Tubac villager april 2018 by tubac villager

APRIL 2018

VOL XIV NO 6

Golf GOLF CLINIC SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 12 – 2:00-3:00 – Sand Saturday, April 14 – 2:00-3:00 – Full Swing Thursday, April 19 – 2:00-3:00 – Putting & Chipping Saturday, April 21 – 2:00-3:00 – Putting & Chipping Thursday, April 26 – 2:00-3:00 – Full Swing Saturday, April 28 – 2:00-3:00 – Full Swing

Mother’s Day SUNDAY MAY 13TH (11am to 3pm)

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• Fresh Cut Fruit Display • Seafood Display, Shrimp Cocktail, Smoked Salmon, Oysters • Domestic & Imported Cheese Display • Assorted Breakfast &amp; Rustic Bread Display • Caesar Salad Bar, Arizona Field Green Salad Bar • Pasta Salad and Caprese Salad • Chef Attended Omelet Station • Breakfast Meats (Bacon &amp; Sausage) • Eggs Benedict • Chef Attended Carving Station with Prime Rib &amp; Ham • Seasonal Vegetables • Roasted Free Range Chicken • Roasted Potatoes • Assorted Desserts (Cupcakes, Cheesecakes, Mini Petit Fours)

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MOTHER’S DAY Enjoy any facial on Mother's Day for 15% off!! Each facial comes with a complimentary glass of champagne (treatment does not include gratuity).

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Come enjoy our updated menu Enjoy your old favorites and cooler weather at Shelby’s Bistro. on Shelby’s NEW dinner menu!

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By Kathleen Vandervoet

Santa Cruz County Update

CORRECTION

In the March 2018 Tubac Villager County Update, the amount of water required for firefighting at a proposed new gas station in Tubac was incorrect. The correct requirement is 1,500 gallons per minute. "Rider in the Dusk" 30 x 40 oil on canvas by David Simons. His Gallery/ Studio is opening this month at 4 Calle Iglesias next to the Tubac School of Fine Art in OLD TOWN, TUBAC. www.davidsimonsfineart.com

This journal is made possible through the support of local advertisers, artists and writers... please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad, art or article. The Tubac Villager is a locally owned and independently operated journal, published monthly to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona. Opinions and information herein do not necessarily reflect those of the advertisers or the publishers. Advertiser and contributor statements and qualifications are the responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named. All articles and images are the property of the Tubac Villager, and/or writer or artist named, and may not be reproduced without permission. Letters are welcome. 'The Villager is made available in racks and at businesses throughout the Santa Cruz Valley and also made available at public libraries in Arivaca, Green Valley, Nogales, Rio Rico and numerous Tucson Libraries and businesses. April 2018 Tubac Villager Printed 6,000 copies.

FIRE CHIEF OPENING DISCUSSED

A brief discussion about filling the position of Tubac Fire Chief left matters vague, but current Chief Kevin Keeley’s contract doesn’t end until June 30.

The board voted 3-2 on Jan. 31 not to extend the current five-year contract for Keeley. He has been chief since 1998. On the agenda at the March 28 meeting of the five-member Tubac Fire Board was the opportunity to discuss what steps the board wants to take to appoint an individual.

Board Chairman Mike Connelly said he had been “speaking with some people in the fire industry. At this point there is nothing in the works. We are continuing to pursue all the methods” noted on the agenda. “There is no particular individual we have our sights set on.” Board Treasurer Candy Clancy said she wants to receive written comments from employees about their point of view on positive attributes for a chief. Connelly said that has started in an unofficial way but didn’t give any specifics. The board members didn’t talk about using a recruitment firm or the way in which they might conduct a regional, statewide or national search, even though the topics were listed on the agenda for discussion. So far, they have not voted on how they will proceed.

The next board meeting is planned Wednesday, April 25, at 6 p.m. at Tubac Fire Station No. 2, 1360 W. Frontage Road, Rio Rico, just south of the Peck Canyon interchange of I-19.

4-DIAMOND RANK EARNED BY TUBAC GOLF RESORT

Tubac Golf Resort & Spa in March has been awarded the AAA Four Diamond designation. This is the first time Tubac Golf Resort & Spa has attained this prestigious rating, ranking them among the nation’s elite destination resorts with the highest standards of service and world-class amenities, the resort said in a press release. “We are honored to be recognized as a AAA Four Diamond resort,” said Linda Cormier, general manager. “At Tubac Golf Resort & Spa, we are committed to exceeding guest expectations and providing a premier travel experience. This rating acknowledges the hard work and dedication of our staff.” Offering an extensive array of amenities and guest services, hotels at this level are committed to providing guests with a high degree of hospitality and attentive service in upscale surroundings, according to AAA. “AAA is pleased to recognize Tubac Golf Resort & Spa as a Four Diamond hotel,” said Michael Petrone, director of AAA Inspections & Diamond Ratings, in the press release. “To uphold the exceptionally high standards required on a daily basis to attain this rating is an outstanding achievement.” Tubac Golf Resort & Spa features 98 hacienda style guest rooms, a 27-hole championship golf course, restaurant and bar, spa and salon, on-site boutique shopping, business center, fitness room, tennis, conference center and wedding chapel.

The Brasher Team Thank you to our customers and clients for one of the best March performances in our company's history!

GARY BRASHER - BRANCH MANAGER A Broker and developer for over 35 years. Serves the community and specializes in farms, ranches, development as well as residential and commercial property sales. gary.brasher@russlyon.com 520.260.4048

"There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive." -Sophie Kinsella If you are considering buying or selling, please consider one of our Real Estate Professionals.

TRACEY BRASHER 25 years in the title and escrow business, focusing on residential sales in Green Valley & Tubac. tracey.brasher@russlyon.com 520.331.6549

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PENNY BERNAL Over 30 years in Real Estate & Development to include New Homes, Residential & Commercial in Southern Arizona. pbernal4@cox.net 520.730.7026

SHIRLEY MOORE Over 30 years in the business, representing buyers and sellers in Tubac, Rio Rico and surrounding areas. shirley.moore@russlyon.com 520.604.7101

MINDY MADDOCK Selling and listing real estate in Tubac and Rio Rico areas since 2002. mindy.maddock@russlyon.com 520.247.8177

CATHY MARRERO Specializing in residential, land and ranches in Tubac, Rio Rico and Green Valley. cathy.marrero@russlyon.com 520.990.8127

CAREY DANIEL Over 15 years of experience specializing in the Tubac area representing sellers and buyers. carey.daniel@russlyon.com 520.631.3058

MICHAEL CONNELLY 25 years experience in sales and financial markets. michael.connelly@russlyon.com 520.268.2288

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Continued...

RIO RICO HIGH RANKED NO. 1

District Supt. David Verdugo praised the efforts of Principal Shelly Vroegh, the AP teachers, the students and their parents. He also pointed out that the school offers a Cambridge program of accelerated classes for younger students.

The College Board Advanced Placement program ranked Rio Rico High School No. 1 in the country among small school districts for the number of students taking Advanced Placement (AP) tests and for the strong scores they earned.

The award recognizes Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District 35 for “outstanding work in promoting college readiness and achievement for traditionally under-represented student populations.”

(from left) SCVUSD35 Superintendent David Verdugo; Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, Diane Douglas; College Board Vice President of Membership, Barbara Cronan; Rio Rico High School Principal, Shelly Vroegh. Photo by Carol Cullen

At an announcement and celebration held March 21, Barbara Cronan, College Board vice president of membership, said each year the board chooses three winners – large, medium and small school districts. They review the prior three years of AP test results to help reach their decision.

Also at the event was Arizona State Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas who said she “could not be prouder of the national recognition you’ve received.”

Vroegh has been principal for seven years and AP Chemistry teacher Teresa Potter said improvements in the AP program was one of Vroegh’s goals. To help accomplish it, the school board agreed to a request to pay the cost for each student in an AP class to take the AP exams in May each year.

GUEST RANCH TO OFFER A B&B

Rancho Santa Cruz in Tumacácori received approval on March 22 to open a four-room bed and breakfast.

The Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to allow the request, called a Conditional Use Permit. It was explained that although the ranch provided guest rooms in the past, because no business was operated there in recent years, a new permit was required. Owners of the 112.8-acre property at 1709 E. Frontage Rd. are Peter and Susan Berryman. They bought the property in March 2016, according to a letter they submitted as part of the request. They said some of the buildings were originally built in the 1920s.

The Anza Trail runs across their property next to the Santa Cruz River and they said the trail is open to the public.

COUNTY PLANS DRAINAGE WORK

Two Tubac locations will have drainage improvement work done. Santa Cruz County Public Works Director Jesus Valdez said that on Plaza Road in the village, a crew will “invert the gravel portion of the alley located east of Calle Baca and reshape the north shoulder of Plaza Road with a more consistent swale from the alley to Lee Blackwell’s property.” He said the project will start “at the end of the busy season” and last three to four

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Continued... weeks. The project will reduce the storm water that flows into the businesses “located on the north side of Plaza Road. These businesses were constructed at a lower elevation that the surrounding area, and this project will help.”

At the intersection of Chavez Siding Road and Camino Esplendido north of the Tubac Golf Resort, a crew will clear vegetation from the drainage way and uncover culverts to accommodate storm water. That work was expected to start in April and take two to three weeks.

TEMPORARY SLEEPING QUARTERS AT FIRE STATION

Two bunk rooms illegally constructed at Tubac Fire Station No. 1, 2227 E. Frontage Rd., last October and November were removed in December. Since then, a new solution has been sought. At the March 28 meeting of the five-member Tubac Fire Board, Chief Kevin Keeley said he wanted direction about whether the district should hire an architect to design new sleeping quarters.

Board members said that they first want him to talk with employees about their concerns about where they might sleep during overnight shifts, and to talk further with Santa Cruz County Building Director Dan Menefee about meeting regulations. One suggestion from Board Clerk Mary Dahl was that the offices of the fire chief and the assistant fire chief be moved to one of the district’s other three fire stations. Then, a single wide mobile home now used next to the brick fire station might be retrofitted for the necessary sleeping area. Last November, two new bunk rooms were opened for employees but it was learned by this writer during an interview that no building permit was applied for, the work was not done by a licensed contractor, and the work wasn’t inspected by the county. The bunk rooms, which had new electric wiring and heating and cooling vents, lacked smoke detectors, lacked a required second exit location and had insufficient fire wall separation from the garage for emergency vehicles. The emergency responders’ sleeping location was moved to the conference room as a temporary solution at that time.

