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MARCH 2012 Vol. 29 No. 3

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ARIVACA YESTERDAYS

by Mary Noon Kasulaitis

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fter 1912, the village of Arivaca went on being the company town of the Arivaca Land and Cattle Company. The Arivaca Land and Cattle Company (ALCC) owned the Arivaca Ranch, Bear Valley Ranch, and Tres Bellotas Ranch and were partners with the Jarillas Ranch owner, Jack McVey. The principals were Noah C. Bernard (the son of Noah who was the first Postmaster), John Bogan (who also was the Pima County Assessor), George Pusch, John Zellweger (owned ranches near Tucson and Benson), and ranch mayordomo, Ramon Ahumada.

By company town, I mean that the store was owned by the ALCC so people were at the mercy of ALCC’s prices and stock in the store and also the storekeeper who ran it for the Company. In

Arivaca after 1912

1912, it was Phil Clarke. Phil’s wife Gipsy had been hired by the ALCC to come to town as the teacher. Finding everything not in good order, she had badgered Phil into fixing up the school building, replacing broken windows, and putting in a floor. Soon they were married. Phil learned the store and ranch business and quickly moved on to his own store at Ruby and his own homestead (and one filed by Gipsy.)

The next storekeeper, who presided for most of the teen years, Ned Hogan, was also Justice of the Peace in Arivaca. (Ned’s mother was librarian in Tucson) John Bogan’s brother, A.E.”Beany” Bogan had been the storekeeper and JP before Phil, and some called him the “mayor” of Arivaca, alluding to the power of the position.

The townsite became official in 1916. This was similar to a homestead, where the federal government issued land to an applicant (the ALCC) for a town.

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Tucson and Tombstone started out that way too, but quickly sold all the lots and grew out of it.

Arivaca did not grow. In fact, it was not until 1968 that the last of the lots were sold, leaving only the School and Cemetery blocks as part of the original federal property. The plat of the townsite was plopped down over what was already Main Street, the School block, the Cemetery block, and the Sacred Heart Chapel, which was next to the cemetery. When the first plat was submitted in 1908, it contained a quarter section of land. By the time everything was finalized, the hotel (big white house across the street from the Mercantile) had been acquired by the ALCC, and so they had that quarter-section excised from the town plat. That’s why it and the houses to the east of it, south of the road, are not part of the original townsite. In 1915, Arivaca had about 200 population.

As we saw last month, by 1912 Arivaca was being affected by

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the Mexican Revolution. Various units of U.S. Cavalry were making trips to the area. In 1915, Jack McVey reported that a fence was being built along the line. Perhaps this was a new fence, needed to protect livestock on this side of the line. Possibly it was the FIRST border fence to be constructed.

Cattle and horse stealing was frequently a problem. In 1915, one Alejandro Cruz was captured by deputies from the Sheriff’s office at Arivaca (!) “at a lonely house near Arivaca” after a year’s chase. He was alleged to be one of a gang that operated in Pima County and Sonora, running off a bunch of Arizona horses and selling them in Mexico, then chasing some Mexican horses over the line on a return trip to sell here. Cruz pleaded guilty to the charge. In those days hearings would be held in Arivaca, with the County Attorney traveling here to dispense justice.

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The period from 1912 to 1914 was perhaps the high point of big ranches in the Arivaca and Altar Valleys, with Ramón Ahumada in charge of the rodeos, as roundups or gatherings were known in those days. All the cattle in the area would be gathered at Arivaca Ranch or Buenos Aires, which had the largest corrals in the area. The calves were branded and cattle were separated out for shipment.

Company, 1,500 from the Otero Ranch at Amado. The numbers are exorbitant when compared to what we would now consider the carrying capacity of the range, but it may have had something to do with the refugee Mexican cattle. But in those days there was no control over the public range.

The development of Forest Service regulations and fencing and the Taylor Grazing Act of 1934 were what finally allowed some control to public land use.

There was an additional problem due to the Mexican Revolution. In his book, California Cowboys, Dane Coolidge described what was happening: ranch owners in Sonora were losing so many cattle to the Revolutionaries that they began pushing their cattle over the line into Arizona, through Nogales and Sasabe, so that “they spread out over the Valley.” Small herds were brought up at night to avoid the $10 export duty that Mexico had levied, upon realizing that its country was being stripped of cattle. Customs inspectors like John Glissan and cattle inspectors like Leslie Wooddell were kept busy rounding them up on this side.

The cattle ranchers in the area from the Altar Valley through Arivaca to the Sopori were induced by Mrs. John Bogan to donate significant sums of money to the Red Cross in the interest of the War effort. (World War I) As reported in the Tucson Citizen, the list of donors included most of the ranchers in the area at that time: Arivaca Land and Cattle Company, Manuel Aros, Dr. Joseph Ball, Bailey Cattle Company, John Bogan, R.H. Catlett, Bernardo Caviglia, Rafael Egurrola, Jose Escobosa, Manuel King, La Osa Livestock Company, William Marteny, Jack McVey, Eufemiano Moyza and Son, A.H. Noon, Mrs. Jesus Proctor, West Coast Cattle Company, A.R. Wilbur, and Leslie Wooddell.

Not only that, but Sonoran ranchers who had good horses would send them north to be kept safe until the Revolution was over. Ramón Ahumada had at least one of these horses, which he allowed Dane to ride to a rodeo at the Buenos Aires Ranch. In those days there was still open range, no fencing, except usually around the home ranch. Ramón Ahumada and Les Wooddell were experts in identifying brands, so that ranchers trusted them to keep things straight. All the ranchers and cowboys went to the rodeos. The newspapers reported that thousands of cattle were being sold off the Arivaca ranges in 1913-14.

Leaving Southern Arizona for California, Texas and Wyoming were 3,000 from the Arivaca Ranch, 500 head from La Osa Ranch, 1,900 in 1913 and 1,500 in 1914 from Las Jarillas Cattle

In other news, the road route to Ruby from Nogales was (re) determined in 1917. Some people wanted one through Peck Canyon and Hells Gate, but that was considered too costly. A road had been built from Calabasas to the Montana Mine (Ruby) in about 1894-5 and made into a county road in 1905. Plans to reconstruct it were made in 1917 with costs borne by the Montana Mines company. The purpose of this road was to promote business in Nogales, rather than Tucson.

The road from Ruby through Arivaca was better than over the mountain to Nogales, so funds were expended to fix this more mountainous road, which is the one that currently exists. (In the 1930s the CCC did more work on it, adding culverts and drainage structures.)

To be continued next month...

Honna's Pond to be opened to public soon

Arivaca Cienega

Resident Input Results in Upgrades

by Richard Conway Under the new management of Sally Gall and assistant manager, Juliette Gutierrez, the refuge has changed some of its approaches on community partnerships.

Community meetings are now held twice a year at the Arivaca Community Center in hopes of working more closely with the citizens of Arivaca and Sasabe.

The refuge welcomes all who wish to attend meetings to share their thoughts, questions and concerns. At future meetings the refuge also plans to bring in guest speakers and subject matter experts to speak on various environmental subjects. The next community meeting will be held in April and we hope to have more people join us each time.

As a result of the last several community meetings, the refuge has placed special emphasis on a few projects the meeting participants felt to be of high priority.

1. The refuge is pleased to announce that work has begun to restore Willow Pond at the Arivaca Cienega. We will be replacing water control structures, deepening the pond, and thinning some trees around it to provide open-water wildlife

habitat and new wildlife viewing opportunities for our visitors.

While under construction, a portion of the path may be closed off for your protection.

2. The second large development, as a result of the meeting, is that the refuge is currently in the process opening Honnas Pond to public access. Refuge maintenance staff is creating a safe pull-in parking lot off of Arivaca Rd, installing a walk-through gate, and placing signs to inform visitors of the allowable activities in that area. Once renovations are complete, this area will be open for your use.

We hope to see you at the next community meeting and look forward to continuing to work with the local community while still carrying out our very important refuge mission.

Work has begun at Willow Pond

A Day in the Life of Dora Dolt

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A Sustainable Life Colloquium” in New Mexico, which is considered the birth of the natural building movement. Among the presenters was Kyle, who, having recently created the Tierra Seca Chapter of The American Bamboo Society (ABS), led a workshop on bamboo construction. The success of the colloquium led to annual events in other parts of the country and Europe.

by Roxi Hardesty aised on a working farm in Kansas, Kyle Young’s aptitude for farming developed from an early age. His aptitude for doing things differently, however, is perhaps a part of his inherent makeup. As a young child he had a ‘wagongarden’, which he proudly pulled around to show folks. And, in order to more closely observe bird life, he designed and built a 10’ high rolling platform, to enable a peek into birds’ nests. This affinity for plants and animals plus a penchant for ‘alternative building’ set the stage for his life’s path.

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It was there that Kyle’s friendship and collaboration began with Bill and Athena Steen, the authors of The Straw Bale House. They invited him to participate in “Casa Que Cantan”, a low-income strawbale housing project. The grant-funded one-year project turned into three with the group traveling to Obregon Mexico three or four times a year.

After a stint in college (biology), Kyle explored westward, finding satisfaction in the wilds of the mountains. Eventually he landed in southern California where he worked in the plant nursery industry. Then in 1985, while driving the back roads of Arizona, he found Arivaca. “The people here were my people. I felt at home.”

Kyle bought a 40-acre parcel in 1985 on the Papolote Wash, set up a solar well and lived rustically, working at Rammed Earth Homes (custom passive-solar adobe homes) in Tucson subcontracting floors: brick, flagstone, tile. Then he came down with a serious illness, which forced him to sell his property and move to Tucson. After false diagnoses and treatments, he finally achieved relief from Dr. Andrew Weil, and his health began to improve.

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Kyle’s cob house nearing completion Subsequently, Kyle was inspired

by Jules Jahnsenn of the University of Eindhoven, Netherlands, having met him at an international bamboo conference in Costa Rica. He began his own, self-funded, “Obregon Project”, with generous donations of bamboo plants from ABS members.

Jahnsenn had engineered the Costa Rica Bamboo Project, where timberquality bamboo was planted in clear-cut regions and harvested for constructing low-income housing.

