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Celebrating the Art of Living in Southern Arizona

February 2009 Vol. IIII No. 4

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About this month’s cover Paintings of Tumacacori Mission National Park by Michael Gibbons will be the featured subject of his work at the Tubac Art Exchange, 2243 East Frontage Road, Tubac, Arizona (next building located south of the Gas Station near the Clinic). Michael has often worked on the grounds of the Mission with resulting paintings in oil portraying the very essence of the old Southwest settlers area. His painting entitled “VIEW BEHIND THE MISSION”, oil, 15”x 21”, (pictured below right) was chosen by a nationally recognized jury panel to be included in the 2007 Paint the Parks Top 100 and that painting has just returned from a year tour around the USA. Along with the original, Michael will have Giclee reproductions of this image on White Archival Enhanced Matte Stock available. Michael and his wife Judith maintained a winter studio/gallery and residence in Tubac from 1997 until mid-2006 when they returned to Oregon’s familial and creative roots. He has returned each year since, to the Tubac area to paint and is delighted to participate in the 50th Anniversary of the Tubac Festival of the Arts at the Tubac Art Exchange. Michael will check in each day of the Festival at the gallery and he plans on spending all day Saturday greeting friends and showing his work. For more information please call the Tubac Art Exchange, (520) 398-9156 or (520)398-9156.

A native Oregonian, born and raised in Portland, Gibbons demonstrated an extraordinary gift for perception and visual expression from the time he could grasp a crayon. Winning top awards in competitions as varied as county fairs to the regional and national Scholastic Art Awards helped solidify a future in the realm of visual expression. At age twenty ﬁve he left his position as designer of specialty automotive accessories for a small manufacturing ﬁrm in Portland to pursue painting full time. Fifteen years later and after a decade of acceptance into juried exhibitions at the Portland Art Museum, the American Artists Professional League; Allied Artists of America; and the Salmagundi Club, he was invited to full membership in Allied Artists of America. Twenty years later he is still a member plus he holds Signature Membership in Oil Painters of America and Past member of the Copely Society.

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“VIEW BEHIND THE MISSION”, oil, 15”x 21”

WHERE ART AND HISTORY MEET - plan time to visit the Tubac Presidio State Historical Park and the Tumacácori Mission.

Tubac Event Calendar New Places - TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coffee by Maggie Milinovitch New Places - Grumpy Gringo by Alfred Griffin Didier Masson & El Biplano Sonora by Mary Bingham Gallery Feature - Graham Bell Gallery by Joseph Birkett Santa Cruz County Update by Kathleen Vandervoet Art, History & the Foods of Colonial Tubac by Shaw Kinsley A Very Rare Book by Shaw Kinsley Tubac Map The Borderlands Photographer by Murray Bolesta Festival Was “Quaint”in Its Early Years by Kathleen Vandervoet Letters Italy - Land of Wine Values by Bernard Berlin Tibetan Monks Make Special Visit to Tubac by Ginger Applegarth Tubac Experience - Tubac Olive Oil Co. by Ellen Sussman Remnants from Ruth - recipes Try Try Again by Carol St. John

This monthly journal is made possible through the support of local advertisers, artists and writers... please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad, art or article. The Tubac Villager is a locally owned and independently operated journal, based in Tubac and published monthly to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona. Letters are welcome. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the advertisers or the publishers. Advertiser and contributor statements and qualifications are the responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named. All articles and images are the property of the Tubac Villager, and/or writer or artist named, and may not be reproduced without permission. February Circulation: 13,000. The Villager is made available at 180 Tucson locations, 400 Phoenix locations, and offered free of charge at locations in Tubac, Tumacacori, Carmen, Green Valley, Nogales, Rio Rico, Amado and Arivaca, Arizona.

Publishers/Editors: Joseph & Hallie Birkett Many thanks to the excellent contributions from: Bernard Berlin Mary Bingham Joseph Birkett Murray Bolesta Zack Gallardo Michael Gibbons Alfred Griffin

Shaw Kinsley Maggie Milinovitch Ruthie Carol St. John Ellen Sussman Kathleen Vandervoet

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four miles to Tubac. The walk closely follows the river and crosses in three places on narrow bridges. However the trail is level, and walking, although sandy, is relatively easy. Because the area is rich in wildlife, particularly birds, binoculars are useful. For information about the guided walks, call Tumacácori National Historical Park at 520398-2341, ext. 0.

Saturdays & Sunday, now thru April 26th - River Walks at the Tumacácori National Historical Park. The walks will be led by a park ranger or volunteer every Saturday and Sunday beginning at 9:30am. The Wed thru River Walks will Sunday, last 1 ½ hours, returning to the Feb 4th to park in time for 8th the 11am tour of the mission 50th grounds. The Annual walks begin at Tubac the park’s Visitor Center and follow Festival a section of the of the Arts. Juan Bautista de (for more Anza National detailed Historic Trail for information see about half a mile, page 25) to the river’s edge. The trail is flat Wed thru Sun, and easy to walk. Feb 4th to 8th - Artists Carlos Participants will Lopez, Diego, need comfortable and Gustavo shoes and water. Olivas working Discussions at Tubac during the walks Territory. 1 Calle may include Baca. several themes, including the Wed thru Sun, O’Odham people, Above, the bold, stylized image of St. Ann’s Church in Old Feb 4th to 8th Town, by Tubac artist Virginia Hall from the Tubac Festival Together Rising: missions and poster of 1983. Virginal Hall will be having an opening settlement, A Sculpture reception for her joint show next month with Tubac plant and animal Event at the K. sculptor, Mike Taylor, “Sensei Chic and the Seven Deadly identification, Newby Gallery, Sins.” Show runs March 8th to 29th in at Taylor Hall in Old the mesquite19 Tubac Rd.. Town Tubac. For more info www.taylorhalltubac.com. bosque (forest) Scheduled to and riparian environments, and current attend: Star York, Mark White, David Unger, issues related to the Santa Cruz River. The Rebecca Tobey, Gary Lee Price, Pokey Park, Santa Cruz River is an excellent example James G. Moore, Jim Eppler, Jim Budish, of the endangered southwestern riparian Esther Benedict, and John Arenskov. Please environment. Not only is the Santa Cruz a Join Us for Artist Led Tours - their own works beautiful oasis for nature-lovers, it provides in their own words. In the sculpture garden. a critical habitat for abundant wildlife that Fri: 1pm - Pokey Park, 1:45pm - Mark White, live in, and migrate through, the Santa 2:30pm - David Unger, 3:15pm - Jim Eppler. Cruz Valley. Although the guided walk will Sat 1pm - Rebecca Tobey, 1:45pm - Gary return to the mission by 11, participants Lee Price, 2:30pm - Jim Budish, 3:15pm may chose to continue on their own along - Star Liana York. Sun: 1pm - James G. the Anza Trail, which continues north for Moore, 1:45pm - John Arenskov, 2:30pm

- Esther Benedict. Meet at the Gazebo in the sculpture garden at the appointed time for the tour. www.NewbyGallery.com. Thurs, Feb 5th - Joel Bernstein, the author of “Wild Ride: The History and Lore of Rodeo” will speak at the Patagonia Woman’s Club at 2 pm in Cady Hall, 342 Duquesne Ave. This event is free and

open to the public. Joel rodeoed for seven years as a bareback rider so he personally experienced the rodeo life, as well as studying its history from the Wild West shows, the organization of the Cowboys’ Turtle Association to today’s Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association to write his book, Wild Ride: The History and Lore of Rodeo. He will talk about the cowboys and cowgirls who influenced the history of rodeo from the vaqueros in Mexico to the heros in the multi million dollar sport we follow today. Joel will be available to autograph his book. Questions about speaker or Patagonia Woman’s Club call Anne Hummel. Call 394-2532. Fri, Feb 6th - artist Trudi Theisen demonstrates at the Tubac Center of the Arts. Fri, Feb 6th - Classix presents “The Mosaics of Love” remembering loves won and lost, past, present and future, real and imaginary. Let this cappella sextet intrigue you with

their rich blend of voices in close harmony. At the Community Performing Arts Center, 1250 W Continental Rd, in Green Valley at 7pm. Cost $5. For more info www. perforningartscenter.org. Fri, Feb 6th - First Fridays at Wisdoms’ Café with Eduardo Valencia and fish and chips. From 5 to 9pm.

Fri and Sat, Feb 6th and 7th - Plein Air Artist Darcie Peet and Sculptor Fritz White demonstrate at the Big Horn Gallery at 37 Tubac Rd. Sat, Feb 7th - Rio Rico High School Band 1st Annual Golf Tournament. The Challenge will take place at the Rio Rico Country Club with a 1pm Shotgun Start. Registration for individuals is $80. Prizes will include “Longest Drive,” “Closest to Pin,” “Top Teams,” and Door Prizes. The Golf Challenge is a fundraiser to benefit the RRHS Band and help all 60 musicians pay for their upcoming trip to perform in San Antonio, TX. For more information or to register, please call (520) 980-1631 or (520) 980-1891, visit the band website: www.santacruz.k12.az.us/band/ rrhs Sat, Feb 7th - This month’s cover artist Michael Gibbons will present at the Tubac Art Exchange, 2243 E Frontage Rd. Tubac.

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Debbe Wilson and her sister Tedde Scharf have been working for many months to bring their project together. When they ﬁrst decided to buy the bookstore, they thought they would be taking over a running business and slowly learn the many facets of the book business as they arose. That wasn’t to be. As it worked out, they had to start from scratch – new inventory, complete redecoration – painting, lighting, carpet, ordering and assembly of new bookshelves, new anthology pos/computer system – everything had to be reworked before opening the doors. But they will open in February. However, with those demands came the opportunity to do it their way – to create a new atmosphere. And, it is very diﬀerent. The new shelving allows for many thousands of titles and yet helps create a more spacious feeling. There is a comfortable reading area with leather furniture where customers can sit and read. Another change is the espresso bar.

Custom-made for the shop, they will serve lattes and such, hot chocolate, Italian sodas and tea along with specialty chocolate items. Soon there will be Bistro tables on the porch for people to sit and enjoy their coﬀee. Debbe and Tedde have also selected a wonderful variety of greeting cards from talented artists, small gifts, gift bags and wrap. They will oﬀer Nicholas Wilson prints and cards, with Nick’s original works shown close-by at Karin Newby Gallery. Nick will be involved parttime as bookseller, greeter and “designated handyman.” He designed their tortoise and hare logo. Debbe and Tedde’s mother, Ethel Kast, has pitched in to help unpack and shelve dozens upon dozen of boxes of books. Friends, neighbors and members of the Church of Tubac, have all helped with projects like putting together bookshelves and unpacking boxes.

Besides oﬀering “core” books, including Southwest regional books, they plan on hosting book signings, readings. informal ﬁreside chats on topics of local interest, music and poetry evenings, perhaps a book club and a monthly children’s evening to promote reading. Debbe said that people can sign-up to receive the New York Times Sunday edition

and they will facilitate that. For rare book collectors, T.J’s has a section devoted to the John Houghton Allen library’s ﬁnelybound, rare and antique books, which are curated by local archivist Shaw Kinsley. Both Debbe and Tedde are thoroughly enjoying the challenges and creative aspects of the bookstore. Both are very grateful for all the help they have received from the book community, vendors and their volunteers. TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coﬀee Beans is located at 19 Tubac Rd. in the Mercado de Baca. The bookstore will be open MON-SAT 10-5, SUN 1-5 and will be open later in February. 520-398-8109 or visit www.tjstortugabooks.com.

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by Maggie Milinovitch When approaching Tubac’s new bookstore, T.J.’s Tortuga Books and Coﬀee Beans, you ﬁrst meet “T.J.” (Tubac Jack), a large jackrabbit sculpture by Nicholas Wilson. T.J. is posed for munching on the potted plants. The store’s location is the same as the previous Tortuga Books – but has a new concept and design, which is both charming and welcoming.

