daniel Chitwood

THIMBLES These days if you wanted to see and touch a thimble it would be best to go to an antique store.

Do people (Is it politically correct to say “women”?) use them anymore?

I’m meaning the strong un-malleable metal ones with all their tiny dimples for keeping a needle from slipping when pushed, while protecting tender delicate fingers— shiny thimbles becoming percussion instruments when worn by jittery folk between tasks.

Do any company conveyor belts still turn out these bits of armor dedicated to protection of finger tips?

Did the old manufacturers go bankrupt?

Or did they glide rather seamlessly into the military industrial complex, some venues of war, new forms of homeland security?

-- Ann M. Penton

Like a needle with a trail of silver string Sewing a path along the blue clear sky Arching and caressing infinity Effortlessly here and there along it’s journey The jet planes carry their precious load of passengers Much lower, the hawks in family tradition Gracefully glide with their powerful majestic wings Defying the prey they so selfishly eye on the dessert floor A raven startles the quiet of the moment with its shrill cry Strong and black it darts too and fro into fir trees Their almost offensive call to one another overpowers the silence An afternoon of delicious quiet in the heavens above Becomes the scene of a magnificent play Enveloping my senses as the muffled sounds of traffic Hum out in the distance on the rushed highway Tasting the bounty nature gifts me, I close my eyes And drift into a world of sleep….sweetly…all mine

so odd.....it was well past year’s end .....almost Valentine’s Day.....how had he survived the winter’s freeze .....and all predator’s jaws.....?

II Love Without Limit The mother song has no boundaries The first note is sent from child to mother The small searching heart of a child in need Sings out its lonely note

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Arizona sky

thinking him dead.....I swept the rake towards my leaf pile.....but he scuttled back into his little depression.....dug against my sunny south wall

Sometimes loud, sometimes quiet The song never leaves The song will expand, but never contract First one child, two, three then four The mother song sings in my heart

“Flesh of my flesh, bone of my bones” I am old now still full of life Always, the mother song sings in my heart

The mother song will sing in a heart Filled with love and caring A heart waiting for just that note From just that child she has chosen The mother song is singing, singing

Poetry

The Last Grasshopper

The Heart Song Cycle

He’s Wright

From Greyhound proud rebels descend upon Gettysburg, Vicksburg and the Wilderness, remnants of a tumultuous past.

“Fourscore and seven years ago…” are not that many years ago, not for this Roundtable historian.

Will this first of modern wars survive recorded history?

Was Pickett’s Charge an act of futility?

Dear Sir: Is this fair to ask of me?

His earnest manner an attitude suggests, those that know not their past, cannot appreciate conditions present, or futures possible.

35mm primed and Roitan lit, accompany to battlefields blue and grey.

Stalking evidence of bitter contests, monuments of man’s inhumanity to man.

Crumbling tombstones, ghost-like statues, and memories are all that remain…but no matter?

Today park rangers ‘interpret’ America’s darkest hour; but,

Marilyn Brehm, Green Valley AZ

I live in a land that meets the sky

No tree between The hard curve of it meets the sky In morning with a light of loveliness In evening with a fury that makes us dig for life Or a blast of color, a gift, To eyes used only to grey green grasses on the plain I live in a land that’s open to the wind The rush of it is always there Man plants himself and trees against it And both are bent by the will of it Then only The fallen form of a house The remnant of a tree To show that he was there I live in a land where men speak of rain Like a lover of his love With a lust of its wet That never leaves his mind Betsy Harrison

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a green hungry frog attacks the waiting beetle sitting on the log

Kin Within Outside, I hear the Bewick wren, Singing out her heart again.

I saw a straw peeking from, Her doorway, where a nest’s begunThat yellow birdhouse, once again, Will host a flock of Bewicks wrens!

So today, after a Spring snow, My birds know the place to go!

Peanut suet blocks and sunflower seeds Attempt to fill their nesting needs.

I keep it coming, as if I must Help them live, to keep their trust.

They barely step aside for me, When I fill the feeders on my Tree.

And while I love the Cat and kin, I will not let them come within The Sacred borders of HabitatWe did not build this place for that!

Coopers Hawk and Great Horned Owl May take a life, for this is how They live, but cats have others, who Will feed feral friends, and our pets, too!

My birds have priority,within My Habitat, for all their kin!

April’s Analogies

an april shower in the desert like a handsome groom with a room a young son with a moon a blooming flower at high noon

will future generations a cannon roar remember?

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a shy girl with a curl an oyster with a pearl the sun rising on time a grape on a vine

One Day

a poem with no rhyme john j kazlauskas

One day follows another-never asking “By your leave” nor “May I?” Although neither cousins nor nephews, days are related by accident of design that raised the rooftops before there were rooftops, before there were people walking upright on Mother Earth.

One day, another, then another, and on and on, so we must endure.

We must go on with them, days that are numbered, but without number.

Just pick a day, any day, never mind who is dealing.

Pick a day, say, April 17th.

That’s a day this year, it was a day last year, and probably next.

It goes on and on.

So, too, must we.

If it stops we have a problem.

Calling Houston won’t help.

by Cal Lambert

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april 2012 Connection

by Bayard Brick, Tumacacori I think both the Iranian and the Israeli governments recognize that when the United States says it is unacceptable for Iran to have a nuclear weapon, we mean what we say. I don’t bluff.

- President Obama

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assume (I fervently hope!) that the president, in saying those words, is sending a message to Israel to not attack Iran. I cannot believe that Obama, who opposed the war in Iraq, is actually contemplating another American invasion of a Middle Eastern country. We are finally out of Iraq after one war of eight years and winding down another in Afghanistan after ten years. Make no mistake, to take out Iran’s nuclear facilities, either by us or Israel, would not be as easy as when Israel destroyed Iraq’s and Syria’s. Iran is a much larger and richer country with sizeable armed forces, anti-aircraft defenses, and, more important, credible means of retaliation. And retaliate, I am sure, it would.

But is Iran, with or without nuclear weapons, a threat to us or other countries? When the G. W. Bush administration continued to build a missile defense system in eastern Europe even after the USSR had ceased to exist, and Russia complained it was aimed at them, Bush replied that no, it was to protect Europe from Iran. So

Iran and the Bomb which European country did Bush think that Iran wanted to go to war with? Switzerland? Sweden? Maybe Andorra? Or how about Denmark where those cartoons of the Prophet had been published? But hold on, Denmark is a member of NATO and an attack on one is an attack on all: France, Britain, the United States, et al.

The first question is whether Iran even intends to develop atomic weapons. Iran is a signatory of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

All officials in Iran claim that its nuclear development is for peaceful purposes. And in spite of the ranting of president Ahmadinejad, Supreme Leader Khameini (who wields more power than Ahmadinejad) issued a fatwa declaring that nuclear weapons are forbidden under Islam. But as long as Iran refuses inspections by the IAEA we can’t be sure.