Jahnsenn’s bamboo building codes were adopted by the World Trade Organization (WTO) and are

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At Obregon, Kyle used discarded, broken concrete slabs to build retaining walls required for terracing. This unique discovery spread in natural building circles and the material was later monikered as ‘urbanite’. According to Kyle, “Urbanite Kyle’s horno – a Celtic cob oven with "urbanite" is a great resource. for foundation and side table.

Worldwide production of cement accounts for 10% of all greenhouse gases in the straw) as a workshop in Obregon atmosphere.” using bamboo harvested from the bamboo planted 5 years earlier.

Kyle constructed a small (12’x20’) ‘quincha’ house (bamboo, mud, and He continued to lead and attend bamboo workshops internationally; his commitment to this sustainable material evident. “Cutting down a tree constitutes the demise of a life form that, in the southwest, takes 75 years or more to mature. A newly planted bamboo will, in 7 years time, begin to provide an ongoing harvest that will last the life of the plant (75 years or more).”

Meanwhile, Kyle re-settled in Arivaca, purchasing a raw parcel of 23 acres in 1998. He had a well drilled and installed a helical pump powered by a tracking solar array. He credits his friend Obe Sweetwater as his solar mentor. A

While recuperating, Kyle explored the Silver City NM area, purchasing a farm in 1992 and eventually, aided by his background in alternative building, began strawbale construction. It was during that time that “Good Morning America” covered the construction of the first permitted strawbale house in the U.S. - Matts Mhyrman’s guest house in Tucson. New Mexico resident and film producer Catherine Wanack, inspired by the segment, organized a weeklong “Natural Building

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March 3rd

ARIVACA's

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Games • CRAFTS • Fun Prizes Galore 10am - 2pm HorseshoES - Old Schoolhouse Crafts Table - Arivaca Library BAG TOSS & More - Arivaca Artists' Co-op Pool, Darts, Checkers, Cribbage La Gitana Cantina 5K Walk - check- in 10-11a - Old Schoolhouse Have your Fortune Told - Your Photo taken & more This event is sponsored by Arivaca Alive - promoting Art, Business & Culture. For further information contact 520-594-5235

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A Sustainable Life Continued from Page 3 that Southeast Arizona is a perfect habitat for them in many ways mimicking their native Peru.

When asked about the vision he holds, Kyle replies, “Living sustainably - as if the future matters.

We in the U.S. represent 4% of the world’s population but we consume 35% of the world’s resources. One example: A U.N. committee on housing determined that to house everyone on this planet in the average U.S house we would need 3 more planet earths to supply the needed resources (lumber, metal, cement etc). Either we change or collapse. I choose change.”

Kyle and Jorga, one of his newly arrived alpaca water tank, rainwater catchments and structures followed, with assistance from friends and “woofers” (www.wwoof.org/, an organization assisting those who would like to work as volunteers on organic farms internationally.)

Presently there are three structures: a “hermitage” (strawbale), a twostory shop (quincha), and Kyle’s home (cob). The shop and 600 square foot house are solar powered.

These days an ancestral foods regimen keeps Kyle going, and strong enough to keep up with the many current projects at hand. On top of his homestead development, Kyle is again offering affordable one-day workshops, which begin in March. And two books are in the works: Krofting; an Agrarian Primer, and Bamboo Mud and Straw. Contact Kyle for more information: 520-398-3034 www.erdakroft.com, erdakroft@gmail.com or Box 81 Arivaca, AZ 85601.

Grasshopper devastation a few years ago turned Kyle’s focus to livestock: goats and chickens. After a debilitating knee injury two years ago, the goats were sold. He retained chickens, and has now developed a new breed, dubbed the “Gila.” With his knee injury mostly recovered, he has recently acquired alpacas. Kyle says, “Alpaca fleece is a sustainable natural fiber. To grow cotton an entire eco-system has to be plowed under. Alpacas can produce fiber from intact native eco-systems.” And it would appear

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Arivaca Ceramics Shop Reopens

by Maggie Milinovitch obin Warren has reopened the Arivaca Ceramics Shop and, along with her husband John, are working making it a successful business again.

Most people will recognize Robin as having worked at both the Mercantile and recently at Gadsden Coffee. John works at the Mercantile.

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The shop is on Fourth Avenue, adjacent to the Mercantile. The building that houses the shop is an old adobe originally built as a Mexican miner’s house. In the early 1980s it served as the Arts Council’s center where art classes were given. Ike and Mike Turnpaugh opened the shop and ran it for a number of years as a hobby.

Then Pat and Andy Anderson purchased the property and the business.

Pat had the energy, talent and funds to build it into a nationwide ceramics supply resource. Molds, for pouring everything from a garden gnome to a butter dish, were purchased.

There are 8,000 of them in the storage area behind the Hundreds of poured pieces await. shop. Many of these came in block purchases from Having another going business in failed businesses – but they are all catalogued and carefully stored. Pat Arivaca, one that is both a place for visitors but one that eventually will was so busy running the business employ locals is needed in Arivaca. that she had to hire help. One of I hope everyone stops by and takes those persons was Robin Warren. advantage of this resource for When Pat’s illness made it making your own craft items as impossible to run the shop and well as ready-made gifts. it had been closed for about five years, she decided to sell and Robin Ceramics classes will begin in March. The cost is just the cost of was in a position to buy. Robin’s been smiling ever since the decision the supplies you use. The shop is stocked with everything that you'll was made. She said, “This is my need to complete your project. heart.” She has been working with clay since she was a kid. She throws The shop is open Wednesday pots, raku fires and loves the through Sunday, 9 am to 3 pm. You creative process in all its forms. can reach Robin at 398-9412.

The business plan is to move all the excess inventory (50% off sale), get a website going and start pouring molds.

Ceramics clubs from all over the country order greenware and bisque fired items. Robin already has nurseries ordering decorative garden statuary.

Robin’s specialty is creating table-top fountains – the possibilities are limitless for such an energetic person.

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March in Arivaca

Creature Feature

Sharks – by Land and by Air

March is going to be a fun month.

by Maggie Milinovitch harks are the eating machines of the deep - ever silently searching out prey with deadly precision.

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I have a middle-aged house cat that I refer to as a "land" shark.

She is a most dedicated hunter.

Always stalking - with her kibble bowl full and tuna fish on her breath – she’s after any moving target. We don’t have much for her to chase in the house, which means she wants to be outside. I restrict her outside access during the day as she’s a deadly, silent killer of birds and lizards. At night she annoys nocturnal critters mice and packrats. That doesn’t bother me so much – they may be cute but they are unreasonably destructive.

When Turtle, that’s the cat’s name - given before I knew it should have been J.C. (jaws & claws), is out after dark and I hear the haunting, soulful call of our local "air" shark, I rush to get her inside. This deadly, silent killer is the Great Horned owl, Bubo virginianus.

Not only is the owl’s vision incredibly good in low light – they can hear a tiptoeing kitty at 100 paces. Their ears are not placed in the same position on sides of their head: the right ear is set higher in the skull and at a different angle.

It tilts and turns its head until the sound is the same in each ear.

This allows the owl to pinpoint both the horizontal and vertical direction of a sound. When they hear something behind them they can silently turn their head 270 degrees to have a look.

gliding. When they approach from the rear they can simply grab and go.

And, it’s a powerful grab. These birds have 200 to 300 pounds per square inch of crushing power in their talons. (An average adult male human has about 60 lbs./sq. inch in his hands.) Poor little kitty wouldn’t have a chance Luckily, stringy cat is not the only entree on owl menus. These birds, which range over the U.S. and Canada, have 250 different species they are known to dine upon: most other birds – including Great Blue herons and Red-tail hawks; they’ll wade into water to catch fish and frogs, they eat mice, bugs, lizards, snakes, raccoons, small dogs and porcupines. These are shark-like feeding machines that fly.

Our local owl sits on an abandoned TV antenna left up for all the birds to use as high perch. It’s very popular with the feathered set and fairly close to the house, so with its low ho-hohoo-hoo - it announces its presence.

If I listen carefully, at this time of year, I usually hear the return call of its mate. Late winter is their breeding season. They bill and coo and find a

suitable nesting site not bothering to build their own. Owls use empty hawk or raven nests, rock outcrops or empty buildings.

So, we now have two Great Horned owls cruising our place looking to have a bit of Turtle soup. This presents a conundrum for a self-proclaimed nature lover like myself. Do I leave the cat out to possibly spare the life of a deserving raccoon for one more night, not to mention the lives of countless numbers of mice? No, I don’t. The reason is quite simple.

Turtle is a member of our family.

(And, a master at taking out Black Widows - she bats those buggers around until their legs fall off.)

The flowers will be out in full all over the hills so that's always fun.

On St. Patrick's Day, Saturday, March 17th is the annual Chili Cook-off put on by the Arivaca Fire District Auxiliary. All you can eat chili, a contest to see who makes the best. And more games.

At La Gitana there will be music - day and night. First is the Good Little Thieves band making great music on the Patio. At 7 pm the Bad News Blues Band will play.

Both bands are really talented and people love the music they play.

Arivaca Fire District Auxiliary Presents 6th Annual

Pot O’ Chili

Great Horned owls have an adaptation that allows them to be unheard by the prey they are approaching. The shape of their wings, composition of the feathers on the leading edge and a 5-foot wing span all allow for silent

Cook-off Saturday, MARCH 17th

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Meet our New Arivaca Fire Chief Scott Van Boerum and his wife Lu Ann

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On the 3rd is the First Saturday event, "Fun & Games." There will be horseshoes at the Old Schoolhouse. Downtown there will be games and clowns with balloons, games of skill and games of chance - with prizes for the winners, fortune tellers and music, crafts, a professional photographer to take pictures of smiling faces to be put on Face Book. There will be a 5K walk with sign-up at the Old Schoolhouse, a around the Arivaca Cienega boardwalk and back to the Library to collect your "completion" prize. Of course Marian's Farmers Market will be open at 9am. Booths will include local information, food, fresh vegies - and hot dogs.

