MAY/JUNE 2018
VOL XIV NO 7
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By Kathleen Vandervoet
Santa Cruz County Update BRIDGE PLAQUE SHINES AGAIN
"Thistles" Wax Resist 20 x 24 by Marion Valentine
Marion Valentine with her husband, Hans, were early Tubac Art Colony artists living and creating in the Historic Lowe House from 1965 to 1984. Their daughter, Nancy, carries on the Tubac: Where Art and History Meet tradition as a founder and current program coordinator of the Lowe House Project artist residency program. lowehouseproject.com
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This plaque is located at the west end of the Wingfield Tubac Bridge that crosses the Santa Cruz River, just east of the Village. The plaque was installed in 1987 when the bridge was opened but became dirty as the years went by. In early May, Santa Cruz County had an employee clean and shine the plaque.
NEW FIRE CHIEF IS CHOSEN
Cheryl Horvath was chosen to replace Tubac Fire Chief Kevin Keeley, whose contract ends June 30. The five-member Tubac Fire Board voted 5-0 to name Horvath to the post during a May 8 meeting. As of press time, Fire Board Chairman Mike Connelly and Horvath were planning to talk about the employment contract, which the board will vote on to finalize the action. Horvath is Executive Assistant Chief at Golder Ranch Fire District north of Tucson. She’s held that position since July 2017, she said. Before that, she was chief of Mountain Vista Fire District north of Tucson starting in January 2016.
Horvath, who grew up in Illinois, said she came to Tucson in 2006 to work for Northwest Fire District. She’s spent 26 years in the fire service and holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees.
Asked when she’ll move to Tubac, Horvath said she will rent in the area for weekday work but keep her home north of Tucson. On weekends she said she can commute to Tubac and Rio Rico for special activities. The Tubac Fire Board also interviewed Tubac Assistant Fire Chief Genaro Rivera. Connelly said no other interviews were held. Keeley worked 20 years for the Tubac district after a career with the Tucson Fire Department. The fire board voted in January not to renew his current contract, which he had worked under for five years.
SCHADLER WINS STATE TITLE
Samantha Schadler won her third straight title in the 800-meter Division III Arizona track and field championship on May 4 at Mesa Community College while Mikey Martinez threw 142’ 1” in the javelin to set a new Rio Rico High School record while finishing ninth overall. Schadler, who lives in Tubac with her family, ran in 2:19.77. In November she won the Girls’ Div. III state cross country championship in Phoenix. Her coach hopes to see her compete in two more races in the next four to six weeks, getting her back in shape for cross-country in the fall. Schadler ran 2:19, and although her lifetime best for the 800 is 2:14, that was not the goal for the recent competition. “I tell my athletes that a championship meet is about place, not time,” said RRHS Coach Steve Schadler. “I’m very pleased with her performance at this meet.”
Other RRHS athletes did well at the state event. In the first year of javelin competition, Hawk’s Mikey Martinez and Sergio Romero finished with record scores. Finishing in ninth place, Martinez threw the javelin for 142 feet, 1 inch – a new school record. Close behind was Romero, also breaking 140 feet.
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HISTORIC ZONE BOARD
Continued... GAS STATION’S LIGHTING PLAN REVISED
A gas station, convenience store and café planned for Exit 34, the south Tubac exit on Interstate 19, continues in the planning stages. Tubac Legacy Partners first submitted a development plan on Nov. 16, 2017, to Santa Cruz County Community Development Director Jesse Drake. Since then, developers answered questions at a community meeting in April attended by about 120 people. During a visit to her office on May 7, the revised lighting plan was on view. Drake said the developers submitted a revised plan because they decided to reduce the lights under the canopy. The total lumens allowed, she said, is 124,200, and in the new plan the lumens total 114,686.
Also, the developers must submit their fire suppression plan to the Tubac Fire District Marshal for review and approval. One of the project managers, Rori Wailes, said on May 2 that was “in process” and she didn’t know when it would be ready for submittal.
MAY CHANGE
The sewage treatment plan isn’t being reviewed by Santa Cruz County. That’s because anything over 3,000 gallons per day must be reviewed by the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, said Jeff Terrell, county health director.
Before construction can start, Terrell will have to review and approve detailed plans for the café and for food service in the convenience store, he said. Those were not submitted as of May 3.
From March to May, a group of Tubac residents were circulating petitions and asking people to sign them to oppose the gas station and convenience store. What will be done with the petitions wasn’t made clear. There won’t be public hearings on the development because the land has the zoning required for the project. As long as all county building and health regulations are met, the project can proceed. That requires her approval, a request for a building permit, and full review by the county building department, Drake said.
Thank you Fire Chief Kevin Keeley
For your years of service and dedication to the Tubac Fire District and the Tubac Community.
The number of members on the Tubac Historic Zone Advisory Board could change from six to five. A public hearing is planned Thursday, May 24, in Nogales. The board, in effect since 1990, sent a request to Jesse Drake, county community development director, she said in a report. The board, which has five members at this time, said the change “will assist in meeting the requirements for a quorum” since at least four members are required to attend meetings on a six-member board, but just three are needed for a quorum on a five-member board. The historic zone is mainly the retail part of the village. Residential neighborhoods aren’t included. Board members are appointed by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors. Anyone interested can attend the meeting. The county planning and zoning commission will consider the request and if it’s approved, will forward that to the Board of Supervisors for final action.
The commission meeting will start at 1 p.m. at the county complex, 2150 N. Congress Drive. Call Drake’s office at (520) 375-7930 for more information. LIBRARY BOARD SEEKS MEMBER
Applications are being accepted for an opening on the board of the Nogales Santa Cruz County Public Library. The board has had a Tubac member in recent years but due to that person moving away there is now an opening.
Fire fighters from Tubac Local 4125 have proudly stood behind you and we wish you much happiness and success with future endeavors. You will always be part of our fire family. Sincerely,
Your Brothers and Sisters from Tubac Local 4125
The library board meets on the second Wednesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the main library in Nogales. The Tubac branch of the public library is in the Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Rd., and is open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For information or to apply, contact Danitza Lopez, library director, at dalopez@nogalesaz. gov. 2 FIRE BOARD SEATS WILL BE OPEN
In the Nov. 6 general election, there will be two open positions on the board of the Tubac Fire District. Interested people can begin to pick up their election packets now, and the deadline to be on the ballot is Aug. 8. Information about the fire district is available from Assistant Chief Genaro Rivera at (520) 398-2255 and information about the election is available from Santa Cruz County Elections Director Melinda Meek at (520) 375-7808.
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Continued... The fire board members serve four-year terms and are unpaid. Terms end in December for Mike Connelly and Bill Kirkpatrick. Three other members, Candy Clancy, Mary Dahl and Herb Wisdom, have two and one-half years remaining on their terms. There are no term limits and Connelly and Kirkpatrick can run again if they choose to.
Candidates must be a registered voter and have been a resident of the fire district for at least one year immediately preceding the date of the election, according to state law. New board members must complete a six-hour professional development training program regarding fire districts within the first year of their term, according to a 2014 state law. The Tubac Fire District includes Amado south of the county line, Tubac, Tumacácori and the north half of Rio Rico. The boundary between Tubac and Rio Rico falls generally in the area of Rio Rico Drive east of Interstate 19 and Camino Ramanote west of I-19, but because almost all the streets are winding, the boundary intersects homes and neighborhoods in Rio Rico.
RRHS GRADUATION IS MAY 24
A total of 330 seniors are expected to graduate from Rio Rico High School on Thursday, May 24. The ceremony begins at 7 p.m. on the athletic field.
Speakers will include John Hays, governing board president, the valedictorian, the salutatorian, and the senior class president. The school asks people to be aware the streets around the high school will be crowded and there will be one-way traffic between 4 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. The streets affected are Camino Lito Galindo, west bound only; Via Patricia at Lito Galindo, northbound only to Peck Canyon Drive; southbound onto Via Patricia at Peck Canyon will be closed.
