OCTOBER 2018
VOL XIV NO 9
Above, "Give Back," 4" x 6" Wood Engraving print by Nicholas Wilson. Limited hand-pressed run of 100. The image has been enlarged to illustrate the intricate detail of the artist's contour line method.
Above, "Canyon Baron" 6" x 8" Wood Engraving print by Nicholas Wilson. Limited hand-pressed run of 100. The image has been enlarged to illustrate the intricate detail of the artist's contour line method.
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WOOD ENGRAVINGS
by Joseph Birkett
Cover, "Birdspeak," 6" x 8" wood engraving print by Nicholas Wilson. Limited edition, hand-pressed run of 40. Locally, Wilson's work can be found at K Newby Gallery.
Online: www.nicholaswilsonstudio.com
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the linear treatment, which is contour and very different from crosshatching in copperplate etching."
Along with his incredible paintings and sculptures, Wilson is well known for the copperplate etchings he prints onto rag paper with the 7,000lbs of pressure from his hand-press, producing limited editions before the plates are "struck,� where a hole is drilled into the master to keep subsequent prints from being run. In that, the process of printing from wood engravings is similar, however in creation, Wilson explains that it is altogether different.
Wood engraving is the oldest form of printing in the world, going back to the 5th century in China, and the 15th century in Western culture.
icholas Wilson is an artist who enjoys not being limited to one medium for his reflections on the Sonoran Desert. Masterful in drawing, etching, painting, and sculpting, Wilson has recently refocused his efforts on creating original wood engravings for limited run prints, which he produces himself. "I wasn't feeling particularly challenged with painting," he explains, "and I enjoy the challenge of wood engraving."
The process of wood engraving involves a more purposeful effort with every line. "The design factor is more interesting," Wilson says, "and I appreciate
You can appreciate this technique by looking closely at the lines in his engravings. The lines do not intersect. Further, you need to understand that, counter-intuitively, the white area is where Wilson has made cuts into his print-block, essentially carving away light, to render an inverse image relief, which trasmits the ink onto paper. Wilson adds that it only takes about 20lbs of pressue for printing from the wood block.
"I was told by some sculptors at a recent Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum show that they enjoyed looking at my print block," he says, "they commented on how it reminds them of sculpture." Wilson uses a medium called Resingrave, which has a consistency similar to that of the traditional boxwood. Each mark is permanent. He does not
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. October 2018 Tubac Villager Printed 6,000 copies.
"Among Friends" 5" x 4" Wood Engraving by Nicholas Wilson. Limited hand-pressed run of 100.
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use fillers to correct mistakes, so each piece is like a captured performance made of thousands of thoughtful lines.
The raven riding the tortoise on cover of this issue of the Tubac Villager, "Birdspeak," a limited 40 print edition from 2017, is one of Wilson's engravings being shown by the Society this year, as well as his sublime piece, "Reporposed," a bunny sleeping peacefully in a nest, (inset image), also printed in a limited run of 40, it is a work from this year
One of Wilson's recent engravings was selected by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wisconsin, for its annual show, "Birds in Art," and has been on exhibit since September, continuing on through November 25, 2018. This is an important annual exhibit, "seeking to present the very best contemporary artistic interpretations of birds and related subject matter." Artwork is selected from over 1000 submissions from around the world. Wilson was also selected for the show last year, and 6 times before that. Additionally, this year his artwork has been selected for their permanent collection. More information at www.lywam.org/birds-inart
The Society also requested 5 additional copies of each to sell to its international clientèle.
A statement on their website describes, "The Society’s role is an important one because it is devoted to creating contacts between wood engravers and those interested in their work, in Britain and around the world, and to sustaining this unique artform."More information at www.woodengravers.co.uk
Throughout his career, and especially since his days Always active in getting at the Desert Museum, his art out in the world to Nicholas Wilson has be seen, Wilson reports challenged himself to clearly interesting successes with depict the natural world his engravings this year, he loves, in a variety of abroad. He explains, "wood mediums he has mastered. engraving is not done as He is an inspiration of visual much in the United Sates, it's sensitivity, artistic ability, and appreciated more in England human industriousness. His and Europe." work is in the permanent Wilson has been selected collection at The Leigh "Reporposed" 6" x 8" Wood Engraving by Nicholas Wilson. Limited hand-pressed run of 40. to show in "Mini Prints Yawkey Woodson Art Berlin," an exhibit by the Museum in WI, The Association of Print Scholars and Galleri Heike Arndt DK, in Germany Smithsonian Institute, The Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in this November. He explains that the process of entering the show was OK, The Booth Western Art Museum in GA, and The Arizona-Sonora interesting, "It has 3 stages of judging to make it, so it's kind of exciting." Desert Museum, and many more, as well being recognized as a Master Artist at the Tubac Center of the Arts. The TCA can tell you more about The Association of Print Scholars (APS) is a non-profit organization that "encourages innovative and interdisciplinary methodological approaches to their incredible Master Artists. More information at www.tubacarts.org the history of printmaking." More information at www.printscholars.org/ mini-prints-berlin-2018
Not lastly, Wilson has also been selected for the coming 81st Annual Exhibition by the Society of Wood Engravers, who's exhibition will be touring in England this December. The Society was founded in 1920 by Philip Hagreen, Robert Gibbings, Lucien Pissaro, Gwen Raverat and Eric Gill, who held an annual exhibition that attracted work from artists such as David Jones, John and Paul Nash, Paul Gauguin and Clare Leighton. Continuing to encourage the art today, the Society describes the exhibition as, "stringently selected from an open submission," and it "visits several venues each year, showing the best of current work from Britain and other countries."
Locally, Wilson is represented by the K Newby Gallery, you can find much of his artwork there. More information at www.newbygallery.com Browse and purchase Wilson's limited engravings online at his etsy store: www.etsy.com/shop/WilsonWoodengravings
The artwork appearing in this article has been modified for newsprint and increased in size for illustrative purposes. Each of the original prints possess a gentle uniqueness and interplay between print block and rag paper which is not captured here. I encourage you to see these remarkable pieces in person. �
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Enclosed and gated courtyard you can feel the peace&tranquility this home provides. As you enter through the solid wood double doors you are immediately drawn into the home by the carved wood entry posts & the spacious feel of this 3277 square foot, three bedroom and 2.5 bath home. The home is situated on a premium lot that affords privacy and shade from multiple mesquite trees, and yet has views in multiple directions. MLS #21825948; $487,500
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EQUINE VOICES RESCUE & SANCTUARY ANNUAL FALL FUNDRAISER
Equine Voices Rescue & Sanctuary is hosting their annual Fall Fundraiser on Sunday, November 11th. This year’s event will be at the Tubac Golf Resort & Spa from 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm. In addition to a three-course meal and cash bar, there will be a silent auction and a live auction featuring renowned auctioneer Letitia Frye. Musical entertainment will be provided by classical guitarist Ivan Orellana
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For information on how to register and bid on items, see the Equine Voices website or call 520-398-2814.
Since 2004, Equine Voices has rescued over 1,000 horses, burros, and mules. Rescuing these animals takes a community effort that includes volunteers and supporters. Currently 51 horses and 6 burros reside at the ranch with a third of this herd over 25 years of age! This aging population requires additional costs beyond normal horse care. Examples of these additional costs include special veterinary care, senior supplements, and dental work. Operating expenses are about $50,000 per month!
This year’s silent auction will feature over 200 exciting items including artwork, jewelry, gift baskets, and much more. Live auction items include an original 36” x 48”oil painting on canvas of the "Garden at Tumacacori Mission" by Karl Hoffman of Gallery H in Tubac; four different Great Outdoors trips to locations such as Napa Valley, Belize, Costa Rica, or Cabo; two life size metal statues of ponies; and more. Photos and descriptions of all auction items are on the Equine Voices website, www.equinevoices.org.
The Annual Fall Fund raiser is a very important event to help meet these Live auction item, "Garden at Tumacacori Mission" by Karl Hoffman expenses and continue operations of the ranch. Reservations may be made online at www.equinevoices.org or by calling 520-398-2814. Tickets are $85 per person. Seating is limited so reservations should be made early. Equine Voices The event will again feature use of Give Smart, a web based platform that allows Rescue & Sanctuary is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit corporation and all donations are people to bid on auction items using their smartphones and iPads prior to and tax deductible.
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OLD TOWN TUBAC HISTORIC ADOBE BUILDINGS FACT SHEET •
Archaeologists have verified the Santa Cruz River Valley and Tubac Valley have been inhabited for 10,000 years.
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A Spanish fort or presidio was established in 1752 in what is today Old Town Tubac,
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A 1776 map of Tubac executed by Joseph de Urrutia shows where buildings existed then and now.
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In 1821, Tubac became a part of Mexico and was a vital and significant farming and trade community.
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Tubac buildings from the 1820s through Territorial Times to Arizona Statehood in 1912 were homes, schools, and stores supporting early Santa Cruz Valley settlement and ranching, farming and mining enterprises
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In 1857, the “Father of Arizona”, Charles Poston, restored existing Old Town Tubac adobe buildings for the headquarters of the Sonora Exploring Mining Company.
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Beginning in 1948, Tubac’s historic adobe buildings were restored and renovated for use as the homes, studios and galleries of artists and entrepreneurs creating “Modern Tubac” and the beginning of the tradition of “Tubac: Where Art and History Meet.”
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In 1957, Tubac residents began efforts to establish Arizona’s first state park—Tubac Presidio State Historic Park and Museum—and officially became a state park—Arizona’s first—in 1958. Over time, the Park grew to include three restored historic adobe buildings, a museum, numerous exhibits including an underground archaeological dig site, gardens and a series of ongoing events featuring Tubac’s cultural heritage.
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In 1969, Tubac residents successfully negotiated the purchase of the 1885 School House by State Parks for the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park and Museum.
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In 1983 the Tubac Historic District was established by Santa Cruz County for guidance and oversight for maintaining the historic integrity of Old Town’s streetscape.
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In 1994, Tubac residents were successful in establishing Old Town Tubac as a National Historic District with 24 buildings and structures listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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rare opportunity to tour inside some of Tubac’s oldest historic buildings will take place during the Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour on Saturday, November 10, 2018, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Tubac Presidio State Historic Park and the Lowe House Project artist residency program are sponsoring the tour throughout Old Town Tubac to bring attention to and appreciation for these historically significant buildings in Tubac’s National Historic District and to the lives and times of their occupants. Knowledgeable docents and costumed living history interpreters, including descendants of original occupants, will greet and escort small groups through the buildings pointing out historical and architectural features in each of the eight buildings. They will share what is known of the building’s beginnings, their uses over time and tell stories about their occupants that have been passed down for generations. One of the buildings is believed to have garrisoned Spanish Colonial Soldiers in the mid-1700s. Carbon dating of another confirms it’s origin to the 1850s and home to one of Arizona’s earliest 19th century Anglo settlers. Others were built on existing foundations at the turn of the 20th Century by Tubac’s Hispanic Heritage Families. The tradition of Tubac: Where Art and History Meet and Tubac’s artist colony had their modern beginnings in some of these buildings appearing on a 1767 Spanish map. Among the exhibits will be paintings of some of Tubac’s early art colonists and those of today’s Tubac artists featuring Old Town Tubac scenes. All Tubac roads lead to the start of the tour at 10 a.m. at El Presidito—home to working artists studios and the Tubac School of Fine Art—located at 4 Calle Iglesia at the corner of Burruel Street and Calle Igesia. At El Presidito, tour participants will receive a booklet/ticket that includes a map to the tour locations and images and additional information about each of the buildings and their occupants. Parking is available at Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at 1 Burruel Street, a short distance from the start of the tour, and on streets surrounding Old Town Tubac.
The Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour is one of several special events scheduled in celebration of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park’s 60th Anniversary. The Lowe House Project artist in residency program, celebrating its fifth year, continues the tradition of “Tubac: Where Art and History Meet” in the historic Lowe House which has housed working artists since 1965 and is one of the historic buildings included on the tour. All of the buildings are within walking distance of one another. Some retain characteristics of their humble beginnings while others reflect architectural features added during their over 100-year existence. Access to and within some of these historic privately owned buildings include steps and irregular walking surfaces and are not wheel-chair accessible and could be problematic for individuals with mobility issues. Proceeds from the sale of tickets will support the missions of the Friends of the Tubac Presidio and the Lowe House Project. Both are 501 (c ) (3) non-profit organizations. Tickets are $40 per person. Children with adult supervision and students with identification are free. Parents, groups and teachers working on classroom projects with students are entitled to discounted rates. Tickets may be purchased by calling the Presidio or on the day of the tour with cash or check only. . For more information and to purchase tickets prior to the tour, call the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at 520-398-2252, visit and lowehouseproject. com. For Information about discounted rates, contact the Lowe House Project at 520-398-9571. Photo: Robert H. Forbes, Courtesy Tubac historical Society
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Wilson wrote: “It is well known that nests of raptors can get pretty grubby. With mom and dad bringing in a steady supply of dead stuff to feed their young, maggots are a constant problem. It seems Texas screech owls have learned to cope with this predicament in a most ingenious way: they capture blind snakes and bring them to the nest alive. These snakes normally live in burrows and feed on termite larvae, but they evidently have no trouble adjusting to a change in environment and diet.” In Mendocino, Calif., last month to visit with friends and do some birding, I was sitting on a deck after dark listening to the ocean roll over the rocks when I saw an owl fly by a street light. Memories of a near-journalistic coup stirred………. So read every word of this astonishing, true story of baby birds being nurtured by SNAKES!, brought to their nests by OWLS!, to eat MAGGOTS! and other yucky stuff. That last paragraph, standing alone, is worthy of Pulitzer consideration. But for purposes of clarity, let’s return now to those glorious days of yesteryear [1987] when this snake-maggot-munching-bird-hatchling story began. I lived in Mendocino County on the northern California coast from 198486 where I read a weekly paper called the Anderson Valley Advertiser. It was so funny I subscribed when I returned East, where I wrote a twice-monthly column on birds for a daily newspaper, The Washington Times. An item by Lee Wilson in one issue of the Advertiser, about research by biologists at Baylor University, was as shocking to me as it would have been if E.T. strolled into my yard. Could it really be true that owls are the geniuses of the avian world?
Wilson continued: “In most cases studied, the parent owl had imported only one blind snake, but one house-proud owl had 15 live snakes in her nest, and no bugs. The biologists found that owlets in nests with resident blind snakes grow faster and have a lower mortality rate than those in snakeless nests,” I had witnessed many raptors snag prey in the field and all killed them immediately. According to Wilson, the research at Baylor indicated the opposite: that a screech owl inadvertently brought home a live blind snake, saw that it was beneficial, and word of the health benefits spread on the screech owl grapevine. This would mean the little yellow-eyed, 8½ -inchtall screech owls possessed an almost human-like ability to reason and plan ahead. In an effort to get the East-Coast scoop on such incredible news, I called Baylor in Waco, Texas, and found the principal author of the study, Frederick R. Gehlbach, professor of biology. “IT’S TRUE!” said Gehlbach, screech owls bring live snakes to their nests and benefit from them [here goes my natural-world scoop] but the humantype motives people attribute to owls are a hoot. They bring the snakes to their nests more out of frustration than good sanitary management.
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Screech owls prey on reptiles, including many snakes, he explained. Unless rain brings them to the surface, blind snakes are subterranean and live on ant and termite larvae. They have a defensive device to keep from being eaten by ants. They generate a substance called skatole from the cloacal glands and smear it over their bodies with their tails. This is the same substance found in skunk spray.
Blind snakes, usually less than a foot lone, resemble big earthworms. They live mostly in southern regions of the country where the ground doesn’t freeze and are barely hissin’ cousins of the larger snakes found around Arizona. There you have it, the latest research from 1987 about blind SNAKES!, OWLS! and MAGGOTS!. Tell your friends and grandchildren. They’ll be impressed.
Already extremely smooth creatures, snakes that have this oily chemical on their skin are virtually impossible for a screech owl to kill.
Western screech owls and whiskered screech owls are common in the Tubac area. I’m reasonably sure I saw a blind snake on our driveway in Tubac one night during a heavy rain.
Probably out of frustration, speculated Gehlbach, the owls bring the live snakes to the nests. There the snakes burrow into the debris at the bottom of the nest cavity and live quite nicely on maggots and waste material. When the owls abandon the nests the snakes probably crawl down the trees and return to the earth, he said.
*** Want to learn more about birds and nature? The Tuesday morning, 8 a.m., FREE bird walks in Tubac resumed Oct. 2. The walks, led by Jim Karp, last two to three hours. Meet at the Tubac Nature Center, which is under development at the Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Road. All that is needed is binoculars and a sense of humor.
The lack of maggots in the nests means there is more food for the owlets and little possibility that maggots can infect a nestling, said Gehlbach. “The owlets in the nests with live blind snakes have a lower mortality, and grow faster and larger.”
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here is power in the rocks and the land around us, says Tubac author Darcy Deming, and she hopes “people will wake up to the magic around them. Maybe they’ll have a little more respect for Mother Earth.”
Set in southern Arizona, parts of the novel’s action occur in Tubac while other segments take place in a variety of settings, some near the Santa Rita mountain range.
Packed with danger, mystery and magic, the book is about Sage Stone and his twin sister, Hanah, both nine years old, who find their lives changed on the day that Sage is chosen by the “Thunder Beings.” While out gathering gourds, he’s struck by lightning and near death, but is brought back to life by his grandfather, the shaman of a Native American tribe.
The youngsters live with their mother, Willow, in a rural area and have relatives and friends nearby. The novel explains their father died a year earlier. The manner of his death is revealed late in the book.
Her first adventure novel, “Sage Stone, the Magic Between the Worlds,” leaves readers optimistic that with determination, all of us can do our part to improve the environment and relationships among people.
This sets into motion a series of events which push Sage and Hanah to their limits while making clear that both of them are destined to become leaders and healers.
The book is described as “young adult” for older children and teenagers, but Deming said in an interview that about 60 percent of the readers so far have been adults and they’ve pressed her for the second volume, which she said she’d like to publish by the end of this year.
Deming, an artist and equestrian, has owned the Tubac gallery “La Esplendida” since 2001.
of defense against influenza.
Deming said the locales and people are based in reality but she’s used imaginary names for the sacred mountain and for the Native American tribe to which the children belong.
What the children learn is that they must find their father’s manuscripts, which he’s hidden in a location they have no clues to, and use them to bring light and healing into the world. While on their search, Sage is attacked by harmful magic wielded by his uncle, Malaki. Benevolent animals with super powers, such as Gideon, a hawk, and Gabriel, a horse, are spirit guides for Sage when he’s in danger. Both can speak and change their size from very small to very large as needed. They teach Sage about helping others and avoiding the darkness.
Nakhuth, a Native American, appears when Sage is in peril, and explains some of the mysteries he’s encountered and urges him to pay better attention to the supernatural “tools” he’s been given.
To protect themselves from an angry mother bear and her two curious cubs, Hanah and her mother are trapped inside a large cottonwood tree which opens its bark just in time to save them. They find the tree’s interior larger than its exterior. Later, they’re rescued by Grandfather Jack who reaches his hand through the bark to pull them out. Author Deming painted the book’s cover artwork. She also creates handpainted tables and Lazy Susans which are available at the La Esplendida Gallery. She’s a lifelong equestrian and lived on a ranch in Arivaca for many years until moving to Tubac about two years ago.
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Advocate for public education in Phoenix and at the Americana in Nogales with Representative Daniel Hernandez Jr. listening to educators and their supporters. Senator Dalessandro’s efforts for public education is appreciated from Elgin to Nogales. “State Sen. Andrea Dalessandro was named 2018 Legislator of the Year by the Arizona Alliance of Community Health Centers after being nominated by Mariposa Community Health Center in recognition of her support of the health centers in her district.” ~Nogales International, February 13, 2018 Sponsor of SCM 1012 (Senate Concurrent Memorial) which passed with bipartisan support in the Arizona House and Senate. It urges Congress to pass the Nogales Wastewater Fairness Act. Senator Dalessandro has been a fierce advocate for Nogales and Santa Cruz County to get federal support for this ongoing issue for Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant in Rio Rico. Not only does she frequently lobby the Arizona Congressional delegation but she has brought this issue to the attention of US Congressman from other states.
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Friends of the Santa Cruz River Concerns of Proposed IOI Settlement
A public meeting recently convened by the AZ Dept. of Environmental Quality (ADEQ) presented local stakeholders with a proposal to partially repair the International Outfall Interceptor (IOI). The IOI is a 9-mile-long pipe that transports sewage from Nogales, Sonora, Mexico and Nogales, AZ to the Nogales International Wastewater Treatment Plant (NIWTP) in Rio Rico, AZ. The federal agency tasked with protecting our border environment, the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC), offered $21 million to fund partial repairs. However, this plan is contingent upon local stakeholders agreeing to pay 22% (approximately $4.5 million) and assume all future operation and maintenance costs of the IOI.
Friends of the Santa Cruz River has been advocating for permanent repair of this aging structure for years, because of chronic leaks and repeated ruptures. The breaks and leaks spill raw sewage into the river, contaminating both it and the groundwater aquifer, which we depend on for our drinking water. The IBWC had already developed plans to install a “cured-in-place pipe” (CIPP) thin internal resin-filled polyester felt liner into the existing concrete pipe. The $21 million would only complete phases 1 and 2 of the five phases planned. Although we agree with installing CIPP in specific parts of the pipe to stop the leaks, we have a number of concerns with the concept floated by ADEQ and IBWC; and we see a desperate need for sensors to detect pipe ruptures.
The CIPP does little to nothing about removing the danger of the pipe breaking again during flood events. The IOI would still run under the Nogales Wash, which is unstable, undersized, and prone to a great deal of erosion. Erosive floodwaters can and have caused breaks in the IOI, (as happened last summer). The only way to permanently resolve this chronic problem is to address the causes by relocating vulnerable sections of the IOI out of Nogales Wash and by reducing unmitigated urbanization-induced peak flows and sediments flows from the upper watershed that overwhelm the unstable Wash’s capacity and abrasively erode the pipe’s bottoms.
The IBWC has not indicated that either of these solutions are even on their radar screen. Such comprehensive solutions would require the cooperation of private landowners, the railroad, the county, and other players. This is exactly the kind of project the IBWC was designed to tackle as part of their mission to protect our border environment.
Given the above, we are worried because IBWC proposes to leave the IOI in the wash without doing anything to more comprehensively protect our border community’s drinking water and downstream environment by addressing the enduring problems in the Nogales Wash watershed. Second of our concerns is that the IBWC proposal pushes responsibility for
General Election - Tuesday, November 06, 2018
Early ballot drop off at any Early Voting Site Listed or at our office until Tuesday, November 06, 2018 or at any voting center on Election Day Early Voting Sites October 10 thru November 02, 2018: Santa Cruz County Recorder’s Office, 2150 N. Congress Dr., Nogales, AZ before 7:00 p.m. From 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, October 13, 2018: Santa Cruz County Recorder’s Office, 2150 N. Congress Dr., Nogales, AZ From 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2018: Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Rd., Tubac, AZ From 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday, October 20, 2018: Santa Cruz County Public Works Department, 275 Rio Rico Dr., Rio Rico, AZ From 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2018: Patagonia Town Hall, 310 McKeown Avenue, Patagonia, AZ From 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Saturday, October 27, 2018: Santa Cruz County Fair and Rodeo Association, 3142 Hwy-83, Sonoita, AZ From 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
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10 de Octubre hasta el 02 de Noviembre del 2018: La Oficina del Registro Público, 2150 N. Congress Dr., Nogales, AZ de 8:00 a.m. a 5:00 p.m. Sábado, 13 de octubre del 2018: La Oficina del Registro Público, 2150 N. Congress Dr., Nogales, AZ de 9:00 a.m. a 12:00 p.m. Sábado, 20 de octubre del 2018: Centro Comunitario de Tubac, 50 Bridge Rd., Tubac, AZ de 9:00 a.m. a 12:00 p.m Sábado, 20 de octubre del 2018: Obras Publicas de Santa Cruz, 275 Rio Rico Dr., Rio Rico, AZ de 2:00 p.m. a 5:00 p.m. Sábado, 27 de octubre del 2018: Edificio Municipal de Patagonia, 310 McKeown Avenue, Patagonia, AZ de 9:00 a.m. a 12:00 p.m. Sábado, 27 de octubre del 2018: Asociación de Rodeo y Feria del Condado de Santa Cruz, 3142 Hwy-83, Sonoita, AZ de 2:00 p.m. a 5:00 p.m.
