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Tubac Events Tubac Working Artist Feature: Susannah Castro Things to do: Whipple Observatory Visitor's Center

by Kathleen Vandervoet Folk Art at La Paloma de Tubac

by Cathy Giesy Santa Cruz County Update

by Kathleen Vandervoet Gallery Features: Cobalt Fine Art and Clay Hands

by Kathleen Vandervoet Food: De Anza Cantina & Restaurant's Sonoran Ranch Fare

by Bernard Berlin Arizona History Jaseph Casey, Master of Escape

by Mary Bingham Personalities of Tubac: Luis Acu単a Gastelum

by Shaw Kinsley Borderlands Photographer

by Murray Bolesta Poem: ARIZONA

by Alfred Griffin The World's a Stage

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Artist, Susannah Castro is a very busy woman. She creates big, wonderful paintings of our high desert, she's the coordinator of exhibitions and Co-Director at the Tubac Center of the Arts, the wife of local educator, Jeremy Topp, and the mother of two active kids, 7 year old Nia and 14 year old Cree.

With a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Arizona, Susannah paints the ever changing mesquites, mountains and big skies she grew up loving here in the Santa Cruz Valley. “Mesquites show not just beautiful positive lines and forms but

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also very interesting negative spaces. They fascinate me during every season,” Susannah said. “Painting is my passion but with the job I really love at the Center, it takes planning these days to make time for art.”

TCA board member, DeDe Isaacson, said, “We're finding that a working artist like Susannah brings a special dimension to the job of exhibitions coordinator. Her empathy for artists and respect for the creative process encourage greater involvement from the artists who participate in our exhibitions and that creates better shows for our visitors.”

Susannah is busy at TCA with the 24th Annual Arizona Aqueous exhibition, the Center's nationally famous show of water media art, underway and running through March 21st, while she's still in the final planning stages of a photography show, Beyond the Lens, opening on April 1st.

“Our exhibitions always keep us hopping but it's Hidden Treasures of Santa Cruz Valley, our free open studio tour the first two weekends in April, that's really a big job for us right now,” Susannah said. “Last year's free tour brought thousands of people to the

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valley for the rare opportunity to visit the working studios of dozens of our acclaimed artists and enjoy our historic sites, shops, restaurants and scenic beauty. We want this year's tour to be even better.”

Pam Parkinson, President of the Tubac Center of the Arts, announced, “With great pleasure, the Board of Directors of TCA has appointed Karin Topping and Susannah Castro Co-Directors of TCA. Karin will be the Director of Operations, Members and Volunteers and Susannah will be Director of Exhibitions, Education and Marketing. Both women bring to their new positions a history of achievement in both business and the arts and both, as TCA staff members, contributed so much in our efforts to serve the people of the Santa Cruz Valley. We look forward to working with them as we all move into an exciting future for TCA.”

“Coordinating the efforts of all the people involved in a TCA exhibition schedule of ten or more shows every year, some running concurrently, is a big responsibility,” she said. “I could never do this without the amazing talent of our many TCA volunteers and fellow staff members who always work together to get a job done and have fun doing it.”

Making sure that all the elements of a TCA show come together may not be all that different from making all the elements of a beautiful painting come together, attention to detail without losing sight of the big picture. Susannah Castro is good at that.

Susannah's paintings may be seen at the Carol Curry Gallery, Tubac and on her webite: www.susannahcastro.com.

Cover: "BLUE MESQUITE"

by Susannah Castro 36" x 24" oil on board

Karen, a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara, worked for major San Francisco corporations in communications and community relations until her move to Tubac in 2001. She’s been on staff at TCA for six years and said, “I know how important the Center is to area residents and what a tremendous group of talented volunteers and community leaders support TCA. I welcome this opportunity to work with our dedicated team and our committed board to forward TCA’s mission.

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Susannah, a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelors Degree in Fine Arts, brought a strong background in gallery management and experience in museum education programs to TCA when she was hired on staff. She said, “I love the idea of being involved in growing the cultural programs of my native Santa Cruz Valley. I’m grateful to be in a position to serve the community by creating opportunities for people to enjoy and participate in the arts.

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Mt. Hopkins Astronomy Center Wel come s Visitors

by Kathleen Vandervoet

The Santa Rita Mountains east of Tubac and Green Valley offer hiking and world-class bird watching. As well, the area is home to an important research facility, the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory (FLWO), which is the largest field installation of the Smithsonian Institution Astrophysical Observatory outside Cambridge, Mass.

The visitors center is open to the public Monday through Friday and it features displays and exhibits on astronomy and astrophysics, natural science, and cultural history.

A guided bus tour to the top of Mt. Hopkins and to view (but not look through) a few of the telescopes is available by reservation three times a week starting March 10 until mid-November and well worth the day for the unforgettable views from both the summit and from the bus ride, and for the fascinating information provided.

Participants pile into a tour bus which takes them up to the peak along a 10-mile bumpy and winding one-lane road. After the first mile, vistas grow larger and soon, you’re looking off 50 miles in the distance, down steep canyons and off to mountain ranges in other counties.

First stop after about half an hour in the bus is a ridge where several older telescopes are located in three small domed buildings.

Those include the 1.5-meter Tillinghast, 1.2-meter and 1.3-meter PAIRITEL reflector telescopes. The 10-meter reflector for gammaray astronomy is close by.

Robotic searches for variable stars and exoplanets are carried out by the HAT (Hungarian-made Automated Telescope) network of optical refractor telescopes. On another part of the ridge, the MEarth project uses eight robotic telescopes to search for Earth-like planets around stars somewhat smaller than the Sun. After about 45 minutes of explanation and free time to enjoy the cooler temperature and the views, it’s back into the bus, which continues its climb. Shortly before noon participants arrive at the picnic area, a natural bowl-shaped area that’s well shaded by dense pine and oak trees.

The final section of the tour is inside the mountain-top building of the 6.5-meter multiple mirror telescope, or MMT, where the tour group ascends by elevator to the top, or fourth, floor and looks down at the cover spanning the 21-foot-diameter primary mirror tarp-covered top of the telescope.

Tour participants don’t get to look through any of the telescopes since there’s nothing to see during the daytime.

Astronomers do their work at night.

The visitors center is certainly worth a visit on its own, even if no bus tour is scheduled. It features displays and exhibits on astronomy and astrophysics, natural science, and cultural history. Exhibits include models of the original 4.5-meter and converted 6.5-meter Multiple Mirror Telescope, a threedimensional model of galaxy distribution in the universe, and a touchable topographical map of the Santa Rita Mountains.

Above: Entrance to the Whipple Observatory Visitors Center.

Below: VERITAS project telescope T1 as seen from the Whipple Observatory Visitors Center. A new sidewalk leads visitors to viewpoint near the reflector. Photos by Dan Brocious

Other displays trace the history of optical telescope development from Galileo to the new instruments planned for the 21st Century. A natural history exhibit examines those animals active in the nighttime, and features a large color transparency of the night sky over southern Arizona.

All exhibits and public areas are accessible and, major exhibit titles have been translated into Spanish. The visitors center is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday but is closed on federal holidays.

The complex includes an outdoor patio with a Native American petroglyph discovered on site during construction, interpretative signage describing desert flora, and stunning views of the surrounding Santa Rita Mountains.

Two spotting devices, a 20-power telescope with an individual adjustable focus and a set of wide-field binoculars with automatic focusing, are installed on the outdoor patio of the visitors center.

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A Forest Service picnic area, trailhead and rest rooms, located just outside the main gate, is open 24 hours a day. There are benches, grills, and a hardened path that leads to vantage points overlooking Montosa Wash, a deep drainage running parallel to the site.

Amateur astronomers are invited to bring their telescopes to the "Astronomy Vista," a special observing site with concrete pads and benches along a knoll at an elevation of 5,000 feet approximately 1.2 miles east of the visitors center on a paved road. Here, amateurs can take advantage of the same clear, dark, Arizona skies so important to professional astronomers.

Guided, reserved-seat bus tours of the Whipple Observatory for the general public are conducted Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays from March 10 through mid-November. Tours originate at the visitors center, which opens at 8:30 a.m. A video presentation begins at 9 a.m. The bus leaves the office at 9:30 a.m. and returns by 3 p.m. Tickets are $7 for adults or $2.50 for children ages 6 to 12.

Reservations are required and may be made in advance by calling (520) 670-5707, or, by writing to Whipple Observatory, P.O. Box 6369, Amado, AZ 85645. Reservations are on a first-come first-served basis up to the 30-visitor maximum. Because of the duration of the tour, children under six years of age are not permitted. Tickets are purchased on the day of the tour.

Tour participants should dress warmly, bring lunches, and be prepared for moderate exertion at an altitude of 8,550 feet. Not all mountain facilities are accessible, and, persons with cardiac or respiratory problems should check with a physician about traveling to this altitude.

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De Anza Restaurant & Cantina: Sonoran Ranch Fare

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n a time before Tubac became the popular tourist attraction that it is today, artists and artisans sat outside on sparsely populated, dusty streets painting desert sunsets and depictions of cowboy life on canvasses. Some carved wild life images out of cut portions of tree trunks and others turned metal rods into decorative works of art. Here, in an aura of creative energy, amid the dust and heat of the desert, stood Sergeant Grijalva’s Restaurant, now known as the De Anza Restaurant and Cantina.

After spawning the creation of Sergeant Grijalva’s Restaurant, twenty-five years ago, in what was then a sparsely populated Tubac, Sue Howerton is back. Returning from a brief hiatus from the restaurant, Sue is rekindling memories of a bygone Tubac in the De Anza Restaurant and Cantina with tasty Sonoran ranch-style fare. Housed in the original brick building of the former Sergeant Grijalva restaurant and managed by saddle maker and former cowboy Marcos Cazarez, whose knowledge of the old west and Mexican history includes the origin of the recipes for margaritas and Caesar Salad—a rare treat for food history buffs.

The single story building valiantly stands apart as an icon of Tubac’s past from the plethora of art galleries, gift shops and other stores in a Tubac brimming with strolling tourists. As befits a restaurant in an artist colony, the walls are adorned by works of art by local artists.

Outside, to everyone’s delight on Sundays, live music fills the air of the beautiful brick patio that is dotted with antique copper tables, surrounded by comfortable antique, copper slatted chairs.

My recent dinner at the De Anza Restaurant and Cantina, with my wife Linda was a delicious example of how fresh ingredients and proper seasonings can bring out the very best in traditional Sonoran ranch-style food. Our dining

Above, located on Camino Otero in Tubac, De Anza offers Sonoran Style Mexican food and fair-weather patio dining. The restaurant also features a full bar, and multiple spacious dining rooms lined with colorful artwork.

Left, the author is served De Anza's delicious margarita.

adventure into the bygone glories of the southwest started with a traditional basket of tasty, thicker than usual corn chips, accompanied by a small bowl of dark

auburn hued salsa, dotted with green bits of cilantro.

This mildly spicy salsa made from diced, fire roasted fresh jalapenos, green chilies, tomatoes, onions, garlic and others spices titillated our taste buds for the dishes to come. First, a bowl of piping hot Sopa Albondigas, a traditional Mexican soup with tasty house made, tender meatballs laced with rice, floating in a savory beef broth. Afterwards we

treated ourselves to an array of dishes that left us wanting to try everything else on the menu, which we unfortunately could not do in only one visit. Their De Anza Style Chili Rellenos may be the largest and best chili rellenos I have ever had. The taste of the tender green chilies, coated in a light batter, stuffed with cheese and gently fried, still fondly lingers on my palate as I write this article. The Fish Tacos with moist and tender grilled Mahi Mahi on an open faced tasty tortilla, topped with Mango Pico de Gallo and served with a very savory portion

T u b a c of Charro Beans, flavored with bacon, continued to whet our appetites for more and more of the De Anza Restaurant and Cantina’s offerings. Our final two dishes were equally impressive. The Chicken Mole provided the unique flavor that only a sauce made with dark chocolate and peanut butter can engender and whose origins date back to the ancient Aztecs. And lastly, my stepson’s favorite dish, fresh made tamales with the cornhusk removed.

We were not the only ones impressed with the food served by the De Anza Restaurant and Cantina. Long time Tubac resident artist, Diane Gonzales and her friend Bob Toon, who owns a nearby ranch, gave their meals two thumbs up!

