November 2009 Tubac Villager

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C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a Vol. V No. 1 Artist Profile Michael Jayme Event Listings Arizona History: Fritz Contzen part 2 Southern Arizona Dining Stockman's Grill Nature’s Bounty: Borderlands Still Lifes Mule Deer Sonoran Desert Animal The Importance of Being Nowhere by Charles Bowden Hope by Carol St. John Tubac Business Profile Tubac Performance Studios Remnants from Ruth & More...

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November 2009 issue of the Tubac Villager. A monthly journal Celebrating the Art of Living in Southern Arizona. Circulation: 11,000 copies printed.

Transcript of November 2009 Tubac Villager

Page 1: November 2009 Tubac Villager

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

Vol VNo 1

Art ist Prof i le M i c h a e l Jay m eEve nt L i s t i n g s Arizona History Fri t z Co nt ze n part 2

Southern Ar izona Dining Sto c k m a n s G ri l l

Naturersquos Bounty B o rd e rl a n d s St i l l L i fe sM u l e De e rSonoran Desert Animal

Th e I m p o r t a n ce o f B e i n g Now h e re by Char les Bowden

Ho p eby Carol St John

Tubac Bus iness Prof i le Tu b a c Pe r fo rm a n ce St u d i o sRemnants f rom Ru t h amp M o re

This monthly journal is made possible through the support of local advertisers artists and writers please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad art or article The Tubac Villager is a locally owned and independently operated journal based in Tubac and published monthly to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona Letters are welcomeOpinions and information herein do not necessarily re ect those of the advertisers or the publishers Advertiser and contributor statements and quali cations are the responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named All articles and images are the property of the Tubac Villager andor writer or artist named and may not be reproduced without permissionNovember Circulation 11000 The Villager is made available at 180 Tucson locations 400 Phoenix locations and o ered free of charge at locations in Tubac Tumacacori Carmen Green Valley Nogales Rio Rico Amado and Arivaca Arizona

November 2009

Pg 4 Santa Cruz County Update by Kathleen Vandervoet

Pg 6 Event Calendar Arizona HistoryPg 8 Fritz Contzen part 2 by Mary Bingham

Southern Arizona DiningPg 10 Stockmans Grill by Bernard Berlin

Tubac Business FeaturePg 14 Tubac Performace Studios by Kathleen Vandervoet

The Borderlands PhotographerPg 16 Natures Bounty Still Lifes by Murray Bolesta

Sonoran Desert AnimalPg 20 Mule Deer by Maggie Milinovitch

Pg 22 The Importance of Being Nowhere by Charles Bowden

Pg 24 Hope by Carol St John

Pg 25 Remnants from RuthPg 26 Enhancement of the Ron Morriss Park by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

Pg 27 Tubac Meditation CenterPg 29 Tubac Map

Bernard BerlinMary BinghamJoseph BirkettMurray BolestaCharles BowdenMichael Arthur Jayme

Julie Jackson Meyers

Maggie MilinovitchKatie MungerRuthieCarol St JohnKathleen Vandervoet

The beauty of nature is translated joyously into the paintings of Michael Arthur Jayme His current work features the powerful essence of ravens while he continues as well with the stunning clouds paintings that have been his recent passionTh e vast clouds take up three-fourths of the large canvases and the colors are mixed in an almost unearthly manner which provides depth and delight for the viewerJaymersquos intriguing technique makes use of veils through which he adds several translucent color layers ldquoI paint in veils I establish a road map on the blank canvas that is sort of like aiming myself in a direction and a journey through the piece with an unknown outcomerdquo Th e veils are ldquoan unknown journey in the creative process that fi nally arrives and gives itself to me In turn I release it and give it to the viewersrdquo he saidldquoBut that isnrsquot terribly unique All artists embark on a journey with every new piece and itrsquos just my own style painting with a palette knife in veils and veils of color so that they sort of emanate a kaleidoscope of layers and colors that draw yourdquoJayme a fi fth-generation resident of Southern Arizona fi nds excitement and satisfaction in his art Th erersquos a new calling in his work that leads him to depict ravens and he explained hersquos felt a ldquopowerful experience through the guidance coming in with ravenldquoTh e raven started coming in about nine years ago but not until this past year did I start painting raven Th ere was an appreciation and also sightings of ravenrdquo Jayme said At the Tubac home he purchased in 2000 hersquos planted more than 400 trees and shrubs creating a habitat for birds Ravens began to visit and he said he observed them and ldquoI started to be really still and feel that energyrdquoJayme moved into a new for him studio in December 2008 at the Amado Territory Ranch on the west side of Stockmanrsquos Grill restaurant He had fi rst seen the space about 10 years ago during a party and felt a connection When it became available he jumped at the chance to work thereHersquos scheduled a day of entertainment at the Amado Territory Ranch on Saturday Nov 28 from 10 am to 5 pm Admission is free and the public is invited Music will be provided by Native American fl utist R Carlos Nakai and the Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio will perform Art displays will include paintings jewelry and pottery Plate lunches by the restaurants Kristoferrsquos and Stockmanrsquos Grill will be for sale

ldquoIrsquove invited a lot of artists to come join me for the eventrdquo he said ldquoDuring the Th anksgiving weekend I thought it would be a lovely thing to have an art celebration while we have so many out of town visitors so we can show them the lovely quality of art sculpture jewelry and musicrdquo Jayme saidAsked to describe how he creates paintings Jayme responded ldquoTh ere is always a moment of jumping into the abyss when I begin a new piece Th ere is a wonderful fl urry of excitement when I poise myself before a blank canvas ldquoWhen you start squeezing the paint and mixing the colors those fi rst few exhilarating moments start to establish the tempo and the rhythm for whatrsquos going to continue to emerge on its ownrdquoJayme said he prefers to be a conduit for the creative process ldquoI do get out of the way and allow it to emerge on its own Getting out of the way is so important to me in so many facets of my liferdquoGetting out of the way Jayme elaborated ldquoItrsquos not allowing ego to be part of the process Th at has to be left elsewhere and not included in the journey because that does get in the wayldquoIrsquom just the messenger for the energy and I put it on the canvas Th atrsquos what I mean by getting out of the way and letting it come through so it presents itself in a natural progressionrdquoHe likes to have approximately three pieces in development ldquoTh erersquos just way too much energy for me to be able to focus it in one place while working on any particular piecerdquoIn earlier years he used smaller canvases since he painted while outdoors in the plein air style Next he built a studio onto his home ldquoTh e paintings got bigger as I had more space Th e paintings on their own wanted to be bigger and my gesture wanted to be bigger Th e journey was becoming more and more fabulously intenserdquo

When he moved into his new studio which he calls ldquocavernousrdquo he said ldquothe paintings took a huge leap in size If I had an even bigger studio they would be maybe as big as the side of a houserdquoIn addition to being on view at his studio open Sunday through Wednesday from around 11 am to 5 pm Jaymersquos paintings are featured at Galleria Tubac 31 Tubac Rd Global Arts Gallery 315 McKeown Ave Patagonia and Avalon Gallery in Ruidoso NM For information call him at (520) 270-7462

Michael Arthur Jaymersquos creations aim skywardby Kathleen Vandervoet

A Kaleidoscope of layers

On the cover Th e great Mystery oil on canvas by Michael arthur Jayme

This monthly journal is made possible through the support of local advertisers artists and writers please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad art or article The Tubac Villager is a locally owned and independently operated journal based in Tubac and published monthly to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona Letters are welcomeOpinions and information herein do not necessarily re ect those of the advertisers or the publishers Advertiser and contributor statements and quali cations are the responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named All articles and images are the property of the Tubac Villager andor writer or artist named and may not be reproduced without permissionNovember Circulation 11000 The Villager is made available at 180 Tucson locations 400 Phoenix locations and o ered free of charge at locations in Tubac Tumacacori Carmen Green Valley Nogales Rio Rico Amado and Arivaca Arizona

November 2009

Pg 4 Santa Cruz County Update by Kathleen Vandervoet

Pg 6 Event Calendar Arizona HistoryPg 8 Fritz Contzen part 2 by Mary Bingham

Southern Arizona DiningPg 10 Stockmans Grill by Bernard Berlin

Tubac Business FeaturePg 14 Tubac Performace Studios by Kathleen Vandervoet

The Borderlands PhotographerPg 16 Natures Bounty Still Lifes by Murray Bolesta

Sonoran Desert AnimalPg 20 Mule Deer by Maggie Milinovitch

Pg 22 The Importance of Being Nowhere by Charles Bowden

Pg 24 Hope by Carol St John

Pg 25 Remnants from RuthPg 26 Enhancement of the Ron Morriss Park by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

Pg 27 Tubac Meditation CenterPg 29 Tubac Map

Bernard BerlinMary BinghamJoseph BirkettMurray BolestaCharles BowdenMichael Arthur Jayme

Julie Jackson Meyers

Maggie MilinovitchKatie MungerRuthieCarol St JohnKathleen Vandervoet

The beauty of nature is translated joyously into the paintings of Michael Arthur Jayme His current work features the powerful essence of ravens while he continues as well with the stunning clouds paintings that have been his recent passionTh e vast clouds take up three-fourths of the large canvases and the colors are mixed in an almost unearthly manner which provides depth and delight for the viewerJaymersquos intriguing technique makes use of veils through which he adds several translucent color layers ldquoI paint in veils I establish a road map on the blank canvas that is sort of like aiming myself in a direction and a journey through the piece with an unknown outcomerdquo Th e veils are ldquoan unknown journey in the creative process that fi nally arrives and gives itself to me In turn I release it and give it to the viewersrdquo he saidldquoBut that isnrsquot terribly unique All artists embark on a journey with every new piece and itrsquos just my own style painting with a palette knife in veils and veils of color so that they sort of emanate a kaleidoscope of layers and colors that draw yourdquoJayme a fi fth-generation resident of Southern Arizona fi nds excitement and satisfaction in his art Th erersquos a new calling in his work that leads him to depict ravens and he explained hersquos felt a ldquopowerful experience through the guidance coming in with ravenldquoTh e raven started coming in about nine years ago but not until this past year did I start painting raven Th ere was an appreciation and also sightings of ravenrdquo Jayme said At the Tubac home he purchased in 2000 hersquos planted more than 400 trees and shrubs creating a habitat for birds Ravens began to visit and he said he observed them and ldquoI started to be really still and feel that energyrdquoJayme moved into a new for him studio in December 2008 at the Amado Territory Ranch on the west side of Stockmanrsquos Grill restaurant He had fi rst seen the space about 10 years ago during a party and felt a connection When it became available he jumped at the chance to work thereHersquos scheduled a day of entertainment at the Amado Territory Ranch on Saturday Nov 28 from 10 am to 5 pm Admission is free and the public is invited Music will be provided by Native American fl utist R Carlos Nakai and the Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio will perform Art displays will include paintings jewelry and pottery Plate lunches by the restaurants Kristoferrsquos and Stockmanrsquos Grill will be for sale

ldquoIrsquove invited a lot of artists to come join me for the eventrdquo he said ldquoDuring the Th anksgiving weekend I thought it would be a lovely thing to have an art celebration while we have so many out of town visitors so we can show them the lovely quality of art sculpture jewelry and musicrdquo Jayme saidAsked to describe how he creates paintings Jayme responded ldquoTh ere is always a moment of jumping into the abyss when I begin a new piece Th ere is a wonderful fl urry of excitement when I poise myself before a blank canvas ldquoWhen you start squeezing the paint and mixing the colors those fi rst few exhilarating moments start to establish the tempo and the rhythm for whatrsquos going to continue to emerge on its ownrdquoJayme said he prefers to be a conduit for the creative process ldquoI do get out of the way and allow it to emerge on its own Getting out of the way is so important to me in so many facets of my liferdquoGetting out of the way Jayme elaborated ldquoItrsquos not allowing ego to be part of the process Th at has to be left elsewhere and not included in the journey because that does get in the wayldquoIrsquom just the messenger for the energy and I put it on the canvas Th atrsquos what I mean by getting out of the way and letting it come through so it presents itself in a natural progressionrdquoHe likes to have approximately three pieces in development ldquoTh erersquos just way too much energy for me to be able to focus it in one place while working on any particular piecerdquoIn earlier years he used smaller canvases since he painted while outdoors in the plein air style Next he built a studio onto his home ldquoTh e paintings got bigger as I had more space Th e paintings on their own wanted to be bigger and my gesture wanted to be bigger Th e journey was becoming more and more fabulously intenserdquo

When he moved into his new studio which he calls ldquocavernousrdquo he said ldquothe paintings took a huge leap in size If I had an even bigger studio they would be maybe as big as the side of a houserdquoIn addition to being on view at his studio open Sunday through Wednesday from around 11 am to 5 pm Jaymersquos paintings are featured at Galleria Tubac 31 Tubac Rd Global Arts Gallery 315 McKeown Ave Patagonia and Avalon Gallery in Ruidoso NM For information call him at (520) 270-7462

Michael Arthur Jaymersquos creations aim skywardby Kathleen Vandervoet

A Kaleidoscope of layers

On the cover Th e great Mystery oil on canvas by Michael arthur Jayme

T u b a c V i l l a g e r

County budget crisis grows

In January more Santa Cruz County employees are expected to lose their jobs and some could have salary reductions while others will face mandated furloughs Itrsquos likely employees will have to pay more for health insurance as wellTh e county has maintained unbudgeted money for a cushion but the state legislature has been chipping away at that all year County Finance Director Jennifer St John gave a detailed budget presentation on Oct 19 to members of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council in Tubac She was joined by County Manager Greg Lucero and County Supervisor John MaynardSt John said itrsquos anticipated that the county will have a potential ldquoshortfall of $2 millionrdquo next year Lucero said property taxes cannot be raised due to state caps set by law He said he doesnrsquot anticipate any new revenues in the upcoming two years His choices to balance the budget come down to adding new fees for service and cutting spendingIn an interview after the meeting St John said the county has 369 employees down by 18 from a year ago when there were 387 workers She said the proposed furloughs may be 13 days a year -- four hours per pay period of which there are 26 a year Th at is still to be decided by the Board of SupervisorsTh e countyrsquos general fund budget is $3068 million Revenues to pay for that include property taxes of $112 million sales taxes of $37 million a cash carry forward from the prior year of $127 million charges for services $21 million intergovernmental income of $723000 and interest income of $45000ldquoJanuary looks to be the time things are going to get really badrdquo Lucero said