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I lived in the 5th Congressional District in Michigan (think Jerry Ford) for thirty three years which was populated by a majority of Christian Reformed Church people who elected politicians who voted Christian Reform Church positions. Fortunately, they were a minority in the state. Now I have lived in Arizona for sixteen years in another politically conservative district (LD 30). During these sixteen years, especially the past four, I have been represented by three extremely conservative representatives. And the state legislature has been controlled for the past forty years by conservative Republicans. What is significant about this situation?

Well, just this. - recently there has been a plethora of laws introduced that are basically religious in nature and I refer specifically to the law to require the teaching of the Bible in public schools (H.B.2563 Rep Terri Proud) and a

law that would give personhood to fertilized eggs (S.B.4944 Sen. Steve Smith). I find these proposed laws very offensive and wonder if I am now living in a theocracy. And I ask myself what is the difference now between Arizona and those states controlled by mullahs? How long will it be before we are openly controlled by a right wing conservative religious majority?

Or are we already?

It is time for a revolution - vote all the religious extremists out of office and let’s elect men and women who will do the work of the people - establish fair taxation, adequately finance public schools, protect our environment, create good jobs, establish medical care for all, enact sensible gun control laws, honor civil rights, eliminate right to work labor laws and protect workers rights to bargain collectively..

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An Arizona Gem: Ruby submitted by Paula Perino rivaca neighbor and former mining camp, the ghost town of Ruby has recently reopened.

According to owners Pat and Howard Frederick, the town is open from Thursday-Sunday during daylight hours. Historical information and maps are provided for self-guided tours and entrance fees are $12 per person over 12 years of age.

Fishing is permitted, with no license required, for $18. The caretakers can be reached at 7444471.

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Individual tours, led by a historian are also available and sponsored by Pima Community College.

Ruby, located 12 miles from Arivaca, six miles of which are unpaved, was founded as a mining town in Bear Valley, originally named Montana Camp, because the miners were mining at the foot of Montana Peak. According to Wikipedia the mine produced gold, silver, lead, zinc, and copper. At its peak in the mid-1930s Ruby had a population of 1,200.

On April 11, 1912, the mining camp’s general store owner Julius Andrews established the post office which was named “Ruby” after his wife Lille B. Ruby Andrews. The post office was discontinued on May 31, 1941.

Between 1920 and 1922, the town of Ruby, or the desert nearby, was the scene of three gruesome double homicides committed by Mexican rebels or bandits. Together these incidents are known as the Ruby Murders which led to one the largest manhunt in the history of the Southwest.

From 1934 to 1937, the Montana mine was the leading lead and zinc producer in Arizona. In 1936, it was third in silver production. The mine closed in 1940, and by the end of 1941 Ruby was abandoned.

Ruby’s attractions today include about 17 buildings, 14 under roof, including the old jail and houses, the old school, the playground, old mine machinery, buildings and mine workings.

Quotes on Religion in Politics

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he purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries.” ― James Madison

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n politics as in religion, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most others, is to be honest and just ourselves and to exact it from others, meddling as little as possible in their affairs where our own are not involved. If this maxim was generally adopted, wars would cease and our swords would soon be converted into reap hooks and our harvests be more peaceful, abundant, and happy.” ― George Washington

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n religion and politics people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second-hand, and without examination, from authorities who have not themselves examined the questions at issue but have taken them at second-hand from other non-examiners, whose opinions about them were not worth a brass farthing.” ― Mark Twain

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tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. ― Aristotle

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to tell her what was on his “bucket list.” My father paused for a minute, taking the question in and contemplated the answer carefully.

“I have always wanted a pressure cooker,” he declared definitively.

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Stewart & Laurel Loew

tewart and I recently planted 50 apple trees on the farm. The little leafless whips don’t look like much now, but eventually we will be making apple pies and apple butter from our own fruit!

We planted the trees around the perimeter of our new garden with the old greenhouse newly erected in the center. The farm stand will be moved nearby for the convenience of our you-pick customers. I am very excited about the new trees, but also dismayed. Time flies so fast. It has been at least a decade that the two if us have been considering this addition to the farm – I wish we had done this sooner. We would have had apples now!

The apple trees suddenly became a metaphor for life in this 40-yearold’s mind. What else have I been putting off – saving for a later date? *** Since my father and step-mother have moved back from California they have been making dinner for us on Wednesday nights. It has become a weekly date that Stewart, the kids and I enjoy and often includes any interns working on the farm (up to three recently), my daughter’s boyfriend and my mother-in-law.

My parents have cooked recipes from Sunset Magazine using squash from the farm and have proven that the Santa Cruz Chili Company Cook Book is a good buy. Our kids get off the school bus at their house in Tubac early to make dessert for the crowd and the rest of us blow in with a bottle of wine around five and relax to a delicious meal – it is a wonderful tradition!

Last Wednesday my father was down right giddy about beans that he had cooked in his new pressure cooker. My step-mother rolled her eyes. They are now both retired from teaching and have settled back into life in Tubac. Connie poured me a glass of wine and led me into the living room where a cozy fire was lit to tell me the back-story on the new appliance.

Apparently Connie had asked Dad at the beginning of the week

“A pressure cooker?” Connie exclaimed. “That’s it? A pressure cooker?” Connie, who I believe had visions of trips they would take and adventures they would have in their retirement was not impressed.

Coincidently, the next day on one of their regular stops to Jane’s Attic in Tubac – Dad’s dream came true when he spied a pressure cooker for $20!

Now what…?

In his defense (he is my father, after all), I pointed out how wonderful it is that Dad is so content with his life that his biggest wish would be to cook beans more efficiently. Connie was not convinced.

Since that night and the planting of the apple trees, I have been tossing this “bucket list” thing around in my head. I have always wanted to go on a camping trip with horses and to speak Spanish fluently and I want to write a book. Not the most exciting list (the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree… ha, ha!), yet not as pathetic as a pressure cooker. So, what am I waiting for?

Everyday I get up and there is so much that needs to be done.

Animals need to be cared for, we are installing a new irrigation system in the backyard that needs to be done in time for Easter and our spring weddings, the farm stand needs to be moved and new raised beds for herbs constructed, I am desperately trying to learn how to be the farm’s bookkeeper (math was never my strength) while also having to relearn high school algebra to help my son with his homework.

The house always needs cleaning and the garden always needs cultivating.

The end of the each day comes so quickly and I fall into bed no closer to

list” that someone else may have authored.

writing “Chapter One,” registering for a Spanish class or plotting a course for my camping trip.

Last night, after a particularly long day that ended with me re-learning how to use “point slope form to graph an equation,” then trying to teach it to my 15 year-old son who is like a 175 pound jumping bean, I curled up in a frustrated ball in my bed and unloaded on Stewart. My husband is wise and knows to let me vent and whine and even cry and that eventually I will talk myself through it. Such was the case last night. What started as an exhausted lament that included topics from the woes of parenting teenagers to the frustrations of growing strawberries, ended positive before I drifted off to a content sleep. We have accomplished so much here on our farm.

Together, Stewart and I have created an annual pumpkin festival that over 12,000 people come to and enjoy. We have raised two children that we adopted twelve years ago and they are wonderful – one on her way to college next fall! We have a wonderful marriage and a dynamic, exciting life on a beautiful farm. In some ways, we are living the “bucket

In a few years the kids will be on their own and we will have apples that we will enjoy for many years after that and there will be time for camping and writing and Español.

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Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong.

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit.

Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Evening news begins with ‘Good Evening,’ then proceeds to tell you why it isn’t.

To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research.

A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station.

I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks.

Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, ‘In case of emergency, notify:’ I put ‘DOCTOR.’ I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

Behind every successful man is his woman.

Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory.

You do not need a parachute to skydive.

You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

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Christians v. Lions

J. Wilson, G.V. Az.

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ome right-wing politicians including a couple of the Republican Presidential hopefuls, and televangelists have begun a bogus whine that the Obama Administration and the scurrilous Left, have engaged in what amounts to a “war on Christianity.” That there is a movement in this country to deny Christians their right to practice what they believe is such a stretch it’s almost not worth the effort to address this unfounded fear.

Another fear by the way, fabricated to keep the conservative sheep of this country frothing at the mouth with outrage. The latest Christian “outrage” involves the Catholic Church being “coerced” by the boogey man government to provide a contraceptive benefits in their health insurance policies to employees of Catholic organizations. God Forbid!

Ignore the fact that many Catholic hospitals and Universities already provide a contraception benefit in their health coverage for employees.

Conservative and Catholic Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia wrote for the majority in a Court decision related to this topic: “We have never held that an individual’s religious beliefs excuse him from compliance with an otherwise valid law prohibiting

conduct that the State is free to regulate. On the contrary, the record of more than a century of our free exercise jurisprudence contradicts that proposition.”

And: A 1982 decision is relevant to today’s flap over contraception.

In United States v. Lee, the Supreme Court found it was not unconstitutional to require an Amish employer to withhold and pay Social Security taxes for his workers - even though “the Amish faith prohibits participation in governmental support programs.”

When is the last time you heard of a community rising up in protest because a Christian church planned to be erected in their neighborhood? When has any Christian in this country been carted off to jail because they were reciting the “Our Father”?

Have any Christians’ wages been garnished because they wore a medal with their Patron Saint on it? How many Christian motorists have encountered roving bands of non-Christians who pulled them from their cars and beat them because they displayed a Jesus fish on the trunk of their car?

I haven’t heard any controversy about a large company being pressured to pull their advertising from a TV show featuring the daily lives of Christians. If there was a

REAL “War on Christianity,” Pat Robertson would be rotting in jail and the CBN & EWTN would be shut down.

in the United States than any other religion.”