Wine snob that I am, I happily discovered that the flavorful margaritas, skillfully prepared by our friendly server Macedonio (Mac) are great beverages to have with the De Anza Restaurant and Cantina’s ranch-style Sonoran fare.

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His balanced blend of just the right amount of tequila that did not overpower my senses, triple sec, lime juice and sweet and sour mix were a perfect complement to the meal. For those who prefer straight, unadulterated tequila shots, there are six different brands to choose from and each are available in Blanco, Reposado and Añejo, making it possible to taste all three styles from the same maker, plus Patron Silver tequila.

Carrying on the longstanding tradition of satisfying the hungriest of cowboy appetites with freshly made, ranchstyle Sonoran fare, the De Anza Restaurant and Cantina stands apart from others with its focus on Traditional Sonoran fare.

The next time hunger strikes—stop in and enjoy one of the house specialties or my favorite, the De Anza Style Chili Rellenos!

For lovers of the grape, there is an ample selection of fifteen inexpensive wines to sip alone or enjoy with lunch or dinner by the glass or by the bottle, starting at four dollars and fifty cents for a glass and twelve dollars for a bottle.

The De Anza Restaurant and Cantina is open seven days a week for lunch and dinner from 11:00AM to 8:00PM and is conveniently located at 14 Camino Otero in Tubac. For reservations and information about private parties, call 520 398-0300

As one would expect of a restaurant/cantina there is a nice assortment of Mexican beers to pass the time away. Other thirst quenchers are also available from the fully stocked bar, from classic martinis to scotch on the rocks and everything in between.

Bernard Berlin is a freelance writer of food, wine and travel.

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Charlie Meaker, Celebrating 30 Years in Tubac!

IT’S A BUYER’S MARKET! Charlie Meaker

There are over 100 resale homes listed for sale in Tubac, at prices ranging from $70,000 to a cool $8 Million!

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TUBAC HOME SALES - Resale home sales as reported by MLS - 1/26/10-2/26/10 ADDRESS

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2346 CAMINO ESPLENDIDO

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$199,000

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$750,000

$185.69

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2BR DORN HOME, BUILT 2007

$299,900

$173.15

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2BR PATIO HOME, FORECLOSURE

$185,500

$103.28

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912 LOMBARD WAY

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2BR TOWNHOME, FORECLOSURE

$108,000

$103.15

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1BR TOWNHOME, FORECLOSURE

$ 58,500

$ 65.07

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60 CALLE MARIA ELENA

BARRIO - SANTIAGO

2BR DORN HOME, FORECLOSURE

$275,000

$110.00

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102 CIRCULO VESPUCCI

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3BR DORN HOME, FORECLOSURE

$320,000

$105.29

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2BR PATIO HOME, FORECLOSURE

$202,000

$111.60

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2BR TOWNHOME, ALL NEW APPLIANCES

$119,000

$ 81.01

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2BR PATIO HOME, FORECLOSURE

$190,000

$106.38

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New members with two-year terms are Jane Lowder, Barbara Gray and Lincoln Wilson. The second year of their term continues for David Simon, Mindy Maddock and Gail Ballweber.

The board reviews development and design plans involving the erection or construction of new buildings, structures or signs in the zone. Also the modification, addition, alteration, moving or demolition of existing structures or signs located within the zone. All meetings of the advisory board are public.

Fire district reports on wildland fires

During 2009, the Tubac Fire District responded to and fought 40 wildland fires. Most were in Arizona, although two were in New Mexico and two were in Texas.

The Fire District billed $265,465 for the response and has been paid all but $881, said Captain Al Kingsley. He gave a report to the fire district governing board at the Feb. 24 meeting.

Kingsley said that 25 percent, or $65,370, is billed for equipment use and that is revenue for the fire district.

The rest goes to cover wages and employee related costs.

Billing is sent to the Arizona Department of Forestry, which then bills the agencies such as the National Forest or Bureau of Land Management, on which the fire is located.

Is dome a house or business?

Visitors and new residents of Tubac sooner or later stare at the white geodesic dome at the north end of the village and wonder, “What’s that?”

The dome, built around 1973, doesn’t look like anything else in Tubac. It’s been the location of many small businesses but never had the required zoning for business.

Rather, it had multi-family zoning.

On Feb. 25, the Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission listened to a request for a change in zoning. Todd Harrison represented the dome’s owners, Robert and Susan Battelle, who are Wickenburg residents.

Robert Battelle filed a request for B-2 zoning, General Business, but some members of the public and commission members said they preferred the lessintensive B-1 zoning, Neighborhood Business.

Two Tubac residents, Rich Bohman and Bruce Pheneger spoke during the public hearing and said they feared that changing to B-2 zoning might mean that at some time in the future, another owner might build something that

State Sen. Jonathan Paton, whose District 30 includes Tubac, Green Valley and Sahuarita, and parts of Tucson left the Legislature on Feb. 22 to run for Congress. He’s running in a multi-candidate Republican primary field for the 8th Congressional District seat held by Democrat Gabrielle Giffords.

His replacement was to be named after press deadline by the Pima County Board of Supervisors, since the majority of his district is there, and not in Santa Cruz County.

The individual lots won’t be graded until site development plans for each are submitted to the county and approved.

Newspaper press on view at Tubac state park

A fascinating opportunity to see a 150-year-old newspaper printing press is offered during March at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park.

Demonstrations are planned for Thursday, March 4, at 9 a.m., Thursday, March 11, at 9 a.m., Sunday, March 21, at 11 a.m., and Thursday, March 25, at 9:30 a.m. The park entry fee is $4 for adults.

Arizona State Parks has announced the park will be closed March 29 for an undetermined time due to state budget reductions.

Question on community college

A county-wide election will be held Tuesday, May 18, to determine if voters will approve a new property tax of $0.069 per $100 of assessed valuation to pay for the Santa Cruz County Provisional Community College District.

Now, community college classes are provided in Nogales and Rio Rico by Cochise College. Students pay tuition and the Board of Supervisors pays Cochise College about $288,000 a year from the general fund. As well, the county pays community colleges in other counties about $1.4 million a year from sales tax revenues. That money is for Santa Cruz County residents who attend school in those counties, as required by state law.

The supervisors voted 3-0 on Feb. 17 to allow the election. If the May 18 election is successful, the supervisors said they will be able to reduce the primary property tax rate by the same amount as the new community college tax rate for the upcoming fiscal year of 2010-2011.

College board meets in Tubac

The board of the Santa Cruz County Provisional Community College is holding weekly meetings in various locations. The schedule lists meetings in Tubac on Tuesday, March 23, at 9:30 a.m. and Tuesday, April 27, at 9:30 a.m. at the Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Rd. The meetings are open to the public.

Tubac resident James “Buck” Clark is a board member.

Other members are Chairman Marcelino Varona Jr., Lora Zeinun, Jeffrey Cooper and Justin Dutram.

Tubac Marketplace approval

A small shopping plaza is planned for land on the west side of Interstate 19 at the Tubac Exit 34 interchange.

The developer’s representative said that no specific companies have yet signed a contract.

The final plat for what’s currently called Tubac Marketplace was approved at a Feb. 10 meeting of the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.

B-2 business zoning is already in place on the 18 acres.

The property is owned by Tubac Retirement Partners LLC. Michael Horowitz, who also owns the La Entrada

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Harrison said, “Probably over the next few years the dome will be torn down.” He said he is working with clients who are interested in building a small hotel across Calle Baca to the west. The property on which the dome is located might become a parking lot for the proposed hotel.

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Seven lots or parcels for businesses are planned, along with streets and underground utilities.

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Tubac’s Historic Zone includes roughly most of the area where shops are located from Bridge Road on the north to the Tubac Wash on the south, and from the East Frontage Road to the east edge of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. Some residential areas are excluded.

After discussion, the commission members voted 7-0 to recommend B-1 zoning. The zoning change next goes before the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors at an upcoming meeting for a final decision.

shopping center in Tubac, is one of the owners and is the managing partner, said Leo Miller, the project manager.

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The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors on Feb. 3 named three people to serve as volunteers on the Tubac Historic Zone Advisory Board.

didn’t fit well with existing Tubac buildings. They said they supported B-1 zoning.

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Gourmet Spices • Cookbooks • Gift Ideas Visit our Ranch Museum 3 Miles South of Tubac.

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Closed Sundays Call for Holiday Schedule

SAT, MAR 6TH - The Community Performing Arts Center and the Green Valley chapter of American Business Women’s Association will be hosting “CELEBRATE WOMEN” A SYMPOSIUM FOR AND ABOUT WOMEN on Saturday, from 9am to 5pm.

There will be several different classes, showcasing many of the area’s most successful business women and presenting a variety of successful vendors along with entertainment, demonstrations and food. Call 502.399.1750 for tickets and further information.

FRIDAYS - BECKY REYES LIVE at the Amado Territory Steakhouse at 5:30pm.

SATURDAYS - ANGEL PEREZ LIVE at the Amado Territory Steakhouse at 5:30pm.

SATURDAYS & SUNDAYS - NATURE WALKS, AVIAN ADVENTURE BOAT TOUR, LAKE DISCOVERY BOAT TOUR, JUNIOR RANGER ACTIVITIES & TWILIGHT BOAT TOURS available at the Sonoita Creek State Natural Area at Patagonia Lake. Call (520) 287-2791 for more info.

MONDAYS THRU FRIDAYS - MORNING BIRD WALKS at the Sonoita Creek State Natural Area at Patagonia Lake. Call (520) 287-2791 for more info.

SATURDAYS NOW THRU APR 18TH - RIVER WALKS Offered at Tumacácori National Historical Park. Beginning at 10 am. Approx. 1 hour. These nature walks begin at the park’s Visitor Center, follow a section of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, then end at the river’s edge after about half a mile. The trail is flat and easy to walk. Conditions may be muddy after rain. Tumacácori National Historical Park at 520-398-2341, ext. 0.

NOW THRU MAR 21ST - 24TH ANNUAL ARIZONA AQUEOUS is the Tubac Center of the Art’s acclaimed exhibition of water media art with eighty-seven pieces juried by prominent artist, Harley Brown, from work by artists across the nation. 520-398-2371.

FRI, MAR 5TH - APACHE PASS – FT BOWIE – BUTTERFIELD STAGE ROUTE - MD - John Dell - $99 Hiking Tour - Hike the old stage route in a majestic setting. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@gmail.com.

FRI, MAR 5TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC by Eduardo Valencia 5-9pm, plus Wisdom’s Famous Fish & Chips at Wisdom's Café. 520-398-2397.

March 20th, 1 - 3 pm at TJ's Tortuga Books, Welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author, Philip Caputo for a signing of his book, “Crossers.”

Call 520-398-8109 for more information.

FRI, MAR 5TH - THE BAND, THE BLOND AND THE BARITONE, features jazz great Jeff Haskell and band with Betty Craig and Jack Neubeck singing from their great American Songbook at 7:30pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts.

Tickets $20. 520-398-2371.

SAT, MAR 6TH - 2010 ARIVACA INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS EXHIBITION at the Arivaca Community Center.

For more info visit http://arivacafilmexpo2010.blogspot.com/

SAT, MAR 6TH - BEAR SPRING HIKE. Join Ron Hummel for a flat, 6 mile roundtrip hike and natural history interpretive walk to Bear Springs via the old aqueduct line which supplied water to gold miners at Kentucky Camp. Enjoy spectacular high elevation views and a leisurely lunch at Bear Creek Falls. Meet at the parking lot at the intersection of Garner Canyon Road and State Route 83, just north of Sonoita at 9am. Carpool in high clearance vehicles to the trailhead. Reservations required. Call Ron Hummel at 520-394-2532.

SAT, MAR 6TH - The sixth annual Fundraiser to benefit Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary ”A VERY SPECIAL HORSE EVENT,” from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Brandi Fenton Memorial Park, 3482 E. River Rd in Tucson. Training demonstrations will feature rescued horses and the methods used in their recovery. The program also features live and silent auctions with items of interest for everyone, a tack sale, and raffles with extraordinary grand prize drawings. Cost to attend the Fundraiser is $5 for adults and includes one raffle ticket. Children under 16 are free. www.equinevoices.org.