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the IOI maintenance and operation squarely onto the shoulders of Santa Cruz County residents.
The IOI has long been a contentious piece of cross-border infrastructure; it’s the subject of a lawsuit brought by the City of Nogales, AZ (CON) and ADEQ against the IBWC. About 90% of the sewage conveyed by the IOI is from Mexico, the remainder mostly from the CON. But the IBWC maintains that it has no responsibility to maintain the IOI or the Wash under which it runs. So far, a federal judge has declared that the IBWC is indeed the fairest responsible party, but the IBWC is appealing that decision. Why should Arizona residents, most of whom do not contribute to either of the IOI’s two major problems---the pipe’s condition and its location under the unstable Wash---pay to keep the river and their drinking water clean? Downstream residents are undeniable victims of upstream IOI ruptures to which they do not contribute any sewage. These are the reasons that FOSCR does not support this proposal. We hope you will join us in calling upon Congress to fund a permanent, sustainable solution to address the whole
international watershed set of problems---not just the IOI.
The Nogales Wash Fairness Act is our best bet to a truly long-term fix to these border water pollution problems. The Act has been introduced into the US House and Senate to clearly give the IBWC responsibility for the IOI. Senator John McCain and Representative Martha McSally co-sponsored these bills, and the entire Arizona Legislature recently passed a resolution urging the US Congress to pass them.
This international dilemma needs to be comprehensively solved by the federal government which trumpets border security as a major mission. If our water is not safe, how safe are we? A fair and permanently sustainable comprehensive solution is needed for this INTERNATIONAL stormwater and sewage issue that does not place the perpetual responsibility and financial burden on local residents. Letter submitted by the Friends of the Santa Cruz River. www.friendsofsantacruzriver.org �
General Election - Tuesday, November 06, 2018
Tuesday, October 09, 2018: Last day to register to vote for General Election! Requests for Early Ballots/Permanent Early Voter List (PEVL) now being accepted through Friday, October 26, 2018
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EVENTS November 2-4, 2018 Fall Arts & Crafts Festival November 23-24, 2018 Fall Art Walk December 7-8, 2018 Luminaria Nights 2018 February 6-10, 2019 60th Tubac Festival of the Arts March 29-30, 2019 Spring Art Walk
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You must re-register to vote for the following reasons: • You have moved, change of name, address, phone number or change of political party MILITARY /U.S. CITIZENS LIVING OUTSIDE UNITED Qualifications to register to vote: STATES: INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON OUR WEB • You became a U.S. Citizen SITE. PLEASE CONTACT THE RECORDER’S OFFICE • You became a resident of Santa Cruz County 29 days or more before an election FOR MORE INFORMATION. • Will be 18 years of age or more on or before the day of the next election • Not adjudicated to be incapacitated person (A.R.S. 14-5101) • Not convicted of a felony or treason or if you have, your rights have been restored. For more information concerning a felon’s right to vote, contact the Recorder’s Office at (520) 375-7924 or visit our website at co.santa-cruz.az.us/287/Recorder under “Voter Information”.
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Tiene que volver a registrarse para votar por cualquiera de las siguientes razones: • Se ha mudado, cambio de nombre, dirección, número de teléfono o cambio de partido político MILITAR Y CIUDADANOS ESTADOUNIDENSES QUE Requisitos para votar: VIVEN FUERA DE LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS: • Ser ciudadano de los Estados Unidos INFORMACIÓN DISPONIBLE EN EL SITO WEB. FAVOR • Ser residente del Condado de Santa Cruz por lo menos 29 días antes de la elección DE CONTACTAR A LA OFICINA DEL REGISTRO • Usted va cumplir 18 años de edad o más el día de la próxima elección PÚBLICO PARA MÁS INFORMACIÓN. • No se le haya declarado ser persona discapacitada (A.R.S. 14-5101) • No haber sido convicto(a) de felonía, traición o si sus derechos civiles han sido restaurados. Para más información sobre el derecho de un felón para poder votar, favor de comunicarse a nuestra oficina (520) 375-7924 o puede visitar nuestro sitio web a co.santa-cruz.az.us/287/Recorder.
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WORKSHOPS
By Carol Egmont St. John
If you want to be successful it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing and believe in what you are doing. - Will Rogers
Herein lies the confession of a workshop junkie. I thought I was cured when I started giving classes instead of taking them, but this summer I went for the Kool-aid once again. I was seduced by a young artist from Seattle named Kathy Liao, who literally jumped up and down and clapped with excitement as she demonstrated. She was so in love with her process that I wanted to climb into her pocket. (You know that old, I want what she’s got, thing.) Instead, I signed up for her workshop and became obsessed for five days of non-stop experimentation. For a full week I didn’t watch the news or worry about the catastrophic relationships of humans, climate change or maleficence. The warning about workshops is that you must remember that they are not about product or competition but possibilities. What Kathy Liao offered me was a new way to play; an observable new path; a simple and accessible trick to enhance and direct my work. I got the message the first day, at the initial lecture, but I wanted more. And my instinct proved right. I loved working near her, working in a studio with master artists and being encapsulated in a
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space where nothing else mattered. I was high the whole time. I am still. What workshops offer is a way out of stagnation. They are designed to feed the hungry and whet the appetites of those would be- could be artists/ artisans who are on the outside looking in. They provide time and space to try new techniques and meet new people who will also stimulate interest and perhaps establish bonds that go beyond the workshop. How important the confirmation of others is! I don’t mean flattery; I mean sharing an enthusiasm for the esoteric, for the world that lifts us up and out of the mundane. Tubac is a haven of artistic possibilities. The nature of the village is invention. It has been reinventing itself since 1534 and continues to do so. Perhaps it is the type of people who choose to reside in its lap, who are drawn to its historic, dramatic, artistic and sometimes formidable challenges. In the dynamics of what looks like a sleepy little village, original thoughts emerge to preserve and enhance its uniqueness. Part of the feast that this charming place offers, is a variety of settings to explore your personal interests. There are cooking classes at the Tumacookery. Modeling clay classes at Clay Hands, Painting venues at the Center for the Arts and the Lowe House Project, and crafts at the Presidio. Talented art teachers of the area, like Roberta Rogers, Carolyn Wayland, Myrna Yorke and David Simmons offer private classes and expertise, and this list is only partial. The history of art classes may have started during the years Will Rogers, Jr. and his wife, Collier lived in town. She wanted to insure her children an arts education so she
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sponsored teachers like Dale Nichols to come and stay.
There is a hunger out there to find meaning and share our personal experiences. We need to claim our uniqueness and at the same time connect our thread to the fabric. Workshops are away to reach one another and get jumpstarted. As doors are opened, fresh air empowers the creative spirit and sets it free. It revives a stagnated heart, relieves the frustration of emptiness and restores lost visions, maybe even pushing us to new heights. I have lived it and seen it and know it is true.
Expanding your special interests may fall into gardening, or beads, or the night sky. It may be a love of birds or knitting or quilting. It may be singing or dance or playing the recorder. It may be dream interpretation or learning a language or wanting to express yourself better on the page or on a stage. All these pursuits have local groups and individuals ready to help. If you can’t find a group, help yourself ! Years ago, I was fired up about writing. I wanted a group to write with and so I put a sign in the Post Office. Before I knew it, I had a group of fourteen women who met every week for about ten years. We all grew and bonded and respected each other. My latest group has been together for 14 years and we never tire of each other’s words.
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“ You have to go out on a limb sometimes because that’s where the fruit is.” - Will Rogers Artwork - "Denis Summer" Watercolor, tissue paper, gouache by Carol St. John
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CHANGE
A New Direction With The Next Generation By Myrna York
The practice of studying the Great Masters to learn the different styles of painting and sculpture is standard fine art curriculum. Students copy the masterpieces verbatim and explore the drawing and painting methods of the masters. This is the academic foundation for training artists for over a hundred years and remains questionable to this day. It is interesting to explore how imitating others’ work facilitates or inhibits creativity. To be creative is to change other artist’s perspectives on the subject to one’s own vision. Copying the masters can help understand approaches and refine skills and craftsmanship but in order to be creative the artist would have to express their own artistic style requiring interpretation, experimentation, and risk-taking. The evolution of art is not motivated by success with fame and fortune. By learning and seeking knowledge, with diligent practice to hone technical skills, creativity actually is measured by individual expression and originality. Success in art is defined by the ability to communicate that which the artist intends.
With technology and information readily available at our fingertips, artists have an abundance of resources to copy and play with creativity. Curiosity is taking me to explore how this affects art-making in Tubac. Twenty years from now, will artists be engaging audiences beyond walls perhaps through other forms with cellphone screens, animation, multi-media environments, and other wild forms of communication?
Wary of complacency as an innovation killer, artistic growth and development
thrive in an environment that welcomes movers and shakers, entertains new ideas through different experiences, possibly a parallax view, and maybe a whole new paradigm. Certainly the older generation of artists have experience and knowledge to share with the young but the newbies have qualities worth investigating. Opening on October 26, 2018 at the Tubac Center for the Arts is the show, The Next Generation, a grand mixture of young artists ages 21-30 will exhibit a wide range of painting styles. Their works are in the tradition of paint on canvas, classic and representational, but what makes their realistic renditions exceptional? I visited their individual websites and what I discovered in their youngness is the freshness of their approach. First and foremost is the presence of social media icons such as Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, and other links. Clearly, their self-promotion using the web is second nature in the social network.
Next is a definite strong evidence of their academic art training. In defense of the importance of early exposure to art, I would speculate that their art education was not limited to a four-year degree alone and must have started in elementary school with sophisticated art programs. Also evident is the conversation between photographs and paintings. Technological advancements in photography provide an in-depth perspective on their subjects and undoubtedly assist in the superb rendition of representational art. To reach a high level of competency at such a young age gives me a glimpse of what the future holds.
These young artists are very accomplished realistic painters. Most striking are the color choices utilized in their renderings. Having been introduced early in their training to a wide selection of color produced by late 20th century innovation, they are able to manipulate their color palette with dexterity. Reds and purples tend to be fugitive colors and experienced artists have a tendency to stick with their old faves but the fresh eye can go for flexibility and adapt to new products and discoveries. They are not afraid to try the new making their color combinations look youthful and modern.
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Creativity as it appears in the show lies in the juxtaposition of styles, depictions of the natural world with new pigments, and references to historical paintings with eclecticism. Certainly, the artists were able to exercise their own voice and experimented with subjects that are current in our culture, recording the collective consciousness in the Tens of Post-Modernism, the Age of Dark Matter (2010-2019) or who knows what this current era is called.
Photorealism, an art genre that incorporates highly realistic and amplified details, is successfully aided by the availability of high resolution photography. Pioneered by Chuck Close, John DeAndrea and Audrey Flack, photorealism’s reliance on photographs was initially eschewed as inferior imitations of the photographs but photorealism or super-realism still required the artist’s interpretation. Emphasis on shape and color contribute to the expression of the subject.