Fire station contract approved

Th e governing board of the Tubac Fire District approved a contract for $2221920 to build its Station No 4 Th e action was taken during a special board meeting held Oct 21 Th e contractor is Lang Wyatt and the project is to take 10 to 12 monthsTh e bid was nearly $300000 less than was budgeted Fire Chief Kevin Keeley saidStation No 4 is being constructed in northeast Rio Rico which is inside the boundaries of the Tubac Fire DistrictWork on the new Station No 3 also in northeast Rio Rico is nearing completion and is expected to be done by February

Date set on checkpoint widening

A project to expand northbound Interstate 19 between Tubac and Amado for an interim US

Border Patrol immigration checkpoint may begin in mid-February and the $15 million project could take about three monthsTh e Border Patrol plans to add a third lane for trucks between Chavez Siding Road and Agua Linda Road just north of Tubac A 115-foot wide metal shade and rain canopy will be erected across the highwayLinda Ritter an Arizona Department of Transportation spokeswoman said in late October that ADOT ldquois close to issuing an encroachment permitrdquo Omar Candelaria a Border Patrol agent and spokesman said the agency is required to develop a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan which will be done after the construction contract is awardedCandelaria said the improvements ldquoremain fairly modest but will provide an appreciable improvement in effi ciency and agency safetyrdquoTh e agency announced in 2006 it intends to build a $27-million permanent checkpoint station in the future at that location

Second slab for school admin buildingWork is continuing on a new 6192-square-foot administration building for Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District No 35 (Tubac and Rio Rico) A foundation slab poured in late September developed a large crack so it was demolished and removed by the contractor A new foundation slab was poured Oct 26Th e contract for the administration building awarded July 6 pins the cost at $914500 Funds come from a $10 million bond election approved two years agoTh e building which will replace a modular facility is being constructed on district-owned land in front of Mountain View Elementary School on Camino Lito Galindo in Rio Rico west of Interstate 19It will combine all the business and human resources functions into one location and will have a large room for school board meetings and other meetings and training sessions

Three fire hydrants to be funded

Th ree fi re hydrants in west Tubac will be installed as part of a water line extension project by Arizona American Water Co Th e hydrants will be along the route of the new 12-inch water main Two will be placed on Nielson Lane and one on Keating CircleTh e Tubac Fire District is paying the cost of about $29000 Th e fee would be much higher if the work was done after the water line is complete and the street is paved Chief Kevin Keeley saidTh e work wasnrsquot in this yearrsquos budget so the fi re OPEN DAILY

10 Plaza Road Tubac AZ

Join Us Nov 21 2009 1100 - 400

for our 10 Year

AnniversaryStop by the Red Door Gallery

starting Nov 1 to register to win a CK Wearden Giclee Print

Raf e to be held at 3pm at the gallery reception Nov 21

Must be present to win

ARTWALKNOVEMBER 7 amp 8

Meet the Artisits middot Reception 100-400 Sat amp Sun

J Eggman - Monotypes

Brent Nageli - Oil painting

Teresa del Rito -Southwest Crosses

TUBAC HOME SALES - Resale home sales as reported by MLS - 922090-102309

Charlie Meaker Celebrating 30 Years in Tubac

F E A T U R E D H O M E S T H I S M O N T H

ADDRESS AREA DESCRIPTION SALES PRICE $ PER SQ FT DAYS ON MARKET

ITrsquoS A BUYERrsquoS MARKETThere are over 100 resale homes listed for sale in Tubac at prices ranging from $74200 to a cool $8 Million

WESTERN RANCH-STYLE HOME WITH EVERYTHING amp MOREThree-bedroom 3-bath main house PLUS two-room hilltop studioworkshop Shady porches on three sides room to entertain amazing mountain views AND a master bedroom suite that would make a queen envious The list of wonderful things in this beautiful home goes on and on Mere words cannot describe all this house has to offer ndash you have to go Look Give me a call and you can see for yourself REDUCED TO $449000

Tubac O ce PO Box 1987 Tubac AZ 85646

520-237-2414Charlie Meaker

301 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 2BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $140000 $9402 962207 EMBARCADERO WAY BARRIO - SENTINEL HILL 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $255000 $12624 21812 BARRIO DE TUBAC LN BARRIO - CIELITO LINDO 2BR TOWNHOME - FURNISHED $315000 $15166 197501 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $137000 $8839 112

If yoursquore thinking of listing your property please give me a call I will give you a free market analysis work for you on open houses if desired and ldquospread the wordrdquo with advertising in all media and the internet

NOTE Each month we will report on Home Sales using MLS DATA Questions or Comments Call or e-mail

OTHER FINE HOMES Call for a showing

508 POST WAY - 1BR townhome in Embarcadero - $Call 126 GEARY RD - 2-story 3BR patio home Beaucoup extras - $Call6 TROCITO CT - 3BR Pool Privacy Palo Parado Est - $45900038 PIEDRA DR 3BR on 3 Ac - a Total Remodel $4990002251 PALO PARADO RD - 4br big yard mountain views $325000156 ALISO SPRINGS RD - 4BR 4 acres what views $575000Foreclosure bank-owned properties Call for the latest price

CAMINO KENNEDY ndash FORTY ACRES at the north end of Tubac Foothills Ranch Several great building sites Views all around Adjoins state land on the north Can be split into three parcels Electric at the lot line Investment Potential OFFERED AT $159000

AMADO - 5 ACRES Mountain Views - $125000

The Owners are waiting anxiously for your o er Give me a call Irsquoll help you nd the home thatrsquos just right for you Irsquom at your service

FORECLOSURE IN SANTIAGOndash NEVER LIVED-INTwo bedrooms in the main house plus one-bedroom casita This immaculate home has many extras including a beautiful kitchen with stainless appliances charming master bath Split fl oor plan Shaded patio off the living room and a courtyard with fi replace Views of the Tumacacori Mountains Quiet street yet close to the Village and freeway Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

BANK-OWNED 3-BEDROOM IN SANTIAGO Upgraded Dorn Home ndash Durango Model ndash has huge Great RoomMorning RoomKitchen Also therersquos a Formal Dining Room a Home Offi ceDen and 3-car garage The walk-in closet in the Master Suite is large enough for guest quarters Walled-in back yard beautiful foyer Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

TWO BEDROOM IMMACULATE HOME IN PALO PARADO ESTATES AMAZING MOUNTAIN VIEWS Looks and shows like Brand New Great Room plan with kitchen to die for roomy dining area breakfast bar Master bedroom has mountain view Den off living room large laundry room Bonus Studio or workshop with AC off garage All appliances stay A MUST-SEE OFFERED AT $338000

2258 PALO PARADO 102 CIRCULO VESPUCCI

district board agreed to transfer funds earmarked for replacement of a staff vehicle to cover the cost

Community groups to be formed

Two ldquoworking groupsrdquo are slated to be formed by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to study controversial issues and develop recommendationsSupervisor John Maynard said one group will

study the new flood plain ordinance ldquoI think itrsquos important you understand that is going to be a critical documentrdquo he said at the Oct 19 meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council ldquoas we begin to look at development activity in the county The riparian community is something I feel is well worth protectingrdquoThe other committee will study roads ldquoThat group will make some recommendations on the Rio Rico community but also county-wide This will be a critical issue as well Irsquove felt that with the

reductions in state revenue we receive for road maintenance there are alternatives the county is going to have to look atrdquoThe county plans to introduce legislation at the state level to allow the county to maintain and possibly bring in additional dirt roads into the countyrsquos system he said (For questions or comments contact Kathleen Vandervoet at kathleenvanmsncom)

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ONGOING

SHOWING ALL OF NOVEMBER - GEORGIAS TRAVELS a one-woman show featuring a variety of media and subjects from Georgia Doublers travels On exhibit at the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales Nov 1 through 31st 520-287-5515

SHOWING NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY ndash TUBAC ARTIST BOBB VANN ON EXHIBIT at the law fi rm of Mesch Clark amp Rothschild downtown Tucson at 259 N Meyer Avenue A commercial artist in Philadelphia until the early 1980rsquos when Vann became interested in the role of African Americans in opening and settling the American West He moved from commercial to studio art and began to concentrate on what he calls ldquoThe Black Experiencerdquo Anyone interested in viewing the exhibit may call 520-624-8886 to schedule an appointment

MONDAYS - CHILDRENS READING HOUR at TJs Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans in the Mercado de Baca at 10am 520-398-8109

THURSDAYS FRIDAYS amp SATURDAYS - LIVE MUSIC at Stables Ranch Grille in the Tubac Golf Resort At 6pm 520-398-2678

FRIDAYS - BECKY REYES LIVE 5-8pm at Stockmans Grill at the Amado Territory Ranch I-19 exit 48 520-398-2651

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THURS NOV 5TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Evelyne Tanehill speaking on Abandoned and Forgotten An orphanrsquos story of survival during WW II Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS THRU SUN NOV 5-8TH ndash INTERNATIONAL SOULCOLLAGEreg FACILITATORS CONFERENCE in Tubac with Founder Seena B Frost attending For more info visit wwwsoulcollagecom

FRI NOV 6TH ndash FIVE-MILE BIRD HIKE Bird several diff erent habitats and see a variety of species with a guide Hike begins in desert uplands and reaches Sonoita Creek Bring sturdy shoes binoculars water and snacks Hike is approx fi ve miles and four hours long 8am Call 520-287-2791 to register

FRI NOV 6TH - FIRST FRIDAY AT WISDOMS CAFE in Tumacacori with Live Music by Bill Manzanedo BBQ specials amp 2 for 1 margaritas 398-2397

FRI NOV 6TH - MARIE RHINES FIDDLE PERFORMANCE at the Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371

FRI amp SAT NOV 6TH amp 7TH ndash THE PIANO STORY ndash A narrative concert performed by Argentine pianist Mario Merdirossian at Rogoway Gallery 5 Calle Baca at 530pm Merdirossian will tell and play the captivating story of the piano from its invention over three centuries ago until today To illustrate the progressive development he will perform spellbinding short pieces by Scarlatti Mozart Beethoven Chopin Liszt Grieg Debussy and other outstanding classical composers The free tickets are available by calling 520-398-2041or at rogowaygalleriescom Tickets are required due to the limited seating space Mario Merdirossian will be available for a personal interview beginning Wed Nov 4th or by telephone interview prior to that date Please call the Rogoway Gallery to arrange an interview

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Saturdays from 10-1130am Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

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City Lights by georgia Doubler acrylic

7

Plate Lunch offered for sale by

Kristoferrsquos ampStockmanrsquos Grill

Artat the

ranch

amado territory Ranch3001 e Frontage Rd I-19 exit 4830 miles south of tucsonFree and open to the publicSaturdaynovember 28 10 - 5

arTMUSIcFOOD

FOR FURtheR INFORMatION CaLL MIChaeL aRthUR JaYMe 520-270-7462WWWMIChaeLaJaYMeCOM

RUSSeLL MOtt

CJ ShaNe

DeL MaRINeLLO

LINDa CRaWFORD

Larry redhouseJazz trio

M BRUSa ZaPPeLINI

Michael arthur Jayme

r carlos nakaiNative american Flutist

JP BESTOF ThEBEST

SAT NOV 7TH- A rare demonstration and talk by LOCAL PAINTER FRED COLLINS and 2009 Peoplersquos Choice Winner A master at Trompe lOeil or ldquotricks of the eyerdquo Collins exciting images will greet you as they seem to walk out of the canvas At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero from 11-2

SAT NOV 7TH - ARTIST RECEPTION WINE amp CHEESE BAR at Tubac Territory 1 Calle Baca from 12pm - 5pm Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and designer Gustavo Olivas 520-398-2913

SAT NOV 7TH - WALK THE ROCKS THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF BROWN CANYON led by Richard Conway PhD Around and within the towers and buttresses of the Baboquivari Mountains is concealed an extraordinary story of shattered land masses mega-volcanoes and vanished landscapes With your eyes to the rocks and ridge-tops you will learn to recognize clues that reveal the arearsquos geologic history For more info visit the Friends of BANWR at www friendsofbanwrorg

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Saturdays - for teens and adults from 3-6pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SAT NOV 7TH ndash MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro featuring SPANISH GUITARIST across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - ART EXPERIENCE WEEKEND from 10am - 5pm Art Experience brings visitors up close and personal with the artists of Tubac Artists create works right before visitorsrsquo eyes throughout a weekend celebrating the creative process Enjoy demonstrations artist receptions and special exhibits Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - COPPER PLATE ETCHING DEMONSTRATIONS by Nicholas J Wilson Internationally Known Wildlife Artist Sat ndash 10am to 5pm Sun ndash 1pm to 5pm At TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - POTTERY AND RAKU DEMONSTRATIONS by local potter Diane Lisle and the tile work of master craftsman Jack James At Clay Hands 5 Camino Otero

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION at The Red Door Gallery 10 Plaza Road J Eggman - Monotypes Brent Nagell - Oil painting Teresa del Rito - Southwest Crosses From 1 to 4pm 520-398-3943

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - JOIN US FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT ZFORREST GALLERY in the La Entrada Shopping Plaza 520-398-9009

Wellness Wednesdays the SpaSave on 50-minute services and save more on 80-minute services

Remember with any treatment you receive full use of the sauna steam room amp co-ed Jacuzzi

Visit our Aveda Salon Open Mon-Sat from 10a to 5p Come to our next Spa Open House 123 from 3p ndash 6p

Fritz Contzen Part 2by Mary Bingham

STARTING OVER

Fritz Contzen was one of the few civilian Anglos to remain in Arizona throughout the Civil War

Th e 1861 Apache raid on his Rancho Punta de Agua and his subsequent 1862 imprisonment at Yuma resulting from Brevet Brigadier General James Henry Carletons orders to arrest any civilians remaining in Tucson as Confederate sympathizers placed Fritz in a fi nancial bind

Fritz and his young wife were now living in Tucson Taking a page from his old Texas Ranger commander William Bigfoot Wallace Fritz proved his honesty and loyalty to the United States by volunteering for one the most hazardous jobs in the territory - military express messenger Th e Arizona Historical Foundation fi le on Contzen notes

After the Union established a Military Post at Tucson [Camp Tucson later renamed Camp Lowell] orders and communications were sent by military couriers to a Military detachment at Blue Water on the Gila Th is detachment was used principally to escort mail riders carrying mail from Tucson to Prescott As Military couriers were frequently killed by the Apaches Fritz Contzen volunteered to carry Military dispatches to Blue Water which he did successfully for a considerable time Usually he started out on horseback at four PM and rode the 100 miles most of the time on a gallop reaching his destination early the next morning Usually upon arrival at Blue Water he was greatly exhausted and barely able to get off his horseFor this work he received $100 a month