SAT, MAR 6TH - MEET AUTHORS KEN LAMBERT AND MURRAY BOLESTA at TJ's Tortuga Books & Coffee Beans, 19 Tubac Rd from 1 to 5pm. Reading by Ken Lamberton "Jaguar Heavens".

Monday: 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Indoor Cycling Instructor: Jonni 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Basic Yoga Instruction: Katie 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

20-20-20* Instructor: Angela Tuesday: 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Indoor Cycling Instructor: Jonni 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Core Flow Instructor: Andrea 12 noon - 1:00 P.M. Hatha Yoga Instructor: Richard 5:30 - 7:00 p.m.

Anusara Yoga Instructor: Kathy Wednesday: 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Indoor Cycling Instructor: Jonni 8:30 - 9:45 a.m.

Basic Yoga Instruction: Katie 10:00 - 11:00 a.m.

Better Backs Instructor: Jonni 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Indoor Cycling Instructor: Ivette Thursday: 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Indoor Cycling Instructor: Jonni 8:30 - 9:30 a.m.

Core Flow Instructor: Andrea 12 noon - 1:00 P.M. Hatha Yoga Instructor: Richard 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Dance Aerobics Instructor: Angela Friday: 7:00 - 8:00 a.m.

Indoor Cycling Instructor: Jonni Saturday: 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

Anusara Yoga Instructor: Kathy

SAT, MAR 6TH - BEADED TREASURES ARTIST RECEPTION WITH KIM YUBETA at the K. Newby Gallery, 19 Tubac Rd. in the Mercado de Baca from 1 - 4pm.

Fresno Canyon. Meet at the Sonoita Creek Natural Area kiosk on the sw corner of the Rio Rico Recreation Center grounds. It is 1 mile south of the intersection of Rio Rico Drive and Pendleton Dr. Bring water and a snack and wear sturdy hiking shoes. Call Bill Cox at 520-281-8833 (281-8098 B) for info.

OPENING SAT, MAR 6TH - "CARMEN ARTS" - EXHIBIT OPENING RECEPTION, Mar 6, 5 – 9 pm and Mar 7, 10am to 4pm. Featured artists - James Toner, wood, stone and bronze sculptor; Jutta DeMay - large scale mixed media painter; Jared Newton - fine art photographer. Thru Apr 8.

2055 E Frontage Rd, Carmen. 398.2046.

SAT, MAR 13TH - KITT PEAK'S SUN-DAY PROGRAM starting at 11am. Adults, and families will learn about the sun -- what it is, how it works, and how to safely observe it in action. Tours of the world’s largest solar telescope and direct observation of the sun itself will highlight the program. Hands-on activities will also be featured. You will learn to make your own eclipse viewing box and more. Please call 318-8726 or visit http://www.noao.edu/ outreach/kpvc/sun-day-saturday.php to register. Costs are $30 for members, $35 for non-members, $25 for children and include a box lunch and class materials/handouts.

SAT, MAR 6TH - MUSIC @ Old Tubac Inn - NEIL RUSSEL BAND - KickAss Country.

TUES, MAR 9TH - COPPER CREEK – BUNKER HILL MINING DISTRICT - John Dell - $99 - Early Arizona mining history in the beautiful Galiuro Mountains. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@gmail. com.

SAT, MAR 13TH - MUSIC @ Old Tubac Inn - CROSSCUT SAW - Blues with an Edge. Call 398-3161 for information.

THURS, MAR 11TH - KARTCHNER CAVERNS BIG ROOM - Tallia Cahoon - $126 - The unique environment of migrating bats and incredible underground geology.

Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@ gmail.com.

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THURS, MAR 11TH - SEE THE 150 YR-OLD PRINTING PRESS in action at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at 9am.

FRI, MAR 12TH - LALO CHAVEZ LIVE at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori from 5 to 8pm. 398-2397.

FRI & SAT, MAR 12TH & 13TH - YOUNG AUDIENCES OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY 1ST ANNUAL YOUTH ART EXHIBIT. Fri 6-9pm Wine & Appetizer Experience, Adult tickets $10.

Music by Sonny Peters. Sat - Student & Family Walk-through with the DSMS Mariachi Band - FREE, from 12-3pm at the Nogales Recreation Center. 520-397-7922 or 520-397-7914.

FRI THRU MON, MAR 12TH – 15TH – Tubac Center of the Art’s BANAMICHI AND THE RIO SONORA CHEF’S DELIGHT COOKING TOUR. Gourmet Mexican cooking

classes in Sonoran villages filled with beauty and history.

Lovely accommodations, great food, hiking, photography, even tequila making! Reserve Now - Spaces limited; To register call Fiesta Tours International 520-398-9705 or TCA 520-3982371. Buen Viahe!

SAT, MAR 13TH - Carondelet Health Network and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson present an educational program, THE RESILIENT CAREGIVER: EMBRACING THE SPIRITUAL JOURNEY, at Tucson Convention Center from 8am to 1pm.

Contact Conference Chair Mary Louise Luna at 520-873-5006.

SAT, MAR 13TH - FRESNO CANYON - INDIAN CAVE AND BAT CAVE - ROCK ART & ARCHAEOLOGY, at 9am. 6.5 miles, easy to moderate. Bill Cox will lead this interpretive hike looking at rock art and discussing the archaeology of the

SAT, MAR 13TH - ST. PATTY'S DAY DANCE & CELEBRATION WITH LIVE MUSIC at the Tubac Presidio State Park from 7-10pm – one of the last events to be held here at our historic park before its closure. A great event for adults and families! Have a ball dancing to Celtic music by Tucson musicians including a dance caller. All proceeds will benefit Tubac’s Montessori de Santa Cruz public elementary school’s music program. Tickets are $10 if bought in advance, $12 at the door. Children - $6 (there will be crafts) Call (520) 860-0541 to purchase or for more information..

TUES, MAR 16TH - FIVE MILE BIRD HIKE. Bird several different habitats and see a variety of species with a guide.

Hike begins in desert uplands and reaches Sonoita Creek.

Bring sturdy shoes, binoculars, water and snacks. Hike is approximately 5 miles and four hours long. Call to register (520) 287-2791. Meet at Visitor Center.

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Monday, March 8 – Italian specials just for fun, 5-8 p.m.

Friday, March 12 –Wisdom’s famous fish & chips, live music by Lalo Chavez, 5-8 p.m.

Saturday, March 13 – St. Patty’s day dance w/ live music at the TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE PARK, 7-10 p.m (one of the last events to be held here before its closure.) Tickets are $12 for adults, $6 for kids.

Wednesday, March 17 – St. Patty’s day celebration w/live Irish music, green margs & beer, corned beef & cabbage, 5-8 p.m.

Friday, March 19 – Wisdom’s famous fish & chips, live music by Amber Norgaard, 5-8 p.m.

Thursday, March 25 – Lobster special, 5-8 p.m.

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FOLK ART at La Paloma de Tubac

by Cathy Giesy

A visit to La Paloma in Tubac is almost as good as a visit to Latin America where folk art is sold. Bill and Cheryl Green have been collecting wonderful pieces of collectible and functional art since they first traveled to Mexico and Guatemala in 1973 and later to South America in 1976.

The American Heritage Dictionary defines “folk art” as art originating among the common people of a nation or region and usually reflecting their traditional culture, especially everyday or festive items produced or decorated by unschooled artists.

Folk art encompasses art produced from an indigenous culture or by peasants or other laboring trades people – and produced for the people. In contrast to fine art, folk art is

primarily utilitarian and decorative...

Green defines folk art as what people made for themselves that accurately reflects village life – for example how pack saddles are tied onto a llama, or how a wedding may take place in the village.

Popular Art however, is a form of art that depicts objects or scenes from everyday life and employs techniques of commercial art and popular illustration.

However you want to define it, the Greens have made an art of working with artisans in various countries south of the border from Mexico to Peru. They like to get to know an artist, or an artist’s family, and give them an opportunity to grow within their craft and succeed at the business of producing art for sale.

They work with artisans who are mostly indigenous people who live at a very elemental level. These artisans have figured out how to improve their lives by doing something beyond subsistence level farming or working at menial factory jobs. Most of them are part time artists, who may spin wool while watching the sheep, or carve figures while resting from farmwork.

Bill and Cheryl first made a couple of camping trips lasting about 8 months each to Mexico and Guatemala in 1973, and to South America in 1976. In 1977, Bill found himself in Quito, Ecuador making an order for some interesting pieces of folk art. He discovered that he had to wait for some time for the order to be filled if he wanted it to be made just the way he

wanted. It was a startling introduction to the way a person has to work when dealing with another culture.

He went to work managing Old Town Artisans in Tucson Arizona. Old Town was in the center of downtown Tucson, close to the Tucson Museum of Art. It was a square block of interconnected rooms surrounding a central patio. You could walk from room to room to visit various galleries and “theme” rooms where various kinds of folk art were sold. Green’s first folk art import gallery was in one of these rooms.

In 1981 Cheryl stopped teaching to go into the wholesale business of selling import folk art to museum stores and gift shops. They bought the property in Tubac

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which had two small rooms for retail, space for them to live, and space to warehouse goods for wholesaling.

The retail outlet has grown to encompass the whole property today.

They continued their buying trips to Latin America typically lasting four to six weeks every summer while their kids were young, and have continued to work with the same families over the ensuing period of almost 30 years. They are now dealing with the children of the original artists with whom they began to work, and have seen many amazing changes take place. Some of the children of illiterate artisans are now college graduates and continue in the business their parents started.

Green commented that he feels that when he first started visiting Latin America 30 to 40 years ago, that the way of life at that time was much more like it was 200 years ago than like the way things are today, that life has changed that drastically and quickly in recent times.

A fun story is how communication has changed in the last 25 years as it has changed for us in the tour business over 25 years. Bill would have to call a “cassette” telephone in a village and ask the owner of the phone to make an appointment with a certain artist to be called at such and such a time three days from now. Sometimes when he would try to call back to make the appointment, it would take three hours for the call to get through. The power would be out.

The owner of the phone was not answering. The lines were busy. Now people have the internet and communication is incredibly easy and almost reliable even in some of the most remote parts of the world.

In Otavalo, a small artisan’s village of Quechua speaking people just north of Quito, Ecuador, the people are known for their beautiful wool weaving.

If you visit, they will show you how they clean, card, spin, and dye the wool for weaving. However, for purposes of selling craftwork to a wholesale market, most of the people buy commercially processed wool to weave into their tapestries or rugs. They start small, purchasing their first wool to weave into a rug.

Once the rug is sold, the profit is used to purchase more wool – perhaps to make two or three rugs. And the business grows. We have noticed while traveling in Peru and in Ecuador that many of the designs of the weavings are similar. Green explains that the Otavalo Indians are great “traders” and may take their goods to market where they are exchanged for goods made elsewhere. They may be made in one country and sold in another, and vice versa. The native people of Ecuador and Peru are descendents of the people once ruled by the Inca in a common territory, and they still intercommunicate and trade much as they may have done prior to the arrival of the Europeans.

In the store you will see three dimensional “dioramas” of everyday South American life made out of potato paste and plaster of paris figurines, and painted with a mixture of white glue and soapstone. These are painted over with an acrylic type colored paint, and then sealed with a laquer. Sometimes they are “antiqued” with a tar and gas mixture. The figures are carefully placed in the box and depict delightful stories of daily life. One such fascinating event is the “yaguar” celebration. A condor is tied to the back of a bull and the two fight it out to the finish. The condor represents the native people, and the bull the Spanish invaders. You will see little boxes representing hat shops, or mask shops, or the harvesting of the prickly pear fruit.

It is interesting to note how the styles of artisanship have changed over the years and what may influence the production of a certain kind of art. In Guatemala, along the shores of the enchanting Lake Atitlan there is a delightful village where a certain tribe of Mayan Indians reside and are known for their bright red guipiles – or blouses. A German woman took up residence in the village and brought in some Czech trade beads and looms to teach the women

how to make small gifts to sell in the market. The women adapted readily to working with the beads as they had worked with looms making traditional textiles for years. The beadwork took off like wildfire, and the women found they could make four times as much money for the time invested in making beaded products as in making textiles. Today you can see key chains, bracelets, small purses, belts, all kinds of small colorfully beaded items for sale in the market at Santiago de Atitlan – as well as at La Paloma in Tubac.