Poor Christians, it’s not enough they face going to hell if they don’t toe the line, but now they The opposite is in fact true. We apparently feel persecuted, too. now have Rick Santorum as the My advice, for what it's worth, Great White Presidential Hope du save your own soul, don’t try to jour of the Republican Party. His legislate your morality and don’t try unbending belief in the dictums to convince me your superstitions of the Catholic church, and can make any sense of the Book of messianic willingness to impose Revelations. them on all of us, would place Figuratively speaking, when this country in danger of living under a “Santorum Sharia Law.” you wear your religion on your And sure as Pavlov’s dog begins sleeve, it will be exposed for all to see. When you are confronted to salivate at the ring of the bell, by non-believers, the healthy conservatives are falling in line skepticism you encounter can behind him. be misinterpreted as “war”. It is There’s a big difference between not. Grow up. Enjoy the fact that a “war” being waged against you can practice your beliefs with Christians, and feeling slighted abandon in this country. because some people correctly If Christians want to feel like interpret the Constitution as not martyrs, then I imagine a reality giving Christianity more import than any other religion. You state TV show could be developed that pits them against wild animals in a that this is a Christian country, confined space. Are you interested, but provide no evidence other Donald Trump? Could be a than “there are more Christians moneymaker! -

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The Choice: Fear or Love

Charles Rayner Kelly

Humans are motivated by two dominant emotions: fear and love. Love is stronger than fear, as evidenced by a mother charging into a burning home to save her child. She instinctively fears the flames, but her love for the child makes the fear as nothing.

Our society, especially since the 9/11 tragedy, has become very fearful, belying our national anthem’s ‘home of the brave’.

Politicians and the media promote this fear in varied and subtle ways, knowing how fear hooks into our subconscious, often triggering irrational behavior.

When people are fearful to an obsessive degree, a police state mentality sets in. Now everyone is afraid, including the police.

Inevitably, some shallowly charismatic leader comes along to soothe our fears, promising us safety and security at the cost of liberty. And lo, we are back to fascist Germany in the 1930s!

Of course, the dominant rich greatly want safety and security, having many possessions to safeguard and secure. However, people feeling tight financial pressures don’t feel safe or secure in a fearful society. Rather, the system feels oppressive where nothing serves to bind people

together as community, and where everyone is on their own and a stranger to everyone else. Alas, our society has been undermined by our second strongest emotion!

One need not have any particular beliefs to appreciate that all the books of ancient wisdom - the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, the Koran, the Bhagavad-Gita, Tao Te Ching - also the peace pipe tradition of the Native Americans, all say fundamentally the same thing. Love can conquer fear.

How are we to protect ourselves and our beloved children and grandchildren from the crises we face today, crises which are due to human folly?

The world’s climate is warming, making the earth less habitable than for millions of years.

Thousands of nuclear weapons are poised and ready to go at this very moment. Food and water shortages threaten millions of people worldwide. Lack of sanitation gives rise to pandemic diseases. The list of challenges we all face today is long.

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than the societies of our ancestors, or even of our grandparents.

Our political representatives on the state and national levels respond only to this small segment, because they alone can give the vast sums of money it takes to run for high elected office. The same is true for judgeships. Money rules! Laws and regulations are plentiful for ordinary people, but are easily skirted by big businesses with a plethora of lawyers.

What accounts for this? What did they have that we don’t have today? What was in them that we have since lost? We admit today that consumerism and gross materialism are leading the world to ruin. What’s the alternative?

More is spent on mis-educating our youth through advertising than is spent educating them.

And the education we offer is strictly of the head, and not of the heart. How do we expect youth to become full human beings, when we exaggerate the mind and denigrate the feelings?

Economically, we are plagued by what economists are calling ‘bubbles’, another term for illusions, but in fact they only mimic the larger bubble we’ve created and are living in, soaped and inflated by fear. The pabulum Meanwhile, a small segment of our we’re fed are all illusions from Hollywood and Madison Avenue, population, the 1% who own 40% and bubbles from Wall Street, all of our nation’s wealth, demand pretending to be what they’re not, cuts in social services, education, all motivated by raking in vast fire, health and human resources, sums of money. “In such times”, wrote Einstein, “one realizes to what a sad species of animal one belongs to.”

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What is to be done? Do we fight the fires of fear with more fear? Or do we douse them with the living waters of love and compassion?

What the world needs now is a ‘spirited revolution’. The word ‘spiritual’ has a passive connotation inappropriate for this day and age, which calls for action and not passivity. ‘Spirited’ leaves all passivity out, and bypasses the gross religiosity that today pretends to be spirituality.

We need to realize that most fears are illusions, things that never happen. We need to see that a society based upon fear is founded upon illusion, and that this is the world we are bestowing upon our kids and grandkids, unless we do something about it. We need to acknowledge how our society today is woefully deficient in both love and compassion, far more

The alternative is seeing the world as our ancestors did, as originating from a common Source, a Transcendent Being to whom we are all responsible. The alternative is to see ourselves as children of the same Creator, each one an essential part of a greater Whole.

We can’t fully grasp this with our minds, but we can with our hearts.

That’s why heart-knowledge is so important to education. It’s well known that we are guided by our hearts, far more than by our intellects. Logic alone can lead to false conclusions, and to be guided only by intellect is to become a stilted person. If our minds believe things that do not appeal to our hearts, sooner or later we will reject them.

We must regain from our ancestors the understanding that we are all immortal spirits on probation in this world. Our consciousness and love are eternal and will last forever, and each of us has a unique path to follow in life. We must realize that we have a Creator who loves us, however individually we come to understand what this means.

When we see ourselves beholden to a Great Mystery, transcendent yet immanent, we will not feel fear but have love and compassion for one another. When we see the world as the creation and property of the Great Spirit, we will readily end its pollution and its despoliation. When we look beyond the bubbles and illusions of the society we are now creating, our fears will dissolve and radical changes will come about. But we must first understand that without a Transcendent Being, there can be no humanity.

Charles Rayner Kelly is a retired educator, a philosopher and a novelist.

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Almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. ― Robert A. Heinlein

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There should be Vegetable & Herb Gardens Everywhere!!

season Tarenta Baldeschi

Greetings Gardeners,

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t is important to inspire each other to start or continue growing vegetables and herbs wherever gardens be can found or made. The urgency is becoming obvious. The headlines speak of the seriousness of the times.

Prices are going up and the quality of food from industrial farming practices is becoming more and more questionable. Local growers can’t compete with the subsidized “Big AG” production quantities, GMO (genetically modified organisms) uniformity, and year-round availability through unsustainable transport mechanisms. Like never before there is uncertainty in what we are getting fed, how much it will cost, and if the food that we’ve become accustomed to will continue to be available.

One beginning solution is to start a garden. Or if you can’t, support those who do by volunteering your time, buying their abundance, creating buying clubs, joining a local CSA (community supported agriculture) program, or making financial or material donations to those who want to get started or want to increase their production.

In our alliances with Somos La Semilla and WHY Hunger?, we are actively supporting and assisting people to get those gardens started.

We offer technical assistance through email or over the phone, to actual onsite visits and consultations. We are working with urban city gardens as well as rural school gardens to become food producers, seed savers, greenhouse builders, and permaculture designers. We are helping to develop curriculum and teaching the youth to become leaders in the field of organic agriculture.

We are assisting established organic gardeners to expand or extend their growing seasons, and much more. If you need assistance or want support this grassroots movement, these services are available; you can call me for more details.

In your own assessment of what you can do in your own gardens, I

recommend that you evaluate what you want to eat the most, and what might be available but expensive in stores. There are climate differences in the Sonoran Desert region, but with lots of sunshine we can grow an abundant variety.

Here are examples for vegetables and roots: artichoke, bean (green or dry), beetroot and beet greens, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, celery, corn (sweet and flour), cucumber, eggplant, fennel bulb, grains (oat, wheat, corn, amaranth, quinoa, buckwheat, sorghum), Oriental greens (pakchoy, bokchoy, Chinese cabbage, mustards, tatsoi, etc.), other unusual greens( arugula, gardencress, orach etc.), Jerusalem artichoke (sunchoke), kohlrabi, kale, leek, lettuce, melon, okra, onion, peas (garden, snow, and snap), peppers (sweet and hot), potato, prickly pear cactus pads (nopalitos) and fruit, radicchio & chicory, radish, rhubarb, rutabaga, spinach, squash (summer, winter and pumpkin), Swiss chard, tomatillo, tomato, turnip, watermelon.

A huge variety of culinary and medicinal herbs (basil, bee lemon balm, chervil, chives, cilantro, cumin, dill, chamomile, lemongrass, marjoram, oregano, parsley, sage, stevia, tarragon, thyme, yarrow, and much more) can also be grown.

Edible flowers—such as marigold, nasturtium, snapdragons, even roses—can also be considered.

The other essentials are fruit and nut trees, as well as berries. Many can be grown here depending on lowest frost and frequency of it. Here are some good options: almond, apple, apricot, asian pear, blackberry, citrus (only some varieties), elderberry, fig, grape, jujube (Chinese date), kiwi, mulberry, nectarine, olive, peach, pear, pecan, persimmon, plum, pomegranate, quince, raspberry, and walnut; many more original varieties can adapt to this climate, be grown indoors and or greenhouses.

This should make you hungry and excited just reading what is possible.

Give it some deep thought and find your place and purpose in this local organic food movement, as a grower, volunteer, or supporter—through the purchasing of local foods, donations

of money, or donations or tools and equipment.

Have you ever thought of sponsoring a family in need? We have a list of families that would benefit greatly to be able to cook with healthy, organic, locally grown vegetables. If you would like to become a sponsor of a CSA share for any of these families, contact us. We offer CSA shares (a grocery bag full of vegetables that we grow) year round.

I hope you get inspired this year. It is a great opportunity to show our humanity and develop relationship in the spirit of true brother and sisterhood.

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Dear Maggie,

Letters:

Those were two great long letters in the February issue by Mr. Quirk and Mr. Chase. I didn’t realize that you accepted letters of such length. I offer my 1,000 words in response to Mr. Quirk’s letter.

more goods and services to be purchased, the result would be inflation. Many countries have tried this and their economies have simply collapsed and their money has become worthless. .

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This is not to suggest that Mr. Quirk’s idea is totally impractical.