Meanwhile Fritzs new wife Margarita Ferrer probably gave birth to their fi rst son LuisLouis sometime during Tucsons period of military occupation Lockwood records that the son died in infancy however the 1864 Arizona Territorial census lists a Louis Contzen age 8 living in the same household with Frederick and Margarita Contzen If the child really was eight-years-old then who was the mother Did Fritz have a third wife Did the census taker make an error Perhaps Luis was only eight-months-old then again there is always the possibility that Luis was the son of Fritzs brother Julius However Fritz testifi ed that Julius died without issue in 1857

Th e 1864 census also showed that Fritz owned property valued at $450 He was beginning to recover fi nancially from the raid and vowed to stay out of the ranching business With the move to Tucson he dabbled in real estate purchasing and selling a number of properties around town making a profi t in most cases By 1867 things were looking up as he signed a contract with Louis Zeckendorf the principal contractor to carry mail between Tucson and Prescott at $1000 per month Th e Arizona Miner for December 14th reported that Fritz soon contracted out the route from Maricopa Well to Tucson for $650 a month to another man Fritz would add mail routes to Tubac Patagonia Sasabe and the newly established Fort Crittenden near Sonoita Danger from Apache attacks and bandits was constant Several express riders were killed and frequently Fritz would have to carry the mail himself

In 1868 a second son PhilipFelipe was born to the Contzens It is not known when Luis died but there is no mention of Luis after Philip was born In spite of constant danger the 1870 federal census shows Fritz was doing very well His property was now valued at $5000

Mining was also a part of Fritzs business portfolio He is recorded as the fi rst to locate the San Xavier and Young American Mines and continued to mine on and off for the rest of his life

Camp Grant Massacre

In 1871 Fritz would once again volunteer to fi ght Indians A group of Tucson citizens led by William Oury made up of six Anglo-Americans forty-eight Mexican-Americans and ninety-four Tohono Oodham (Papago) would attack an Apache camp near Camp Grant killing 108 Aravaipa and Pinal Apache Some sources claim the number killed was as high as 141 Upon inspection the dead were found to be women and children with only eight men among those counted Fritz is clearly named in the Carl Hayden Arizona Biography Files as being a participant in the Camp Grant Massacre with the following quote from the Frederick Contzen fi le Was one of six Americans in the party which attacked the Arivaipa Apache rancheria near old Fort Grant when 108 Indians were killed April 30 1871

Haydens father Charles Trumbull Hayden was the foreman of the Grand Jury that handed down 111 indictments against the participants Among those named were Sidney R DeLong William Sanders Oury D A Bennett James Lee Charles T Etchells David Foley Jesus Mariacutea Eliacuteas and Juan Eliacuteas Fritzs name probably appeared in one indictment that included ninety names Th ere can be no doubt that Carl Hayden knew of Fritzs part in the massacre

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y

continued from October 2009 Tubac Villager

As the trail date approached in December 1871 only seven men were arraigned Th ey included Oury Lee Bennett the Eliacuteas brothers Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis Fritz would testify during the trail identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event

Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial Th e fi nal act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B Wooster and his wife Trinidad Aguirre at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac Th e jury with John B Pie Allen as foreman returned a verdict in nineteen minutes All defendants were found not guilty

Return to GermanyBy 1873 Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education Th ey would remain in Germany until 1880 staying with Fritzs father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions A few years later Philip would return to his grandfathers home to complete his education in civil and mechanical

engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin Upon his return to Arizona Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor Generals offi ce He would be given the diffi cult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona Among them was the infamous Baca Float No 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico Later Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor

Over the years Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menagers store Fritz testifi ed

In the morning I went into the store when Menager and his dog was on the counter He usually keeps his dog in the yard I says hello good morning Th en he have jumped for me Th en I called for to have taken him away from me and they did not I went there on business I only said good morning then the dog jumped on me then I commenced fi ghting and he bit me in the leg (indicating the sport on the thigh) I said Take that damn dog from me Mr Menager did nothing at all I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month Of afternoons I have fever Th e wound was black I

went to Dr Handy who dressed it and he charged me $20 I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching and have apprehension of hydrophobia

Th e judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much Th e verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50

A more serious case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court in 1900 Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua Fritz had to fi rst prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union Fritz never applied for citizenship However he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas

Th e Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3 1900 ruling that if Fritz upon attaining his majority had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation Fritz died of Brights Disease on May 2 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson

Special thanks goes to Dr Christine Marin archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen fi le allowing this story to be written

SOURCES- Contzen Frederick (Fritz) Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays httpwwwasuedulibarchivesazbioazbiohtm

- Contzen v United States and the Apache Indians httpwwwprecydentcomcitation179US191

- Granger Byrd H Will C Barnes Arizona Place Names Tucson University of Arizona c 1960

- Lockwood Frank C Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864 Tucson Th e Tucson Civil Committee c 1943

- Schellie Don Vast Domain of Blood Th e Story of the Camp Grant Massacre Tucson Westernlore Press c 1992

For more history and great publications visit Mary Binghams

Blue Traveler Press online at

wwwbluetravelerpresscom

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y 9

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

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Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

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Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Meg Flanders

Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING TO BE SOLDNO MATTER WHAT THE COST

FINE FURNITURELIQUIDATION$1000000

continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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Mon-Sat 10-5M Sun 12-5

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Join Us on Nov 7 amp 8 for Demonstations

AC T I N G C L A S S E S OFFERED

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FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

Shelby‛s Daily LunchSpecials11am - 4pm

Music On The Patio Wine and Dine $1000

Stay and enjoy our daily Grab and Go special in the restaurant with a glass of one of our

house wines for Just $1000

Grab and Go $700Add Soup or Salad $200

Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

Sunday Marinated and Grilled Eggplant on Flat bread

Monday 8rdquo Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday Spinach Salad with

Warm Citrus Dressing

Wednesday Portobella Ravioli with

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto

Thursday Chicken Piccata with

Angel Hair Pasta

Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

by Maggie MilinovitchMule Deer

398-9088

31

Tubac Rd

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

amp Cathy RodarteProprietors

Closed MondaysOPEN

Lunch Tues - Sat 11am - 2pm

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

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Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

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A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

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FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

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THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

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See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 2: November 2009 Tubac Villager

This monthly journal is made possible through the support of local advertisers artists and writers please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad art or article The Tubac Villager is a locally owned and independently operated journal based in Tubac and published monthly to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona Letters are welcomeOpinions and information herein do not necessarily re ect those of the advertisers or the publishers Advertiser and contributor statements and quali cations are the responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named All articles and images are the property of the Tubac Villager andor writer or artist named and may not be reproduced without permissionNovember Circulation 11000 The Villager is made available at 180 Tucson locations 400 Phoenix locations and o ered free of charge at locations in Tubac Tumacacori Carmen Green Valley Nogales Rio Rico Amado and Arivaca Arizona

November 2009

Pg 4 Santa Cruz County Update by Kathleen Vandervoet

Pg 6 Event Calendar Arizona HistoryPg 8 Fritz Contzen part 2 by Mary Bingham

Southern Arizona DiningPg 10 Stockmans Grill by Bernard Berlin

Tubac Business FeaturePg 14 Tubac Performace Studios by Kathleen Vandervoet

The Borderlands PhotographerPg 16 Natures Bounty Still Lifes by Murray Bolesta

Sonoran Desert AnimalPg 20 Mule Deer by Maggie Milinovitch

Pg 22 The Importance of Being Nowhere by Charles Bowden

Pg 24 Hope by Carol St John

Pg 25 Remnants from RuthPg 26 Enhancement of the Ron Morriss Park by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

Pg 27 Tubac Meditation CenterPg 29 Tubac Map

Bernard BerlinMary BinghamJoseph BirkettMurray BolestaCharles BowdenMichael Arthur Jayme

Julie Jackson Meyers

Maggie MilinovitchKatie MungerRuthieCarol St JohnKathleen Vandervoet

The beauty of nature is translated joyously into the paintings of Michael Arthur Jayme His current work features the powerful essence of ravens while he continues as well with the stunning clouds paintings that have been his recent passionTh e vast clouds take up three-fourths of the large canvases and the colors are mixed in an almost unearthly manner which provides depth and delight for the viewerJaymersquos intriguing technique makes use of veils through which he adds several translucent color layers ldquoI paint in veils I establish a road map on the blank canvas that is sort of like aiming myself in a direction and a journey through the piece with an unknown outcomerdquo Th e veils are ldquoan unknown journey in the creative process that fi nally arrives and gives itself to me In turn I release it and give it to the viewersrdquo he saidldquoBut that isnrsquot terribly unique All artists embark on a journey with every new piece and itrsquos just my own style painting with a palette knife in veils and veils of color so that they sort of emanate a kaleidoscope of layers and colors that draw yourdquoJayme a fi fth-generation resident of Southern Arizona fi nds excitement and satisfaction in his art Th erersquos a new calling in his work that leads him to depict ravens and he explained hersquos felt a ldquopowerful experience through the guidance coming in with ravenldquoTh e raven started coming in about nine years ago but not until this past year did I start painting raven Th ere was an appreciation and also sightings of ravenrdquo Jayme said At the Tubac home he purchased in 2000 hersquos planted more than 400 trees and shrubs creating a habitat for birds Ravens began to visit and he said he observed them and ldquoI started to be really still and feel that energyrdquoJayme moved into a new for him studio in December 2008 at the Amado Territory Ranch on the west side of Stockmanrsquos Grill restaurant He had fi rst seen the space about 10 years ago during a party and felt a connection When it became available he jumped at the chance to work thereHersquos scheduled a day of entertainment at the Amado Territory Ranch on Saturday Nov 28 from 10 am to 5 pm Admission is free and the public is invited Music will be provided by Native American fl utist R Carlos Nakai and the Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio will perform Art displays will include paintings jewelry and pottery Plate lunches by the restaurants Kristoferrsquos and Stockmanrsquos Grill will be for sale

ldquoIrsquove invited a lot of artists to come join me for the eventrdquo he said ldquoDuring the Th anksgiving weekend I thought it would be a lovely thing to have an art celebration while we have so many out of town visitors so we can show them the lovely quality of art sculpture jewelry and musicrdquo Jayme saidAsked to describe how he creates paintings Jayme responded ldquoTh ere is always a moment of jumping into the abyss when I begin a new piece Th ere is a wonderful fl urry of excitement when I poise myself before a blank canvas ldquoWhen you start squeezing the paint and mixing the colors those fi rst few exhilarating moments start to establish the tempo and the rhythm for whatrsquos going to continue to emerge on its ownrdquoJayme said he prefers to be a conduit for the creative process ldquoI do get out of the way and allow it to emerge on its own Getting out of the way is so important to me in so many facets of my liferdquoGetting out of the way Jayme elaborated ldquoItrsquos not allowing ego to be part of the process Th at has to be left elsewhere and not included in the journey because that does get in the wayldquoIrsquom just the messenger for the energy and I put it on the canvas Th atrsquos what I mean by getting out of the way and letting it come through so it presents itself in a natural progressionrdquoHe likes to have approximately three pieces in development ldquoTh erersquos just way too much energy for me to be able to focus it in one place while working on any particular piecerdquoIn earlier years he used smaller canvases since he painted while outdoors in the plein air style Next he built a studio onto his home ldquoTh e paintings got bigger as I had more space Th e paintings on their own wanted to be bigger and my gesture wanted to be bigger Th e journey was becoming more and more fabulously intenserdquo

When he moved into his new studio which he calls ldquocavernousrdquo he said ldquothe paintings took a huge leap in size If I had an even bigger studio they would be maybe as big as the side of a houserdquoIn addition to being on view at his studio open Sunday through Wednesday from around 11 am to 5 pm Jaymersquos paintings are featured at Galleria Tubac 31 Tubac Rd Global Arts Gallery 315 McKeown Ave Patagonia and Avalon Gallery in Ruidoso NM For information call him at (520) 270-7462

Michael Arthur Jaymersquos creations aim skywardby Kathleen Vandervoet

A Kaleidoscope of layers

On the cover Th e great Mystery oil on canvas by Michael arthur Jayme

This monthly journal is made possible through the support of local advertisers artists and writers please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad art or article The Tubac Villager is a locally owned and independently operated journal based in Tubac and published monthly to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona Letters are welcomeOpinions and information herein do not necessarily re ect those of the advertisers or the publishers Advertiser and contributor statements and quali cations are the responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named All articles and images are the property of the Tubac Villager andor writer or artist named and may not be reproduced without permissionNovember Circulation 11000 The Villager is made available at 180 Tucson locations 400 Phoenix locations and o ered free of charge at locations in Tubac Tumacacori Carmen Green Valley Nogales Rio Rico Amado and Arivaca Arizona

November 2009

Pg 4 Santa Cruz County Update by Kathleen Vandervoet

Pg 6 Event Calendar Arizona HistoryPg 8 Fritz Contzen part 2 by Mary Bingham

Southern Arizona DiningPg 10 Stockmans Grill by Bernard Berlin

Tubac Business FeaturePg 14 Tubac Performace Studios by Kathleen Vandervoet

The Borderlands PhotographerPg 16 Natures Bounty Still Lifes by Murray Bolesta

Sonoran Desert AnimalPg 20 Mule Deer by Maggie Milinovitch

Pg 22 The Importance of Being Nowhere by Charles Bowden

Pg 24 Hope by Carol St John

Pg 25 Remnants from RuthPg 26 Enhancement of the Ron Morriss Park by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

Pg 27 Tubac Meditation CenterPg 29 Tubac Map

Bernard BerlinMary BinghamJoseph BirkettMurray BolestaCharles BowdenMichael Arthur Jayme