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Sat, Feb 7th - Mata Ortiz firing demonstration at the Tubac Center of the Arts. One of the finest Mata Ortiz artisans, Cesar Dominquez and his wife Gaby will bring pots for sale and will set up a kiln for a firing at 2pm. Sun, Feb 8th - Your Camera - A Tool for Self- Awareness workshop at Illuminations Gallery, 10 Tubac Rd. $35. 398-8028. From 4 to 5:30pm. Tues, Feb 10th - Poetry Reading in Old Town, Tubac from 5 to 8pm at Aldea de Artisticas, 14 Calle Iglesia. First part is happy hour, you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening. We will spend the remaining part of the time having an open forum to read, recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend. It is an open forum which means, you are encouraged to participate with an original piece of your work, another piece from another artist that you are inspired by. We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group. For more information, email Maritamfoss@yahoo.com.

Wed, Feb 11th thru Feb 17th - Pastel and Oil Painting Workshops with Jean Ranstrom—Twoday skill building workshops focusing on composition, color, depth of field to capture nature’s landscapes, flowers and wildlife for students at all skill levels held in an inspirational historic setting. Aldea de Artisticas, Historic Lowe House, 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac. For more information and availability, contact Jean Ranstrom at jeanandfrye@ wiktel.com or 218-965-4161. Thurs, Feb 12th - “Rock Art of Our Ancient Peoples” at Tubac/SCC AAS Chapter Program. Jane Kolber, a retired art teacher turned world acclaimed rock-art specialist will share her findings of rock-art of the ancient peoples of the Southern Arizona. While teaching on Navajo Indian Nation in the 1970s, Kolber’s rock-art findings were an inspiration for her and her students and was the beginning of a crusade to conserve and preserve rock-art worldwide. Kolber is founder and director of the Arizona Archaeological Society’s Rock Art Recording

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Gentlemen, You May Smoke To the wall behind us, decorated with plaques surveying his governmental achievements, he tells me his definition between a cigar and a cigarette. “People don’t smoke cigars like a nervous habit, as one would do with a cigarette. People come Above, Terry Kirkpatrick and guest enjoy their cigars on the Grumpy Gringo’s open air lounging court. in here to smoke a cigar for about forty minutes or so and erry Kirkpatrick sits comfortably outside his newly opened ponder life, or ponder nothing at all and fall into a relaxation.” cigar shop on Camino Otero. Smoking halfway through a Cusano 18 cigar, he is cordial and relaxed, since his retirement Cigars are rated by their taste, the shape, if it burns evenly and from being a special agent with U.S. customs. “The Grumpy then of course the texture. Any cigar with an over 90 rating is a Gringo” opened its doors on December 1st, where Terry is living good cigar. As of yet, no cigar ever received a 100 rating. Some his dream of owning his very own cigar shop. of the Cuban cigars will score a 95 or a 96 rating. Cigars from Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Honduras will rate “San Francisco Bay” written by Jesse Fuller and performed by around 90 to 92. The Cusano 18 Terry is smoking has been aged Eric Clapton is playing from the loudspeakers. In the room for five years and received a 91 rating. Terry says he smokes to the left is a poker table, where Terry is looking for willing around two to three cigars a day. patrons to utilize the art of the card game, once a month. To the right, a lounge area where attractive leather bound chairs The most expensive cigar he has offered at the sit stoically diagonal from each other near a five person couch Grumpy Gringo is a La Aurora Sapphire, from and coffee table, piled neatly with publications of various cigar the Dominican Republic, priced at periodicals. Opposite the wall is a series of lockers where regulars $17.50. “A great cigar does not have can leave their belongings for the next time they come back to to cost a lot of money.” Terry said smoke cigars in the aesthetics of relaxation. through a cloud of smoke. “A great cigar could cost four dollars and still I ask Terry to recommend a good cigar for a novice such as get a 91 rating, though the price will go myself to smoke. He walks me to the humidified room, where up after a year or so.” he carefully surveys the collection of cigars. He reaches to the bottom right hand side of the shelf and picks out a Java, which is Terry has traveled all over the world a mild class cigar made by Drew Estate. He clips the end off and to educate himself in the culture lights the tip. He tells me, “...your palette, the flavor is like a fine of cigars. Among the numerous wine and each cigar holds a different taste.” places he has visited are Mexico,

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with tobacco growth, based on the amount of sunshine and rainfall, and the richness of the soil. Each crop will be different based on the climate. “Lately,” Terry said, “Cigar tobacco has been blended with Brazilian, Nicaraguan, and Dominican tobacco making a very unique cigar.” To preserve cigars, a humidifier must be kept at 70 degrees. Terry has three humidifiers running at all times. Terry stated that people should not inhale cigar smoke in the same way that one would smoke cigarette. He also pointed out that cigarette smoke is forbidden in The Grumpy Gringo. Speaking to the health concerns of smoking, Terry quoted George Burns when asked what his doctors thought about him smoking cigars at the age of 92: “I don’t know, they’re all dead.” The Grumpy Gringo is open from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, Tuesday through Sunday. The atmosphere is intended for men and women to have an escape, and though the cigar shop differs vastly from the bar scene, the shop offers an area of serenity. The objective is not to forget life, but maybe postpone it in the amount of

time it takes one to smoke a cigar. When asked as to why he chose Tubac for the opening of this establishment, he said, “Tubac has the quaint charm of artists, CEO’s, golf and the weather like we are having now. There is not the hustle and bustle of traffic here. You can go to any cigar shop around the world. It doesn’t matter if you are sitting with doctors, lawyers, ditch diggers, or busboys, you will always find good conversation. Its like a social club where we can talk about everything and anything.” The garden patio lounge is very much like that of a Cuban café. There is a barbeque in the center of a square table. Eighteen men came here last week to barbeque and enjoy the camaraderie of a descent cigar. Right above the wooden door is engraved a quote from Mark Twain: “If I can’t smoke in heaven, I won’t go.” Terry pointed out that the original quote is, “…I shall not go,” although Terry informed me that he did not have the room for the entire quote to fit it in. A customer strolled in, saying that he could not resist the aroma. Terry does have a purification system, but the Grumpy Gringo emanates the scent of class. Terry approached the gentleman saying, “If there is a cigar you need, I’ll carry it.” I was sifting through the comment book on the front counter, while he assisted the customer. Someone wrote next to their name, “What a smokin’ idea.”

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Friend Delia Medina Salinas recently brought this bit of early 20th century history to my attention. Delia has ties to the Tubac-Tucson area through her ancestor Lieutenant Colonel and Adjutant Inspector of the Internal Provinces of New Spain, Don Roque de Medina. That was way back when the Internal Provinces included present-day Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora, Mexico.

facilities near Los Angeles and seaplane operations at Balboa Island in Newport. It is possible that the Mexican officials visited both builders. A couple of historians have even identified the biplane as a Martin Pusher with a Curtiss engine. Photographs of Masson and the biplane can be found on the Internet. To this writer’s untrained eye, it looks like a Martin Pusher. Perhaps a Curtiss replacement engine was used at a later date. The biplane that many described as looking like a mosquito, was quickly dubbed “El Biplano Sonora” named for the Mexican state of Sonora. Hermosillo, Sonora would be its first destination.

However, this story begins in California, probably in early March or April of 1913. Delia’s grandfather Juan Pablo Medina and his daughter, María Medina, participated in a most unusual historic event – the ﬁrst aerial bombing of navel vessels in North America. Señor Medina was an astute businessman from Cananea, Sonora, and María a student attending college in California. She was ﬂuent in English and French, which was vital to the success of their mission.

Now the problem was how to smuggle the biplane into Mexico without either U.S. or Mexican authorities intercepting it. The U.S. had placed an embargo on war materials headed to Mexico, and aircraft of any type were considered weapons of war. Wells Fargo crated the plane in ﬁve crates and shipped it to Tucson via train. Masson and Dean arranged for wagons and mules and began the trip south that would take them through Tubac and past the old Tumacacori Mission en route Nogales. There wasn’t much else in between Tucson and Nogales back then.

On February 18, 1913, Mexico once again became a state in turmoil when General Victoriano Huerta overthrew the Constitutionalist government of President Francisco I. Madero. President Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez were seized in the National Palace of Mexico City, the official seat of government, and placed under arrest. Four days later on February 22nd the two were assassinated in what Huerta claimed was “crossfire between Madero’s captors and would-be rescuers.” General Álvaro Obregón, a loyal supporter of Madero, dismissed Huerta’s ridiculous claim and dedicated himself to taking Mexico back from the ruthless dictator. Señor Medina and María felt the same. At Obregón’s request, two trusted military officials, Colonel Santiago Camberos and Captain Joaquín Bauche Alcalde accompanied by Señor Medina traveled to California to purchase an aeroplane. Medina arranged for María to join them and act as translator. The “hero” of this tale is French-born aviator Didier Masson. Born in Asnières, France on February 23, 1886, he apprenticed as a jeweler, but became a magneto repairman while serving in the French military. Louis Paulhan, one of France’s early aviators, hired Masson as a mechanic in 1909 when he returned to civilian life. Masson quickly learned to fly and soloed that same year. Paulhan and Masson decided to travel to America where aviation was growing at an incredible pace. Masson sailed for America arriving on December 27, 1909, followed by Paulhan and his family who arrived on January 3, 1910. Both participated in air shows and early barnstorming events.

May 9th the Casa Grande Dispatch datelined Los Angeles reported that Didier Masson and his mechanic, Thomas Dean had been arrested and charged with violation of neutrality laws the previous day. An unnamed U.S. district attorney was quoted as saying, “the plans were known since the Mexicans opened negotiations to purchase ﬂying machines for use in the war against Huerta.”

Some historians identify the plane ﬂown by Masson as a Martin Pusher, while others say it was a Curtiss Pusher. A pusher type aircraft has its engine and propeller located to the rear of the pilot, as in this painting by Tubac Artist Walter Wilson, courtesy of the Tubac Art Exchange. oﬃcials outlining their plans to purchase an aeroplane that could provide intelligence on enemy troop movements and ultimately bomb Huerta’s navel ships at the port of Guaymas on the Sea of Cortez.

Masson caught the eye of Ivan R. Gates, owner of the fledgling Gates Flying Circus in 1912. When Gates was injured in an auto accident, he hired Masson to fulfill his show contracts. Masson quickly became a sensation. Later that year, he was hired by Glenn Martin as an instructor at The Glenn Martin Flying School and ironically received his first pilot’s license, #202 issued by the Aero Club of America.

Masson was intrigued at the prospect of bombing a ship from the air. He was sure that it had never been done before. He was also intrigued by the beautiful, French speaking, María! Masson took the visitors across the airfield to see Martin, and a biplane known as a Martin Pusher was quickly purchased with the deal to include Martin’s top pilot, Masson, and top mechanic, Australian born Thomas James Dean. Both were to be paid well for their services with a salary of $300 per month, plus $50 for each exploratory flight and $250 for each bombing raid. The Martin biplane reportedly cost $5000, which Delia believes was financed by her grandfather.

The school was a part of the California division of the Glenn L. Martin Company established in 1912 at Dominguez Field near Los Angeles. It was here that Camberos, Alcalde, and the Medinas met the dashing Frenchman. Masson was immediately smitten by the beautiful María and took her for a demonstration ride. After the ride, María translated for the

There is much confusion over the manufacturer of the biplane. Some historians identify the plane as a Martin Pusher, while others say it was a Curtiss Pusher. Both manufactures were located in Southern California and designing similar aircraft at the time. The Curtiss facility was located in San Diego with seaplane operations at Corona del Mar, while Martin had

Meanwhile the New York Times for the same date reported that a Deputy Marshal Johnson at Pike’s Ranch, twenty miles south of Tucson had captured a war aeroplane. Masson and Dean claimed they were merely planning to test the machine and were looking for a good place to do so. The name of the arresting oﬃcer may be incorrect as there is no record of a U. S. Deputy Marshal named Johnson in Arizona in 1913. The most likely arresting oﬃcer was U. S. Deputy Marshal Arthur A. Hopkins who shows up later in the story. Haven’t been able to pinpoint the Pike Ranch either, but 20 miles south using the Old Nogales Highway would have put it right around the current border between Sahuarita and Green Valley. Perhaps near the new WalMart on Duval Mine Road. By May 10th, The Ogden Examiner headline proclaimed: UNCLE SAM SEEKS BIRD MEN WHO FLEE COUNT. The story goes on to say Masson and Dean were reported to have crossed the border at Nogales wearing constitutionalist army uniforms. May 11th, the Galveston Daily News with a Nogales, Ariz., dateline reported: Evidencing that still another war aeroplane is being smuggled over the border to assist in the attack on Guaymas, a huge roll was received by express today at Nogales, Sonora. It was claimed by Didier Masson, the French aviator, who narrowly escaped arrest below Tucson, Ariz., where his aeroplane was held by United States federal authorities. Masson said the packages contained the vital parts of an

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Above: The gallery courtyard invites visitors to stop sit and take things and also provides a convenient path between the Tubac Plaza and the north part of the Village. Above Left: Charlotte and Tom Graham Bell and gallery manager Pema Bista with Abby and Matisse at the Plaza entrance on Will Rogers Lane. Inset: Leather and antique items are displayed throughout the gallery in attractive rustic arrangements. exotic items associated with animal husbandry worldwide that the Bells have collected in their extensive travels.