A variety of pottery and ceramic items are found at La Paloma. You can see Chulucanas pottery - most striking in black and white. This pottery is from northern Peru. The technique of making this pottery, called negative smoke resist, was rediscovered by Gerasimo Sosa about 30 years ago. It was originally made by the Vicu culture over 3000 years ago. This pottery is formed and painted over with a slip – sometimes of a bright color such as blue or red. Then it is fired once. The pot is painted again with another slip – but this time the slip is made of material that

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of making this low fire pottery, and have developed distinctive styles of ceramic production. Beautiful pieces are available in many stores around the US today as well as in Tubac’s La Paloma.

Green untangles the web of confusion surrounding Talavera pottery from Mexico.

Originally made in Talavera de la Reina in Spain, the techniques of making the shiny glaze ceramic were brought to Mexico via Mayorca in the 1500’s and taught to the native people. This technique was a blend of styles the Moors brought to Spain during their 800 year occupation from the late 600’s to 1492. There was a Chinese influence as well, depicted by the blue and white designs – especially those incorporating birds. In Mexico, these designs and techniques were blended with “aboriginal artistic tendencies” (as Bill explained, a term he borrowed from an art book), to create the unique

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In the second fire, mango leaves are used which create a great deal of smoke. After the firing, the second slip is washed off the pot. The part not painted will come out black. The part that has been painted will come out in the bright color originally fired. Traditionally the pottery depicts scenes of common life, such as a woman selling chicha, a kind of corn beer, with her three pots of different flavors. You may see some of this style in the store, but mostly you will see striking geometric designs of two colors.

Mata Ortiz pottery of northern Chihuahua Mexico follows a similar story. In the 1960’s and 70’s, Juan Quezada revived the style of pottery found at the ruins of Paquime near to the village of Mata Ortiz.

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designs found in the pottery of Puebla and Guanajuato. Rigid rules were to be followed if the potters wanted to be known as Talavera potters. Today these rigid rules have evolved into a form of “registry” or copyright law. Technically, the only the pottery from Puebla registered as “talavera” can call itself such. Green feels that the pottery from Guanajuato and Delores Hidalgo is much more useful in our everyday lives, and much more affordable to most people, and falls under the guise of “Talavera” because of its historical relationship. The pottery is fired at a higher temperature, but the paintings are still free hand in style, as opposed to being stenciled onto the clay. In our travels, we find a lot of the potters in the Guanajuato area call their work “mayolica” because of historically having passed through Mayorca, and it is almost as well accepted as talavera.

An exciting medium for art is found in the carved gourds. Although you can see carved gourds throughout Latin America, the ones at La Paloma are from Peru. They are all from the Huancayo district from two little villages called Cochas Chico and Cochas Grande. It is an art form that is over 5,000 years old. Some of the carvings are very intricate and tell a story of life in the village. Some have jungle motifs.

Some have lizards carved repeatedly all over them. Some are simply carved into the figures of men or women.

Although it’s not a visit to Latin America, a visit to La Paloma may be the next best thing – and you do not have to pay for the flight.

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FIRST FISH STOCKED to PeÑa Blanca Lake Since 2008

MT. HOPKINS, Ariz. – Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD)

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Since 2007, AGFD has introduced more than 100 Gould's turkeys into the Santa Rita Mountains, specifically Madera, Gardner and Casa Blanca canyons. The Gould's turkey is the largest of five subspecies of turkey in the U.S. They thrive in the rocky, mountainous terrain of southern Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico. It's also the rarest, with only 600 to 800 birds in the wild, according to the National Wild Turkey Federation, a conservation and hunting organization. Turkeys are sensitive to climate change, and populations in southern Arizona have been affected by previously low rainfalls as well by increased numbers of predators driven from their habitats by urbanization. Their numbers have thus declined in the Santa Ritas over the years. The AGFD, U.S. Forest Service, the Centro Ecologico de Sonora, the National Wild Turkey Federation and other agencies are working cooperatively to reintroduce a strong Gould's population into Arizona and eventually other states where suitable range exists.

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he Arizona Game and Fish Department (AGFD) restocked fish into Peña Blanca Lake today, earlier than expected because of high rainfall from winter storms that replenished the lake.

The approximately 2,000 nine to 11-inch rainbow trout were transported by truck from the AGFD Page Spring Hatchery in Sedona to the lake, located northwest of Nogales off State Road 289. Peña Blanca Lake reopened in August 2009 after being closed in the fall of 2008 by the Coronado National Forest.

In the interim, it was drained to rid it of dangerous chemicals, debris and non-native plants and create a mercury-free fishery.

The dredging project was completed in July 2009, but low rainfall amounts limited water there to a small pool. Recent winter storms replenished the lake, with water overflowing its dam spillway within one 14-hour period, despite an initial estimate that it could take up to four years to refill.

“Let’s see who will be the first to catch a fish in the newly renovated Peña Blanca Lake,” said Sportsfish Specialist Jason Kline of the AGFD Region V office in Tucson.

“These put-and-take stockings will allow an opportunity for anglers to catch the first fish at the newly dredged lake while the aquatic

ecosystem re-establishes itself to a point that warm water species like bass, sunfish and catfish can be stocked.”

Access to the lake is limited to shore fishing and boats small enough to hand launch, as new boat launching facilities, planned for completion this spring, are still under construction. The west side of the lake will remain closed to vehicle traffic because of construction, but anglers may park and walk the shore to fish.

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ildlife Manager Aaron Miller releasing one of eight rare Gould’s turkeys into the Santa Rita Mountains in February. The turkeys were net captured earlier at Ramsey Canyon in the Huachuca Mountains and trucked to the top of Mt. Hopkins.

Photos by: Mark A. Hart

Information & Education Program Manager Arizona Game & Fish Department

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by Kathleen Vandervoet Potter, Diane Lisle has lived and worked in Tubac for 17 years, and epitomizes the “working artist” gallery owner.

“I just love experimenting. I’m still not bored with pottery because I keep experimenting,” Lisle said. “I don’t have a style I mass produce. I think the fine artist in me has never made two of the same things, and that is my goal.”

She designed two, side-by-side shops joined by a brickpaved patio at 5 Camino Otero. Her pottery studio and five kilns (ovens) are behind one of the shops and her small home is there too.

The five kilns give you a clue that Lisle works constantly on her craft, often eight to 12 hours a day, she said.

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Lisle’s shop, Clay Hands Gallery and Studio, displays what she calls a “world of wonderful pottery” with an abundant array of ceramics, bowls, plates, mugs, vases, pitchers, platters and much more.

Across the patio, Cobalt Fine Arts Gallery, managed for the past eight years by Lisle’s daughter, Mesia Hachadorian, exhibits high quality paintings, sculptures and art glass by established and also emerging artists.

In both of the galleries and on the patio, unique metal tables in various sizes topped with Italian tile, fossils, agates and stone slabs, display items. Those,

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along with chairs and benches, are hand-crafted by Jack James, a Tubac artist. He said he began creating them about six years ago and they’ve become very popular. “In the last few years, I’ve shipped orders to 26 states.”

Lisle is the only working potter in Tubac, but just a small portion of the shop features her work. In total, she represents 52 potters. “I decided I wanted to be the ice cream shop of pottery – a lot of different flavors – not just my pottery. I’ve been collecting potters over the last 15 years for different styles and quality. Most of them are from the Southwest.”

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Above: Diane Lisle with son Cody and daughter Misia. Cody constructed websites for Clay Hands Gallery and Cobalt Fine Arts Gallery. Visit the galleries online at www.clayhands.com and www.cobaltfinearts.com. Photo by Kathleen Vandervoet

items are functional for the kitchen and dining room, while others are high quality art work to be admired in the right setting. Lisle’s own work includes raku (a type of Japanese pottery), stoneware and porcelain.

Originally from Evergreen, Colo., Lisle studied art at Kansas City Art Institute. In years past, she was an exhibiting artist at the Tubac Festival of the Arts, and got to know Maxine Guy, a Tubac potter from the 1970s to the early 1990s. She worked with Guy and exhibited at “The Potted Owl,” which closed after Guy’s death, until she decided to build her own place.

She designed Clay Hands with multiple skylights since she likes natural light. The patio on the east side provides another outdoor room and an additional display room leads off of it. “It’s not a gift shop, it’s a pottery gallery. Have you ever seen so many pots in one place?” she asked.

Lisle intends to begin teaching pottery again later this year and is having a space for additional wheels added so students can use them both during and outside of class time.

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Lisle’s daughter, Mesia Hachadorian, sums up the gallery as “an eclectic mix of Southwest art with a strong focus on contemporary glass, ceramics as well as our painters.” The bright, airy space has work by 74 artists on view.

She has seen the gallery grow in esteem since it opened. “We have a pretty strong tourist industry and they’ll pick out stuff and ship it home.

Or, I have people that have come in every year and they follow an artist, or they follow the gallery and they pick something out.

“You do find the more established you are, the more established the artist is.

People will follow them. They’ll come in specifically to see an artist’s work,” she said.

Hachadorian received a degree in arts management from the University of Arizona. She studied in Italy for a semester and took classes in “museology” or museum studies which took students to museums and community art centers in Italian cities where they talked with directors and curators. She said that’s helped her put together her collection.

“I try to make art warm and welcoming and keep the collection exciting and new. We have some of the best regional artists and some wonderful national artists,” she said.

The mother and daughter team work side by side, not together. “It works wonderfully,” Hachadorian said.

About Lisle, she noted cheerfully, “She’s creative and artistic and she has wonderful ideas that can also be very outlandish and not possible. I’m fairly reasonable and level-headed. I do all the accounting for everything and the computer side.

“So we can have a very synergistic relationship with each other’s strengths.

If we honor that in each other, we can be a better team than we would be individually.”

Lisle’s son and Hachadorian’s brother, Cody, created web sites for both businesses. He recently began working in Tubac, training with copper artist and fountain maker Lee Blackwell.

Both shops are open seven days a week during the busy season. Hours are reduced during the summer. For more information, call Clay Hands Gallery at (520) 398-2885 or Cobalt Fine Arts Gallery at (520) 398-1200.

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Joseph Casey - Master of

by Mary Bingham

PART 2

J

oseph Casey found himself back in the Tucson jail in March of 1883 wearing fifteen-pound Oregon boots, a type of leg iron that encircled each ankle with a heavy ring of steel attached to a U-shaped bar running under his instep and bolted to the heel of his boot.

but not before Casey got off a shot causing powder-burns on Holbrook’s hand. About that same time, Holbrook caught sight of Sinclair who was also armed. Seeing that he was outnumbered, Holbrook swung around to get to the jail yard door to call for help.

Memories of the former jailer, George Cooler, on duty when Casey and the eight others escaped the previous October, were still running high in Tucson. Cooler was almost lynched by an angry mob for allowing the killers and robbers to escape on his watch. Seems lynching was a rather popular pastime in the Arizona Territory of the 1880s.

Casey fired a second time, the shot hitting Holbrook in the lower back. In spite of the wound, Holbrook managed to open the door and gained access to the jail yard. The Tucson Citizen for May 8th described what happened next:

Historian Roy B. Young writes that on November 1, 1882 Cooler was placed under arrest by the Tucson City Marshal, Adolph Buttner, not Sheriff Bob Paul as is often reported, on the grounds that he allowed the prisoners to escape. Cooler pled guilty the following year and was fined $500.

Sheriff Bob Paul contacted his old friend, Andrew W. Holbrook, and offered him the job as Pima County Jailer.

Paul warned his old friend not to let his guard down around Casey for one moment.

Holbrook and Paul’s friendship went back to their law enforcement days in California. While Holbrook served as a San Francisco police officer, Paul was with the Calaveras County Sheriff ’s Department from 1856 to1864, serving the last four years as sheriff. Paul also worked as a messenger and detective for the Wells Fargo Company before settling in Arizona in the 1870s.

Casey seemed to have been on his best behavior for a little over a month. His cellmates were Henry Sinclair, or “Harry St. Clair” as Casey called him, and Lorenzo Lopez. They were incarcerated in the new jail situated in the basement of the new Pima County Courthouse located at the corner of Court and Pennington Street, the same jail Casey and the others escaped from a month after it was completed in September of 1882!

Always alert for a way to escape, Casey discovered a loose bar in their cell in late April. Whether Casey worked out a diversion with other prisoners and trustees is not known.