A useful parallel would be the situation during World War II. When the war started we needed to immediately produce (and purchase) huge volumes of war materials and hire large numbers of people to serve in the military (and pay them). The government simply put out purchase orders for planes, guns, tanks, etc. and the auto companies stopped producing cars and converted to these products, and did so in a matter of months. They drafted young men into the military and paid them a salary, and they let manufacturing companies hire and pay the workers to produce war materials for which the government paid the manufacturers. The country rapidly went from double digit unemployment rates in the 30’s to less than two percent unemployed in 1943, a year when over half of the Gross Domestic Product was the result of federal government spending. The government could have raised taxes enough to pay for all of this but feared that this would threaten our basic economic incentive system. Some of this tremendous increase in spending was financed with higher taxes, especially income taxes; some by borrowing, largely from U.S. citizens (no other countries were in a position to loan us money); and finally, by increasing the money supply (printing money in Mr. Quirk’s terms.) Because we were producing war materials and fewer consumer goods the result was a huge increase in money chasing a decrease in consumer goods and services, a sure formula for inflation. The government controlled this by fixing prices, selling war bonds, raising taxes, and rationing many consumer goods (e.g. shoes, tires, sugar, etc.)

We still had some inflation and black markets, but, on the whole, the country cooperated with the wartime regulations. What WWII demonstrated is that Mr. Quirk is right and anything we can do technologically, we can also do financially, if we want to badly enough, which is the real point of Mr. Quirk’s article.

would clearly agree with most of what Mr. Quirk states in his piece, The Tyranny of Money.

However, there is a contradiction in his presentation. He first refers to the federal government’s process of incurring and refinancing its debt as a “shell game.” Then later in his article he contends that we should just print money and distribute it to needy people to solve our poverty, unemployment, and housing problems. As he notes, the cash we carry is truly a small fraction of what we call the Money Supply.

Most of our money supply consists of numbers in a computer. So when Mr. Quirk talks about “printing more money” to solve our problems this wouldn’t really involve the mint cranking out more coins or bills. Rather, if the feds decided to follow Mr. Quirk’s suggestion they would issue securities and have them purchased by the Federal Reserve Bank (rather than on the open market). That way they would increase the money supply and the federal treasury’s bank account. The government would issue checks to eligible recipients (as defined by Mr. Quirk). If these payments to consumers were not simultaneously combined with the production of

Mr. Quirk raises the issue of the burden of the debt being passed on to future generations. We did incur a huge debt during

WWII and we were told then what a burden that would be on future generations. I am one of that future generation and I have lived through the most prosperous decades of this country’s history. Some burden!!

The real burden of a debt is incurred at the time the debt is incurred.

During WWII we did without new shoes, new tires, gasoline, sugar, and many other things we wanted.

Currently we are neglecting our infrastructure, starving our schools, not sufficiently stimulating our economy, because we are borrowing to finance wars and a needlessly large military industrial complex.

We are incurring the burden of the federal additions to the debt right now.

One difference is that after WWII when we were taxed to pay the interest on the debt, almost all of that money went back to U.S. citizens, banks, insurance companies, mutual funds, etc. who owned the debt. Thus it was recirculated in this country. Now that over one third of our debt is held by foreigners (largest being China and Saudi Arabia) some of the interest on the debt is paid to other than U.S. citizens and will not be re-circulated here, at least for the time being.

One of the problems with Greece and other European countries is that the bulk of their debt is held by foreigners and most of the interest they pay leaves these countries.

If we would do as many economists have long suggested, and incur deficits only during recessions and depressions, and have offsetting surpluses during periods of full employment, we would be able to stabilize our economy without increasing our debt. (For this purpose we would view an unemployment rate of four or five per cent as full employment). Since WWII we have only balanced the budget under three presidents, namely, Truman, Eisenhower, and Clinton. None of the other presidents even proposed a balanced budget. Pres. Bush was not wrong to lower taxes during the recession when he first went into office, but was wrong in not reversing these tax reductions when we returned to relatively full employment. By that criterion this is not the time for us to try to balance our budget. But if and when we recover from this recession we should raise taxes and not only balance the budget but run surpluses to prevent inflation and keep from increasing our debt.

Good luck finding a politician who will support that!

Jim Murray, Green Valley, AZ

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What I Thought She Said looking at flowers ~ serene visitor says she loves my impatience Ann M. Penton

Falcon

The attic bedroom Lying on lumpy bed and squeaky springs heads protrude from covers that cold do sting.

Recently....happening to visit a struggling roadside zoo....

I found a tethered falcon....huddled on her perch....dragging a shattered wing.

Headboard makes its presence known, when she or I even groans.

School children milled about.... giggling....taunting her....holding out bits of apple....asking their teacher why....”Why was the bird there?”

The attic bedroom is a quiet place.

With adjoining bedrooms stilled by night’s grace.

Yet, life continues on at this midnight hour, with passing car and its rabble rousers.

And, mice feet make fleeting sounds, upon the wooden floorboard feeding grounds.

The wind hurls under a tired, corrugated roof panel, and then, all’s quiet… s. chaffee

soon spring will be here for the warmth and sun teams will come south for the food and fun fans will come out a hot dog is ordered a silver bat is swung the white sphere is done a fat man does run his breathing tight the throw to first is a scary fright his slide into the bag is quite a dusty sight but wait, there is a douzy of a fight the umps confer and read the rules the fans are anxious is he safe or out but until the ump says yay or nay please pass the mustard on this beautiful arizona day john j kazlauskas

It was the soft glow Of an early spring sunset That made my heart sing.

Ah – the song is back!

After a long hiatus, The cardinal sings.

Hold a damselfly With great love and gentleness; Speak to it softly.

C Hues Saw Hues From beginning to end the spirits of other worlds were her friends She loved, she clawed, she fought and she embraced the balance of the two worlds The freedom of one and the anxiety of the other The heaviness of the body was her nemesis And the expression of her art was her savior

“The wing had been broken” teacher said....

Plum trees in full bloom, by a thoughtless....local youth....

Giving such pleasure, as does both wanton and wild....and who had A life in full bloom. been given a mail order rifle”.

Loretta Carmickle Through the commotion and laughter ....the bird remained perfectly still.... she was gazing up....far up.... at one distant....lonely cloud. her eye was a mirror....and in it I could see the cloud....and I felt I could hear her question.... “why....she seemed to ask....why?”

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Robert C. Barnacastle,Tubac

Snowbird Song

Spring Training

Four Spring Haiku

If you want to have some fun, You should try our Arizona Sun! It’ll fry your skin right to the meatWhy, you’ll smell good enough to eat!

Have beer, or two or three, by the pool, and fall asleep...

If you wake up in the ER, You’ll know you let it go too far.

And people do, I. I’ve seen it so People won’t listen!

They think they know About our desert world so strange, Their own habits they won’t change.

Most go back East, and a few die, And some decide to give us a try.

I was one of those new kids And some of those mistakes I did Like drinking beer, instead of water!

I got so sick, I could barely totter.

But I listened, watched and learned.

Now, “Desert Rat’s” the name I’ve earned.

How I love my Desert Home!

Over 30 years it’s been my own.

I have traveled wide and far, But this desert owns my heart.

Jan Gaylord

Secret Sins not Allowed When darkness is a blanket on the bed of night; when your sleep has been denied, you may find something eating a hole in your heart.

Perhaps you will discover secrets hidden in your id, which want to be unknown.

Deep in this blanketed soul your conscience tries to expose a secret sin which you were in.

Nothing disturbs my sleep until dream becomes nightmare from which i cannot awake.

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Horses and Cues part two

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orses like other animals, including humans, learn to do things on cue. This is called a conditioned response or a habit.

A bell rings and the dog starts to drool because he knows food is coming; you set back in your saddle and your horse begins to slow down, and gets ready for your next instruction. That’s where the cue starts, then it is repeated to form a pattern, so eventually you get the same response. It’s like walking in a field, if you walk in the same place often enough you get a path worn in the field.

Your horse isn’t being bad when he doesn’t give the right response to your cue, he just doesn’t understand what the cue is asking for or hasn’t practiced enough that he can obey no matter what is going on at the time.

I have found that our horses do their best to comply with what the rider is asking.

Almost 99% of the time it’s the rider not the horse that has the communication problem. If you are having problems get some help, and remember it’s time and patience.

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My rein is the first way I choose to talk to my horse.

I can pick it up and get my horse on the line and tell him what I want, and let go when I think he has the message.

In the beginning I talk to one side or the other with my rein.

After a while my horse starts to understand when I pick up my rein I want something, when he responds that is a baby try or a give. Now we are beginning to communicate. A pattern is starting to form.

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meet pressure with pressure; we train them to give to pressure, like picking up on the rein, so now my horse will try to find out what he has to do to get release of the rein or pressure. What matters to my horse is that release. He learns that the quicker he responds the faster I release the rein. We must be SLOW to pick-up on the rein and apply pressure and quick to release when we get a give to pressure.

We use a variety of cues with our horses when riding. For example we use the reins, our seat and legs to communicate our wishes to our horse. We can tell him to stop, to turn left or turn right or simply back up. There are no SET cues, also no rule that says you have you use a particular cue to get a certain response. However, some cues work better than others to communicate with your horse.

Teaching your horse to flex its head and neck left or right can really save your bacon on trail.

If you can change your horses direction and eventually bring his head around toward your leg you CAN stop him. But, you must control the direction he is traveling first. This is known as a one rein stop.

Like I said before we are always looking for better ways to talk to our horse. Maybe you just need to tune up your riding skills, perhaps a better seat or you would like to work with your horse on cues but need some help. We have many good instructors and trainers in the Tucson area, find one and go to work. Your horse will thank you, and you will have a blast! “Horses lend us the wings we lack.” ~Author Unknown~

Horses by their very nature

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The Buchanan's are Back & Arivaca Action Center is Moving Ahead

by Debby Buchanan

S

ome of you old-timers may have noticed a couple of familiar faces back around town lately. For you newer residents, we are Kenny and Debby Buchanan, and we lived here with our two sons from 1986 to 1994. Even though we moved away, we always stayed in touch with our Arivaca family, and occasionally made visits back to Arivaca.

After 14 years spent living in various parts of the U.S., we returned to Southern Arizona, to be closer to our sons. I received a call from Glo Williams about the new Arivaca Action Center, Inc. (AACI).