Julie Jackson Meyers

Maggie MilinovitchKatie MungerRuthieCarol St JohnKathleen Vandervoet

The beauty of nature is translated joyously into the paintings of Michael Arthur Jayme His current work features the powerful essence of ravens while he continues as well with the stunning clouds paintings that have been his recent passionTh e vast clouds take up three-fourths of the large canvases and the colors are mixed in an almost unearthly manner which provides depth and delight for the viewerJaymersquos intriguing technique makes use of veils through which he adds several translucent color layers ldquoI paint in veils I establish a road map on the blank canvas that is sort of like aiming myself in a direction and a journey through the piece with an unknown outcomerdquo Th e veils are ldquoan unknown journey in the creative process that fi nally arrives and gives itself to me In turn I release it and give it to the viewersrdquo he saidldquoBut that isnrsquot terribly unique All artists embark on a journey with every new piece and itrsquos just my own style painting with a palette knife in veils and veils of color so that they sort of emanate a kaleidoscope of layers and colors that draw yourdquoJayme a fi fth-generation resident of Southern Arizona fi nds excitement and satisfaction in his art Th erersquos a new calling in his work that leads him to depict ravens and he explained hersquos felt a ldquopowerful experience through the guidance coming in with ravenldquoTh e raven started coming in about nine years ago but not until this past year did I start painting raven Th ere was an appreciation and also sightings of ravenrdquo Jayme said At the Tubac home he purchased in 2000 hersquos planted more than 400 trees and shrubs creating a habitat for birds Ravens began to visit and he said he observed them and ldquoI started to be really still and feel that energyrdquoJayme moved into a new for him studio in December 2008 at the Amado Territory Ranch on the west side of Stockmanrsquos Grill restaurant He had fi rst seen the space about 10 years ago during a party and felt a connection When it became available he jumped at the chance to work thereHersquos scheduled a day of entertainment at the Amado Territory Ranch on Saturday Nov 28 from 10 am to 5 pm Admission is free and the public is invited Music will be provided by Native American fl utist R Carlos Nakai and the Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio will perform Art displays will include paintings jewelry and pottery Plate lunches by the restaurants Kristoferrsquos and Stockmanrsquos Grill will be for sale

ldquoIrsquove invited a lot of artists to come join me for the eventrdquo he said ldquoDuring the Th anksgiving weekend I thought it would be a lovely thing to have an art celebration while we have so many out of town visitors so we can show them the lovely quality of art sculpture jewelry and musicrdquo Jayme saidAsked to describe how he creates paintings Jayme responded ldquoTh ere is always a moment of jumping into the abyss when I begin a new piece Th ere is a wonderful fl urry of excitement when I poise myself before a blank canvas ldquoWhen you start squeezing the paint and mixing the colors those fi rst few exhilarating moments start to establish the tempo and the rhythm for whatrsquos going to continue to emerge on its ownrdquoJayme said he prefers to be a conduit for the creative process ldquoI do get out of the way and allow it to emerge on its own Getting out of the way is so important to me in so many facets of my liferdquoGetting out of the way Jayme elaborated ldquoItrsquos not allowing ego to be part of the process Th at has to be left elsewhere and not included in the journey because that does get in the wayldquoIrsquom just the messenger for the energy and I put it on the canvas Th atrsquos what I mean by getting out of the way and letting it come through so it presents itself in a natural progressionrdquoHe likes to have approximately three pieces in development ldquoTh erersquos just way too much energy for me to be able to focus it in one place while working on any particular piecerdquoIn earlier years he used smaller canvases since he painted while outdoors in the plein air style Next he built a studio onto his home ldquoTh e paintings got bigger as I had more space Th e paintings on their own wanted to be bigger and my gesture wanted to be bigger Th e journey was becoming more and more fabulously intenserdquo

When he moved into his new studio which he calls ldquocavernousrdquo he said ldquothe paintings took a huge leap in size If I had an even bigger studio they would be maybe as big as the side of a houserdquoIn addition to being on view at his studio open Sunday through Wednesday from around 11 am to 5 pm Jaymersquos paintings are featured at Galleria Tubac 31 Tubac Rd Global Arts Gallery 315 McKeown Ave Patagonia and Avalon Gallery in Ruidoso NM For information call him at (520) 270-7462

Michael Arthur Jaymersquos creations aim skywardby Kathleen Vandervoet

A Kaleidoscope of layers

On the cover Th e great Mystery oil on canvas by Michael arthur Jayme

T u b a c V i l l a g e r

County budget crisis grows

In January more Santa Cruz County employees are expected to lose their jobs and some could have salary reductions while others will face mandated furloughs Itrsquos likely employees will have to pay more for health insurance as wellTh e county has maintained unbudgeted money for a cushion but the state legislature has been chipping away at that all year County Finance Director Jennifer St John gave a detailed budget presentation on Oct 19 to members of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council in Tubac She was joined by County Manager Greg Lucero and County Supervisor John MaynardSt John said itrsquos anticipated that the county will have a potential ldquoshortfall of $2 millionrdquo next year Lucero said property taxes cannot be raised due to state caps set by law He said he doesnrsquot anticipate any new revenues in the upcoming two years His choices to balance the budget come down to adding new fees for service and cutting spendingIn an interview after the meeting St John said the county has 369 employees down by 18 from a year ago when there were 387 workers She said the proposed furloughs may be 13 days a year -- four hours per pay period of which there are 26 a year Th at is still to be decided by the Board of SupervisorsTh e countyrsquos general fund budget is $3068 million Revenues to pay for that include property taxes of $112 million sales taxes of $37 million a cash carry forward from the prior year of $127 million charges for services $21 million intergovernmental income of $723000 and interest income of $45000ldquoJanuary looks to be the time things are going to get really badrdquo Lucero said

Fire station contract approved

Th e governing board of the Tubac Fire District approved a contract for $2221920 to build its Station No 4 Th e action was taken during a special board meeting held Oct 21 Th e contractor is Lang Wyatt and the project is to take 10 to 12 monthsTh e bid was nearly $300000 less than was budgeted Fire Chief Kevin Keeley saidStation No 4 is being constructed in northeast Rio Rico which is inside the boundaries of the Tubac Fire DistrictWork on the new Station No 3 also in northeast Rio Rico is nearing completion and is expected to be done by February

Date set on checkpoint widening

A project to expand northbound Interstate 19 between Tubac and Amado for an interim US

Border Patrol immigration checkpoint may begin in mid-February and the $15 million project could take about three monthsTh e Border Patrol plans to add a third lane for trucks between Chavez Siding Road and Agua Linda Road just north of Tubac A 115-foot wide metal shade and rain canopy will be erected across the highwayLinda Ritter an Arizona Department of Transportation spokeswoman said in late October that ADOT ldquois close to issuing an encroachment permitrdquo Omar Candelaria a Border Patrol agent and spokesman said the agency is required to develop a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan which will be done after the construction contract is awardedCandelaria said the improvements ldquoremain fairly modest but will provide an appreciable improvement in effi ciency and agency safetyrdquoTh e agency announced in 2006 it intends to build a $27-million permanent checkpoint station in the future at that location

Second slab for school admin buildingWork is continuing on a new 6192-square-foot administration building for Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District No 35 (Tubac and Rio Rico) A foundation slab poured in late September developed a large crack so it was demolished and removed by the contractor A new foundation slab was poured Oct 26Th e contract for the administration building awarded July 6 pins the cost at $914500 Funds come from a $10 million bond election approved two years agoTh e building which will replace a modular facility is being constructed on district-owned land in front of Mountain View Elementary School on Camino Lito Galindo in Rio Rico west of Interstate 19It will combine all the business and human resources functions into one location and will have a large room for school board meetings and other meetings and training sessions

Three fire hydrants to be funded

Th ree fi re hydrants in west Tubac will be installed as part of a water line extension project by Arizona American Water Co Th e hydrants will be along the route of the new 12-inch water main Two will be placed on Nielson Lane and one on Keating CircleTh e Tubac Fire District is paying the cost of about $29000 Th e fee would be much higher if the work was done after the water line is complete and the street is paved Chief Kevin Keeley saidTh e work wasnrsquot in this yearrsquos budget so the fi re OPEN DAILY

10 Plaza Road Tubac AZ

Join Us Nov 21 2009 1100 - 400

for our 10 Year

AnniversaryStop by the Red Door Gallery

starting Nov 1 to register to win a CK Wearden Giclee Print

Raf e to be held at 3pm at the gallery reception Nov 21

Must be present to win

ARTWALKNOVEMBER 7 amp 8

Meet the Artisits middot Reception 100-400 Sat amp Sun

J Eggman - Monotypes

Brent Nageli - Oil painting

Teresa del Rito -Southwest Crosses

TUBAC HOME SALES - Resale home sales as reported by MLS - 922090-102309

Charlie Meaker Celebrating 30 Years in Tubac

F E A T U R E D H O M E S T H I S M O N T H

ADDRESS AREA DESCRIPTION SALES PRICE $ PER SQ FT DAYS ON MARKET

ITrsquoS A BUYERrsquoS MARKETThere are over 100 resale homes listed for sale in Tubac at prices ranging from $74200 to a cool $8 Million

WESTERN RANCH-STYLE HOME WITH EVERYTHING amp MOREThree-bedroom 3-bath main house PLUS two-room hilltop studioworkshop Shady porches on three sides room to entertain amazing mountain views AND a master bedroom suite that would make a queen envious The list of wonderful things in this beautiful home goes on and on Mere words cannot describe all this house has to offer ndash you have to go Look Give me a call and you can see for yourself REDUCED TO $449000

Tubac O ce PO Box 1987 Tubac AZ 85646

520-237-2414Charlie Meaker

301 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 2BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $140000 $9402 962207 EMBARCADERO WAY BARRIO - SENTINEL HILL 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $255000 $12624 21812 BARRIO DE TUBAC LN BARRIO - CIELITO LINDO 2BR TOWNHOME - FURNISHED $315000 $15166 197501 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $137000 $8839 112

If yoursquore thinking of listing your property please give me a call I will give you a free market analysis work for you on open houses if desired and ldquospread the wordrdquo with advertising in all media and the internet

NOTE Each month we will report on Home Sales using MLS DATA Questions or Comments Call or e-mail

OTHER FINE HOMES Call for a showing

508 POST WAY - 1BR townhome in Embarcadero - $Call 126 GEARY RD - 2-story 3BR patio home Beaucoup extras - $Call6 TROCITO CT - 3BR Pool Privacy Palo Parado Est - $45900038 PIEDRA DR 3BR on 3 Ac - a Total Remodel $4990002251 PALO PARADO RD - 4br big yard mountain views $325000156 ALISO SPRINGS RD - 4BR 4 acres what views $575000Foreclosure bank-owned properties Call for the latest price

CAMINO KENNEDY ndash FORTY ACRES at the north end of Tubac Foothills Ranch Several great building sites Views all around Adjoins state land on the north Can be split into three parcels Electric at the lot line Investment Potential OFFERED AT $159000

AMADO - 5 ACRES Mountain Views - $125000

The Owners are waiting anxiously for your o er Give me a call Irsquoll help you nd the home thatrsquos just right for you Irsquom at your service

FORECLOSURE IN SANTIAGOndash NEVER LIVED-INTwo bedrooms in the main house plus one-bedroom casita This immaculate home has many extras including a beautiful kitchen with stainless appliances charming master bath Split fl oor plan Shaded patio off the living room and a courtyard with fi replace Views of the Tumacacori Mountains Quiet street yet close to the Village and freeway Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

BANK-OWNED 3-BEDROOM IN SANTIAGO Upgraded Dorn Home ndash Durango Model ndash has huge Great RoomMorning RoomKitchen Also therersquos a Formal Dining Room a Home Offi ceDen and 3-car garage The walk-in closet in the Master Suite is large enough for guest quarters Walled-in back yard beautiful foyer Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

TWO BEDROOM IMMACULATE HOME IN PALO PARADO ESTATES AMAZING MOUNTAIN VIEWS Looks and shows like Brand New Great Room plan with kitchen to die for roomy dining area breakfast bar Master bedroom has mountain view Den off living room large laundry room Bonus Studio or workshop with AC off garage All appliances stay A MUST-SEE OFFERED AT $338000

2258 PALO PARADO 102 CIRCULO VESPUCCI

district board agreed to transfer funds earmarked for replacement of a staff vehicle to cover the cost

Community groups to be formed

Two ldquoworking groupsrdquo are slated to be formed by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to study controversial issues and develop recommendationsSupervisor John Maynard said one group will

study the new flood plain ordinance ldquoI think itrsquos important you understand that is going to be a critical documentrdquo he said at the Oct 19 meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council ldquoas we begin to look at development activity in the county The riparian community is something I feel is well worth protectingrdquoThe other committee will study roads ldquoThat group will make some recommendations on the Rio Rico community but also county-wide This will be a critical issue as well Irsquove felt that with the

reductions in state revenue we receive for road maintenance there are alternatives the county is going to have to look atrdquoThe county plans to introduce legislation at the state level to allow the county to maintain and possibly bring in additional dirt roads into the countyrsquos system he said (For questions or comments contact Kathleen Vandervoet at kathleenvanmsncom)

5

ONGOING

SHOWING ALL OF NOVEMBER - GEORGIAS TRAVELS a one-woman show featuring a variety of media and subjects from Georgia Doublers travels On exhibit at the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales Nov 1 through 31st 520-287-5515

SHOWING NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY ndash TUBAC ARTIST BOBB VANN ON EXHIBIT at the law fi rm of Mesch Clark amp Rothschild downtown Tucson at 259 N Meyer Avenue A commercial artist in Philadelphia until the early 1980rsquos when Vann became interested in the role of African Americans in opening and settling the American West He moved from commercial to studio art and began to concentrate on what he calls ldquoThe Black Experiencerdquo Anyone interested in viewing the exhibit may call 520-624-8886 to schedule an appointment

MONDAYS - CHILDRENS READING HOUR at TJs Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans in the Mercado de Baca at 10am 520-398-8109

THURSDAYS FRIDAYS amp SATURDAYS - LIVE MUSIC at Stables Ranch Grille in the Tubac Golf Resort At 6pm 520-398-2678

FRIDAYS - BECKY REYES LIVE 5-8pm at Stockmans Grill at the Amado Territory Ranch I-19 exit 48 520-398-2651

ọфọфọфọфọфọ

THURS NOV 5TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Evelyne Tanehill speaking on Abandoned and Forgotten An orphanrsquos story of survival during WW II Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS THRU SUN NOV 5-8TH ndash INTERNATIONAL SOULCOLLAGEreg FACILITATORS CONFERENCE in Tubac with Founder Seena B Frost attending For more info visit wwwsoulcollagecom

FRI NOV 6TH ndash FIVE-MILE BIRD HIKE Bird several diff erent habitats and see a variety of species with a guide Hike begins in desert uplands and reaches Sonoita Creek Bring sturdy shoes binoculars water and snacks Hike is approx fi ve miles and four hours long 8am Call 520-287-2791 to register