AMADO MARIJUANA FARM EXPANDING
A medical marijuana facility in Amado is expanding. On April 26, a conditional use permit was issued by the Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission to Nature’s AZ Medicine for two additional greenhouses and a larger office.
The Nogales International reported that the expansion will add 42 jobs to the current employment of 112 people. The facility harvests, dries, cures and processes marijuana at its greenhouses to produce medical tinctures. The products are shipped to licensed dispensaries in Phoenix. ENTRY FEE RISES AT TUMACÁCORI JUNE 1
The National Park Service (NPS) announced that Tumacácori National Historical Park will increase entrance fees to provide additional funding for infrastructure and maintenance needs to enhance the visitor experience. Effective June 1, 2018, the entrance fees to the park will be $7 per person, up from $5 a person. An annual park pass will cost $30, up from $20. Throughout the country, the combination of an aging infrastructure and increased visitation has put a strain on park roads, bridges, campgrounds, waterlines, bathrooms, and other visitor services and led to a $11.6 billion deferred maintenance backlog nationwide, according to a press release.
Bob Love, park superintendent, said, “One hundred percent of the revenues collected for individual daily entrance fees stay at Tumacácori. The additional revenue will enable the park to address ongoing and future projects. These include enhancements to the Anza Trail, and preservation work on the park’s many historic structures.” There is no fee for children under the age of 16 to visit the park.
For comments or questions, contact writer Kathleen Vandervoet at kathleenvandervoet@gmail.com �
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he April 9 birding listserv post of a red warbler at Rose Canyon on Mount Lemmon was electric, like standing in a mud puddle watching hummingbirds and getting hit by lightening. Gasp! a warbler never seen before in the United States at a location a couple of hours from Tubac. Time to gas up, polish the smudge off the binocs and try to get a little sleep. At first light there were numerous sleepy birders steering around the curves to Mt. Lemmon, north of Tucson. News of the red warbler had spread among bird lovers like a monsoon thunderstorm, as well as among ornithologists attending a meeting in Tucson. The prior day the little warbler -- red overall with a gray patch below the eye -- lingered along a creek in the canyon and was photographed. There was a good chance it would stick around another day. There were about 100 of us raritychasing birders on the search early that next morning.
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Alas, the bird was never seen again so I drove home in late afternoon, sadness like a shroud over my birding psyche [purple prose entry]. It was the beginning of a week of agony of defeat followed by unexpected jubilation, in spite of a plot by the dental industry. Wood warblers are my favorites. The little halfounce New-World birds mostly spend winters in the tropics, only to arrive in the U.S. just as spring is bustin’ out all over. The 56 species of warblers that migrate through, nest, or are seen irregularly north of Mexico bring with them intense colors and enthusiastic songs. Many hang out in the treetop and aren’t easy to see, and weigh only 1/80th of a red-tailed hawk, but what they lack in size they make up for in gusto and charm. Before the red warbler showed up, I had seen 55 of the 56 North American warblers. Some weren’t easy, like the Swainson’s warbler in the Great Dismal Swamp on the Virginia-North
Carolina border where wild boars eat water moccasins for hors d’oeuvres. Numbers 54 and 55 I found in 2015 after I moved to Tubac: a crescent-chested warbler in the Chiricahua Mountains, a species that is absent from the U.S. most years; and a slate-throated redstart at Fort Huachuca, another exceedingly rare sighting. But one warbler, the fan-tailed, was missing from my warbler list and hadn’t been seen in the U.S. since 2011. Even when spotted, they are usually one- or two-day wonders before being abducted by aliens, or going wherever birds go when you can’t find them any more. I lusted for a fan-tailed warbler and had said I willing on a second’s notice to strike off to Big Bend National Park in Texas or the Lower Rio Grande Valley if one were seen there. But chances were slim and I thought I might be in the great aviary in the sky before getting a chance to glimpse such a rarity. Three days after the red warbler debacle I had a dental implant and felt like somebody had stuck
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a rusty ice pick in my jaw. In spite of the pain I checked my computer that night and BAM!, there it was, a fan-tailed warbler found that day near Portal, AZ, not far from the New Mexico border. Further, it was in the yard of nationally known birding ace Rick Taylor, who would welcome others to his yard. The next day, still reeling from the oral surgery, muscles twitching from excitement, I eagerly checked birding listservs. The warbler was still there. It was now or never; the chance of a lifetime. My dentist told me to rest and stay out of the sun for four days. I declined my wife’s kind offer to drive me and left home the next morning at 6 a.m., for the three-plus-hour drive. Taylor’s home is in a glorious isolated canyon in the foothills of the Chiricahua Mountains. All available parking areas were full that Sunday, April 15. When I finally reached the yard there were about 45 birders scanning the lawn and hillside, some whispering in terrified voices that the warbler might have vanished and we would all leave frustrated and depressed. Then, somebody shouted the sweetest words in birding: “There it is!”
The fan-tailed warbler had slipped onto the lawn and everybody got lengthy looks. Shutters clicked like a presidential event. The warbler stayed for a couple more days delighting birders from around the country, including friends from Alaska who flew down in time. After spending quality time with the fantailed warbler, I chatted with Rick Taylor who said he had heard the red warbler, the one I missed, might not be accepted by bird gurus as a naturally occurring species, meaning there was suspicion it might have been a caged bird that had escaped. In any event when I saw the fan-tailed I closed the book on my warbler quests. If the red warbler is accepted as getting here on its own, I congratulate the few who saw it and feel no great loss for having missed a bird seen once for an afternoon. If not accepted, I hope some day one strays across the border and I get an opportunity to see it.
As for not-so-rare warblers, having seen all their kin hasn’t diminished in the slightest the joy of seeing any one of them on the Anza Trail this spring. You can contact the writer at: warbler500@yahoo.com �
Fan-tailed Warbler Chiapas - Mexico by Francesco Veronesi, Creative Commons (CC)
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By Kathleen Vandervoet, photos courtesy Las Damas group
The “Tin Cup” fundraiser held annually at the Tubac Golf Resort, and on March 26 this year, has grown steadily and offers a fun day on the course along with participation in a fundraiser for a local group. The tourney was started in 2009 by several of the members of the Las Damas, the women’s golf group at the Tubac Golf Resort.
Sue Maurer said, “In the first few years, the event drew participants from most of the courses in Southern Arizona. We delivered flyers to clubs in the area and our members donated great gift baskets that we had a drawing for and gave to our participating golfers. “It was much fun and we were hosting about 100 golfers in those years,” she said.
Over the years, the event has evolved and has become more and more popular. “We have a maximum field of 128 golfers and this year we had a waiting list of 56,” said Maurer, the chair of the event for the past six years. Participants gather the night before for a preevent party, hosted by Las Damas at one of the members' wonderful homes.
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They developed a theme for each year's event and “now our participants come in costumes and regalia in keeping with the theme: ‘Birdies
and Bling’ – oh, the tiaras and glistening jewels; ‘Swinging in the 50's’ (that year brought an Elvis impersonator and some very gorgeous poodle skirts); ‘Pitching, Putting, and Pirates’” where they had a ‘walk the plank’ and treasure chest located on the signature island hole, Maurer said. In 2014, the committee decided that rather than "gift" the beautiful member-made-and-donated baskets to our participants, they might be able to sell raffle tickets and raise some money for a local charity.
“Our goal was to benefit women and families in Santa Cruz County. In the last five years, we have raised many thousands of dollars for several organizations: Circles of Peace, counseling and intervention services in adjudicated situations of domestic violence; Team Anonymous, support group for at-risk youths in Santa Cruz County; and Nuestra Casa, a shelter for victims of domestic violence. “Because of the generosity of our members, who make the fabulous gift baskets and volunteer for all the tasks and duties of the event, we not only have a great time but give something back to the community.