So the second question is if Iran does develop an atomic bomb, will it use it? On whom? Unlikely a European nation, despite what George W. Bush thought. Probably not the US as we do have overwhelming means of retaliation. Saudi Arabia?

Possibly, but unlikely. This leaves Israel, but Israel has many atomic weapons and will always maintain many more than Iran. And an attack on Israel invites retaliation by both Israel and the United States. Giving a bomb to Hezbollah to set off in Israel would fool no one, not least

the Israelis.

If not to use it, why would Iran, or any nation, want to have an atomic weapon? First, Iran might want to show it is the leader of the Muslim countries of the Middle East. Second, it might want it as a deterrent. President George W. Bush named Iran as one of the “Axis of Evil.” Then he invaded and occupied the two countries on either side of Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Imagine if during the Cold War the Soviet Union had conquered Canada and Mexico. Could it be that just perhaps Iran feels a bit threatened by the USA? Would Iran getting weapons start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East? Recall that when North Korea was developing nuclear weapons, many pundits stated that this would lead countries like South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan to go nuclear.

But North Korea did get the bomb and the others did not. So a Middle East nuclear arms race is not inevitable.

Finally, what is the history of nuclear warfare since Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Uh, nothing, zero zip. Just after World War II, when America was the only country with nuclear weapons, many US military leaders claimed that nuclear weapons were just larger bombs and there was no reason not to use them.

After all, during the recent war the terror bombing of cities with little or no military value was common: Dresden, Tokyo, etc. An atomic bomb only meant one plane instead of many; the number of civilians killed was the aim. One seldom hears such a view nowadays.

When the Soviet Union acquired the bomb, almost all thinkers were

convinced that a third world war, with the use of nuclear weapons, was inevitable. Not if, but when.

Those of you who were school children then must remember air raid drills of hiding under your desks. And all the bomb shelters being built. In our early post WWII wars, there were calls for using atom bombs: General MacArthur in Korea; Barry Goldwater in Vietnam.

After fighting several wars, first India and then, quickly, Pakistan acquired nukes. And haven’t fought a war since.

What really shows the change in attitude about nuclear war is how many non-nuclear countries have stated wars with nuclear powers without, seemingly, any worry about nuclear retaliation.

North Korea, North Vietnam, Iraq, Panama, and Yugoslavia took on the United States. Afghan and Chechen insurgents defied the Soviet Union.

Egypt fought Britain, France, and Israel (the latter more than once).

Vietnam started a war with China.

The Argentinean junta ordered the invasion of the Falkland Islands in full confidence that Britain would not retaliate by reducing Buenos Aires to radioactive rubble. Atomic war seems to have gone from thinkable to unthinkable.

Ideally would be the complete elimination of all nuclear weapons, everywhere. A probably impossible utopia. Next in desirability would be keeping the number of nations with nuclear weapons to as few as possible. Thus the Non-Proliferation Treaty. However the issue here is whether we Americans are willing to start another war in the Middle East (or anywhere else) to prevent one more nuclear nation. Let’s hope not.

What's for Dinner? Drugs?

After 35 years of the Food & Drug Administration ignoring the health and safety of U.S. consumers of factory-farmed beef, a recent decision by a New York court will require the FDA to get serious about antibiotics in meat.

The court ruled on a lawsuit brought by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Center for Science in the Public Interest, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Public Citizen, and Union of Concerned Scientists. This is a pretty big deal.

It was in 1977, when the FDA saw the first clear evidence that connected low doses of growth promoting antibiotics in animals to the existence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria capable of infecting people.

The FDA sat on the information, caving to the beef industry only putting out “voluntary” guidelines in 2010. The judge ruled that once the FDA discovered these drugs were unsafe for consumers or animals, the agency was obligated to withdraw approval for their use in animal feed. The FDA failed to do so because of industry pressure.

Vulture capitalism at work – beef producers knew the dangers yet proceeded to use penicillin and tetracyclines in livestock feed because these drugs increase their profit margin Although the ruling does not compel the FDA to ban growthpromoter (or ‘feed efficiency’) use of antibiotics, it does require the FDA to follow through on a process that it began in 1977. And, considering how much pressure the FDA faces from the meat industry, that followthrough is likely to be a long, painful process.

Public health should be the first consideration of the FDA - it is obviously not. And now studies are beginning to show that these drugs are showing up in the environment as well - in our soil!

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Resurrect your garden & start your own restaurant!

season Tarenta Baldeschi

n the Spirit of Easter contemplate how you can bring your garden to abundant life. Even the bleakest looking plot can become an inspiration for creativity and vibrancy.

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Visit various gardens of friends, neighbors, community, or even an organic farm like ours to get new ideas of what can be done. Take your garden rake and begin to clean up. Choose the areas that need the most attention. Little by little there will be an opening, a door to a possibility of making a spring garden a reality.

A great way to garden is to create a menu of foods that you like to eat and selections you like to choose from. Make sure the list makes you hungry just reading it!

If you haven’t already started plants from seeds, you can purchase potted plants in local nurseries or farmers’ markets. Keep the pots protected from the elements—like frost or strong gusts of wind. You may need to repot them into larger ones with good composted soil so they get established and well rooted before you plant them into your garden.

If you have a small weed and grass-free area you might be able to direct seed the plants you want to grow. First loosen the soil and mix in some well broken down organic compost. Then plant those seeds in small wells or furrows and see what they do. I call them propagation gardens—your own little nursery.

Once they have come up and are about four inches tall (about 4-6 weeks later) you can dig them up and transplant them elsewhere where they have room to grow.

Imagine tomatoes, basil, sweet and hot peppers, a few onions, and you got a great tomato sauce planted.

If you plant some lettuce, other greens, snap peas, and cucumbers you’ve got the beginnings of a tasty salad.

If you like beans, corn and squash (including pumpkins) you can plant these three sisters together in the same larger well or in a hill. The beans will climb up the cornstalk

and the large squash leaves and vines will mulch the area, keeping it cool and retaining the moisture.

They are true companions.

If your plants need some shade, then plant lots of sunflowers all around the garden. Another most beautiful shade plant is amaranth, especially the red varieties. They can grow up to six foot tall.

A fantastic and stunning flowering plant stalk is okra. It’s related to the hibiscus and its flowers are also amazing.

If you cherish fruit but didn’t plant fruit trees years ago, there are perfect plants that will sweeten your life—watermelon and cantaloupe.

How about potatoes and even sweet potatoes? A couple of hearty staples are always welcoming. Do you like cabbage salad? Then plant varieties of cabbages; they actually grow great in this climate. How about eggplant parmesan? Gumbo with okra? You get the idea…

Look over your menu. Notice that you can also add hot sauce, pickles, sauerkraut, dried tomatoes and more.