However on Sunday morning April 29, 1883, a commotion was started by a couple of the prisoners over the unsanitary dish washing conditions by a couple of trustees in the jail yard. With three guards attending to their early morning duties, including a Sunday morning church service held in the probate courtroom, Jailer Holbrook went out to check on the situation himself.

Quickly Casey and Sinclair removed the loose bar and slipped out of the cell. Some accounts say Lopez initially left the cell, but returned to the cell as soon as things turned sour.

Unarmed, Holbrook entered the jail yard through a door tied open with a rope and began walking toward the trustees to see what was up. Behind him, he heard the unmistakable sound of the door slamming shut. He quickly reentered the building and headed for his office where firearms were kept hidden under a mattress. There he was confronted by Casey who held a gun in his hand pointed at Holbrook’s chest. Holbrook grabbed for Casey’s gun-hand forcing the gun to the side,

He heroically succeeded in opening the door and passed out, and knowing that the jail breakers would try to escape through that door into the jail yard and then scale the fifteen foot wall to gain their freedom, he held the knob of the door with a determined strength that seemed superhuman at the same time calling loudly for help. It was some minutes before his alarm was heard, and when it was, men appeared at the open window of the Sheriff ’s office which commands the jail yard, and with loaded guns prepared to shoot down anyone who attempted to pass out, called to the jailor to let go the door and come to the window, where a stepladder was lowered and he ascended to the window, passed in and was assisted to a cot in the basement of the building.

All three guards returned to the cellblock finding both Lopez and Sinclair in their cell, but Casey was missing. Two of the three guns that had been hidden under the mattress were located on a shelf in the jailer’s office. Unbelievably, Casey was found hiding in an aperture above the cells still wearing his Oregon boots! He was ordered to come down via a ladder attached to the wall. He did so, but immediately ducked into a vaulted area next to the ladder.

Four shots fired into the vault convinced Casey to come out.

He told the guards that the third gun was hidden in the closet of a sink in the corridor where it was found and recovered. A second set of irons were added to the Oregon boots and Casey was placed in another cell.

Meanwhile, a messenger was sent to locate Dr. John C. Handy. Handy was well known as a skilled surgeon and was also the son-in-law of the highly respected Arizona pioneer Larcena Pennington Page Scott who resided briefly in Tubac during the Civil War. If anyone could save Holbrook, it would be Dr. Handy. Unfortunately the Citizen reported: “… there was not the least shadow of hope of saving his life…”

Holbrook died at 7 p.m., attended by Dr. Handy and visited

by Sheriff Paul.

Once again an angry mob gathered outside the new courthouse ready to lynch the murderer of Andrew Holbrook.

The Arizona Weekly Star for May 3, 1883 described the slain deputy sheriff: He was a quiet, unassuming gentleman, courteous and pleasant in his demeanor, and highly esteemed by those who knew him best. For a long time he was on the police force of San Francisco and bore a high reputation for efficiency in that capacity. He has not been long in charge of the jail at this place, but during his career in that capacity he had won the confidence of his superiors and the regard of all with whom he came in contact.

Sheriff Paul was called away from Holbrook to deal with the matter and the Citizen rep

…Mr. Paul arrived at the door of the court flash he was through the crowd or over the twinkling he and his assistants had cleared however, until George Hand, the janitor, h executed the idea of cooling their excitemen hose on the crowd and sending over them a Cruz water. Guards were then stationed in and the doors closed, and quiet reigned.

Casey was no longer a robber and master es now a murderer! His case went to trial June found guilty on June 22, 1883, with his exec on July 27th. A stay of execution was grante a six-month reprieve until the Territorial Su would meet in January.

January 12, 1884, the Territorial Supreme C the judgment against Casey. Sheriff Paul al to be relayed to Casey by a reporter from th Star. He seemed to take the news rather ph proclaiming that he should not have been c murder in the first degree. Casey’s contenti it was an accident, that he did not shoot Ho premeditation. He also told the reporter th two deaths and pointed to the Oregon boot wearing for the past eight months.

Casey would appear for his final sentencing District Judge W. F. Fitzgerald recommend “send for some pious clergyman to assist yo the awful doom that soon awaits you.” The was set for Tuesday, April 15th.

April 9th, Casey made his official confessio blame for the murder of Holbrook. Casey a Sinclair of any blame in the murder.

As the time for Casey’s execution drew nea more attempt to escape on April 12th. Som gotten hold of a stickpin from a necktie and Star “after about eight weeks of labor succe through one of the bars of his cell door, and his way through the jail wall when discover

As time drew near for his execution, Casey services of a spiritual adviser, Father Anton Fearing for his immortal soul he was baptiz faith, just in case his parents hadn’t seen too life.

On the day of the execution a huge crowd g the courthouse anxious to witness the even jail yard could only hold 200 spectators. Sh death warrant to Casey while he was still in unassisted to the scaffold, Casey made one the crowd.

I want to make a few remarks. I did kill Mr. H it under the impulse of the moment; I had no i him. I believe in all my life I never did anybod before, and did not mean to do it to him. I forg

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Holbrook, but I did intention of killing dy any bodily injury give everybody and

hope all forgive me. I want to make a statement in regard Harry Sinclair. He had nothing to do with the shooting. He is a young man, and I hope he will get out. He’s got no friends to help him.

I hope you will do smoothing for him. I die a Catholic and resign my body to the care of the church.

The Citizen went on to report his final moments: Not a sound was heard in the yard when the speaker arose after his remarks and permitted the leather bands to be placed around his arms.

Just before the rope was drawn around his neck he exclaimed: “We all got to get here sometime boys; all have to get to the jumping off place.”

When the rope began to squeeze his neck again he called out: “Very uncomfortable necktie.”

At the last moment, just as the black cap was drawn over his face, the desperate man called out: “Turn her loose; good-bye!”

Next month: Joseph Casey – Master Escape Artist, Part III - Cleaning up the loose ends of the Casey Case Special thanks for helping with this article goes out to Tom and Lorraine Russell of Genealogy Images of History (http:// www.genealogyimagesofhistory.com/) who’s fabulously indexed collection of old west magazines often proves the inspiration for great stories .

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After completing part one of the Casey story, another great source of info was discovered. It is a new book by Roy B. Young titled, Robert Havlin Paul: Frontier Lawman – the Arizona Years. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Arizona history.

SOURCES: - Arizona Weekly Star, “Execution of Joseph Casey.” April 17, 1884.

- Hayes, J. M., “Anatomy of an Execution.” The Tucson Citizen, date missing.

“Joseph Casey, Turn Her Loose—Good-bye Were his Last Words.” Arizona Weekly Citizen, April 19, 1884.

-Kildare, Maurice, “The Mysterious Gunman.” The West, December 1966.

- O’Dell, Roy, “Joseph Casey – Arizona Escape Artist.”

Laramie: University of Wyoming: Quarterly of the National Association and Center for Outlaw and Lawman History Vol. XIII, No. 2, Fall 1988.

- Yossie’s Handcuff Collection: Oregon-Boot Combination http://www.blacksteel.com/hcs/index.cgi ?section=Collection&mode=1&start=361 - Young, Roy B., Robert Havlin Paul: Frontier Lawman, the Arizona Years. Apache, OK: Young & Sons Enterprises, c. October, 2009.

- Weekly Citizen, “Joseph Casey. “Turn Her Loose – Good-bye.” April 19, 1884.

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by Shaw Kinsley

P e r s o n a l i t i e s o f Tu b a c

Luis Acuña Gastelum

Tubac’s 1885 Schoolhouse is the second oldest in the State. Generations of children received instruction in both English and Spanish there, but one student stands out for his remarkable success in later life. Luis Gastelum was part of the “Voices of the Valley” series of oral history interviews, and the transcript of his interview with Betty Lane on August 30, 1991 is enchanting.

Luis Gastelum was born in Tubac on May 3rd, 1915 in the homestead that his Grandfather Acuña had registered in 1886. It was from this house that the Gastelums were mistakenly evicted after the Baca Float decision, but that’s another story! Luis’s first teacher in Tubac was Josephine Cotter (later Bailey).

After Mrs. Bailey, Percy Williams became Luis’s teacher. “Mr. Williams was probably the most influential teacher I had. Mrs. Bailey was a very fine teacher, but Mr. Williams was a superb teacher. … He started tutoring me in algebra and other subjects so that I could go ahead and move to Nogales to attend high school.” Luis finished high school in three and a half years.

After graduation, Gastelum moved to Tucson to attend the Arizona College of Commerce where he majored in accounting and finance.

Because it was the middle of the Depression, he also studied stenography to be a court reporter at the suggestion of a professor.

He graduated with a degree in business administration, and got his first job as an auditor for Wells Fargo in the tomato import business. He returned to Tucson one day and dropped by his old school to visit. A call came in from Casa Grande National Monument asking if there was a male stenographer available for employment. “My professor said, ‘Yes, one of our recent graduates is looking for a job.’” Mr. Miller at Casa Grande said, “Well, can he come in tomorrow? It’s Saturday; I have to leave town in two or three days, and I’d like to test him, to see if he qualifies for the job I have here.” Gastelum continues, “So I rode the bus to Coolidge. He dictated about fifteen letters to me and I had to transcribe them right then. He said, ‘Oh, you’re all right.

You report for duty on Monday because I have to leave on Tuesday on a long vacation.’

So that’s the way I got employed. There was no Civil Service register at the time, but they needed somebody qualified to do the work. So the job I got that day lasted for about thirtynine years. (laughs)”

Because he had received a broad administrative training, Gastelum was made assistant manager in charge of CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps), overseeing camps in Chiricahua, N.M., Bandelier, N.M., Chaco Canyon, and Walnut Canyon or Wupatki near Flagstaff, Arizona.

There were between five and six hundred enrollees working in construction, forestry, and conservation.

There was an enormous amount of paperwork, and Gastelum was good at it. In fact, he made it his specialty.

When the CCC ended in 1942, Luis served as placement officer in the regional office in Santa Fe, helping people find new jobs. In rapid succession, he was promoted to chief clerk in King’s Canyon National Park in California from 1942 to 1943 and then to Grand Canyon National Park where he served from 1944 to 1946. He was then assigned to the National Parks regional administrative office in Santa Fe from 1946 to 1952. There he helped set up the Southwest National Monuments headquarters to administer the twenty-six national monuments in the Southwest. Luis was promoted to assistant general superintendent from 1952 to 1957.

In 1957, he was given a choice: to move to Big Bend National Park as assistant superintendent or to move to Washington, D.C. as assistant bureau personnel officer. He

chose Washington, but was there for only one year. An opening saw his promotion to associate superintendent of Yellowstone National Park and he served in that post for six years, until 1964.

In 1964, Luis was asked to head up the Job Corps Conservation Program. Over the next two and a half years, he established – from scratch – twelve camps to house, feed, educate, and train 1400 young men.

The Job Corps Centers in the National

Parks is a program that is still running today. In 1967, Luis was made deputy assistant director for administration for the National Park Service for the whole country, a job which he did until 1970.

By then, he wanted to return to the field. He returned to Santa Fe as head of a management evaluation unit for the Southwestern region, and ran that unit until 1973 when he “retired” from the National Park Service.

Luis stayed active in spite of his “retirement.” He helped the nation of Venezuela develop a management and organizational plan for their national parks, and did much the same thing for two entities here in the U.S.: Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco

Images: Top: Tubac schoolteacher Edwin Percy Williams, ca 1925. Courtesy THS. Middle: Tubac’s historic 1885 Schoolhouse ca. 1960.

Courtesy TPSHP. Bottom: Luis Acuna Gastelum, age 4, at the time of the Baca Float evictions. Courtesy THS.

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Gastelum selected several highlights from his long career. He viewed his years at Yellowstone as one of his most significant accomplishments primarily because of the legislation that was enacted to protect the lake. He also mentioned his 1962 six-month trip to Antarctica when he was appointed by Secretary of the Interior Stewart Udall as U.S. representative with the re-supply expedition out of Santiago, Chile. Luis accompanied Udall on trips to conferences on renewable resources in Argentina, Venezuela, and Peru.