FRI NOV 6TH - FIRST FRIDAY AT WISDOMS CAFE in Tumacacori with Live Music by Bill Manzanedo BBQ specials amp 2 for 1 margaritas 398-2397

FRI NOV 6TH - MARIE RHINES FIDDLE PERFORMANCE at the Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371

FRI amp SAT NOV 6TH amp 7TH ndash THE PIANO STORY ndash A narrative concert performed by Argentine pianist Mario Merdirossian at Rogoway Gallery 5 Calle Baca at 530pm Merdirossian will tell and play the captivating story of the piano from its invention over three centuries ago until today To illustrate the progressive development he will perform spellbinding short pieces by Scarlatti Mozart Beethoven Chopin Liszt Grieg Debussy and other outstanding classical composers The free tickets are available by calling 520-398-2041or at rogowaygalleriescom Tickets are required due to the limited seating space Mario Merdirossian will be available for a personal interview beginning Wed Nov 4th or by telephone interview prior to that date Please call the Rogoway Gallery to arrange an interview

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Saturdays from 10-1130am Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

6

City Lights by georgia Doubler acrylic

7

Plate Lunch offered for sale by

Kristoferrsquos ampStockmanrsquos Grill

Artat the

ranch

amado territory Ranch3001 e Frontage Rd I-19 exit 4830 miles south of tucsonFree and open to the publicSaturdaynovember 28 10 - 5

arTMUSIcFOOD

FOR FURtheR INFORMatION CaLL MIChaeL aRthUR JaYMe 520-270-7462WWWMIChaeLaJaYMeCOM

RUSSeLL MOtt

CJ ShaNe

DeL MaRINeLLO

LINDa CRaWFORD

Larry redhouseJazz trio

M BRUSa ZaPPeLINI

Michael arthur Jayme

r carlos nakaiNative american Flutist

JP BESTOF ThEBEST

SAT NOV 7TH- A rare demonstration and talk by LOCAL PAINTER FRED COLLINS and 2009 Peoplersquos Choice Winner A master at Trompe lOeil or ldquotricks of the eyerdquo Collins exciting images will greet you as they seem to walk out of the canvas At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero from 11-2

SAT NOV 7TH - ARTIST RECEPTION WINE amp CHEESE BAR at Tubac Territory 1 Calle Baca from 12pm - 5pm Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and designer Gustavo Olivas 520-398-2913

SAT NOV 7TH - WALK THE ROCKS THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF BROWN CANYON led by Richard Conway PhD Around and within the towers and buttresses of the Baboquivari Mountains is concealed an extraordinary story of shattered land masses mega-volcanoes and vanished landscapes With your eyes to the rocks and ridge-tops you will learn to recognize clues that reveal the arearsquos geologic history For more info visit the Friends of BANWR at www friendsofbanwrorg

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Saturdays - for teens and adults from 3-6pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SAT NOV 7TH ndash MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro featuring SPANISH GUITARIST across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - ART EXPERIENCE WEEKEND from 10am - 5pm Art Experience brings visitors up close and personal with the artists of Tubac Artists create works right before visitorsrsquo eyes throughout a weekend celebrating the creative process Enjoy demonstrations artist receptions and special exhibits Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - COPPER PLATE ETCHING DEMONSTRATIONS by Nicholas J Wilson Internationally Known Wildlife Artist Sat ndash 10am to 5pm Sun ndash 1pm to 5pm At TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - POTTERY AND RAKU DEMONSTRATIONS by local potter Diane Lisle and the tile work of master craftsman Jack James At Clay Hands 5 Camino Otero

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION at The Red Door Gallery 10 Plaza Road J Eggman - Monotypes Brent Nagell - Oil painting Teresa del Rito - Southwest Crosses From 1 to 4pm 520-398-3943

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - JOIN US FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT ZFORREST GALLERY in the La Entrada Shopping Plaza 520-398-9009

Wellness Wednesdays the SpaSave on 50-minute services and save more on 80-minute services

Remember with any treatment you receive full use of the sauna steam room amp co-ed Jacuzzi

Visit our Aveda Salon Open Mon-Sat from 10a to 5p Come to our next Spa Open House 123 from 3p ndash 6p

Fritz Contzen Part 2by Mary Bingham

STARTING OVER

Fritz Contzen was one of the few civilian Anglos to remain in Arizona throughout the Civil War

Th e 1861 Apache raid on his Rancho Punta de Agua and his subsequent 1862 imprisonment at Yuma resulting from Brevet Brigadier General James Henry Carletons orders to arrest any civilians remaining in Tucson as Confederate sympathizers placed Fritz in a fi nancial bind

Fritz and his young wife were now living in Tucson Taking a page from his old Texas Ranger commander William Bigfoot Wallace Fritz proved his honesty and loyalty to the United States by volunteering for one the most hazardous jobs in the territory - military express messenger Th e Arizona Historical Foundation fi le on Contzen notes

After the Union established a Military Post at Tucson [Camp Tucson later renamed Camp Lowell] orders and communications were sent by military couriers to a Military detachment at Blue Water on the Gila Th is detachment was used principally to escort mail riders carrying mail from Tucson to Prescott As Military couriers were frequently killed by the Apaches Fritz Contzen volunteered to carry Military dispatches to Blue Water which he did successfully for a considerable time Usually he started out on horseback at four PM and rode the 100 miles most of the time on a gallop reaching his destination early the next morning Usually upon arrival at Blue Water he was greatly exhausted and barely able to get off his horseFor this work he received $100 a month

Meanwhile Fritzs new wife Margarita Ferrer probably gave birth to their fi rst son LuisLouis sometime during Tucsons period of military occupation Lockwood records that the son died in infancy however the 1864 Arizona Territorial census lists a Louis Contzen age 8 living in the same household with Frederick and Margarita Contzen If the child really was eight-years-old then who was the mother Did Fritz have a third wife Did the census taker make an error Perhaps Luis was only eight-months-old then again there is always the possibility that Luis was the son of Fritzs brother Julius However Fritz testifi ed that Julius died without issue in 1857

Th e 1864 census also showed that Fritz owned property valued at $450 He was beginning to recover fi nancially from the raid and vowed to stay out of the ranching business With the move to Tucson he dabbled in real estate purchasing and selling a number of properties around town making a profi t in most cases By 1867 things were looking up as he signed a contract with Louis Zeckendorf the principal contractor to carry mail between Tucson and Prescott at $1000 per month Th e Arizona Miner for December 14th reported that Fritz soon contracted out the route from Maricopa Well to Tucson for $650 a month to another man Fritz would add mail routes to Tubac Patagonia Sasabe and the newly established Fort Crittenden near Sonoita Danger from Apache attacks and bandits was constant Several express riders were killed and frequently Fritz would have to carry the mail himself

In 1868 a second son PhilipFelipe was born to the Contzens It is not known when Luis died but there is no mention of Luis after Philip was born In spite of constant danger the 1870 federal census shows Fritz was doing very well His property was now valued at $5000

Mining was also a part of Fritzs business portfolio He is recorded as the fi rst to locate the San Xavier and Young American Mines and continued to mine on and off for the rest of his life

Camp Grant Massacre

In 1871 Fritz would once again volunteer to fi ght Indians A group of Tucson citizens led by William Oury made up of six Anglo-Americans forty-eight Mexican-Americans and ninety-four Tohono Oodham (Papago) would attack an Apache camp near Camp Grant killing 108 Aravaipa and Pinal Apache Some sources claim the number killed was as high as 141 Upon inspection the dead were found to be women and children with only eight men among those counted Fritz is clearly named in the Carl Hayden Arizona Biography Files as being a participant in the Camp Grant Massacre with the following quote from the Frederick Contzen fi le Was one of six Americans in the party which attacked the Arivaipa Apache rancheria near old Fort Grant when 108 Indians were killed April 30 1871

Haydens father Charles Trumbull Hayden was the foreman of the Grand Jury that handed down 111 indictments against the participants Among those named were Sidney R DeLong William Sanders Oury D A Bennett James Lee Charles T Etchells David Foley Jesus Mariacutea Eliacuteas and Juan Eliacuteas Fritzs name probably appeared in one indictment that included ninety names Th ere can be no doubt that Carl Hayden knew of Fritzs part in the massacre

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y

continued from October 2009 Tubac Villager

As the trail date approached in December 1871 only seven men were arraigned Th ey included Oury Lee Bennett the Eliacuteas brothers Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis Fritz would testify during the trail identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event

Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial Th e fi nal act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B Wooster and his wife Trinidad Aguirre at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac Th e jury with John B Pie Allen as foreman returned a verdict in nineteen minutes All defendants were found not guilty

Return to GermanyBy 1873 Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education Th ey would remain in Germany until 1880 staying with Fritzs father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions A few years later Philip would return to his grandfathers home to complete his education in civil and mechanical

engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin Upon his return to Arizona Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor Generals offi ce He would be given the diffi cult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona Among them was the infamous Baca Float No 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico Later Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor

Over the years Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menagers store Fritz testifi ed

In the morning I went into the store when Menager and his dog was on the counter He usually keeps his dog in the yard I says hello good morning Th en he have jumped for me Th en I called for to have taken him away from me and they did not I went there on business I only said good morning then the dog jumped on me then I commenced fi ghting and he bit me in the leg (indicating the sport on the thigh) I said Take that damn dog from me Mr Menager did nothing at all I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month Of afternoons I have fever Th e wound was black I

went to Dr Handy who dressed it and he charged me $20 I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching and have apprehension of hydrophobia

Th e judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much Th e verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50

A more serious case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court in 1900 Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua Fritz had to fi rst prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union Fritz never applied for citizenship However he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas

Th e Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3 1900 ruling that if Fritz upon attaining his majority had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation Fritz died of Brights Disease on May 2 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson

Special thanks goes to Dr Christine Marin archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen fi le allowing this story to be written

SOURCES- Contzen Frederick (Fritz) Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays httpwwwasuedulibarchivesazbioazbiohtm

- Contzen v United States and the Apache Indians httpwwwprecydentcomcitation179US191

- Granger Byrd H Will C Barnes Arizona Place Names Tucson University of Arizona c 1960

- Lockwood Frank C Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864 Tucson Th e Tucson Civil Committee c 1943

- Schellie Don Vast Domain of Blood Th e Story of the Camp Grant Massacre Tucson Westernlore Press c 1992

For more history and great publications visit Mary Binghams

Blue Traveler Press online at

wwwbluetravelerpresscom

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y 9

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

amp check out our online portfolio at wwwttfurniturecom

Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Bold Southwest Art

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture

Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Meg Flanders

Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

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Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

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join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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Lunch Tues - Sat 11am - 2pm

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

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Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

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12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

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Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

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A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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ITrsquoS BUY TIMEbull GREAT INVENTORY - Search homes through my web site at wwwchachalongrealtycombull MAKE AN APPOINTMENT - Call me at 520-591-4982 and letrsquos go see what is availablebull EXCELLENT INVENTORY - Variety of prices sizes locations and fl oor plansbull FULL-TIME PART-TIME RENTAL NEW BUILD - Together we can fi nd what you wantbull ARE YOU READY - Pre-qualifi ed for a loan benefi ts of living in southern AZ closing costs what things in a community are you looking forlet me help you fi nd the answers to these questions

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

6 Camino Otero Tubac Arizona

We are proud to offer MBTs for womenldquoWe offer fi ne individually-wrapped organic chocolatesrdquo

Redeem for a freegourmet chocolateRECYCLE THIS AD

Opening mid-November

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Lace Tablecloths

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

ACCESS WISDOM HOME CARE PLUS

(520) 398-8088

AMADO RV amp SELF STORAGE

(520) 398-8003

FIESTA TOURS

(520) 398-9705

JACOBSON CUSTOM HOMES

(520) 975-8469

KEN MICHAELART FRAMING(520) 398-2214

KRISTOFERrsquoS CATERING amp BISTRO

(520) 625-0331

LONG REALTYCHA CHA DONAU

(520) 591-4982

MICHAEL ARTHUR JAYME STUDIO amp GALLERY

(520) 398-2709

SUSTAINABLE ARIZONA

(520) 240-1018

STOCKMANS GRILL

(520) 398-2651

follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 3: November 2009 Tubac Villager

This monthly journal is made possible through the support of local advertisers artists and writers please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad art or article The Tubac Villager is a locally owned and independently operated journal based in Tubac and published monthly to celebrate the art of living in Southern Arizona Letters are welcomeOpinions and information herein do not necessarily re ect those of the advertisers or the publishers Advertiser and contributor statements and quali cations are the responsibility of the advertiser or contributor named All articles and images are the property of the Tubac Villager andor writer or artist named and may not be reproduced without permissionNovember Circulation 11000 The Villager is made available at 180 Tucson locations 400 Phoenix locations and o ered free of charge at locations in Tubac Tumacacori Carmen Green Valley Nogales Rio Rico Amado and Arivaca Arizona

November 2009

Pg 4 Santa Cruz County Update by Kathleen Vandervoet

Pg 6 Event Calendar Arizona HistoryPg 8 Fritz Contzen part 2 by Mary Bingham

Southern Arizona DiningPg 10 Stockmans Grill by Bernard Berlin

Tubac Business FeaturePg 14 Tubac Performace Studios by Kathleen Vandervoet

The Borderlands PhotographerPg 16 Natures Bounty Still Lifes by Murray Bolesta

Sonoran Desert AnimalPg 20 Mule Deer by Maggie Milinovitch

Pg 22 The Importance of Being Nowhere by Charles Bowden

Pg 24 Hope by Carol St John

Pg 25 Remnants from RuthPg 26 Enhancement of the Ron Morriss Park by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

Pg 27 Tubac Meditation CenterPg 29 Tubac Map

Bernard BerlinMary BinghamJoseph BirkettMurray BolestaCharles BowdenMichael Arthur Jayme