Once the first harvest comes in, cook up a dish (simple is always good), sit down, and enjoy the freshest food one can eat—directly from your own garden. Invite others to join you and experience even greater joy. Add a little music and your heart will sing. The smiles get bigger and healthy laughter will fill your life and improve your health.

Gardening gives you a great sense of accomplishment. By resurrecting your garden you actually resurrect and live fuller yourself.

If you are unable to grow everything you’d like to have on your menu sign up with our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) Program, and receive a weekly supplement of varieties of vegetables. We grow all year round, and you need to sign up only for six weeks at a time.

Enjoy your imagination, creativity, and many meals to come, Tarenta Baldeschi (CSA Manager, Change Agent)

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Easter Sunday, April 8th, bring the whole family to Avalon Gardens’ annual Easter Celebration! Enjoy an awesome Easter Egg Hunt, hayride, refreshments, and an artistic celebration of the spirit of Easter featuring live music and dance!

Avalon Gardens has hosted these wonderful celebrations for over a decade in Northern Arizona drawing hundreds of children each year and was voted “Most Popular Event” in Sedona’s entertainment newspaper Kudos’ Reader’s Choice

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Scarlet Pimpernel Anagallis Arvensis Lovely, toxic, noxious weed. Photo: Japanese Tank, Warsaw Canyon

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Scarlett Sage Stachys coccinea Photo: Warsaw Canyon, 3/25/12

Desert Chicory Rafinesquia neomexicana - Ruby Road

Blooming Parry's Penstemon Penstemen Parryi Las Guijas Mts. 3/20/12

Right: Rock Mustard Dryopetalon runcinatum Shady slope, Ruby Rd.

Right: Bottle Evening Primrose Oenothera primervis Hills NE of Ariv.

Left: Fleabane Erigeron divergens This delightful flowering plant will bloom until late fall.

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April Events at Patagonia Lake State Park Thurs, April 5 - 5:45 pm.

Moonlight Hike. Experience wonderful views of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight.

Wear sturdy shoes; bring water, a flashlight. The trail is moderately difficult with a 350 ft. elevation gain. Meet at the Visitor Center at 5:45. Free, but Park entrance fees of $10 per vehicle (4 persons) apply.

Call 520-287-2791 to register.

Sat, April 7, 7 pm –Introduction to Sonoita Creek State Natural Area Get an overview of the resource, management, history and staff from volunteers Larry and Margie Caswell. Program at Patagonia Lake State Park Visitor Center Thurs, April 12, 9 am - Canoe or Kayak on Patagonia Lake: Reed Menke will lead a kayak/canoe trip, viewing the canyons, flora & fauna along the shore. Meet at the Visitor Center. A Park Pass or fees are necessary to enter the park. Bring your own watercraft or rent at park (Call 287.5545 for information & reservation). The group will launch at the marina.

The event will be canceled if too windy or cold. Call Leader Reed Menke 520.394-2899 for registration and information.

Sat, April 14, 7 pm – Plants of Patagonia Lake & Sonoita Creek.

Larry and Margie Caswell, educators and naturalists, on the diversity of trees, shrubs, herbs and succulents in the Natural Area.

Program at Visitor Center.

The Visitor Center at Patagonia Lake State Park will close for the season April 16. Visit us again beginning October 20.

On-going events at the Park: Bird Walks are offered on Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings at 8 am until April 16.

The migration is on, and this is a premier birding location!

The pontoon boat is back for lake tours. On Saturdays and Sundays there are one-hour avian tours at 9 and 10:15. At 11:30 there is a Lake Discovery Tour. Reservations are necessary; call 520-287-2791 Each tour costs $5, payable at check-in.

John W. Patterson

A Gentle Challenge

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hree thoughts have been recurring to me for well over a year now: 1 . What were the personal beliefs of those ever-aloof elders of our family—my grandparents, for example, who died so long ago?

2. How completely do modern technologies and other aspects of the world ‘out there’ distract us (especially youngsters) from introspection and from getting to know our inner selves? 3. How might young people and old make more productive use of spare time, whether it be the little snippets when waiting in lines, or for a bus, or during those longer periods between job-related work or high school classes?

Then some months ago, I stumbled upon a pocket-sized paperback by one Mortimer J. Adler, Ph.D. titled, Great Ideas from the Great Books (Washingotn Square Press 1961). In less than 270 pages, Adler packed in no less than ninety four chapters, each of which presents a mercifully brief and easy to digest answer to a question that some ordinary citizen had written in.

Some came when Adler was at the University of Chicago editing the 54-volume set titled Great Books of the Western World (published

by Encyclopedia Britannica) while others arrived later when he was director of The Great Books Foundation.

Anyway, so taken was I with the book’s portability, readability and second-hand price of twenty five cents(!), not to mention the author’s exalted reputation, that I bought it on the spot and have been browsing it in spare moments ever since. I’ll never share any of Adler’s theistic views and biases—a believing Jew in childhood, he was so taken with Thomist philosophy in college that he converted to Catholicism—but I really admire the plain-spoken way that Adler presents the views, as we now know them, from some of the greatest minds of Western Culture.

So much so, in fact, that I copied the entire table of contents onto a single, double-sided sheet of paper

and mailed it off to our seventeen year old grandson, who plans to enroll next Fall at a college in the Colorado Rockies.

My gentle challenge went something like this: ‘Let me know which topics, if any, interest you and I’ll send copies one or two at a time, each with some thoughts of my own enclosed. But be sure to deliberate a bit, maybe even jotting down a few of your own thoughts, before perusing Adler’s authoritative version or my annotations.’ I thought this might prove a useful and interesting way to spend idle moments, as well as providing a relatively painless introduction to some of the major currents of Western Culture thought. By “painless” I merely meant “without having to sit through hours of formal lectures or read countless pages of ponderous rhetoric before suffering through graded tests.

88 which gives Aristotle’s take on how to make use of free time, so I sent it anyway (perhaps to no avail). So far I’ve sent four mailings, about two weeks or so apart, so it’s early and who knows if anything will come of it. If he files these informal mailings, he might one day find himself contributing to one of those freshman dorm confabs with an idea or two from Plato, or the poet John Milton, or any of the others covered in Adler’s pantheon of Western thinkers. Moreover, if he ever gleans any of my notes, he will have at least some idea what his grandfather thought about certain things, in a way that I never shall.

But even if this proves too boring for him to even care about, at least I’m enjoying myself and I thought that maybe a few other Connection readers might also be interested in this or a similar folly. Should things work out as I originally intended, it could help the youngster get a relatively beneficial but painless head start for college or for some other intellectual pursuit in life.

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Safe Trail Riding much louder. You may want to practice a cue for your horse to come at feeding time, because it may reunite you with your horse if you fall off, and he runs away Pocket Knife - the Leatherman type is best, because they include tools necessary for the trail.

Judi Oyler & Mo

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ecently I had the pleasure of riding trail with some delightful ladies. These ladies came from Canada, Minnesota and Oregon, each with a desire to see some of the Southwest from the back of a horse.