Toward the end of the interview, Gastelum described the enormous changes in the scope of the National Park Service’s responsibilities over the course of his life. At first, the National Park Service was responsible for superb natural areas. In 1905, the Antiquities Act saw the establishment of National Monuments such as Tumacacori and Saguaro. In the 1930s national recreation areas were established, including Lake Mead, Cape Cod, and Point Reyes. Later the National Historic Sites Act expanded responsibilities further, as did the National Trails Act and the National Rivers Act. Over the course of Luis Gastelum’s life, the National Park Service became the repository for preserving our national heritage, whether natural, historical, or other.

It’s marvelous to think that such an accomplished career got its start in Tubac’s

one-room schoolhouse. Gastelum wrote an excellent article entitled “Memories of My Youth at Tubac : From the Old Homestead to Adulthood” which was published in Journal of Arizona History, v.36, no. 1, Spring 1995. It’s available in the THS library.

One of Tubac Historical Society’s most important primary resources is the taped oral histories of interviews with many of Tubac’s most interesting residents. Many tapes have been transcribed and the transcriptions are available to be read at THS by anyone interested. In December, THS received a grant from the White Elephant to buy the equipment needed to transfer our many oral histories on cassette tape to new digital files. We hope to expand our collection by interviewing more people who have stories to tell about Tubac history. We are looking for some talented individuals who would like to conduct interviews to enlighten us about Tubac’s history. We have written guidelines to help make you a good interviewer. If you think you might have a gift for this job, we need you!

Call 398-2020 or email info@ths-tubac.org.

Shaw Kinsley is a specialty consultant currently focused on personal archives, libraries and collections. By organizing, preserving and presenting individual collections—Kinsley helps families pass their stories on to future generations.

He is the author of the recently published book Tubac in the Images of America series by Arcadia Publishing which tells Tubac’s history through vintage photographs. The book and an accompanying set of 15 postcards are available at the Tubac Historical Society, T.J. Tortuga’s Books and Coffee Beans, the Tubac Center of the Arts, the Santa Cruz Chili & Spice Company, or directly from Shaw at www.ShawKinsley.com

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An exhibit of works by James Toner, Jutta DeMay and Jared Newton, continues through Thursday, April 8.

Right: "Her Faces" photography by Jared Newton. Far Right: "Celeste" sculpture by James Toner.

The exhibit “Carmen Arts” (March 6 through April 8) spotlights the artistic activities to be discovered in the tiny historic barrio of Carmen, Arizona. Toner Studio and Gallery hosts the exhibit in the working studio environment of professional sculptor/furniture maker, James Toner. Featured along with his bronze, stone and wood sculptures are the large scale mixed media paintings of Jutta DeMay and fine art photography of Jared Newton.

Between the historic village of Tubac and the Kino Mission of Tumacacori, lies the barrio of Carmen - a haven for seasoned, working artists drawn from around the country to Tubac's reputation as an arts destination. Toner Studio and Gallery is the only publicly accessible art venue promoting the lively studio arts scene in this quiet Santa Cruz River Valley community.

From his large, multi-functional Carmen studio/workshop, James Toner produces wood and mixed media architectural elements, entry doors and heirloom quality furniture commissioned by architectural and design firms and private clientel throughout the country.

He also creates stand-alone fine art sculpture in bronze, wood and stone. His sculpture has been represented in galleries and public art venues in Los Angeles, Seattle, Santa Fe, Taos, New York and Tubac.

Imagination and creative ambition energize his work; always being driven to achieve the highest levels of design, structure and technical excellence. James’ career as an artist/ designer spans many years and varied applications –

from large public art projects, to being the designer/owner of Toner Wood Carving - a furniture and ornamental arts factory for the trade; to a smaller endeavor producing exclusive edition furniture collections sold through a Pacific Design Center showroom; to several gallery ownerships and finally to Carmen where he continues to expand his creative realms, concepts, and skills as well as promoting the talents and like spirits of those who, like him, have discovered Carmen Arizona.

Jutta DeMay was born in a small village in Germany receiving formal art training throughout her public school education – a pivotal component of Germany’s noted Waldorf system. Extended studies were in commercial photography which gained her later employment in the United States as a medical photographer at the Palo Alto Medical Clinic.

Later Jutta developed a career in the fine arts, gaining recognition and awards in galleries and exhibits as well as a significant group of private and institutional collectors throughout the Washington, DC and Fredericksburg, VA areas.

She has maintained homes and working studios in Southern Arizona since the 90’s. The large scale works created and inspired in this region reflect elements of indigenous nature, landscape and culture in experimental media.

Unrestrained by tradition, Jutta integrates found objects, plaster, wax, cement, twigs, rock, earth, ink, graphite, acrylic and oil paints in compositions that patrons have designed their homes around.

Jared Newton has studied film and still photography for 15 years, both in academia and through self-exploration, which has contributed to an eclectic range of subject matter and technique. With impromptu lighting setups, or simply natural light, Jared's approach often involves venturing out with no specific intention, but the hope of discovery.

"I find the best way to work is through intuition. Shooting photographs, in my opinion, should be less of a thought process and more of an experience. The amount of time some people spend trying to capture the perfect photograph can ensure a squandered opportunity at a truthful moment... and a more visceral photograph…”

In 2008, he was the recipient of Honorable Mention in the Color Photography category of The Nikon/Photographer's Forum Best of College Photography Contest, and in September of 2009 won the Tom and Glenda DeMoss Award for Photography at The Tubac Center of The Arts. Jared's works have been shown at galleries in Ann Arbor, Dexter and Ypsilanti, Mi. and Tubac, Az. The exhibit “Carmen Arts” offers patrons of the arts an intimate encounter with the inspirations and artistic talent to be found in rural Santa Cruz River Valley.

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FRI, MAR 19TH - AMBER NORGAARD LIVE at Wisdom's Cafe from 5 to 8pm. 398-2397.

SAT, MAR 20TH - GIMME SHELTER SANTA CRUZ HUMANE SOCIETY CHARITY GOLF TOURNAMENT. Win a CAR from Cropper's Nogales Autocenter in the Hole-In-One Competition! 398-2214 or kmhoeck@msn.com.

Deadline March 15th.

SAT, MAR 20TH - HIKING IN THE PATAGONIA MOUNTAINS: GUAJOLOTE PEAK at 9am. Join geologist Bob Handfield. to hike to Guajolote Peak for a great view north over Soldier Basin on the west side of the Patagonias. There will be 1/4-1/2 mile of hiking through the scrub oak to get up the east side of Guajolote Peak. 4-5 miles round trip. Meet at Little Red School House. Bring lunch, water. Call Jim Lockwood to let us know you are coming (520.281-8167).

SAT, MAR 20TH - ST. PATTY’S DAY CELEBRATION. Green Beer, Corned Beef & Cabbage, Raffles and More! 9TH ANNUAL JOHN CROWLEY MEMORIAL PARADE ~ LineUp at 9am / Parade starts at 10am. Plus, COWGIRL UGLY FASHION SHOW at 2pm.

Music: Chuck Wagon & the Wheels at 6pm.

SAT, MAR 20TH - WELCOME PULITZER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR PHILIP CAPUTO for a book signing of "Crossers" at TJ's Tortuga Books & Coffee Beans.

SAT, MAR 20TH - COOL BREEZE, featuring Homero Ceron, will play the best in Latin jazz at 7:30pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts.

Tickets are $20 and may be purchased by calling TCA 520-398-2371.

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Your one stop shop for Great Food, Health & Living Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700

A Property Management Company - Tubac, Rio Rico, Green Valley www.anzadetubac.com

Emmy’s Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

Tubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940

Total Health & Wellness, Short/Long term memberships, Personal Training, Classes, Yoga and Message Therapy

Baca Float Water Company - 520-398-3177 Serving the Barrio de Tubac for Water and Sewer

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture & Design with the West in Mind www.sunsetinteriors.com

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962

Arizona’s Premier Full Service Real Estate Company www.longrealtytubac.com

Tubac Anza Marketplace - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine www.anzamarketplace.com

Brasher Real Estate is committed to our clients and our community. As the oldest independently owned real estate firm in Tubac, we are proud to provide you with the highest level of service using cutting edge technology, along with the combined experience of our team of real estate professionals.

• Representing buyers and sellers for Residential, Land, Commercial, Devel opment and Consulting Services in Southern Arizona for over 25 years.

• Stop in or call one of our Tubac based real estate professionals: Jacque Brasher: (520) 481-1282 Carey Daniel (520) 631-3058 Fred Johnson: (520) 275-7050 Mindy Maddock: (520) 247-8177 Bob Prigmore: (520) 204-5667 Gary Brasher: (520) 398-2506

Tubac Café Presidio - 520-398-8501

Great food and fun serving Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner, Specials Daily www.anzamarketplace.com

MIJ Hair and Nails

Call for more information 520-398-3206

The Artist’s Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta, Pizza, Steaks, Seafood, Mexican, Bar and Parties

• Green Valley/Sahuarita: Call our main office at 520-398-2506 for additional information of our fine team specializing in Green Valley/Sahuarita.

Let Brasher Be Your Guide Learn more by visiting our office in Tubac at 2 Tubac Road, just at the front of the Village.

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Left - Juror, artist Harley Brown, and “Best of Show” winner at the Above - Helen Serras Herman carves a large opal in her studio.

Tubac Center of the Arts' Arizona Aqueous exhibit,Catherine Kim Woodin in front of Catherine’s painting, “Detour”.

Right - Patagonia painter, Judith Hinton Andrew, at work. ...continued from page 23

SAT, MAR 20TH - THE MAN FROM MAGDALENA at the United Congregational Church in Sahuarita.

the gardens included. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@ gmail.com.

SUN, MAR 21ST - SEE THE 150 YR-OLD PRINTING PRESS in action at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at 11am.

THURS, MAR 25TH - SEE THE 150 YR-OLD PRINTING PRESS in action at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at 9:30am.

TUES, MAR 23RD - WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY! COMPLIMENTARY WORKSHOP sponsored by the Greater Green Valley Community Foundation. 625-4556 for reservations.

THURS, MAR 25TH - PATAGONIA – ALPACAS AND VINEYARDS with Helena Kummerli - $125 - Meet South American Alpacas raised in Arizona, and taste the Sonoita wines. Includes lunch. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@gmail.com.

WED, MAR 24TH - HEARD MUSEUM AND PHX BOTANICAL GARDENS - Helena Kummerli - $136 - Enjoy desert plants in a beautiful garden setting, and historical and cultural collections of the Heard luncheon in

FRI, MAR 26TH - BILL MANZANEDO LIVE at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori from 5 to 8pm.

398-2397.

FRI - THRU SUN, MAR 26TH-28TH - HUMMINGBIRD MONITORING NETWORK VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT EVENT. Presentation: Addressing Hummingbird Conservation Needs at Cady Hall in Patagonia. Mar 27, Presentations, Hummingbird Banding Field Training and BBQ social at Patagonia Lake State Park. March 28, Hummingbird Banding Field Training at Patagonia Lake State Park. Check out the Arizona State Parks website for registration information: www.azstateparks.com SAT, MAR 27TH – SPRING FOR ART is an eclectic AUCTION with a cocktail buffet to benefit the Tubac Center of the Arts. For information and reservations call the Center at 520-398-2371.

SAT, MAR 27TH - FOURTH ANNUAL EMPTY BOWLS event, from 11-1:30 pm. Green Valley Assistance Services invites you to select a handcrafted bowl, sample delicious soup and bread from local chefs, and enjoy home-baked cookies, all donated by local artisans, chefs, and cookie bakers. $10 at Valley Presbyterian Church, at 2800 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley. Proceeds support GVAS year-round programs that help seniors and families who do not have enough to eat.

SAT, MAR 27TH - A PAINTING EVENT at the Karin Newby Gallery, 19 Tubac Rd .1 to 4pm, featuring Barbara Hill, David DeVary, Louisa McElwain, David Simons, Nicholas Wilson & Tom Hill. 398-9662. NewbyGallery.com.

Bold Southwest Art & Stunning Mesquite Furniture

Visiting During Artwalk MOLLY HEIZER, CERAMICS SCULPTOR Come see how she weaves Native American history, religion and folklore into her whimsical ceramic figures. check out our online gallery

31 Tubac Road Fine Art Gallery featuring Unique Home Decor and Year-Round Christmas Displays.

520-398-9088

ARTWALK SAT & SUN, MARCH 27TH - 28TH

Artwalk is a Tubac Chamber of Commerce Sponsored Event

Painting, sculpture, jewelry, leather, pottery and other art demonstrations by local and visiting artists inside studios and galleries 10am to 5pm daily.