Julie Jackson Meyers

Maggie MilinovitchKatie MungerRuthieCarol St JohnKathleen Vandervoet

The beauty of nature is translated joyously into the paintings of Michael Arthur Jayme His current work features the powerful essence of ravens while he continues as well with the stunning clouds paintings that have been his recent passionTh e vast clouds take up three-fourths of the large canvases and the colors are mixed in an almost unearthly manner which provides depth and delight for the viewerJaymersquos intriguing technique makes use of veils through which he adds several translucent color layers ldquoI paint in veils I establish a road map on the blank canvas that is sort of like aiming myself in a direction and a journey through the piece with an unknown outcomerdquo Th e veils are ldquoan unknown journey in the creative process that fi nally arrives and gives itself to me In turn I release it and give it to the viewersrdquo he saidldquoBut that isnrsquot terribly unique All artists embark on a journey with every new piece and itrsquos just my own style painting with a palette knife in veils and veils of color so that they sort of emanate a kaleidoscope of layers and colors that draw yourdquoJayme a fi fth-generation resident of Southern Arizona fi nds excitement and satisfaction in his art Th erersquos a new calling in his work that leads him to depict ravens and he explained hersquos felt a ldquopowerful experience through the guidance coming in with ravenldquoTh e raven started coming in about nine years ago but not until this past year did I start painting raven Th ere was an appreciation and also sightings of ravenrdquo Jayme said At the Tubac home he purchased in 2000 hersquos planted more than 400 trees and shrubs creating a habitat for birds Ravens began to visit and he said he observed them and ldquoI started to be really still and feel that energyrdquoJayme moved into a new for him studio in December 2008 at the Amado Territory Ranch on the west side of Stockmanrsquos Grill restaurant He had fi rst seen the space about 10 years ago during a party and felt a connection When it became available he jumped at the chance to work thereHersquos scheduled a day of entertainment at the Amado Territory Ranch on Saturday Nov 28 from 10 am to 5 pm Admission is free and the public is invited Music will be provided by Native American fl utist R Carlos Nakai and the Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio will perform Art displays will include paintings jewelry and pottery Plate lunches by the restaurants Kristoferrsquos and Stockmanrsquos Grill will be for sale

ldquoIrsquove invited a lot of artists to come join me for the eventrdquo he said ldquoDuring the Th anksgiving weekend I thought it would be a lovely thing to have an art celebration while we have so many out of town visitors so we can show them the lovely quality of art sculpture jewelry and musicrdquo Jayme saidAsked to describe how he creates paintings Jayme responded ldquoTh ere is always a moment of jumping into the abyss when I begin a new piece Th ere is a wonderful fl urry of excitement when I poise myself before a blank canvas ldquoWhen you start squeezing the paint and mixing the colors those fi rst few exhilarating moments start to establish the tempo and the rhythm for whatrsquos going to continue to emerge on its ownrdquoJayme said he prefers to be a conduit for the creative process ldquoI do get out of the way and allow it to emerge on its own Getting out of the way is so important to me in so many facets of my liferdquoGetting out of the way Jayme elaborated ldquoItrsquos not allowing ego to be part of the process Th at has to be left elsewhere and not included in the journey because that does get in the wayldquoIrsquom just the messenger for the energy and I put it on the canvas Th atrsquos what I mean by getting out of the way and letting it come through so it presents itself in a natural progressionrdquoHe likes to have approximately three pieces in development ldquoTh erersquos just way too much energy for me to be able to focus it in one place while working on any particular piecerdquoIn earlier years he used smaller canvases since he painted while outdoors in the plein air style Next he built a studio onto his home ldquoTh e paintings got bigger as I had more space Th e paintings on their own wanted to be bigger and my gesture wanted to be bigger Th e journey was becoming more and more fabulously intenserdquo

When he moved into his new studio which he calls ldquocavernousrdquo he said ldquothe paintings took a huge leap in size If I had an even bigger studio they would be maybe as big as the side of a houserdquoIn addition to being on view at his studio open Sunday through Wednesday from around 11 am to 5 pm Jaymersquos paintings are featured at Galleria Tubac 31 Tubac Rd Global Arts Gallery 315 McKeown Ave Patagonia and Avalon Gallery in Ruidoso NM For information call him at (520) 270-7462

Michael Arthur Jaymersquos creations aim skywardby Kathleen Vandervoet

A Kaleidoscope of layers

On the cover Th e great Mystery oil on canvas by Michael arthur Jayme

T u b a c V i l l a g e r

County budget crisis grows

In January more Santa Cruz County employees are expected to lose their jobs and some could have salary reductions while others will face mandated furloughs Itrsquos likely employees will have to pay more for health insurance as wellTh e county has maintained unbudgeted money for a cushion but the state legislature has been chipping away at that all year County Finance Director Jennifer St John gave a detailed budget presentation on Oct 19 to members of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council in Tubac She was joined by County Manager Greg Lucero and County Supervisor John MaynardSt John said itrsquos anticipated that the county will have a potential ldquoshortfall of $2 millionrdquo next year Lucero said property taxes cannot be raised due to state caps set by law He said he doesnrsquot anticipate any new revenues in the upcoming two years His choices to balance the budget come down to adding new fees for service and cutting spendingIn an interview after the meeting St John said the county has 369 employees down by 18 from a year ago when there were 387 workers She said the proposed furloughs may be 13 days a year -- four hours per pay period of which there are 26 a year Th at is still to be decided by the Board of SupervisorsTh e countyrsquos general fund budget is $3068 million Revenues to pay for that include property taxes of $112 million sales taxes of $37 million a cash carry forward from the prior year of $127 million charges for services $21 million intergovernmental income of $723000 and interest income of $45000ldquoJanuary looks to be the time things are going to get really badrdquo Lucero said

Fire station contract approved

Th e governing board of the Tubac Fire District approved a contract for $2221920 to build its Station No 4 Th e action was taken during a special board meeting held Oct 21 Th e contractor is Lang Wyatt and the project is to take 10 to 12 monthsTh e bid was nearly $300000 less than was budgeted Fire Chief Kevin Keeley saidStation No 4 is being constructed in northeast Rio Rico which is inside the boundaries of the Tubac Fire DistrictWork on the new Station No 3 also in northeast Rio Rico is nearing completion and is expected to be done by February

Date set on checkpoint widening

A project to expand northbound Interstate 19 between Tubac and Amado for an interim US

Border Patrol immigration checkpoint may begin in mid-February and the $15 million project could take about three monthsTh e Border Patrol plans to add a third lane for trucks between Chavez Siding Road and Agua Linda Road just north of Tubac A 115-foot wide metal shade and rain canopy will be erected across the highwayLinda Ritter an Arizona Department of Transportation spokeswoman said in late October that ADOT ldquois close to issuing an encroachment permitrdquo Omar Candelaria a Border Patrol agent and spokesman said the agency is required to develop a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan which will be done after the construction contract is awardedCandelaria said the improvements ldquoremain fairly modest but will provide an appreciable improvement in effi ciency and agency safetyrdquoTh e agency announced in 2006 it intends to build a $27-million permanent checkpoint station in the future at that location

Second slab for school admin buildingWork is continuing on a new 6192-square-foot administration building for Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District No 35 (Tubac and Rio Rico) A foundation slab poured in late September developed a large crack so it was demolished and removed by the contractor A new foundation slab was poured Oct 26Th e contract for the administration building awarded July 6 pins the cost at $914500 Funds come from a $10 million bond election approved two years agoTh e building which will replace a modular facility is being constructed on district-owned land in front of Mountain View Elementary School on Camino Lito Galindo in Rio Rico west of Interstate 19It will combine all the business and human resources functions into one location and will have a large room for school board meetings and other meetings and training sessions

Three fire hydrants to be funded

Th ree fi re hydrants in west Tubac will be installed as part of a water line extension project by Arizona American Water Co Th e hydrants will be along the route of the new 12-inch water main Two will be placed on Nielson Lane and one on Keating CircleTh e Tubac Fire District is paying the cost of about $29000 Th e fee would be much higher if the work was done after the water line is complete and the street is paved Chief Kevin Keeley saidTh e work wasnrsquot in this yearrsquos budget so the fi re OPEN DAILY

10 Plaza Road Tubac AZ

Join Us Nov 21 2009 1100 - 400

for our 10 Year

AnniversaryStop by the Red Door Gallery

starting Nov 1 to register to win a CK Wearden Giclee Print

Raf e to be held at 3pm at the gallery reception Nov 21

Must be present to win

ARTWALKNOVEMBER 7 amp 8

Meet the Artisits middot Reception 100-400 Sat amp Sun

J Eggman - Monotypes

Brent Nageli - Oil painting

Teresa del Rito -Southwest Crosses

TUBAC HOME SALES - Resale home sales as reported by MLS - 922090-102309

Charlie Meaker Celebrating 30 Years in Tubac

F E A T U R E D H O M E S T H I S M O N T H

ADDRESS AREA DESCRIPTION SALES PRICE $ PER SQ FT DAYS ON MARKET

ITrsquoS A BUYERrsquoS MARKETThere are over 100 resale homes listed for sale in Tubac at prices ranging from $74200 to a cool $8 Million

WESTERN RANCH-STYLE HOME WITH EVERYTHING amp MOREThree-bedroom 3-bath main house PLUS two-room hilltop studioworkshop Shady porches on three sides room to entertain amazing mountain views AND a master bedroom suite that would make a queen envious The list of wonderful things in this beautiful home goes on and on Mere words cannot describe all this house has to offer ndash you have to go Look Give me a call and you can see for yourself REDUCED TO $449000

Tubac O ce PO Box 1987 Tubac AZ 85646

520-237-2414Charlie Meaker

301 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 2BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $140000 $9402 962207 EMBARCADERO WAY BARRIO - SENTINEL HILL 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $255000 $12624 21812 BARRIO DE TUBAC LN BARRIO - CIELITO LINDO 2BR TOWNHOME - FURNISHED $315000 $15166 197501 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $137000 $8839 112

If yoursquore thinking of listing your property please give me a call I will give you a free market analysis work for you on open houses if desired and ldquospread the wordrdquo with advertising in all media and the internet

NOTE Each month we will report on Home Sales using MLS DATA Questions or Comments Call or e-mail

OTHER FINE HOMES Call for a showing

508 POST WAY - 1BR townhome in Embarcadero - $Call 126 GEARY RD - 2-story 3BR patio home Beaucoup extras - $Call6 TROCITO CT - 3BR Pool Privacy Palo Parado Est - $45900038 PIEDRA DR 3BR on 3 Ac - a Total Remodel $4990002251 PALO PARADO RD - 4br big yard mountain views $325000156 ALISO SPRINGS RD - 4BR 4 acres what views $575000Foreclosure bank-owned properties Call for the latest price

CAMINO KENNEDY ndash FORTY ACRES at the north end of Tubac Foothills Ranch Several great building sites Views all around Adjoins state land on the north Can be split into three parcels Electric at the lot line Investment Potential OFFERED AT $159000

AMADO - 5 ACRES Mountain Views - $125000

The Owners are waiting anxiously for your o er Give me a call Irsquoll help you nd the home thatrsquos just right for you Irsquom at your service

FORECLOSURE IN SANTIAGOndash NEVER LIVED-INTwo bedrooms in the main house plus one-bedroom casita This immaculate home has many extras including a beautiful kitchen with stainless appliances charming master bath Split fl oor plan Shaded patio off the living room and a courtyard with fi replace Views of the Tumacacori Mountains Quiet street yet close to the Village and freeway Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

BANK-OWNED 3-BEDROOM IN SANTIAGO Upgraded Dorn Home ndash Durango Model ndash has huge Great RoomMorning RoomKitchen Also therersquos a Formal Dining Room a Home Offi ceDen and 3-car garage The walk-in closet in the Master Suite is large enough for guest quarters Walled-in back yard beautiful foyer Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

TWO BEDROOM IMMACULATE HOME IN PALO PARADO ESTATES AMAZING MOUNTAIN VIEWS Looks and shows like Brand New Great Room plan with kitchen to die for roomy dining area breakfast bar Master bedroom has mountain view Den off living room large laundry room Bonus Studio or workshop with AC off garage All appliances stay A MUST-SEE OFFERED AT $338000

2258 PALO PARADO 102 CIRCULO VESPUCCI

district board agreed to transfer funds earmarked for replacement of a staff vehicle to cover the cost

Community groups to be formed

Two ldquoworking groupsrdquo are slated to be formed by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to study controversial issues and develop recommendationsSupervisor John Maynard said one group will

study the new flood plain ordinance ldquoI think itrsquos important you understand that is going to be a critical documentrdquo he said at the Oct 19 meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council ldquoas we begin to look at development activity in the county The riparian community is something I feel is well worth protectingrdquoThe other committee will study roads ldquoThat group will make some recommendations on the Rio Rico community but also county-wide This will be a critical issue as well Irsquove felt that with the

reductions in state revenue we receive for road maintenance there are alternatives the county is going to have to look atrdquoThe county plans to introduce legislation at the state level to allow the county to maintain and possibly bring in additional dirt roads into the countyrsquos system he said (For questions or comments contact Kathleen Vandervoet at kathleenvanmsncom)

5

ONGOING

SHOWING ALL OF NOVEMBER - GEORGIAS TRAVELS a one-woman show featuring a variety of media and subjects from Georgia Doublers travels On exhibit at the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales Nov 1 through 31st 520-287-5515

SHOWING NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY ndash TUBAC ARTIST BOBB VANN ON EXHIBIT at the law fi rm of Mesch Clark amp Rothschild downtown Tucson at 259 N Meyer Avenue A commercial artist in Philadelphia until the early 1980rsquos when Vann became interested in the role of African Americans in opening and settling the American West He moved from commercial to studio art and began to concentrate on what he calls ldquoThe Black Experiencerdquo Anyone interested in viewing the exhibit may call 520-624-8886 to schedule an appointment

MONDAYS - CHILDRENS READING HOUR at TJs Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans in the Mercado de Baca at 10am 520-398-8109

THURSDAYS FRIDAYS amp SATURDAYS - LIVE MUSIC at Stables Ranch Grille in the Tubac Golf Resort At 6pm 520-398-2678

FRIDAYS - BECKY REYES LIVE 5-8pm at Stockmans Grill at the Amado Territory Ranch I-19 exit 48 520-398-2651

ọфọфọфọфọфọ

THURS NOV 5TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Evelyne Tanehill speaking on Abandoned and Forgotten An orphanrsquos story of survival during WW II Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS THRU SUN NOV 5-8TH ndash INTERNATIONAL SOULCOLLAGEreg FACILITATORS CONFERENCE in Tubac with Founder Seena B Frost attending For more info visit wwwsoulcollagecom

FRI NOV 6TH ndash FIVE-MILE BIRD HIKE Bird several diff erent habitats and see a variety of species with a guide Hike begins in desert uplands and reaches Sonoita Creek Bring sturdy shoes binoculars water and snacks Hike is approx fi ve miles and four hours long 8am Call 520-287-2791 to register