The return to realism by the Gen Y’ers poses this question: What is their reality? Their perception is affected by the environment and the culture they grew up with. Enhanced graphics, vivid color, brighter lighting are a few innovations in the last ten years. They are fearless and adaptable to change because change in the last twenty years has been significantly accelerated to strong wind levels. There are more choices for them now then ever to stimulate their imagination and to push themselves to the next level of artistic growth.
A few Next Generation artists participating are exhibiting narratives in a stylized, hard-edged, and simplified versions of realistic art. Form, shape, and color are expressed figuratively and the emotional content are in the eyecatching color harmonies. Real life as seen with the naked eye can look boring and ordinary however with enhanced reality, color, light, and atmosphere suggest perfection.
Counter to abstract expressionism, realism as embraced by the Next Generation is neoteric and vibrant with exaggeration and exactness combined. If spontaneity was Jackson Pollock’s signature, these young artists are assiduous and unremitting. It is invigorating to see brilliance in these young artists.
This is the next generation of artists in the western United States. October 26 to December 2, 2018. Artists participating at Tubac Center for the Arts include: Olympia Altimir, Blair Atherholt, Lucas Bononi, Ryan Cannon,Richie Carter, Isabel Emrich, Morgan Irons, Trey McCarley, Amelia Murdock, Danika Ostrowski, Dhwani Parekh, Ben Pease, Becky Porter, Matt Regnart, Lucy Reiser, Irvin Rodriguez, Robert Strickland, Christina Szakonyi, and Ellie Wilson.
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TUBAC'S NEW WELCOME COMMUNITY HUB Announcement submitted by the Greater Green Valley Ccommunity Foundation - GGVCF.org
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ogether with the Tubac Chamber of Commerce, Valley Assistance Services and the Greater Green Valley Community Foundation, a ‘Community Hub’ has been created for residents to learn about the nonprofit partners, resources and services offered through the I-19 corridor. ‘It was a natural fit’ says Executive Director, Michelle Phillips of the Greater Green Valley Community Foundation when she ran into Lincoln Wilson, President of the Tubac Chamber of Commerce while walking the dogs along the Santa Cruz River and talked about the possibility of shared office space. The new shared office is located in Tubac at the new Blakelock Wilson Office Plaza, 2247 E. Frontage Rd, south of the Tubac post office.
“Reopening a physical office space has been a goal of the Tubac Chamber of Commerce for some time.” Says Tubac Chamber President Lincoln Wilson. “The creation of this shared office space will allow the Tubac Chamber to better serve the community of Tubac and its visitors as well as become a central point for those interested and involved in what happens here.” In addition to reopening an office, the Tubac Chamber of Commerce is pleased to introduce Maria Moraila as our new Chamber Administrator who will be onsite at the new office. The Chamber is also excited to be partnering with Mea Brown as the Director of Operations and Marketing. These two are already having a major, positive impact within the Tubac Chamber of Commerce. We hope you will come by, see the new space, and meet Maria and Mea during our ‘Open House’ on October 18th at 5:00 pm. If you are new to the Greater Green Valley Community Foundation (GGVCF), it has a
geographic area encompassing not only Green Valley but Sahuarita to the north and several smaller locales to the south including Tubac and Tumacacori. There are nearly seventy notfor-profit charitable organizations in our area providing assistance to support local needs spanning health and human services, education, arts and culture, youth programs, as well as environmental preservation and animal rescue.
We work to provide leadership in select community issues and improve the quality of life for both present and future generations. Our mission is to change and enrich lives through guidance, education and financial support for those charitable organizations serving our communities. Since 1970 our focus has been to build a unified community using local philanthropy and since inception we have made cumulative “social investments” in our locale of nearly six million dollars. In addition, the Community Foundation, through its Non-Profit Learning Institute program, has sought to bring about a more dynamic, effective, collaborative and mobilized non-profit community through regular training, development and social interaction. Community Foundations across the country are a source for philanthropic giving and are the leaders that promote it. We help donors direct their charitable giving in meaningful ways. In 2017, USA today reports individual giving to charities in the US hit an all-time record high of $400 billion. What one person can do to create a better world! Valley Assistance Services, a local 501 c 3, not for profit organization, was welcomed to the community with its first ever fund raiser last October at Tubac Jacks to support the launch of the newly formed program Tubac Regional
Neighbors Helping Neighbors Program, a volunteer program to provide transportation and friendly visits to community residents in the Tubac Regional area. Thanks to strong community leaders, Claire McJunken and Sherry Mullens, many volunteers and potential participants have been registered into this program that keeps Tubac, Carmen, Amado and Tumacacori residents safe and able to continue to live independently at home. Valley Assistance Services is so excited to be sharing an office with the Greater Green Valley Community Foundation and the Tubac Chamber of Commerce in this wonderful location in Tubac. “Being in this community with an office in the Hub, just enhances the wonderful services Valley Assistance can provide in the Tubac Regional area.” Chris Erickson, RN, Incoming Executive Director and Chris Kang, Retiring Executive Director Valley Assistance Services is no stranger to community health and tying individuals to needed services. For almost 50 years, Valley Assistance Services has worked to guide seniors and families to live healthy, resilient and vibrant lives. Our professional RN staff and cutting-edge programs address life’s challenges by embracing prevention and education, and by enriching the lives of families and seniors through our three C’s: compassion, caring and choices.
Besides the Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors program, Valley provides RN services in the following programs: Going Home with Care: Care transitions from hospital to home in partnership with the local Santa Cruz hospital in Green Valley, a posthospital discharge program with specific diagnoses to help ensure recovery and discharge follow through. VAS RN’s provide home visits to assess
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each client’s health for care needs, provide health education on chronic illness/disease process, and review medications and knowledge of medication use, to reduce readmissions. A Touch That Cares ®: RN Medical Advocacy and fee-based program for seniors facing chronic illness including in-home health education and medical support, health advocacy between patients and physicians, pharmacists, and other care providers, and assistance to help clients improve their quality of life through coordination of a personalized care plan, medication education and management, exercise education and assessments, and family/ caregiver education. SHiM ®: (Safety and Health in Motion®), is an evidenced-based fall prevention program designed to identify medical fall risks, and reduce fear of falling through an in-home assessment of fall risks: medical/health and environmental. Valley Assistance has started discussions with the new Tubac Fire Chief and the Tubac Mariposa clinic to identify collaborative events and activities to promote fall prevention and education for community residents in the Tubac Regional area.
Neighbors AIM (Awareness in Memory Loss): supports loved ones, family, friends and neighbors and those with early-stage dementia through creative events, simulation experiences, education, and on-going support classes. This program, overseen by RN’s and a counselor, creates a community/neighbors sense of caring for those with memory loss and their loved ones. Dementia and memory loss are challenging illnesses. These affect all of us in some way. A community-wide launch will happen in November 2018. Our volunteers donated almost 4,800 hours last year, and they make it possible to touch almost 5,000 households annually. Valley’s volunteers were recognized with an Arizona Governor’s Award for Excellence in Volunteerism in 2013.
How can you help Valley Assistance? Purchase a ticket and attend a fun event at Tubac Jacks Restaurant and Saloon, 7 Plaza Road, in Tubac, October 19th. This second annual event promises an evening of food, music and friends, 5:30 -7:30 pm, cash bar, 50:50 raffle, and a purple purse live auction. Tickets: $20 Adults, $10 kids, 12 and younger can be purchased now at the following locations: Tumacookery, Jane’s Attic, The Goods, and Valley Assistance Services at 2247 E. Frontage Rd., Ste 1 Tubac (shared space with Tubac Chamber and Greater Green Valley Community Foundation) PLEASE JOIN US ON OCT 18th for the ‘Community HUB’ Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting for the Blakelock Wilson Office Plaza. �
Caring Neighbors Helping Neighbors in Green Valley/Sahuarita: is a volunteer program that includes transportation, errands, grocery shopping and visitation for homebound, isolated seniors with limited income, matching volunteers with seniors to ensure engagement, socialization, and improved quality of life (in partnership with Pima Council on Aging Neighbors Care Alliance). Family MAP (Map a Plan program): monetary assistance for rent, utilities, to prevent evictions and homelessness, including required attendance in 5 hours of budgeting classes, a workforce training/ career path building program (resume writing, mock interviewing, and job searches), savings and benefits information and resources including online SNAP (food stamps) application assistance and Arizona Self-Help program.
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Tumacácori National Historical Park Tumacácori is located 45 miles south of Tucson and 15 miles north of Nogales. Take exit 29 from I-19 and follow the signs. For more information, call 520-377-5060, or visit www.nps.gov/tuma.
“Meet the Authors” - Book Signing and Reception
Join the staff of Tumacácori National Historical Park and the Western National Parks Association (WNPA) in honoring the contributions of some of our favorite authors – historians and folklorists who bring the culture, nature, and community of Tumacácori to life. On Friday, October 12, from 4:00 to 6:00, WNPA and Tumacácori will host a gathering of authors of many of the most important books about this borderlands region. Authors will be available to discuss and sign their works. All books will be available for sale. Authors include: Nick Bleser, Tumacácori From Ranchería to National Park Peg Bowden, Land of Hard Edges
Richard Collins, Riding Behind the Padre Dana Wildsmith, Jumping
Other related titles available through WNPA and the park store include The Line becomes a River: Dispatches from the Border by Francisco Cantú, Desert Thirst by WJ McGee, Haunting of the Mexican Border: A Woman’s Journey by Kathryn Ferguson, Border Runs Through It by Jim Griffith, Tunnel Kids by Lawrence Taylor & Mauve Hickey, Lives on the Line: Dispatches from the U.S. Mexico Border by Miriam Davidson Refreshments will be available. Information tables representing the Border Community Alliance, Kino Border Initiative, and Southwest Mission Research Center will share information and opportunities for visitors to learn more about the rich cultural heritage of the borderlands.
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Celebrate the Harvest Season at Tumacácori’s First Annual Mission Bake-off
On Sunday, October 28, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Tumacácori will celebrate the harvest season during the first annual Mission Bake-Off ! Community members are invited to submit their finest recipe in one of three categories inspired by the heritage fruit trees of the mission orchard – pomegranate, stonefruit, and apple/ pear/quince. Participants will submit their recipe online in advance and then bring the item to the park on event day. These pies, cakes, pastries, cookies, breads, and more will be sampled and scored by visitors on the merits of taste and originality. The highest- scoring entries in each category will win a gift basket filled with treasures for the kitchen. In addition to tasting, visitors can walk the grounds, visit the garden and orchard, participate in informal presentations about food and gardening, and go home with their own delicious homemade craft. Bakers wishing to join the party should visit the park website www.nps.gov/tuma for entry details. Online applications are due October 19, 2018. Agriculture was an integral component of Spanish mission communities, including the growing and propagating of fruit trees, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Water from the Santa Cruz River was diverted to these spaces by a hand-dug mission acequia. Crop varieties introduced by missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino transformed the diets of indigenous people, the natural landscapes, and existing cultures. After the abandonment of the mission of Tumacácori in 1848, the fruit and vegetable varieties in the neglected garden and orchard slowly withered. The vision of reestablishing an active garden and orchard began in the 1920’s and 1930’s, but it wasn’t until 2007 with the dedication of the Tumacácori heritage orchard that this dream became a reality.
The harvest season is a time in which communities come together to feast, give thanks, and celebrate the food grown on the land. At Tumacácori National Historical Park, we celebrate the history and legacy of Spanish mission communities, including the crops introduced by missionaries and sown by the people who lived here.