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FIRE BOARD CHANGES MEETING DATES, TIMES

The board of the Tubac Fire District voted on March 28 to change their meeting time from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The location will be Tubac Fire Station No. 2 in Rio Rico at 1360 W. Frontage Rd. Meetings, open to the public, are held on the last Wednesday of each month unless a holiday or other reason occurs to have a change made. The next meeting will be on April 25. The change was made, board members said, to make it easier for interested individuals to attend the meetings.

NEIGHBORS HELPING NEIGHBORS REPORT

With another sold out fundraiser for Valley Assistance Services’ Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors, the program is well under way.

On March 18 at the Kenyon Ranch, Frances Causey presented a special showing of her new documentary, The Long Shadow, to benefit the community program, a spokeswoman said.

Raised at the event was $2,300 and the facilitators, Sherry Mullens and Claire McJunkin, expressed their gratitude to Frances and to Barbara Findeisen who donated the use of her beautiful facility for the event. Sherry and Claire also thanked Jane’s Attic, The Goods and The Tubac Market for selling tickets, and to all who came to the event. The Neighbors Helping Neighbors volunteer transportation and friendly visiting program is for residents of Amado, Tubac, Tumacácori and Carmen who are 55 years and older, or 40 years and older for those with disabilities. Transportation to medical appointments and shopping is available as well as weekly friendly in-home visiting. There is no cost to those who receive services. For more information about the program and how to sign up, go to valleyassistanceservices. org or call Chris Erickson, RN, in the office at (520) 625-5966. Volunteer and participant applications are always welcome.

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Station 34, Tubac Arizona A roadside stop where art and history meet For generations, Tubac has been a place of hospitality: warm welcomes, good food around large family tables and relaxed conversations on the patio. Along with a legacy of welcoming travelers, this community has built a reputation as an oasis of art and culture in the Santa Cruz River Valley. Already a destination for many, it continues to be a discovery for new visitors just passing by on I-19. Station 34 will serve as a unique gateway to our community, a welcoming experience where one would least expect to find it – at the end of an interstate highway off ramp. Station 34 is a thoughtful, custom welcome center with amenities designed to enhance the Tubac experience. It will offer fuel at a prime location convenient to travelers that will serve as an enticement to explore Tubac Village and Historical Sites. The Station will include state-of-the-art EV charging stations, bicycle services, and appealing outdoor spaces with large shaded areas to the north and south of the building for resting or walking pets, a sculpture area to display local art, and native gardens along walking paths. A shaded terrace on the north side of the building will have views toward Elephant Head and the Tubac Valley, visually connecting the visitor to places that are important to us as residents and to landmarks in our history. In addition, visitor amenities will include a fast-casual café, artisan retail space, convenience store, visitor information area and barbershop. Station 34’s unique design evokes the 1950s, the romance of the automobile and the lure of the open road. Envisioned by the late architectural designer Frank Henry, whose hand is evident on some of Arizona’s most noteworthy buildings, it is being interpreted by architect Victor Sidy, former dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. Lighting engineer Christian Monrad’s Dark Sky-friendly, vintage-inspired luminaire selections will provide safety and security with an attractive aesthetic, while curtailing off-site light emissions. The integrated design will use local materials such as handmade adobe blocks, handcrafted tiles, and oil-finished steel to blend with and complement the artistic legacy of Tubac and give the project a sense of place. Every detail has been thoughtfully considered to make Station 34 a viable, clean, and long-term project. It will provide a positive experience for both locals and visitors. This project is created, built and managed by locals who love Tubac and seek to share the magic of this community. We believe we are creating an iconic point of interest that represents respectful and responsible growth, while at the same time valuing and preserving Tubac’s rich history.

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Tu b a c Vi l l a g e r A p r i l 2 0 1 8 While not a Tubac bird, the bar-tailed goodwit is a record-setting migrating species.

Is it by thy wisdom that the hawk soareth, and stretcheth her wings toward the south? Job 39:26

any were the theories through the ages about how and where birds migrate - including divine involvement. Aristotle thought they hibernated in the mud. One sharp-witted scientist thought barnacle geese grew on trees in the spring.

Research by ornithologists in the past 80 years has solved some of the mystery. Their findings about bar-tailed godwits, at the risk of understatement, are so stupendous, jaw-dropping, fantastic, phenomenal, and wondrous that your opinion of birds will soar like a vermillion flycatcher in a sky-high, matingdisplay flight at the golf resort, while we humans, by comparison, will have to eat a platter of crow. Stick around for this amazing-but-true-godwitmigration story; then some enthralling facts about birds that are migrating along the Santa Cruz River through Tubac, even as you read this.

Bar-tailed godwits are sandpipers with long upturned bills, pink at the base and black toward the end. Males weigh between 7 and 14 ounces and females between 9 ounces and slightly more than a pound. A super bar-tailed godwit female with the clinical-sounding name of E7 was captured in New Zealand in 2007 and a small satellite transmitter implanted in her air sac with an outside antenna.

As time to migrate neared, E7 gorged on mollusks and other yucky stuff until fat was more than half her body weight and she looked like a “feathered croquet ball,” with an inch of fat under her skin, having shrunk her own digestive system to add more flab. On the day of her migration she and her godwit colleagues began a NONSTOP, NINE-DAY

flight to coastal China, 6,851 MILES away. In case you missed the capitalization, nonstop means nine straight Earth revolutions, day-and-night, rain-or-shine, 216 straight hours of wing-flapping over treacherous oceans, for a bird without webbed feet who would drown if she dozed off and came in contact with the water. After steadily eating Chinese food for six weeks, this little sandpiper took to the air again, a nonstop 4,000-mile flight to Alaska. There she laid eggs and went through the exhausting process of raising babies. Then she fattened up again, waited for prevailing winds and flew eight days and eight nights, 7,258 miles, to Thames, N.Z., the longest nonstop migratory flight ever recorded. How did E7 do it? Why didn’t she get lost?

Ornithologists aren’t sure precisely. Many experiments in planetariums have shown that birds can navigate by reading stars, meaning every tiny speck of migratory-bird DNA may contain a rough map of the heavens.

But what about days when it’s foggy, or cloudy and stormy and there are no stars and the sun is shrouded? Birds, and not just homing pigeons, have an internal compass attuned to the earth’s magnetic fields. Our little feathered friends probably rely on more than one compass: a celestial compass at night and magnetic compass which they calibrate daily “with twilight cues from the sun,” according to a piece in the March National Geographic. Bird migration should cause us humans a tad of humility. No airline pilot, for instance, would leave Alaska on a flight to New Zealand without redundant GPS systems, or a whole planeload of passengers could end up in a gulag in North Korea. Celestial navigation has been a lost art since ancient mariners, and many people couldn’t identify the North Star with a real compass.

Most of us would get lost trying to walk to Rio Rico but for Interstate 19. And no human has ever done anything for nine straight days and nights with no sleep and no food or water. Who could even contemplate the horror of watching the Golf Channel for nine straight hours without a frosty iced tea, chips and salsa, and a nap?

Nearly half of bird species migrate and the reason is well known: survival. To compete in the world they need good spots to feed in the winter and raise young in the summer, often in different parts of the world. No insects in Michigan in winter, migrate to Costa Rica; no good nesting space in Central America, fly back to Motor City. While it may be pure business for birds, it’s perfect enjoyment for us in the spring in Tubac when our trees come alive with the color and mating songs of migrants.

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Penetrating Innocence Vikander is an internationally acclaimed photographer, writer and adventurer whose award-winning imagery has been featured in National Geographic, Smithsonian, and Time, and is part of major museum, corporate, and personal collections around the globe. The show will run through April 22.

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Brian will be speaking April 13th, 4 to 7pm at the gallery to art collectors about the nature of creativity and the ‘universal moment’ as visualized in his analog photography.

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Continued... Birds move north along the Santa Cruz River just as insects become plentiful and trees are laden with berries, fattening up for migratory trips that often take them far to the north to nest.

V hum isit ou r and mingb i b rd u dem tt o ga erfly rde n!

Also, some hard-to-differentiate migrants from the Latin world nest in our area, including four species of kingbirds: thick-billed, western, Cassin’s and tropical; and three closely-related flycatchers: brown-crested, ash-throated and dusky-capped. Field marks help distinguish one from another, but learning their songs is the key. Birders identify species as much with their ears as with their eyes.

In the next month we’ll enjoy migrating vireos, orioles, grosbeaks, gnatcatchers, buntings, swallows, flycatchers big and small, hawks, many species of warblers, and large flocks of tufted puffins [checking to see who’s awake]. On a slow day here we can visit Madera Canyon and see Townsend’s warblers and painted redstarts, birds so beautiful we could collapse from an overdose of endorphins. Two migratory favorites are Wilson’s warblers, four-ounce, yellow-green birds with black caps that nest from northern Arizona to northern Alaska, whose songs sound like lawn sprinklers, and Bullock’s orioles, flame-orange birds with dashing eye lines and large white wing bars. They weave nests that hang from thin branches to thwart predators. -

peaking of hanging nests, the rose-throated becards north of the Tubac Bridge also construct hanging nests and continue to attract every birder on the continent who hasn’t seen one, and that’s most of them. Along with the only Sinaloa wren in the U.S. on the Anza Trail below Santa Gertrudis Lane, the Tubac area has become the hottest of U.S. birding hotspots. And BTW, a one-day U.S. record of migrating black hawks was tallied on March 11 at the Tubac Hawk Watch. Between 110 and 120 of the rare hawks delighted hundreds of avian sky gawkers, according to Peter Collins, field boss of the annual March event that lures more than 1,000 people to Tubac.

And a BTW sequel, remember to watch for ripening mulberries on the trees on Calle Iglesia across from the horses, and along Bridge Road to the east of the corrals, where the miniature horses sometimes graze. Sometimes there can be as many as 25 each of migrating western tanagers and black-headed grosbeaks in a single tree. And they didn’t need to read such precise directions as the trees’ relationship to horse corrals to find the berries. Their little natural-born bird compasses faultlessly steer them to Tubac year after year to feast on the mulberries, in the same manner that E7 stopped over to dine in China on her journey to Alaska. Amazing isn’t it? P.S., E7’s battery failed soon after her arrival in New Zealand 11 years ago. We assume she is living a long and happy life, flying with her progeny on her epic migration every year. �

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Gas station, store planning continues

By Kathleen Vandervoet

Interested Tubac residents are hoping to hear more about a proposed gas station and convenience store from the developers at an April 16 meeting. Rori Wailes and Todd Harrison, project managers for Tubac Legacy Projects LLC, are invited speakers, said Jim Patterson, president of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council. The gas station and large convenience store are proposed to be built on 2.07-acres of vacant land at the northwest corner of the Interstate 19 Tubac Exit 34, said Jesse Drake, Santa Cruz County Community Development Director. Initial plans were submitted to her office several months ago, and the public can view the proposal, Drake said. The property has the correct zoning for this type of business, so there will be no public hearing. Drake and other county officials will review everything submitted by Tubac Legacy Projects, LLC, to assure that it meets all the county construction codes, she said. As of the deadline for this issue, there was no request submitted for a building permit. Drake said additional information from the developers must be submitted to her office and reviewed before that can proceed. In an interview, Wailes said there is no timeline as to when they company plans to start construction. Because they are still in the development phase, “everything is in progress,” she said. Genaro Rivera, Tubac Fire District assistant chief and fire marshal, said he will review the construction plan once it’s submitted to him to “see if it’s in compliance with our (fire) code.” On April 2, he had only seen a site plan, not the final plan.

