December 2011

Connection An open forum publication allowing all voices to be heard since 1983

December 2011 Vol. 28 No. 11

Above: Pump House - photo by Barton Santello

Desert Homestead

By Roxi Hardesty

B

art Santello’s arrival in Arivaca on a bicycle in 1998 was auspicious. Ripe for change with his father’s recent passing and being newly transplanted to Phoenix from Connecticut via a job, Bart was exploring. Already convinced by Arizona sunshine, he recognized the added advantages of Arivaca. He purchased 5 acres on Jalisco Road; the grassland, trees, yucca and rich clay being deciding factors.

While maintaining his Phoenix residence, Bart camped on his land and observed the seasons over the next two years. His focus was on how best to care for the land. He also thought in terms of “What do I need first?” Water was the obvious answer. With a well drilled, he needed solar panels and accompanying equipment to run the pump. To protect the pump and the solar operation, he needed a building.

His father was a builder so building was second nature to Bart.

Committed to using the “abundant local and self-renewable resources”, he made 900 adobe blocks from sand and clay (50-50 mix) on his land,

“Building what money can’t buy”

working alternate weekends. Bart A mechanical remembers, engineer “… watching by trade the jet planes (formerly a overhead…and test engineer thinking about on gas turbine the amount of engines and technology, currently a manpower consultant in and resources the aerospace involved - and industry), he questioning. At is a filmmaker the same time at heart. Bart holding an adobe organizes block in all its the annual simplicity and Arivaca Film feeling like I had Festival. The rediscovered priority was something building a Bart Santello working on the rock fundamentally structure that foundation of his studio. important (an would provide appropriate for both. Having used adobe, he building material) that seems to wanted a new experience. Inspired have gotten lost in our age.” Once by the architecture of Anasazi the pump house was completed dwellings (Chaco Canyon), Bart in 2002, he needed a place to live. began constructing his studio in He hooked up a travel trailer and 2006 of cob after seeing the cob and a third solar panel to provide for bamboo work of Arivaca’s Kyle additional electrical needs. That Young. The foundation contains set up, he continued his building 60 tons of rock gathered by permit project. from surrounding national forest

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and took a year and a half to complete. Building into a hillside, Bart used the excavated earth (clay) plus sand, straw and water to make the cob. In a cement mixer he mixed 500 pound batches. The cob was layered by hand, using no forms, laying up walls 6” at a time. Bart did not measure his materials, but said, “If the mix is too wet it will slump.”

The project evolved slowly.

Five and a half years later, the twofoot thick curving walls enclose one circular main room with two side rooms plus a storage area. The 17foot diameter central room will be used primarily for film screenings.

A room reminiscent of a kiva is off of the main room and has conduit built in for future cables. Another small room will hold a drafting table and chair. Mesquite and oak lintels grace each entrance and window. Ponderosa pine is used for the vigas (main beams). The latillas, used crossways from the vigas to form the ceiling, will be bamboo.

Of passive solar design, Bart is confident that the cob construction will be comfortable without a Continued on Page 3 PRE SORT STD US Postage

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ARIVACA YESTERDAYS Two Murders

by Mary Noon Kasulaitis

interests in mining. In 1905 he was prospecting in the Old Oro Blanco and Tres Amigos area and had interests in several mines there.

Apparently he also had enemies.

On the night of April 2, 1905 he was blown up as he slept in his bed.

The Arizona Daily Star reported: “Some persons having a grudge against Lamb, as is conjectured, on the night of April 2, placed a stick of giant powder, connected by a fuse far removed. The explosion that followed blew out the side of the cabin where Lamb slept. Lamb’s body was found to be terribly disfigured with part of his head being torn away.”

the time, Ganzhorn was enlisted to ride out ahead of the stage and warn Uncle Alf. He started out on horseback, early in the morning, carrying with him a quantity of extra ammunition for his uncle. Alf and Jack barricaded themselves in the mine tunnel with their dutch oven, supplies, blankets and a barrel of water. The men arrived the next day, carrying plenty of fire power. Not realizing that Alf had been warned, they were surprised when they found themselves facing a couple of rifle muzzles pointing out of the mine tunnel. They backed down quickly, but not before they had mentioned Scrivner’s interest in the mine. Jack always felt Scrivner had some connection with the murder. In addition, just before Lamb’s murder, he and Scrivner had allegedly quarreled, so when Lamb was found dead, the first person accused was Jasper Scrivner.

come to light.

Scrivner went back to mining and later ran a store in Old Oro Blanco.

Years went by. Then, on the night his is a tale of two murders of March 5, 1914, Scrivner was that happened near Old Oro seated in his room, by an open Blanco, down near the border window. He had closed his store south of Ruby. In those days for the night. The Citizen reported: there was local law enforcement: “Benito Carrizoza heard shots at Justice of the Peace McClenahan the store and ran to the Warsaw presided. There were Arizona for help. On reaching the store, all Rangers, Deputy Sheriffs and was quiet. They went around the line riders. But in neither crime house to see what had happened was the perpetrator caught. and they saw Mr. Scrivner through Here’s what happened: the back window. He was lying on the floor and apparently had been Jasper Scrivner was a miner of murdered...Mr Scrivner had been the old school who had lived in sitting at a table reading a mining The Lower Country for a number A.C. Lamb was known to have had journal. They shot him twice of years. He was best known some disagreements with Jasper through the window, the bullets for his unusual methods of gold Scrivner.

In a memoir published entering the back of his head and extraction. In a certain spot on in 1959, Jack Ganzhorn, nephew of neck. He just fell over sideways, his mine the gold was bound Lamb, told of a story in which Lamb but remained in the chair, his up in some hard clay deposits. and Scrivner both claimed the same glasses and book falling on the Scrivner would break up the mine.

In 1896 Lamb had allegedly floor. The house was ransacked for clay by beating it till it became a inherited a mine called the Beehive fine powder, then pan it. A.H. A couple of weeks after the murder, money and gold. They found some, from an old man named Silvernail. but missed a pint beer bottle almost Noon reported that this was the Scrivner was in Montana Camp Scrivner claimed Silvernail owed full of gold which he had hidden first time he’d ever seen gold (Ruby) when he was arrested him money and thought the mine among some quilts...the robbers thrashed out with a stick. by two Arizona Rangers, who should belong to him. In Tucson, did not find it but after searching shackled him and set a guard.

A.C. (Alf) Lamb was also a miner one night in 1896, as Ganzhorn for it they tried to set fire to the Justice McClenahan, who was who had come to Tombstone in related, “three strange men were house by pouring oil around and living in Old Oro Blanco and was 1888 and worked there for a time heard to say they were leaving laid the lamp down and covered it acquainted with Scrivner, held a before moving to Tucson. He on the morning Oro Blanco stage over with quilts, but in their rush, preliminary hearing and charged was employed by Wells Fargo to run Alf Lamb off the property they smothered the flame. Mr him with the crime. Other than as a driver, but maintained his and take possession.” Only 15 at Scrivner always showed his gold the known bad blood, there was to everyone that came in and no really no evidence to charge him with the crime, as the Star reported. doubt that was the only motive “There are those who say that there for the crime as nothing else was d disturbed. Mr. Scrivner was over is undeveloped evidence which te e a o l c and had Mr. Dillon melt some gold i t points to other parties.” This did Lo xt ant Jewelry for him into a bar on the third of Quilts not surface, but neither did any ne erc the month. That was gone. Mr. evidence against Scrivner that was Paintings Prints M Dillon thinks about $400 was gone conclusive. Everything presented e according to what Mr. Scrivner th Photography Garanimals was circumstantial. told him on Tuesday that had been Pottery Fountains After a few months in jail in there.” (Tucson Daily Citizen, Nogales, Scrivner was cleared. But March 10, 1914.)

Arivaca's Newest Shop as the Oasis reported: “Scrivner Open: Wed- Sun 10-4 The criminals were never found, did not enjoy his freedom long but Scrivner’s wife believed that enough to take a stroll around Mexican bandits were to blame, town, however as Deputy Sheriff the border only being two miles Cook was on hand with a warrant away and similar murders having sworn out of the Justice Court of subsequently happened at Ruby.

Oro Blanco, charging him with a Scrivner left behind a wife and misdemeanor. The charge was based on the accusation made by a sons. A.C. Lamb left a wife and woman of Oro Blanco that Scrivner four children. Neither murder was Home/Office solved. had threatened her. This was in email:tomhostad@earthlink.net Tom Hostad regard to other evidence provided Nowadays, topographic maps show ARIVACA PROPERTIES in the former hearing. In a second GREEN VALLEY MADERA AREA a canyon named in Jasper Scrivner’s indictment, he was charged with 10 AC w/Adobe HM started $130K honor. At least, I feel certain that Gated HS/lot PKGs from $450K rape, the victim being the woman’s Well & septic in. Plans available Gated Lots from $99K his must be the name on the canyon 14 year old daughter. Apparently that lies near Warsaw Canyon in 5 AC Parcels - 18K to 70K OWC SAHUARITA - 2 acres - E,P&W $39.9K he had argued with Lamb over the the area where he used to mine.

5 AC 1539 SF 3BR/2BA, horse prop girl too. This information had come The only trouble is, they spelled it Sierrita Mtns 9+ Ac SFR Off Grid-5 AC 2000SF 3BR/2BA $130K out in the hearing, complicating the Scribner.