She asked if I would be willing to serve on a committee (from a distance) and share my non-profit organization skills with AACI. One serendipitous thing led to another, and Kenny and I decided we would happily to move back to Arivaca and serve as the site managers for AACI. But, why as site managers for the Arivaca Action Center? Honestly, it just seemed like such a natural fit.

During the earlier years we lived here, we had always been very active in the community. Both of us served on the board at the Arivaca Community Center at different times. In addition, I had also served for years on numerous boards and community projects from setting up an office for social services, to helping set up a food bank, campaigning for a library, serving on the board of elections, and so forth. I even ran a small business, a used bookstore called The House of Thoughts on Main Street.

Even though Arivaca already has a community center, the new Action Center is intended as a wonderful compliment to ACC. AACI will offer additional services and opportunities that are not possible at the original community center— partly because of the number of rooms of different sizes the new action center has to offer for a wide variety of purposes. It’s not intended to compete with ACC at all. In fact, some of the board members of the new center originally served on the ACC board for many years. They see this as a natural progression of services to offer Arivaca.

There will soon be Licensed Child Care, something that is not currently available in Arivaca or Amado.

Grants are in motion to accomplish that task, and minor renovations are lined up to meet the licensing requirements. Another area will be a wellness center where people can obtain licensed physical therapy, instead of making the long trip to Green Valley or Tucson. The wellness center will offer other options as well, as more people step up to offer their services. There will be a place to rent small rooms for classes, or for clubs that need a place to play chess or cards, for example.

With help from PPEP, the building is being furnished, and AACI soon hopes to offer a computer lab— possibly for home-schoolers or computer classes. Wi-fi is already available.

There’s also plenty of space for an additional community garden that is centrally located, where people can gather at a convenient spot and work together to share not only their skills and efforts, but their friendship. It would be great to have a children’s gardening club, plus workshops for all ages about preserving food. There will be a small herb and meditation garden. Other projects could include sustainability workshops and other forms of alternative living education: how to build with straw bales, build solar water heaters, gardening practices for our specific area, or whatever anyone wants to offer. There’s even been an organ donated to the center, and someone’s been identified who may be interested in offering music classes.

The sky’s the limit and we feel grateful to have been invited in on the ground floor of such a worthy effort; one that will expand the services and meeting places available to our beloved community.

Now, anyone who wants to offer a class has an affordable, centrally located place to hold it, with plenty of space both indoors and out.

Annual memberships are available, and those who are members will receive discounts on center usage.

Volunteers will be more than welcome to help with building projects, planting gardens, etc. I find it all very exciting!

In the words of John Denver, “Yes,’n, hey it’s good to be back home again.”

Children's authors, Ken & Debby Buchanan, will be making an appearance at the McDonald's in Sahuarita on Sunday, March 4, from 1-3 P.M. In an effort to help promote the the Tucson Festival of Books (March 10-11), authors are appearing at McDonald's locations all over Southern Arizona on March 3 & 4. (The paper tray liners being used right now have a list of all the authors and locations.) The first 15 kids at each McD's will receive a free autographed book by the author who's at that location. The authors will offer readings, and will also have their books available for sale.

HIDDEN TREASURES FOUND IN SO AZ Open Studio Art Tour Showcases Southern Arizona’s Best and Brightest Artists & Talent~

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t is no secret that Southern Arizona has historically been a place saturated with creative talent. Nowhere will this be more evident than in the Santa Cruz Valley March 16, 17, 18 2012.

This is where some of Southern Arizona’s finest artists will participate in the 4th annual Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour.

Dozens of local artists from: Sahuarita, Green Valley, Amado, Tubac, Rio Rico, and Nogales will open their studios to the public for one weekend allowing visitors the opportunity to gain insight into the creative process and work environment of area artists while also allowing them to purchase works directly from the artists.

Unlike most art tours, the Santa Cruz Valley Open Studio Tour is free. Visitors will be able to plan their own agenda, tour the area, and visit 54 artists’ locations during the three day event.

Featuring artistic expression from traditional oil painting to batiks, encaustics, jewelry, metal

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sculpture, and more.”

A FREE full color catalogue with maps to dozens of studios, artists’ profiles, listings of events, restaurants, lodging and shopping will be available for pick up at Tubac Center of the Arts, Green Valley Chamber of Commerce and Community Centers and at many businesses in the valley. A list of catalogue pick up points as well as a virtual catalogue will be available at www.tubacarts.org.

Copies of the 2012 catalogue can be ordered by calling the Center at 520-398-2371.

The tour will be launched with a preview exhibition of artists’ work on display at Tubac Center of the Arts from March 16 – April 29. A gala artists’ reception sponsored by local Tubac businesses Tumacookery and YardWoman will kick off the tour at Tubac Center of the Arts on March 16, 2012 from 5-7 pm.

Contact: Susannah Castro, susttc@ gmail.com, 520-264-8834.

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Around Arivaca Happy 1st Birthday, Sydney Lee Dresang, on March 1st!

Love & kisses for you, Daddy Julian, & Mommy Jessica From Sienna, Corwin & the rest of your Arivaca family

Arivaca Family & Community Education submitted by Mary Kasulaitis We would like to thank everyone for the wonderful Home Tour that brought in over $7000 for the Old School. It was a great day for us and hopefully for all the other nonprofits in town as well. Members of the Aguirre family: Rowene Aguirre Medina, Cele Aguirre Harrold, and Andra Aguirre were at the school to greet guests, as was Annette Gray, who wrote the book, Journey of the Heart, about their great grandparents.

Members of the Pedro Aguirre family were also visitors that day.

Tom Sheridan signed his newly revised Arizona, a History. We are so grateful to the Home owners who opened their homes, their

helpers, the traffic control crew, and everyone who helped in all other ways, with the organization and signs. Of course, Dotti Rees gets a special Thank You! We are looking at the school building and park grounds to see what needs to be done. Any suggestions will be welcomed. A horseshoe pit is already on the list.

We are doing a survey of the uses of the Arivaca Schoolhouse Park for the Neighborhood Restoration Grant administration. We are happy to say that yes, people have been using the ramadas, the restroom, the basketball court and the walking path. Money well spent for Arivaca.

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Our hearts go out to his wife, Jan.

Living in the Borderlands

by Regan Wendell

Thanks to everyone who participated in the in the Borderlands Community Network workshop on February 18th. We had a great turn out of over 30 participants! The day was very informative. Everyone appreciated hearing from the presenters and open community discussion. A special thank you to Margo Cowan and Sarah Roberts who came down from Tucson for this event.

Margo discussed legal issues surrounding helping travelers in need, and dealing with Border Patrol. She was able to help dispel some myths about what people think they cannot do and give a better idea of what we can do to help our fellows. We talked about the checkpoint and the BP presence in our town. Sarah helped us to better understand the medical risks involved in crossing through the desert. We talked about common symptoms and conditions travelers experience and how we can better help them when appropriate. Basic medical kits were handed out for people to keep in their cars and homes, or to take with them into the desert.

The feedback from the workshop has been very positive. We look forward continuing the discussion at a follow-up meeting on

Tuesday, March 6th at the Arivaca Library. We’ll be meeting in the conference room at 6:30pm. Those of you who were not able to attend the workshop are encouraged to join us on March 6th.

The situation in the borderlands is serious and very real. Arivaca is right in the middle of it. We have armed men to our left and people in desperate need to our right. As a community, we have the power to effect change. We have choices to make. We can sit idly by feeling powerless or we can make an effort to keep what we value in tact. There are so many wonderful voices and creative minds in Arivaca. Let us come together and share our experience, strength, and hope with one and other. Lets find out how we can support each other and work together.

The hope is that this group of likeminded people, working toward similar goals, will continue to meet on a regular basis. We may have nothing else in common, but we value our freedom and support the tenets of basic human rights for all.

We are people helping people.

Next meeting: Tuesday, March 6th – Arivaca Library – 6:30pm For more information please contact arivacanmd@hotmail.com

Library News

By Mary Kasulaitis

the Library at 594-5239 or Dotti at 398-3262. April is poetry month!

Mark your calendars for the following programs: Saturday, March 24, 2 pm Jeff Clark of Archaeology Southwest will present a program: “The Kayenta and Salado: Immigration and Cultural Mixing in Ancient Southern Arizona” at the Arivaca Old School. March is Archaeology Month!

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

Friends of the Library will bring refreshments. For information call

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

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

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

at the Library . . .

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

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

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

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We Shall See..

by Becky Meade

The man came with news of good fortune and said, “Isn’t that wonderful?” The Dali Lama responded, “We shall see.” Then the man came with news of tragedy and said “Isn’t that awful?” The Dali Lama said, “We shall see.”

Thoughts on the new Fire Chief

By Maggie Milinovitch

I went to the – they cannot take you anywhere – February 21st it’s against the law. Not even to the monthly meeting heli-pad. If all goes as planned – that of the Arivaca Fire situation may change.

District to meet the An important question is, can Scott new Fire Chief, Scott attract three paramedics and EMTs, Van Boerum. Let So it is with the selection of Chief for 24-7 coverage, that are willing me premise this by for the Arivaca Fire District. Last to work for less than the standard noting that I was not week the Board selected a new Fire wage? The whole three-year plan for hiring a “fire” Chief. Many in the community, hinges on the premise that he can. chief when what myself included, believe Samantha Secondly, elements of the plan this community Beal was the best candidate because depend on grant funding – yet to be needs is Advanced she is local and has the knowledge applied for.