“This has been the outcome of which we are most proud, and it would not have been possible without the big hearts and the giving spirit of our membership,” Maurer said. �
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Santa Cruz County Public Works Pothole Crowd Source
Santa Cruz County Public Works is currently requesting the assistance of the general public to show the department where there are potholes in the paved road surface. The requested area is outside of the corporate limits of the City of Nogales and the Town of Patagonia. This is a pilot “crowd sourcing” project to use the located data and process them using the County GIS (Geographical Information System).
To participate in this pilot project, all that is needed is a camera capable of geotagging the latitude and longitude of where the photo was taken (smart phones or tablets will require the location feature to be ON). The photo can then be emailed to potholes@santacruzcountyaz.gov as an attachment. Any personal information that may attach itself to the photo shall not be used and deleted from the submission. Do not text message photos. Photos are for county reference only; they will not be printed or displayed on any county web site. Please do not resize or edit the photo, as it may remove the geotagged data. The size and depth of the pothole can be determined from the photo. The data from this pilot project shall be used to create clusters or groups of where to best schedule maintenance crews to maximize service and reduce costs. The data will also be used for other analysis to continue to make the roads and streets safe and long lasting. To keep track of pothole locations and their status, see: https://arcg.is/1O8HOa. This app will also show which roads the county currently maintains. Some subdivisions maintain their own roads or a road is private.
As always when working within the County roads and streets, take extreme care of traffic. Watch in all directions and park your vehicle completely off the traveled roadway. The County does not accept any liability, nor does it wish for a photo opportunity to turn into an accident report. To obtain additional information on this project contact the Santa Cruz County Public Works Department (520-375-7830) or by email to potholes@santacruzcountyaz.gov with REQUEST FOR INFORMATION in the subject line.
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The Case for Aesthetics By Carol Egmont St. John
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pring is when I travel, when one impression after another fills my senses. I am guilty of an innate nature that judges things through critical eyes. I once thought my responses were merely a sense of aesthetics but now question the use of that word. Maybe I’m not an aesthete—maybe just an old fart. The term aesthetics originated with the Greeks and meant perception. Aristotle used it to describe how objects are of value when they teach us truths. Truth is beauty- beauty is truth, you know, that whole thing.
The Puritans related aesthetics to values or beliefs that represented the cultures from which an art form emerged. Thus, a minaret and a gothic steeple, though very different, could harmoniously exist side by side, and a bare bones church could stand proudly by a cathedral. Brown and gray coarse linens could adorn a woman as well as satins and lace. Some look to aesthetic value as the vehicle to bring about political or social change. Consider all the arts, flags and banners, statues, and theater.
Nietzsche proposed that aesthetics should have the power to produce pleasure. And what is your pleasure in music, color, design, or architecture? Freud believed aesthetic responses should bring out subverted emotions. Picasso’s portraits of his wives and lovers are examples of this point of view. His shapes and lines reveal his feelings for each.
The poet, Samuel Coleridge wrote that aesthetics should free us from narrow perceptions and should lead us into new dimensions. Follow the tracks of art from the stilted designs of Egyptian walls, the perfection of fruits and flowers, to impressionism, to expressionism, to the non-objectivie art of Klee and Kandinsky. Clive Bell philosophically declared art is significant unto itself, not for its function.
And taking that idea even further, some will claim that no art can be judged. Taste can’t be disputed. And here I draw the line. I find some things others call art, are not.
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Herein, I admit that I am aesthetically tested on a number of counts. Will you forgive me? When my son got his first tattoo, I was appalled. I took it personally that he defaced the perfect arms his father and I had produced. Then my nephew, my niece, my friend, my neighbor joined his ranks. What I thought it was a form of self-mutilation they saw as decorative. Now “body art” is increasingly popular - a career path! I see beautiful people sporting their tattoos in the most unconventional places. They even build wardrobes to expose these creations as much as possible. All I can think of is how such permanent testimonies to a moment will age? Don’t tastes evolve? And what about our bodies? We Americans are much like lobsters, you know, gaining at least a pound a year until we are forced to reevaluate our eating habits. Unlike us, lobsters molt, but without such an ability, dropping one’s hide requires more than a change of mind.
The next art form that regularly assaults my senses is graffiti. I have the social sensitivity to understand that this is a blatant way for angry, mostly, young men to be seen and heard. Knowing graffiti is a social statement that has some aesthetic qualities is not enough for me to accept it. Defacing public property offends me. I am affronted by spray paint on new highway walls, on the sides of beautiful buildings, on the fronts of hotels and private homes. I lived in Guadalajara forty years ago. It was a queen city of marvelous buildings and charming neighborhoods, of history, art and pride. Now it’s beauty is the victim of gangs and politics gone awry. The spoilers have spared few buildings, even the most historical, to make themselves known. Looking at the list of aesthetic definitions I gathered, I would have to admit graffiti is proof of the power of art, but in the eye of this beholder it is an unwelcome and destructive device. In architecture, I find plenty to annoy me as well. Houses that outsize and overutilize the land on which they sit, speak of gluttony and excess. Houses that refuse to conform to the context in which they are placed, reinforce
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our lack of respect for nature and each other. But, then, too much conformance can be just as upsetting. I saw Levittown being built. Now I see row houses upon row houses nesting on hillsides, all the same, all without personality or surprises. HOA’s have color restrictions and lists of no-nos, too. Is this a good thing? In the largely Victorian town of Goshen, New York, where time is stored on large verandas and in the gingerbread trims of grand nineteenth century homes, where Daniel Webster composed his dictionary and the Hall of Fame still has its Trotters race each spring, they built the most awkward, cold, poorly functioning cement block courthouse imaginable. Some described it as a step into the future. This resident thought it was an anomaly to everything the area represented and an eyesore. The building has now been razed and replaced with traditional and graceful architecture befitting the community. The aesthetics of the former structure denied the culture in which it had been planted and ultimately it was erased.
Now, if I may just graze over the issue of the proposed gas station in Tubac and question how it meets the criteria of the aesthetics of this area? Tubac is on I-19 not Route 66. There is a need for Tubac to remain true to its history, its landscape, and protect the rural neighborhood on the western side of the highway. Above all, it must stay dark. Although I don’t believe anything as trite as a gas station can destroy the vitality and beauty of this little village, I still see it as an aberration of the fifties and sure to cause acrimony in the future. We must ask ourselves what an atypical design will mean to our community and take a stand.
Aesthetic matters are fundamental for the harmonious development of both society and the individual. ~ Frederich Schiller
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ight before darkness falls, when the azure sky is bathed in a spectrum of glowing gold and amber, vermilion, scarlet and roseate, indeed it is time to bid the day good-bye. As we say here in Tubac, when the mountains turn pink, it is time to drink. Such an evening begs wine and roses and what an occasion for romance, preferably in the company of friends with wine in tote to lift the mood and add to the magic. Happy to cook and explore wine pairings, I invited a few friends one April evening. Tubac, not having a shortage of expertise in any field, it was fun to have Peter Handler and his wife, Francie, to help me refine my oenological naïveté. And for their supporting roles and knowledge with wines, Clem and Sharie Shute joined us for a very illuminating evening.
(Above, left) Peter Handler. (Right) 12th Century, Hand-Inscribed Proclamation Written In Latin and Early French, Admitting a ‘Noble Man’ to the Jurade" the most prestigious wine recognition bestowed upon Peter C. Handler in September 1973.
There is more to wine than meets the eye and the palate and Peter started the dinner conversation with “the ineluctable modality of the visible and the gustatory” as a response to my question, where do I start? A sensory modality is a particular way of perceiving, i.e. seeing, hearing, tasting or touching something that exists. These modalities are limited whereas, as an example, the invisible is unlimited. With this Joycean concept, acute awareness is heightened like a child exploring its surroundings. All ears and like a sage with a beginner’s mind, I was ready and eager to learn.