3 BR/DEN / HORSE STUFF / WELL 5 AC 700SF 1BR $69K whole affair. Scrivner’s attorney ELEPHANT HEAD 10 Acres asked for a change of venue, but 10 Ac High Parcel $45K References: Arizona Daily Star, Moyza Ranch 4+ AC - power, phone, Justice McClenahan declined to 4+ AC w/septic, P,W, Mobile setup Tucson Citizen, Nogales Oasis foundation - $88K grant the change, stating that “he 10+ AC Solar Home I N E S C R O W l newspapers. I’ve Killed Men: an epic was running his own court.”

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Desert Homestead

Cont. from Page 1

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Above: Rock and mud sculptured by Bart Santello into his vision - focusing on sustainable building materials.

At right, a large piece of honey calcite ready to be embedded into an adobe wall.

Below: Another viw of the studio in progress.

Homemade candies & treats Ornaments & Art Show Proceeds to benefit Children's Christmas Programs

Stop by for a complimentary cup of hot cocoa & cookies!

To-Do list during your visit:

fireplace. However, propane heat remains an option. Outside walls will be finished with lime plaster.

Bart says: “I prefer using cob to adobe now that I have worked with both. Cob is stronger and you can shape with it. And, it takes less steps.” For adobe one must make the bricks, dry, stack and store them. Cob can be mixed, “anyone can do it” and used immediately.

The curved walls definitely attest to cob’s shaping characteristics. There are no hard corners anywhere. It has the look of an art sculpture, yet the feel of a cozy cottage. The effect is somewhat like an ancient ruin - Bart’s intent. Floors in the main room and the kiva will be adobe.

A unique touch throughout is the placement of translucent, goldenhued honey calcite ‘windows, which Bart and his wife, Peggy, sell.

Bart shares his experience and knowledge on his website (www. deserthomestead.com), with a link to his blog. There he hears from people all over the world who are interested in and inspired by his approach to building. “It’s fun to know that there are people from Siberia and Indonesia who read my blog.”

Bart’s website states he is a ‘multimedia’ artist. After a day witnessing all the different materials he works with, and the sculptural results, I can attest. He is definitely a ‘multimedia artist’, in the largest sense of that term.

With the studio nearing completion (roof imminent), Bart muses on his next project. “I want to develop hacienda-style, a few smaller buildings rather than one large one.”

Each one a different style, building upon lessons learned from the last.

Keeping to his ideal of building what money can’t buy’ on his desert homestead For further information on: Honey calcite visit www. stoneproducts.biz; on Bart’s Film Festival -www.psychotropicfilms. com; Bart’s building project and some of his friend's go to www. deserthomestead.com

"First Saturdays" is sponsored by: Altar Valley Conservation Alliance Arivaca Artists' Co-op Arivaca.com Arivaca Community Garden  Arivaca Community Center Arivaca Human Resources Group Arivaca Fire District Auxilary Cactus Rose Gallery Connection Newspaper Friends of the Buenos Aires NWR Friends of the Arivaca Library Gadsden Coffee Co. La Gitana Cantina  Stockwell Honey Co. Sweet Peas Cafe Universal Ranch RV Resort

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Bart uses materials from his own land. Sand is harvested from the wash and clay from the ground, water from his well. He believes that by doing so, one is more in tune with the environment, where the materials come from. “Despite the time it takes, it’s important to have something that is not handed to us.” Continuing, he adds, “You use the natural elements of the desert and as the builder you get to shape the look of the home.” This way is more “ritualistic, plus you gain the experience of being in nature - the bees, thunderstorms, birds. It makes you aware of the elements, weather and sound. You get to see what’s happening out there.” Clearly in

it for the experience as well as the finished product, he adds, “Most people are interested in the best house money can buy. I want to build the best house money can’t buy. How can you put a (monetary) value on this?”

• Shop Marian's Farmers' Market • Stroll Buenos Aires NWR Cienega boardwalk • Enjoy fresh roasted coffee at Gadsden Coffee • Have Breakfast or Lunch at Sweet Peas Cafe • Book Sale at Caviglia-Arivaca Library • See local art at Arivaca Artists' Co-op

and Cactus Rose Gallery • Vist the historic La Gitana Cantina for a sipper • Check out the Human Resources Swap Meet • Bring your RV and camp over at

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Sweet Peas Cafe Now Open

by Maggie Milinovitch Arivaca’s much anticipated Sweet Peas Café opened last month and looks to be a hit with locals and visitors alike. The café’s concept is based in serving fresh foods prepared with a careful hand in an atmosphere of warmth and style.

Jenni Stern, with the help of her husband Bill and the kids – Lilyan (15) and Cooper (13) has realized her dream of having her own restaurant. Jenni started in the food industry when she was 10-yearsold scooping ice cream in her aunt and uncle’s restaurant in Albany, New York. She always enjoyed the atmosphere and energy of food service. When she came to Arivaca, she met Bill and made Arivaca her home.

Jenni has, for the past five years, run Sweet Peas Catering. It has been a successful venture for her.

Most of her catering business is in Green Valley and yet she loves being a part of Arivaca and wanted to spend more of her time here.

That opportunity came when the restaurant at Universal Ranch became available. The space allows her to not only continue her catering business, preparing the meals in the spacious kitchen, but to have a restaurant of her very own.

Bill, Jenni, Cooper and Lily Stern in front of the new Sweet Peas Cafe mural. Located at the corner of Universal Ranch and Arivaca Ranch Roads, the café received a delightful face lift prior to opening. The décor is a bit formal for what many people may expect to find in tiny Arivaca. The formality doesn’t end there. Jenni has a keen sense of

decorum when presenting a fine meal to patrons. The staff wears uniforms and is carefully instructed in proper customer service. The comfortable and friendly part of the equation is very important to Jenni, who is a natural charmer with a welcoming personality. She selected a staff with those qualities in mind.

At the present time the Sweet Peas serves only breakfast and lunch but is open to special events and plans to expand to include dinner.

The menu features a generous range of items made as fresh as possible. Nothing comes out of a can that can be procured fresh or made from scratch. Local, organic produce, (primarily from Arivaca Community Gardens – managed

by Bill Stern), is part of most meals. The breads are baked by Rachel Barry – our local teacher/ baker. The coffee is from Arivaca’s roasterie, Gadsden Coffee.

The breakfast menu (served until 11am), has a nice selection of items - eggs as you like them, omelets, quiches, and pancakes including one that must be a kid pleaser -chocolate chip pancakes! Lunch offers wraps, sandwiches, burgers, vegie burgers, quiche, salads and grilled sandwiches - the California Chicken grilled sandwich I can vouch for as delicious.

Sweet Peas Café is open Thursday through Monday, 8 am to 3 pm and located a mile east of Arivaca Road on Universal Ranch Road.

Contact: 398-9200 or visit www. sweetpeascuisine.com

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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The Duddleston Home - Vaca de Paca Ranch

Above: Priscilla Duddleston outside her casita home.

Right: The living area with a fireplace, loft, dining area, lots of sunlight and tasteful artwork.

By Maggie Milinovitch On the last Saturday in January Arivaca will once again welcome visitors for the annual Home & Historic Places tour. This year Priscilla Duddleston has agreed to open her home for the tour; proceeds to benefit the Arivaca Family & Community Education Association of which Priscilla is a member.

The home is a charming casitastyle set on a rise with a nice view of the mountains. Getting there is part of the charm – the driveway meanders through mesquites for quite a distance and only at the last moment do you see the house. The home is about 1,000 square feet and has two sleeping lofts over the living room area. A new addition to the house adds an office and first floor bedroom.

Priscilla also added a porch perfect for watching sunsets over Baboquivari.

Like most of the houses in Arivaca, it has a history. As Priscilla tells it, “In 1974, my mother, Betty, (a bookkeeper at the U of A and wife of Tom Duddleston Sr. , then a journalism professor at the university), was an avid reader of Mother Earth News and Organic Gardening. She dreamed of retiring and living a selfsustaining lifestyle with fruit

trees, vegetable garden, and a cow. She found her perfect place in Arivaca. For the next few years my parents, still busy in Tucson during the week, were able to spend many weekends on the land with friends and family camping and partying.

Fifteen years later, they began to build a house themselves with occasional help from family and friends. As retirement approached, things changed and my parents decided not to retire in Arivaca. Mom never did get her cow.” Fortunately, Betty still is able to visit the land because her daughter, Priscilla and her husband, Larry Sullivan, bought the house for their retirement.

Soon the couple began to remodel, add-on and make it their own.

When Priscilla and Larry retired from busy, stressful jobs in Tucson, they moved to their Arivaca home. They spent several years riding horses and getting used to living in a very small house in wide open spaces.

Grandkids and extended family are frequent visitors. Grandkids love sleeping and playing in the lofts. Sadly, Larry died in January 2010. But Priscilla continues to love Vaca de Paca.

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Above: Treasured photos of family and friends are showcased on the walls of Priscilla's office.

She is getting into gardening and landscaping – and sitting on her deck reading and observing nature. She says, “The birds and wildlife are incredible and the open space is something I could not live without.”

Visit this lovely home as part of the 2012 Arivaca Home Tour on Saturday, January 28, from 10am to 4pm. Tickets are $10 each,

and will be available in January at the Green Valley Chamber of Commerce, Lavonne’s Hair Design & Day Spa, and Arivaca Library.

Tickets are also available by mail, Dotti Rees, P.O. Box # 652, Arivaca AZ 85601. For more information or to reserve tickets for Tour Day pick-up, call Dotti at 398-3262 or email: dottirees@gmail.com.

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Letters & Comments WALL STREET By their defeat of Obama’s Jobs Bill in the Senate and failure to bring it to a vote in the House of Representatives, Republicans (and unfortunately a few Democrats) have shown themselves to be passengers on a Ship of Fools. They have mutinied against President Obama’s plan to turn our sinking ship of state around and point it in the direction to keep it afloat.