Admission is free.

Call (520) 398-2704 for info or visit www.tubacaz.com.

SAT & SUN, MAR 27TH & 28TH - AN AUDACIOUS ART EXPERIENCE at Rogoway Gallery, 5 Calle Baca. Reception on the 27th from 1 to 4pm. 398-2041. Rogowaygalleries. com

SAT, MAR 27TH - VISIT ARTIST JOHN FARNSWORTH from 2-6pm at the ZForrest Gallery in the La Entrada. 398-9009.

SAT, MAR 27TH - MUSIC @ Old Tubac Inn - LAST CALL GIRLS - Hillbilly, Rockabilly Dance Band.

SAT & SUN, MAR 27TH – 28TH - ARTWALK in Tubac, Sponsored by the

Tubac Chamber of Commerce. Explore the working artists’ studios and fine art galleries for which Tubac is renowned. Enjoy painting, sculpture, jewelry, leather, pottery and other art demonstrations by local and visiting artists inside studios and galleries. Special receptions give visitors a chance to meet the artists represented in Tubac’s fine art galleries. Tubac offers an eclectic mix of more than 100 shops, fine art galleries and working artist studios, as well as dining, lodging and golf. ArtWalk hours are 10am to 5pm daily.

Admission is free. (520) 398-2704 or visit www.tubacaz.com.

MON, MAR 29TH - MOONLIGHT HIKE. Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight.

Bring water & a flashlight. Trail is moderately difficult with a 350 ft. elevation gain. Call to register (520) 287-2791.

WED, MAR 31ST - BESH BE GO WAH AND BOYCE THOMPSON ARBORETUM - Helena Kummerli - $114 - Thousands of desert plants to view, and the archaeological ruins of the Salado Culture at Globe, AZ. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@gmail.com.

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hanging gears this month, my article (like my camera) has an auto-focus.

For a lover of nature, cars are, at best, transportation, and at worst, an obnoxious obstruction. Cars began their existence in the 1880s as foul, noisy things which frightened horses and small children. These days, they don’t emit as much smoke but still belch invisible pollution, and folks living near a freeway know how loud they are still, mainly because of so much fast-moving rubber hitting the road.

The roads, actually, are the main problem, not the cars. Nothing destroys nature faster than the construction of a road.

First is the scar of the road itself. Then, the road spreads commerce and people like fungus on the land. Likewise, to the nature photographer, nothing is more precious than the few remaining roadless places, like the wilderness areas preserved by the government, remnants of our past.

and motion are highly engineered tricks prepared in the digital darkroom. However, as with most faux-tography, the basic image elements must first be created the old fashioned way, by snapping a high-quality picture.

Students of early photography know how the Frenchman Jacques Henri Lartigue is famous, in part, for his images of race cars appearing to lean forward at high speed.

This evocative depiction of motion was a result of the workings of the early camera shutter, a focal plane mechanism which moved across the film from top to bottom.

But can it be true - a nature lover who happens also to be an automobile enthusiast? Yes, I am both.

Cars in motion often are captured on film by the use of panning, a technique well worth practicing. Panning is the horizontal movement of the camera lens matching the movement of the object. If done with the right shutter speed, panning will blur the car’s background and wheels but keep the vehicle free of some motion blur. But in this article, you may notice that cars in the accompanying photos are stationary.

Photography with motion is a subject for another time!

To paraphrase the poet Walt Whitman, I contradict myself, and so what. Yes, there may be a moral conflict for a nature photographer to take pictures of cars, especially photos that venerate them.

However, photographers are artists who, like any other artist, find inspiration throughout the known universe. Plus, we need to stay in practice. Cars are good practice for any photographer, proffering studies of composition, color, motion, exposure, depth of field – all spokes in the photographic wheel. Further, pictures of cars can form serious studies of social themes.

Most often, photo-worthy cars are best appreciated while they are still. Retired trucks spending their dotage on a scenic ranch can be very photogenic. In our ‘hood, the neighborhood of the borderlands, the desert photographer often discovers lumps of steel: abandoned hulks hinting at forgotten stories. What happened at these places and who were the drivers? Drug dealers? Desperate migrants? A tank on empty and many miles to walk? How did that little sedan get there when I had to use white-knuckles, four-wheel-drive, and GPS guidance to do the same?

Cars are a source of emotional impact, a high-octane ingredient of any artful photograph. Cars evoke nostalgia, affection, envy, pride and resentment. They are a source of stylistic debate, and provoke controversy regarding pollution, excess, waste, consumerism, and safety.

The usual fate of these remote derelicts is target practice for both photographers and gun owners. In distant spots on public lands, broken and abandoned cars are expensive to haul away. In the borderlands, cars don’t dissolve into rust. They just remain, year after year, an unsightly mess or, with some imagination, they provide shape, shadow, color and mystery to be exploited by you, the intrepid photographer. (Map readers will note gratefully that I avoided saying “cartographer.”)

Advertising of cars employs many photographers; for years, most commercial automobile photos have been composite pictures using many elements seamlessly assembled. The lighting and reflections

IMAGES: Top, left: Exhibitions, such as the annual Tubac Car Show, offer the candy-coated toys of grown-up boys.

Center, left: Old trucks, like this beauty in the ghost town of Ruby, always fascinate, radiating a rugged country charm.

Bottom, left: A ponycar grazes near local flora in downtown Tucson: “Blue Mustang/ Blue Agave.”

Top, right: Two hulks sit abandoned on Bull Springs Road, in the remote southern Santa Rita Mountains east of Tubac. What’s their story – enthralling or banal?

Center, right: Interiors of vehicles are poignant reminders of simpler times and technology. Bullet holes are extra-cost options.

Bottom, right: Time-warp city: pastel beauties from 1960, seemingly fresh from the factory, photographed recently on the interstate.

Murray Bolesta’s CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizona’s natural, rural, and cultural heritage. Murray’s home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at www.CactusHuggers.com.

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by Alfred Griffin

At the foot of saintly mountain prayer

So, in this stolen desert

So, when we awake, our dreams

It will wither in saddles of ground

I apologize for the romantic

It is only when we are awake

Don’t wait for inspiration

Allow your lungs to breathe in the miracle of age And let the ink do all the laughing and crying There is commitment in that.

A friendship so to say.

Outside, my body perched as a frown Blanketed by sloping stars And delving black

We knew each other in the first gospel In a dream, grounded from the east

Seeped love in west rays of our nurture

The hush of arid today(s) and the memory Of sweaty New York is all sundry As she holds my hand

For all the thieves with pure of hearts I waste nothing of the everything The petty thefts were of

Do come true

That the dream is coughing awake

The greatest of humanity

This is when she gets cold, our Arizona

When in ancient lyrical battle

An urge to run shirtless.

The innocents name tarnish

With the scope of dehydrated desperation We are all at a loss for the word

Arizona doesn’t make you a man

Just as New York does not toast your moans

And this shivering night, I have

It’s been a while since lunacy was innocent.

It’s been a while since I was 19.

Maybe she’s letting me get too old For the rogue

Or, maybe it’s just too darn cold out there.

The inhabitant of one’s home is

If history is not one-sided,

Escape from. And that love is where

The lights illuminated

A reflection of what you want to We want to return to.

I am your man. And we are nature.

On a balmy night

Is but a memory of

Years and years ago

I had a choice, either God

Waking at night, the silence

I chose Arizona

Keep my head from noisy booms

In our maps, emit and

Otherwise go mad.

Otherwise you will never be

Or emotion, both glimpsed in you As I had to find her in sin Listening to one’s shouts

Is when lucid clarity is heard Arizona humbles the mind

It is in her that we see how small we are In that open, vast stretch that Is equal with our sun

Here is where I have nothing left to yell about My voice thin by blocking sacredness

I have seen too much. I am humbled too much All I have is the residue of the storm The calm after is but thought

My word, a pebble tossed in the Grand Canyon Though that pebble is a part of nature.

She sends me love, my sweet Arizona In between lazy bristled branches Maybe in Tubac

Maybe it’ll rain today

And any aches I offer my words As penance

As I will heed to soaking love.

Is one of the few things that

When the frontal lobes would

And the Southwest stars is

Receive forlorn forgiveness, The Grand Canyon

A reminder of solitary life

Let us wake for the day

Of a slow singularity

I am too young to say that, now

A moment in the movement

You are the meditation

There is no cynicism in my wordsFor I have learned that where you grow up

The “non-fireworks” I ask to dance

Is where your soul develops.

That moon that never changes,

Your heart beats for the past.

Like music notes on that moon over there, Only the clouds that we perceive through it That loon I used to be

And I can only rest for you.

I ask not to think so much

But notice the art of still light Even if you don’t believe.

Let Arizona keep you quiet

The stars in their proper place

May be the only thoughts we need

Wherever you end up is where In you I retire and allow the

Heart beat for a better tomorrow It is in you, Arizona, now and in resting I can wake dreams of a certain truth You’ve made me indebted.

HELP SAVE THE PRESIDIO PARK IN TUBAC

The Tubac Historical Society is leading a community-wide effort to keep the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park open. THS has initiated a fundraising effort among the community businesses, nonprofit organizations, homeowners associations and individuals to generate a fund of $30,000 for TPSHP operations and maintenance. A separate “Save the Presidio Park” account has been opened and THS is urgently raising funds to demonstrate community support to the Arizona State Parks Board.

If the initiative to Save the Park is rejected, any money contributed will be fully refunded.

Photo by Karen Clark Taylor

If you would like to contribute to this effort, you may do so by writing a check to Tubac Historical Society noting that it is for Save the Presidio Park and sending it to P O Box 3261, Tubac, AZ 85646, or presenting a check to any THS Board member, or by using the PayPal donation button on our website (www.ths-tubac.org).

Visit the Tres Almos Ranch at the Tubac Historical Society picnic The popular annual picnic of the Tubac Historical Society will be held Sunday, April 11, at the Tres Alamos Ranch, considered by some to be the most beautiful ranch property in the western United States. Last year’s picnic was sold out several weeks before the event.

Eldon Housley, renowned cowboy historian, singer and poet, will entertain. Housley has performed all over the Southwest. He performed at the Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering in Prescott in 2006. He competed in the “world’s only Cowboy Poet Rodeo” in Kanab, Utah, and was a featured poet at the Gila Valley Cowboy Poets Gathering in Safford, Ariz.

He performs weekly at the White Stallion Ranch outside of Tucson.

Housley grew up on a ranch on the edge of the Sandhills in southwest Nebraska. He started riding horses before he was old enough to remember and broke his first colt when he was 12. He earned his way to a degree in education from the University of Nebraska by shoeing and training horses, which made him more money than teaching. He teaches now by sharing his knowledge of the cowboy way with many audiences through his poetry, songs and stories.

The luncheon of grilled beef with all the “fixins” is being catered

by the Stables Restaurant of the Tubac Golf Resort.

Tours will be given of this privately owned property, which was designed and built to reflect the gracious lifestyle of a southwestern cattle baron.

Concerned at what the closure would mean to Tubac, which depends heavily on cultural tourism, and because the mission of the Tubac Historical Society is so closely matched to the Park’s mission and purpose, THS has agreed to act as the lead organization in an effort to keep the Presidio Park open. Tubac Presidio State Historic Park was Arizona’s first state park. It is located in the center of Tubac, Arizona’s first European settlement. The site includes a Visitor Center, a museum, an archaeological exhibit, several buildings including an 1885 Territorial schoolhouse, a picnic area, and a trailhead for the Anza Trail for both equestrian and pedestrian use.

For more information on the entire State Parks situation and for information specifically on Tubac Presidio State Historical Park, go to the Tubac Historical Society website at www.ths-tubac.org

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hakespeare understood the power of theater, how we come into this world and become one of the players, coincidentally and by choice. Little girls learn quickly how to get their way, and little boys develop a swagger and attitude.

It is rather amazing to see it re-enacted from generation to generation.

If the world is but a stage, theater exposes how we humans fulfill our roles. It gives us a little distance from life up-close, a way to look at issues as voyeurs instead of players.

Just as a poet uses the brevity of the Haiku to illustrate nature; the playwright dramatizes a piece of life to illuminate human behavior. Cartwrights build carts, shipwrights build ships, playwrights build plays.