I-19 Exit 34 in Tubac, photo by Joseph Birkett

A traffic study appears to have been completed and approved. A letter signed by Hannah Olsen of the Arizona Department of Transportation received by Drake said no additional lanes or road widening will be required on the West Frontage Road where the entry and exit to the business will be located. The business was under discussion at the February and March meetings of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council. Many attending those meetings had numerous questions, and Patterson said that’s why he invited Wailes and Harrison to attend the April 16 meeting. In an advertisement in this issue of the Tubac Villager,

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the developers state that the project will “be a welcome center with amenities designed to enhance the Tubac experience.” It will have an Electric Vehicle (EV) charging station and a place to take pets outside of a vehicle. It’s planned to include a café and a visitor information area. Individuals who have spoken about their opposition to the new business cite the increased nighttime lighting in the area which could be harmful to migrating birds and resident wildlife and to activities at the Whipple Observatory atop the mountains east of Amado. They are also worried about possible air and groundwater contamination from gas tanks. Some dislike the building’s architectural style as shown on the development plan. Wailes said that she will likely reduce the number of gas pumps shown in the original plans from “eight gas dispensers to six.” She said there’s no intention that the project be a truck stop, and that the gas dispensers will be “low volume” which large semi-trucks don’t want to use. The lighting is being designed by Christian Monrad, a professional engineer, Wailes said. He is active in the International Dark-Sky Association as vice president of the board, and his web site says he is “an expert in ‘dark sky friendly’ exterior lighting applications.” In early March, Tubac Legacy Projects filed a lawsuit against some of the officers of the board of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council, but in late March, they withdrew the lawsuit. Patterson updated council members through two emails. The lawsuit complaint had been “misappropriation of trade secrets and injunctive relief.” The SCVCC meeting, open to the public, is scheduled for Monday, April 16, at 9 a.m. It is generally held at the Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Rd. Patterson said the location might be changed due to the room being full at the March meeting. That information can be found on the SCVCC website at www.yourscvcc.org.

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Moments

By Joseph Birkett

Through April 22, Rogoway Galleries in Tubac is showcasing the photography of Brian Vikander: ‘seek your journey’s beginning and end ... ’ Brian Vikander made a carer working on assignment for publications such as National Geographic, Time, and Smithsonian. He continues to travel the world, recording the sincere moments that transcend the filters we train upon ourselves with his ability to be present in the moment. That is what he is providing in his images - real moments, recorded on real film. Not digital. His favorite camera is his Canon 1973 F1 and a couple other work horses in the EOS series. These are his tools, and he knows how to use them. In recent years, high resolution, digital photography has become available to the masses, as even our mobile phones are loaded with so many megapixels of resolution, stabilization, computerized light adjustments, filters, format settings, and programs for sharing. Modern digital SLR cameras have become affordable, can shoot up to 10 frames per second, and are equipped with enough automatic settings as to almost take the photographer out of the equation. Programs like photoshop can correct images, sharpen contrast, change the mood or shape, or even remove a subject in a photograph. It’s hard to tell just what it is that we are looking at when we see images these days. When a photo has been manipulated, what is it? it's certainly not a real moment? This is why Brian works analog, on film, producing his limited edition prints from color transparencies. He doesn’t work in black and white, because, “Color is how we see the world. Color transparencies are real,” he says. “This is one form where you can say you’ve had that moment."

Moments such the rare event when the sky and moon over Mt. Kanchenjunga turns magenta. No filter and no dark room manipulations. That’s the way it looked for him so that’s what he is sharing. He gets to go to the Himalayas and we don’t, but he wants you to take you there. Or to Mali, in the Saraha Desert as an Imam suddenly appears from a mud mosque and leaps down the main staircase in flowing white robes, “Imam Flight.” It is elegant, and sincere. People often ask him how many shots he had to take to get it right, but his images are not staged, not planned, and not posed. "I’m not an artist,” he says. “I’m a lateral thinker. Rembrandt, Picasso, Monet… artists. We’ve got some great cave painters from 12,000 years ago who were great artists. I’m a creative person in the moment.” He explains that when you are in the moment and available to it, such serendipity occurs and you only need one shot. “These moments exist all the time - and we miss them most of the time. The moments are there!"

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people have embraced me, which makes me feel blessed. I consider that very fortunate.” He is so comfortable that he runs Vikander International Photography Expeditions, for select groups of no more than 10 people who are interested in traveling and experiencing a secluded region of the world with his expert understanding of the regions’ history, geography, philosophy, and indigenous people. His next expedition is planned for August-September. Being a photographer and traveling the world for such important publications has given him unique opportunities. He’s had private audience with the Dalai Lama twice. He’s been given access to sacred temples in Tibet, and been kept safe in places where others would have not. His images provide an intimate dialogue with his subjects in these impossible settings, poignantly illustrated in his photograph, “Penetrating Innocence,” a gentle image of an Afghan girl emerging with curiosity from a doorway, taken as Vikander was walking with a warlord in the Wakhan Corridor, looking for ammunition. You can see the Afghan girl as you enter Rogoway Gallery. She’s peeking out from the rest of the show, drawing you into Vikander’s world of images, thoughtfully hung just behind her gaze. Instead of listing F-stop, shutter speed or film information, Vikander adds a thoughtful paragraph he has written to each of his pieces and says that he is every bit as proud of the writing as he is the images. The show is stunning, as the large format of the photographs are printed with a super-real saturation and resolution that only film can provide, and expertly mounted and lit. "You don't just wash any piece with light. You individually light every piece." Vikander explains, "Go to a museum and see the space around each piece and how it't lit. When you walk into a room, you need to feel it's alive! Lighting is pivotal." You really must see the images in person. Vikander is successful in taking you to where he has been. It is a powerful and arresting experience.

Vikander lived in Bozeman, Montana for 30 years, which he describes as a wonderful place, before he made a go at living in Southern California for 6 years, which was not an enjoyable experience for him, and like many others, gave up on California. He was thinking of checking out Tucson when a friend asked if he had heard about Tubac. He visited Tubac, fell in love with it, and bought a home in November. “There’s a splendid energy in this place we call Tubac,” he says. “Every single day I’m running into people here who inspire and share something special.” He says that if he hadn’t found Tubac when he did, he might have moved back to his houseboat in Kashmir. A houseboat in Kashmir might give some of us pause, as the world continues to suffer violent conflict. Asked if he feels safe as a Westerner traveling abroad, Vikander says, “I absolutely do.” He’s been returning to these areas for so many years, “I’m in touch with the people. The

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SCHOOL BOARD SEATS WILL BE OPEN

By Kathleen Vandervoet

his year and last year, no Tubac residents have been on the local school board – all five school board members live in Rio Rico. Three school board positions will be up for election on Nov. 6 and Aug. 8 is the deadline for anyone interested.

Tubac residents and others who live in Santa Cruz Valley Unified School District No. 35 pay a combined primary and secondary tax rate of $4.3818 per $100 of a residence’s assessed value. The school district, with a budget of $25.6 million, employs about 420 people and educates about 3,500 students.

There is a high school, one middle school, one K-8 school and two elementary schools in the district which ranges from the Ruby Road area on the south end to the Santa Cruz County boundary in Amado on the north end.

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• Any registered voter in the State of Arizona who also is a resident of the school district in which he or she resides for at least one year immediately preceding the day of election is eligible to run for a position on the local school board. • A person who is employed, or whose spouse is employed, by a district can stand for election as a governing board member. However, if elected, the successful candidate and/or spouse must terminate employment with the district before taking office. • School board members are responsible for broad, futuristic thinking, minute analysis and decisive action in all areas that affect students and staff in their schools. Some roles and responsibilities are implicit. Others are specifically mandated (A.R.S. §15-341) or allowed (§15-342) by Arizona law.

• School board members have no individual authority over school matters. The authority of a board member includes expressing an opinion and casting a vote as a part of the governing board in a board meeting. • Everything board members do is focused on providing the best education possible for the children in their community, the ASBA web sites says. For more information, contact Chief Deputy Chris Young, Santa Cruz County School Superintendent’s Office, 2150 N. Congress Dr., Ste 107, in Nogales. The phone number is (520) 375-7940 and the email is cyoung@santacruzcountyaz.gov �

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ORIGINAL ART IN LOCAL GREETING CARDS BY CAROL SWIGGETT by Kathleen Vandervoet The crisp and contemporary lines of Carol Swiggett’s ink drawings on white card stock evoke the animals she creates amazingly well. This talented Tubac artist has been painting for decades and her line art is available in small greeting cards. Swiggett is old-school in the way she finishes the cards and colors each by hand, so that every card, although printed from the same master design, is an original. She calls them “Zen and Ink” since they relax her. Among the more than 35 subjects are quail, rabbit, adult and young javelina, hummingbird, zebra, coyote, road runner, owl and rooster. Inspiration comes from photos. “Mostly, I find a picture that I like and then I’ll start from the picture. A few are done from a live subject.” This aspect of her art work started about 1995. “Years ago, something came out called Zentangle® and it captured my imagination. Then I started off in my own direction because I found it very meditative and I liked that,” she said.

Divulging her secrets, she said her original drawings done with a narrow, felt tip pen are reproduced at a copy store in black and white to save on costs. Then, she hand-colors each one with as many or as few colors as she likes, using felt tip pens.

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Swiggett won the Award of Excellence for the recent "Shock of the New West" exhibit at the Tubac Center of the Arts juried by Felice House, where both of her pieces in this exhibit also sold. The juror, Felice House, is from Austin, Texas, and teaches at Texas A & M University.