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Candles, Calaveras, and “Coco”:
A Tumacácori Día de los Muertos
Tumacácori celebrates Día de los Muertos on November 2 from 4:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. with an evening of family fun including an outdoor screening of the new holiday favorite, “Coco.” The Disney-Pixar movie, which won the Academy Award in 2017 for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song, features many cultural traditions of el Día de los Muertos. Admission to the park during the celebration and participation in all activities, including the movie, is free of charge. Before the creation of this animated story, featuring Miguel, Ernesto de la Cruz, and the rest of the Rivera family, the holiday integrated customs of native cultures, mission-era Jesuit and Franciscan priests, Spanish colonists, Mexican settlers, and citizens of the United States arriving in the 19th century. “Tumacácori is proud to celebrate this beloved holiday with friends, neighbors, and visitors from around the world.” says Superintendent Bob Love.
The adobe walls of Tumacácori’s historic church will shelter a traditional Día de los Muertos altar to hold ofrendas (offerings) in memory of loved ones. From Saturday, October 20th through Thursday, November 8th, all visitors will be invited to leave photographs, gifts, tokens, messages, toys, or other traditional items as part of this community installation. Personal items left on the altar can be collected from the park following Día de los Muertos, through November 6. The evening celebration on Friday, November 2nd begins at 4:00 p.m., when visitors can begin setting up their own outdoor movie seating in front of the mission church. The area closest to the screen will be reserved for groundlevel seating, while taller chairs can be placed behind. Ushers will be available to help make sure everyone has a good view of the screen. In addition to blankets, mats, and camp chairs, visitors may wish to bring a picnic dinner. (Pick up after yourselves, and no glass, please.)
Before the movie begins, free tickets will be available for popcorn, provided by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff ’s office. Get your face painted, make a colorful mask, or create your own nicho to remember a loved one. Candles will light the church and cemetery for those wishing to explore the mission grounds. The movie begins on the big screen at 6:00 p.m.
Bird Walks at Tumacácori National Historical Park
Come explore Tumacácori National Historical Park’s birding hotspots! Guided bird watching strolls will take place every Saturday morning in the month of October, during the fall migration season. The walk meets at the Tumacácori Visitor Center, beginning at 8:30 a.m. and continuing throughout the morning as long as birds are active. Bird walks will start up again in the months of January through April, taking place on the second and fourth Saturdays in January and February, then every Saturday (beginning at 8:00 a.m.) through March and April.
Participants should wear comfortable walking shoes and bring water. Walking will take place on and off trails throughout the park’s varied habitats. While bringing your own binoculars is recommended, the park has several pairs of binoculars available for loan to participants.
The park’s lands include rare types of southwestern forest located along the Santa Cruz River. Some bird species found in these and other local habitats are not usually seen in other places in this country, and are part of the reason why visiting southern Arizona is on many a birder’s bucket list. Admission to the park is $7.00 per adult, free for federal pass holders and children under age 16.
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Lowe House Project Artist in Residency 14 Calle Iglesia Old Town Tubac lowehouseproject.com
October, November & Some December, 2018 Calendar Listings Painterly Tuesdays in October: Acrylic Landscape - with Rick Wheeler Oct. 2,9,16,23,30 - 9 a.m. –Noon - A one-on-one “painterly" approach to landscape and wildlife painting. for beginners and intermediate students. 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 info about classes, needed supplies, fees and registration contact Rick Wheeler at WheelerArtWorks@gmail.com and 520-405-9342. Let Rick know if you want to stop in for a look-see. October 4 and 18--Prose Alive! 4:00-6:00 p.m. Tubac writing group meeting regularly the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. Contact Bill Stephenson at 520-878-7965 Oct. 8 & 15 & 22 & 29 --Family Memoir—A Christmas Gift!—with Bill Stephenson—8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Write and publish your family memoir, just in time for Christmas! Meets regularly from October to December. For information contact Bill Stephenson at 520-878-7965. livewritewordsworkshops@gmail.com Oct. 17 —Tubac Intergroup-7:30 -9:00 p.m.— Break rank and meet even more interesting people. Turn off your cell phones, differences, political talk. Turn on your curiosity, caring and communication. Bring something to share (beverage or munchies). Contact Bill Stephenson at livewritewordsworkshops@gmail.com or call at 520-878-7965. Oct. 25—Spirited Painting with Pamela Wedemeyer 3:00-5:00 p.m. All about having fun, being creative with friends while expressing yourself through painting! Absolutely, no experience necessary. All materials, wine and atmosphere for inspiration provided. Sign Up, Show Up and Sip Up! For information, fees and registration, email Pamela at cpamelita@aol.com or call at 703-727-2867 Oct. 27--.Rio Compartido/Shared River—Santa Cruz River Mexican Tour—8:30 a.m.—5:00 p.m.—Flow of our Santa Cruz River, it’s flora and fauna, peoples and cultural heritage are shared with Sonora, Mexico. Learn the Borderlands dynamics of this layered bi-national waterway that crosses the international border twice and how it’s shared flow both benefits and compromises both countries during this rare opportunity to tour the Mexican portion of the Santa Cruz River. The day- long van excursion will be guided by experts in the fields of Borderlands history, cultural heritage, habitat and environmental issues with stops at historical sites. Snacks and lunch in Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico are included in the $100 fee. A passport is required Space is very limited. The tour is a Lowe House Project artist residency Rio Compartido/Shared River program made possible in collaboration with Border Community Alliance. For information contact Nancy Valentine at tubacval@msn.com, view lowehouseproject.com and bordercommunityalliance.org/tours. Registration and payment can be made at https://bca.z2systems.com/eventReg.jsp?event=372& or by calling 520-398-3229. October 28—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. contact Bill Stephenson at 520-878-7965 .livewritewordsworkshops@gmail.com Nov. 1 & 15 Prose Alive! 4-6 p.m. Tubac writing group meeting regularly the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month. Contact Bill Stephenson at 520-878-7965 November 3rd-- Crafting Mexican Revolutionary Culture through Cinema and Visual arts with Luis Coronado Guel—6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m. The Mexican Revolution and the 1917 Constitution established new political, social and economic life, principles and values. Luis Coronado Guel—Research Associate and Coordinator for the U of A School of Behavorial Sciences Mexico Initiatives—will show film clips and visuals created to make the new concepts, principles and revolutionary values accessible to Mexico’s peoples and discuss how through cinema and the visual arts a strong sense of patriotism and identity were created that remains as the strongest legacy of the Mexican Revolution. A Lowe House Project Artist Residency Program. For information contact Luis Coronado Guel at luisguel@email.arizona.edu.
Nov. 5 & 12--Family Memoir—A Christmas Gift!—with Bill Stephenson—8:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. Write and publish your family memoir, just in time for Christmas! Meets regularly from October to December. For information contact Bill Stephenson at 520-878-7965. livewritewordsworkshops@gmail. com
For more information connect with me at JamminattheLoweHouse@gmail.com with questions, comments or confirmation of attendance Register on Facebook by clicking on Events on the left side at https://www.facebook.com/TubacLoweHouseArtistsResidency/ A Lowe House Project Artist Residency Program 14 Calle Iglesia Old Town Tubac https:// lowehouseproject.com
Nov. 10--Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour—10 a.m. –3 p.m. Costumed living history docents and guides, will help bring Old Town Tubac’s history alive during the Old Town Tubac Historic Adobe Building Tour on Saturday, November 10, 2018. As many as eight of the historic adobe buildings in Tubac’s National Historic District, some dating back to 1767, will be open for tour participants in this rare opportunity to be guided inside and through by knowledgeable guides, including some descendants of the original builders. Proceeds from the sale of tickets will support the missions of the Friends of the Tubac Presidio and the Lowe House Project. Both are 501 (c ) (3) non-profit organizations. Tickets are $40 per person. Children with adult supervision and students with identification are free. Parents, groups and teachers working on classroom projects with students are entitled to discounted rates. For more information and to purchase tickets prior to the tour, call the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park at 520-398-2252, visit and lowehouseproject.com. For Information about discounted rates, contact the Lowe House Project at 520-398-9571.
December 2--My Bloom! With Sharman Nittoli—3:00 – 4:30 p.m. Musician, composer, perform Sharman Nittoli will debut her piano/vocal performance of “My Bloom”, an original collection of songs and stories about her journey to a rewarding, fulfilling life. You may relate and get inspired by some of her emotions, experiences, roadblocks and rewards expressed in her story. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac. Donations Requested. Reservations suggested. For more information contact www.Sharmannittoli.com Sharmannittoli@ aol.com
Nov. 17—Self Publishing in the Electronic Age— Is It Right for Me? 9 a.m. –Noon. For more than 25 years, Tama and Mike White of Ghost River Images have been helping hundreds of authors publish books in all genres--many so successful they are now working on their fifth, sixth or seventh book! This three-hour overview will cover the advantages and drawbacks of self publishing, the current state of self publishing, the response of the market to self-published books, current technologies being utilized, plus their costs and financial returns. Whether you are just curious or have manuscript in hand, this talk will help you learn what to expect if or when taking that leap (of more than faith) into self-publishing in the electronic age. $20 Fee. For more information and registration view ghostriverimages.com or call 520-327-8522. Nov. 21 Tubac Intergroup-7:30 -9:00 p.m.— Break rank and meet even more interesting people. Turn off your cell phones, differences, political talk. Turn on your curiosity, caring and communication. Bring something to share (beverage or munchies). Contact Bill Stephenson at livewritewordsworkshops@gmail.com or call at 520-878-7965. Nov. 24--Writing the River Santa Cruz The Border Community Alliance is pleased to announce a new way to engage the Borderlands through a series of creative writing retreats led by Lee Anne GallawayMitchell, teacher, writer and poet, and Jerry Haas, BCA’s Executive Director. The selected group of up to eight participants will gather three times (Nov 24; Jan 26; and Mar 30) at the Historic Lowe House in Old Town Tubac for contemplation and practice near the rich binational environment of the Santa Cruz River. Applicants will be chosen based on their interest in improving their skills as writers as well as their desire to support others in similar creative endeavors. A prospectus and application is available by contacting Jerry Haas at jndhaas@gmail.com or stopping by the BCA office 2221 E Frontage Rd., Suite F-201. Application deadline: October 15, 2018. The total cost of the three retreats is $400 (non-members); $350 for BCA Members. Nov. 28 —Ice Dyed Scarves with Marty Sewell- 9 a.m. to Noon Make a hand made Christmas gift for a special someone! Come to the Lowe House for a fun, easy class; leave with a beautiful, unique silk scarf for yourself or someone special. Marty will supply silk scarves ( 8 in X 54 in) dyes and some other needed items. You will be asked to bring some other things you probably have on hand or can get easily. A detailed material list will be available upon registration. For more information and registration, contact Marty at msewell@cybermesa.com December 1— Jammin’ at the Lowe House 1:00-5:00 p.m. Musicians, friends, families, music lovers and listeners are invited to come to the Historic Lowe House to join up with me, Sharman Nittoli, Artist-in-Residence at the Lowe House Project to hear some of the best musicians in the Tubac, Arizona area. If you’re a musician looking to meet new kindred spirits, come! If you’re a singer, writer, beginner or advanced and have an instrument, come! Musicians will be gathering throughout the spacious grounds of the Lowe House from 1- 5 to meet, collaborate and jam. If you’ve always wanted to learn an instrument, now’s the time!! Sign up for free private or group ‘playshops’ during the following week at the Lowe House and learn with select musicians.
December 14 --Our Rio Compartido—Santa Cruz River Thru the Lens of Videographer Mike Foster—5 p.m. – 7 p.m. Award-winning videographer Mike foster has produced over 235 videos about the natural and cultural history of Southern Arizona and Sonora Mexico. A Lowe House Project Rio Compartido/Shared River contributing artist, Mike will share footage of the Santa Cruz River–her flora, fauna, habitats and peoples—in a screening of his Santa Cruz River work in progress and clips from other finished videos of Arizona and Sonora Mexico rivers and peoples. A Lowe House Project artist in residency program. 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac. For information contact Mike at sarjuesos@gmail.com. January 18-19, 2019 —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. For more information, fees, accommodations and registration interact with Chas at chas@chasmartin.com or http://www.chasmartin.com/spirit-guide/ or call at 503-459-1009. Contact: lowehouseproject.com Nancy Valentine tubacval@msn.com
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wo, now three steps, we continue to move back; thus, making the ever growing peace circle of students, parents, teachers, board members and volunteers — even bigger. Together, we all grasp hands with familiar and new faces alike. As we stand together in the warm, Arizona sun, we watch as one hand squeeze is passed to another, like the flight of a dove coming in and out of sight. After successfully passing this pulse from hand to hand, we cheer as one.