In the philosophy of aestheticism, it is only natural to make judgments about art, beauty and taste. Art criticism beyond the sensory level is like unveiling the curtain that clouds our thinking. It raises our awareness to perceive the bigger picture, to understand the relation of form and substance, from emotional to intellectual. Peter humbles himself in meeting my thirst for wine appreciation by quoting an old Spanish proverb, “En el valle de los ciegos, el de un ojo es rey” meaning “In the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.” We opened the first bottle of wine, a Petit Verdot from Yorkville, Mendocino and Peter proceeded to evaluate, “This wine’s authority lies in its color, structure, and firmness. Very well balanced with
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just the right amount of oak exposure to polish the tightly knit, intense fruit. The Petit Verdot variety is most often used for blending with Cabernet and/or Merlot because it provides backbone and structure.” Before I could take another sip, I realized this is an epistemological challenge because of my limited vocabulary. Without the aesthetic language how can we communicate the experience? Taste impressions require a catalog of sensations for there are some 3,000 taste buds on the human palate, a tasting sensory mechanism, and also a wide visual palette (think of the names for the color red). In order to interpret taste, the viewer or taster needs to use his or her own discreet adjectives to describe
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and intellectualize the experience and make it memorable. No one can challenge one’s own personal aesthetic theory. Crude or refined, everybody’s taste is different and indisputable. Since the early 20th century, art no longer aims at beauty. However, John Dewey, in Art as Experience, posits not to pigeon-hole and create ready-made compartmentalized experiences with objects. The function of art is in the awareness of the relation between the object and the experience. Peter opened bottle #2, “a well-made, Elgin, Arizona, Cabernet Sauvignon which tasted round, ripe, and, with soft acids, most engaging! In order to appreciate your next bite of food, you need acidity to cleanse the palate. The amount of acidity in wine is critical to balance everything. Wine grape plants are finicky and are deeply affected by micro-climates, soil constitution, precipitation and age.” In Arizona’s warm weather, the acidity tends to wither in the vineyard but in cooler weather, the grapes hang longer on the vine and longer, slower maturation creates higher natural acidity.
substantially to the Encyclopedia of Wines and Spirits of the World which was first published in 1968. In the 70s, America was on the threshold of wine appreciation and Peter played a decisive role. With a singularly extensive background in the education and promotion of French, Italian, German and Spanish wines to wine importers, 5-star hotels, food societies, TV appearances, training sommeliers, in later years he applied his wisdom to the California wine industry. He was recognized and inducted into more than a dozen European wine societies. One of them was the most prestigious Jurade de Saint-Emilion, the governing jury chartered by the English Queen Eleanor of Aquitane in 1199 AD to oversee the annual quality of the wines of this celebrated commune near Bordeaux. In 1973, he was only
Ever so grateful for this opportunity to expand my sensory and art experience, I raise my glass to Peter’s accomplishments and honor his approach to an all-encompassing, yet still humble, assessment of the subject of wine. Far more fitting and useful than the abstruse, hocuspocus and tussie-mussie descriptions on wine bottle labels and in inscrutable wine reviews, his pragmatic and objective grasp, based on his wellhoned wisdom of art and science, demystifies the complexities of wines. �
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Bottle #3, a fine Napa red wine blend was outstanding: 50% Cabernet, 34% Merlot, 16% Petit Verdot. “Visually, when swirled, the wine exhibits slow descending “legs” on the inside of the glass which is a function of the glycerin content relative to the water content. Glycerin which is only tactile and has no flavor is the contributing factor to the weight or body of the wine.” This explains why a wine is more “chewable” and not “gulpable.” Peter C. Handler began in 1956 as the trilingual protégé of Alexis Lichine, America’s early wine guru, working in the great vineyards of Bordeaux, steeping himself in viticulture and wine-making. During his tenure with Mr. Lichine, he revised Wines of France, one of the first books on the subject and contributed
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EARL WILSON PRAISED FOR LEADERSHIP By Kathleen Vandervoet
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ubac has enthusiastic and highly-capable volunteers and recently, one of those who has proven to be at the top of many lists was recognized by his fellow residents.
and Museum, Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council, and the Tubac Health Care Foundation.
Jim Patterson, president of the board of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council, said on April 22, “Our organizations have really thrived because of you.”
Earl Wilson, active and healthy at age 90, was honored at a gathering held April 22. Four organizations which he has helped lead joined together to honor him and some of their members spoke about his valued traits.
Wilson was a co-founder and board president of Friends of the Tubac Presidio and Museum in 2013. That group, in connection with Arizona State Parks and Santa Cruz County, has provided management and fundraising to keep open the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park. He continues on the board.
Why does he work so hard as a volunteer? “The truth is, I had a really busy life.” When he retired, he didn’t know quite how he would transition, Wilson said in an interview.
Shannon Stone, manager of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park, said that without the late Shaw Kinsley and without Wilson, “this place wouldn’t still be going” because the state legislature had planned to close the park in 2010 as part of statewide budget problems.
“I like to be busy, but I like to be productively busy.” All the groups he’s worked with “seemed to need some help. I thought, maybe I can help them out. And I believe in them,” he said.
Wilson, who retired to Tubac in 1992 from Massachusetts where he was CEO of Standard Thomson Corp., has spent uncounted thousands of hours in the past 26 years providing organizational and leadership support for local non-profits.
“You’re an amazing guy, Earl, you really are unbelievable,” she said.
Tom Walsh said he came to the presidio as a volunteer and worked with Kinsley, who died in 2017. Image: Earl Wilson, right, listens to compliments from Santa Cruz County Supervisor District 2 Rudy Molera at an April 22 tribute. Photo by Kathleen Vandervoet
Groups honoring him were the Anza Trail Coalition, Friends of the Tubac Presidio
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The Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council, which serves to inform and educate members about local and regional issues affecting the community, and to express members' views regarding these issues, has a board of directors on which Wilson served for quite a few years.
Wilson plans to stay active in all the groups that he enjoys but wants to see new leaders move up. “It keeps me busy, it keeps me occupied and it gives me a great deal of satisfaction to see something come to fruition,” he said. �
He joined the Council when he moved to Tubac in 1992 and said attendance at the monthly meetings was generally low. “We thought if we could get 16 people there we were doing fantastic.” Now attendance is well above 60 and tops 100 when controversial topics are scheduled. Several friends in Tubac encouraged him to become more active in the SCVCC and accept a board member position. He later re-wrote the bylaws so the group would more clearly reflect what the members wanted.
(Above) Earl Wilson, left, enjoys a laugh with Jim Patterson of the Santa Cruz County Citizens Council, and Karen Wilson, at right. Photo by Kathleen Vandervoet
“I discovered that Shaw Kinsley was the creative force behind the (park). It turns out that Earl was the engine who was giving Shaw all the tools that he needed to make everything happen.” Wilson joined the Anza Trail Coalition board in the 1990s. “I joined the Anza Trail because my (late) wife Susan loved to ride (horses). She said let’s become members. In nothing flat, I was treasurer of the local group, then treasurer for the state group. I did that for a number of years.
“I wrote the board of directors’ operations manual. They were operating off the seats of their pants. I stayed on that (board) until very recently. When I got to be 90 I thought it was time to pass the baton to others,” he said.
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The Tubac Health Care Foundation invited him to join the board in the 1990s. “In nothing flat I became the president. We were struggling.” The foundation constructed a clinic building which is now where St. Ann’s Parish office is located. The Roman Catholic Church owned the land.
Unable to find a doctor to work there after a popular physician left, Wilson helped the group sell the building. Later, the current clinic building was constructed and it’s operated by Mariposa Community Health Center under contract with the Tubac Health Care Foundation. He spent about nine years as a board member.
Board president Cassie Pundt said, “We have so much we owe to Earl. As a result of his effort and community fundraising, our current clinic” opened in 2002. A key aspect of Wilson’s philosophy helps explain his drive as a volunteer. “I think the government should stay out of most things and people should do their own things. I like that. And that’s what we’re really doing with these things.”
He and his wife, Karen Wilson, support many local nonprofits and Karen is president of the Tubac Historical Society board.