All of these women are excellent equestrians and have many years in the saddle, making my job a total pleasure from start to finish. Trail is what I love the most and my horses Mo, Bert and Sissy are very happy to be out trotting down trail.

Because we would be riding in some challenging terrain, our safety was at the top of my list. Over my years of Endurance riding, I have experienced and watched things happen on trail that called for a lot of trail savvy for the horse and rider to come out in one piece. I intended to bring my riders home safe and happy.

Trail riding should be fun and relaxing and most of the time it is, but the unexpected can happen and cause a horse or rider to be injured.

When riding alone or with others, the following items are essential for our safety and that of our horse.

These take-along basics will likely cover any immediate need in an emergency and keep you safe until help arrives. Almost all of it will fit into a fanny pack so that they are on you if you should become unhorsed

Cell Phone - remember some remote areas may have no signal Whistle -to alert people to your location. Blowing a whistle takes less effort than shouting and is

Bailing twine - to repair tack or help build a shelter.

Bandana - to use as a sling, pressure bandage or cooling cloth Easy boot - in case your horse should lose a shoe. The boot is kept in a pouch on the horse.

Foil blanket - to use as a shelter or keep you warm. They come folded in a little package no bigger than a tissue package.

Rain slicker - they also come folded and easy to pack.

Double-end snap - to repair tack or help build a shelter.

Hoof-pick - to clean feet or dig holes.

Portable First-aid kit - these small soft kits include things like Band-Aids, Tylenol, antibiotic cream, they usually also have instructions for First Aid and CPR. I recommend that you take Red Cross classes in first aid and CPR Water - as much as you can carry to avoid dehydration or to clean wounds.

Itinerary - always let someone know where you are riding and when you expect to be back. The last time I checked for Search and Rescue to come after you was $3,000. plus. Chances are nothing will happen but it’s better to be safe than sorry. And always, always ride with a helmet; you make better decisions when you’re conscious.

“Trail; now this is what riding is all about.” Judy Willoughby Safe and Happy trails

Show Me the Birth Certificate!

J. Wilson, Green Valley I don’t know if Mitt Romney is eligible to be President of the United States. He hasn’t volunteered any proof that he was born in the USA. A candidate who is not forthcoming in producing his legal, long form birth certificate is suspect and should be kept off any ballot until said birth certificate is produced. Many of you Republicans in Arizona have already voted for the guy in the primary. Why didn’t you ask for proof of his citizenship before the primary? I never heard any Constitution Lovin’ Republicans ask for it. Is it because he “looks” American? Because he has the “right” shade of skin ? Because you just “know he was born here”? Do we?

A lot of the Romney family traveled to and from Mexico back when the Mormon Romneys were searching for safe harbor to keep as many wives in their stable as they wanted. Damn the U.S. government…only ONE wife?

Let’s pack up Mildred, and Agnes, and Sheila, and Doris, and…move to Mexico where we can practice The Book of Mormon as we see fit.

Then, some of them moved back to the States when the Mexican Revolution became too intense for them to practice their “religious freedom”. There seemed to be a lot of movement to and from our neighbors to the south. Mormons, being as enigmatic and clannish (notice I didn’t say cultish) as they are, who knows which Romneys were born in Mexico and which ones weren’t. Documents tend to get lost, destroyed, and misplaced when people uproot.

We do know that George Romney (Willard Mitt’s father) was born in Mexico and according to Mexican law that would have made him a Mexican citizen when Willard Mitt was born. Does that make Mitt a Mexican citizen too?

President Obama had a father

born in Kenya. If you listen to some bottom feeders and Tea Party panderers in this country, including Joe Arpaio, they contend that makes the President a Kenyan too, despite the fact he was born in Hawaii (the 50th state to all you Flat Earthers out there). So, by that logic Mitt Romney is Mexican! Absolutely nothing wrong with being Mexican, but it does disqualify him from being President.

Show me the birth certificate!

Then again, Mitt Romney could have been born in outer space.

There are times when he acts and talks as if he has only recently come to this planet. His stiff, robotic behavior suggests he missed the last semester of the “Being Human” class at Galaxy U. He is still learning the English language. While in Alabama and Mississippi during his campaign, he spoke for the very first time “Ya’ll” and flubbed his English lesson by blurting out “cheesy grits” instead of simply “grits”.

His extraterrestrial handlers can’t seem to find him a pair of jeans that make him look like a normal human being.

He talks about the trees on earth “being the right size”. The right size for what? What sinister use of our trees do you have in mind if you became President Mr. Romney? When he campaigned in Michigan, he told us of his fascination with cars. I’m pretty sure where he came from, cars are a quaint oddity of the distant past.

A brilliant attempt on his part to seem like “one of us.”

I wasn’t born in Missouri…the “Show Me” state, but I also wasn’t born yesterday. If Willard Mitt Romney thinks he can just waltz in here from another planet and ruin…er...run this country, he’s got another think coming.

Show me the birth certificate!

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Charles R. Kelly "Some kind of philosophy is a necessity to all but the more thoughtless," said Bertrand Russell, a renowned philosopher and peace activist. He meant that ever since we were children, most of us have had a desire to learn. Philosophy, which means ‘love of wisdom’, encourages the normal inclination to know what is true. The desire to form a coherent interpretation of reality is natural to the reflective mind.

Almost all the questions of most interest to speculative minds are such as science cannot answer,’ Russell taught. One of the functions of philosophy is to keep alive interest in such questions. Our consciousness wants to expand. We want to know the truth.

Sadly, truth is a rare commodity these days. We need only tune into our national politics or advertising to dismiss all doubts. The news media have become mostly outlets for public relations offices, telling us what they want us to know. And the truth gets tweaked or suppressed.

How can a society founded on democracy survive without the truth?

Bertrand Russell was a foremost

The Reflective Mind supporter of democratic causes, devoting his life to principles of human freedom. He sponsored a movement of nuclear disarmament, condemned the creed of militarism and won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950.

He reminded us that democracy is the safeguard against arbitrary power. Humans have acquisitive and predatory impulses, and a function of the state is to control those impulses. The aim of those in power should be the betterment of the human race, and the state is a means to that end and not an end in itself.

As a senior citizen who has seen the glory days of America suddenly slip by, I look with dismay and sadness at what the young people are going through these days, many who are either without employment or in deadend jobs. They are forced to choose either to forego college or to go into big-time debt. It didn’t use to be this way, kids, not before the wars and the Wall Street bailout, leading to the financial stranglehold of the mega-rich and their minions.

The Mullahs are at it again David L. Divine, Green Valley

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Christian family values group, Center for Arizona Policy (http;//www.azpolicy. org/about us) has just used its lobbying power to kill SB 1462, a bill to help establish rules about bullying in public schools. Cathy Herrod, president of CAP, said “the bullying theme is agenda driven propaganda.”