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Joyce Jackson ‘s signage “JOY” is not only her chosen identification, but an expression of the good life she has found in Tubac. It was a long time coming as she and her husband, Lawrence Mello, fell in love with the place ten years ago and could only manage a life here part time. It’s been over two years now since they became full-time players. The decision was made easily when Mello’s administrative work in education called him south and they left their Phoenix life behind for the little town of deep history, dark skies and artistic leanings.

Joyce celebrated this move as an opportunity to dedicate herself full-time to art. Prior to this, she always had a toe, a foot, or a leg in the art world. In

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Since moving to Tubac and experiencing a sense of expanded time and a place, she has explored her myriad interests, including the history of the land and its people and different aspects of the arts and writing. She has adopted the Tubac Center of the Arts and is now their newsletter’s faithful columnist.

her post college years, she began her professional life seeking roles in the theater. These years taught her a lot about the business of theater, stage crafts and backstage challenges, but a few good parts like Amelia Earhart and Dracula’, Mina, in a few of New York’s off-Broadway theaters, were not enough to satisfy her ambitions. So, she set off for points west. In Denver, she fell in love, with the city and a man, a man with four children, a man who is still at her side after forty years. She also found work as an exhibition specialist in the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and saw her exhibits presented at sixteen national parks throughout the United States.

As one who says I can, and usually does, Jackson went on to form a marketing agency for medical, educational and service agencies. This experience led to another turn in the road, when she was offered a creative position for establishing a new community college in Phoenix, Arizona. She jumped at the chance and ultimately became the Dean of Academic Affairs, resulting in the

The skills that Jackson has been acquiring over time, her love of detail and precision, a profound sensitivity to line and an ability to preconceive and execute an idea, may explain why she has chosen to dive into the painstaking art of etching on plates of wood, or copper, or zinc. This is an effort that demands a love of process, trust, and an almost mystical patience along with a working knowledge of the tools required. A sense of adventure is also necessary in this art form, because until the ink is applied to the paper, the image remains unknown. Making that first print is not unlike putting a soufflé in the oven and hoping it will rise. The first body of work Jackson produced was inspired by Tubac’s graveyard. She described it as, “the most alive cemetery I’d ever encountered.” The colorful caress of paper flowers and handmade crosses and the attention paid to each resting place is a far cry from the east’s often forgotten worn stones leaning into untended hillsides. It is an example of how much our senses are awakened when we travel from one place to another. Her show honoring this historic site was held in 2016 at the Tubac Presidio’s Schoolhouse in Arizona’s first state park. The restraint of line and the attention to detail are obvious and the public’s

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response was gratifying. It is apparent that the artist has honored the sacredness of this resting spot with grace and integrity. All the learning Joyce has acquired, produced something of beauty and added to the historic record of the community.

Not one to sit on her laurels, Jackson is not done yet. Her quest for excellence keeps her reaching out to others who seek the same. Weekly treks to Tucson to study with internationally acclaimed printmaker, Jennifer Clark, keeps her stretching. Soon she will be ready to present her study of shoes. I look forward to this show as I have always had a bit of a shoe fetish and believe the shoe reveals a lot about time and character. It always interests me how we find our paths. They are rarely straight or clear. Certainly, Joyce Jackson’s meandered a bit, (actress, designer, educational advisor, entrepreneur, printmaker),

but then she’s never been one to feel tethered. Perhaps this is due to her extraordinary parents who didn’t perceive of their daughter’s ambitions as pipedreams. Instead, they affirmed her inclinations and respected her conscientiousness and intention. Perhaps their positivity was the reason they lived to be so old. Her mother lasted 105 years and “remained a sparkle” to the end. She left Jackson with a legacy of loving life and doing it her way. To catch a glimpse of her work, stop in at Mas y Mas Gallery at 24 Tubac Rd. in Tubac, Arizona, and check out the walls. (520) 398-8468 Also pay attention to the announcements here in the Villager for another opening of another show. �

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reen unidentified things are popping up from the ground lately. Pink, red and purple penstemons imitate the sunset and birds are singing our favorite love songs. Its no surprise our glorious spring is officially here. Rising temperatures and longer days wake us up early to watch nature put on a show. If we pay close attention our perception heightens our other senses optimally so that we see things as they are. We see with our eyes, we hear with our eyes, we smell with our eyes, we feel with our eyes and we think with our eyes. We are alive!

The sensation of being alive is what inspires us to recreate gardens in our own private spaces what nature is doing around us. We want to capture the peaceful atmosphere and enjoy the outdoors anytime of the day without going for a hike. Are you the type of gardener that buys one plant at a time and hope that it all comes together eventually? Or do you study your space and think of the elements that bring you joy and methodically combine them piece by piece? Or do you seek professionals to do the thinking, designing, planting, and deliver a garden that has the best curb appeal on your block? I am the type of gardener that falls in love with a blooming plant, bring it home to enjoy and imagine Andrew Marvel’s poem, The Garden, come alive in my backyard. Visual ideas begin to dance in my head thinking of line, shape, texture, and color. Garden design is like painting a landscape. “Fair quiet, I found thee here, And innocence thy sister dear,” becomes ephemeral for not long after I transplant my cherished find in the ground, a javelina has munched on it while I dream of “a green thought in a green shade.” With “incessant labor see,” experience has taught me that what you put in the ground is subject to the javelinas daily fiber intake. Then, there is the round

tail ground squirrel as they feed on the roots of the plant. During monsoon season, the harvester ants feast on an entire bush, caterpillars re-shape leaves with scallop edges, and pack rats will eat the long awaited seedlings. Should I mention grasshoppers?

“After a place so pure and sweet,” I put my next new found blooming plant in a pot, inside a walled patio, and pray the birds eat the caterpillars. Come June, the hottest and driest month, I struggle to keep the soil moist and water twice daily. Wanting to go on a trip and get out of the heat, I buy a bigger pot, one that will hold more soil and water. In two years, you have to buy an even bigger pot because roots will outgrow its container or give up your June vacation.

Gardening in the desert is more than just adding water. Our environment has a different nurturing system than our northern counterparts. We have caliche, calcium bicarbonate, that stunts plant growth because the roots cannot penetrate and grow out. We have 4 seasons, plus two shoulder seasons, a paradise for manic-obsessive gardeners. Our temperatures fluctuate by 50 degrees in a day, tomatoes are confused they don’t produce. Thirteen years of trial and error, eight of which are at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, I am still learning the ways of the desert. One thing I know for sure, artfulness is always present in my approach. “To win the palm, the oak, or bay,” I could not do this alone. I enrolled at the University of Arizona Pima County Master Gardener’s Program to seek the masters in the field. Sure enough, there were many moments of enlightenment and have met the most patient and generous gardeners - gardening’s side effects. As any art endeavor, creative gardening starts by gathering information,

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planning a design, studying the subject, and learning techniques practiced by the ones who came before me. Visiting and working at the Mission Garden in Tucson for a day, right below the A Mountain, I learned and gained a lot of respect for the 4000 year old gardening ways of the ancients. There were challenges that were so baffling it was comforting to hear from other gardeners on how they came up with solutions. It was time to give up all the gardening knowledge I had before I came to Tubac. I sought Charlene Westgate, Master Gardener, owner of Westgate Garden Design, and a sustainable landscape designer in Green Valley for many years to present rainwater harvesting methods at the Tubac Presidio. Westgate emphasized, “The value of practicing water harvesting is both for the earth and beauty created. ‘Planting the Water First’—putting water harvesting earthworks in place before planting begins.”

Why harvest rainwater? Because: it provides a free, clean, salt-free, source of water for plants, reduces erosion and flooding, saves water, time, and money, returns water to the water table. Imagine how rainwater can provide much needed nitrogen and minimize dependence on supplemental watering, fertilizing, and mineral build up on sprinkler systems.

This clever approach of using basin, berm, and swales or channels to direct water to its intended destination is truly native, one that the Tohono O’odham had practiced for many years. Northerners plant on mounds, the Native Americans plant in basins. This tradition was abandoned with the advent of running water but a revival is currently underway. Like landscape painting, an artist establishes the horizon line and the contrast between sky and foreground. Form and function, undulating lines of swales and channels make a more interesting horizon line. Channels connect shapes of basins that collect precious water and berms hold the water in place to

allow time for the water to infiltrate into the soil. Adopting this method, we can come to terms on how to transform our desert environment into a lush oasis of native plants and trees.

“What other help could yet be meet?” A fertile soil provides a plant’s basic needs: support, water, sunlight, nutrients, and air. Our native soil composition is high in saline and mostly sand and clay. Our climate does not provide sufficient organic matter so amending the soil is a must if you are serious about gardening. This is like adding dark shadows under trees and bushes of a landscape painting, anchoring the shapes to the ground and providing more contrast. The landscape painting is not complete without color, shape and texture. Color in the garden is like eye candy and there are a wide selection of plants that can survive our hot summers and relatively mild winters. Succulents and cacti are living sculptures that require very little irrigation. I have found that plants started from seed directly sown into the ground grow healthier and more adapted to its environment.

There are many more concepts and information that this space cannot provide. In time, the appreciation for desert gardening increases as we tackle one hurdle at a time. Managing pests, plant problems, planting calendars, and summer acts of ignorance are most interesting when we understand how to live in harmony with them. “How could such sweet and wholesome hours, Be reckon’d but with herbs and flow’rs.” Certainly, in our busy and aggressive world, the value of artfulness through gardening is to provide us with beauty and serenity, maintain our psychological health, and increase happiness and empathy.

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For more information call 520-377-5060 nps.gov/tuma Bird Walk APRIL (STARTING AT 8:00 A.M.), weekly Remain with the guide as long as you like, up to 3 hours or as long as birds are active. Walking takes place on and off trail in varied habitats. Wear comfortable walking shoes, bring water.Binoculars available for loan. Historic Craft DEMONSTRATIONS - THROUGH APRIL, THURSDAY THROUGH MONDAY - 10:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M. Artisans demonstrate traditional crafts on the mission grounds. May include tortilla making, paper flowers, pottery, O’odham basket weaving, or other art forms. 1ST AND 3RD SUNDAYS, 10:00 A.M. - 3:00 P.M. - THROUGH APRIL - The Tumacácori Table is set. Thematic dishes from Tumacácori's long history will be baked, stewed, fried, and simmered. Bat Night TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2018 7:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M. - Meet bats, bat scientists, and other bat fans while learning how these creatures impact your life every day. Junior Ranger Day SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2018 10:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M. - Admission is free - Kick off National Park Week with youngsters. All ages welcome to enjoy a day of play. Park-to-Park Hike: Park Rx Day SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 2018 8:00 A.M. - 12:00 P.M. Admission is free - Get outside and hike the Anza Trail between Tumacácori and Tubac to earn your "I Hike for Health" pin. Catch the free shuttle back to to your starting point.