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Today is the International Day of Peace, otherwise known as World Peace Day. This United Nationssanctioned holiday, observed annually on September 21, is devoted to commemorating and strengthening the ideals of peace both within and among all nations and peoples. Each year, Montessori de Santa Cruz Public Charter School and Preschool celebrates this world-wide holiday with both song and dance, and this year did not disappoint. Each student age group, primary, lower elementary and upper elementary, took endearing performance turns, which captivated hearts and made their community proud. For the second year, Tony Falcon of the talented, local Reggae band, The Falcon’s volunteered hours of his time leading practice sessions of Everything is Beautiful with Montessori de Santa Cruz’s lower elementary students. In fact, a recording of this track will soon be made available for public purchase — with all proceeds going to Montessori de Santa Cruz. Though the official World Peace Day set with sun, Montessori de Santa Cruz continued its celebration on Sunday, September 23 at the sold out 2nd Annual Peace, Love and Montessori Fundraiser hosted by Cliff and Celeste Wisdom at Wisdom’s Cafe. Here, the extended Montessori community came together and enjoyed a fun and lively afternoon of Reggae by Bass Culture, with special guest Brian Windsor on drums, delicious Jamaican-inspired food by Wisdom’s cafe, and a captivating performance by magician and illusionist, Michael Howell. For Montessori de Santa Cruz Public Charter School and Preschool, the International Day of Peace and its Peace, Love & Montessori Fundraiser is not only a cause for celebration, it’s a chance for reflection. Here, peace education is a huge aspect of the Montessori Method. Founder, Maria Montessori, saw the education of young children as the human race’s opportunity to recreate itself in a peaceful way. Therefore, from a very early age, Montessori students learn to think globally about the human race — as well as its place in the entire system of our planet. Through ongoing character education — via an exploration of virtues — peace becomes not only a concept but a habit — both in and out of the classroom. For Montessori de Santa Cruz Public Charter School and Preschool enrollment information call 520-3980536, email mdsc1@montessoridesantacruz.org , visit www.montessoridesantacruz.org or write to PO Box 4706, 18 Calle Baca, Tubac, AZ 85646. �
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NEW WAYSIDE EXHIBIT SIGNS UNVEILED AT TUBAC PRESIDIO SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 10 AM - Tubac Presidio, in cooperation with The Tucson Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution announces the first ever grave marking ceremony for a Revolutionary War patriot buried in Arizona. Juan Manuel Ortega was a presidio soldier during the time of the American Revolution. His military service to the Spanish ally of the American colonies thus contributed to the success of the American Revolution. He is buried under St Ann’s Church at the Presidio. The ceremony will be at the north end of the Tubac Presidio parking lot. This event recognizes the Hispanic contribution to Southern Arizona’s history. All are invited to this free event.
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ANZA FAMILY FUN DAY CELEBRATION - SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 10 AM - 3 PM - Anza Day reflects Tubac’s Spanish history and provides educational engagement of youngsters in this significant event in Tubac’s history. In October 1775, Spanish Colonel Juan Bautista de Anza and 240 people traveled from Tubac to San Francisco Bay. Our event begins in the cool of the morning at 10 am with period costumed volunteers, demonstrations, crafts, fun activities, the Sons of the American Revolution Wayside sign ribbon cutting, food truck provided by Wisdom’s Cafe and superb photo ops. This is a wonderful opportunity for children of all ages. Admission is free ($1 per adult donation is suggested for children’s supplies) and food is a separate cost. Please bring a non-perishable food item for the Amado food bank. For more information call the Presidio, 520-398-2252. GUEST SPEAKER: DR. LUIS CORONADO GUEL TITLE: "A CULTURAL HISTORY OF THE DAY OF THE DEAD IN MEXICO"– SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2 – 3 PM - Mexico's Day of the Dead tradition has been declared intangible cultural heritage of the humanity by UNESCO since 2003. How did this celebration become worldwide? Day of the Dead is a cultural and historical construction that condenses European and Pre-Hispanic elements. It is an expression of the colorful, diverse, dramatic, and amazing mixture of symbolic features created in Mexico for centuries around death. This lecture will explore the history and meaning of this cultural expression. Tickets are $10. Call now to reserve your seat, 520-398-2252. TUBAC’S 5TH ANNUAL TRADITIONAL DAY OF THE DEAD CELEBRATION, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 28, 11 AM - 4 PM - The Tubac celebration of Día de los Muertos is an event exuberantly honoring our ancestors and community. Everyone is welcome to create an ofrenda or altar and these will be displayed throughout the community. From 11 am until 4 pm, at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park we’ll have face painting, live music, Dia de Los Muertos Presentations, food vendors with a wonderful variety of offerings, performances from the Montessori School, Angel Perez, international visual artist Gabriela Galup and the Nogales Marching Band and Mariachi Band, ofrenda exhibits and crafts for the children. In the afternoon a procession will march through the streets to the Tubac 'Cementery' and end at a symbolic bonfire in the Sculpture Garden at the K. Newby Gallery. There will also be ghost stories, music, dancing, food and beer garden in the Sculpture Garden. Participants are encouraged to come in costume, have their faces painted and bring mementos of loved ones to memorialize in the parade and at the bonfire. Purchase your tickets at the Presidio. Ticket prices $8 adults, $2 youth (7-13), children (younger than 7) are free. Call for more information 520-398-2252. FRONTIER PRINTING PRESS VIDEO DEMONSTRATIONS - The Washington Hand Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper in 1859 is here. Watch a video about hand press printing, type setting, and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering. Copies of the first edition are available in the gift shop. Included with park admission: $7 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free.
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SPECIAL EVENT: CANOA SPEAKS O'ODHAM - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2-3:30 PM - Please join us in the Schoolhouse for an exciting exploration of the Tohono O’odham history, beliefs and education, with speakers including an O’odham tribal elder and community leaders who will discuss and answer questions from the audience. A special video, and a sampling of special O’odham farmer market foods are also featured. You will enjoy insights into this beautiful culture. Canoa Speaks O'odham is part of a video preservation series by the Friends of Canoa Heritage Foundation. $15 Adults, $2 youth 7-13, children free. Call the Presidio for reservations, 520-398-2252.
OLD TOWN TUBAC HISTORIC BUILDING GUIDED TOUR – SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 10 AM – 3 PM - A rare opportunity to experience Tubac’s historical treasures and learn about the people that lived here in the past. The Presidio’s Schoolhouse and Rojas house will be featured! All proceeds support the Friends of the Tubac Presidio and the Lowe House Project Artist Residency. It is recommended that participants wear walking shoes, a hat and bring water. Purchase tickets at the Presidio: $40 Adults, $35 Friends of the Presidio member, free for children under 12 with adult supervision. For group rates, call 520-3989571. FRONTIER PRINTING PRESS DEMONSTRATIONS – MONDAYS, NOVEMBER 12 & 19, 9:30 AM; TUESDAYS, NOVEMBER 20 & 27, 9 AM; WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 9 AM; THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 9 AM A docent will demonstrate the Washington Hand Press used to print Arizona’s first newspaper, The Weekly Arizonian in 1859. The docent will answer 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: $7 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. TEODORO ‘TED’ RAMIREZ ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE CONCERT SERIES: STEWART MACDOUGALL, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2 PM - Ted is in his 6th successful season of bringing stellar folk music to the Tubac Presidio, a diverse spectrum of authentic American, Mexican and Indigenous music styles. For our opening concert, Stewart MacDougall will perform on vocals and keyboard. Now well into his fifth decade as a professional musician and songwriter, this New Brunswick native continues to be one of Alberta's most diverse performers. Before pursuing a solo career in 1997 he was best known for his keyboard and vocal work with Laura Vinson, k.d. lang, Ian Tyson, and the Great Western Orchestra. Stewart will be joined by Ted for a few songs, so you won’t want to miss this concert! Tickets $20 adults, free for children 14 and younger. Seating is limited, please call now for reservations, 520-398-2252. GUIDED TOUR OF THE BARRIO DE TUBAC ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 10 AM - NOON - This special tour by docents Phil Halpenny and Gwen Griffin explores the Spanish colonial archaeological site south of the Park. This site preserves the remains of the original Tubac pueblo, including residence foundations, plaza area, refuse area and partial irrigation ditch. Meet at the Park Visitor Center. Tour involves a walk of about 1-1/4 miles. The Archaeological Conservancy protects this site and participants are asked to sign 'An Acknowledgement of Risk Factors' before entering. Wear walking shoes, sunscreen and hat. $10 fee includes admission to tour the Presidio Park. Tour limited to 15; reservations encouraged, 520-398-2252 or info@TubacPresidio.org. THE PLAINS INDIAN WARS, 1ST HALF - SPECIAL PRESENTATION BY JACK LASSETER, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2 PM - It is an American saga that is too large to be told in one sitting. The first half of the story takes us from those early troubles along the Platte River Trail in the 1850s, to spring of 1868, when the Lakota Sioux have gained control of the Northern Plains, and the Cheyenne Dog Soldiers with full fury are repeatedly raiding railroad routes on the Central Plains. Jack will tell us about various incidents and fights, describe the Sioux and Cheyenne people and culture including dance, bison, the teepee, gift giving, bravery, battle cries, and the dog soldiers. Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served. $15 per lecture. A portion of the proceeds supports our education and preservation programs. Please call for reservations and future dates, 520-3982252. THANKSGIVING DAY, NOVEMBER 22 - The Tubac Presidio State Historic Park will be open on Thanksgiving. If you want to show visiting friends or relatives one of the finest historical parks in Arizona, we are ready to welcome you. Happy Thanksgiving! $7 Adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free. SPECIAL EXHIBIT: WHEN BRONC BUSTERS WORE LIPSTICK - A glimpse into the skilled, showy, and high-risk lives of cowgirls of the early 1900s is highlighted in a new exhibit opening at the Presidio. The display includes rare items from Western enthusiast and preservationist Cheri Raftery, who calls her collection “very personal”. Authentic cowgirl dress, historic photos and original artwork of them riding in rodeos and exhibitions put the cowgirls in context. Included with park admission: $7 adult, $2 youth 7-13, children free.
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· COMMUNITY LUNCH … THURSDAY AT 12:00, WITH LUNCHES FROM SHELBYS, WISDOM AND TUBAC MARKET · STANDING YOGA … THURSDAY AT 11:00 AM W/ LYNN BAKER · STANDING YOGA … TUESDAY AT 10:00 AM W/ LYNN BAKER · NEW! SLOW FLOW YOGA WITH ANGIE … WED 6:00 AM · 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 & FRIDAY 9:00 AM · TUBAC QUANTUM CONSCIOUSNESS … TUESDAY AT 9:00 AM · S.C. VALLEY CITIZENS COUNCIL … THIRD MONDAY – 9:00 AM · 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 · DOG TRAINING … WITH LYNN CAREY STARTS OCTOBER 3 AT 9:00AM, AT RON MORIS DOG PARK
The Community Garden of Tubac will hold its annual fundraising Plant Sale beginning Friday, November 9th
through Sunday, the 11th, 2018. Community gardeners will sell a variety of desert adapted plants including succulents, cactus, flowering plants and vegetable starts. The sale will be located in the plaza behind the Tubac Market at 10 Avenida Goya from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Master gardeners will be available to answer common gardening questions.