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t the Tubac Rotary Club’s weekly breakfast meetings there’s one tradition that gets everyone talking. It goes like this: A small red plastic canister is passed around the room. Rotarians call it the “happy/sad dollar” bucket. It generates a few extra dollars for the Rotary Foundation’s scholarship fund. It also gives members the chance to make a little speech. “Here’s my happy dollar,” one might say, “because I’m happy to be back in Tubac.” Or, “I’m happy that my taxes are done.” Another happy dollar gets denoted as a thank you for the day’s guest speaker. Or, there’s an expressed gratitude for all the volunteers who showed up to help make a particular Rotary-sponsored program a success. On other occasions, especially at this time of year when Rotary’s snowbird members head home for the summer, the mood may run in the opposite direction and a “sad dollar” donation pops up. “I’m sad to say goodbye to our Canada friends, our New York friends, our Michigan friends, our Colorado friends.” These reflections most often help recall the valuable contributions – in time and talent as well as in monetary terms – that go into making our community stronger. And as one season winds down and another begins, it seems like a good time to enumerate some of them. In April, the 16th Annual Taste of Tubac continued its sell-out tradition, but thanks to the entire community it also exceeded its previous record, netting almost $30,000. The funds support many worthwhile endeavors – scholarships for Rio Rico High School students, Goober Guys classes at the Mountain View School, and sponsorship of the Interact Club at Rio Rico High School. In addition, Rotary provides aid to the St. Andrew’s Clinic in Nogales,
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l o v e t o ta l k a b o u t Caborca Children’s Clinic, Coats for Kids, the Giving Turtles program, Ride to End Polio, Santa Cruz Humane Society, Tubac Historical Society, the Rich River Track Meet, a new Hermosillo play center project, and the Nogales Water Project. Two other annual Rotary fundraisers are the Max the Mini campaign benefitting the Amado Food Bank, and the New Year’s Day golf tournament at the Tubac Golf Resort, which raises funds for programs at the Amado Youth Center.
Supporting these local programs is in keeping with Rotary International’s six primary areas of concern. These are: promoting peace, providing clean water, expanding access for maternal and child health care, enhancing basic education and literacy, growing local economies and helping with the prevention and treatment of disease. For a small Rotary Club these projects might seem especially challenging. But, when Tubac folks step up to help, anything’s possible. And, for Tubac Rotarians that’s just one more reason for a “happy dollar” moment. For more information, contact Patricia Thompson, at 520-336-7638. Also, you needn’t be a member to attend the Tubac Rotary Club breakfast meetings. We meet at 7:30 a.m. on Fridays in the Apache Room, right off the main dining room in Stables Ranch Grill at the Tubac Golf Resort. Come and meet your neighbors, learn more about Rotary, and enjoy a wide variety of terrific speakers. We welcome your interest. Photo: Our winter visitors are beginning to drift home for the summer. Among those Rotarians who have recently left are, from left to right: Kelley Rivers (North Pole AK), Sharon and Bruce Bellamy (Scotia, NY), and Margaret and Roland des Groseilliers (Ottawa ON). Hurry back! Photo courtesy of Tubac Rotary Club.
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omforted by the prestige, wonder and coolness of the Tubac Center of the Arts, parents, teachers and students alike relaxed into their seats as the Upper Elementary students began to M.C. Montessori de Santa Cruz Public Charter School and Preschool’s annual talent show.
Act after act, the children of Montessori de Santa Cruz demonstrated immense courage as they braved the spotlights. From dances to songs, comedy acts to skits, instruments to acrobatics, these children continued to amaze and inspire fellow classmates, teachers and parents to cheer, laugh — and, at times, swell with emotion. Montessori de Santa Cruz’s talent show seems to serve as a first reminder that the end of the school year draws near. In moments like this, it’s hard not reminisce on this past school year — where plays, trips, performances, celebrations, feasts, fundraisers, festivals as well as playdates and birthday parties fill the mind and heart.
Each year, these children continue to grow not only in mind, body and spirit — but in community and friendship as well. For most, these children have shared multiple years — in the same classroom — growing to know themselves and one another. For some, this embarkment of interactive play, discovery and friendship began in the school’s preschool program.
Montessori de Santa Cruz’s preschool is a distinct alternative — complete with its own learning style, methods, and philosophy. Here, teachers don’t lecture, but guide; they assist students as young as three-years of age — with discovering their true potential.
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Through a hands-on, child-centered learning environment, Montessori de Santa Cruz’s preschool program aims to stimulate creative, young minds and develop the emotional, spiritual and intellectual aspects of the child’s psyche. With full or half day programs offered five days a week, Montessori de Santa Cruz preschool children have the ability to learn social, living, math, language, music, art and even gardening skills — at his or her own pace. With an environment that emphasizes responsibility and self-discipline, a curriculum that fosters creativity and independence, and an atmosphere that encourages mutual respect of both teachers and piers, children of Montessori de Santa Cruz’s preschool program not only develop a love of learning but an esteem of their community and friends as well. As reveries of the school year come to a close, I find myself back at center stage viewing the second to last talent show act. Here, the youngest of our performers emerged from the audience and took their place with confidence. These three preschool girls, youngest aged four, were ballerinas — whose movements and steps mirrored each other. As their act cames to an end, these three little girls clasped hands and formed a sweet, symbolic circle. Here, they signified the bonds of the students and their lasting friendships; here they signified Montessori de Santa Cruz and its great community of teachers, children and parents. 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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Announcemnet: Gas Station Opposition Picks Up Speed Local citizens and visitors are working to prevent the development of a two-acre gas station and convenience store near the entrance to Tubac.
Save Tubac, a group of approximately 150 local residents, quickly gathered more than 1,100 petition signatures in opposition to the project. The group believes the development will bring crime, noise, excessive light, and potentially dangerous traffic to the peaceful community of artists and retirees. Letters are welcome. Send to: editor@tubacvillager.com or PO Box 4018, Tubac, AZ 85646
Reference: Proposal for Station 34 We wish to go on record as in complete agreement with Mr. Dennis St. John's letter, printed in the April 2018 issue. No design or materials will give this proposal by Tubac Legacy Project's "a sense of place." It will only be another sprawling gas / rest stop with no connection to the Tubac Community. All five of Mr. St. John's bullet points are valid objections.
It would be wiser to make improvements to the property and landscaping where the existing gas station, Post Office, and other businesses reside. Best,
Property owners in Sanctuary Janice Randolph Jef Gazley
“In our opinion, this station is intended to serve trucks and cars on 1-19,” said Rosemarie MacDowell, one of the founding members of Save Tubac. “Our town has only 1,200 year-round residents and there is a lot of concern about constant heavy traffic.”
The developer’s traffic study was performed in July, traditionally a slow month for travel. Even so, the study shows that over 7,000 trucks and cars per day would access this development.
The west frontage road at Exit 34 would serve as the only entrance and exit for the development. Concerned citizens, including bicycling groups that regularly use the west frontage road, have cautioned that blind curves near the planned station, combined with a significant increase in traffic, may cause serious accidents. The scale of the project is another worry for residents: plans on file at the County Planning & Zoning Department call for an 8,720 square foot convenience store with 12 gas pumps, three of which would be diesel, as well as a 35-foot tall lighted tower and parking lot large enough to accommodate 49 trucks and cars. Water use is projected at 6,344 gallons per day, totaling 2 million gallons per year. Other plans discussed include the sale of liquor and the likelihood of operating 24 hours a day.
“Gas stations and convenience stores draw crime, especially those that are open late and sell alcohol,” said Save Tubac member Heather Hering. FBI crime statistics showing a steady rise in convenience store crime are available on the group’s Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/preservetubac/ Many of Tubac’s businesses rely on tourists who come to experience the town’s quaint architecture, migratory birds, and dark skies; town residents fear the gas station development would hurt tourism by dirtying the air and groundwater and causing light pollution that would disrupt nighttime bird flight patterns. “If this station were built, it would be the brightest thing in Tubac,” said Dr. Emilio Falco, project director of the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins.