PARK TO PARK HIKE FOR HEALTH ALONG THE ANZA TRAIL In celebration of National Park Rx Day, Tumacácori National Historical Park will offer hikers the opportunity to walk the four-mile stretch of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail between Tumacácori and Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, catching a free ride back to their starting point. Hikers can begin at either end of the trail. Between 8:00 a.m. and noon on Sunday, April 29 the park will provide a continuously running shuttle between the trailheads. Spending time outdoors confers many well-documented health benefits including mental, physical, and social wellbeing. Find out more about the Park Prescription program at http://www.parkrx.org. Participants hiking park-to-park will tally up nearly 13,000 steps and earn their “I Hike for Health” pin.

How many places can you visit three unique and groundbreaking park units in the course of a single stroll? The Anza Trail, part of our national trail system, stretches from the Mexican border in Nogales to San Francisco, California, commemorating the founding in 1776 of that city by Tubac Captain Juan Bautista de Anza and a group of settlers from what is now Sonora, Mexico. You will be following the first walkable portion of the national trail created in 1990, the stretch between Tumacácori and Tubac. The Tubac Presidio, the site of the first European settlement in Arizona and the first Spanish fort in the Santa Cruz Valley, was also the first park in the Arizona State Park system. Tumacácori, the first mission established in 1691 by Jesuit missionary Father Eusebio Francisco Kino in what is now Arizona, was also among the first park sites established by President Theodore Roosevelt as a National Monument, in 1908. The four mile stretch of Anza Trail is mostly level and shady. Wear good walking shoes, dress for the weather, and carry water and snacks.

For more information on the hike or other park events and activities, call Tumacácori National Historical Park at 520-377-5060, or visit the park website, at nps.gov/tuma. www.nps.gov About the National Park Service – More than 20,000 National Park Service employees care for America’s 417 national parks and work with communities across the nation to help preserve local history and create close-to-home recreational opportunities. Learn more at www.nps.gov.

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Tumacácori National Historical Park is now accepting submissions to the 2018 Art in the Park online exhibit. Art in the Park is an exciting program connecting artists with Tumacácori National Historical Park and digital visitors all over the globe. During National Park Week, April 21 to 28, 2018, Tumacácori will host an online exhibit of original artwork, and feature artwork on social media. Artists may submit digital images, audio, or video files of their work. Subjects may include anything related to Tumacácori National Historical Park and its wide range of cultural and natural features. The deadline to submit art is April 10, 2018. Youth are welcomed and encouraged to participate. Finalists will be selected by a panel of staff from Tumacácori National Historical Park, Tubac Center of the Arts, and Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. The selected finalists will be featured in an exhibit located on the park’s website, nps.gov/tuma, and individual pieces will be featured on the park's Facebook and Instagram social media accounts during National Park Week. The "Fan Favorite," as determined by “likes,” will be featured on the Tumacácori National Historical Park annual pass for 2019. This winner will also receive a Western National Parks Association gift certificate valid at Tumacácori's park store, and exposure to digital national park audiences around the globe. To learn more and for submission instructions, visit www.nps.gov/tuma/getinvolved/ art2018.htm, or email tumacacorinps@gmail.com. Artwork by Roberta Rogers

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JUNIOR RANGER DAY: FUN AND GAMES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY

Tumacácori sets aside a special day each year to honor its youngest visitors. On Saturday, April 21 from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Junior Rangers of all ages will be able to play, create, and learn from special activities on the mission grounds. Families can spend the morning with hands-on games, crafts, and programs while enjoying free admission all day.

“If you’ve ever wondered how a historical park like Tumacácori could be kid-friendly, come to Junior Ranger Day,” says superintendent Bob Love “This park is all about family and the things that young people love like animals, games, and food.” Go headto-head with friends on a traditional O’odham pottery race. Cool off in the monsoon tunnel or with an authentic Tumacácori raspado. Create works of art in clay, mud, paint, and fabric. Cultivate wildflowers that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. Meet and feed real heritage livestock. More than 20 different games will be available for all ages, abilities, and interests. Each game, activity, or craft gets you closer to prizes such as pins, badges, stickers, and books. The first fifty Junior Rangers to complete all activities will go home with the grand prize, a limited-edition Junior Ranger Day T-shirt. For more information on Junior Ranger Day or other events and activities at Tumacácori National Historical Park, call 520-377-5060, or visit the park website, at nps.gov/tuma.

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9 Plaza Road, Tubac www.tubacarts.org 520-398-2371 Workshops & Classes

2018 Summer Arts Program Registration Opens April 15th - The program will run from June 5 - June 28 at

Tubac Center of the Arts - Tuesdays/ Wednesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 - 3:30 PM - Every summer for over 30 years, the TCA has turned the facility into classrooms and welcomed children from the ages of 5-14. It is a 4 week program where kids make new friends, discover & learn different art mediums like painting, drawing, dance, drama, and mixed media. Students may register for one, two, three or all four weeks. Free lunches are provided. Registration is limited and will open on April 15th. Contact TCA @ 520-3982371 or go to www.tubacarts.org for more information and to register on-line. - Sponsor a Student! Every year deserving youngsters receive scholarships to attend the Summer Arts program. - For only $200 anyone can provide a wonderful experience for a student for the entire 4 weeks. Partial scholarships are also available and anyone wishing to sponsor a student can do so for any amount they would like to donate. The young people of our community thank you!

Exhibits

Best of Show: Membersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Juried Winner through April 15, 2018 - An

exhibition featuring a variety work by this season's Best of Show award winning artist, Joan Cawthorn. - Studio Gallery

Hi Art

April 13 to April 29, 2018 - An annual

exhibition featuring the art from local area high school students. The exhibition offers students an opportunity to learn how to professionally present, share, and sell their artwork. - Students from five Santa Cruz Valley area high schools - Nogales, Rio Rico, Sahuarita, Walden Grove and Patagonia are represented with cash awards and a scholarship awarded to a graduating senior. - This annual exhibit is made possible by support from Rogoway Turquoise Tortoise and Tubac Territory with funds raised at the annual Cowboy Christmas event.

Master Artist Collection

April 13 to May 27, 2018 - The Master

Artist Gallery returns to the Tubac Center of the Arts this spring with paying tribute to Tubac's artistic heritage featuring pieces from those artists who lived and worked in Tubac. Master artists include - Francis Beagareau, Hugh Cabot, Hal Empie, Tom Hill, Dale Nichols, Ross Stefan, Jean Wilson, Mortimer Wilson, Nicholas Wilson, and recent inductees Walter Blakelock Wilson, Bobb Vann, and Virginia Hall.

Arizona del Sur and Norte de Mexico

May 4 to June 3, 2018 ARIZONA DEL

SUR AND NORTE DE MEXICO is an exhibition of new artwork from Latino artists of southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico. The Tubac Center of the Arts is

working with the Mexican Consulate in Nogales, AZ and the Museo de Arte de Nogales's curator Guadalupe Serrano to present the wide variety of contemporary art created in Latino communities both north and south of the border. Interested artists may contact Michael Fenlason at exhibitions@tubacarts.org or visit Call for Entry.

Performing Arts

Tubac Singers Spring Concert - April 15th @ 3pm - The Tubac Singers present - "Songs of the Heart and Spirit"at their annual Spring

Concert. Celebrate Spring with Song at Tubac Center of the Arts on a Sunday afternoon. Suggested Donation: $5

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SHAW D. KINSLEY GALLERY ART EXHIBIT – NOW THROUGH SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 9 AM – 5 PM

In collaboration with the Tubac Center for the Arts, the Presidio displays its first fine art exhibit in the Shaw D. Kinsley Gallery in Otero Hall, in celebration of Santa Gertrudis Day and St. Ann’s Church. The fabulous pieces in the show are the creations of local artists and all are for sale. Congratulations to Best of Show artist Jess Drake, Award of Excellence artist John Marbury, and Award of Merit artist Kathleen Holming. The show will be on display through Sunday, April 29. Do not miss this wonderful pairing of art and history! Included with park admission: $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, AZ (520) 398–2252. ATTENTION ALL BOOKWORMS!! THE TUBAC GIFT SHOP IS HERE FOR YOU!

Love of Reading month may be over, but the Presidio has the best selection of books in Tubac!

Our topics include southwest fiction, history, memoirs, field guides, food, gardening, birding, plants, astronomy, archaeology, children books and much more. Do not forget to visit for all your bookish needs! Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, AZ (520) 398–2252.

FRONTIER PRINTING PRESS DEMONSTRATIONS – THURSDAY, APRIL 19; FRIDAY, APRIL 20; TUESDAY, APRIL 24; WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25; TUESDAY, MAY 1; MONDAY, MAY 7; FRIDAY, MAY 11; 11 AM – 2 PM

A knowledgeable volunteer demonstrates the Washington Hand Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper in 1859 and answers questions about hand press printing, type setting, and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering. You will get to set type and print small samples to take with you. Included with park admission: $5 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, AZ (520) 398–2252. SHAW D. KINSLEY LECTURE SERIES PRESENTS: THE AMAZING KOLB BROTHERS OF GRAND CANYON BY ROGER NAYLOR - SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 2 PM

Roger’s latest book covers the remarkable life of two of the canyon’s most significant pioneers and legendary photographers. The Kolbs dangled from ropes, clung to sheer cliff walls by their fingertips, climbed virtually inaccessible summits, ran seemingly impassable whitewater rapids, braved the elements, and ventured into unknown wilderness—all for the sake of a photo. Well, a photo and a thrill. Sometimes it was hard to tell which was more important. Don’t miss this informative and

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entertaining event! $10 fee includes admission to tour the Presidio Park. Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, AZ (520) 398–2252. PARK RX DAY: PARK-TO-PARK HIKE, SUNDAY, APRIL 29, 9 AM - NOON - ENJOY TUBAC PRESIDIO STATE HISTORIC PARK, TUMACÁCORI NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK, THE JUAN BAUTISTA DE ANZA NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL the free shuttle which runs until 1 pm. Start from either the Presidio or the Tumacácori Mission, and use the free shuttle back to your starting point. Participants who complete the route between Tumacácori and Tubac will also earn a free "I Hike For Health" pin. The four mile stretch of Anza Trail is mostly level and shady. Wear good walking shoes, dress for the weather, and carry water and snacks. For more information call Tumacácori National Historical Park at 520-377-5060, or visit the park website, at nps.gov/tuma. Free. Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, 1 Burruel St., Tubac, AZ (520) 398–2252. Support the Presidio – Arizona’s First State Park We are looking for additional Volunteers! Call 520-398-2252 for more info.