The Community Garden of Tubac was founded in 2015 and is located behind the Tubac Community Center at 50 Bridge Road . The garden boasts 36 plots, a unique cactus garden, a pollinator and butterfly garden as well as many varieties of orchard trees. The garden hosts monthly work parties on the 3rd Saturday of each month. Educational events and Farm-toTable dinners are held throughout the year. Residents and visitors are encouraged to support this worthwhile community organization. For more information, please contact cgotubac@gmail.com.
• Oct 6- Gastronomic Tour • Oct 10- Magdalena Here & Now Tour • Oct 12- Tumacacori Meet the Authors Event (Non BCA Event no registration needed) • Oct 13- Agua Fresca Workshop • Oct 18- Cross Border Tour -Nogales • Oct 19- 21 Rio Sonora Tour • Oct 23- Fall Round Up Breakfast @ Canoa Ranch: Richard Collins Riding Behind the Padre • Oct 24- Moorish Legacies- Alex La Pierre • Oct 25- Cross Border Tour-Nogales • Oct 26- Day of the Dead Videography Mike Foster • Oct 31- Cross Cultural CommunicationRick Moritz • • Nov 2-4 Hermosillo Tour • Nov 6, 13 & 20- US Immigration Then & Now w/ Jim Hoff (Part 1, 2 & 3) • Nov 8- Cross Border Tour -Nogales • Nov 10- Hands on Tortilla Workshop • Nov 10- Migrants and the Food ChainMinerva Orduno • Nov 12- Birding in the Borderlands • Nov 24- Writing the Santa Cruz River Retreat- Lee Anne Gallaway-Mitchell & Jerry Haas • Nov 29- Cross Border Tour- Nogales • Nov 30- Magdalena Here & Now Tour • • Dec 1 & 2- Tumacacori Festival (Non BCA Event no registration needed) • Dec 11- Ranching in the Borderlands • Dec 13- Cross Border Tour- Nogales • Dec 14- Magdalena Here & Now Tour • Dec 15- Gastronomic Tour • 2019- May 27- June 8 SPAIN Gateway to a New World: Extremadura & Andalucia Tour
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10TH ANNIVERSARY OF SAHUARITA PECAN FESTIVAL ON NOV. 10
THE TUBAC HISTORICAL SOCIETY INVITES YOU TO BREAKFAST WITH HISTORY AT WISDOM'S CAFÉ, 1931 E. FRONTAGE RD. TUMACACORI AT 8:30 AM OCTOBER 31ST.
Speaker is John Cloninger “Padres, Protectors, Promoters and More”. Enjoy a hearty breakfast and fascinating history of Tubac and the Santa Cruz Valley. Members $25. Per person. Non-members $30. Per person. Reservations by PayPal on our website www.ths-tubac.org, by email info@ths-tubac. org, by phone 520 398-2020 or mail check to PO Box 4222, Tubac, AZ 85646.
VAN FOWERS RESURRECTS WESTERN LEGEND TOM JEFFORDS AT BREAKFAST WITH HISTORY ON NOVEMBER 14TH
Green Valley Pecan Company is hosting the 10th Annual Sahuarita Pecan Festival on Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. The festival, which is held on the Green Valley Pecan farm, runs from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• A Pecan Pie Contest, sponsored by Mama’s Hawaiian Barbeque. The entry fee is $10 and the registration form is due on Nov. 10. Open to all ages!
Admission is free. There will be $5 on-site parking available immediately south of the Festival grounds with a portion of the proceeds benefiting groups volunteering at the event. A free shuttle service will also be available from Sahuarita School District and Walden Grove High School. This year’s Sahuarita Pecan Festival is dedicated to farmers and their essential work to feed communities worldwide.
• Special entertainment guests include the Walden Grove High School dance team (The PAC), Southern Reins Band, Grizzly Band, and more.
This year’s Sahuarita Pecan Festival attractions include: • The 10th Annual Pecan Classic and Family Fun Run, starting at 8 a.m. Register online at taggrun.com. Participants will receive a free race t-shirt; top qualifiers in the Pecan Classic will win pecan-themed awards. Members of the Sahuarita 4-H Club will volunteer at the race and receive a portion of the funds for their activities. • A Kids Area—to include bounce houses, bungee jumping, a rock climbing wall, the Boy
• Pecan cracking contests.
• Commemorative Festival items for purchase, including tote bags, t-shirts, lapel pins, and posters. In addition to the Festival, these items can be purchased in advance of the event at the Pecan Store. “The Sahuarita Pecan Festival turns 10! We’re making our 10th anniversary the best one yet, featuring the America’s Got Talent famous dancers from Walden Grove’s PAC dance team, unique farming and pecan interactive activities, and the best gifts offered in the Santa Cruz Valley! We’re honoring the contributions of farmers this year and we’re excited to invite the community to celebrate with us,” said Paula Beemer, Sahuarita Pecan Festival Coordinator.
Scouts monkey bridge, petting zoo, craft activities and Arabian horse demonstrations presented by the Southern Arizona Arabian Horse Association.
The success of the Sahuarita Pecan Festival is a result of the collaboration of Green Valley Pecan Company and its community partners through various sponsorships. Major sponsors of the 2018 Festival include: Desert Diamond
• Arts and crafts vendors in the marketplace, selling mostly, locally made, unique items perfect for holiday shopping.
Casinos, Crown Community Development, Day's Excavating, Meritage Homes, Sierra Mining & Crushing LLC, Stotz
• A large area of Food vendors from all over Southern Arizona, preparing BBQ, sweets, and treats.
Equipment, the Green Valley News, and KGUN 9 on Your Side.
• A Heritage Area, featuring tractor pull contests and antique tractor displays. • Horse-drawn wagon rides into the orchard for pecan harvest demonstrations. Cost is $2 per person (free for kids four years old or younger). All proceeds go directly to the Community Food Bank – Green Valley/Amado.
The Sahuarita Pecan Festival is held at the Green Valley Pecan Company located at 1625 E. Sahuarita Road in Sahuarita, AZ. The inaugural event was in 2009 and averages approximately 20,000 attendees each year. Over the past nine years, the Festival has raised more than $100,000 for local charities. For the more details, please visit the official Festival website at www.SahuaritaPecanFestival.com.
He was born in New York, raised in Ohio, became a Breakfast With History river boat Captain, impersonating served as an Army scout, Indian agent, Apache interpreter, overland “Friend of Cochise” mail carrier, superintendent of November 14 mail in Arizona 8:30 a.m. Territory, mining at Wisdom’s Café prospector and famously was in Tumacácori “friend of Cochise.” On Wednesday, November 14th, at 8:30 am you’ll get to meet all of these fascinating characters during Breakfast With History at Wisdom’s Cafe, hosted by The Tubac Historical Society.
Van Fowers
Tom Jeffords
Well-known historical re-enactor Van Fowers will bring Jeffords back to life in a riveting and often humorous way. Painting an historically accurate character study, Fowers will depict how Jeffords’ unique friendship with Apache leader Cochise was instrumental in ending the Indian wars in Southern Arizona.
Tickets for Fowers performance and a full breakfast at Wisdom’s are $25 for members, $30 for non-members. To reserve your place at this stimulating 8:30 am event, call: 520-398-2020. You can also purchase tickets online at www.ths-tubac.org or mail a check payable to the Tubac Historical Society to: THS, PO Box 3261, Tubac, AZ 85646-3261. About The Tubac Historical Society:
Tubac Historical Society was formally organized in 1967 and today continues to preserve and promote local and southwest history. The Society’s Brownell Research Center and Library is located at the Tubac Community Center, 50 Bridge Rd., Tubac. It’s open 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays or by appointment. For more information, call 520-398-2020 or email: info@ths-tubac.org.
QUAIL CREEK’S 2018-19 KINO LECTURE SERIES ! !
The Women of Quail Creek’s (TWOQC’s) Scholarship Committee and Quail Creek’s Education Committee are pleased to announce our 2018-19 Kino lecture Series open to the public:! ! On Monday, October 29, Tucson orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Klein will share his experience of scaling Mt. Everest in a lecture titled “From Tucson to the Top of Everest: Dr. John Klein’s Odyssey.”! !
The January 14, 2019, lecture is titled “Ranger of the Lost Art: Rediscovered WPA National Park Posters.” Former Ranger and retired dentist Doug Leen will discuss his role in saving and sharing the early art promoting America’s National Parks.! ! Finally, the March 4, 2019, lecture “Fabulous Fliers: the Birds of Madera Canyon and the Santa Rita Mountains” will be given by Douglas Moore from the Friends of Madera Canyon.! !
All lectures will be presented in Quail Creek’s Madera Clubhouse ballroom from 7-8 pm and cost $5 per lecture. Tickets are available at the door (check or cash) and at the Madera Clubhouse Concierge Desk (cash only) The funds raised support TWOQC’s Scholarship Fund which awards scholarships to senior girls at the two Sahuarita high schools as well as to women in transition wishing to further their education.! !
The successful 2017-18 series raised $1800 for the Scholarship Fund. Our three guest lecturers were Steve Getzwiller, Navajo rug expert from Nizhoni Ranch Gallery in Sonoita; Randy Serraglio, jaguar expert from the Center for Biological Diversity; and the Winfield Family, turquoise experts from Lone Mountain Gallery in Tubac.! ! Please join us for our 2018-19 series which is sure to be as interesting and successful as our last series.
The Kino Lecture Series is co-sponsored by Quail Creek’s Education Committee and The Women of Quail Creek’s Scholarship Committee. Al profits from the lectures are donated to the Scholarship Fund which annually awards scholarships to senior girls at the two Sahuarita high schools as well as to women in transition.! !
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photo to the canvas, as well as creating an artistic painting rather than simply rendering a photograph. Beginning with a discussion on the “basics” of oil painting (from materials to paint handling), the workshop will also address the fundamentals of color, value, edges, and perspective. Learn how to use a reference photo and create a loose, expressive and “painterly” painting! October 27-28, 2018 9am - 4pm Limited to 15 participants. Workshop Fees: TCA Members $400, Non-members, $450 TUBAC CENTER OF THE ARTS OCTOBER EXHIBITS & EVENTS FIRST NATIONS BIENNIAL (THRU 10/21) BEES AND WAX (THRU 10/21) THE NEXT GENERATION (10/26-12/2) ALBERT TUCCI (10/26-12/2) BEST OF SHOW: KATHY REYES (THRU 10/14) MICHAEL FENLASON: ART SPEAKS “WHAT CURATORS LOOK FOR” (10/4) MARK MULLIGAN & KELLY MCGUIRE CONCERT (10/12) SOMETHING, SOMETHING THEATER PRESENTS “MEN ON BOATS” (10/13) PAINTING FROM A PHOTO REFERENCE WORKSHOP (10/24) TABLESCAPES - DISHING UP THE HOLIDAYS (11/10) Our main gallery features Bees and Wax through October 21 with pieces inspired by bees or created with beeswax. A portion of each sale will go towards charities that support the survival of bees. After, The Next Generation, featuring young artists under 31, will be moving into the main gallery from October 26 through December 2.
The master gallery features First Nation’s Biennial, featuring work from contemporary Native American artists from across the United States. Come check out this exhibit from through October 21. Following will be an exhibit by artist Albert Tucci from October 26-December 2.
Lastly, mark your calendars for our first annual Tablescapes event with inspiration, food, fun and gift ideas for the holidays. Over 18 artfully decorated tables, all with special holiday themes, will be on display. The event includes a silent auction, shopping for holiday gifts, cookbooks and recipes ideas. Tickets include refreshments and an opportunity to bid on complete tablescapes with linens, dinnerware, flatware, stemware & centerpieces. Also included are special demonstrations, tips and recipe booklets for holiday entertaining.