It is difficult for an artist foreign to any subject to capture and translate their interest convincingly, but for those who live their subject, for their opportunity and firsthand knowledge, there is an unmistakable and innate naturalness in the product which is as intangible as emotion, and when assembled and presented at once, conveys the continuity of authenticity craved by collectors. Lovers of the West can find it at the Graham Bell Gallery.

The trees’ shadows play on the earthen walls in the long light of afternoon and the main courtyard and its central fountain glow in the sun’s warmth with benches, shrubs, and rustic accents thoughtfully arranged on the perimeter of the courtyard’s path, which connects the Tubac Plaza with Plaza Road through the Graham Bells’ walled grounds.

Located in the very heart of the Tubac Village, the Gallery is nestled in the northeastern corner of the Tubac Plaza, at the head of Will Rogers Lane. In the shade of great trees, large wooden gates are open, inviting visitors into the property’s courtyards and gallery.

Native Arizonans, members of historical Southern Arizona ranch families, and current co-owners of the ZZ Ranch near Nogales, Tom & Charlotte Bell opened the Gallery in 1999 to feature the photography work of their son, Scott. The gallery also showcases interesting and

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out from the gallery onto the ﬁrst courtyard, where a seated person beckons your second glance to see that it is not human after all, but is one of many whimsical, stuﬀed people dressed in denim.

Graham Bell Galler y- Authentic Cowboy Spirit presentation, and as Charlotte says, tucked away as it is, it takes some time for people to ﬁnd the gallery, but once they’ve found it, they come back.

I feel honored to have had them accept me and my camera into their realm. I hope this collection of photographs adequately expresses the deep respect I have for the individuals and traditions that are part of the cattle ranching experience in Southern Arizona.”

Charlotte is the main decorator for all the displays. Charlotte’s family were true pioneers. “My grandmother, whose father was a Southern cavalryman, was born in old Fort Lowell, Tucson, where she died about 1955,” Charlotte explains, “she was born in the late 1800’s, and she used to tell me stories of how the Indians would come and steal bread from an open window sill.” The east walls of the gallery display the photography of Louise L. Serpa, the ﬁrst woman photographer allowed in the rodeo arena to photograph bull and bronc riding. These astonishing rodeo photographs reveal all the impossible force and speedy momentum of bucking broncs, contorting cowboys and bulls chasing clowns right into your lap. Quoting the New Yorker, writing in regard of Serpas’s images, “It’s hard to believe your eyes when you ﬁrst see how wild in form her pictures are - both the horses and the cowboys take on shapes so free from gravity that if you didn’t know better you’d think they were made of rubber or were products of trick photography.” Now 83, Serpa is highly regarded in the photography and rodeo world and her life’s work has been recognized by the National Cowboy Museum. Charlotte knew Louise back in her own rodeo days of barrel-racing and calf-tying and the Bells feel honored to carry her spectacular images. Charlotte, Tucson rodeo queen and Miss Rodeo AZ in 1963, competed in rodeo at the college level for the University of Arizona. Most of the images in the gallery are by Scott Graham Bell. He received formal training and graduated from The Brooks Institute of Photography in California. For 18 years, Scott has been working on the family’s ZZ Cattle Ranch while also recording the images of the lives of the cowboys he works with. He currently lives at the ranch with his wife and two children. Scott Bell’s artist statement reads: I have lived, worked, photographed and experienced cattle ranching near the Mexican border. The cowboys I work with are older, wiser and much more experienced than I am. The cowboys have a rich knowledge of the ranching life and of the natural world in general.

The images are of real moments on the ranch. Cowboys under trees on a real day of real cowboy work, which these days is rare, but continues on at the ZZ with cowboys of experience enough to earn the admiration and respect of others who work cattle. An image of cowboys on horseback in silhouette takes on a new meaning when you know that a cowboy took it at the moment before sunrise. The genuineness of the images is unmistakable. If you want to know Southern Arizona ranch life, Bell’s images do it with a digniﬁed subtlety that seems almost reluctant. It’s good stuﬀ, recording a way of life that is disappearing elsewhere but thrives along the border.

The ZZ Ranch House. Photograph by Scott Graham Bell.

Similar to Edward Curtis’s intentions of capturing the vanishing ways of life of Native Americans, Scott Graham Bell’s work could be said to be preserving the heritage and culture of the cowboy, but diﬀerent from the Curtis’s vintage photogravures, also available on the Graham Bell Gallery’s back wall, much of Scott Bell’s work appears focused on candid and unposed moments, capturing instead of creating. The Graham Bell’s ZZ Ranch runs a large cow calf operation, employing 4 permanent cowboys and hiring on extra cowboys as needed from all around Santa Cruz County for round-ups. In operation since 1938, the ranch belongs to the two Graham Bell families of Tom and his brother George and consists of approximately 100 sq miles along the border of Mexico, from Nogales to Bear Valley. The land is some of the most beautiful and rugged terrain you can imagine, where a couple head of

cattle headed the wrong way up a canyon can cost you all day and, as Tom says, “You know you’re going down hill ‘cause your horse’s tail comes over your shoulder.” You can get a feel for the ranch’s coverage by driving the Ruby Road and looking south from the highest pullout on Atascosa, which appropriately translates into “barrier.” This is the edge by anyone’s deﬁnition. It’s as far as our civilization has made it; beyond lay a labyrinth of canyons and a rumple of mountains where jaguar still roam and forsaken mine shafts breath bats into the desert night. The lush and protected, unparalleled biodiversity of Sycamore Canyon slices through the ranch. The whole of the land is an area of constant beauty, and where Chuck Bowden was referring to when he wrote about the Importance of Being Nowhere. Edward Abbey watched over this terrain in 1968 while employed as a ﬁre look-out in the cabin on top of Atascosa. You can read those journal entries in Abbey’s posthumously published journals, Confessions of a Barbarian.

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Aliso Springs to see more homes A development of 28 residential lots on 104 acres in Tubac’s Aliso Springs area received preliminary approval at the Jan. 22 meeting of the Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission. The commission voted unanimously, 5-0, to approve the request for a Planned Area Development, or PAD. Three commission members did not attend and there was one vacancy at the time of the meeting. The land is being developed by Winston Chappell and Rick Burns of Sustainable Ventures, LLC. They aren’t asking for a change in zoning, which is currently GR, or General Rural. The Planned Area Development allows a density bonus of three additional lots, however. The property is about a mile south of Exit 34 of Interstate 19, and about 1.5 miles west of the West Frontage Road. According to a report from the county’s community development oﬃce, the developers are interested in an environmentally responsible project, making use of “green” building methods using energy-eﬃcient materials, and onsite water harvesting. As many trees as possible will be preserved.

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Next, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors will be asked to approve the preliminary PAD. At a later date, the ﬁnal PAD will be brought back to the zoning commission and the board of supervisors.

Ellinor is planning to add a lap pool and six small pools for hydrotherapy, she said at the Jan. 15 Board of Adjustment District 3 meeting.

She said she will rename it the Floating Stone Inn and Spa. The buildings are among some of the oldest ones still in use in Tubac.

The property has the required zoning already to operate as an inn. Ellinor asked for variances to reduce the required setback from the property line in the front yard; to allow a small structure in the front yard for the pool equipment; to reduce the number of parking spaces from 25 to 17; and to pave the parking areas with a permeable substance to allow water to ﬂow underground rather than with asphalt.

The property is on the corner of Calle Iglesia and Vereda Antigua, one block east of St. Ann’s Catholic Church and across the street to the north from the La Paloma de Tubac gift shop.

The board voted unanimously to approve the four variances. Members include Chairman Earl Wilson, Ron Campana and Charlotte Brown. Member Arturo Vásquez did not attend.

Inn and spa planned in Tubac Property owner Linda Ellinor is planning to expand the Anza Inn in Tubac to a location with nine guest rooms and a spa.

It was purchased with existing structures consisting of the Ysidro Otero home built in 1898 and other structures that were built by Charles Poston in 1856, according to a county planning document. The property was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 and is currently located in the Tubac Historic Zone, the document said.

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Latest on water rate increases A small group of individuals is working to combat proposed water rate increases, which Tubac resident Jim Patterson said could be 200 percent. Patterson gave a report at the Jan. 19 meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council in Tubac. He and several others are trying to reduce the rate proposed by Arizona American Water Co. for its 532 customers in Tubac. If it’s approved by a state commission, it could take eﬀect near the end of 2009. The strategies include submitting a request for ﬁnancial assistance to the federal infrastructure package; trying to resurrect a bill submitted to the House of Representatives in 2004 which would

aid ratepayers in small communities; urging that Arizona American adopt system consolidation so the increases are spread among more rate payers; and the consideration of point of use (at a sink) water treatment to reduce the amount of arsenic in residential water. During the meeting, Tubac resident Marshall Magruder suggested that the council invite the Arizona Corporation Commission, based in Phoenix, to hold a public hearing in Tubac on the issue.

-year wait for fire station A new three-building Tubac fire station which will include training and administration spaces likely won’t be built for about four years, said Fire Chief Kevin Keeley. The station is scheduled to be constructed on a four-acre piece of land southwest of the Chavez Siding interchange of Interstate 19. Voters in the Tubac Fire District, which also includes all Rio Rico areas north of Camino Ramanote, approved a $15million bond election held Nov. 4, 2008. The first projects will be to build two fire stations in northeast Rio Rico, Keeley said. In addition to Station No. 1 in Tubac on the east frontage road just north of the village entrance, the district also operates Station 2 in Rio Rico southwest of the Peck Canyon and Interstate 19 interchange. It was opened in 1997. What about a possible merger of the Tubac district with the Rio Rico fire district, which was discussed at a Tubac fire district board meeting in March 2008? Keeley said he “thinks it’s a good idea.” However, it’s in the best interests

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The regular monthly meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month at 8 a.m. at the Tubac Community Center and the public can attend.

Raises for elected officials Chamber of commerce board chosen Members of the Tubac Chamber of Commerce elected new board members at the Jan. 21 annual meeting. Board members serve for a two-year term. New members are Candace Harmon, Tubac Embarcadero; Garry Hembree, Old Presidio Traders; Kelly Jones, Big Horn Galleries; Terry E. Kirkpatrick, Grumpy Gringo Cigars; Brent Land, Purcell Galleries of Fine Art; Polly Schlitz, Walter Wilson Gallery/Tubac Art Exchange; BenDameean Steinhardt, Out of the Way Galleria; and Mike Quigley, Sky Island Alliance. There are a total of 13 board members on the Tubac Chamber Board. The four incumbents who were not up for re-election are: Susan Buchanan, Tubac Historical Society; Roberta Rogers, Roberta Rogers Watercolors; Larry Robertson, Lawrence Robertson, Attorney; and Susan Walsh, Tubac Territory. Executive Director Carol Cullen said the chamber has 83 members.

County elected officials have received raises for the current year, as specified under Arizona law. The three Santa Cruz County supervisors, John Maynard, Rudy Molera and Manuel Ruiz, are now being paid $63,800 a year, up from $56,500. Sheriff Antonio Estrada’s salary increased from $89,225 to $100,824. County Attorney George Silva’s pay went from $109,450 to $123,678. Also at the same pay level as the Board of Supervisors are County Assessor Felipe Fuentes, County Recorder Suzanne Sainz, Treasurer Caesar Ramirez, Clerk of Superior Court Juan Pablo Guzman and Schools Superintendent Alfredo Velasquez. The last time other county employees received a raise was in November 2007, when the county gave the equivalent of a 4 percent increase. With those raises, County Manager Greg Lucero earns $145,725 a year.