Residents are also concerned about the project’s scale and modern design, both of which they feel are out of step with Tubac’s small size and southwest architecture. At an April 16th meeting with the Santa Cruz Valley Citizen’s Council, the developer and architect presented an architectural rendering that drew audible groans from the crowded room.
“A façade of adobe bricks does not turn a futuristic-looking building into anything close to traditional Tubac architecture,” said local resident Cindy Alvarez. “This is designed to draw freeway traffic to a gas station and junk food store – not to support the Tubac tourist trade. I don’t believe anyone is going to visit Tubac because they stopped for gas!”
Long-time resident Al Alvarez pointed out that the developer’s project ignores the Santa Cruz County Comprehensive Plan, twice adopted by the Board of Supervisors and also available on Save Tubac’s Facebook page. “The Plan says that big box stores and auto gas stops aren’t compatible with the character of our area. This project might open the door for the kind of development people come to Tubac to get away from.” Save Tubac members stress that they are not against development. “Growth is inevitable and welcome, but needs to be carefully managed,” said Heather Hering. “We don’t have to sacrifice Tubac’s character and uniqueness in order to grow. Poor development that is out of step with our heritage and small-town feel will erode its very nature. People choose Tubac because it is unlike any other place.” The group’s next monthly meeting will be on May 21stat the Tubac Community Center. For information regarding Save Tubac, visit their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/preservetubac/ or send an email to savetubac@yahoo.com Announcement submitted by Rosemarie MacDowell, Tubac
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To the Editor,
To whom it may Concern:
I chose to speak up after the Tubac Legacy Projects (TLP) presentation last Monday morning at the Tubac Community Center. I faced 150+ largely hostile residents. They were friends, colleagues, and well respected public officials, but I disagreed with them about the proposed gas station - Station 34. Here’s why.
After listening to the Station 34 developer’s presentation on the new gas station and convenience/liquor store proposed for Tubac, I would like to offer the following comments:
There are 2 principle issues:
1. Should there be a gas station in Tubac?
The investors have every right to build whatever they want within their zoning entitlement. This piece of property has been zoned for use as a gas station.
Many of the opposing individuals live on the West Side of I19. This zoning had been in place prior to most or all of the home purchases, which would have been a more appropriate time to object to living in an area with this particular future development. 2. Is the architecture for this “gas station” appropriate?
A Chevron station or Circle K . . . Now THAT would be a nightmare! Instead, the TLP, a group of local investors, are creating their own artistic and quality rendition. The Tubac Community is beyond fortunate that this project is available for us. For goodness sake, the architect, Victor Sidy is the Dean Emeritus of the renowned Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. The developers have gone out of their way to blend this project into the artisan spirit of Tubac and are committed to working with local artists and vendors wherever possible to encourage and support economic benefits for local businesses.
The proposed design is much more than a “gas station”. Included in the plan are beautifully designed restrooms, a shaded rest area for travelers and their pets, water wise gardens to stroll through with a beautiful views of Elephant Head and the Tubac Valley. The main building will host a visitor Information area to encourage visitors to explore the Village. The lighting will be designed to minimize off-site light emissions and is consistent with Dark Sky standards.
Tubac is an artist community and the comprehensive TLP plan works in harmony with Tubac’s identity. Tubac is beginning to appear on the radar as a tourist destination but requires traffic for sustainability. It’s charm can be maintained and will grow if our businesses continue to get increased support. It is obvious the TLP group cares about this project. There is a “spare no cost” attitude that is unimaginable by any investor’s standards and particularly for a service station, proving its intent to be a special roadside stop!
How wonderful that they made the effort to share their plans with us at this time; the likes of Circle K could have cared less about Public opinion. Yet, a small number of our Tubac Community continue to oppose this project. I believe we should be appreciative not confrontational.
Station 34 is a work of art. I embrace this project. It will be spectacular. Nellie Bracker
1958 Native Nogalian
1992 Tubac Resident, exit 34
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What was described is a new gas station and convenience store to be located on the west side of the I-19 highway right-of-way, and does not have anything to do with Tubac! I make that distinction because I feel that the project’s primary draw will be “through” traffic from the freeway. At last week’s Santa Cruz Valley Citizen’s Council meeting, the developers of the project tried to project the idea that Tubac’s retail sales, and therefore the town’s future, is at risk if this project is not built!
I realize that a marketing presentation is designed to show the project in its best possible light, but can anyone seriously believe that the retail fate of Tubac will, in any way, depend on a gas station’s ability to “draw” people off of the freeway? Anyone who has shopped in our Village recently knows that the tourist industry is alive and well in Tubac without this development! There are a myriad of environmental and human factors that concern most local residents including light pollution (no other business in Tubac operates 24/7), liquor sales at a 24/7 facility, minimally controlled and dramatically increased traffic, heavy groundwater use and possible contamination, increased crime for residents and retail shops, trash and litter associated with a convenience store….the list goes on.
In addition to environmental concerns, is this project even economically viable? I do not believe that anyone that is headed to Tubac for a leisurely day of shopping will stop to eat at a grab-n-go café on the west side of the freeway! And likewise, that anyone not already headed for a shopping trip to Tubac will be enticed to explore our shops and art galleries because there is a gas station at exit 34!! There are numerous examples in the state of Arizona, including several along I-19 itself, where gas stations/convenience stores have been built and then gone out of business. If that happens here, we end up with an ugly, abandoned, chain-link wrapped eyesore at the entrance to Tubac!
My last point is that a façade of adobe bricks does not turn a futuristiclooking building with a 35 foot tall “memorial” spire into anything close to traditional Tubac architecture! It is nothing like our quaint village of retail shops and art galleries. Why not be honest here, this development is designed purely to draw freeway traffic to a gas station and junk food store with a fast food café – not to support the Tubac Village tourist trade! People come to Tubac planning a leisurely day of shopping at our retail shops, to visit art galleries, have a nice lunch in our restaurants and visit historical attractions. I, for one, do not believe that anyone is going to decide to visit Tubac because they stopped for gas!! Submitted by Cindy Alvarez, resident of Tubac
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TUMACÁCORI NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK BECOMES 100TH DESIGNATED INTERNATIONAL DARK SKY PLACE
Tumacácori National Historical Park (NHP) is proud to announce it has received accreditation as the 100th designated International Dark Sky Place by the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA).
Tumacácori NHP is honored to join 99 other International Dark Sky Places throughout the world in serving as a role model in the conservation of night skies. “Tumacácori has enjoyed a long history of night sky scholars and enthusiasts visiting the mission,” said park Superintendent, Bob Love. “Native people, astronomers like Father Kino, and settlers and cowboys who may have stopped to camp at the mission, all looked to the sky at night. Our designation as an International Dark Sky Park protects that experience for current and future generations.” Tumacácori NHP is located in the mesquite highlands of southern Arizona, an area famous for its clear, dark nights. The park preserves the ruins of three early Spanish colonial missions. The largest unit, Tumacácori, is about 330 acres, and along with the mission includes more than a mile of the Santa Cruz River and a section of the Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail. The park’s riparian environment with its associated cottonwood/willow forest and the surrounding desert scrublands provide shelter to more than 200 species of birds, various types of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, and insects. Many of these animals depend on Earth’s daily cycle of light and dark. Light pollution can be detrimental to the diversity of the park.
9 Plaza Road, Tubac www.tubacarts.org 520-398-2371
2018 SUMMER ARTS PROGRAM
The program will run from June 5 - June 28 at Tubac Center of the
an example of dark-sky conservation for the community. At the entrance to the Park, a publicly visible and interpreted lighting project informs visitors of the benefits of “IDA-Approved Dark Sky Friendly” lighting fixtures listed in the IDA’s Fixture Seal of Approval program.