Of special interest will be the “Red Barn” table in the Master Gallery with dinner plates designed by Master Artist, Dale Nichols. Each plate represents a month of the year showing his “signature” red barn in various seasons. Nichols was commissioned by NY department store, B.Altman, to design these plates in 1940, and only 600 sets were produced. Come discover how to make this holiday season one that will be a lifetime memory for family and friends. All proceeds from this event benefit the Tubac Center of the Arts.
November 10, 2018, 10am-3pm - Tubac Center of the Arts, #9 Plaza Road, Tubac, AZ - $25 Members, $30 Guests More information is available at www.tubacarts.org/event/ tablescapes/
The studio will be housing the Best of Show: Kathy Reyes Members’ Open Winner through October 14.
Crowd favorites Mark Mulligan and Kelly McGuire will be back in Tubac on October 12 to give a fun and exciting concert. Men on Boats, a hysterical & historical play, about the exploration of the Colorado River from Something, Something Theater - gracing the stage on Saturday, October 13th for a one time only matinee performance at 2pm. Join Dan Graziano, for a fabulous workshop, Painting from a Photo Reference. The workshop will discuss techniques to quickly transfer the important elements of a reference
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TOURING ST. ANDREW ’S CHILDREN’S CLINIC
The general hum we were hearing was the sound of healing.
By Bruce Monro
Tubac Rotary Club President
For 45 years, St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic has provided free, specialized medical care to children living in Mexico who cannot get the care or afford the care they need in their home country.
Located in St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Nogales, Arizona, the Clinic is nondenominational and nonprofit. It is also one of many organizations that the Tubac Rotary Club supports in its own mission to bring beneficial change to both local and international healthcare efforts. Since it is only open on the first Thursday of each month (except for July), and more than 200 children from infancy to 19 years of age come to each clinic, there’s an urgency in everything that happens here. No appointments are needed, and patients are seen as they arrive. The team of volunteer health
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care professionals and a supporting corps of other volunteers keep the Clinic open until they have seen every patient. This means that time is precious – as is the space in which everyone works.
On a recent tour of the Clinic, Rotary Club members had a firsthand look at how it functions. “Inspiring and amazing” were words repeated throughout the tour as it wound through the church, along a labyrinth of hallways, and in and out of small rooms dedicated to cerebral palsy therapy, dental care, nutrition, and the diagnosis and treatment of orthopedic conditions. Every foot of space is put to great purpose. A vision area in the nave of the church provides space for optometrists to test and fit children for eyeglasses, as well as an area where children are taught braille while others learn to walk with a cane. A language room provides an area where children learn sign language from speech therapists proficient in four languages: English/Spanish and Sign/Spanish Sign. Doctors and audiologists see children with hearing loss in a state-of-the-art audiology trailer located next to the church. Speech and language equipment and therapy are part of the available services. The hearing aids that some children receive mean that they are able to hear for the first time in their lives.
The list of services and disciplines goes on – from providing customized wheel chairs, walkers and strollers to corrective shoes and orthotics, dermatology and cardiology consultations, physical, occupational and speech therapy, prosthetic devices, and so much more. All of the services are provided
free to the patients thanks to generous donations, a corps of more than 100 volunteers, and the Clinic’s volunteer health care professionals, a rotating team that includes at least 10 doctors at any one clinic session.
While every clinic is special at St. Andrew’s, for the past 13 years, the month of October has a special place in everyone’s heart. October is the month when the Clinic provides life-changing surgery to between 50 and 60 children living in Mexico who were born with cleft lips and palates. As Lynn Nelson, a Clinic volunteer tour guide, explained to the Rotary group, the surgery is done by doctors from Children’s Surgery International in Minneapolis at the Hospital CIMA in Hermosillo. Hospital CIMA volunteers and Clinic staff and volunteers coordinate the activities and paperwork involved in making this happen. Surgical expenses, lodging, hospital and food are covered by the Clinic for the patients at no cost to the families. Patients receive follow-up speech therapy either at St. Andrew’s or at Hospital CIMA. As we continued our tour, making our way through the busy hallways between each clinic area, Ms. Nelson said that the general hum we were hearing was the sound of healing. It was a good sound.
The Tubac Rotary Club cordially invites you to a Friday breakfast meeting, starting at 7:30 a.m. in the Apache Room at the Tubac Golf Resort. It’s a great place to meet your neighbors, learn more about Rotary and to enjoy a wide variety of terrific speakers. For more information, contact Byron Thompson at 503-440-1862.
Photo: Volunteers at St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic provide lunch for the patients who visit the once-amonth clinic in Nogales. The Clinic has more than a hundred dedicated volunteers including its allvolunteer professional health care staff. Photo courtesy of St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic.
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October is Fire Prevention Month
Submitted by Cheryl Horvath, MPA, CFO, Tubac Fire Dist. Chief The National Fire Protection Association’s (NFPA) annual Fire Prevention Month is in October. This year’s theme is “Look. Listen. Learn. Be aware. Fire can happen anywhere.” The Tubac Fire District will be working closely with area grade schools to promote this year’s theme by introducing fire prevention materials in the classroom. Firefighters will focus on pre-kindergarten through 2nd grade students and teach life safety skills designed to keep our children safe.
During October Tubac Fire District firefighters will also be promoting the use of smoke detectors by circulating door hangers to area residents. The District participates in a grant program which enables firefighters to install working smoke detectors in area residences free of charge. Here are some facts regarding smoke detectors: • • • •
In 2009-2013, smoke alarms sounded in more than half (53%) of the home fires reported to U.S. fire departments.
Three of every five home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms (38%) or no working smoke alarms (21%).
No smoke alarms were present in almost two out of every five (38%) home fire deaths.
The death rate per 100 reported home fires was more than twice as high in homes that did not have any working smoke alarms compared to the rate in homes with working smoke alarms (1.18 deaths vs. 0.53 deaths per 100 fires).
• In fires in which the smoke alarms were present but did not operate, almost half (46%) of the smoke alarms had missing or disconnected batteries.
• Dead batteries caused one-quarter (24%) of the smoke alarm failures.
Source: NFPA’s “Smoke Alarms in U.S. Home Fires Report,”
Part of our prevention program at Tubac Fire District is to improve our Insurance Services Office (ISO) rating. The ISO rating impacts homeowners and business owners as it used to determine the cost of your property insurance; the lower the rating, the better the insurance rates. In 2014 Tubac Fire District completed our ISO survey and our rating was improved from a 6/6x to 5/5x. We encourage you to contact your insurance company to ensure your carrier is aware of this change.
We are excited to bring a new program to Tubac area residents. Tubac Fire District and the Sarver Heart Center are partnering to provide a compression-only CPR class at the Tubac Community Center on October 27. Check the Tubac Fire District website for registration details. For more information regarding Fire Prevention Month and other Tubac Fire District programs, please visit our website at www.tubacfire.org.
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Tu b a c Vi l l a g e r O c t o b e r 2 0 1 8 Lucia and John will perform on the patio, weather permitting. They played last year and we are so glad they will be here again this year. Jim Lagatutta, owner of Jack’s has been a wonderful supporter of this program. Tickets are available at Jane’s Attic, Tumacookery, and The Goods. These 3 establishments always say yes to helping us.
When you arise in the morning,
Give thanks for the morning light, For your life and strength. Give thanks for your food And the joy of living. - Tecumseh
Yes! We are thankful for a bounty of goodness in this sweet spot of our world. We are losing daylight at a rapid pace now, soon we will be down to 10 hours a day of light. It’s wonderful to go outside early in the day and feel the delightfully cool temperatures and watch the sun come up.
Can October and cooler weather during the day get here soon enough? I think it’s fairly certain that we desert dwellers are tired of the heat. Enough. We had a brilliant monsoon season. The clouds were drawn by an artist—breathtaking puffs of white, grey and black. They afforded some coolness along with the sweet rain. In spite of the patio flooding several times and water getting close to coming in the back door, we loved every minute of it. We were then rewarded with scads of new flowers from all the seeds thrown out and new weeds that actually made a lovely arrangement. They have their own beauty. We have a crop of sunflowers that is pretty impressive. Tall, stately happy sunflowers. The birds are happy too. Lots of frogs and toads to rescue from the pool, bats and birds to feed. Deer, coyotes and horses to water at the trough when the river was/is dry. I feel like we have an animal and plant farm that goes 24/7. How lucky are we!
Now we wait with open arms for the most delightful time of the year...Fall. Cooler days and lovely evenings. We sit outside and enjoy the beauty that is Tubac and the Santa Cruz Valley. We always say, “this is why we live here.” Why we live in the best part of the state and the country. We are definitely snobs about our lovely weather and views, wildlife and bird life, sunrises and sunsets. Sweeping panoramic scenes of magnificent trees, endless skies. Night skies of brilliance -the Milky Way just out of hand’s reach. Moons, whether full or gibbous or ribbons of light, that take your breath away. All kinds of activities will start in Tubac very soon. The cooler weather brings back the winter visitors and programs all over Santa Cruz County will begin their fundraisers to keep our community in tip-top shape.
One fundraiser that is dear and near to my heart is the Tubac Regional Neighbors Helping Neighbors. Once again, Tubac Jack’s will sponsor this fun, totally enjoyable evening. October 19th from 5:00-8pm, a 50-50 raffle and super music, a delicious Mexican buffet will be from 5:30 to 7pm. Tickets are $20 each, which is a steal. There will be a cash bar and the entire restaurant will be open for this fundraiser. We sold out last year and according to everyone I talked to, it was a super good time.
This program is under the auspices of Valley Assistance Services in Green Valley. In a little over a year, we now have 15 volunteers to drive people to doctor visits or grocery shopping or pay friendly visits to people in the Amado, Tubac, Carmen, Tumacacori area. We also have 13 participants who are using this program. Towards the end of October there will be a meeting for all the volunteers to kick off another year. Tubac has been incredibly supportive of this effort and we say a big Thank You!
There are changes afoot. The Tubac Chamber of Commerce now has a real office in the Walter Wilson plaza next door to the Tubac Buddhist Center on the frontage road. In that office is also a small space for VAS and the TRNHN program. So, if you need anything, info about the program or to buy tickets for the fundraiser, stop by and say Hello to Maria, the Chamber lady, who is really great. Michelle who is with the Community Foundation Greater Green Valley or Rosemary, Marie or Chris from VAS. We are very fortunate to be able to continue to make every effort to assist the community and her needs. I am thankful for neighbors that are there when you need them...no questions asked. That is why our TRNHN program is so important. So many people in our little community need help and now we have the means to provide that assistance. If you know of someone that could use help, please let them know to call VAS at 520 6255966 and someone will be glad to help. This recipe for the Mexican Chocolate Cake is from my dearest friend, Linda, a childhood ‘sister’ from Arkansas. I’ve made it several times now and it is gone in a flash! Thank you, Linda, for sending it to me. It is an easy cake to make and your family will thank Linda too! Enjoy!
Mexican Chocolate Cake INGREDIENTS
1-Package Devils Food Cake Mix 1 tsp cinnamon 1 1/3 cup water 1/2 cup vegetable oil 3 eggs 1 cup semisweet chocolate minimorsels, divided 2 TBL butter 1/4 cup light brown sugar 3TBL milk, divided 1TBL vanilla 1 cup xxxx sugar 1TBL butter 2 TBL sliced almonds
DIRECTIONS
Combine first 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Beat 2 minutes Stir in 1/2 cup mini-morsels Pour into a greased 12 cup bundt pan Bake at 350 degrees for 33-35 minutes Cool cake for 10 minutes Place on plate Combine butter, brown sugar, and 2 TBL milk in a heavy saucepan over medium heat, stirring until sugar is melted. Remove from heat, stir in vanilla. Gradually add powdered sugar, add 1 TBL milk stirring to desired consistency. Drizzle glaze over cooled cake. Microwave remaining 1/2 cup minimorsels and butter until melted. Pour melted chocolate into a small zip-lock bag. Snip 1 corner of bag and drizzle over brown sugar glaze. Sprinkle almonds on cake.
Enjoy!!
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