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ART, HISTORY AND THE FOODS OF COLONIAL TUBAC by Shaw Kinsley These three topics will come eloquently together when the Tubac Historical Society holds its March 18, 2009 program at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 10:00 am. Jesús García, an education specialist at the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, will present a program entitled, “Foods of Colonial Tubac : Tantalizing Touch and Taste,” that explores the ecological tapestry that made up colonial Tubac. What better way to ponder local ecology than to eat its riches? Jesús will introduce us to several of the Native American groups of the Sonoran Desert region including the Seri, the Yaqui, and the Tohono O’odham, describe their traditional homelands, and tell us how they employed the area’s natural resources and how the Europeans used and adapted these techniques to survive. Jesús is the principal investigator on a talented team of researchers working to

re-establish the historic mission orchards at Tumacácori National Historic Park, and he’ll describe what is happening with the Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Project. This ambitious project seeks to identify fruit trees from the Spanish Mission Era by examining Father Kino’s own accounts, Forty-niner documents and journals, and the work of contemporary local ethnobotanists and horticulturalists to trace the legacy of these fruit trees. So far, research indicates that the trees included peach, quince, pear, apple, pecan, walnut, ﬁg, and pomegranate. Together, they made up a portion of the mission community’s agricultural livelihood that also depended upon grape vineyards, grain ﬁelds, vegetable and pharmacy gardens, as well as livestock. The program will run about 90 minutes and is hands-on. Participants will experience the tastes of the actual foods enjoyed by historic Tubacans and Native Americans alike. Your appetite is sure to be whetted, and you might

like to have a bite of lunch in one of the area restaurants after the program. Jesús Manuel García was born and raised in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, México. He completed a degree in Elementary Education, (Escuela Normal del Estado) in Hermosillo, Sonora, and then moved to Tucson and graduated from the University of Arizona with a Bachelor degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, with a minor in cultural Anthropology. Jesús has been associated with the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum since 1991. Currently, in his role as an education specialist, he teaches natural history programs to the Hispanic community of the Tucson area schools as well as in Speaker Jesús García Speaks at the TCA March 18 the border region of the state of Sonora, Mexico. Jesús has many interests including Historical Society. Non-members will be conservation biology, cultural ecology, charged $5 to attend. Reservations are a languages, music, gardening, and art. must because space is limited, so call the This program is free to members of the Tubac Society today at (520) 398 – 2020 to secure your place.

by Shaw Kinsley Tubac has long attracted excellent people, and with excellent people come excellent collections. I had the pleasure of looking through a collection of books recently, and found one that tells a remarkable story. The book is The Voyages and Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Knight : wherein is set down the way to the Holy Land, and to Jerusalem : as also to the lands of the great Kahn and of Prester John : to India and diverse other countries : together with many and strange marvels therein. This book, which was purportedly written in 1357, is “one of the most popular and widely circulated books produced

anywhere in Europe before the advent of printing and one of the few such books to have had an almost continuous afterlife in print,” according to The Dictionary of Literary Biography. Presented as the author’s own travel experiences of thirtyﬁve years, in which he claims to have set out from St. Albans in 1322 and to have visited the Middle East and Palestine, continuing on to India, Tibet, China, Java, and Sumatra, the work was actually compiled from a number of written sources in what scholars believe to be a monastic library in Liège, Belgium. Mandeville’s book is made up of two parts: the ﬁrst is a guide to the Holy Land and describes a number of routes to it. Some scholars suggest that the book was merely propaganda to inspire a new crusade to retake the Holy Land, but others feel it was one of the earliest examples of the travel genre, one so detailed in description that readers couldn’t get enough of it, in spite of the fact that the author was extremely economical with the truth. Mandeville talks at length of saints and relics in Part I and includes Biblical stories along with stories that are decidedly secular. The second part of the book takes the reader to the Far East where the author’s imagination has full rein. Here he writes of ‘men whose heads do grow beneath their shoulders,’ of men whose feet are used to shield them from the sun, of men with horns, and men with the heads of dogs. He describes the

empire of Prester John (reportedly a descendant of one of the Three Magi, Prester John was said to preside over a Christian realm full of riches and strange creatures. His kingdom contained such marvels as the Gates of Alexander and the Fountain of Youth, and even bordered the Earthly Paradise) in preposterously fabulous terms. His imaginative narrative inspired artists and illustrators to make images to compliment the text, and the combination of text and image likely account for the book’s uncanny popularity. Although there are 31 surviving early manuscripts of the work in French, the earliest of which was made in 1371, more than 300 other manuscripts exist in Latin, English, Czech, Danish, Dutch, German, Irish, and Spanish. Printed versions date from 1496 and run all the way down to the 20th century. The copy I saw in Tubac was produced in London in 1677, and research showed this to be an extremely rare edition: only three examples are known in Britain and the only one known in the United Sates is held by the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. If you are interested in learning more about Mandeville, his book, and the various controversies that have raged through the centuries, this Wikipedia entry on the Internet at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mandeville might be interesting. I was both delighted and amazed to ﬁnd such an extraordinary book in our little village. But I shouldn’t have been, for Tubac has long attracted excellent people, and excellent people have excellent collections. Writer and archivist Shaw Kinsley can be contacted at mailto: sdk878@earthlink.

F r o m t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Te x a s P r e s s : A s e a r i n g d o c u m e n t a r y o f t h e l a r g e s t s i n g l e t r a n s n a t i o n a l m i g r a t i o n i n h i s t o r y.

Words by Charles Bowden Photographs by Julián Cardona Exodus 11.75 x 9.5 in. 295 pp., 115 duotones in four sections ISBN: 978-0-292-71814-2 $50.00, hardcover with dust jacket

Tubac Historical Society Board of Directors Two longtime stalwarts on the THS Board of Directors are taking their leave this year. Eloise “Sandy” Johnson has served as Treasurer since 1994 with only one year off when she moved from Tubac to Green Valley. Sandy designed the financial forms used by the Society and keeps tabs on the dedicated funds which the Society oversees. There is no way to adequately express the thanks Sandy deserves for her years of patient, thoughtful service! Barbara Ruppman has served on the THS Board twice. The first time was as a member in 1998 when THS was trying to acquire the Barrio de Tubac archaeological site; the second was during the last two years when she served as Vice President. Barbara shares her understanding of our area’s history, particularly the archaeological aspects, in the walking tours she gives of the Barrio de Tubac archaeological site.

Two present Board members have agreed to step into the vacancies created by the deaprtures of Sandy and Barb. Sam Chilcote will serve as Vice President and Shaw Kinsley will assume the duties of Treasurer. Sam has been on the THS Board since 2003 and provides sharp strategic thinking as well as a deep involvement in the annual picnics held at area ranches. Shaw joined the Board in 2004 and has edited the Society’s Newsletter since that time.

Jerry Ochs stepped in as President to serve out the remainder of Victoria Sikora’s term when she left for the East coast. He has agreed to remain as President for his own term. Jerry’s long term view, strategic thinking, and knowledge of dynamic speakers will provide energy and growth to THS.

Three new faces will be conﬁrmed at our annual meeting next month. Barbara Blake has agreed to join the Board and brings vast fund raising and event planning experience as well as grace and beauty to THS. Don Davidson, who has been extremely helpful in organizing the THS Map Collection, has agreed to join the Board and will apply his enthusiasm and knowledge to other aspects of THS’s role in the community. Ken Veal, a relatively new Tubacan having moved from Ft Collins, Colorado, has also agreed to become part of THS’s Board. Ken is enjoying learning about our area’s history and is helping assert some intellectual and physical control over the Photograph Collection.

Susan Buchanan became involved with THS in 2003 and came on the Board at her ﬁrst meeting in 2004. She was enticed into being Secretary at that time and has been taking the Minutes and seeing to the oﬃcial duties ever since. The Tubac Historical Society is lucky to have such a devoted Secretary.

They join continuing THS Board members Loretta Lewis, Bruce Pheneger, Irene Deaton (who also serves as Executive Director), Gary Brasher, Karen Lang, Regina Ford, and Larry Robertson. The changes were approved by the Board and aﬃrmed by the membership at the THS Annual Meeting on January 19.

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• Misco Market

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• Elvira’s Restaurant

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• One World, One Chance

• First United Realty

• Paradise

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• La Esplendida

• Olive Oil Gallery

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• Renee Taylor Gallery

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The Artist’s Daughter

520-398-9525

The Artist’s Palate

520-398-3333

Beads of Tubac

520-398-2070

Big Horn Gallery

520-398-9209

520-398-2506

Brasher Real Estate, Inc. TEXT: TUBAC BRASHER TO: 48696 Bruce Baughman Gallery

Café residiio P

520-398-8503

Carol St. John

520-398-8574

Casa Fina de Tubac

520-398-8620

65, 48

Casa Maya de Mexico

520-398-3933

The hef’s Table C

520-398-8501

Chios

520-398-8596

520-398-2546

Cloud ancer D TEXT: TUBAC JEWELER TO: 48696 Cowboy’s Sweetheart

Cowgirl gly

520-398-9415

Damian Koorey Designs

520-398-8360

Emmy’s Pilates Studio

520-275-3323

Feminine Mystique

520-398-0473

Burruel Street

Galleria Tubac

520-398-9088

90 Cowgirl Ugly

Graham Bell Gallery

520-398-2558

Grumpy Gringo Fine Cigars

520-980-5177

Hal Empie Gallery

520-398-2811

48 Casa Maya de Mexico

520-398-2369

40 Heir Looms

Heir Looms RUGS TO: 48696 Hugh Cabot Gallery

520-398-2721

46 La Viña

Illuminations

520-398-8028

41 Tubac Center of the Arts

520-398-1841

42 Tubac Territory

James Culver Studio TEXT: TUBAC LEATHER TO: 48696 Jane’s Attic

Josef’s alon

520-398-0900

Karin Newby Gallery

520-398-9662

Dr. Brian Kniff, DDS

520-398-8408

33 James Culver Leather Studio

La Paloma de Tubac

520-398-9231

35 Lavender Bay Antiques

Lavender Bay Antiques

520-870-8332

34 Peter Chope

520-398-3098

EXIT 34 I-19

99 La Paloma de Tubac 97 St. Ann’s Church 98 Tubac Villager

520-398-9301

520-398-8142 520-398-2962

36 Roberta Rogers Studio

61 82

Old Presidio Traders

520-398-9333

Out of the Way Galleria

520-398-9409

37 Tubac Online Sales

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45 Rogoway’s Gallery

Rogoway allery G

520-398-2041

Shelby’s istro

520-398-8075

17 Bruce Baughman Gallery

520-398-2201

15 Casa Fina de Tubac

Sole Shoes TEXT: TUBAC LEATHER Sunrise Jewelers

520-398-1121

10 Chios

TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coffee Beans

520-398-8109

19 Cowboy’s Sweetheart

Tubac Center of the Arts

520-398-2371

11 Damian Koorey Designs

Tubac Olive Oil Company

520-398-3366

21 Dr. Brian Kniﬀ, DDS

La Entrada

Tubac Online Sales

520-398-2437

21 Feminine Mystique

520-398-8381

10 Tubac Olive Oil Co.

Tubac Ranch TEXT: TUBAC RANCH Tubac Territory

Tubac Villager

520-398-3980

24 Visitor’s Center

Tumacookery

520-398-9497

22 Yard Woman

Yardwoman

520-398-9565

18 ZForrest

ZForrest Gallery

520-398-9009

23 Tumacookery

more shops along the Frontage Road

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Roberta Rogers Studio

800-255-2306

Quilts Ltd.