Dear Maggie, Thank you for the term, malthusiastic. The 28 October 2011 Science–reviews the film, Mother Caring for 7 Billion. The review says that we were more aware in the 1960s of problems associated with population growth than we are now. The film also points out that “...it would take all the resources of 10 Earths to support the current global human population at the consumption level of the United States.”

The passing of the human population beyond seven billion persons has been widely reported. Less well known is that three billion people cook over open fires burning wood and other solid fuels. About two million of those people–mostly women and young children– die from the pollution (Science 14 October 2011 pages 157 and 180).

As a result, Republicans Many others are badly harmed. are paving the way for a A piece in the October 31, 2011 revolution by Americans who Christian Science Monitor says that as have suffered the painful noour population surpasses 7 billion win situations of no jobs, no we need to stabilize fertility rates. homes and no safety nets. If The article title says educating girls the party of “No” continues can save the world. I guess boys on its collision course, it are hopeless. That same Monitor will unleash a powerful issue has articles about numerous backlash from the backbone problems facing us: illegal migration of democracy. Power to the and how to help good people People!! escaping from lousy conditions; Nancy Weller Dorian, world wide unemployment–where Green Valley are the Europeans (and the Americans) to go to escape that problem; guiding cattle to avoid the desertification threatening the livelihoods of over 1 billion of us worldwide.

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Children’s Pageant & Christmas Party “A Living Nativity” Sunday, Dec. 18, 6:00 pm Santa will join us with toys for all the kids

Caroling Wednesday, Dec. 21, 5:00 pm Chili & Cornbread - 4:00 pm Christmas Eve Candlelight Service Saturday, Dec. 24, 5:00 pm

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Christmas Day Worship Sunday, Dec. 25 - 10:30 pm Potluck at Noon

Dear Editor, Thank you for the opportunity to express my concern about the public hearing with the Santa Cruz County Board of Adjustments (held November 10) on the Conditional Use Permit and Variance applications to construct a church, church-related buildings, and obtain a parking variance for Global Community Communications Alliance Church (GCCA). The proposed project was for a church sanctuary (appx. 260 seating capacity), library, classrooms, offices, rectory, music building, and a 66 stall unpaved parking area. The permit application for the use of about 2 acres of our existing 165 acres of GR agricultural property to build church facilities is needed because we have outgrown the existing rooms and buildings used for the last 5 years.

Owners within 300 feet of the parcel were mailed a notice from the County, and GCCA mailed fifty letters to neighbors, many outside the required distance. We stated our intentions and offered they contact us, meet with us, and we would then answer questions, giving them a tour of the proposed project. Four of our neighbors accepted this offer; two, who do not live nearby, only came as a result of “hearsay”.

Prior to the hearing we received letters submitted to the County on behalf of those neighbors in support and those against. It became apparent that a campaign to spread misinformation about the project was being lodged by certain “neighbors.” During the hearing the board members asked 2 questions—who are we allied with” and “why global (in reference to our name)?”

Not one other question was asked about the details or legitimate concerns of the project. Intelligent discussion of the proposal, where valid issues of concern could have been addressed, did not happen. Rather than keeping to the subject matter, the three attending members of the Board of Adjustments and Deputy County Attorney allowed some individuals to use this as a platform to malign our organization and vent. The resultant free-for-all achieved a unanimous board vote denying the application.

So, in answer to some of those questions: Taxes: Our church is recognized under IRS Section 501( c )(3). Tax revenues for the county would not be impacted significantly.

Flood plain: The proposed church building site is out of flood plain.

Access: The church owns 735 ft. of Santa Gertrudis Lane with easement rights to the entire lane.

However, the main entrance is from Pendleton Drive, a county road.

Church building height: We ask to follow the code allowing for a maximum building height of 50 ft.

As our agrarian culture, ecovillage, artistic, and spiritual lifestyle continue to become known for achievements in new levels of sustainability, it is unfortunate that discrimination governs future growth and progress for Santa Cruz County, especially in light of the current economy and state of global affairs. We will continue to steward our lands and celebrate every soul in the spirit of goodness and hope. May peace be upon you.

Centria Lilly, Liaison Minister Global Community Communications Alliance

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My Latest Observations on the Wild Wets

By Laurinda Oswald After many months of only a dribble of illegals passing through my place things are starting to change. With the American economy on the skids I only saw sporadic trails of one or two people going by throughout the spring and summer, but a couple of weeks ago there was an uptick in activity. One night the dogs were barking a lot and I knew something was up. The next day I found where two groups of about six or seven people each joined, then walked a ways together before splitting up in the dense mesquite trees. I figured there were vegetables to be picked somewhere. Two days later, during the day, I heard the familiar buzz of a helicopter and stepped outside to watch the show. After about fifteen minutes I realized that the chopper and two men in green uniforms were following the trail that had been made by the two groups. I didn’t have the heart to tell them that the evidence was two days old and those people could be anywhere in America, except maybe Alabama.

Last fall a young Honduran man came to my gate desperate for water. He had a compelling story.

He came to Tucson when he was eleven and had graduated from Tucson High School. He was a mechanic and an apartment complex manager but had been profiled while in line getting milk at a Circle K. After a month in jail he was flown “home” to Honduras. He tried to get a Honduran passport because he wanted to return to Tucson to collect his wife (also an illegal Honduran), and his kids (legal Americans). He was denied because they thought he wouldn’t come back, even though he had sent $200,000 over the years to a bank there. He had no choice but to make the trip on foot. His American dream was over but he wanted to get his family. After a month of walking and hopping trains, he made it to Nogales where, at an opportune place and moment, he shimmied up and over the wall with a group of others. He got very lucky and I have no doubt that he made it to Tucson.

Here was an educated, eloquent, and ambitious

man who had tried for 10 years to become a US citizen, and had paid a lawyer $50,000 to achieve that goal, to no avail. Why? The other night I was driving on the West Frontage road in Tubac headed back to Amado.

Suddenly, there on the road in front of me were two dead javelinas taking up most of the road. I was in the Prius so my options to avoid the mess didn’t include swerving off the road.

I straddled one pig figuring it was a soft target. The Prius has some features of an SUV, but clearance isn’t one of them. There was a sickening thump, but the car carried on without a hitch.

Gotta love the Prius! I got to the Border Patrol checkpoint and the dog on duty was fascinated with how my car smelled of musk, chunks of flesh and fur etc, and kept coming back for a better smell. I was pulled over and my car was taken to be x-rayed and inspected. As I sat there feeling like a criminal but knowing that I wasn’t, I actually saw a “drug” seizure (not my car). I looked over and there were stacks of marijuana bundles. I jumped up and in one breath said, “Wow, years of going through this checkpoint and I finally get to see some action, but hey, that stuff is now legal in this state so you can quit harassing the smugglers!”

At that point I decided it was best to zip it and sit down. The closest thing to contraband that was in my car was hemp lip balm and a card from the Moon

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My last observation is about the wall, which is a minor deterrent to humans, but a major deterrent to wildlife. I will say one good thing about it though and that is that since it went up the trash problem has gone away for the most part. It is too hard to go over, under, around, or through the wall with a backpack. So now changes of clothes, toiletries and food packaging that used to litter the landscape aren't being carried in and probably not coming back. Billions of dollars in Homeland Security well spent?

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are peeled off if needed at midday and seeding, watering, hoeing and harvesting continues.

Stewart & Laurel Loew ince leaving my career in teaching (a job for which summer is most definitely the BEST season of the year!) to work full time on the farm, I have grown to love winter. I used to get somewhat depressed when days started to get shorter, leaves turned brown and temperatures dropped. Now I start feeling relaxed and comforted by warm fires in the morning while we enjoy a hot cup of coffee before working outside. In the summer, the heat demands that we wake up very early, slam back that caffeine boost and get out there to get some work done before the sun chases us, sweaty and panting, back to the house. Winter days may be shorter, but you can work all day. Layers

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We grow less variety in the winter.

Garlic is already planted for next June’s Garlic & Onion Festival.

We have also seeded kale and fava beans. We will be re-erecting our hoop house in a new location this month for winter lettuces, arugula, chard and beets. Projects like repairing a rotted out beam at the barn and redoing the irrigation system behind the hacienda are on the winter to-do list but the pressures of pumpkin growing, weddings and festivals have passed.

We feel like we are on vacation and can enjoy the traditions of the holidays.

Creating Christmas traditions for our children has been one of my favorite jobs as a mom. I am sure that the first Christmas for any new parent and their infant child is memorable and exciting, but I can’t imagine that it could compare to the joy we experienced introducing Christmas to our two adopted kids.

They were three and five years old that December and had no idea about putting out stockings, making

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gingerbread men, singing Christmas carols or dressing up in fancy clothes for church and dinner. I had a blank canvas to work with and they were old enough to remember it all!

When I was a little girl Mom and Dad would send us to our dresser drawers on Christmas Eve to choose a sock for Santa to fill. We chose the longest socks we could find, stretching them out before hanging them near the cast-iron wood stove in our tiny kitchen in Maine. (I once tried to hang a pair of tights, but Mom made me return to the draw and make another choice.) In the last hour of dark on those cold, snowy Christmas mornings, my sisters and I would whisper and giggle with excitement when we heard Santa and his reindeer on the roof (my grandfather, by the way, lived less than a mile away…). We knew we couldn’t peek into the living room or the magic of Santa would be ruined, but at first light, we would wake up my parents and ask them permission to check our stockings. Christmas day had begun.

Our own socks – the ones we wore on our feet - were hung out for Santa without question until our first Christmas in Nogales. We had moved from Maine the previous summer and were living with my parent’s best friend and her daughter who was about our age.