Life Support and skills to develop a revenueMany residents have had a negative capabilities that can generating ambulance service with attitude towards AFD, count me only be provided Advanced Life Support. She is as one. For all the good they have by a certified Scott Van Boerum, new Arivaca Fire Chief sensitive to our need to lower taxes done over the years it seemed they paramedic. No and is known for her commitment to also worked with an ambulance were locked in a perpetual cycle of paramedics applied for the job and emergency health service in Arivaca. service in New Jersey responding while Scott holds many certifications posturing personalities and petty The Board selected Scott Van to 200 calls a month. In Green power plays. Life’s too short for his medical training is as an EMT. Boerum for the Chief position. Board Valley he got Wild Land fire that. However, with Scott’s apparent At the board meeting Scott members, Jim Meade and Omar experience. He has certifications professionalism and his clear vision, presented his plans. Even before Rood voted for Samantha. Kathleen for Structure Fire Fighter, Fire I think that history can be overcome. signing the contract he had prepared Wishnik, Mark Dresing, and Terry Marshal, Hazmat, Technical One problem that won’t go away a three-year operating budget and Tompkins thought Scott was a better Rescue and EMT. is the very high property taxes. a 12-year equipment replacement choice.

Scott wants to hear ideas and These are especially painful for schedule. He put forward a plan to I spoke with Scott who is personable, concerns in the community and residents too far away to receive hire paramedics and EMT’s for 24-7 enthusiastic and has a positive will schedule a 1:1 with anyone timely emergency services. Scott did coverage of the station; those costs attitude about the possibilities in who wants to talk. He wants the mention trying to lower the tax rate covered in part by his cutting the Arivaca. He and his wife have lived community to see and feel the proposed chief’s salary from $30,000 – but that’s years in the future. It is in Green Valley since 2007 when value received for taxes. Reaching unfair that many residents must pay with benefits to a $1,000 per month he started as Battalion Chief at out to help the community get for services that in an emergency stipend and no benefits.

Green Valley Fire Department. In what is needed to prevent loss of might be of little or no value. Scott Scott had gone over the records 2009 he took a leave of absence and property or life is a priority for said the national standard response since the beginning of the volunteer took an assignment with WSI in him. This includes everything time is eight minutes, which is department to get a sense of the Afghanistan to set up and manage from ALS service to help cutting impossible on many of our roads. needs of the community. He fire departments on military bases – brush away from your house. The The district boundaries need to be seems to appreciate the dominate work he did in Iraq for several years Arivaca community will welcome reevaluated and the district board need for medical service over fire before coming to Arizona. He had him and wish him well. needs to set a reasonable – service protection. He talked of purchasing regional and national management based – subscription rate.

My choice for Chief wasn’t selected an immediate response vehicle responsibilities in Afghanistan and and when I think it was a mistake, capable of fast travel over our rough Whether any of this happens or not, Iraq. Scott is from New Jersey but I hear the Dali Lami say, “We shall the tax burden is still there as long roads that is equipped with all the knows Arizona from boyhood visits see.” I would add, I am watching as we have the fire district. So, it is immediate needs of a paramedic to grandparents living in Phoenix. and waiting. I want a revenue my hope that Scott succeeds in his rather than use the ambulance Back in New Jersey he worked for producing ambulance service and plans and is able to provide good as the first response vehicle.

The volunteer fire departments that lower taxes.

We shall see.

medical service to our community. ambulance would follow at the handled 60 structure fires a year. He slower speed that it is limited It is my take that Scott will not be to. If you’ve ever watched our with us for long. He may or may ambulance lumber up and over not move to Arivaca. He has set these hills – lights and sirens going – his contract as more of a handslike I have, you probably hoped the

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Very close to 10% of smoothly, he will find another AFD to enable them to transport along would come a special person 698 total population. So, thanks challenge for his talents. However, if patients rather than having to who would become our Helper of go out not only to Susan but to all he can get the district headed in the wait 45 minutes or more for the the Years. I’ve written about the of you who are doing your part right direction with a good map of ambulance from Green Valley. volunteers and people so gracious and sending your contributions to how it’s done – I’ll be cheering for Many of you may not know, but in the giving of their time, funds, Arivaca Helping Hearts, P.O.Box him. even if the ambulance comes to you and love. But once in a while there 156, Arivaca, AZ, 85601.

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March 2012 Connection

Arivaca Action Center, Inc.

submitted by Glo Williams What else is new? Our caretakers Debby and Kenny Buchanan are getting settled in, so if you plan on stopping by, the gates are open and you can call 520591-0852 (the number posted on the gate) if you don’t see them around. Wi-Fi service is available for your laptops and you might

be interested in browsing the featured work of artist Ari Ellis in our Rotating Artist Gallery. A few clients have even begun to receive Physical Therapy in our Wellness Area.

Parents and their children birth to 5 years old have been coming

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Meetings &Activities Tuesday, March 6 - 6:30pm - Borderlands Community Network: People Helping People. Arivaca Library SATURDAYS Every Sat - 9am: Marian's Market. - Downtown.

1st Sat - 9am - Human Resources Rummage Sale

3rd Sat - 1pm - Arivaca Family and Community Education Assn. at the Old School (or at Library--call first).

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

5:30- 6:30 pm - Silent Meditation at Old Schoolhouse 2nd Mon - 6:30pm - Ariv. Fire District Auxilary - at the Fire House

together in the space designated for the Early Learning Center on Wednesdays at 2:00. All families are welcome to join this group.

We are currently working with First Things First Project MORE for licensure under the Arizona Department of Health Services Office of Child Care Licensing to provide a safe, healthy, fun and educationally rich learning environment for all of our young children.

Thanks and appreciation go out to Trico for their generous donation and to Project PPEP, for their encouragement, support and for making this opportunity available to our community. And of course, an on-going thanks to our current subscribing members at the level of $5 to $50 per month!

What does this membership get you beyond being able to participate in and support this evolving vision for our community? Discounts on space rental (including the overnight hospitality suite), potential waived fees on select events, workshops and activities, and free on-site internet access. More benefits for members to come as things unfold.

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

WEDNESDAYS:

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

Last Weds. - 4pm - Arivaca Clinic meeting at the Clinic THURSDAYS: 4pm - Gentle Yoga at Old Schoolhouse Call Nancy Fricchione for more info. 398-9859 3rd Thurs - 7pm - Arivaca Fire District board meeting at Fire House public encouraged to attend. www.arivacafiredistrict.org FOR KIDS: Tues & Thurs - 10 am to 12 pm Creative Play Recreation (ages 5-12) & KAPP (ages 3-5) (Community Center) . Call Ellen for info 398-3010 Teen Night - Call Ellen 398-3010 WEDS - 11:30am Pre-school & Toddler Story Hour, Arivaca Library.

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

Open hours are: Sunday 1 - 4, Monday 10-4, Wednesday 3-6: and by Appointment. Please feel free to call 520-591-0852 anytime to set up a personal tour or get more information.

Join us at our regular monthly General Board Meetings on the 2nd Sunday of the month @ 4pm.

Next meeting is March 11. April’s meeting will be April 15th due to the holiday. Hope to see you there.

To become a subscribing member please pledge a monthly donation comfortable to your pocketbook.

Minimum $5.00 month/$60.00 year, tax-deductible donation.

Space Rental: $5/hr for Members, $10/hr for non-members.

Regular Use Rates and Event Agreements are available.

Stockwell Honey Co. Since 1943

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

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

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

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

We are not yet ready for a Grand Opening so look forward to upcoming details about this grand event! Better yet, if you want to get on the planning committee, give a call at 520591-0852. The raffle drawing for the beautiful quilt that Janis Beckelman made and donated will take place at the opening so there is still time to get your lucky tickets.

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To Place an Un-Classified Ad: Mail to: Connection, POB 338, Arivaca, AZ 85601 or email: SoAZVox@aol.com HOW’S ABOUT COOKING SOMETHING UP WITH US! Feel like cooking something HOT & SPICY? Enter your chili at the AFD Auxiliary Cook-Off on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th! We would love your participation.

Please call Beth at 398-3032 for information.

Jan’s TLC & Kisses - Pet Grooming 398-2603

The Arivaca Fire District is hiring a paramedic/firefighter. For an application please contact Patti Jent at 398-8515 or email arivacamart@gmail.com Art In Amado! @ Buffalo Son Studio, Open Draw every Saturday morning 9am - 12pm. Bring your drawing materials and join others in the practice of drawing from observation. Art Forum every Monday morning 10am - 12pm.

Bring your works in progress for evaluation and encouragement to unblock and move forward with your work, then stay and draw! Buffalo Son Studio is located at 9 Amado-Montosa Road off the East Frontage Rd. between Exits 48 & 42, call 3989144 for more info.

2+ acres, Arivaca Ranch Rd. near Arivaca all paved Roads. Property fenced with Well, Workshop, storage and studio apartment, Double wide, needs work. $68,500 OWC, trade possible, Discount for cash 520- 760-1981

20 acres For Sale. 14050 W. Jalisco Rd. Well, electric, small septic, horse corral, sheds, small stucture, and fully fenced.

Asking $79,000. 520-396-0865 or jferris94@yahoo.com

RV/Trailer Parking Space: Near Arivaca on 40 acres fenced with cattle guard gate.. 45foot Shade Canopy with side awnings.

Rent by the month $300. includes water and electricity. Call 398-2722.

MAR. 31, SUN. 2 PM , CONCERT LISA OTEY award winning Blues singer and Boogie Woogie pianist, Tucson favorite, Tickets/ info call Marla Daugherty, 6480890.

RV $20/day, $125/Week, $375/ Month Full Hookup, Electric. incld.

Tent/$10 www.universalranchrv. com (770) 540-4703

WANTED: A small-size pickup truck or SUV for rough roads. It doesn’t need to be pretty, just in good running condition. 247-2842

Universal Ranch RV Park, Arivaca - RV $20/day, $100/ Week, $300/Month Full Hookup, Electric. included. Tent/$10. www. universalranchrv.com 760-6083386

Land For Sale: 20 Acres with a well, 2 electric services, and phone line. $89,000 OBO 520-396-0865 jferris94@yahoo.com” Office Space For Rent: A convenient location, serene surroundings with plenty of parking.

Just off I-19, East at Amado.

Sonoran Center. Two adjacent suites available, both 400+ sq. ft. with private baths, renting for $450/ mo. each +util. Can be combined.

Call Loma, (520) 820-7427 to view.

Very nice 2 Bedroom home on ½ acre in Lakewood Subdivision of Amado. Private backyard with beautiful pool, large screened Arizona room and two 2-car garages. $129,000. By Owner.