520-398-2913

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for Tubac Villager advertiser phone listings with mobile web links. Tubac Presidio State Historical Park Museum & Shop

Tubac Plaza 53 Graham Bell Gallery 51 Jane’s Attic 52 Out of the Way Galleria

this month’s advertisers outside of the Village

SERVICES Carol Bejarano, Tax Services

520-398-8308

Broker Concept 100, Realty

520-398-3277

Cedar Creek Excavation

520-398-3326

Fiesta Tours

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First United Realty TEXT: TUBAC

Follow Through Guys, Home Repair

520-351-2031

Ken Michael, Art Framing

520-398-2214

Powell’s Pet Sitting

520-377-8484

Steve the Handy Guy

520-841-0277

Think Bob, Graphic Design

520-762-0447

Tubac Chamber of Commerce

520-398-2704

Tubac Embarcadero

520-398-9670

Village Counseling

520-820-1678

Tubac Road

Along the Frontage Road, North

84 Th e Artist’s Daughter BURRUEL STREET

Central Pet

520-398-8661

60 Brasher Real Estate, Inc.

Crista’s Fitness at Sunset Ranch

520-398-9940

65 Casa Maya de Mexico

Dos Silos Mexican Cuisine

520-398-3787

68 Cloud Dancer

Pancho’s (at the Tubac Golf Resort)

520-398-0003

83 Galleria Tubac

Realty Executives, Bill Mack

520-398-2770 48696

TEXT: TUBAC TEAM TO:

Realty Executives, Charlie Meaker 520-237-2414 TEXT: TUBAC CHARLIE TO: 48696

63 Illuminations 64 Long Realty 61 Th e Old Book Shop

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86 Big Horn Gallery

85 Hal Empie Gallery

82 Old Presidio Traders

70 TUBAC

Mercado de Baca

Hesselbarth Lane 50 Beads of Tubac

Plaza de Anza

Santa Cruz Chili Co

520-398-2591 520-398-2397 48696

8 2

North of Tubac 520-398-8003

Kristofer’s Bistro

520-625-0331

5 Th e Artist’s Palate

Long Realty, Cha Cha Donau

520-591-4982

3 Café Presidio

Long Realty, Heidi Baldwin

520-907-9682

2 Th e Chef ’s Table

Lordex Spine Center

520-207-9345

7 Emmy’s Pilates Studio

Poco Cayuse, interior design

520-398-9793

Quick Custom Metals

520-888-7313

Ventana Mortgage

520-885-9594

6 Josef ’s Salon A

4 Tubac Ranch

520-398-3134

Amado RV & Self Storage

8 Anza de Tubac, LLC 1 Anza Market Place

Plaza de Anza

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Wisdom’s Café

75 TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coﬀee Beans 78

520-398-2678

Along the Frontage Road, South

76 Sole Shoes

Stables Ranch Grille

Mercado de Baca 78 Shelby’s Bistro

520-398-2312

TEXT: TUBAC SPA TO:

77 Karin Newby Gallery

PLAZA

Tubac Art Exchange

Tubac Golf Resort and Spa

70 Sunrise Jewelers 82

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Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager. Information edited by the Tubac Villager. This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of Feb 09 Unlisted map structures may be active businesses. Work in progress. For questions or comments call: 520-398-3980

Celebrating 30 Years in Tubac! IT’S A BUYER’S MARKET! There are over 100 resale homes listed for sale in Tubac,

520- 237-2414

at princes ranging from $229,000 to a cool $12 Million! The Owners are waiting anxiously for your offer! Give me a call, and I’ll help you find the home that’s just right for you!

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FEATURED HOMES This Month

On the other hand... If you’re thinking of listing your property, please give me a call. I will give you a free market analysis, work for you on open houses, if desired, and “spread the word” with advertising in all media and the internet. 256 MARKET CIRCLE

CAMINO KENNEDY – FORTY ACRES at the north end of Tubac Foothills Ranch. Several great building sites. Views all around. Adjoins state land on the north. Can be split into three parcels. Electric at the lot line. Investment Potential! OFFERED AT $199,000.

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BANK-OWNED PROPERTY - NEVER LIVED-IN! The popular St. Francis model, w/Casita! Three bedrooms, 3 baths, den/office. Upgrades include beamed ceiling, granite, outdoor gas fireplace in the courtyard. The bank wants it sold, that’s why they’ve priced it at only $321,900

A TOTAL REMODEL! THREE BEDROOMS ON THREE ACRES EVERYTHING’S NEW AND READY FOR YOU! All new everything - Deluxe kitchen, tile and carpet, windows, doors, paint inside and out. Great Room design, mountain views, quiet street. Must See! $499,000

OTHER FINE HOMES! - Call for a showing! 40 DIEGO RIVERA 15 CIELITO 59 KEATING CIRCLE 12 NIELSON LANE 22B NIELSON LANE 2251 PALO PARADO 6 TROCITO CT. 49 PIMERIA ALTA

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$249,000 $645,000 $499,000 $575,000 $375,000 $325,000 $459,000 $460,000

KENYON RANCH RD – 8 ACRES – 360 VIEWS – JUST A HALF MILE FROM TOWN! This parcel has more than one building site, and views of all the mountain ranges from Mexico to the Catalinas. GR Zoning – can be split. Electric and phones on the property. OFFERED AT $259,000. CIRCULO BAUTISTA – TUBAC RIO CRUZ - 5.41 ACRES in Tubac Rio Cruz, a small gated community at the north end of Tubac. Astounding mountain views, paved street, utilities at the lot line. Level building site. Ready for your fabulous new home! $215,000 – a steal! AMADO - 5 ACRES, Mountain Views $125,000.

TUBAC HOME SALES - Resale home sales as reported by MLS - 1/1/09 - 1/20/09 ADDRESS 24 CALLE MARIA ELENA

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The Borderlands Photographer

Love

in the

Desert

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

alentine’s Day can inspire even the most grizzled borderlands photographer to reﬂect on the gentle topic of love, becoming mawkish with sentimentality.

I won’t claim a romantic mastery of this topic, and there isn’t exactly a shortage of discussion of love, even by photographers who are customarily mute and surly. But we’re in the season, and in the mood, so why not go for it. The task of capturing love in the desert with a lens can take the borderlands photographer into fanciful flights of lyrical abstraction and visual symbolism. Literally finding love, as in two potential soul-mates (both with Nikons) stumbling across each other in some remote canyon, is not necessarily what I mean in this article. (However, serendipity of this sort is not outside the realm of possibility, so don’t give up hope. My luck, though, would be to encounter a well-armed border agent on patrol.) Instead, the nature photographer’s task is to capture the pastoral equivalent of an urban romance, to record a backcountry symbol or token of the act or existence of love. Mother Nature gives us so many examples. It’s motherly love in the extreme. The borderlands photographer’s Valentine mixture of outdoor photos should include images reminiscent of love, tugging on the heartstrings of the viewer and creating a vivid and compelling picture. These include symbols reminiscent of a heart. There are lots of these to be found in nature, from cacti to leaves to shadows. Symbolic also, are intertwined vines and closely-matched pairs of just about anything. For the photographer, pairs of critters are a bit fewer and farther-between than a single one. A compelling photo of a solo animal, whether a bird or a mammal, is often hard enough to achieve. But from time to time a photographer will catch a pair close enough together to suggest affection in their behavior. Togetherness between any critters, displayed peacefully, is almost always a Valentine winner in photography. The true emotion of love between critters is a notion I’ll leave to be pondered by others, but an instinctive appearance of such behavior, or an imitation of love, especially in the wild, is a goal of many nature photographers. The “aww” factor rises exponentially for any wildlife photo depicting tenderness or intimacy. Taking the study a bit further afield, and still in our glorious borderlands outdoors, one can explore abstracted tangents of love, such as the pastoral nurturing of the land by a gardener tilling a row of heritage crops at Tumacácori Mission, or the compassion symbolized by a barrel of water left in the Ironwood Forest by humanitarians to aid desperate migrants. Further, the painstaking stabilization of a crumbling adobe structure is a depiction of love for our borderland cultural heritage. Mother Nature’s monsoon rainfall to replenish a parched desert landscape is also a powerful nurturing symbol. For you, the lonely photographer wandering from mountain to valley, discovering these actions and symbols and recording them via the camera, can help replenish your own spirit and all those who share your love of borderland imagery. Murray Bolesta’s CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizona’s natural, rural, and cultural heritage. Murray’s home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at www.CactusHuggers.com.

Images Top Left: A Queen butterﬂy, a cottonwood leaf, and an ear of a Santa Rita prickly pear cactus can each deliver ﬁtting visual symbolism. Bottom Left: Love in the desert, here in Mexico, can occasionally be witnessed as literal.

Top Right: With not too much imagination, even the lowly pincushion cactus, in the correct position, can suggest the charm of a motherchild pairing.

Mid Right: My “Deer Crossing” photo from Buenos Aires N.W.R. conveys impressions of intertwined friendship.

Lower Right: The male jackrabbit, like human males, displays much silliness within the mating ritual as a queenly female feigns disinterest. Botom Right: A love bite implies aﬀection

F EST IVA L by Kathleen Vandervoet

WAS ‘ QUAINT ’ IN ITS E AR LY YE ARS

The Tubac Festival of the Arts is expected to draw about 80,000 people to the community, weather cooperating. That’s in high contrast to the early years, when visitors were counted in the dozens. This is the 50th year for the festival, scheduled Wednesday, Feb. 4, through Sunday, Feb. 8. Village streets, closed to vehicles, will be packed thick with pedestrians and parking will be tough to ﬁnd. But there will be lots of music, food, art work, clothing and the atmosphere will be electric. Tumacácori resident Bunny Hanson participated in the ﬁrst festival held in 1959 when there were about 10 galleries and shops in the entire village. She said artist Jean Wilson was one of the main organizers, and the festival “was kind of quaint. There were little tables with red checked tablecloths set out. But there wasn’t any publicity and nobody came.” Even so, the gallery owners, artists and local residents “had a great time,” she fondly recalled.

Jan Munger, who with her family owns The Country Shop on Tubac Road, was the entertainment coordinator in the early 1980s, and also helped with booth placement. She said among the acts were ballet performances from local students, classical music, and songs by a band called “Beaver’s Band Box.” For that group, she said, “We gave them lunch, but I don’t know that we paid them.” She recalls the festivals as much smaller when she arrived in 1977. “There was no police directing traﬃc and there was no charge for parking. It was kind of a local program.” But the nine-day festival was tiring and she wouldn’t want to see it return. “I think the ﬁve-day festival is much more enjoyable and realistic.”

Hanson was a co-owner of the El Sapo shop on Camino Otero for 30 years. It was sold two years ago and is now the Tohono Village Trading Post.

Kim Roseman, owner of the K. Newby Gallery and Sculpture Garden, has been in business in Tubac for just six years, and has embraced the festival as an integral part of her oﬀerings. “These are the ﬁve busiest days of the year. We probably see more people during that time than during all summer long,” she said.

For many years the annual art festival was nine days long, spanning two weekends and the week in between. Since 2004, the shorter version has been in place.

From Feb. 6-8, the K. Newby Gallery will host 14 acclaimed sculptors from across the United States whose work is on view in the garden, and they’ll give tours and talk about their pieces.

Garry Hembree, owner of Old Presidio Traders on Tubac Road, opened his business in February, 27 years ago, just before that year’s festival started. As to how many people visited, he said, “I remember it was quite a bit smaller.” Most of the booths were on Tubac Road and he said the Tubac Chamber of Commerce, where he’s president of the board, has since made sure that booths are on all the village streets.

The ﬁrst Tubac Festival of the Arts was held in 1959 in a gallery building on Tubac Road that now houses Cloud Dancer Jewelry, according to the book “They Lived in Tubac,” By Elizabeth R. Brownell.

He said business owners in the early 1980s, such as himself, were happy to have the festival because it brought in a lot of business to what many saw as a sleepy, low-key village. Hanson agreed that the festival brought in business but at the same time, it was tiring for shop owners. “We kind of got sick of it, but we had a good time,” she said with a laugh.

During the fourth annual Tubac Festival in 1964, the new $60,000 museum of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park was dedicated, Brownell wrote. The Santa Cruz Valley Art Association, the parent organization of the Tubac Center of the Arts, ran the festival for 20 years until about 1979, when the Tubac Village Council took over. The Tubac Village Council in 1986 had a name change to the Tubac Chamber of Commerce and the chamber has been the organizer since then.

Silkscreened fabric banners for each Festival of the Arts were made for many years by the shop owned by Harwood and Sophie Steiger, who opened their specialty store in Tubac in 1956. There weren’t many food booths at the festival in the earlier years. Munger said the food booths were set up by people who lived close by or in southern Arizona and featured “regional foods.” But in the past 20 years, there has been a food court as mobile food vendors set up in the plaza between Tubac Road and Plaza Road. A tradition Munger recalled in years past was that a local artist was chosen to be the honoree and information about the person was printed in the festival’s program. Among those names listed in old newspaper articles were 1980, Marjorie Nichols; 1982, Mortimer Wilson Jr.; 1984 Earl Dravis; 1985, Maxine Guy; 1986, Marcia Palmer; 1991, Alfonso Flores. Roseman of the K. Newby Gallery said she loves the festival because “there’s such energy in the air, it just vibrates. There’s so much going on.” Introducing people to Tubac is one of the main reasons for the festival, Hembree said. “It’s to showcase the village and let people know what is here, and then to have them come back and shop some more.”