When bedtime came on Christmas Eve, Tracy pulled out a giant red and white fluffy store-bought stocking. Wow! Just think of the goodies that could be stuffed into that! Suddenly our measly littlegirl socks would not do! I wonder now if my mom was disappointed as Tracy pulled out extra Christmas stockings from K-Mart to share.

There were two just like hers – red fluffy felt with a furry white trim, large enough for a man to slide on over a pair of cowboy boots – and one less appealing – a red and white fluffy pair of Christmas underwear.

We drew sticks to see who got stuck with the fluffy underwear. It was me, but I was sold anyway and

hung my “stocking” by the giant fireplace in the living room.

The next year mom sewed three huge matching socks for my sisters and me. She used an off-white canvas trimmed with red and green rick-rack and hand embroidered our names on the front. These stockings are still hung in our respective homes today.

On our first Christmas Eve with Jesse and Desarae, Stewart and I invented our own version of the stocking. After a feast of wonderful food with a new loving family, they opened one gift on Christmas Eve – a new warm pair of pajamas to wear to bed that night. Then we sent them to their rooms, not for socks, but for their cowboy boots. They had no idea why we asked them to place their boots in front of the hearth, but they thought it was fun anyway. Cookies were set out on a plate painted with Jesse’s handprint and a mug with a blue hand of Desarae’s was filled with milk. They were tired and fell asleep quickly and Santa’s assistants stayed up late wrapping gifts and filling cowboy boots with toys and candy.

At the time, the living room doubled as the master bedroom and after adding a couple of logs to the fire, Stewart and I went to bed.

Early the next morning – but not too early (the kids had not learned about Santa – this was just like any other morning to them), we heard Des and Jes whispering from their shared bedroom.

“Are they awake?” Desarae asked her brother whom she had sent out to check. The normal routine was to check on us first, then quietly play in their room until we were up.

Stewart and I pretended that we were asleep as Jesse tiptoed into the living room/master bedroom in his new pj’s and through squinting eyes, Stewart and I watched the toddler as his attention was drawn to his cowboy boots in front of the hearth.

“Jesse!” Desarae whispered loudly.

“Are they asleep? Come play!”

Her little brother, however, suddenly had a better idea.

“No, thanks,” he said, forgetting to whisper now, “I’m going to play with Batman!”

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Shoe shiner Seattle’s underbelly greasy fare weary men shuffle Pioneer Square school clothes and expenses another year.

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dog grave digger bowler of strikes and spares school clothes, girls, the movies another year.

Forest firefighter barracks life and team player “sharp tools are safe tools” school clothes, girls and gas, Doctor Zhivago, Tijuana Brass another year.

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Poetry

Moon Memory

The papery ghost moon Fades slowly in the bright morning sky Does it remember Last night’s golden glow?

T. A. Goorian

Listening In last moments of moon light, listening.

Listening to pre-dawn sounds of Mexican town: roosters’ call and response, dogs’ call and response, church bells’ clang, clang, clang.

With dawn, roosters quiet, dogs quiet, faithful sit in pews, murmur Maria full of grace, make the sign of the cross, kiss the rosary, listen for a voice from on high to know that someone hears their supplications in this capricious world.

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Speaking in Metaphors When I was a child I spake as a child: my doggy barketh, and see Jack, he runneth.

When I was ninety I spake slowly and deliberately, not like those TV commercials which pay $100 per word.

Now that I am 100 I speak with wisdom and in metaphor: Barack kicketh the can down the road ; the cup of Mit runneth over; Herman speaketh with forked tongue; and Michelle, she jumpeth on bandwagons.

G.Joseph Moody

Suppose suppose the jug out behind the barn on the rickety old fence turned into a barn would the life of the crow who descends to sit on the fence lovingly keeping time to eternity’s demands change. john j kazlauskas

Love Holds it all Together Chaos doesn’t hold sway in a quotidian way.

Philosophy tells us why we all expect we will die.

I know what the cosmos is, and i describe it like this: Whatever exists in time; and i try to make it rhyme.

Nothing ever falls apart; not even a broken heart.

There is a magnetism and also rhyme and rhythm.

Perhaps God is behind it.

If we find God we’ll find it.

Walt Abbott

I am the voice of the desert today I have something important to say.

“When you finish scraping off all of my skin, So you can build boxes that you might live in, When you’re done topping off my mountains and hills, So you can scrape my marrow out to pay your bills, When you’ve stopped sucking my water for lawns, And golf courses only a few can walk on, If you notice I’m grayer, dryer, and cold, My animals gone, and my rivers of old Nothing but gravel and dust in your eye, Then you can know you made me die.

Jan Gaylord

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Merry Christmas Mommy I love you from my soul You created me Thank you for my life You, God and Daddy Merry Christmas Mommy I am so very proud to be your child You stood by me no matter how wild Merry Christmas Mommy You give me strength You give me hope You taught me to love You taught me to cope Merry Christmas Mommy I wanted the world to know How much you mean to me My Mom, my besst friend My forever heart you'll always be To Shirley Frasier from your loving daughter Cindy Hemminger

Santa Rita’s Spell

Santa Rita isn’t done With that latest storm she spun.

Her caldron’s bubbling in the vale, and the steam has filled the hill and dell.

She ate those boy scouts years ago and they were good!

She told me so.

She likes a taste once in a while, and silly hikers make her smile...

She has helpers -, snow and stones, Tripping trees, bears and bones, But most of her meals are delivery, People give themselves For free.

They don’t need boots, or maps or food, or water bottles, They’re that good!

And when the night falls fast and cold, She reaches out, and takes ahold...

Jan Gaylord

They loved honey bees first and most Not by what they said or felt or thought Or whether they kept a few themselves No, they loved bees by what they did Where none could even survive at all They made gardens and bees thrived By accident or design they loved bees Better and more than bees ever had been Just by being themselves and being free In their multiplicity of small farms And fallow ground and love for neighbor They loved bees for what they didn’t do They didn’t take all the bees’ water Or tax the bees’ lunch box into oblivion They didn’t take the money that cared And use it for all the things that didn’t Farm and farmer were sacred then Until the roads and ships and rails came And beekeeper too, for people realized They couldn’t mug his suppliers Or him or his kids or wife or workers Or home or land or tools or process And still have farms and honey in a jar

It is different now, surely, regrettably Prosperity comes not from the land The people say, but from a job Ah, what kind of job, it does matter Is it one of entitlement, serving popcorn At the movies two hours once a week And from this having a total living At the expense of your fellow man Be it what it is, such things truly are But cannot lead to any good ends It has been tried and never worked

Today we take the land that is indeed The richest place for diverse pollinators In the entire world and wreck it Rivers turned to brown sticks Riparian and beautiful to dead bosque Lavish nectar to transgenic nothing Beef to mirage, forests to ashes Bees to oblivion and chemical warfare Banned from wherever water flows Some bees break the law it’s true But the ones in white boxes cannot

Blooming medians run for miles Yards pools fountains lakes parks Long showers laundry dishes trees But nothing is set aside for bees Whole rivers sucked dry or dammed To milk, adjacent aquifers plundered But nobody ever, ever paused or said Stop, the bees need food and water too The city that ate the juicy orange Comes to the country to save the rind The scraps, the only remnants left

Making sure country folks just stop Stop wrecking wasting endangering It is true for beekeepers that Dry farm it down dusty ranch roads Or wind-blown prairies and such That not that much has changed Except weather bees and pathogens But ones who kept huge numbers Well, those bees lost their food This is the number one cause bar none Of any bee shortage there might be

Back then bees thrived in places That naturally could not support it Today they die in vanished paradises That were once the very best of all.

Look, the tens of thousands With a few hives shut down the Few with tens of thousands The millions with no hives shut down Both the ones with few and many Keeper of bees is not just owner’s back It is in fact all of us, each and every one Ed Stockwell

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are a joy to see in your bowl, and all baby greens are so vibrant and full of energy.

season Tarenta Baldeschi

OCCUPY YOUR GARDEN ith all the news (albeit censored) about the Occupy Movement we are getting new inspirations as well as realizations of the state of our suffering planet.

How can we become more a part of the change needed and less and less a part of the problem?

As gardeners we can offer at least one solution: growing sustainable organic food, herbs, and flowers, and building sanctuaries for all who visit and work in those gardens.

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In this season of change there is plenty of opportunity to be creative—even in the cooler seasons. These are the vegetables you can grow now even if you are having cold days and some freezes in the mornings: Many Greens: Lettuce, Spinach, Arugula, Mizuna (and many other Asian Greens), Collards, Kale, Swiss Chard, Cress Roots: Beets, Turnips, Radishes (including Daikons), Rutabagas, Carrots Herbs and strong, flavorful vegetables: Parsley, Finnochio (Fennel Bulbs), Bunching Onions, Leeks, Garlic There are of course more options depending if you have a greenhouse, small or large, and if you are in a less frequent freezing zone. Be aware that because the daylight hours are shorter it takes the seedlings longer to develop into maturity.

Favorites of ours in this season are all of the greens that couldn’t take the heat. Our experiments in growing them as baby-greens were very successful. Plant your seeds directly in rows very close together and do not thin them; this way you can harvest them in the baby stage at about 2-4” with a scissor or knife once or twice a week. What’s so fun about it is the many colors that you can grow all together. The salads

This year we must have grown over 20 varieties of winter squashes. The most colorful ones are the French Cinderellas called Rouge D’Etampes. As they matured the shades of greens, sand, and orange all blended in the most vibrant fall colors. Their taste is sweet and they have been used for pumpkin pies and squash soups. Another heirloom we cherish is the Guatemalan Blue.