(303) 520-1783

Tradesmen: 520-399-1302

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House Cleaning / Helper – Life is more fun when you are organized. Let me help. Reliable maid service. Affordable, honest, excellent references. Kerry 8207000.

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

CosmoServices, Revelatory Teachings and discussions from The URANTIA Book at Avalon Gardens EcoVillage, Tumacacori---Spiritual Leaders Gabriel of Urantia and Niánn Emerson Chase, Sundays 10:00 a.m. Hear the CosmoWorship Bright & Morning Star Choir. Organic lunch follows. Tours Available.

Donations appreciated. We are the 99%. spiritualution.org Call first (520) 603-9932.

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

2002 4-bedroom, 3-bath home w/18 x 80 vaulted ceiling, deck w/wet bar and ceiling fans. Separate adobe wall B.B.Q. area and landscaped, shaded yard all enclosed by block wall. 24x32 adobe block shop w/ concrete floor, electric and 21 ft. electric door. 4-stall metal horse barn, power/water, electric horse walker. Enclosed tennis court, horse shoe pit, volleyball and more. $295,000. Terms Call 480-993-8272

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

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

RD’s BACKHOE SERVICE Septic Systems, Perk Tests, Trenching & Grading. Free estimates, 30 yrs exp. Federally certified, Licensed & Insured. R.D. Ayers. 520-398-9654 Tutoring: Reading/Study skills.

Tai Chi lessons. Shiatsu treatments.

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

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

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Places to Go m People to See m Things to Do In Arivaca Sat., March 3 - 9am - 2pm FIRST SATURDAY - Farmer's Market - Fun & Games - Lots of fun activities for folks of all ages, see ad on Page 3 for details.

Sat., March 17 - St. Patty's Day Chili Cook-Off - see page 5 for details.

Sat. March 17 - Music on the patio at La Gitana Cantina - 11 to 3, The Good Little Thieves; 7 to 11 - The Bad News Blues Band.

In Green Val. Friday, March 9th - 10 am to 4 pm - 42nd annual Tour of Homes - St. Francis in-the-Valley Episcopal Church - 600 S. La Canada, GV. Shuttles are available to the sites. Refreshments at the parish hall. Raffle table & gourmet dessert table. Tickets $20 - may be purchased at the church on Sundays & Weds, and at Hallmark Gift Shop. Contact: 625-1370 March 12 - 9:30 a.m., American Association of University Women GV Branch, American Legion Post 66, 1560 W. Duval Mine Rd, Sahuarita. Guest speaker: Dr. Charles Barta, writer for the Green Valley News, provides information on the latest medical news and clarity on confusing health issues affecting women our age. Contact Libby Beyrer at 269-7701.

Thurs. March 15 - 1 to 3 pm. Green Valley Genealogical Society, St. Francis in the Valley Episcopal Church, 600 S. La Cañada Dr., GV. Contact JoAnn Herbst at 396-4630 or joannherbst@cox.net; or visit our webpage at www.rootsweb. ancestry.com/~azgvgs. Visitors welcome.

March 17- 11:15 State Senator and CD2 Congressional candidate Paula Aboud will be the keynote speaker at the Annual Spring Luncheon of the Democratic Women in Action. Cost is $25 per person. It will be held at the Grill on the Green Restaurant at the Canoa Ranch Golf Course, 5800 S. Camino Del Sol, Green Valley. (Take the I-19 Canoa exit, go south). Send your check to DEWA, PO Box 114, Green Valley, AZ 85622. Contact: 625-3133.

March 24 - 9:30 am - ThoughtProvoking Film – GV Library - “IF A TREE FALLS’ A story of the Earth Liberation Front, and Daniel McGowan. It asks the hard questions about environmentalism, activism and the way we define terrorism. Nominated for Best Feature Documentary Academy Awards for 2011. Free & open to the public. Contact: Alma Sychuk---520-648-6416

In Amado Mar. 18, Sun. !0 am-Earth Mama Speaks Her Heart Worried by the rising temperatures, ecology, and human indifference, four earth mamas will speak and sing to us.

UU Church,Amado Territory, I-19, Exit 48 East.

Mar. 31, Sun.2 pm- Concert, Lisa Otey award winning velvet voiced Blues singer and Boogie Woogie piano player. For tickets/ info, Marla Daugherty, 648-0890 March 9th, Friday , 10-11:30 am , “It’s YOUR nest egg, Protect It!” A free seminar addressing key issues on the Basics of Estate Planning.

Facilitated by Amy E. Fletcher, Attorney at Law. Sonoran Center, 625-6100 Thurs., March 22, 4-6 pm, “Quantum Physics meets Metaphysics” by Rev. Donna Maurer, 4 weeks, $75.00. Sonoran Center, 625-6100 Sat., March 31, 10:30am-Noon, “Nature Portfolio Series”, The Gatherings, with artist/author Roy Purcell. A vast array of Southwest desert flora and fauna, featuring Roy’s original artwork and inside journeys with the desert. $15.00, Sonoran Center 625-6100.

Saturday April 7, 10am-4pm Easter Celebration - Agua Linda Farm, $12 includes Easter egg hunt, petting zoo, hayrides, bounce house, face painting and pet real bunnies. You may also purchase a picnic lunch, shop in the farm store or take a pony ride. See website for details and to RSVP, www. agualindafarm.net, 891-5532

In Patagonia The popular Pontoon Boat Rides are available again at Patagonia Lake State Park! Avian Boat Tours of the east end of the lake with a bird guide will be offered on Saturdays and Sundays at 9:00 and 10:15 AM. The Lake Discovery Tour to the west end of the lake begins at 11:30 AM on Saturdays and Sundays. The Lake Discovery guide will tell about the history, flora and fauna of the area. The cost is $5 per person per tour, which lasts about 1 hour. Arrive 15 minutes prior to departure to check in, pay and be issued a life jacket.

Call 520287-2791 for reservations.

In Tubac Thurs., March 8 – 7 pm – Lecture, “New Understandings of Coronado’s Route through Arizona and East to Quivira.” Santa Cruz Valley Chapter, Arizona Archaeological Society, 50 Bridge Road, Tubac.

Archaeologist Deni Seymour discusses recent discoveries in the Southwest that are specific to the Coronado expedition. Free. Contact Alan Sorkowitz, 520-207-7151.

Sat & Sun, March 17 & 18 10am to 5pm daily - Spring ArtWalk in Tubac a weekend celebration of art and the creative process, gives visitors the chance to meet the artists of Tubac inside the village’s galleries and artist studios.

Watercolor, oil painting, sculpture, pottery, metal smithing, jewelry and leather crafts are among the arts to be demonstrated. Special exhibits and artist receptions will be hosted by our many fine art galleries.

Admission is free. Contact the event sponsor -Tubac Chamber of Commerce at (520) 398-2704 or visit www.tubacaz.com.

March 31 - 10am to 4pm Tubac Health Fair - Sponsored by “People who care about YOUR health” Plaza de Anza Shopping Center.

Lectures from physicians, dentists and therapists of all kinds. Exercise demonstrations, cooking classes, children’s fingerprinting, health screenings, etc. will all be happening throughout the day. Admission: Two canned goods per attendee to benefit the Amado Food Bank.

Sunday, April 1st – 5 – 8 pm -Taste of Tubac – A tasting of Savory Cuisine, Wine & Beer. Tubac Golf Resort. Tickets limited - $45/person – send checks to: Tubac Rotary 0 Taste of Tubac, PO Box 4564, Tubac, AZ 85646. Contact: 3989525 or 398-1913 Sunday, April 15, 2-4pm Tubac Historical Society’s Annual Picnic at Tres Alamos Ranch - The popular Annual Picnic of the Tubac Historical Society will be held on April 15 at the Tres Alamos Ranch, just east of Tubac. Enjoy lunch and entertainment at one of the most spectacular ranch and hacienda settings in the Santa Cruz Valley. Entertainment by the Way Out West band, featuring a lively mix of old classics and original Western music with stories of cowboys, ranchers and settlers of the West.

Catered by Stables Ranch Grille of the Tubac Golf Resort. The last two picnics sold out early, so make reservations soon. Admission is $40 for THS members and their guests; $45 for non-members. For reservations, please

Brown Canyon Spring Walks & Workshops April 7 - 8: Sky Islands Ethnobotany Workshop Leaders: Vince and Claudia Pinto of Raven’s Way Wild Journeys. Find mysterious and useful wild plants as you explore intriguing habitats You’ll learn to find, identify, collect, process, and cook a wide variety of wild plants using tools that you craft during the class.

April 14-15, 2012: Some Archaeology of Southern Arizona and the Altar Valley Workshop Leader: Allen Dart, RPA. The archaeology of Buenos Aires NWR area is little studied, but some significant discoveries are shedding new light on early man in the interior Southwest.

May 5, 2012: Spring Birds of Brown Canyon. Join Jeff Babson on a discovery of the spring birds of this area. Although spring migration is the stated purpose of the walk, Jeff will have much more in store for you. Fee $25 May 12 - 13, 2012: Tracks and Scat in Brown Canyon, a Discovering Brown Canyon Weekend - Workshop Leader: Jessica Lamberton of Sky Island Alliance. Much of animal diversity goes unseen. With the help of an expert tracker l surprising animals and unexpected drama emerges from a dusty road or muddy wash.

May 19-20, 2012: Naturalist Training - Workshop Leaders: Vince and Claudia Pinto of Raven’s Way Wild Journeys.

A 2-day workshop tp improve your naturalist skills. Explore: birdwatching, botany, ethnobotany, geology, tracking, Sky Islands ecology, “Thorns, Stingers, & Fangs!”astronomy, insect & invertebrate ecologyand sensory awareness.

These Worshops are Sponsored

by FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NWR. Registration is required for all events. The fee for an overnight activity is $105 for members and $125 for non-members. The fee for a one-day activity depends on its nature. Please read its description. Cancellation may be made up to 72 hours for a full refund. Within 72 hours 50% will be refunded. Please go http://www.friendsofbanwr.org/ Education-and-Outreach.html. Call 520 405 5665, email fobanwr@ gmail.com