Tumacácori NHP is eager to expand and cement the culture of night sky protection in the southern Arizona region by communicating the importance of dark skies to its surrounding community. Through nighttime events, such as Experience the Night, Bat Night, and Family Sleepovers, visitors learn how light pollution affects human health and safety, wastes energy, and disrupts the environment, wildlife, and ecosystems. For more information on events, go to nps.gov/tuma/planyourvisit/calendar. htm Karen Krebbs, a researcher in the Park, said, "I have been carrying out bird and bat fieldwork at Tumacácori NHP for more than eight years. Tumacácori has always been special and the Dark Sky designation is an honor this unique park deserves! When I am working with park staff at night, I am amazed at the beauty of the sky and the endless stars and constellations. Everyone should experience the serenity and peacefulness at this amazing park. Congratulations to Tumacaácori NHP!" About the IDA Dark Sky Places Program
IDA’s recognition program began in 2001 with the designation of Flagstaff, Arizona, as the world’s first International Dark Sky Place, and the first International Dark Sky Community. Awards are made competitively on the basis of a written nomination to IDA, and judged according to merits such as night sky quality and proactive efforts to promote the benefits of natural nighttime darkness.
IDA established the International Dark Sky Places conservation program in 2001 to recognize excellent stewardship of the night sky. Designations are based on stringent outdoor lighting standards and innovative community outreach. Since the program began, 18 Communities, 62 Parks, 12 Reserves, 4 Sanctuaries and 4 Dark Sky Friendly Developments of Distinction have been recognized with International Dark Sky Place designations. For more information about the International Dark Sky Places Program, visit darksky.org/idsp.
Tumacácori NHP is committed to setting
The International Dark Sky Association, a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization based in Tucson, Arizona, advocates for the protection of the nighttime environment and dark night skies by educating policymakers and the public about night sky conservation and promoting environmentally responsible outdoor lighting. More information about IDA, its mission and work may be found at darksky.org.
“It’s especially appropriate that the 100th designation made in the seventeen-year history of International Dark Sky Places comes so close to home for IDA, as well as in the thirtieth year since our founding,” said IDA Executive Director J. Scott Feierabend. “Southern Arizona saw the origin of our movement in the 1980s, and its parks and municipalities remain in the vanguard of dark-skies conservation throughout the world.”
About IDA
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. Contact TCA @ 520-398-2371 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!
MASTER ARTIST COLLECTION
Through 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.
SHOWS
May 4 to June 3 - In the Master Gallery, Olivia Barrionuevo’s internationally-acclaimed installation The Monarch, featuring the artful butterflies and patrons, is an evolving photographic and installation project that during the opening reception patrons can become a part of.
In the Smith and Main Galleries, TCA presents Arizona del Sur/Norte de Mexico featuring outstanding Latino artists in southern Arizona and Sonora, Mexico, juried by Guadalupe Serrano of the Museo de Arte de Nogales and TCA’s Michael Fenlason. About The Monarch - Shown previously in Los Angeles, Hollywood, and Mexico City, The Monarch stops in Arizona before moving to Miami and Costa Rico. Artist Olivia Barrionuevo describes the project this way: “The Monarch is a traveling art installation and evolving photographic project which examines migration as phenomenon fundamental to the evolutionary processes and inherent to the biological balance of the global ecosystem. By adapting lyrical symbolism of the butterfly’s annual migration, The Monarch calls on its transcultural folkloric associations with hope, endurance, courage, and beauty, in order to reassign these meanings to the perception of human migration. Migration’s essential role in human development is bolstered by modern research which proposes immigration to be a positive factor in economic and socio-cultural developments for both native and receiving regions. However, despite the evidence, the pervasive ideological stance of most political ideologies presents a challenging barrier to this natural process. The Monarch, thus, aims to challenge these misconceptions through an expanding portrait series that brings together faces and stories of immigrants from around the globe in a single photographic archive. In its international scope, the project endeavors to celebrate human history, resilience and capacity to reinvent unbearable life conditions in a strive for a better tomorrow. **In support of this global initiative, we invite you to join the Monarch Installation Project in reinforcing new horizons for the future well-being of the human race.” More information can be found at www.oliviabarrionuevo.com/projects_ca…/1-the-monarch/ Arizona del Sur/Norte de Mexico brings together two institutions, the Museo de Arte de Nogales and the Tubac Center of the Arts, to showcase some outstanding Latino artists in southern Arizona and Sonora Mexico.
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TUBAC COMMUNITY CENTER SCHEDULE OF EVENTS 50 BRIDGE ROAD
Tubac School of Fine Art
(520) 398-1800
SPECIAL MENTORING SESSIONS AT TUBAC SCHOOL OF FINE ART THIS SUMMER David Simons will be offering a mentoring session on Friday mornings, for oil painters. Beginning May 11
• COMMUNITY LUNCH … THURSDAY AT 12:00 NOON – NO LUNCH IN JUNE/JULY/AUGUST
Roberta Rogers will also be mentoring a group for watercolorists in the area this summer, on Tuesdays beginning May 15 - Sessions will be held weekly at a cost of $50
• NEW! SLOW FLOW YOGA … EVERY TUESDAY AT 10:00 AM
Thursday Mornings 9-12 Fundamental Drawing with John Marbury.
• SLOW FLOW STANDING YOGA … EVERY THURSDAY AT 11:00
Wednesday mornings Karen Gallo will be facilitating open studio time from 9-12 $20
• 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
AUTHENTIC MEXICAN ART
• TRX EXERCISE CLASS … ON SUMMER VACATION ARGENTINE TANGO … ON SUMMER VACATION LITTLEST KIDZ BALLET … ON SUMMER VACATION
• TUBAC QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS … EVERY TUES. 9:00 AM
• S.C. VALLEY CITIZENS COUNCIL … THIRD MONDAY – 9:00 AM
Great Selection of Mexican Metal Creations
• PICKLEBALL … SCHEDULE VARIES, CONTACT 602- 524-0067
• TUBAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY … OPEN TO THE PUBLIC EVERY WED. & THUR. 10:00 AM TILL 2:00 PM • TUBAC LIBRARY … MONDAY – FRIDAY 9:30 AM TO 2:30 PM 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 ACOUSTIC JAM NIGHT - EVERY SUNDAY 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 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. Out of Tubac events have been removed from this issue for space. �
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Lowe House Project Artist in Residency 14 Calle Iglesia Old Town Tubac lowehouseproject.com 2018 Some April – May Happenings
TUESDAYS IN MAY 1, 8, 15, 22, 29—ACRYLIC LANDSCAPE: A PAINTERLY APPROACH WITH RICK WHEELER 9 A.M. -NOON - A class for beginners and intermediate students needing a refresher on color mixing and use of materials. The instructor favors a "painterly" approach to landscape and wildlife painting. The term, "painterly" refers to a looser, more expressive use of acrylic, where visible brushstrokes and texture add character to your painting. The instructor will provide many of his own photos for students to work from, or students may bring a photo of their choice. Instructor, Rick Wheeler is an award-winning painter whose work can be found in both private and public collections, here and abroad. A Lowe House Project Playshop in Old Town Tubac. For more information about the artist visit www.WheelerArtWorks.FineArtWorld. com For more info about classes,needed supplies, fees and registration contact Rick Wheeler at WheelerArtWorks@gmail.com. FRIDAYS IN MAY—11, 18, 25--HIKES ALONG THE SANTA CRUZ RIVER AND TUBAC HAUNTS AND HABITATS WITH THE WALKING STICKS—6:30 A.M.— Attention Artists, Birders and Nature Lovers of all sorts. Join with members of the Walking Sticks hiking group for casual hikes around the Village of Tubac and on the Juan Bautista de Anza International Trail to observe the the Santa Cruz River’s ribbon of life….riparian flora and fauna, cottonwood/willow forest, mesquite bosques, bird immigrants and inhabitats and the Village of Tubac which had it’s beginning on the banks of the Santa Cruz River 10,000 years ago. Meet at Lowe House Project 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac at 6:30 a.m. A Walking Sticks and LHP Rio Compartido/Shared River program. For more information email at tubacval@msn.com. MAY 23—SPIRITED PAINTING WITH PAMELA WEDEMEYER 3 –5 P.M. Bring your friends and come join us for a fun evening of painting, creating, chatting and sipping some wine at the Lowe House Project artist residency in Old Town Tubac! Absolutely, no experience necessary. This is about having fun being creative with friends while expressing yourself through painting. We will support and encourage you to be free in expressing yourself. This is about strictly having a relaxing and enjoyable evening. All materials, wine and atmosphere for inspiration provided. Each class will have a different fun theme, appropriate for the month. Sign Up, Show Up and Sip Up! For information, fees and registration, email Pamela at cpamelita@aol.com or call at 703-727-2867. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program playshop at 14 Calle Iglesia Old Town Tubac. MAY 26—CLAY PLAY WITH POTTER/ARCHAEOLOGIST DIMITY HAMMON—9 A.M. –NOON—A fun and informational hands-on play-as-you-go exploration of clay--from coil making in the Native American pot making tradition, finger tip pinch pots techniques of ancient civilizations, to the rolling pin slab techniques that can turn into a pitcher. Make it a family day activity. A Lowe House Project artist in residency playshop in Old Town Tubac. All materials and tools provided. Pre-registration by May 19th required. For more information, fees and registration, email Dimity at dimity.hammon@gmail.com or call 360-318-3820 MAY 27 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