This is a Banana Squash variety but instead of the fruit being pink inside they have a light yellow and very sweet flavor. Their skin is greenish blue and their weight can be from 4 pounds up to 25 pounds. Our own seed stock continues to produce the ancestor of butternut squash. We call it Mayo Kama, a Segualca Sonoran indigenous strain. It can get much larger than the butternuts. Some of ours exceeded 30 pounds, but with saving seeds we now have the smaller versions in the 2-4 pound range. They are orange inside and carry the thick textured flavor.

Within the Hubbard family many countries have developed their own heirloom over the centuries; the Australians with Queensland Blue and the Italians with Piacenza are two excellent examples of great squash.

We should occupy all the gardens and experience them as our gift given by our Creator God. And if there is an area that needs to be reclaimed and reoccupied as a garden, then commit yourself to be part of the solution.

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Christmas 2011 -- Time for a New Tradition

s the holidays approach, the Asian factories are kicking into high gear to provide Americans with monstrous piles of cheaply produced goods. The high seas are filled with container ships, one after another, loaded down with what we seem to think we need. We don’t.

This year can be different. This year Americans will give the gift of genuine concern for other Americans. There is no longer an excuse that, at gift giving time, nothing can be found that is produced by American hands.

Yes there is!

It’s time to think outside the box. A gift doesn’t need to fit in a shirt box or be wrapped in painted paper. The out-of-the box answer is up to you but here’s a few thought-starters: Most people get their hair cut.

Gift certificates from your local hair salon or barber would be good. Most people could use an oil change for their car, truck or motorcycle. As a heartfelt gift for mom - she might love the services of a local cleaning lady for a day.

Going dollar light? Bake some cookies, make some jam, make something yourself to give – and be appreciated for your efforts, not how much money you spent.

Even a book of coupons for your time - as a babysitter for a busy mom or a ride to the grocery store or doctor’s appointment would be good. Thoughtful no longer has a designer logo on it.

Who wouldn’t appreciate getting their car detailed? Small detail shops and car washes would love to sell you a gift certificate or a

book of gift certificates.

There are lots of owner-run restaurants - offering gift certificates. If your intended isn’t the fancy eatery sort, what about a half dozen breakfasts at the local breakfast joint.

Remember, this isn’t about big national chains - this is about supporting your home town with their financial lives on the line to keep their doors open.

Looking for something more personal? Local artist and crafts people beautify our lives with their work - they make jewelry, pottery and beautiful wooden cutting boards. Support their efforts – beautify the world.

Musicians need love too, so find a venue showcasing local bands.

Do you really need to buy another ten thousand Chinesemade lights for the house?

When you buy a $5 string of lights, about 50¢ stays in the community. Instead, think about lighting up a local nonprofit by donating to their cause. You can store their gratitude in your heart instead of finding a place in the closet to store for a year the junk you bought for a week or two’s use.

(Saves on electricity, too.)

You see, Christmas is no longer about draining American pockets so that China can build another glittering city.

Christmas is now about caring about us, encouraging American small businesses to keep plugging away to follow their dreams. And, when we care about our neighbors and the benefits come back to us in ways we couldn’t imagine.

This should be the new Christmas tradition.

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he Tubac Presidio State Historic Park will offer two guided tours of the Spanish colonial archaeological site located south of the park, which preserves the remains of the original Tubac town site. Local experts Barbara Ruppman and Phil Halpenny will interpret the site including residence foundations, the plaza area, the refuse area and a partial irrigation ditch from the 18th century community. The tours will be held on Wednesday, November 30 and Saturday, December 10 from 10:30am to noon both days.

The Barrio de Tubac Archaeological Preserve is a unique historic property comprising the southern community of the original Presidio de San Ignacio de Tubac. The Presidio was founded in 1752 and was the first permanent European settlement in what is now Arizona. Tubac was an important military and economic center. The residents who lived, raised livestock and grew crops here played a significant role in shaping the complex history of what is now

Santa Cruz County. Archaeological resources associated with Native American, Missionary, Spanish, Mexican, and American settlements have been recovered from the site. Some of these artifacts are on display in the Tubac Presidio’s museum.

The tour involves a walk of about 1.25 miles. Bring walking shoes, sunscreen and hat. Participants should meet at the Tubac Presidio Park Visitors Center. Participants are asked by the Archaeological Conservancy to sign an “Acknowledgement of risk factors” before entering the site. The fee for the tour is $5 and includes admission to the Park. The tour is limited to 15 and reservations are recommended.

For reservations and information, please call 520-398-2252 or email info@ths-tubac.org. The Tubac Presidio State Historic Park is located at 1 Burruel Street, Tubac.

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La Fiesta de Tumacácori: 41st Annual Celebration

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

Fifty booths, representing a wide variety of local non-profit historical, cultural and religious organizations, will provide food, handicrafts, and information. On the main stage, there will be all-day, continuous free entertainment, featuring a multi-cultural variety of dance and music groups. There will be all-day demonstrations of paper flower making, rawhide braiding, leatherworking, and tortilla making.

For the children, there will be piñatas, hands-on traditional crafts and live raptors. Guided tours of the mission will be available both days, as well as guided walks to the Santa Cruz River.

Sunday will begin with a traditional

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

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

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

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Fun-Filled Weekend of Holiday Cheer for the Whole Family!

On Friday, December 16th and Sunday, December 18th, Global Change Multi-Media is hosting wonder-full holiday events for the whole family! And rumor has it that Santa Claus is taking time out of his busy schedule of gathering toys to stop by and bring holiday cheer to these two events!

Friday, December 16th at 7 pm, come to Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage in Tumacácori, Arizona for music, theater, carols, and baked yummies! The evening will feature a DVD screening of “The God Child Came”, a heartwarming, original Christmas musical play by Global Change Theater Company. “The God Child Came,” is a beautiful, uplifting, humorous, and inspiring musical that follows a young woman’s journey through the celestial realms in search of the true meaning of Christmas.

The play features a colorful cast of unforgettable characters and original music from TaliasVan’s “The God Child Came” Christmas album. Also to grace the evening will be Christmas music by “Israfel Awakened” and “TaliasVan’s Bright & Morning Star Choir”; feel free to sing along!

And everyone can enjoy delicious treats and hot cider while they visit with Santa. The event takes place at 2074 Pendleton Dr., Tumacacori, Arizona.

Sunday, December 19th at 2 pm come to the Tubac Plaza Main

Stage for a glorious holiday celebration concert! Rejoice in the true spirit of Christmas with angelic harmonies by “TaliasVan’s Bright & Morning Star Choir & Orchestra”– a 40-voice choir singing traditional Christmas carols as well as original, sacred, CosmoWorship songs by the choir’s founder. The Bright & Morning Star Choir has been performing professionally around Arizona for over 16 years and has three CDs available. Opening for the choir is a lovely trio of beautiful young ladies called “Israfel Awakened”. Having grown up singing together, they share a bond of sisterhood that comes through in beautiful unity in their harmonies. Don’t miss this special holiday concert event and the opportunity for a visit with Santa before Christmas! The concert will take place at the Tubac Plaza Main Stage next to the Out Of The Way Galleria at 29 Tubac Plaza.

Tubac celebrates Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad on Friday, December 2 and Saturday, December 3 from dusk until 9pm.

This 27-year tradition is Tubac’s annual celebration of the holiday season. The Village streets will be lined with thousands of traditional candle luminarias.

Enjoy complimentary refreshments and discover great gift ideas in Tubac’s more than 100 galleries, shops and artists’ studios. The shops and galleries will have extended hours from 10am until 9pm.

There will be holiday music and caroling, and Santa Claus will visit the Village both nights.

The Village tree lighting ceremony will be held on Friday, December 2 at 5:30pm near the Village entrance sign. Visitors are advised to wear comfortable walking shoes and to bring a flashlight. Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is sponsored by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce. Admission is free.

For more information, please contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce, (520) 398-2704 or visit www.tubacaz.com.

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by Ed Stockwell Since I am making a plea for bees, I want to provide a little bit more information. Not only do bees pollinate our food crops. They also pollinate many of the wildlife food crops, and while they are doing this, they, while helping themselves, help the plants that need them at the same time.

One hive product, perhaps the best and most precious of all for healing, is propolis. It is a combination of maybe seven or eight antibiotics, turpines, polyphenols, bioflavonoids, and the like. It is antiviral , antibacterial, and antifungal. It is a long, long standing product of nature that has no peer or contemporary. While not a silver bullet for human ills, I read there are three hundred different human ailments it can cure or helpbut beekeepers have been breeding this out of bees for hundreds of years. They don’t like the boxes stuck tightly together. They don’t like it on their hands or in their eyes, or flavoring the honey crop if they aren’t careful. So beekeepers have bred much of this production out of bees, and right when bees are most tested by the insane ways of modern man, they are caught without adequate amounts of their most powerful medicine. It works as well as the most expensive antivirals against aids. It is great for the digestive tract. It has hugely important nutrients. I am almost certain it has kept me out of the

What Hive Products Can Do For You hospital twice in the past ten years, and it has helped with many minor things too. We need to breed more propolis production back into the bees, for their sake and ours.

And pollen is a huge powerhouse of nutrition also, with the right combination of sources able to fully support mammalian life as a single source food. So the possibilities for a diet supplement are huge. One problem with pollen is it can be an allergen to many people. The trick is to start with a single granule, then two, work up to one of each color, then two of each. Double your way up to a teaspoonful or more. It seems slow, but if you kept doubling for two months, the world could not supply you. Again, patience and caution are important.