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Lowe House Project Artist in Residency 14 Calle Iglesia Old Town Tubac lowehouseproject.com 2018 Some April – May Happenings

April 14, 15—Your Writing Project From Start to Finish with Bill Stephenson Stephen—9 a.m. –12 Noon. Attention Writers! Are you stuck? Join Bill Stephenson in this two-session workshop to help you start your project and take it work through. . For more information, fees and registration contact Bill at livewritewordsworkshops@gmail.com, or 828-5572527. April 17, 2018—CHANGED FROM April 12TH Decorative Papers and Handmade

Artists Books Playshop with Susan Corl—9 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Have fun like a kid making a mess playing with paints, glue, crayons and make beautiful decorative papers to be included in handmade books and book covers. Experiment with different techniques such as Orizomegami, a fold and dye technique and wax resist papers and common materials found around the house to create one-of-a-kind works. All materials included. A Lowe House Project “playshop” in Old Town Tubac. For more information, fees and registration email susancorl@hotmail.com or call 520-394-2926

April 19-20—Meet & Make Your Spirit Guide Playshop with Chas Martin 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. A discovery journey and celebration giving sculptural form to your spirit guides. Learn how to make them “real” through simple and playful sculptural techniques of wire armature, form and surface using paper, fabric and polymer emulsion then paint and decorate with objects symbolizing your personal spirit and power. Supplies provided. Accommodations for students available at the Historic Lowe House. For more information, fees, accommodations and registration interact with Chas at www.ChasMartin.com and chas@chasmartin.com or call at 503-459-1009. April 26 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. —Pop Up Accordion Books—A Family Affair With Susan Corl— Everyone loves pop-up books! Make your own during this popular family activity. All materials provided.. For more information, fees and pre-registration, email susancorl@ hotmail.com or call 520-394-2926.

April 29 Poetry Alive in Tubac!— 4:30-6:00 p.m. Come to just listen or read--yours or some of your favorites. Maybe we’ll enjoy a glass of wine or two, and certainly we’ll enjoy each other’s company. It’s free, though donations to the non-profit Lowe House Project will be greatly appreciated. Drive past St. Ann’s to the long white bldg. on the left: 14 Calle Iglesia. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program in Old Town Tubac. For more information, contact Bill Stephenson at livewritewordsworkshops@gmail.com or 828-557-2527. MAY May 4,5,6—Golf… and Why Men Love It—LiveWrite “Playshop” with Bill Stephenson--Find and give voice to the mysterious x factor that keeps us coming back–often braving rain, wind, and cold, not to mention anger, frustration, and disappointment with golf. Play on local courses in the morning, talk in the afternoon, and dinner at a local Mexican restaurant. This workshop (really more of a playshop) revolves around M. Scott Peck’s book Golf and the Spirit.. For more information and reservations contact Bill at livewritewordsworkshops@gmail.com or 828-557-2527. May 9 Reading and Book Signing—Summers of Fire by Linda Strader 10 a.m.- Noon As one of the first women to fight forest fires for the U.S. Government, Green Valley resident Linda Strader recalls the danger, romance, and personal and physical challenges in her truelife pioneering adventure in Summers of Fire.

Copies of her memoir will be available for sale and signing. For more information view https://summersoffirebook.blogspot.com and email at lstrader2008@aol.com

May 14-18, 2018 -Papermaking Playshop Camp with Susan Corl.—9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Come join Folk Artist Susan Corl for this fun playshop all about handmade paper making from recycled materials, plants including green mesquite pods and an array of other supplies. All materials provided. Choose one or more days. Overnight student accommodations available in Historic Lowe House. For more information, fees and pre-registration (required) contact Susan a susancorl@hotmail. com or call 520-394-2926 Come Play…. and we thank you for your support! The Lowe House Project is a 501 ( c ) (3) non-profit organization. Contact: Nancy Valentine tubacval@msn.com

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TUBAC COMMUNITY CENTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 50 BRIDGE ROAD

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FOUNDATIONAL DRAWING WITH JOHN MARBURY - Thursday Mornings 9-12 ACRYLIC LANDSCAPE PAINTING A Painterly Approach with Rick Wheeler Thursday Afternoons 1-4 INSIDE/OUT, FROM A PLEIN AIR MORNING TO STUDIO AFTERNOON WITH KATHIE ODOM - This 4-day workshop is for Intermediate to Advanced Oil Painters that will begin with an evening demo from Kathie on Tuesday, April 10. The next three days will take students out for morning painting en Plein Air followed by an afternoon studio execution of the same morning scene. That’s right… 3+ full days of immersing yourself in the business of capturing light to bring it indoors! April 10-13, 2018 $375

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SEEING BETTER, PAINTING BETTER WITH DAVID SIMONS - This class is for beginners to advanced. I focus on overcoming the idea of seeing “things” and developing the ability to see and focus on : shapes, values, colors and their relationships. The process of developing the “painter’s eye” is the goal of this class. The mornings will have a demonstration each day and the afternoons the students will paint along with my personal instruction. The real work of painting happens inside us and not on the canvas. We need to learn to paint what we see and not what we think we see. - April 27, 28 & 29 $375

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COMMUNITY GARDEN OF TUBAC WORK PARTY … THIRD SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH – STARTS 9:30 AM AA … MON WED FRI, 7-8 PM OPEN MEETING

TUBAC AA STUDY GROUP… EVERY TUESDAY AT 12 NOON TRX EXERCISE CLASS … WED 9:00 AM THUR 5:00 PM ARGENTINE TANGO … EVERY FRIDAY AT 3:30 PM

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Tu b a c Vi l l a g e r A p r i l 2 0 1 8 APRIL 14 - KIDS IN THE CANYON - AT MADERA CANYON - FAMILY DAY OF NATURE, PICNICS & RECREATION. USFS FEE WAIVER "FREE DAY" - 9AM TO NOON. @ PROCTOR PARKING AREA. Kid's nature, arts/crafts & displays. Meet Smokey Bear. For more information: friendsofmaderacanyon.org

TUCSON AUDUBON SOCIETY EVENT ONLINE CALENDAR OF EVENTS: TUCSONAUDUBON.ORG/NEWS-EVENTS SKY ISLAND ALLIANCE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES AND ONLINE CALENDAR OF EVENTS: SKYISLANDALLIANCE.ORG/CALENDAR/CATEGORY/VOLUNTEER/ TUBAC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ONLINE EVENT LISTINGS: TUBACCALENDAR.COM TUBAC SCHOOL OF FINE ART CLASSES UPDATED ONLINE: TUBACSCHOOLOFFINEARTLLC.COM/SCHEDULED-CLASSES-WORKSHOPS/ COMMUNITY GARDEN OF TUBAC WORK PARTY … THIRD - SATURDAY OF EVERY MONTH – STARTS 9:30 AM

APRIL 15 WISDOM SPORTS AND SCHOLARS ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT, TUBAC GOLF COURSE. REGISTRATION: 7:30 A.M. - Shotgun start: 8:30 a.m. Entry fee: $100 per player Includes cart and range balls - Meal & entertainment ($40 tax deductionTax ID: 47-1327351) Prizes: 1stPlace, 2ndplace, Best drive - men & women, Closet to pin - men & women... More! Support WSS helping our youth - Registration forms can be picked up at the following locations: WISDOM’S Cafe–Tumacacori - ¡DOS! Café –Tubac - or email –wss2@cox.net - Proceeds benefit WSS youth sports - For more information call (520) 576-2379 SUNDAY APRIL 15, 4 TO 7PM - THE NEWLY RENOVATED RANCHO SANTA CRUZ IN TUMACÁCORI WILL HOST AN OPEN HOUSE FROM 4 TO 7 PM, including tours, refreshments, and an artist's reception for the new ranch gallery on site. Address: 1709 East Frontage Road, Tumacácori

ACOUSTIC JAM NIGHT - 2ND & 4TH SUNDAYS OF THE MONTH AT AT THE TUBAC COMMUNITY CENTER - 4-7PM. Jam will be in a "round robin" format, going around the group and each player leading a song. All acoustic instruments, all levels, all welcome! Singing encouraged. For more information call 323-252-7209, revsoupbone@gmail.com

APRIL 21ST FROM 8:00AM-2:00PM - RUMMAGE SALE - FIRST RATE, SECOND HAND ITEMS FOR SALE. - LOCATION WILL BE ST. ANDREW’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH at 969 W. Country Club Drive in Nogales. Gently used items will include furniture, household goods, clothing and misc. items. All proceeds from the sale will benefit St. Andrew's Outreach Programs in the community. Phone 520-281-1523.

APRIL 14 AT 11:30 A.M. - THE RIO RICO HISTORICAL SOCIETY IS SPONSORING A FUNDRAISER – A BUS TOUR OF “HISTORIC RIO RICO.” - RIO RICO COMMUNITY CENTER, 391 AVENIDA COATIMUNDI - A bus tour of 8 historic Rio Rico sites that incudes an exclusive private interior tour of Rancho Santa Cruz & cowboy cantina bar of John Wayne & Stewart Granger. 1773 San Cayetano de Calabazas visita mission Calabasas Town Site - Toacuquita Indian Village - Baca Float Ranch House - The Stud Barn - Palo Parado Siding/Otero Town - Baca Float Ranch Barn - Rancho Santa Cruz and the cowboy bar. - In what promises to be our best tour yet of "Historic Rio Rico," we are offering not only a visit to 8 historic sites in Rio Rico, but we will go inside two of these historic sites. First, under the guidance of a National Park Ranger, we will look inside the 1773 San Cayetano de Calabazas visita mission - the oldest building in Rio Rico dating back to the times of the Spanish padres. Our second "inside look" will be another exclusive private tour - Rancho Santa Cruz - the first ranch HQ for the Baca Float Ranch and the residence for Tol Pendleton (Pendleton Drive is named for him). In 1936, Rancho Santa Cruz became the third dude ranch in Santa Cruz County and it had the first swimming pool built in Santa Cruz County. Please, please, you don't want to miss this very special tour of "Historic Rio Rico" that might not be repeated in the future with all these exclusive "inside looks." - Make your reservations with $25 for members and $30 for non-members to help defray the costs of the Rio Rico Historical Society. - NOTE: Mission tour includes about a 1/3-mile hike (each way) up a steep dirt road with loose rocks. Good hiking shoes, a hat, water bottle, sunscreen, water, snacks, and a portable chair are highly recommended! - For reservations, contact Larry at: rrscamp678@gmail.com - Call: 520-281-9605 - Online reservations by major credit or debit card or PayPal: www.RioRicoHistoricalSociety.org/tours.html

APRIL 24-29 CENTENNIAL HALL - ONE WEEK ONLY! - FINDING NEVERLAND tells the incredible story behind Peter Pan. Playwright J.M. Barrie struggles to find inspiration until he meets four young brothers and their beautiful widowed mother. Spellbound by the boys’ enchanting make-believe adventures, he sets out to write a play that will astound London theatergoers. With a little bit of pixie dust and a lot of faith, Barrie takes this monumental leap, leaving his old world behind for Neverland, where nothing is impossible and the wonder of childhood lasts forever.