Gay rights groups, the AntiDefamation League, and Equality Arizona testified in support of the legislation which would have provided training to help teachers and parents recognize and deal with bullying. The homophobic Ms. Herrod thought that this would give “them” access to our schools - them being LGBT persons - even though there is no mention of protection for any special group in the proposed legislation.

So because of this prejudice all children subject to bullying do not have all protections in place to assure their safety in school.

This is another example of how the mullahs in our society use their religious beliefs to affect the establishment of laws that could be beneficial to society as a whole.

Arizona state representative Debbie Lesko, Republican, District 9 (http://debbielesko.org) has authored HB 2625 which gives employers the power to refuse to pay for employee’s coverage for birth control medicine if contraception is against the EMPLOYERS religious beliefs. She states on her web page that “the

employer can opt out IF and only IF they have a religious objection.” She further states the “government should not be mandating people to do something against their religious beliefs. That violates their First Amendment rights and is unAmerican. We must protect our First Amendment right to freedom of religion. The future of America is at stake. “ Changes in the proposed law have been forced by public opposition to the law. No longer will it be a requirement for employees to state that contraceptives are not being used for contraception. Employers would not be able to deny contraceptive coverage based on religious or moral reasons, but employees of religious organizations would not be protected from discrimination by employers who object to an employee "who independently chooses to obtain insurance coverage or prescriptions for contraceptives from another source."

The changes to this proposed legislation are being made by Deborah Sheasby of The Center For Arizona Policy proving again that lobbyists write laws. This bill will be reviewed by the Senate Rules Committee on April 2nd.

Government intrusion into private health care decisions must not be allowed, especially when that intrusion is based on the religious beliefs of a certain sect.

The American eagle can’t fly with one wing. We on the left of a political spectrum are called to be more open to religion; else 40% or more of the population will be forever beyond reach. Most of our grievances come from ‘organized’ religion and not the spirituality inherent in each one of us.

Making a distinction between religion as an institution and our natural religious instincts is critical.

Russell was an agnostic, who liked to remind the churches that they’ve frequently done more harm than good, invoking theology for persecutions and religious wars.

Nevertheless, he attached value to any religious attitude concerned about life. The worthwhile life for him was one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

He writes in praise of the ‘spirit’ that enables us to transcend the search for purely personal satisfaction, by feeling the same interest in other people’s joys and sorrows, and serving ends which are supra-human: Truth or Beauty or, for religious people, the Divine.

It’s doubtful the enthusiastic energy that is focused in a positive direction can be sustained within the protest movement without a spiritual element. Both Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King stressed that point, speaking of the ‘spirituality of love’ which they knew was in the heart of everyone who listened.

And they believed passionately

in a transformation of human consciousness.

There is so much more that binds us than divides us. But there are strong forces of political, economic and corporate power that seek to distract and divide us in order to maintain control over the earth and its people. Perhaps that’s why the Star Wars movies were so popular.

The story comes so close to the truth.

Human history has long been a struggle between light and dark forces, those who want to live freely, and those who want to subject others to their whims and fancies.

Where is the ‘force’ of Star Wars that’s supposed to be ‘with’ us? That seems to be the missing dimension, the one we need if we are to wrest control of our world and our lives from ‘dark’ powers.

Bertrand Russell lived to be an old man, yet he continued his battle on behalf of the welfare of humanity.

He kept his mind alive with the sense of inquisitiveness and desire for knowing that we all had as children. His reflective mind wanted to know the truth, which shall set us free!

Charles Rayner Kelly is a retired educator, a philosopher and a novelist. Among his books are: Little Poor Man - The Story of St. Francis of Assisi, Keeper of the Sacred Pipe, Flight of the Goddess, and Black Robe.

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Arivaca Photo Album

Above: Meet & greet on Main Street: Kathy Sheldon, Joe Shook, Peter and Marji Leon.

Right: Antonia Gallegos and Sheila Wallen at the Market.

Far right: Ellen Dursema dressed for Fun & Games First Saturday.

Above left: The Johnson boys - Ceth and Jaycee. Ceth plays violins while Jaycee takes a break during Main Street's First Saturday.

Above: Music on the Patio at La Gitana Cantina - Andrew Alday, Brad Knaub and Peter Regan.

Left: Mary Kasulaitis and Audrey Reida host Arivaca history display at the Old Schoolhouse honoring Arizona's 100th.

Below: 85 motorcyclists pause for refreshments during a "Ride for Homelessness" fundraiser in March.

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Arivaca Family & Community News

submitted by Kathleen Wishnick

rivaca Family and Community Education Association (AFCE) will award an educational advancement gift to a graduating high school senior, continuing college or vocational school student or school returnee this year.

If the student or his or her parent or guardian lives within 85601, the student may apply. If you are interested in applying for the AFCE Educational Advancement Gift, you need to submit the following items to the committee on or before 5 p.m. April 21, 2012.

1. An application form.

2. At least one letter of recommendation from a teacher or official at the high school or school you now attend, or, if homeschooled or not currently in a high school, one letter from a community member who is acquainted with your abilities.

3. Transcripts of your high school grades as of the last semester, or if a continuing student, please submit a transcript from the last semester you attended.

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Please send the requested information to: Arivaca Educational Advancement Committee P.O. Box 23, Arivaca, AZ 85601

Around Arivaca

AACI April Update

Submitted by Debbie Buchanan

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hings are moving right along at the Arivaca Action Center. We are currently looking for people willing to volunteer some time, and/or donate materials, for two projects.

The first involves making things ready to open the child care center.

We could especially use some help getting the outdoor play area ready.

Our other current goal is to begin work on the Community Garden. If you are interested in having a family plot, or simply in helping with the gardens, or if you have anything to donate, we’d love to hear from you. One thing we need is a rototiller, but we’ll also need help with garden planning and preparation.

Obviously, we won’t be able to get a spring garden in for this year, but we still hope to start in time for fall.

Anyone interested in helping or donating needed items can come to the monthly board meeting at the center. This month’s meeting has been pushed back a week because of Easter, and will take place on Sunday, April 22, at 4:00 P.M. You can contact us at the center by emailing arivacaactioncenterinc@ gmail.com, or by calling (520) 5910852. Hope to see you there!

Applications received after April 21, 2012 will not be considered unless prior arrangements have been made. All applicants will be advised as to the decision made by the Educational Advancement Gift Committee on or before May 5, 2012. Applications will be available at the Arivaca Library or through Kathleen Wishnick, 520-398-1166 or katwishnick@yahoo.com.

Library News

By Mary Kasulaitis

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Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge Community Meeting Arivaca Community Center April 18th 6-7pm.

ark your calendars for the following programs:

Friday, April 13, 6:30 pm: Poetry Night at the Library! Calling all poets to bring a poem of your own or your favorite to read and share!