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...continued from page 11 aeroplane, but no engine. Then, with his mechanic, he departed tonight for the south, taking the mysterious package with him. It was intimated that the packages held below Tucson are dummies. May 12th, The Ogden Standard dateline Nogales, Ariz., reported that Cal Wright, City Marshal of Nogales, Arizona, two U.S. soldiers and a Nogales bartender named Jack Wilson were arrested for smuggling a shipment of 125,000 cartridges across the border with the intent of selling to the insurgent Sonora state troops (Obregón’s forces). Hmmm, Wright certainly had an interesting title! The same article continued: It also is said that the remaining parts of an aeroplane, completing the portions secured last week at Nogales, Sonora, were slipped through the border patrol. Aviator Didier Masson and his mechanician, who, on the receipt of some aeroplane parts on Sunday, were said to have departed for the south, reappeared in the Mexican town [?] and departed on a special train which came from the east early today, then proceeded to the insurgent front above Guaymas. A couple of days later on the 19th, the New York Times reported: “The war aeroplane which crossed into Mexico near Naco last night was the same flying machine confiscated by United States officials two weeks ago. The machine has disappeared from a ranch between Tucson and this point. With it disappeared Reuben Hopkins, a United States deputy marshal of Tucson, who was left to guard the crates.” As you can see, things get very fuzzy concerning

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The New York Times published this tidbit: DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 21.—Didier Masson, in his war aeroplane, forced the gunboats Guerrero and Tampico to steam out to sea from Guaymas harbor late today, according to reports received by the Constitutionalists Committee here, which asserted also that Gen. Ojeda’s Federals were being held by the State troops in the fighting several miles north of the California gulf port. The French aviator was accompanied on his flights by Capt. Manuel D. Alcaldo, [more likely Captain Joaquín Bauche Alcalde] who assisted in dropping bombs upon the town and driving the Mexican gunboats out of the harbor. Just before dusk Masson landed to get more ammunition. With mechanic Tommy Dean as copilot and bombardier, Masson began to work on a means of more accurately dropping bombs on the navel ships. The Nevada State Journal reported: NOGALES, Ariz., July 13.—The French aviator, Didier Masosn, has invented an apparatus to carry twelve bombs on each flight, together with a sighting system for dropping bombs from his aeroplane. He says that within a few days he will attempt again to sink the federal gunboats lying in Guaymas harbor. July 30th seems to confirm that Masson and Dean were improving. The New York Times reported: AT THE FRONT, ABOVE GUAYMAS, MEXICO. July 28 (Delayed in transmission.)—Didier Masson, from his big biplane, dropped bombs this afternoon around the gunboat Tampico, lying in Guaymas harbor. Four bombs were dropped, one striking within a few feet of the Federal gunboat. This probably gave rise to the report that the boat had been struck. The French aviator operated under heavy fire as he circled over the town. One final article from the New York Times mentioning Masson reported: NOGALES, Ariz., Aug. 10.—An unexpected bombardment of Empalme was occasioned early to-day by an accident to Didier Masson’s aeroplane. The engine suddenly stopped when the aviator was flying over Guaymas harbor. Masson volplaned to shore, landing in the Mexican section of the American railroad settlement. The French aviator was caught on land within reach of the Federal cannon for the first time since he began dropping bombs around the gunboats Guerrero and Tampico. For an hour and a half shrapnel was scattered over Empalme, the gunboats being joined by the Federal shore batteries. The general offices of the Southern Pacific Railway of Mexico, other railroad property, and many private building were damaged.

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All non-combatants fled to the hills. Masson was believed to-night to have escaped, and no foreigners were reported injured in official advices received from Empalme. It was about this time that Masson and Dean decided they had had enough and decided to quit. They claimed that they had not been paid for several months. However, both remained in Mexico in an unofficial capacity. Masson trained a highly respected Mexican aviation engineer named Captain Gustavo Salinas Camiña to pilot Sonora. Salinas was a graduate of the Moisant Aviation School in New York and merely need to be checked on the Martin Pusher, an aircraft that he had never flown before. Most aviation historians agree that Masson failed to hit anything with bombs dropped from Sonora. He came close, but no direct strikes. It would be a year before Salinas, piloting Sonora, would win fame as the first North American pilot to successfully make a bombing run on an enemy ship forcing it out to sea on April 14, 1914. “Rube Hopkins” made the papers once again. The Yuma Examiner reported: FORMER DEPUTY “RUBE” HOPKINS IS ARESTED IN NOGALES, SON. Nogales Sept. 27—Reuben Hopkins, former deputy United States marshal who is alleged to have aided in smuggling the Masson aeroplane into Mexico and later became a major in the Constitutionalist army, was arrested in Nogales, Sonora today as a fugitive from the United States. He will not appeal to the American consul. As for Didier Masson, with the outbreak of

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World War I, he returned to France and soon became a member of the Lafayette Escadrille. After the war he came back the United States, and ran the Hotel Potter in Santa Barbara, California in the 1920s until it burned to the ground. Next he lived in Mexico and British Honduras operating an import-export business. He was also the station manager for Pan American World Airways in Belize, and managed the Iris hotel in Chetumel, Mexico. He died June 2, 1950 in Merida, Mexico.

Sources: - “Didier Masson 1886-1950.” http://www.earlyaviators. com/emasson.htm - El Biplano “Sonora.” Cronicas Difusor de la Microhistoria Sonorense, Junio 1998, Ano. 3, No.6 - Greenwood, James R. “Air Warriors for Hire.”Tubac Historical Society Monthly Meeting - November 2, 2006. - Grover, David H. “Pioneering Air-Sea Engagement.” http:// www.earlyaviators.com/egrovmas.htm - Medina Salinas, Delia, personal notes. - Romero, Manuel Ruiz, “The World’s First Air Combat.” http:// www.mexicanaviationhistory.com/noticias/noticia.php?id=8 - Sánchez Aguilar, M. C. Cuauhtémoc, “The First Air-naval Combat in history, First part.” http://www.mazatlaninteractivo. com.mx/new/en/2008/edition/38_historia-2/ - “The Aerodrome Forum.” http://www.theaerodrome.com/ forum/pioneer-aviation/24884-where-didier-masson.html - Tuck, Jim, “The Dark Shadow of Victoriano Huerta.” http:// www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtvhuerta.html - Newspapers from April - October 1913: The New York Times, Casa Grande Dispatch, The Ogden Examiner, The Ogden Standard, The Yuma Examiner, The Salt Lake Tribune and the Galveston Daily News.

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The colonizing Greeks called Italy Oenotria, “the land of wine.” Its topography is ideal for growing grapes. On this peninsular, caressed by the balmy breezes of the Tyrrhenian, Ionian, and Adriatic seas there is an abundance of sunshine, sloping hillsides and a temperate climate. Th e soil is no less perfect than the topography is for viticulture; much of the soil is volcanic and limestone with plenty of gravel and clay to nurture the most ﬁnicky grape vines. With seemingly everything in its favor to consistently produce great wines, it somehow manages to be very inconsistent in the greatness of its wines. However, if there is one constant about wines from Italy, it is that Italian winemakers produce good wines, sometimes great wines but almost always produce aﬀordable wines that are well worth the money. Most wines made in a country will compliment the country’s cuisine and Italy is no exception. Italian wines are wonderful taste companions for chicken,

veal, meatballs, pork sausage, tomatoes and tomato sauces. It is hard for me to think of pasta or pizza without a glass of Italian wine. Never do I think of a French wine, whose virtues I continuously extol, nor do I crave a hearty California wine to go with a bowl of pasta or a thin crusted pizza. It is always a wine from Italy with just the right amount of fruit and acids to intermingle with the tomato sauce clinging to my pasta or to wash down, but not overpower the melted mozzarella cheese and pizza crust. Italian wines were made to compliment Italian food but they are also perfect partners for similar dishes that are not necessarily Italian. A PATCHWORK OF DENOMINATION OF ORIGINS Italy’s numerous wine regions and designations of origination are of minimal value in determining a specific taste because of their overlapping borders and also many regions use the very same grapes in their wine. There are twenty official wine growing regions in Italy. Within these twenty “official” regions, there are thirty-six DOCG’s (denomination origins of control guaranteed) with an additional and overlapping twenty-one DOC’s, which do not have the word “guaranteed” in their designation. DOCG and DOC are designations similar to the French AOC (Appellation Origin of Control) and the American AVA (American

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Viticultural Area) which further defines a geographical wine producing area and also sets limits on the amount of grapes grown there to prevent dilution of the grape’s quality. To add to this already abundant list of designations, Italy has added new categories, VDT (Vino da Tavola) and IGT (Indicazione Georgraphica Tipica) which in some instances are expanded versions of already existing DOCs and DOCGs. Italy “boasts” three hundred and fifty varietals grown throughout the country, some of the same grapes are used to make wine in more that one region. Unfortunately, because of this the DOCs and DOCGs lose their significance. For example, the Sangiovese grape is grown in many regions and is used in the wine in these regions, such as Tuscany, Veneto, Umbria, Sardinia and others. The differences in the wines from these regions will be in their “regional style” and also in how much of the Sangiovese grape is used, rather than the tightly defined location of where the Sangiovese grape is grown. In some instances we can almost always be assured of tasting Sangiovese, to one degree or another, in some wines, no matter what the DOC or DOCG. Fortunately we do not need to work our way through all the origins of control to find very good and affordable wines from Italy. Let us visit three wines regions with very good wine values.

ABRUZZI The ﬁrst region is Abruzzi, situated southeast of Rome on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. Outside of the tiny city of Vasto Italy, population approximately 36,000 lays the DOCG, Montepulciano d’Abruzzi. This wine is named for its grape, Montepulciano and its wine growing region of Abruzzi. Most of the wines here are fruity bargains, selling for about eight dollars a bottle and up. Like most wines in this price category, they are young and fruity and the quality can vary from bottle to bottle. However, these wines are invariable well worth the money for simple, everyday table wines. (A word of caution, do not confuse this wine with Vino Di Montepulciano from Tuscany, which is more expensive and made from Sangiovese.) TUSCANY Traveling northwest from Abruzzi we come to the romantic region of Tuscany, home of Chianti and one of Italy’s most abundant grapes, Sangiovese. Chianti, like most of the wines from Tuscany is made from mostly, if not all Sangiovese. The better Chiantis are labeled Chianti Classico, the classical or original Chianti area, as opposed to simply Chianti, which is the new and expanded Chianti zone. Generally, Chianti will have more body than Montepulciano d’Abruzzi and will not be as fruity.

#1 agents in Tubac since 2005 CHIANTI FAVORITES My two favorite Chiantis are both from the Chianti Classico DOCG and are labeled “Riservas”, which guarantee a minimum of barrel aging depending on the producer; usually it is twelve months or more. Nozzole Chianti Classico is one hundred percent Sangiovese, wood barrel aged for twelve months and sells for approximately $23.00 locally. This wine was recommended to me back in 1970 by a very knowledgeable wine merchant in New York City and I have been drinking it ever since. The quality of Nozzole has hardly varied over the years. It is medium bodied, soft to moderate tannins with a long spicy finish. My other favorite Chianti is Ruffino Riserva Ducale with the gold label. It is aged in wood for two years, and is a medium bodied Chianti with softer tannins than Nozzole and a moderately less spicy finish. It sells for about the same price as Nozzole, under $25.00 a bottle, depending on the merchant. Both of these Chiantis will add a special touch of Italy to any Italian styled dinner.

from Piedmont and Amarone from this same region, both of which have become far too expensive to enjoy casually) this wine is the most intriguing and the best value for its quality. MY FAVORITE VALPOLICELLA Valpolicella is a blend of indigenous regional grapes, mostly Corvina and is made using an ancient local fermentation method called ripasso. This process ferments the wine a second time with used, dried grape skins from the more distinctive Amarone wine. The result is a Valpolicella that is deep, round and very well balanced, with soft tannins, moderate acids and flavors reminiscent of dried prunes—a flavor that comes from the grape skins used in making Amarone. A good example of a tasty, well balanced Valpolicella is produced by Masi, called Campofiorin and is available for less than $20.00 a bottle. Very few countries can boast the vast array of wines that Italy has to offer, with prices that can satisfy the most cost conscience wine lover. These three are just a small sample of the wine values from Oenotria, the land of wine—values.