I have known only a few playwrights, none very well. Israel Horowitz (Park Your Car in Harvard Yard, Today I am a Fountain Pen, etc.) was my neighbor. He continues to try out his new material in the local theater in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

His fame and commitment brings extraordinary actors to town, but what is best is that he allows his audiences to be his critics, his collaborators.

Horowitz writes mostly about his life, about what he knows best and those he knew best. This past summer he wrote a play about teenage pregnancy, The P-Word.

It was in response to the Gloucester scandal involving twenty high school girls who supposedly were part of a pact. He looked at a fictional teenager’s pregnancy from every angle and brought a deeper insight to the situation, transforming it from a scandal to a confrontation with reality. I think he’s a genius.

In the past few years I met Patti Willis and Lu Prince. These two women from Amado have genius, too. It’s revealed in their art, their writing, their music and theatrical vision. (Why is it so many remarkable people don’t settle for just one gift?)

For months, I tracked their collaborative effort as they composed a theatrical piece based on an incident that happened two

years ago in the Santa Rita Mountains.

It was an event that took on Biblical proportions as it concerned tragedy, choice and ultimate sacrifice. The result is a production called, The Man from Magdalena. It debuted in Amado in January and will take to the road this spring. But before they leave, there will be at least one more opportunity to see it locally on March 20th at the United Congregational Church in Sahuarita.

Not only is the music haunting, the tale itself takes hold of your heart and mind.

Its simple truth gives the audience a wider understanding of the human drive that goes beyond borders and beyond simple judgments. It reacquaints us with the issue of poverty that forces an impoverished man from Magdalena to leave his mother, his wife and his children to travel north to seek a better life. His quest is aborted only when he finds another man’s son and knows he must sacrifice his dream to save that child. Myths, Spanish words, universal emotions and local customs add authenticity to the script’s (libretto’s) flavor. Clever staging devices allow many characters to be played by one. The music stays with you.

Sir Laurence Olivier says, “The actor should be able to create the universe in the palm of his hand.” What makes this particular theatrical work so compelling is that it is pertinent to this historical moment and this particular place.

Something important happens in this play, and it seems I wasn’t the only person to think so. All three of the Amado productions were sold out and audiences gave the actors and composers standing ovations. “I could hardly catch my breath,” one woman said, as she left the theater. I would call that the power of inspiration.

One person’s breath inspiring another’s.

Patti Willis and Lu Prince have given us an extraordinary piece of art, theater born in their own backyard that is worthy of being seen and heard by millions.

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NORTHERN JAGUARS ARE Almost one year after Macho B’s tragic death in Arizona, Sky Island Alliance (SIA) released today its first photographs of a northern jaguar in the Mexican State of Sonora.

Three years into a conservationistrancher partnership, a jaguar was photographed by a remote camera placed along an isolated canyon of the Sonoran Sky Islands. These are SIA’s first photographs of this elusive cat, and were taken only thirty miles south of the US/Mexico border. “Northern jaguars are a reality and they want to stay” said Sky Island Alliance biologist Sergio Avila. “Jaguars don’t recognize political boundaries; instead they choose robust prey populations, open space and safe corridors. This healthy feline represents our chance to recover this species in the region.”

“We are thrilled about the results of this collaborative project,” said Carlos R. Elias, co-owner of El Aribabi, the ranch where the photographs were taken. “Our family has worked hard to restore ecological processes in this land. We hope this gets the attention of government agencies and foundations, so we can establish a sustainable model that protects biodiversity and supports landowners and their families at the same time.”

REALITY Sky Island Alliance is a grassroots organization dedicated to the protection and restoration of the rich natural heritage of native species and habitats in the Sky Island region of the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico. We work with volunteers, scientists, land owners, public officials, and government agencies to establish protected areas, restore healthy landscapes, and promote public appreciation of the region's unique biological diversity.

To support the recovery of this endangered tropical cat in the Sky Island region, migration corridors must be protected, linking key habitat cores between Mexico and the United States. Additionally, the protection of jaguar habitat benefits a range of less prominent endangered species as well.

The Sky Island region of northwest Mexico and southwest United States is a unique blend of temperate and tropical biological zones and species, and was named a World Biodiversity Hotspot by Conservation International in 2005. El Aribabi hosts over 35 species of plants and animals protected by Mexican law, including jaguars, golden eagles, Chiricahua leopard frogs and ocelots.

In the first month of the remote camera project, February, 2007, ocelots were documented at this ranch.

Ocelots are another elusive, protected tropical cat whose northernmost range reaches northern Sonora. These were the first photographs of ocelots ever documented in the region and the first documented sighting in 40 years.

“The jaguar’s presence in this area confirms the excellent ecological conditions on the property and highlights the landowner’s efforts to protect biodiversity,” Avila said.

“Jaguars in northern Mexico are the hope for jaguar recovery in the

United States; this is a reminder of our responsibility and an opportunity to do things right this time.”

For additional information on this program, please call Sergio Avila, Northern Mexico Program Coordinator, at (520) 624-7080 x 16; Sergio@skyislandalliance.org or visit: www.skyislandalliance.org/jaguars.htm

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P M e rc a d o d e B a c a MARCH 6, 1 - 4 PM Sky Alliance Book Signing - Ken Lamberton & Murray Bolesta sign books from the Art In Wilderness Experience.

MARCH 20TH, 1 - 3 PM Welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author, Philip Caputo for a signing of his book, “Crossers.”

Join TJ’s Email List for announcements of Book Signings & Fireside Chats! email: tedde@tjstortugabooks.com

Children’s Story Hour 10:00 AM, Mondays

Espresso Bar open daily!

In the last three years Sky Island Alliance has surveyed northern Sonora, documenting a wide array of native wildlife species thriving in riparian, desert and oak woodland habitats. Working in partnership with Mexican ranchers, the group seeks to protect wild felid habitat, allowing species to roam free in a network of conservation ranches.

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Wash your spirit clean. ~ John Muir

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As we look back on February, we must admit we truly needed all that rain, we're thankful too that we didn't suffer extreme snow and cold and hardships that so much of our country endured.

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Serve potatoes with thin slices of beef and cabbage on the side.

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Melt butter in 9 x 12 cooking pan, add onion soup mix and whipping cream. Put chicken tenders in sauce and turn over to cover. Bake at 3250 for 1 hour, serve with rice, the sauce is delicious!

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Pour over baked crust and return to oven for 20 to 25 minutes, same temp. Cool and sprinkle with sifted xxxx sugar. Cut in small squares when cool. This desert is truly delicious!

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THURS, APR 1ST - THE THURSDAY TUBAC BREAKFAST FORUM presents GARY BRASHER AND TOM MANZI SPEAKING “THE IRON MEN OF TUBAC.” Gary Brasher, a Tubac businessman and community leader became involved in Triathlon five years ago and competed successfully in Iron Men events while being coached by Tom Manzi. Gary has a background in football becoming an All American player in HS and then playing for the Big Eight Champion University of Colorado team in 1977. Tom Manzi is a certified USA Triathlon, Level II Coach. Tom started coaching with Joe Friel in the mid 90's, and was the Director of Coaching for Joe Friel's Ultrafit Associates before Utlrafit became Training Bible Coaching. Tom has been a coach of various sports including football and track and field at the high school level since 1970. His coaching emphasis in the last 15 years has focused on multisport endurance athletes ranging from novice triathletes and duathletes to elite amateur and professional athletes. Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artist's Palate Restaurant, 40 Avenida Goya, at 9am.

Tickets $10. 398-3333. LIMITED SEATING. Admission includes a full sit down breakfast. http://tubacbreakfastforum.wordpress.com/ THURS APR 1ST THRU 25TH - BEYOND THE LENS, a national, juried exhibition of innovative and traditional photography will open with a reception for the public from 5-7pm. Admission is free. For information call the Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371.

SUN, APR 11TH - ANNUAL PICNIC OF THE TUBAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY at the Tres Alamos Ranch catered by the Stables Restaurant of the Tubac Golf Resort. 520-3982020. Reservations by Friday, April 9.

WED, APR 14TH - TALIESIN WEST, AZ CULINARY INSTITUTE AND BASHA GALLERY - Helena Kummerli - $143 - Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation, wonderful gourmet luncheon, and Western Art Collection. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@gmail.com.

SAT & SUN, APR 3RD & 4TH - HIDDEN TREASURES OF SANTA CRUZ VALLEY - A FREE, open studio tour, a chance to visit the working studios of dozens of acclaimed artists and enjoy the historic sites, shopping, restaurants and accommodations of the valley.

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SAT & SUN, APR 10TH & 11TH - HIDDEN TREASURES OF SANTA CRUZ VALLEY - A FREE, open studio tour, a chance to visit the working studios of dozens of acclaimed artists and enjoy the historic sites, shopping, restaurants and accommodations of the valley.

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FRI, APR 2ND - FIRST FRIDAY at Wisdom's Cafe in Tumacacori with LIVE MUSIC. 3982397.

Saturday, April 03, 2010

Feminine Mystique Art Gallery

SAT, APR 10TH - MONET GARDEN PARTY Hosted by Peter Chope Watercolors, Roberta Rogers Studio, and I Love Sweet Stuff in The Courtyard at 6 Camino Otero from 4pm to 6pm.

In celebration of spring and the 170th birthday of French artist Claude Monet (b1840 – d1926).

The celebration occurs during the 2nd weekend of Tubac Open Studios. Rest your weary feet and enjoy our beautiful garden and courtyard.

We will be serving refreshments and a Monet birthday cake in the artists honor.

TUES, APR 13TH - CHIRICAHUA NATIONAL MONUMENT - NATURE AND CULTURE - John Dell - $99 - The homeland of Chiricahua Apache and later pioneer ranching families. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@gmail.com.

SAT APRIL 03, 2010 8th Annual Taste of Tubac. A tasting of savory cuisine from area restaurants paired with fine wines, sponsored the Tubac Rotary to benefit local nonprofits. Music by the All Bill Bankd with Mindy Rondstadt. At the Tuba Golf Resort.

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SAT, APR 10TH - PETER CHOPE ARTIST RECEPTION at 6 Camino Otero from 4 to 6pm.

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THURS APR 1ST THRU 25TH - OPEN STUDIO SAMPLER SHOW, works by artists participating in the Tubac Center of the Art’s free tour of studios, HIDDEN TREASURES OF SANTA CRUZ VALLEY, on the weekends of April 3&4 and April 10&11. 520-398-2371.

FRI, APR 2ND - AWARD WINNING PIANIST, RAFFI BESALYN, will perform at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 7:30pm. Tickets $20. 520398-2371.

Ò Olive oil and Balsamic Vinegar tasting ExperienceÓ 2 Plaza Rd, Tubac

WED, APR 7TH - I’ITOI COUNTRY - TOHONO O’ODHAM NATION - John Dell - $108 - Learn about our neighboring Tohono O’odham culture and the unique environment in which they live. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@gmail.com.

THURS, APR 15TH - RUBY & ARIVACA Tallia Cahoon - $114 - The ghost town of Ruby with former resident Tallia Cahoon - hear her personal stories. Contact Fiesta Tours International at 398 9705 or fiestatoursint@ gmail.com.

ANNOUNCEMENTS ART CLASSES available at Beads of Tubac, 5 Hesselbarth Lane. BEAD STRINGING, KNITTING, DRAWING, MOLD MAKING, ENCAUSTICS, WATERCOLORS, ACRYLICS, OIL, PASTELS, AND SCRATCHBOARD - with artists: Barbara Borgwardt, Kim Edwards-Keast, Carol Reilley, Dee Robinson, David Simons, Jan Thompson, Wanda Tucker & Rick Wheeler. Call 520-398-2070 or visit www.beadsoftubac.com for dates, times and prices.

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Clay Hands Studio & Gallery

Old Presidio Traders Jane's Attic

Peter Chope Gallery

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Roberta Rogers Studio

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2 Otero-Fairway Villas – Offered at $235,000

2234 Calle Palo Parado – Offered at $499,000

30 Calle de Hoy - Offered at $450,000

2328 Balderrain – Offered at $375,000

27 Piedra Drive – Offered at $274,000

8 Avenida Diaz – Offered at $795,000

2251 E Frontage Rd., Suite #2 (just south of the Post Office)

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