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APR 24, 7PM-9PM: VENOMOUS CREATURES OF THE SOUTHWEST! – Biologist & author Larry Jones will showcase his passion for venomous scorpions, centipedes, wasps, assassin bugs, caterpillars, reptiles, shrews, etc. Also: “What is it like to be envenomated?” FREE. At Lutheran Church of the Foothills, 5102 North Craycroft Road, Tucson. See SOUTHEAST ARIZONA BUTTERFLY ASSOCIATION website for field trips within one hour of Tubac: www.seaba.org MR. GOLDBERG’S PRODIGAL SON BY JOHN W. LOWELL WILL PLAY FROM APRIL 24 – MAY 6, with the official press opening on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 at 7:30 PM. A low cost preview ($20) takes place on Tuesday, April 24, 2018 at 7:30 PM. The Invisible Theatre is located at 1400 N. First Avenue (at Drachman) - The single show ticket price for MR. GOLDBERG’S PRODIGAL SON is $34. Discounts are available for groups, seniors, active military and students. Rush tickets are available for purchase at half-price one half hour prior to performance time and are subject to availability. - Tickets are available for purchase by calling the Invisible Theatre Box Office at (520) 882-9721 and are also available 24/7 on-line through OvationTix at www.invisibletheatre.com. - The running time is 85 minutes with no intermission. - MR. GOLDBERG’S PRODIGAL SON is PG and is appropriate for ages 13 and up.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH - 7:00PM - INDIGENOUS (W/ OPENING ACT, THE CODY BLACKBIRD BAND - Ages 18 & up = $12 advance / $17 day of show (reduced rates for youth) - Indigenous consists of Mato Nanji and very popular Navajo rockers the Levi Platero, Bronson Begay & Douglas Platero. They have won Native American Music Awards for blues recording of the year as well as artists of the year. . Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, 330 E. 7th Street, Tucson, AZ. For info & directions – http://theseaofglass.org or (520) 398-2542 APRIL 27, 2018 5 - 11PM 23RD ANNUAL BOYS & GIRLS OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY FIESTA - AUCTION - DINNER - DANCE. $200 per person at the Plaza de Anza in Tubac. Proceeds to benefit the Boys & Girls Club. Featuring the George Howard Band. Call (520) 287-3733 for tickets and information SATURDAY, APRIL 28 - “MOOVE YOUR GAME TO THE NEXT LEVEL” - TUBAC GOLF RESORT - Learn when to Putt, when to Chip and when to Pitch. Bring a friend, join the fun! - $35 per person includes clinic and one drink APRIL 28 & 29 - 10AM TO 5PM - TUBAC CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BONANZA DAYS! - More than 50 businesses participating in special discounts. For more information: Tubac Chamber of Commerce. 520-398-2704 or visit www.tubacaz.com MAY 5, 2018 - SPIRITUALUTION CONCERT GATHERING - $20 advance / $30 day of event (reduced prices for youth) A sacred gathering for people around the world to come together and pray for the soon coming of The Promised One of all faiths. Featuring TaliasVan & The Bright & Morning Star Band and VansGuard. Prayer Walk, Yoga, Camping, Swimming, Food, Friendship. Camp Avalon, Sedona, AZ. For info & directions – http:// SpiritualutionGathering.org (520) 398-2542 MAY 19TH - 7:00PM - BLACK FOREST SOCIETY Ages 18 & up - $13 advance / $18 day of show (reduced rates for youth) Black Forest Society is an eclectic mix of music with influences from all over the world. This band is a little folk, a little rock, a bit progressive, with tones of Celtic Green, and dreams of the Far East. Sea of Glass Center for the Arts, 330 E. 7th Street, Tucson, AZ. For info & directions – http://theseaofglass.org or (520) 398-2542 MOTHER’S DAY SUNDAY MAY 13TH (11AM TO 3PM) @ THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT • Fresh Cut Fruit Display • Seafood Display, Shrimp Cocktail, Smoked Salmon, Oysters • Domestic & Imported Cheese Display • Assorted Breakfast &amp; Rustic Bread Display • Caesar Salad Bar, Arizona Field Green Salad Bar •Pasta Salad and Caprese Salad • Chef Attended Omelet Station • Breakfast Meats (Bacon &amp; Sausage) • Eggs Benedict • Chef Attended Carving Station with Prime Rib &amp; Ham • Seasonal Vegetables • Roasted Free Range Chicken • Roasted Potatoes • Assorted Desserts (Cupcakes, Cheesecakes, Mini Petit Fours) - $48 per person/ $18 per child 6-12 (Beverages are not included) - Please call 520.398.2678 to make reservations. VBS AT THE CHURCH AT TUBAC WILL BE JUNE 4TH-8TH, FROM 9:00AM12:00PM. CHILDREN 4-12 ARE WELCOME. You can pre-register your children on line at Church at Tubac.com/VBS Pre-registration is highly recommended. This event is Free. 2204 W Frontage Rd, Tubac. For more information call 520 398-2325. These are event listings which have been submitted. Calendar listings are welcome from advertisers, government agencies, and non-profit, public events. Please format: Date, Time, Event, Details, Contact Info Repeat contact info on repeat entries and renew event listing each month. The closer you match the listing format, the more information we can accommodate. Send to editor@tubacvillager.com or mail to PO Box 4018, Tubac, AZ 85646

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Letter: Letter submitted for publication by Jim Patterson. President, Santa Cruz Valley Citizen's Council RE: Proposal for Gas Station on the West Frontage Road To Whom it may concern: I wish to be on record as being against the approval for permitting of a new Gas Station on the west frontage road adjacent to the Tubac exit for the following reasons. • A lack of need in a small town: a gas exists in town that is underutilized; the neighboring towns of Green Valley and Rio Rico have two shuttered gas stations and at least 7 stations open to handle the I-19 corridor; all within 15 miles of the proposed location. • The heavy usage of water will impact the level of the water table. Additionally the demand may cause the water company to install a larger (ugly) water tank to meet the requirements of the fire department and the projects waste may adversely impact the quality of water currently available to residents by potentially contaminating the ground water through septic leaching. No sewer exists for such a heavy usage. • Having an illuminated business operating 24 hours a day fronting a residential area in a town that has but a few street lights; this is a dark town that largely shuts down by 10:00 PM and that easily abides by the dark skies ordnances.

• Poor site planning that will cause exposed (reflective) lighting to front the residential areas rather than face the I-19 corridor from which the business would draw its principle patrons.

• A design that is presented as a 1950's retro station in a town that was founded in 1752 and lives economically on visitors hoping for a quaint historic experience. I look forward as an associate member to supporting your efforts at defeating this proposal.

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TUBAC ROTARIANS TAKE ON A NEW PROJECT A L L I N T H E N A M E O F H E A LT H Y P L A Y

By Duffy Elgart Tubac Rotary Club President On the road again – there they go – the Tubac Rotary Club. A zippy van, a fact-finding mission in hand and a five-hour journey southwest to Hermosillo, Sonora. Like Rotarians worldwide, members of the Tubac Rotary Club take action whenever they see a need. The need can be to eradicate polio or bring clean water to a rural community. The action can be giving a much-needed lift to a local health care, educational or economicopportunity project. Most recently, the call for help came from the Club Rotario Milenio in Hermosillo. The Hermosillo Rotarians needed a partner organization to help them furnish a ludoteca in the Miguel Aleman Village community center. Ludoteca is Spanish for a play center patterned around the concept that playing is not a luxury for children but a right and a necessity. On a grander scale, ludoteca encompasses the idea of a safe haven for children, a classroom in which they can play and express feelings, using

Above: (Right) Tubac Rotary Club members take a lunch break from their recent fact-finding trip to Hermosillo, where a sister club is establishing a new play facility for children. From left to right: Byron Thompson, Patricia Thompson, Deborah Rottschafer, Kelley Rivers, Bill DeJarnette and his wife, Ana, and Bruce Monro. (Left) A scale model of the Villas del Papa Francisco, a proposed educational complex to be built in the Hermosillo area. Photos courtesy of the Tubac Rotary Club

puppets, and puppet theater; a place where play becomes a part of their development, strengthening their intellectual abilities and social skills, and providing an opportunity for a healthy future. The Hermosillo project is planned to serve between 250 and 300 children and adolescents, the majority of whom come from the Hermosillo Sonora area. The Hermosillo Rotarians will fund their project through a Rotary district grant that provides them with the means to supply the play materials. But their grant also requires them to find matching funds for the room’s furnishings. In response, the Tubac Rotary Club Board sent six of its members on a fact-finding mission to Hermosillo. Did the project fulfill the

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club’s mission to support both innovative and inspirational education projects and expand access to education for all children? What the Rotarians learned on their trip was that the ludoteca was part of an even bigger dream being spearheaded by the State of Sonora, one that will create an extensive educational complex for Indigenous people who have migrated to the Hermosillo area to work in agriculture. The complex, known as the Villas del Papa Francisco, will include soccer fields and basketball courts, a playground, auditorium, computer room, playroom, psychological office, dormitories, community dining, a primary school, office, bathrooms, warehouse, orchards and more. It’s a high impact project designed to raise the quality of life in the community, positively impacting the human rights of children and adolescents mainly. The decision to provide funding for the playroom’s furnishings gave the Tubac Rotarians an opportunity to assist their neighbors. But it also paved the way for new friendships and delivered ideas that could be applied to programs here in Santa Cruz County, and to once again answer a call for help. For more information about the Hermosillo ludoteca project and the Tubac Rotary Club’s programs, contact Patricia Thompson at 520-3367638. New members are always welcome and the Rotary Club encourages you to attend one of their every Friday 7:30 breakfast meetings at the Tubac Golf Resort. �

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2018

Taste of Tubac Tops Previous Record Photographs by Paula Beemer

The Tubac Rotary Club thanks each and every person who helped to make this year's Taste of Tubac a success. Held on the grounds of the Tubac Golf Resort, the April 8 soldout event was attended by more than 500 people. While the tally from ticket and raffle sales, auction items and sponsorships was still being finalized at press time, the Rotary Board was pleased to announce that the 16th annual Taste had surpassed its previous fund-raising record.