Songs are welcome too! Friends of the Library will bring refreshments. For information call the Library at 594-5239 or Dotti at 398-3262. April is poetry month!

W

e are pleased to bring you guest speaker Ron Pulliam, a University of Georgia professor emeritus in the school of Ecology. With over 100 scientific journals and books published, we are grateful to have Ron join us to present on The Borderlands Habitat Initiative.

Saturday, April 28, 12 - 2pm: We will celebrate Día de los Niños with Pizza Man Dave! Pizza, ice cream, free books and a piñata! All kids are welcome!

Saturday, May 5, 11 am: “Arizona’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and our National Parks and Forests” a program by Robin Pinto, landscape historian at the University of Arizona.

This program is made possible by the Arizona Humanities Council. At the Old School.

Following Ron’s presentation Fire Management Officer Rod Lopez, would like to touch on the key components associated with fire and wildland interface and how it affects you.

The Book Club meets on the Second Tuesday of the Month at 2 pm. Come and join us for some eclectic reading.

Call the Arivaca Library for more information.

We will also be discussing new refuge developments including the upcoming opening of Honnas Pond, habitat restoration at Willow Pond, and the masked bobwhite quail program. We hope to see you at the meeting!

Remember to sign up for individualized computer instruction any time. Call Mary or Coey for more information at 594-5239. We can help you with e-readers!

THE “EYE MOBILE” IS COMING BACK TO ARIVACA! submitted by Julie Beal

San Fernando Elementary School Is proud to be

• Accepting open enrollment students for 2012 - 2013 • A free k-8 public school • Achieving Annual Yearly Progress for our 9th year • Providing highly qualified instruction & latest technology • Ensuring low student-teacher ratios & school bus service from Arivaca

Motto: Eve can succerey child d!

Our new school is located directly behind the old schoolhouse, established in Sasabe in 1925.

School Hours: Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri: 9:00 to 3:30 & Wed: 9:00 to 1:30

Please call for more information: (520) 823-4243

Arivaca Helping Hearts Helping Ease Arivacans’ Rough Times

If you need a little help . . . give us a call.

If you have help give . . . give us a call 520-398-8515  P.O. Box 156, Arivaca, AZ 85601

The Arivaca Clinic Board/ Arivaca Area Health Services is very happy to announce that the Arizona Medical Eye Mobile will be at the Arivaca Clinic on Saturday, April 28, 2012, to provide Ophthalmological Medical Eye Examinations. Dr. Richard Marcello will be giving the examinations again this year.

the waiting list. Please contact Julie Beal at 398-2160 if you wish to have your name added to the waiting list or if you need to cancel the appointment you have already scheduled. Only 24 people can be seen in that one day.

The $40 charge per patient covers all of the “Unit’s” operational expenses. The Arizona Medical All examinations will be provided Eye Unit was donated to the Lions by appointment only, beginning Vision Center Inc. through the at 8 am through 11:30 am and Odd Fellows and Rebekahs of starting again after lunch, Arizona. The current truck was from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm. Each donated by Canyon Ranch Health patient will be examined by the Resorts. AZ ophthalmologists ophthalmologist for eye diseases in private practice volunteer such as Glaucoma, Cataracts, and their time on the “Unit” and Diabetic Retinopathy. Prescriptions receive no remuneration. The for glasses will be provided, but not mobile unit has been in operation for contacts. since January 1976 and travels The cost for the examination is $40, approximately 13,000 miles per year to serve thousands of people cash only. At the present time, in the outlying rural areas of all appointment slots are full, but Arizona. names are still being accepted for

at the Library . . .

• WiFi - access available on patio • Free Computer classes! Individual help or tutoring - Internet use, Microsoft Word, Excel, Publisher or Power Point.

• Homework help available •Pima County Public Library’s Virtual Library at www.library.pima.gov Caviglia-Arivaca Branch Library Hours are: Closed Sundays and Mondays; Tues and Wed 11-8; Thurs 10 – 6; Fri 11-5 and Sat 9-5.

To renew books call the renewal line at 903-2865 or Caviglia-Arivaca Branch Library at 594-5235.

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a r e a s u pp or t m e e t in g s HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM? We can help. NA Mtgs. 6:30 M, W. & F Sahuarita Serenity Group, Sahuarita Baptist Church, 2875 E. Sahuarita Rd. Al-Anon Family Groups, Green Valley, St. Francis Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Canada. Mon. 11am Beginner Mtg, Mon 12pm, Thurs 7pm, Fri 11am. For info 520-323-2229 or www.al-anon-az.org

TUBAC AL-ANON / AA MTGS Weds, 7pm - Tubac Community Ctr, 50 Bridge Rd. Hotline 624-4183 ARIVACA AA MEETINGS Saturdays 8am next to Gadsden Coffee Amado Nooners-AA mtg Unitarian Church, Amado Territory, every Saturday at 12:00. I-19 to exit 48, turn East.

Arivaca Christian Center - non denominational -

Join us as we Worship and Praise the Lord!

Sunday Morning Worship - 10:30 am Wednesday Prayer Meeting & Bible Study - 6 pm - Potluck at 5:00 Children’s Church • Song Sunday • Prayer Chain • Fellowship Sunday Praise & Worship Service 6:00 p.m.

PO Box 134, Arivaca

April 18th 6-7pm. Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge Community Meeting Arivaca Community Center SATURDAYS Every Sat - 9am: Marian's Market. - Downtown.

1st Sat - 9am - Human Resources Rummage Sale 3rd Sat - 1pm - Arivaca Family and Community Education Assn.

at the Old School (or at Library--call first).

3pm Friends of the Arivaca Library - Board Meeting Sundays - am - Heat Yoga (Comm Garden Yoga Greenhouse) Call for seasonally changing times - 398-2839 1st Sun - 3:30pm - Arivaca Water Cooperative Assn meet at town water yard 2nd Sun 4pm. Arivaca Action Center - Board Mtgs. 15925 W. Universal Ranch Rd, (formerly Carivaca) arivacaactioncenterinc@ gmail.com Last Sun - 5:30pm - Arivaca Local Monthly Potluck at Obe Sweetwater’s home Mondays - 4pm - Gentle Yoga at Old Schoolhouse Call Nancy 398-9859 5:30- 6:30 pm - Silent Meditation at Old Schoolhouse 2nd Mon - 6:30pm - Ariv. Fire District Auxilary - at the Fire House

Rev. Rebecca Gibson, Pastor

17085 W. Third Street

Meetings &Activities

398-2825

Stockwell Honey Co. Since 1943

Unprocessed granulated honey (just like dad and granddad sold) available in: • Wide-mouthed pint jars at $60.00 per case (fifteen pounds net) • Gallon buckets $30.00 per gallon (12 pounds net) Plus we generally have a supply of minimally processed liquid honey • Case lots of half pints, pints, quarts, or one gallon buckets.