Another problem with pollen is the grains are protected by a hard shell that makes getting all the nutrients hit and miss. I see the solution to this problem as follows: let the bees add the enzymes and microbes needed to get the nutrition and let them feed it to queen cells or bee larvae.

The royal jelly is supposed to be huge nutritionally and one of the very best sources for whole B vitamin complex among other things. It is next on my list for a dietary supplement. The other possibility is using the bee larvae themselves as a food supplement. I looked at an old bee book and royal

jelly was already on the empire’s hit list. Basically they said it is no good, though you might find a very different story on the web today.

But what was tremendously interesting in this old book was a comment about the nutritional value of the bee larvae. These were pegged as a very good source of Vitamin A- and ten to fifty times as much Vitamin D as cod liver oil, which I used to think was the best source of all except for a sunbath!

Likely these larvae will be huge in B complex and all sorts of things our bodies are short of in the modern diet. Plus every hive could produce a pound of this per week all year.

We have huge amounts of drone brood in many of the sugar boards at the end of almond pollination, which we have been throwing away or melting for the little bit of wax.

If this were dried and turned into a nutritional whole food supplement, or eaten fresh, it could be a tremendously good thing for our health. Every year we’ve probably been throwing away enough supplemental nutrition to keep the entire community healthy!

And the adult bees support the life of western kingbirds for months when there is no other food source, so clearly there is nutrition there too. Mercifully, the birds like grasshoppers and other insects better when they are available. So at

very least we should let the chickens peck the drone brood and get some omega-3s back in the eggs, and freeze the problem bees we bring in and let somebody’s chickens peck those too.

But this whole thing is a little bit like the egg shell and NEM (natural egg membrane) issue. The shell has 27 important minerals in just the right amounts, and is in fact, from just one egg, about twice as much as your body can use at one time. The natural egg membrane is as good as it gets for joints and connective tissue. The problem is getting it ingested. You can grind it or powder it and put it in a thick food or in baking or dissolve in lemon juice or vinegar, or quietly, quietly go in the other room and just crunch it. Just don’t let anybody catch you at it!

And this line of thinking extends to the drone larvae and adult bees too. I suggested to Chris that eating one of these might be better than popping a B Vitamin. She told me to make sure she didn’t have to see it- but, if we made a powder of the larvae, before it has turned many of the nutrients into exoskeleton, I bet the nutrition would be huge. It must be, because I can’t find a word about it on the net. The things that would make us free and self-sufficient simply disappear. Oh well. It is what it is.

Barbara Stockwell’s 50th Reunion luncheon at UofA Homecoming. With son in law Don Sorenson (his 30th UA reunion) and oldest daughter Sally.

Sally was giving birth to their first child on Don’s graduation day. He brought Sally and baby Jeffry back to their apartment in the afternoon.

They next moved to Long Beach, CA for him to begin his new job as a chemical engineer. They still live there and after ten years and three more children Sally received her bachelor’s degree in Math Education from Cal. State Long Beach.

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Once Upon a Christmas

Judi Oyler & Mo In Fond memory of Tony and Margie Prevor The year was 1957; there was just enough fresh snow on the ground to make it feel like Christmas. The colored lights on Tony and Margie’s store turned the little town of Arivaca into a winter carnival of colors, Santa and his reindeer flew across the front of the store roof, blinking on and off. My brother Mike and I had been sent out into this snowy wonderland for a quart of milk.

The snow crunched under our feet as we walked down the road toward Tony and Margie’s house, which had been turned into the Mercantile because the other building across the street had burned down a year before. I thought their house was cool because it was the general store and post office. They had everything from bread to blue jeans and all the stuff in between. The doorways were small maybe 5 ½ feet high I really liked that - being small myself. Their house had many little rooms, one of them had a piano in it and Pam took lessons. The house always smelled like home because Margie loved to cook and bake.

This was my first Christmas in Arivaca and I could hardly believe my luck. Snow on the ground, a

horse of my own and wonder of wonders, - just like on a Christmas card - my new friends and I were going caroling. Now mind you, this was not just regular on-foot Christmas caroling, we would do it on our horses.

It was the 50s; we lived in a town of 56 people. So we were creative finding things to keep us busy and amused. We had one channel on the TV (if it came in), no movies or shops. When I think back we were kind of like the girl version of the “Our Gang” kids.

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Judith’s horse Starlight was always brushed and clean so not much work there. Judith had taught Starlight some tricks, we really thought she was the best with horses and she proved us right. Judith went on to be Tucson rodeo queen and ride Dressage in later years.

Earl Dean, Pam’s dad brought Duke up from Tres Bellotas ranch in the back of the pick-up truck. Hauling We planned to decorate our horses horses up from their ranch can be and needed a lot of trappings; we a tricky affair even now, let alone talked to Margie and she said she in the 50’s, the road is dirt and very would pick up a few ribbons and rough. When Duke arrived bells next time she went to Tucson Pam went to work washing for supplies. and brushing. She braided his mane with holly garland.

We worked on what we would It was very striking because sing, with no music or words we did the best we could with what we he was a chestnut colored remembered. Jingle Bells and Silent horse. With our horses all Night. We had bigger fish to fry; our decked out in holly ,little bells and red and silver horses, and they had to be showribbon, they looked every ring ready. bit to our eyes as if they I thought my mare Beauty should just stepped off of a Winter have a proper tail, which meant I Carousel. had to pull it a few hairs at a time.

In the days horse’s tails were kept at That evening we met in front of Tony and Margie’s. the hock and roached manes were Mary rode over from the very popular. Beauty’s was to the ground, by today’s standards it was Noon Ranch; she had no a tail to die for. It took me a couple problem because the moon days to do her tail, my fingers were was bright and reflected off sore from pulling the hair out. And of the snow. The town did its part, and was all lit up to tell the truth I am surprised she for Christmas. We could was so patient. Mary cleaned the hardly contain ourselves as green spots off of her horse Pinto; our horses danced a little Christmas dance under us.

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he was a large brown and white spotted horse. She hauled water and got the job done, red hand and all.

thoughts and intentions of others, and call that “life,” or you can ensure that what manifests in your life has been brought into reality by you. With treasure mapping, you can design your own life and open your mind to a new way of seeing and being.

Make a commitment to a better life in 2012 by attending this workshop on Saturday, January 7 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Unity in the Valley. Participants are limited to 20; register immediately. The registration deadline is Friday, December 16. For additional information and to register, please contact Susan Pace at SusanKayP@ aol.com or 520-648-6444.

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That night before Christmas, laughing and giggling, a

memory was made by four friends on horseback. We rode all over Arivaca and sang our hearts out.

For our efforts we received hot apple cider and homemade donuts at Tony and Margie’s store. We finished our caroling at Harvey and Mary Riggs house (now Barbara Stockwell’s) Mary filled us up once more with Christmas cookies and hot cocoa, they even gave our horses carrots. That night will forever live in my heart as one of the fondest memories of my childhood in Arivaca, because it just doesn’t get much better than that!

Merry Christmas and Happy Trails

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NEW Arivaca Action Center

A non-profit organization called Arivaca Action Center was formed at an organizational meeting held Sunday, November 13, 2011, by steering committee members. An election was held, and the following members were elected as the Board of Directors:

4H kids int the Green Valley White Elephant Parade - l. to r. Corwin Wallen, Gloria Williams - President Morgan Gibson, Elora Arvizu, and Patrisha Hamilton Carlota Wray - Vice President Jill Farrell - Secretary

by Barbara Stockwell Michele Fournier - Treasurer Some of our 4-H members -H enrollment took place in early Arienne Ellis - At-Large member participated in the 16th annual September, and archery leaders Dia de los Muertos celebration in Christi Trent - At-Large member Jack Rees and Tony Arvizu have Arivaca.

Many paraded around been conducting Saturday morning Kathy Sheldon - At-Large the cemetery to honor our dead practices regularly since then. Air member and enjoy pumpkin breads and rifle with Leaders David Hamilton In addition, the steering fruit drink furnished by the and Tony have scheduled practices committee formed the center’s Alvarez family at the far side. It beginning in December. Because was a special treat, and surely was of the purchase of three 3D archery in the best tradition of the Day targets which drained the 4-H of the Dead. Everyone then met treasury, two bake sales have been behind the Corner Store for Rudy’s held. The mothers, grandmothers, delicious carne asada meal and to and friends who baked and all This year the Paws Patrol listen to the DJ provided by Clara the good people who purchased and Rudy. Elora Arvizu and Andie calendar features both feral and are very much appreciated. In tame cats. Each page reflects a Stockwell performed folklorico October new officers were elected-brief history of these wonderful dances and made the day even Andie Lynn Stockwell: President, more beautiful with their whirling creatures. This is our one and only Vice-President: Josiah Hamilton, fall fundraiser with all the proceeds red skirts and yellow rebosos Secretary: Elora Arvizu, Treasurer: going to pay for spay/neuter/ (shawls) blowing about them.

Patrisha Hamilton, and Sgt. at vaccinations of feral cats in our Arms in charge of the flag salute, December plans include the annual care. What a great way to ease the 4-H pledge, and recreation activity: cookie baking and plate assembly pressure of holiday shopping! A Paul Arvizu. and distribution day which is gift of a calendar is a wonderful way scheduled for December 21st. to show your support and give a Our float in the annual Green Seniors, please try to be at home thoughtful and lasting gift to friends Valley White Elephant Parade was for the cookies and caroling!

Also, and loved ones. possible thanks to David Hamilton the archery members may make a pulling the Rees trailer. The theme Calendars are on sale at the Arivaca field trip to Tucson to shoot at the this year was We Give; You Share Mart, and numerous places in Bull Basin indoor range with other which, of course, works both ways.