VENETO Next we travel north to the verdant hills of the Veneto wine region, where we will ﬁnd the DOCG, Valpolicella. Of all of the wines in Italy (except for Barolo

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There have been many ﬁrsts in the long and storied history of Tubac. However, few are as unusual as the recent sight of two red-robed Tibetan monks walking slowly along its streets, meeting and greeting residents and visitors alike.

Inn and Peter Chope Gallery were both fascinated and respectful as Khenpo and Lama blessed the businesses at their owners’ requests. Although this was the monks’ ﬁrst visit to the United States, they quickly adapted to a new culture and surroundings.

Khenpo Kunga Tenzin and Lama Tersing Dorje visited Tubac in late November. Khenpo Kunga Tenzin is the Abbot, and Lama Tersing Dorje is the head teacher, at the famous Lo Monthang monastery in the province of Mustang, Nepal. Indra Bista accompanied the monks while visiting his sister, current Tubac resident and manager at the Graham Bell Gallery, Pema Bista.

A TBMC Board member arranged for Khenpo and Lama to visit San Xavier del Bac because it has a special connection with their own monastery. Lo Monthang Monastery’s extraordinary 15th-century frescoes were dangerously close to collapse. PBS’ NOVA program documented its restoration by a team of international experts. This same team has restored San Xavier’s interior. San Xavier del Bac’s pastor, Father Stephen Bamufsky, gave Khenpo and Lama a special tour. The monks were moved by the experience, and also were very amused by the startled reaction of mission visitors who never expected to see two Tibetan monks and a Catholic priest engrossed in conversation inside the church.

The Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center has a strong connection with the monastery through its ongoing ﬁnancial support of the monastery school and construction of a medical clinic for the community at large. Khenpo and Lama had a great desire to meet and thank the members of the TBMC. They stayed at the Center at 14 Placita de Anza and attended the regular Sunday meditation service, during which Khenpo gave a special teaching. Afterwards, Khenpo and Lama gave a white khatah (ceremonial scarf ) to everyone in the audience and presented the Center with a beautiful embroidered Tibetan wall hanging. The monks were actively involved in the community as well. They had dinner at the homes of several local residents, including Virginia Hall, Ginger Applegarth and Alan Delman, Karen and Al Topping, and Charlotte and Tom Bell. Local shoppers at Tubac Old World Imports, Tubac Country

The Lo Monthang monks’ visit marked the ﬁrst of two special visits to the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center by Tibetan Buddhist teachers. In December, The Center also welcomed Phagyab Rinpoche, an extraordinary lama who was imprisoned and severely tortured in Chinese-occupied Tibet because of his Buddhist teachings. He escaped and came to the United States in 2003. Phagyab Rinpoche has worked tirelessly to spread his message of compassion to groups ranging from maximum-security prisoners to corporate leaders. While participating in a four-day

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attended by more than 40 people), there are plans to oﬀer similar programs in 2009. The Center has also scheduled its Second Annual “Unattachment” Yard Sale for Saturday, April 25th. The mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for Buddhist meditation, practice and study. Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike are welcome. For more information about TBMC, log on to www.Tubacmeditation.org or call 398-1108.

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Above: Rough terrain where the ZZ Ranch has operated since 1938 - vew from the south shoulder of Atascosa, on the Ruby Road looking over Bear Valley and not too distant Mexico. Right: The gallery features large images and collections by the Graham Bells. Right bottom: The Graham Bell Gallery has 2 entrances which connect the Tubac Plaza with Plaza Road through the grounds. Tom and Charlotte share some memories and we discuss the rich history of the Santa Cruz Valley area, of which they are very knowledgeable. Speaking to the way of life Southern Arizona, they remember the valley from Tucson to Nogales when it was mostly ranches and everyone met for picnic swims at the lake that used to exist just outside the Cow Palace formerly known as Kinsley’s ranch. Tom mentions how he used to ride through the canyon which is now Peña Blanca Lake and remembers the white bluffs before it was dammed. These days, Charlotte and Tom spend their days operating various duties between home, gallery and ranch. In writing this article, if the phone rings at 7:03 a.m., I know it is Charlotte calling, as her day starts early when she is off to the ranch to tend to the animals, then to the gallery for opening and such, and off to the ranch again for feeding at the end of the day. Charlotte has a mustang that she recently adopted through the Bureau of Land Mangement along with three BLM burros which she is very fond of. Having grown up here in Southern Arizona with a burro myself, I know the gentle and inquisitive companionship the long-eared animals are capable of, and the fun of having a hoofed friend follow you around the property like a loyal dog. Charlotte lights up at the very mention of her burros. Learn more about the Wild Mustang and Burro Adoption at: www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro.html.

Those of you who remember the Burro Inn which operated where Crista’s Fitness at Sunsent Ranch now is, must remember Louie and Andrew, the two burros who stood out front and greeted visitors. The Graham Bells took the burros to their ranch for the burros’ retirement. Andrew passed 2 years ago, but Louie, 27 now, is well and Charlotte enjoys caring for her. Photos of the burros by Scott Bell hang on the south wall of the gallery. On the days not tending to the ranch’s hands-on requirements down near Nogales, Tom runs his part of the business as Chairman of the Board from his home-oﬃce next to the gallery, his brother, George, CEO, operates from his home in Nogales, and Scott and Daniel Graham Bell, the sons of Tom and George respectively, operate the ranch. Originally schooled at the University of Arizona with experience from universities around the country, Tom possesses a DVM and Ph.D. and a full career of practice and teaching that included extensive university research and employment in industries and government. Sharing the usefulness of his veterinary knowledge, Tom is currently on the Board of Trustees at the Arizona - Sonora Desert Museum where he provides advice on various aspects of the live animal exhibits there.

“People really love to stop and relax in the courtyard...” Charlotte says. With seating and excellent views, the space provides tranquil respite for travelers to slow down a bit and take it all in. The home and gallery properties were formerly that of Will Rogers, Jr. who passed away in Tubac in 1993. The spirit of the West is tastefully displayed in both buildings and the interesting items of working animals collected from around the world by Charlotte are arranged on shelves - each item a potent vessel of the individual artistic ingenuity of the culture which devised and maintained it. There are two entrances to the Graham Bell Gallery, one from Tubac Plaza, the other, from the lower Plaza Road, near their red, 1958 Chevy truck, also with seated ﬁgure in denim, inviting you to ascend a tiled staircase into the courtyard, the gallery and to the Plaza - in the heart of Tubac. The Graham Bell Family feels fortunate to have been able to occupy the historic Will Roger’s, Jr. home near the Country Store and Munger’s home, among the oldest establishments in Tubac.

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Mon, Feb 16th - painting demonstration by Tubac Center of the Arts’ Arizona Aqueous exhibition juror, Christopher Schink, at 6pm. Celebrated artist, juror and instructor, Schink said, “This year’s entries were excellent —a great variety of styles and approaches, the best of water media.” The demonstration is free to members, $5 to non-members. Call the Tubac Center of the Arts to sign up or for more information: 520-398-2371. Tues, Feb 17th - Tubac Tuesday Morning Breakfast Forum presents psychotherapist Barbara Findeisen speaking on “The Unconscious Roots of Violence”. Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artist’s Palate Restaurant, 40 Avenida Goya, Tubac at 8am. Tickets can be purchased in advance by calling 398-3333 for $10.00 or for $12.00 at the door. The Breakfast forum is the first and third Tuesday of the month. Tues thru Thurs, Feb 17th to 19th painting workshop with Christopher Schink at the Tubac Center of the Arts from 9am to 4:30pm. “My goal is to help each painter find a personally satisfying way to paint. We have a terrific time in my workshops. My workshops teach you how to be the best painter you can be.” The workshop will be held in the spacious Lee Blackwell studio across the street from TCA and within easy walking distance of village eateries and shopping. $295. Members may take a $25 discount on one workshop per year. Call the Tubac Center of the Arts to sign up or for more information: 520-398-2371. Wed - February 18, 5-9pm. BBQ NIGHT AT WISDOM’S CAFE. Chef Arturo’s famous pulled pork, baby back ribs and brisket served with all the fixin’s. 398-2397 Thurs, Feb 19th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Cafe Presidio.

Fri, Feb 20th - Opening Reception for The Arizona Aqueous 39th Annual Exhibition at the Tubac Center of the Arts from 5 to 7pm. Fri, Feb 20th - Electrify Your Strings performance at the James K. Clark Auditorium at the Nogales High School at 7pm. International recording artist Mark Wood, one of the original members of the multiplatinum selling Trans-Siberian Orchestra and creator of the revolutionary Viper electric violin, is performing with young local string players from Santa Cruz County schools, over 200 students in total. To prepare for this concert, Mark will be teaching the students improvisation, composition, and personal expression on their violins, violas, cellos and basses. Adult tickets are $10; $15 at the door, and student pricing is $5. Tickets are available at Michelle’s Gallery in Tubac, Mariposa Books and More in Patagonia, and Harriett’s Incredible Edibles in Nogales; or can be purchased through any Young Audiences board member. Information can be acquired at 520-397-7922 or 520-397-7914. Fri, Feb 20th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Cafe Presidio. Sat, Feb 21st - Black Tie and Boots Gala Benefit party with dining, dancing and great fun. Talk with your friends to put a table together and enjoy this gala evening with cocktails, dinner by Shelby’s Bistro and dancing with “Tucson Swings”. Reserve your tickets by February 10th. Call the Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371.

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Make crumbs of all ingredients, spread in small greased pan, bke at 350° for 10 min. Remove from oven and spread this mixture on top: 1 c. brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 2 eggs 2 tbl. ﬂour 1/4 t. salt 1/2 c. chopped 1 1/2 c. coconut pecans Bake at 325° for 20 min.

1 can cherry pie ﬁlling 1 box butter-pecan cake mix (Betty Crocker) 1 stick butter Put contents of pie ﬁlling in bottom of greased 8” x 8” baking dish, sprinkle cake mix over all, put slices of butter over all. Bake at 375° for 30 min. (uncovered). Good with whipped cream.

Two 1890’s adobes. Formal gardens, plenty of parking. Both houses for $275,000. Terms possible. Commercial Building with residence i n d o w n t o w n Tu b a c , 6 3 0 0 S . F. $ 9 5 0 k

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1 tsp. B soda 1 egg 1/2 c. choc. chips

Mix all together, shape into balls a little larger than a marble. Bake 350° for 8 min. I use my hands to mix, oh my, soooo good! Don’t forget to press fork on cookie before baking.

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AFTERTHOUGHTS Yes, dear doggies, the dough for your bones must be baked! Place dough balls (pinch them) on cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour, till hard at 325°. Willie Armija, site manager of he Tubac Community Center says, “No news from the swallows, more about arrival in March.” Don’t forget, they’re due around middle of March. By the way, in case you’re wondering, xxxx is confectioner’s sugar. Had a call about it. Inﬂation has become so bad, it has hit the price of feathers...even down is up!