JUNE 6—CLAY PLAY WITH POTTER/ARCHAEOLOGIST DIMITY HAMMON—9 A.M. –NOON A fun and informational hands-on play-as-you-go exploration of clay--from coil making in the Native American pot making tradition, finger tip pinch pots techniques of ancient civilizations, to the rolling pin slab techniques that can turn into a pitcher. Make it a family day activity. A Lowe House Project artist in residency playshop in Old Town Tubac. All materials and tools provided. Pre-registration by May 30th required. For more information, fees and registration, email Dimity at dimity.hammon@gmail.com or call 360-318-3820 JUNE 20, EXPLORING THE NIGHT SKIES WITH DRIFT ALIGNMENT ASTROPHOTOGRAPHER ANDY O’BRIAN—8-9 P.M. Andrew O’Brien, an artist and assistant professor of art from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, is currently at work on a project that explores celestial navigation and astronomy in relation to the history of the US-Mexico border. Join us when Andy returns for his third residency and gives a presentation and demonstration of the equipment used in his art practice of exploring the region’s night skies. JUNE 21—SPIRITED PAINTING WITH PAMELA WEDEMEYER 3 –5 P.M. Bring your friends and come join us for a fun evening of painting, creating, chatting and sipping some wine at the Lowe House Project artist residency in Old Town Tubac! Absolutely, no experience necessary. This is about having fun being creative with friends while expressing yourself through painting. We will support and encourage you to be free in expressing yourself. This is about strictly having a relaxing and enjoyable evening. All materials, wine and atmosphere for inspiration provided. Each class will have a different fun theme, appropriate for the month. Sign Up, Show Up and Sip Up! For information, fees and registration, email Pamela at cpamelita@aol.com or call at 703-727-2867. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program playshop at 14 Calle Iglesia Old Town Tubac. JUNE 24—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 828-5572527. JUNE 26—OMIYAGE SMALL GIFTS PLAYSHOP WITH SUSAN CORL. 9-12, 1-4 OR ALL DAY. Omiyage means “small gifts” in Japanese. This playshop will feature how to make mini-books, pop-ups and origami that can be given as gifts. All materials provided. Come play! A Lowe House Project playshop in Old Town Tubac. For more information, fees and pre-registration, email susancorl@hotmail.com or call 520-394-2926. JUNE 30 –WELCOME WAGON MEET & GREET RECEPTION FOR NEW TUBAC RESIDENTS—5 –7 P.M. Welcome New Tubac Residents! We’d love for you to join us and members of other Tubac groups for a very informal welcome get together to learn more about your special new home Tubac: Where Art and History Meet. Learn of opportunities about joining, volunteering and sustaining our purposeful service and cultural groups that are uniquely Tubac. Best of all, we want to get to know you and make sure you get a good start loving it here as much as we do. For more information, contact Dimity Hammon at dimity. hammon@gmail.com
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1 Burruel Street, Tubac
www.tubacpp.com 520.398.2252
Old-Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration in Tubac WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, 10 AM - NOON
Tubac Presidio State Historic Park will be the site of an assortment of free games for the kids including hula hoops, water balloon and bean bag toss, coin guess, and others. A face painter will be available to brighten kids’ faces. There will be food and drinks. The “squirtdown” courtesy of the Tubac Fire Department will be the cooling grand finale. This old-fashioned family celebration is organized by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce with help from our local non-profit organizations. Park admission is FREE during the event.
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Watching gardeners label their plants
I vow with all beings to practice the old horticulture and let the plants identify me.
~Robert Aitken
I
have picked up seeds from all over the country. I stop by the side of the road, find a lovely weed and proceed to find one that is going to seed and pluck it! So, I have quite a collection of wonderful flowers or weeds that I sow in my garden each year and hope for the best. Some seeds work, some don't. What surprises, though, when I find a new plant! I don't even know the names of a few of these wonderful, delightful finds. That's half the fun, I think. I was so rigid when we first moved here, everything had to be perfect in the yard. Now I sow chaos along with seeds. Our weather the past few weeks has been horrendous for May. Between the wind and the heat, it's hard on everything and everybody. The
blooming glory in my backyard is trying very hard to wither. Oh, well, June is fast approaching and we all know what that means. Really horrendous heat, unrelenting heat until, we hope, the wonderful, amazing monsoon starts. Remember we are in our first summer right now. The second summer starts when the rains start. We are hoping for spectacular lightning, glorious thunder and most of all, precious rain to revive the dryness of our earth. Throw out any seeds by June 15 for a later summer bloom.
We had our first rattlesnake already, plus a beautiful kingsnake. Kingsnakes are a good snake, we just moved it to another spot so it would be safe. Our super EMT's came for the rattlesnake, it slithered over from my neighbors and ended up here. It's that time of the year, watch out for snakes! After having so many close rattlesnake encounters over the years, I try to tell myself that mantra every time I go outdoors.
I just spent a week in charming Charleston, South Carolina. I was visiting my two darling nieces, their sweet husbands, and their five kids all under the age of nine! What a great time. Food, of course, was the main topic. We pretty much ate our way through Charleston. When the Italian side of the family gets together it's always about food, every meal is a smorgasbord. What a delightful time. But as I flew home, I kept looking out the window to see the desert, that area devoid of green from up above. My heart is here-seeing the mesas and mountains made me smile. I was home again. Home to my husband, son and all the dogs--a chaos of another kind.
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Home to the sound of the train rumbling by, the glorious birds hungrily eating oranges and feed, the prayer flags sending their fibers throughout the world-prayers and blessings for all. A small herd of deer just passed by the back acre, so silent in their passage. The tiny hummingbird mother is back right outside our backdoor. She is using a home that has been there for years. She is so used to our comings and goings and nothing seems to faze her. The Palo Verdes are particularly beautiful this year, they are stunning, as are all the blooming cactus. My four amaryllis are also blooming, in May! The old adage, there's no place like home, is certainly true.
The full moon on May 29th is the Full Flower Moon. Flag Day is June 14th, don't forget to put out the flag. So many graduations and weddings coming our way. Congratulations to all. The following recipe is for our sweet little animals. So easy to make and your pets will love you for it.
DOGGIE BONES FOR YOUR BEST FRIEND Ingredients:
2 cups whole wheat flour 1 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup peanut butter 1 cup skim milk
Add 1/2 canned pumpkin to recipe for extra goodness!
Directions:
Put all ingredients together and work with hands. Make small balls and place on baking sheet. Pinch balls in the middle and it will look like a bone. Bake 350° for 30-40 minutes, til hard.
Never had any complaints! Puppies enjoy!
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The Best that Tubac Has to Offer American Indian Owned and Operated, Serving Southern Arizona for 40 Years
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Come help us celebrate our 75th anniversary!! July 18, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Food, drink and anniversary cake!
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