Tubac and Green Valley. Call county 4-H archers.

Our club is Donations to the White Elephant 207-4024 or check out our website hosting all the county members Thrift Store and sales made for specific locations, www. on December 31st. for our annual possible by thousands of volunteer greenvalleypawspatrol.org. The invitational which features work hours provide over a million price is $10.00 each.

Dotti’s chili mac and Chris’ hot dollars of funding to area youth, chocolate plus other good food service, and volunteer groups who in turn serve their constituencies. It after the target practice. We have been hosting forty or more is truly heart warming, and worth youth, parents, and 4-H leaders the effort to support the White for several years now. It is a very Elephant Parade. popular event.

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Mission Statement: “Creating a space offering opportunities to enhance rural living.”

Furthermore, the steering committee voted to begin the process of applying for incorporation as a 501- C3 non-profit organization, acquiring an IRS EIN number, and opening a bank account to accept donations and subscriptions which would sustain housing the center in Arivaca. The Board of Directors welcomes all community input.

Please join us for a tour of the facility and future planning meetings. Next meeting Sunday, December 4, 10 am at the Arivaca Action Center (former Carivaca building.)

AAA No, AAA doesn't stand for a road- side service insuance - in this case it stands for Affiliated Arivaca Acronys. Established in consideration that Arivaca has a plethora of not-for-profit acronyms, so this is a guide to help avoid any unnecessary duplications.

AAC - Arivaca Action Center AAHS - Ariv Area Health Services ABR - Arivaca Boy's Ranch ACAC - Ariv Comm Arts Council ACC - Arivaca Community Center ACG - Arivaca Community Gardens AFCE - Ariv Family & Comm. Educ'n AFD - Arivaca Fire District AFDA - Ariv. Fire District Auxiliary AHH - Arivaca Helping Hearts AHRG - Ariv Human Resource Group APCA - Ariv Pioneer Cemetery Assoc AWET - Ariv Water Edu. Taskforce AWCA - Ariv Water Co-op Assoc.

Winter Fest

lease join us in song, food and festivities as we celebrate the holidays at the Caviglia-Arivaca Branch Library! Our Friends of the Arivaca Library's 10th Annual Holiday Tea will be held on Saturday, December 3, 2011, 4:00

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p.m. - 6:00 p.m. We remember fondly DeYette Minard, our board member of many years. "Too Old To" will play and sing, filling us with cheer. We hope to see you, and may your holidays be peaceful...

Arivaca Christian Center - non denominational -

Saturday, December 10 6pm

Join us as we Worship and Praise the Lord!

Arivaca Community Center

Sunday Morning Worship - 10:30 am

Talent Show Dessert & Snack Buffet Raffle

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.

Rev. Rebecca Gibson, Pastor

17085 W. Third Street

PO Box 134, Arivaca

398-2825

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Luciana, daughter of Lyndsey Walls & Steve Bojorquez born 19 May 2011

PROUD GRANDPARENTS!!!

Jack and Debbie Walls

Some of the crew that helped make this year's Fall Harvest Mesquite Festival, on the first Saturday of Novembrer, at the Arivaca Community Center a success. From the left: Sunny St. John, Regan Wendell, Roxi Hardesty, Sheila Wallen, Ellen Dursema, Nancy Fricchione and Peter Ragan. Now they've started working on the upcoming WinterFest celebration.

Rachel Barry with her Barry Good Bread is having great success with her delicious, fresh breads.

Alison Deming with her colorfully painted gourds.

Rudy Morales' carne asada is always a hit during Dia de los Muertos. This year held the first Saturday of November

Vanessa Meade, Susie Ramsey, Brian Campbell, and Jay Ramsey working the Arivaca Fire District Auxiliary booth at the Grasslands Festival. They were flipping burgers and grilling shish kabob to help raise money in support of our new fire district. The idea is that for every dollar raised - that's a dollar less in taxes that have to be paid.

The auxiliary is a 501-C-3 and is able to accept donations. One suggestion is that when a friend has had need of the EMTs - instead of sending flowers, express your sympathy with a donation in your friends name.

We'll send them or their family a card acknowledging your gift.

Also looking forfolks to join in the effort. Our meeting are held the second Monday of each month at the Fire Station at 6:30 pm.

By the way, the Grasslands Festival was great this year. Wonderful exhibits, entertainment, booths, and of course, delicious food.

Clara Godfrey - (our Mistress of Mayhem) in full costom as the organizer of activites for Dia de los Muertos/Folklorico Festival.

Jill Ferrell working the Arivaca Gardens booth with Chuck Maultsby doing a hard sell on his home-grown garlic

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In Memory Nest, New Mexico. That was where he met the people who eventually introduced him to Arivaca.

His ashes will be buried at the Miramar Veterans Cemetery in San Diego. He is survived by his mother Gwen and stepfather Art Jarrett, brothers Shawn, Richard, Mike and Patrick and his sisters Mary and Stephanie. He was predeceased by his father Richard Kiley. The Kiley family wishes to thank all the people of Arivaca who took care of Brian and treated him so well in his last months.

Brian M. Kiley passed

away on November 7 after a long battle with cancer. He had lived in Arivaca for the last 12 years, working in construction. He was a skilled carpenter and roofer and could do just about anything.

Brian was born in Minnesota but went to California at the age of one. He loved living in San Diego where he played baseball and surfed. In 1975 he joined the U.S. Army and went to Germany.

After two years he moved back to California and then to Eagle’s

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

3rd Tues - 7pm - Adyashanti Gathering Call for info 398-0022.

Last Weds - 4pm - Arivaca Clinic meeting at the Clinic

Sandra Cornwell, 57,

succumbed to injuries sustained in an auto accident on Oct. 12th, 2011 in Santa Cruz County, Arizona.

Born in Worcester, MA she moved to Florida in the 1970s and then to Arizona in 2009.

She leaves behind her husband Charles; two daughters, Tracy Palmquist and Bobbljo Budreau,

both of Florida; five grandchildren and one great:- granddaughter.

Her greatest joy in life was spending time with her children and grandchildren. She held a job at the Arivaca Mercantile and was employed for 30 years in a dry cleaning business in Florida. She was loved by all who knew her and will be missed by fami1y, friends and her Church group.

Library News

By Mary Kasulaitis Join the Friends of the Arivaca Library on Saturday, December 3 from 4 to 6 pm for their Annual Holiday Tea, featuring good friends and the music of Too Old To and great refreshments! This year we will be remembering the contributions of Carl and DeYette Minard Johnson, who did so much for our community.

Need some last-minute handmade gifts? Come make some polymer clay jewelry or

ornaments with Coey on Friday, December 23 from 11 am to 3 pm.

The Book Club meets on the Second Tuesday of the Month at 2 pm. This month we are reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Come and join us for some eclectic reading. Call the Arivaca Library for more information.

Remember to sign up for individualized computer instruction any time. Call Mary or Coey for more information at 5945239.

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 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

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

Babytime at 11:30 am on Fridays Girl Scouts for all ages. Contact Patti Hanson - 398- 9411 FOR SENIORS Teatime for Seniors (Arivaca Christian Center) Fridays - 1 - 3 pm Senior Outings One trip per month. Call 398-3010 or 398-2771 Senior Hiking Club on Mondays at 8 am. Call Ellen at the Arivaca Community Center for more information. 398-3010

a r e a s u pp or t me e t i n gs HAVE A DRUG PROBLEM? We can help. NA Mtgs. 6:30 M, W. & F Sahuarita Serenity Group, Sahuarita Baptist Church, 2875 E. Sahuarita Rd.

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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

• 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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Universal Ranch RV Park, Arivaca - RV $20/day, $100/ Week, $300/Month Full Hookup, Electric. included. Tent/$10. www. universalranchrv.com 760-608-3386 Remember "Introductory Qigong" at the Old Schoolhouse on Saturday morning, December 10th, from 10 to 12. No pre-registration necessary.

Wear loose, comfortable clothing.

Suggested donation of $5. Call Mary at 398-0022 for details Arivaca Website and graphic design. www.americreations.com 760-608-3386 Looking for applicants for Arivaca Fire District chief. Please go to www.arivacafiredistrict.org For Sale (2) 9' Colorado XT Pontoon $350 ea 760-608-3386 Arivaca

2+ acres, Arivaca Ranch Rd. near Arivaca all paved Roads. Property fenced with Well, Workshop, storage and studio apartment, Double wide, needs work. $68,500 OWC, trade possible, Discount for cash 520- 7601981 ART IN AMADO! @ Amado Territory Ranch - Monday Critique, 10am 4pm. Bring your work in progress for help and encouragement to unblock and move forward in your project.

Stay on to draw/paint in a studio setting. Studio space also available for rent. Call 444-6481 for more info.

ART IN AMADO! @ Buffalo Son Studio - Open Draw Saturday Mornings, 9am - 12pm. Bring your sketchpad, pencils & paints and join others in the practice of drawing from observation. Costumed model once a month, starting Dec. 10th. Call 3989144 for more info. Coming in Feb. 2012 - Drawing Fundamentals 1, an 8 week course offered by The Drawing Studio of Tucson in Amado @ Buffalo Son Studio. Happy Holidays Everyone!

1989 EZgo Gas Golf Cart for sale. For someone for parts only. $500 O.B.O. 520-398-2810 or 520282-1424 ask for Debbie Grass-fed Beef available at the Amado Mini Market. Locally grown on irrigated pasture.