FRI NOV 6TH - FIRST FRIDAY AT WISDOMS CAFE in Tumacacori with Live Music by Bill Manzanedo BBQ specials amp 2 for 1 margaritas 398-2397

FRI NOV 6TH - MARIE RHINES FIDDLE PERFORMANCE at the Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371

FRI amp SAT NOV 6TH amp 7TH ndash THE PIANO STORY ndash A narrative concert performed by Argentine pianist Mario Merdirossian at Rogoway Gallery 5 Calle Baca at 530pm Merdirossian will tell and play the captivating story of the piano from its invention over three centuries ago until today To illustrate the progressive development he will perform spellbinding short pieces by Scarlatti Mozart Beethoven Chopin Liszt Grieg Debussy and other outstanding classical composers The free tickets are available by calling 520-398-2041or at rogowaygalleriescom Tickets are required due to the limited seating space Mario Merdirossian will be available for a personal interview beginning Wed Nov 4th or by telephone interview prior to that date Please call the Rogoway Gallery to arrange an interview

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Saturdays from 10-1130am Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

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SAT NOV 7TH- A rare demonstration and talk by LOCAL PAINTER FRED COLLINS and 2009 Peoplersquos Choice Winner A master at Trompe lOeil or ldquotricks of the eyerdquo Collins exciting images will greet you as they seem to walk out of the canvas At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero from 11-2

SAT NOV 7TH - ARTIST RECEPTION WINE amp CHEESE BAR at Tubac Territory 1 Calle Baca from 12pm - 5pm Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and designer Gustavo Olivas 520-398-2913

SAT NOV 7TH - WALK THE ROCKS THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF BROWN CANYON led by Richard Conway PhD Around and within the towers and buttresses of the Baboquivari Mountains is concealed an extraordinary story of shattered land masses mega-volcanoes and vanished landscapes With your eyes to the rocks and ridge-tops you will learn to recognize clues that reveal the arearsquos geologic history For more info visit the Friends of BANWR at www friendsofbanwrorg

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Saturdays - for teens and adults from 3-6pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SAT NOV 7TH ndash MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro featuring SPANISH GUITARIST across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - ART EXPERIENCE WEEKEND from 10am - 5pm Art Experience brings visitors up close and personal with the artists of Tubac Artists create works right before visitorsrsquo eyes throughout a weekend celebrating the creative process Enjoy demonstrations artist receptions and special exhibits Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - COPPER PLATE ETCHING DEMONSTRATIONS by Nicholas J Wilson Internationally Known Wildlife Artist Sat ndash 10am to 5pm Sun ndash 1pm to 5pm At TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - POTTERY AND RAKU DEMONSTRATIONS by local potter Diane Lisle and the tile work of master craftsman Jack James At Clay Hands 5 Camino Otero

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION at The Red Door Gallery 10 Plaza Road J Eggman - Monotypes Brent Nagell - Oil painting Teresa del Rito - Southwest Crosses From 1 to 4pm 520-398-3943

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - JOIN US FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT ZFORREST GALLERY in the La Entrada Shopping Plaza 520-398-9009

Wellness Wednesdays the SpaSave on 50-minute services and save more on 80-minute services

Remember with any treatment you receive full use of the sauna steam room amp co-ed Jacuzzi

Visit our Aveda Salon Open Mon-Sat from 10a to 5p Come to our next Spa Open House 123 from 3p ndash 6p

Fritz Contzen Part 2by Mary Bingham

STARTING OVER

Fritz Contzen was one of the few civilian Anglos to remain in Arizona throughout the Civil War

Th e 1861 Apache raid on his Rancho Punta de Agua and his subsequent 1862 imprisonment at Yuma resulting from Brevet Brigadier General James Henry Carletons orders to arrest any civilians remaining in Tucson as Confederate sympathizers placed Fritz in a fi nancial bind

Fritz and his young wife were now living in Tucson Taking a page from his old Texas Ranger commander William Bigfoot Wallace Fritz proved his honesty and loyalty to the United States by volunteering for one the most hazardous jobs in the territory - military express messenger Th e Arizona Historical Foundation fi le on Contzen notes

After the Union established a Military Post at Tucson [Camp Tucson later renamed Camp Lowell] orders and communications were sent by military couriers to a Military detachment at Blue Water on the Gila Th is detachment was used principally to escort mail riders carrying mail from Tucson to Prescott As Military couriers were frequently killed by the Apaches Fritz Contzen volunteered to carry Military dispatches to Blue Water which he did successfully for a considerable time Usually he started out on horseback at four PM and rode the 100 miles most of the time on a gallop reaching his destination early the next morning Usually upon arrival at Blue Water he was greatly exhausted and barely able to get off his horseFor this work he received $100 a month

Meanwhile Fritzs new wife Margarita Ferrer probably gave birth to their fi rst son LuisLouis sometime during Tucsons period of military occupation Lockwood records that the son died in infancy however the 1864 Arizona Territorial census lists a Louis Contzen age 8 living in the same household with Frederick and Margarita Contzen If the child really was eight-years-old then who was the mother Did Fritz have a third wife Did the census taker make an error Perhaps Luis was only eight-months-old then again there is always the possibility that Luis was the son of Fritzs brother Julius However Fritz testifi ed that Julius died without issue in 1857

Th e 1864 census also showed that Fritz owned property valued at $450 He was beginning to recover fi nancially from the raid and vowed to stay out of the ranching business With the move to Tucson he dabbled in real estate purchasing and selling a number of properties around town making a profi t in most cases By 1867 things were looking up as he signed a contract with Louis Zeckendorf the principal contractor to carry mail between Tucson and Prescott at $1000 per month Th e Arizona Miner for December 14th reported that Fritz soon contracted out the route from Maricopa Well to Tucson for $650 a month to another man Fritz would add mail routes to Tubac Patagonia Sasabe and the newly established Fort Crittenden near Sonoita Danger from Apache attacks and bandits was constant Several express riders were killed and frequently Fritz would have to carry the mail himself

In 1868 a second son PhilipFelipe was born to the Contzens It is not known when Luis died but there is no mention of Luis after Philip was born In spite of constant danger the 1870 federal census shows Fritz was doing very well His property was now valued at $5000

Mining was also a part of Fritzs business portfolio He is recorded as the fi rst to locate the San Xavier and Young American Mines and continued to mine on and off for the rest of his life

Camp Grant Massacre

In 1871 Fritz would once again volunteer to fi ght Indians A group of Tucson citizens led by William Oury made up of six Anglo-Americans forty-eight Mexican-Americans and ninety-four Tohono Oodham (Papago) would attack an Apache camp near Camp Grant killing 108 Aravaipa and Pinal Apache Some sources claim the number killed was as high as 141 Upon inspection the dead were found to be women and children with only eight men among those counted Fritz is clearly named in the Carl Hayden Arizona Biography Files as being a participant in the Camp Grant Massacre with the following quote from the Frederick Contzen fi le Was one of six Americans in the party which attacked the Arivaipa Apache rancheria near old Fort Grant when 108 Indians were killed April 30 1871

Haydens father Charles Trumbull Hayden was the foreman of the Grand Jury that handed down 111 indictments against the participants Among those named were Sidney R DeLong William Sanders Oury D A Bennett James Lee Charles T Etchells David Foley Jesus Mariacutea Eliacuteas and Juan Eliacuteas Fritzs name probably appeared in one indictment that included ninety names Th ere can be no doubt that Carl Hayden knew of Fritzs part in the massacre

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y

continued from October 2009 Tubac Villager

As the trail date approached in December 1871 only seven men were arraigned Th ey included Oury Lee Bennett the Eliacuteas brothers Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis Fritz would testify during the trail identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event

Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial Th e fi nal act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B Wooster and his wife Trinidad Aguirre at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac Th e jury with John B Pie Allen as foreman returned a verdict in nineteen minutes All defendants were found not guilty

Return to GermanyBy 1873 Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education Th ey would remain in Germany until 1880 staying with Fritzs father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions A few years later Philip would return to his grandfathers home to complete his education in civil and mechanical

engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin Upon his return to Arizona Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor Generals offi ce He would be given the diffi cult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona Among them was the infamous Baca Float No 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico Later Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor

Over the years Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menagers store Fritz testifi ed

In the morning I went into the store when Menager and his dog was on the counter He usually keeps his dog in the yard I says hello good morning Th en he have jumped for me Th en I called for to have taken him away from me and they did not I went there on business I only said good morning then the dog jumped on me then I commenced fi ghting and he bit me in the leg (indicating the sport on the thigh) I said Take that damn dog from me Mr Menager did nothing at all I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month Of afternoons I have fever Th e wound was black I

went to Dr Handy who dressed it and he charged me $20 I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching and have apprehension of hydrophobia

Th e judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much Th e verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50

A more serious case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court in 1900 Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua Fritz had to fi rst prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union Fritz never applied for citizenship However he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas

Th e Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3 1900 ruling that if Fritz upon attaining his majority had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation Fritz died of Brights Disease on May 2 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson

Special thanks goes to Dr Christine Marin archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen fi le allowing this story to be written

SOURCES- Contzen Frederick (Fritz) Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays httpwwwasuedulibarchivesazbioazbiohtm

- Contzen v United States and the Apache Indians httpwwwprecydentcomcitation179US191

- Granger Byrd H Will C Barnes Arizona Place Names Tucson University of Arizona c 1960

- Lockwood Frank C Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864 Tucson Th e Tucson Civil Committee c 1943

- Schellie Don Vast Domain of Blood Th e Story of the Camp Grant Massacre Tucson Westernlore Press c 1992

For more history and great publications visit Mary Binghams

Blue Traveler Press online at

wwwbluetravelerpresscom

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y 9

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

amp check out our online portfolio at wwwttfurniturecom

Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Bold Southwest Art

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture

Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Meg Flanders

Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

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Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

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Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

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12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

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Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

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A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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ITrsquoS BUY TIMEbull GREAT INVENTORY - Search homes through my web site at wwwchachalongrealtycombull MAKE AN APPOINTMENT - Call me at 520-591-4982 and letrsquos go see what is availablebull EXCELLENT INVENTORY - Variety of prices sizes locations and fl oor plansbull FULL-TIME PART-TIME RENTAL NEW BUILD - Together we can fi nd what you wantbull ARE YOU READY - Pre-qualifi ed for a loan benefi ts of living in southern AZ closing costs what things in a community are you looking forlet me help you fi nd the answers to these questions

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

6 Camino Otero Tubac Arizona

We are proud to offer MBTs for womenldquoWe offer fi ne individually-wrapped organic chocolatesrdquo

Redeem for a freegourmet chocolateRECYCLE THIS AD

Opening mid-November

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Lace Tablecloths

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

ACCESS WISDOM HOME CARE PLUS

(520) 398-8088

AMADO RV amp SELF STORAGE

(520) 398-8003

FIESTA TOURS

(520) 398-9705

JACOBSON CUSTOM HOMES

(520) 975-8469

KEN MICHAELART FRAMING(520) 398-2214

KRISTOFERrsquoS CATERING amp BISTRO

(520) 625-0331

LONG REALTYCHA CHA DONAU

(520) 591-4982

MICHAEL ARTHUR JAYME STUDIO amp GALLERY

(520) 398-2709

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(520) 240-1018

STOCKMANS GRILL

(520) 398-2651

follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 4: November 2009 Tubac Villager

T u b a c V i l l a g e r

County budget crisis grows

In January more Santa Cruz County employees are expected to lose their jobs and some could have salary reductions while others will face mandated furloughs Itrsquos likely employees will have to pay more for health insurance as wellTh e county has maintained unbudgeted money for a cushion but the state legislature has been chipping away at that all year County Finance Director Jennifer St John gave a detailed budget presentation on Oct 19 to members of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council in Tubac She was joined by County Manager Greg Lucero and County Supervisor John MaynardSt John said itrsquos anticipated that the county will have a potential ldquoshortfall of $2 millionrdquo next year Lucero said property taxes cannot be raised due to state caps set by law He said he doesnrsquot anticipate any new revenues in the upcoming two years His choices to balance the budget come down to adding new fees for service and cutting spendingIn an interview after the meeting St John said the county has 369 employees down by 18 from a year ago when there were 387 workers She said the proposed furloughs may be 13 days a year -- four hours per pay period of which there are 26 a year Th at is still to be decided by the Board of SupervisorsTh e countyrsquos general fund budget is $3068 million Revenues to pay for that include property taxes of $112 million sales taxes of $37 million a cash carry forward from the prior year of $127 million charges for services $21 million intergovernmental income of $723000 and interest income of $45000ldquoJanuary looks to be the time things are going to get really badrdquo Lucero said

Fire station contract approved

Th e governing board of the Tubac Fire District approved a contract for $2221920 to build its Station No 4 Th e action was taken during a special board meeting held Oct 21 Th e contractor is Lang Wyatt and the project is to take 10 to 12 monthsTh e bid was nearly $300000 less than was budgeted Fire Chief Kevin Keeley saidStation No 4 is being constructed in northeast Rio Rico which is inside the boundaries of the Tubac Fire DistrictWork on the new Station No 3 also in northeast Rio Rico is nearing completion and is expected to be done by February

Date set on checkpoint widening

A project to expand northbound Interstate 19 between Tubac and Amado for an interim US

Border Patrol immigration checkpoint may begin in mid-February and the $15 million project could take about three monthsTh e Border Patrol plans to add a third lane for trucks between Chavez Siding Road and Agua Linda Road just north of Tubac A 115-foot wide metal shade and rain canopy will be erected across the highwayLinda Ritter an Arizona Department of Transportation spokeswoman said in late October that ADOT ldquois close to issuing an encroachment permitrdquo Omar Candelaria a Border Patrol agent and spokesman said the agency is required to develop a Storm Water Pollution Prevention Plan which will be done after the construction contract is awardedCandelaria said the improvements ldquoremain fairly modest but will provide an appreciable improvement in effi ciency and agency safetyrdquoTh e agency announced in 2006 it intends to build a $27-million permanent checkpoint station in the future at that location

Second slab for school admin buildingWork is continuing on a new 6192-square-foot administration building for Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District No 35 (Tubac and Rio Rico) A foundation slab poured in late September developed a large crack so it was demolished and removed by the contractor A new foundation slab was poured Oct 26Th e contract for the administration building awarded July 6 pins the cost at $914500 Funds come from a $10 million bond election approved two years agoTh e building which will replace a modular facility is being constructed on district-owned land in front of Mountain View Elementary School on Camino Lito Galindo in Rio Rico west of Interstate 19It will combine all the business and human resources functions into one location and will have a large room for school board meetings and other meetings and training sessions