Hive products - hand dipped beeswax candles and other sizes of containers are periodically available by prior request. maller quantities and individual jars are available at the Arivaca Mercantile year around.

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By appointment only.

P. O. Box 366 Arivaca, Az. 85601 520-398-2366

TUESDAYS: 2nd Tues:- 2pm Arivaca Library Book Club call 594-5239

3rd Tues - 7pm - Adyashanti Gathering Call for info 398-2512 .

WEDNESDAYS:

1st Weds. - 6pm - Arivacans providing hospitality and community support in the borderlands. Arivaca Library

2nd Weds. -4pm - Arivaca Coordinating Council – Human Resources Group mtg. - Human Resource Office Public Invited

Last Weds. - 4pm - Arivaca Clinic meeting at the Clinic THURSDAYS: 4pm - Gentle Yoga at Old Schoolhouse Call Nancy Fricchione for more info. 398-9859

3rd Thurs - 7pm - Arivaca Fire District board meeting at Fire House public encouraged to attend. www.arivacafiredistrict.org

FOR KIDS: Tues & Thurs - 10 am to 12 pm Creative Play Recreation (ages 5-12) & KAPP (ages 3-5) (Community Center) . Call Ellen for info 398-3010 Teen Night - Call Ellen 398-3010

Southern Arizona Wildflower Guide

WEDS - 11:30am Pre-school & Toddler Story Hour, Arivaca Library.

Babytime at 11:30 am on Fridays

Describes plants growing in our area of the desert. Includes 204 flowering plants with over 400 full color photographs.

Girl Scouts for all ages. Contact Patti Hanson - 398- 9411

Designed for amateur wildflower enthusiasts, the descriptions are written to easily aid identification.

Senior Outings One trip per month. Call 398-3010 or 398-2771

FOR SENIORS Teatime for Seniors (Arivaca Christian Center) Fridays - 1 - 3 pm Senior Hiking Club on Mondays at 8 am. Call Ellen at the Arivaca Community Center for more information. 398-3010

Index of Spanish common names Available at: Cactus Rose Gallery, Gadsden Coffee and La Gitana Cantina in Arivaca Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac Presidio State Park in Tubac Buenos Aires Nat'l Wildlife Refuge, Sasabe Mariposa Books, Patagonia

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At the UU Church Amado Territory, I-19,Exit 48 East. Marla Daugherty, 520-648-0890.

A Big Moving Sale – from April 12 through April 19, 2012 – 9 am to 3 pm. Everything must go. 17272 W. Placer & 5th Ave., Arivaca, AZ. Come by and buy stuff. Furniture, movies, cassettes, 6-man camping tent with camping stuff, electric stove, sewing machine, long table outside can go now for a price. Love seat couch turns into a bed, hiding bed sofa, kitchen utensils, lots of books, men’s tools. Cabinet, table, lots more stuff to sell – it’s ready to buy now. Two GI twin beds, refrigerator, portable dishwasher. Electric bed – it is for a long, tall person. Two end tables with light and places to store your magazines. Microwave, convection oven, computer desk top with a desk.

WANTED: A small-size pickup truck or SUV for rough roads. It doesn’t need to be pretty, just in good running condition. 247-2842 Land For Sale: 20 Acres with a well, 2 electric services, and phone line. $89,000 OBO 520-396-0865 jferris94@yahoo.com”

Art In Amado! @ Buffalo Son Studio, Open Draw every Saturday morning 9am - 12pm. Bring your drawing materials and join others in the practice of drawing from observation. Art Forum every Monday morning 10am - 12pm. Bring your works in progress for evaluation and encouragement to unblock and move forward with your work, then stay and draw! Buffalo Son Studio is located at 9 Amado-Montosa Road off the East Frontage Rd. between Exits 48 & 42, call 398-9144 for more info.

20 acres For Sale. 14050 W. Jalisco Rd. Well, electric, small septic, horse corral, sheds, small stucture, and fully fenced. Asking $79,000. 520-396-0865 or jferris94@ yahoo.com Jan’s TLC Grooming

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Grass-fed Beef available at the Tubac Market. Locally grown on irrigated pasture.

CosmoServices, Revelatory Teachings and discussions from The URANTIA Book at Avalon Gardens EcoVillage, Tumacacori---Spiritual Leaders Gabriel of Urantia and Niánn Emerson Chase, Sundays 10:00 a.m. Hear the CosmoWorship Bright & Morning Star Choir. Organic lunch follows. Tours Available. Donations appreciated. We are the 99%. spiritualution.org Call first (520) 6039932.

FOR SALE BY OWNER: 20 Acres, secluded in a canyon on Cedar Creek Rd., Arivaca, AZ. 2,240 sq .ft.

2002 4-bedroom, 3-bath home w/18 x 80 vaulted ceiling, deck w/wet bar and ceiling fans. Separate adobe wall B.B.Q. area and landscaped, shaded yard all enclosed by block wall. 24x32 adobe block shop w/ concrete floor, electric and 21 ft. electric door. 4-stall metal horse barn, power/water, electric horse walker.

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Places to Go m People to See m Things to Do In Arivaca Sat. April 7 8-10am - Helping Heats Breakfast at Old Schoolhouse.

Easter Egg Hunt at 10. See ad page 4 Sat, April 7 - 9 to 2 - First Saturday in Arivaca - WILDFLOWERS! plus wildflower movies and Farmers' Market. See ad page 3 Sat, April 8 - Easter Services Arivaca Christian Center. See details on page 2 Sat, April 28 - 7pm - Chuck Wagon & the Wheels at La Gitana Cantina

Green Valley Sat, Apr 7th – 9am – 3pm - Green Valley Gardeners 32nd Annual Garden Tour - Tour 5 delightful local gardens. Get your ticket/map ($10 per person) the day of the tour at Las Campanas Social Center, Green Valley. (From I-19 northbound, exit at Esperanza Blvd, travel west (left) for 0.6 mile to Desert Bell Blvd, entry of Las Campanas development. Signs will direct you to recreation center (0.1 mile) on right at Belltower Dr. [Prior to the tour date, tickets will be available at the Green Valley/Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce, 275 W. Continental Road, Suite 123]. Contact: Peggy at 520-648-2540.

Thurs, April 12 – 7 pm – Lecture, “An Overview of the History of Mining in Southeastern Arizona.”

Santa Cruz Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac. Author William Ascarza will examine the history of mining in southeastern Arizona and address the question of why some mining communities thrived while many failed. Free. Contact Alan Sorkowitz, 520-207-7151.

Thurs. April 19, 2012 – 1 to 3 pm.

Green Valley Genealogical Society, St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Dr., GV. Main Program: “Immigration”

by Susan Brayer. We all have immigrant ancestors. Where did they come from? How did they get to America? How can I find out more about their journey? What are their stories? Join us to hear Suzanne give us some insight to these interesting ancestors. Short Program: “Mayflower Adventure” by Mary Lee Taylor. Mary Lee’s former life was a Middle School Principal in Chicago, Ill and since 2007 she has been a Green Valley retiree. For more information, contact JoAnn Herbst at 396-4630 or joannherbst@ cox.net; or visit our webpage at www. rootsweb.ancestry. com/~azgvgs.