FOR RENT-RV hookup Amado private ranch, corrals available, pool, includes water. $300. 520-248-3333

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Massage in Arivaca or Green Valley by Kathi Abbott. I will come to your home. Make appointments at your convenience. 520-904-9442 Gentle Touch Colt starting & training. 35 yrs exp. Certified The Horseman Jimmy 398-3031 FOR SALE OR Rent - BY OWNER 4.3 acre,for $47,000 Home site with excellent views. On the corner of Hardscrabble and Cedar Creek Rd. Power, water, septic and phone. Terms.

Call 480-993-8272 URANTIA Book Fellowship Meeting and Classes---Mondays: 7:30 p.m.9:00 p.m. at Avalon Organic Gardens EcoVillage facilitated by Elders and Ministers of Global Community Communications Alliance. We are the 99%. spiritualution.org Call first (520) 603-9932.

Land For Sale: 20 Acres with a well, 2 electric services, and phone line. $89,000 OBO 520-396-0865 RD’s BACKHOE SERVICE Septic jferris94@yahoo.com” Systems, Perk Tests, Trenching & FOR SALE BY OWNER: 20 Acres, Grading. Free estimates, 30 yrs exp. secluded in a canyon on Cedar Creek Federally certified, Licensed & Insured.

Rd., Arivaca, AZ. 2,240 sq .ft. 2002 R.D. Ayers. 520-398-9654 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. Enclosed tennis court, horse shoe pit, volleyball and more. $295,000. Terms Call 480-993-8272

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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.

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m Places to Go m People to See m Things to Do In Amado In Arivaca Dec. 3 – 9 – 4 - First Saturday in Arivaca. Visit Marian’s Market, all the shops including our holiday “Candy Shack.”

Dec. 3 - 4 - 6 pm - 10th Annual Holiday Tea - Please join us in song, food and festivities as we celebrate the holidays at Arivaca Library.

Dec 10 - 6pm - WinterFest Arivaca Community Center. Talent Show, desserts & Snack buffet.

Sat., Dec 17 - 4pm - LaGitana Holiday party/customer appreciation - food. at 7pm dance to Al Foul.

Sat., Dec. 10 - 6 pm Faith Baptist Church presents an outdoor drama ,"A Cowboy Christmas" at the church located at the corner of Hardscrabble Rd. and Arivaca Rd. Refreshments to warm you! Dress warm and bring your lawn chairs.

Everyone welcome. 398-3217 Dec 23 - 6 to 9pm Grand Opening & Holiday Celebration at Sweet Peas. Music, food. By reservation only 398-9200 - $15 pp Dec 31 - 8pm - New Year’s Eve Party at La Gitana Cantina. Food, music by Poco Loco - our local fab band. Bring in the New Year!

In Nogales Press Release dated 11/14/11: Santa Cruz Foundation for the Performing Arts (SCFPA) announces their Holiday Concert in the Benderly Concert Series for 2011-12: Harp Duo Carrol McLaughlin and Kelly Cousineau 4 PM, Sunday, December 18, 2011 at the Santa Fe Ranch House in Nogales, AZ Tickets: $25 members, $30 nonmembers For reservations: www. scfpapresents.org or 520-3949495 For directions: 520-394-9495 *** Contact: Christina Wilhelm at 520394-9495 or blessingways@

gmail.com Website: www.scfpapresents.org

Alternate Contact: Janice Pulliam at 706-614-6959 or zinkzonk@hotmail. com ***

Sat., Dec 10, 12:30 - 4:30 EQUINE VOICES RESCUE & SANCTUARY HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE - Celebrate the holiday season at our annual Open House.

Meet Gulliver, our mascot and symbol of rescued horses. Relax, take a tour, enjoy music, food, and the works of local artisans.

Celebrate the dedication of our new Equine Voices Memorial Garden. Shop for your holiday gifts at Gulliver’s Store. Equine Voices is located at 1600 W. Dove Way in Amado. For information, contact us at info@equinevoices.org or call 520-398-2814.

DECEMBER 11 - 10 am HEIST: Who Stole the American Dream? Producer Frances Causey will show exerptsfrom this documentary and talk about its production. UU Church at the Amado Territory. Call for info 4008408

In Green Val. Wed, Dec. 7 – 9 – 7pm & Sat, Dec 10 – 2pm “Junie B. In Jingle Bells Batman Smells!”, a Christmas comedy Community Performance and Arts Center with a cast drawn from schools throughout Santa Cruz Valley.

Tickets $10 for adults, $5 for children and students. ‘’Contact: 520-399-1750 (www. performingartscenter.org”This show is the Shoestring Players’ Christmas gift to the communitythe kids are terrific.”

Thursdays 6 - 7:30 pm - NEW Club! Sahuarita Toastmasters, Ashley Furniture Store 100 W. Duval Mine Rd. mhug2011@hotmail Sunday, Dec 11 – 4:30pm - Unity in the Valley’s 2011 Holiday Dinner Dance - Desert Diamond Casino’s Ocotillo Room. Everyone is invited!

Reservations no later than Tues, Dece 6 contact: Ms. Ralette Cruse at ralettec@aol.com or call 520203-7761.

Thurs. Dec. 15 – 1 to 3 PM. Green Valley Genealogical Society, St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Dr., GV. Short Program: “Show and Tell – Family Treasures.” Main Program: “History and Genealogy.” Jim Turner will present a program on combining history and genealogy in writing your family history. Open to all interested in searching for their ancestors; refreshments.

Contact JoAnn Herbst (396-4630, joannherbst@cox.net) or www. rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azgvgs/.

In Tubac Dec 2 & 3 - dusk ‘til 9pm.

Luminaria Nights ~ Fiesta de Navidad - Tubac Village, See ad Page 7 Wed, Dec 7, 10 am - Healthy Aging presentation. Why do we fall apart as we age? Are there ways to prevent what seems to be an inevitable decline? Dr. Carlton Baker will discuss the latest medical information on the reasons for this decline and what to do about it. Tubac Community Center, free and open. Contact 520-3988269 or primehealthaz@gmail.com.

Thur, Dec 8 – 7 pm – Lecture, “The Obsidian Trade in Chaco Culture,” Santa Cruz Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac.

Archaeologist Jeremy Moss will explain the procurement and trade of obsidian, a volcanic glass prized for making projectile points and sharp tools. Free. Contact Alan Sorkowitz, 520-207-7151.

Dec 10 -10:30am-12noon Guided Tours of the Barrio de Tubac Archaeological Preserve.

Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel Street, Tubac. $5, includes admission to tour the Presidio Park. Contact: 520-3982252, info@ths-tubac.org Dec 11 - 3pm - Tubac Singers at Tubac Center of the Arts. Tickets $5 at the door. Please join us!

Dec 13 & 14 - 6:30pm - Tubac Singers at Tumacacori Mission - The Tubac Singers perform in a candle-lit chapel at the historic

Tumacacori Mission. No reserved seating. Call TCA at 520-3982371 to purchase your tickets for this limited seating event. $15 for TCA members, $20 for nonmembers.

Fri, Dec 16, 7 pm - The God Child Came - Avalon Organic Gardens & EcoVillage. Music, theater, carols, baked yummies, and Santa Claus! The evening will feature a DVD screening of “The God Child Came.” a heart-warming, original Christmas musical play by Global Change Theater Co. Donations benefit Global Community Communications Schools for Children & Teens and other local nonprofit programs. Located at 2074 Pendleton Dr., Tumacacori, AZ Directions and information www.GlobalChangeMultiMedia.org (520) 398-2542 –Sun, Dec 18, 2 pm - Holiday Concert -. Holiday concert by TaliasVan’s Bright & Morning Star Choir & Orchestra, magnificent 40voice choir! Opening performance

by Israfel Awakened. Donations appreciated and benefit Global Community Communications Schools for children & teens and other local nonprofit programs.

Tubac Plaza Main Stage. 29 Tubac Plaza, Tubac, AZ. Directions and information - www.

GlobalChangeMultiMedia.org (520) 398-2542

In Patagonia & Sonoita Dec 14 – 7pm - Santa Cruz Singers Holiday Concert and Open House -Patagonia Community Center. Free.

Refreshments. Contact: 520-3949495 Each Wednesday - 6:30 to 8:30 pm - Santa Cruz Singers rehearse - Patagonia Community Center.

New members welcome--No formal training req’d. 10th Anniversary Spring concert in April. Contact: 520On December 2nd and 3rd, there will be two extraordinary 394-9495 Arts & Crafts Festivals in the Sonoita/Elgin area. The public is invited to come meet the artisans, see their beautiful work and find that special Christmas gift.

“Christmas in the Barn” will be held on Saturday December 3, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM at Square Top Ranch Alpacas. “Christmas in Elgin” will be held at the Elgin Club on Friday December 2, 2011 from 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM and on Saturday December 3, 2011 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Both festivals welcome guests to come and join in the holiday fun. It’s Free.

Square Top Ranch is located at 30 Harvest Dr. Sonoita, AZ. Contact Linda @ 520-455-4600 for more information. The Elgin Club is located at 475 Elgin Rd. Elgin, AZ. Contact Ginny @ 520-455-4641 for more information. Coupons featuring free treats will be provided on Saturday, when visitors attend each festival.

Patagonia Lake State Park Visitor Center open weekends - 8 to 4:30.

Saturdays, 9 am - Nature Walk - Birding Kiosk. At 2 pm - Junior Rangers for kids 6 to 12 at Visitor Center. Evening program start at 7pm. Mondays, 9 am - Bird Walk, Birding Kiosk. Thurs., Nov. 10 – 4:30 - Guided Moonlight Hike Visitor Center. .Activities are free; however Day Use or Camping Fees must be paid to visit the State Park. Day Use fees are $10 per car with up to 4 people. Contact the Visitor Center (520-287-2791) weekends or the Entrance Station (520-287-6965) weekdays.

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