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Try Try Again by Carol St. John I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t write or draw. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t sing. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t mess with wool or wood. I never could, so say those who avoid testing new waters. What stops us? What tethers or chains do we wear to keep us from trying? How must it feel, always worrying about perfection? Who could begin anything new if excellence is the only goal? Does every rose on the bush open? Is every song a hit? Does every play make it to Broadway? Is every book we read equal to Anna Karenina? One of my favorite professors once said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;If your sights are too high, lower them!â&#x20AC;? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not just scores or grades or letters that inhibit the stuďŹ&#x20AC; of dreams, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s also the imagined critics hissing at the edge of darkness. No one wants to play the fool. If we allow the weight of all pre-existing success to weigh on our shoulders, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t we create hopelessness? What we should do is say, I want to do that. Or that. Or that, and begin. Infants have the advantage. Theirs is a world of nearly total egocentricity. These are the true adventurers, with trial and error their modus operandi. Ah look, an unknown creature. It moves. It has wings. I will try to catch it. Oh no, I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t catch it. I will watch it do its tricks! It makes me giggle. It buzzes and digs for me. What a show oďŹ&#x20AC;! Hmmm. Look, over there. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a piece of something I can hold on to. It is hard, it doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ďŹ&#x201A;y away. Maybe it tastes good. No. Maybe it breaks? No. Maybe it wants a name. Nama. I like that name. Mommy says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a stone but I say itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Nama and sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mine. I will put her in my crib and see if she will talk to me. The young have lots of time and room for experimentation on their paths to learning. We know enough to try to stay out of their way. But notice what happens if we donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, if we should inadvertently laugh at a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mistake. They cry or run away or bury their shame in a pillow and we are wont to beg for forgiveness or convince them that our laughter was not aimed at them. Adults are delicate, too. We are tremulous enough without mockery, which unfortunately is the stuďŹ&#x20AC; of comedy. It is almost irresistible to keep from laughing at anotherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s faux pas, burps and blunders. Why else would American Idol be so popular in its early stages?

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The Funniest Home Videos keep running? What would have Lucy and Desiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s destiny been without their pratfalls? From where could we pull our satires, spoofs and cartoons if our goof-ups werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t so funny? Perhaps what is needed most is the lightness of being that comes from being able to laugh at ourselves while taking our risks seriously. I wish I could ďŹ nd a wand to do that for people. When I teach, I know the vulnerability students feel within a group, their sense of exposure and imaginings of failure. What I love most is when that cloud of doubt and fear lifts, and another unique ray of light is exposed. My semi-retired brother sat down in my gallery a week ago and warmed a hunk of clay, rolling it and punching it and making it ďŹ&#x201A;exible in his hands. Three years ago he declared he wanted to sculpt. He fearlessly started with clay in a museum class and then just as fearlessly went to stone. I watched with surprise at those ďŹ rst eďŹ&#x20AC;orts, and saw how he celebrated each piece without apology. He embraced his work with the kind of wonder that made him excited to do more. He dove in, drawing upon his teachers and fellow sculptors to answer his questions and give him safe harbor. It has been fascinating to me to see someone who simply went for it after a lifetime of relegating art to the women in his family. But, then again, he was never one to see life as a series of obstacles. He has always just plowed ahead to discover what would come next. If we incorporate errors and frustrations as simply points along the way, we will soon see these points are lessons not failures; they are the proof positive of our journey. One must have patience. Pay attention. Build upon, around, over, and into perceived mistakes, turning them into opportunities. Post-Its were invented because the glue wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t strong enough, medical cures because of side eďŹ&#x20AC;ects. X-ray because images showed up on ďŹ lm that werenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t supposed to. Most inventions have come out of so-called blunders. Draw, paint, sculpt, build, write, sing and when you hit a snag answer it with your own solution, ďŹ nd your own voice. Give yourself the 10,000 hours that Malcolm Gladwell suggests in his best selling book, Outliers. In it he promises that anyone can be anything if they are willing to put forth the eďŹ&#x20AC;ort. Start today.

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singers, Carmen Marsico and Angela Rossi; a Tamorra player (traditional Italian percussion), Fabio Pirozzolo; a percussionist, Mike Daillak; an accordion player, Roberto Cassan; a classical guitarist, Bjorn Wennas; a double bass player, Kendall Eddy; a flute player, Geni Skendo; and a violinist, Megumi Sasaki. Newpoli will take the stage at 2pm. From 11am to 2pm there will be performances by three Global Change Music Nonprofit Record Label. The Starseed Acoustic Ensemble’s all original, high-energy, spirit-filled folk rock music artfully entertains the hearts and edifies the minds of their listeners. The group consists of five musicians from around the U.S. and one from New Zealand. The Change Agents Band trio uses a variety of musical styles and vocal harmonies to express their social concerns and vision for building a brighter future for the generations to come. The Planetary Folk Group beautifully blends indigenous rhythms and melodies. Using a variety of earthy instruments, they take the traditional sounds of ancient cultures from around the world. For more information call (520) 398-9409 or go to www. GlobalChangeMusic.org.

Sat, Feb 28th - Harp Fusion at 7:30 pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts. For tickets ($20) call the Tubac Center of the Arts at 520-398-2371

Sun, Feb 22nd - Your Camera - The Secrets of the Pros at Illuminations Gallery, 10 Tubac Rd. $35. 398-8028. From 4 to 5:30pm.

Sun, Mar 1st - Photographic Field Trip to Saguaro National Park West with photographer Skip McDonald. 1pm to sunset. Call Illuminations Gallery at 398-8028.

Wed, Feb 25th - Heart of Art. Enjoy a glass of wine, hors d’oeuvres and a stimulating conversation with Sherri Pasternak at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5 pm. Free for members and $5 for nonmembers.

Thurs, Mar 5th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Café Presidio.

Thurs, Feb 26th - Music - “Cheap Dates” at Cafe Presidio.

this committed and energized group of talented jazz stylists offers traditional New Orleans and Chicago jazz with spirit and style! $20 for non-members. Please call the Art Center at 398-2371 for more information.

Discover the life, times and art of an Arizona original, Tubac artist Hal Empie. Books available at the Hal Empie Studio Gallery on Tubac Road. Published by the Arizona Historical Foundation with forward by Sandra Day O’Connor.

Fri, Mar 6th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at Café Presidio. Sun, Mar 8th - The Original Wildcat Jass Band at 7:30pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts. $15 members, $18 nonmembers. Back by popular demand,

Sat, Mar 7th - Opening Reception for Sensei Chic and the Seven Deadly Sins Exhibit featuring Tubac Artists Virginia Hall and Mike Taylor. What happens when you pair the zen sensibility of master painter Virginia Hall and the raw ferocity of the earthly sculptor Mike Taylor? Magic and mystery. A unique and wonderful combination reflecting the reality of our humanity - body and spirit - this reception is from 5 to 9pm at 14 Placita de Anza in Old Town Tubac. The sensei is stylish, smooth and calm. The colors are rich, quiet and harmonious. The effect produces an exhale as the viewer enters mind space. The counterpoint to the elegant simplicity of Virginia Hall’s images are the sins. Big and greasy. Loud and frightening. Sculptor Mike Taylor’s vision of those deadly antagonists makes the viewer stop, look, listen and inhale. They’re a mesmerizing distraction those deadlies. Horrifying and interesting. Using found objects, metal and wood, Mr. Taylor creates an impressive display of sculptural objects to communicate violence, aggression, another aspect of self. Not to be missed, this collaboration is a first for these two artisits. The lovely ground and residence of Ms. Hall will be open from 11am to 5pm Wednesday thru Sunday from March 8th to 29th and by appointment. For more info www. taylorhalltubac.com or 520-398-9234.

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TUBAC ART CLASSES Adventures in Artistry Presented by Beads of Tubac Beads of Tubac is happy to present art classes and workshops in our studios! We have a diversity of talented and inspired instructors oﬀering workshops in many diﬀerent types of exciting art forms. If you’ve always wanted to learn how to make beautiful art, this is a wonderful and unique opportunity to learn from some of the best. Check out the schedule. Or, if you already know when your desired class is scheduled, call 520.398.2070 to sign up. You can also print out a sign up sheet and mail it with a check to: Beads of Tubac LLC, 5 Hesselbarth Lane, Tubac, Arizona 85646.

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Real Estate Market Regionalized For months now, we have all heard about the tough real estate market. The market certainly has taken a big hit to be sure, BUT, all states have not been aﬀected by the real estate cycle in the same way. As you look at states hit the hardest, such as Florida, Nevada, California, and yes, Arizona, seems to top the list. However, within Arizona communities, such as Prescott, Sedona, Show Low and even Green Valley, Tubac and Rio Rico have not experienced nearly the drop in values as did the major metropolitan areas such as Phoenix, Scottsdale and Tucson. If you have held true to the most time honored fundamentals of Real Estate, HOLDING POWER, and have made your purchase in one of these smaller communities, you should be able to hold on and ride this out. However, if you do ﬁnd that you need the services of a Real Estate professional, please give Brasher Real Estate a call and talk to any one of our agents. We are ready and able to assist you with all of your real estate needs.

~Gary Brasher

906 LOMBARD WAY – TUBAC $320,000 View the Panorama of the Santa Cruz River Valley from your Sky Terrace! One year HOA / Recreation Fees to Buyer. 3 bed/2.5 bath; completely furnished! Ready to move in and enjoy the Tubac lifestyle today! Call Jacque Brasher at 398-2506. MLS: 107037

1168 MORNING STAR DRIVE – TUBAC $1,475,000 Elegant home in exclusive Morning Star Ranch. Lovely ranch style with covered patios, beautiful lap pool, horse facilities with five stall barn and prepared arena. On 36 acres with four bedrooms, four baths, three fireplaces and only 20 minutes from Tubac. Underground utilities, including electric, water and phone, plus high speed internet. Call Fred Johnson at 275-7050 for more information. Call Cary Daniel - 520-631-3058

65 ROSALIES COURT – TUBAC $859,000

35 CAMINO COCINERO $619,000 -Tubac

This 2248 sq. ft. Moderno Grande was a former TGR/ Sanctuary model & has 632 sq. ft. casita w/fireplace. Viking appl., wine cooler & wet bar, upgraded cabinetry, central vac, sky terrace, outdoor fireplace w/gorgeous golf & mtn. views. Furnishings avail. w/SBOS. Call Carey Daniel at 631-3058. MLS: 106745

Unique 5+ AC mini ranch w/horse paddocks, riding arena and large storage bldg. w/2bays. 1100 sq. ft. 2BR, 1BA guest house w/2 car garage. Mountain views. Guest quarters could provide income to owner. Great horse property! Call Carey Daniel at 631-3058. MLS: 106849.

2340 CAMINO SHANGRILA

1522 CIRCULO JACONA $619,000 -Rio Rico Custom built home with 360 degree views! Over 4,000 sq. ft. on over five acres on its own Hilltop! This house has 4BD & 3+ bath w/3 car gar. It is a one of a kind property! Call Christine at 520-841-3400 or Steve at 834-6392. MLS: 106543

- TUBAC

$675,000

122 PASEO SAN MIGUEL -Tubac $389,000

Lovely burnt adobe territorial home on 2+ acres. 3,366 sf of wonderful living space. Separate guest area, swimming pool and more. Horse facilities, too! Priced below appraisal. Call Mindy Maddock at 247-8177. MLS: 105989

Premium Patio Home on corner lot in Barrio de Tubac! Stunning 2 bed/2 bath; Light and spacious living space! Backs up to open space w/Tubac views! PRICED TO SELL. Call Jacque Brasher at 398-2506.

Rentals Available Residential Property Management

208 AVENIDA OSTION -Rio Rico $289,000

2547 CHANNING LOOP

Best buy in Rio Rico, situated up high with fantastic views overlooking the Santa Cruz River Valley! Great open floor plan! Owner is willing to do a Lease with Option to purchase. Call Christine at 520-841-3400 or Steve at 834-6392. MLS: 106673

QUAIL CREEK CHARMER. 2BR/2BA, home office/den, formal dining and living rooms, fireplace in family room. Upgraded appliances, shutters, grill and firepit in rear expanded patio, many upgrades. Call Susan Ponce-Picot at 260-9149. MLS: 40834

– GREEN VALLEY

$450,000

Building upon our fine reputation for exceptional service. Brasher Real Estate now provides: Residential Property Management and Leasing Services in Green Valley and the Tubac Valley. If you are an owner looking for property management or a prospective tenant looking to rent, we invite you to contact: Carol (C.J.) Kneisley 520-398-2262 1800-700-2506 propertymanagement@ brasherrealestate.com

TBD MOUNT WRIGHTSTON - AMADO

$3,118,400 Stunning 780 acre parcel of land located in the foothills of the Santa Rita Mtns. bordered by National Forest & State Land. Fenced on 3 sides w/rolling hills, fantastic views of the Santa Cruz River Valley. Call Carey Daniel or Jacque Brasher at 398-2506. MLS: 106216

Learn more by visiting our oﬃces in Tubac at 2 Tubac Road, just at the front of the Village. Or online at: www.brasherrealestate.com Phone: (520) 398-2506 Fax: (520) 398-2407 Toll Free: (800) 700-2506 E-mail: info@brasherrealestate.com