Images: (Top) The verdant Tubac Golf Resort, an ideal setting for fun, fund-raising, and food. (Middle, left) Las Trankas: From left: Asaf Chaveta, Kara Garcia, and Elena Garcia offering samples of one of Rio Rico's favorites: Las Trankas. (Bottom, left) The Night mood: The music provided by Wildfire kept the dancing floor busy until the last hours of the event. (Above, right) The Vandervoets: From left: Enjoying the company of family are Brian Vandervoet, Rich Kiker, Kathleen Vandervoet and Julie Kiker. (Above) Young Dancers: The music appeals to all ages! Bailey and Annie dancing to the good tunes.

Special thanks go to the 18 area restaurants who provided their time, talent and a delicious array of food for the event. And kudos to the beverage providers, retail ticket sellers, auction item donors, individual sponsors, music makers, Rotary and Interact Club volunteers, and every single person who purchased a ticket to the event. Proceeds will be used to further Rotary's mission to provide support throughout the year to educational and humanitarian projects that make a real impact on our local community as well as on a more global level.

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MONTESSORI MOMENTS:

A Day at Madera Canyon; A Natural Learning Lab at Its Best Article and Photography by: Hari Rai Khalsa

umming together like excited bees, the children of Montessori de Santa Cruz Public Charter School and Preschool eagerly gather at the Proctor trailhead, the gateway to Madera Canyon. Today was not like the others; it was the school’s annual field trip to this breathtaking area that envelops the senses with lofty mountain peaks, forested slopes, seasonal streams, and an amazing variety of plants and wildlife. Over the laughters and general joyful exclamations of excitement, volunteers, teachers and students — from preschool to sixth grade — readied themselves for a day of natural adventure and a learning lab at its best. Once the anticipatory group was organized, it began to flow like water up the trail — seemingly mirroring the Madera Creek. Equipped with water bottles, hats, and appropriate clothing and shoes, our young field naturalists moved like experts — exploring the trail afar and up close. Plants and animals — even ants and bugs — treated with care and respect; thus, honoring the Friends of Madera Canyon’s mantra, watch them, don’t squash them.

After crossing over an expansive bridge and up stone steps, the children emerged into a resting area, canopied with trees and blanketed with large rocks. Here they learned that their day has just begun. One by one, a student’s name was called and assigned into a group. Over the next couple hours, these groups weaved through several learning and activity stations. At various learning stations, the children of Montessori de Santa Cruz explored the natural environment of animals local to Madera Canyon. In grassy patches under trees, benches overlooking expansive vistas and on

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cool rocks where the rush of Madera Creek roared nearby, teachers, parent volunteers and students explored the facts of various creatures — such as owls, bats, deers, coyotes, and skunks. Before the children moved up or down the path to their next station, they took time to draw the discussed animal and received a footprint stamp for station completion. Beyond the learning stations, students heightened their senses and experience of the canyon by participating in a yogic activity. Nestled under a shade of trees, the children were led through a series of Madera Canyon animal yoga poses, including a brief meditation where they closed their eyes and hummed like bees — thereby invoking a sense of peace and calm. Students where also led to an area with binoculars. Here, they scanned the climbing hills around them and the flowing water below them — seeing now what was first unseen. Though the field trip at the canyon officially concluded with a picnic lunch, and a hike back to the trailhead, the fun camaraderie of this day like no other lives on. Any outing to Madera Canyon is special, but on this day, it became a shared inspirational and natural learning lab for the children of Montessori de Santa Cruz Public Charter School and Preschool. This was a day that they soon will not forget, and a day that they look forward to repeating again and again. For Montessori de Santa Cruz Public Charter School and Preschool enrollment information call 520-398-0536, email mdsc1@montessoridesantacruz.org, visit www.montessoridesantacruz.org or write to PO Box 4706, 18 Calle Baca, Tubac, AZ 85646.

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pring cleaning is an ancient tradition that has been carried down through the ages. It seems to me that particular gene did not transmit to my family. The way my mother cleaned was never allowing us to sit on the couch in the living room, that way it never really got dirty. When I feel some ancestral drive to get rid of the winter sludge and build up, it is fleeting at best. I have to grab it when it shows up and go with the urge right then. This translates to not only throwing all the old junk out of the closet but getting rid of the excess “stuff ” my digestive system. The art and science of Ayurveda is truly an ancient and transferred study of the body, mind and spirit. Its concepts and practices come right out of the Vedic texts in the Indus Valley from prior to 500 BCE. Yogic practices are from this era as well. Ayurveda is the healing branch or medical side of the system of yoga. Ayur means “life” and veda means “knowledge.” So, there it is, knowledge of life (or science of life). To really know your life requires inquiry and analysis. Ayurveda suggests, we must have rapt attention to what is happening in body, mind and spirit and its relationship to the elements of nature. It is the same things yoga asks of us. Spring naturally encourages our bodies to get rid of the long slow haul of winter if we are listening at the right time. I often feel the signs, knowing it’s time to give up coffee and cream for a while and feeling meat is getting a little heavy for this time of year. It is the deep desire to be light in body and mind. It is the yearning for heat and the awakening to warmer temperatures. I personally have to jump right on those senses otherwise I push them aside and move into the next season with sludge from the last. Spring is the running off of winter, wet and damp. My body in particular tends to be wet and damp naturally so when spring rolls around, if

I’m not attentive, I find myself congested, sluggish and generally run down. This is the time I have to wake up and find my heat and fire (tapas). This means letting go of the things that are the same as my body’s constitution. Ayurveda premise is that “like creates like.” This realization becomes a prescription for healing. Because my body make-up tends to be heavy, dense, damp, etc., I have to stay away from foods and things that are the same. If I stay with them, I will become denser and damper and probably sick as well. Change comes from every angle. Food needs to be warm and light and dry – I often go totally raw for a week or two and maybe do a cleanse. Mind is helped by really cleaning your living space (that ancient practice), getting rid of clothing, stuff, and throwing out things I’ve kept around for some reason that are serving no purpose. Exercise is the big factor, once I get through my cleanse, during which I do some mild exercise, I jump into the burning, austere actions of tapas. Tapas is a term that can be translated as the ability to cool, heat, spill and split. For me, I move to heating and splitting, charging up the body and splitting away the heaviness with asana. Any invigorating practice works, something as simple as the Sun Salutations or as exciting as an arm balance will do. It all comes down to knowing my life and aligning it with nature, which is the practice of Ayurveda. Kathy Edds teaches yoga and Ayurvedic practices at the Tubac Healing Arts Center in Tubac. www.tubacheaingarts.com �

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Lord make us mindful of the little things that grow and blossom in these days to make the world beautiful for us.

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h, I have so much to tell you! I love sitting on my back porch looking East towards the mountains. How I have missed these days of sunshine and warmth. I sit and see the 'greening' of the trees Cottonwoods, Palo Verde, Mesquite - the wonderful stalwarts of the desert. They do not disappoint. The glory of our Earth is coming back. The blooms and blossoms are everywhere. The glorious oriole is here. The first frog was rescued out of the pool. Sweet poppies are finally showing up - the labyrinth is full of them(just a side note: there are hundreds of poppies and fried-egg poppies along I-19 northbound from exit 8 in Nogales to Garrett's and beyond). Desert Chicory and marigolds, purple verbena, evening primrose and darling fleabane abound. Globe mallow, bladderpod, lacy tansy-aster and tansy mustard speckle the back acre. The Tombstone Rose is once again snaking its way up through the Hackberry Tree to make the world's largest bouquet...you just have to look up. I don't have to leave my sweet spot in this world to witness the show that is Mother Nature. There is a fragrance to Spring that is almost heady. I love to walk out amongst all that is growing and smell that aroma--to bottle that would be amazing!

I know I have talked about my grandfather in past columns. Not only did he continue to feed his beloved birds well into his 90's, he took a 'sunbath' every day of his long life. He had a hammock tied to the barn at his home in the country and he would go to meditate, talk with God, and love his sun. I know that I get my love and need for the sun from him. I'm happiest while I'm outside, following the sun around the yard. It is the most therapeutic medicine in the world. Not only has the oriole made a striking entrance to our yard, but there is the verdin, cardinals galore, the bats are back from hibernation or are migrating through. We had quite a bird watching event in our community last month. The black hawk and Swainson's Hawk were here migrating along with the turkey vultures. Friends Dan and Shelly counted over 100 turkey vultures roosting in the Pine trees near their house. They were so lucky to watch the nightly ritual of these birds. People come from all over to see our birds, we are quite the bird-watching area! I've mentioned before the wonderful customers that we have from Mexico. The people are so kind to us. Arturo Esquerra is a man from Culiacan, Sinaloa that has bought from us for 25 years. He comes up every 3 months or so and never forgets to bring something for me with him. He knows how I love the biscochitos made in Sinaloa. He smiles when he sees how happy I am to see he has not forgotten me. His English has gotten better while my Spanish has not! We have customers that bring

A huge thank you to the community of Tubac for the incredible support for the Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors program that was started one year ago. The fundraiser held at the historic Kenyon Ranch in Tubac where Frances Causey showed her latest documentary,"The Long Shadow" was a sold out event.

Thank you to Frances and to Barbara Findeisen, owner of Kenyon Ranch, for allowing us to use the facilities to show the film and for the tour of the property afterwards. Jane's Attic, The Goods, and the Tubac Market all helped to sell tickets and we owe them heaps of gratitude. Just a reminder, 625-5966 is the number for Valley Assistance Services. Call this number if you would like to be a volunteer for transportation or friendly visits, or to become a participant in this wonderful, growing program. The recipe I'm including this month is quick and easy and oh, so delicious. I made this some months ago and I see that it's been in some publications lately. Try it for a beautiful brunch, either sweetish or savory. If you make a savory Dutch Baby, leave out the sugar and then add whatever ingredients you like. We used sautéed mushrooms, pancetta and caramelized onions and a little cheese...pretty darn good.

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Dutch Baby

Ingredients: • 425° oven • 1 cup milk • 3/4 cup flour • 2 TBL sugar • 1/2 tsp salt • 4 large eggs • zest of one lemon • Place all ingredients in blender, blend until smooth • Place 4 tbsp butter in cast iron skillet, place in oven for 3-5 minutes • Remove pan from oven. Swirl pan to coat melted butter. Pour batter in pan. Directions: preheat oven to 425° place pan in oven for 17-20 minutes or until puffed and golden. Remove from oven and sprinkle with 3/4 blueberries, 2 tsp XXXX sugar and a little lemon juice over top.

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