Visitors are welcome.

Refreshments will be served. The next program is in October.

In Tubac & Tumacacori Sunday, April 8, 11am - Avalon Gardens’ Annual Easter Celebration Bring the whole family - Easter Egg Hunt, hayride, refreshments, and an artistic celebration of the spirit of Easter with live music and dance! Suggested donation: $6 adults, $4 teens, $3 for kids 11 & under. Proceeds go to the nonprofit Global Community Communications Schools for Children & Teens.

Contact (520) 603-9932 or visit http://avalongardens.org/events Saturday, April 14, 10am - 4:30pm - “Garden Tour” - Visit Unique Southern Arizona Gardens on this self guided tour. * A Secret Outdoor Bedroom * Model Electric Garden Trains * Abundant Roses & Irises on a Horse Ranch * 3 Separate Gardens at One Home * An Expansive Private Pond * Plein Air Painters on site. Tickets $20 Members, $25 Non-Members.

Purchase your tickets online by following the link on www.TubacArts. org or call TCA at 520-398-2371.

Sat, April 14 - 10am to 1pm - Community Stewardship Celebration at the Guy Tobin Memorial Anza Trailhead. Music, activities, guided walks & food.

Free community event. Directions: at the intersection of I-19 and Rio Rico Drive, head east on Rio Rico Drive and follow the road about a quarter mile as it curves to the north. As you head north, the trailhead will be on the east side of the road on your right with a large parking lot, open field, and picnic ramadas.

Sunday, April 15 - 2 to 4pm Tubac Historical Society’s Annual Picnic at Tres Alamos Ranch (1 mile east of Tubac). $40 THS members and their guests / $45 non-members. Contact: 520-3982416, events@THS-Tubac.org Saturday, April 21 - 2pm - Friends of the Santa Cruz River (FOSCR) annual meeting - Tubac Community Center big room. The event will begin with a short business meeting followed by a presentation by Jim Lockwood about the birds found along the Santa Cruz River. The volunteer(s) of the year will also be announced. Light refreshments will be served and door prizes for those who correctly answer FOSCR trivia will be available.

Saturdays, April 14 & May 19, 9am-4pm – Workshop - Extending the Growing Season and Adapting to Global Warming: Sustainable Growing Methods Step-by-step theoretical and hands-on “howto” approach using greenhouses and shade as a component of sustainable living. $200 (includes locally-grown organic lunch).

Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, Tumacácori, AZ. http:// avalongardens.org/events (520) 603-9932

Sat, April 21 - 8 am to noon Tucson Audubon is running an ecological restoration workshop at Tumacacori National Historical Park on one of the abandoned agricultural fields on TNHP land.

Please RSVP to Jason Welborn if you’d like to attend: jason_ welborn@nps.gov or 520-3982341x81. Also, Tucson Audubon Society is running a bird walk before the workshop at 7 am Saturdays, April 21 & May 26, 9am-4pm – Food Forest Workshop: Theory and Practice.

Theoretical discussion and hands-on field experience in the development of a food forest in the Sonoran Desert climate. $200 (includes locally-grown organic lunch). Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, Tumacácori http:// avalongardens.org/events (520) 603-9932 Saturdays, April 28 & June 2, 9am-4pm - Earth Harmony Builders Papercrete Workshop. Papercrete is a natural building technique featuring a fiber-reinforced cement application. $200 (includes locally-grown organic lunch). Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage, Tumacácori, AZ.

http://avalongardens.org/events (520) 603-9932

In Patagonia April 22 – 4pm - Santa Cruz Singers’ 10th Anniversary Concert at Patagonia Union High School.

For a listing of activities at Patagonia Lake State Park - see page 13

In Tucson April 28, Basketry Treasured Arizona State Museum debuts an exhibit of over 500 pieces of Southwest American Indian basketry and other woven wonders of American heritage. The exhibit represents the depth and breadth of the museum’s larger collection - 25,000+ pieces. Runs April 28 – June 1, 2013. Arizona State Museum | The University of Arizona, 1013 E. University Blvd., Tucson.

Contact 626-8381 or visit www. statemuseum.arizona.edu

In Amado Tues, Apr 10, 7 pm & Wed, Apr 11, 4 pm Concert Jack Williams is a guitarist with dazzling picking, expressive voice and wonderful stories. He is a spellbinding entertainer. At the UU Church, Amado Territory, I- 19, Exit 48 East.Call Marla Daugherty, 520-648-0890.

Sun., April 15 , 10 am. Sunday Forum: BeFreePima in Amado: a Drug Free Communities Youth Project. Speaker Amy Bass, Director of Prevention Compass Behavioral Health Care, Inc. Contact: Ann Rangos 520-207-0366.

Saturday, April 21st, 10:30 - Noon Artist/author Roy Purcell THIS MAN FROM GALILEE A poetic commentary on the life of Jesus from the first person perspective, with pencil/ink drawings. $15.00 pre-registration is encouraged www.cslaz.org/events 625-6100, T-Th 10-2, Held at the Sonoran Center, East Amado, AZ

Tubac Presidio State Park Open daily, 9am-5pm “Cavalcade of History” Art Exhibit Sat, April 14, 2-4pm - Reception Gunpowder Press Exhibit and Ambos Nogales Vintage Photo Gallery.

Exhibits open daily through June 30, 9am-5pm. The Gunpowder Press Exhibit displays the printing equipment used by Frank and Gay Griffin to print the Tubac Arizonian in the late 1950s. The Ambos Nogales Vintage Photo Gallery features photographs of Nogales, Arizona and Sonora, Mexico from the early to mid-20th century. Wine and light refreshments will be served. Admission to the April 14th reception is $5 and reservations are encouraged; call 520-398-2252 or email info@ths-tubac.org. Park admission $4 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free.

Wed, April 4 & Sat, April 14, 9 am Guided Tour of the Barrio de Tubac Archaeological Site – Reservations encouraged.

Fri, April 20, 2pm - Spanish Colonial Ironwork Living history on the ironwork of the Spanish Colonial period. $5 fee includes admission to tour the Presidio Park.

Sat, April 21, 11am-3pm & Thurs, April 26, 9:30am12:30pm - Frontier Printing Press Demonstrations. Included with park admission $4 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free.

Sat, April 28, 5:30pm - Folklorico 2012 - Fundraiser featuring Ballet Folklorico “Pasco”, a catered dinner and a live auction. For tickets and information, please call the Santa Cruz Community Foundation at 520-761-4531.

Proceeds support the work of the Foundation, which provides community leadership, strategic funding and technical assistance to nonprofit organizations on both sides of the US/Mexico border.