Three fire hydrants to be funded

Th ree fi re hydrants in west Tubac will be installed as part of a water line extension project by Arizona American Water Co Th e hydrants will be along the route of the new 12-inch water main Two will be placed on Nielson Lane and one on Keating CircleTh e Tubac Fire District is paying the cost of about $29000 Th e fee would be much higher if the work was done after the water line is complete and the street is paved Chief Kevin Keeley saidTh e work wasnrsquot in this yearrsquos budget so the fi re OPEN DAILY

10 Plaza Road Tubac AZ

Join Us Nov 21 2009 1100 - 400

for our 10 Year

AnniversaryStop by the Red Door Gallery

starting Nov 1 to register to win a CK Wearden Giclee Print

Raf e to be held at 3pm at the gallery reception Nov 21

Must be present to win

ARTWALKNOVEMBER 7 amp 8

Meet the Artisits middot Reception 100-400 Sat amp Sun

J Eggman - Monotypes

Brent Nageli - Oil painting

Teresa del Rito -Southwest Crosses

TUBAC HOME SALES - Resale home sales as reported by MLS - 922090-102309

Charlie Meaker Celebrating 30 Years in Tubac

F E A T U R E D H O M E S T H I S M O N T H

ADDRESS AREA DESCRIPTION SALES PRICE $ PER SQ FT DAYS ON MARKET

ITrsquoS A BUYERrsquoS MARKETThere are over 100 resale homes listed for sale in Tubac at prices ranging from $74200 to a cool $8 Million

WESTERN RANCH-STYLE HOME WITH EVERYTHING amp MOREThree-bedroom 3-bath main house PLUS two-room hilltop studioworkshop Shady porches on three sides room to entertain amazing mountain views AND a master bedroom suite that would make a queen envious The list of wonderful things in this beautiful home goes on and on Mere words cannot describe all this house has to offer ndash you have to go Look Give me a call and you can see for yourself REDUCED TO $449000

Tubac O ce PO Box 1987 Tubac AZ 85646

520-237-2414Charlie Meaker

301 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 2BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $140000 $9402 962207 EMBARCADERO WAY BARRIO - SENTINEL HILL 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $255000 $12624 21812 BARRIO DE TUBAC LN BARRIO - CIELITO LINDO 2BR TOWNHOME - FURNISHED $315000 $15166 197501 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $137000 $8839 112

If yoursquore thinking of listing your property please give me a call I will give you a free market analysis work for you on open houses if desired and ldquospread the wordrdquo with advertising in all media and the internet

NOTE Each month we will report on Home Sales using MLS DATA Questions or Comments Call or e-mail

OTHER FINE HOMES Call for a showing

508 POST WAY - 1BR townhome in Embarcadero - $Call 126 GEARY RD - 2-story 3BR patio home Beaucoup extras - $Call6 TROCITO CT - 3BR Pool Privacy Palo Parado Est - $45900038 PIEDRA DR 3BR on 3 Ac - a Total Remodel $4990002251 PALO PARADO RD - 4br big yard mountain views $325000156 ALISO SPRINGS RD - 4BR 4 acres what views $575000Foreclosure bank-owned properties Call for the latest price

CAMINO KENNEDY ndash FORTY ACRES at the north end of Tubac Foothills Ranch Several great building sites Views all around Adjoins state land on the north Can be split into three parcels Electric at the lot line Investment Potential OFFERED AT $159000

AMADO - 5 ACRES Mountain Views - $125000

The Owners are waiting anxiously for your o er Give me a call Irsquoll help you nd the home thatrsquos just right for you Irsquom at your service

FORECLOSURE IN SANTIAGOndash NEVER LIVED-INTwo bedrooms in the main house plus one-bedroom casita This immaculate home has many extras including a beautiful kitchen with stainless appliances charming master bath Split fl oor plan Shaded patio off the living room and a courtyard with fi replace Views of the Tumacacori Mountains Quiet street yet close to the Village and freeway Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

BANK-OWNED 3-BEDROOM IN SANTIAGO Upgraded Dorn Home ndash Durango Model ndash has huge Great RoomMorning RoomKitchen Also therersquos a Formal Dining Room a Home Offi ceDen and 3-car garage The walk-in closet in the Master Suite is large enough for guest quarters Walled-in back yard beautiful foyer Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

TWO BEDROOM IMMACULATE HOME IN PALO PARADO ESTATES AMAZING MOUNTAIN VIEWS Looks and shows like Brand New Great Room plan with kitchen to die for roomy dining area breakfast bar Master bedroom has mountain view Den off living room large laundry room Bonus Studio or workshop with AC off garage All appliances stay A MUST-SEE OFFERED AT $338000

2258 PALO PARADO 102 CIRCULO VESPUCCI

district board agreed to transfer funds earmarked for replacement of a staff vehicle to cover the cost

Community groups to be formed

Two ldquoworking groupsrdquo are slated to be formed by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to study controversial issues and develop recommendationsSupervisor John Maynard said one group will

study the new flood plain ordinance ldquoI think itrsquos important you understand that is going to be a critical documentrdquo he said at the Oct 19 meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council ldquoas we begin to look at development activity in the county The riparian community is something I feel is well worth protectingrdquoThe other committee will study roads ldquoThat group will make some recommendations on the Rio Rico community but also county-wide This will be a critical issue as well Irsquove felt that with the

reductions in state revenue we receive for road maintenance there are alternatives the county is going to have to look atrdquoThe county plans to introduce legislation at the state level to allow the county to maintain and possibly bring in additional dirt roads into the countyrsquos system he said (For questions or comments contact Kathleen Vandervoet at kathleenvanmsncom)

5

ONGOING

SHOWING ALL OF NOVEMBER - GEORGIAS TRAVELS a one-woman show featuring a variety of media and subjects from Georgia Doublers travels On exhibit at the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales Nov 1 through 31st 520-287-5515

SHOWING NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY ndash TUBAC ARTIST BOBB VANN ON EXHIBIT at the law fi rm of Mesch Clark amp Rothschild downtown Tucson at 259 N Meyer Avenue A commercial artist in Philadelphia until the early 1980rsquos when Vann became interested in the role of African Americans in opening and settling the American West He moved from commercial to studio art and began to concentrate on what he calls ldquoThe Black Experiencerdquo Anyone interested in viewing the exhibit may call 520-624-8886 to schedule an appointment

MONDAYS - CHILDRENS READING HOUR at TJs Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans in the Mercado de Baca at 10am 520-398-8109

THURSDAYS FRIDAYS amp SATURDAYS - LIVE MUSIC at Stables Ranch Grille in the Tubac Golf Resort At 6pm 520-398-2678

FRIDAYS - BECKY REYES LIVE 5-8pm at Stockmans Grill at the Amado Territory Ranch I-19 exit 48 520-398-2651

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THURS NOV 5TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Evelyne Tanehill speaking on Abandoned and Forgotten An orphanrsquos story of survival during WW II Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS THRU SUN NOV 5-8TH ndash INTERNATIONAL SOULCOLLAGEreg FACILITATORS CONFERENCE in Tubac with Founder Seena B Frost attending For more info visit wwwsoulcollagecom

FRI NOV 6TH ndash FIVE-MILE BIRD HIKE Bird several diff erent habitats and see a variety of species with a guide Hike begins in desert uplands and reaches Sonoita Creek Bring sturdy shoes binoculars water and snacks Hike is approx fi ve miles and four hours long 8am Call 520-287-2791 to register

FRI NOV 6TH - FIRST FRIDAY AT WISDOMS CAFE in Tumacacori with Live Music by Bill Manzanedo BBQ specials amp 2 for 1 margaritas 398-2397

FRI NOV 6TH - MARIE RHINES FIDDLE PERFORMANCE at the Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371

FRI amp SAT NOV 6TH amp 7TH ndash THE PIANO STORY ndash A narrative concert performed by Argentine pianist Mario Merdirossian at Rogoway Gallery 5 Calle Baca at 530pm Merdirossian will tell and play the captivating story of the piano from its invention over three centuries ago until today To illustrate the progressive development he will perform spellbinding short pieces by Scarlatti Mozart Beethoven Chopin Liszt Grieg Debussy and other outstanding classical composers The free tickets are available by calling 520-398-2041or at rogowaygalleriescom Tickets are required due to the limited seating space Mario Merdirossian will be available for a personal interview beginning Wed Nov 4th or by telephone interview prior to that date Please call the Rogoway Gallery to arrange an interview

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Saturdays from 10-1130am Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

6

City Lights by georgia Doubler acrylic

7

Plate Lunch offered for sale by

Kristoferrsquos ampStockmanrsquos Grill

Artat the

ranch

amado territory Ranch3001 e Frontage Rd I-19 exit 4830 miles south of tucsonFree and open to the publicSaturdaynovember 28 10 - 5

arTMUSIcFOOD

FOR FURtheR INFORMatION CaLL MIChaeL aRthUR JaYMe 520-270-7462WWWMIChaeLaJaYMeCOM

RUSSeLL MOtt

CJ ShaNe

DeL MaRINeLLO

LINDa CRaWFORD

Larry redhouseJazz trio

M BRUSa ZaPPeLINI

Michael arthur Jayme

r carlos nakaiNative american Flutist

JP BESTOF ThEBEST

SAT NOV 7TH- A rare demonstration and talk by LOCAL PAINTER FRED COLLINS and 2009 Peoplersquos Choice Winner A master at Trompe lOeil or ldquotricks of the eyerdquo Collins exciting images will greet you as they seem to walk out of the canvas At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero from 11-2

SAT NOV 7TH - ARTIST RECEPTION WINE amp CHEESE BAR at Tubac Territory 1 Calle Baca from 12pm - 5pm Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and designer Gustavo Olivas 520-398-2913

SAT NOV 7TH - WALK THE ROCKS THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF BROWN CANYON led by Richard Conway PhD Around and within the towers and buttresses of the Baboquivari Mountains is concealed an extraordinary story of shattered land masses mega-volcanoes and vanished landscapes With your eyes to the rocks and ridge-tops you will learn to recognize clues that reveal the arearsquos geologic history For more info visit the Friends of BANWR at www friendsofbanwrorg

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Saturdays - for teens and adults from 3-6pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SAT NOV 7TH ndash MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro featuring SPANISH GUITARIST across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - ART EXPERIENCE WEEKEND from 10am - 5pm Art Experience brings visitors up close and personal with the artists of Tubac Artists create works right before visitorsrsquo eyes throughout a weekend celebrating the creative process Enjoy demonstrations artist receptions and special exhibits Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - COPPER PLATE ETCHING DEMONSTRATIONS by Nicholas J Wilson Internationally Known Wildlife Artist Sat ndash 10am to 5pm Sun ndash 1pm to 5pm At TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - POTTERY AND RAKU DEMONSTRATIONS by local potter Diane Lisle and the tile work of master craftsman Jack James At Clay Hands 5 Camino Otero

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION at The Red Door Gallery 10 Plaza Road J Eggman - Monotypes Brent Nagell - Oil painting Teresa del Rito - Southwest Crosses From 1 to 4pm 520-398-3943

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - JOIN US FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT ZFORREST GALLERY in the La Entrada Shopping Plaza 520-398-9009

Wellness Wednesdays the SpaSave on 50-minute services and save more on 80-minute services

Remember with any treatment you receive full use of the sauna steam room amp co-ed Jacuzzi

Visit our Aveda Salon Open Mon-Sat from 10a to 5p Come to our next Spa Open House 123 from 3p ndash 6p

Fritz Contzen Part 2by Mary Bingham

STARTING OVER

Fritz Contzen was one of the few civilian Anglos to remain in Arizona throughout the Civil War

Th e 1861 Apache raid on his Rancho Punta de Agua and his subsequent 1862 imprisonment at Yuma resulting from Brevet Brigadier General James Henry Carletons orders to arrest any civilians remaining in Tucson as Confederate sympathizers placed Fritz in a fi nancial bind

Fritz and his young wife were now living in Tucson Taking a page from his old Texas Ranger commander William Bigfoot Wallace Fritz proved his honesty and loyalty to the United States by volunteering for one the most hazardous jobs in the territory - military express messenger Th e Arizona Historical Foundation fi le on Contzen notes

After the Union established a Military Post at Tucson [Camp Tucson later renamed Camp Lowell] orders and communications were sent by military couriers to a Military detachment at Blue Water on the Gila Th is detachment was used principally to escort mail riders carrying mail from Tucson to Prescott As Military couriers were frequently killed by the Apaches Fritz Contzen volunteered to carry Military dispatches to Blue Water which he did successfully for a considerable time Usually he started out on horseback at four PM and rode the 100 miles most of the time on a gallop reaching his destination early the next morning Usually upon arrival at Blue Water he was greatly exhausted and barely able to get off his horseFor this work he received $100 a month

Meanwhile Fritzs new wife Margarita Ferrer probably gave birth to their fi rst son LuisLouis sometime during Tucsons period of military occupation Lockwood records that the son died in infancy however the 1864 Arizona Territorial census lists a Louis Contzen age 8 living in the same household with Frederick and Margarita Contzen If the child really was eight-years-old then who was the mother Did Fritz have a third wife Did the census taker make an error Perhaps Luis was only eight-months-old then again there is always the possibility that Luis was the son of Fritzs brother Julius However Fritz testifi ed that Julius died without issue in 1857

Th e 1864 census also showed that Fritz owned property valued at $450 He was beginning to recover fi nancially from the raid and vowed to stay out of the ranching business With the move to Tucson he dabbled in real estate purchasing and selling a number of properties around town making a profi t in most cases By 1867 things were looking up as he signed a contract with Louis Zeckendorf the principal contractor to carry mail between Tucson and Prescott at $1000 per month Th e Arizona Miner for December 14th reported that Fritz soon contracted out the route from Maricopa Well to Tucson for $650 a month to another man Fritz would add mail routes to Tubac Patagonia Sasabe and the newly established Fort Crittenden near Sonoita Danger from Apache attacks and bandits was constant Several express riders were killed and frequently Fritz would have to carry the mail himself

In 1868 a second son PhilipFelipe was born to the Contzens It is not known when Luis died but there is no mention of Luis after Philip was born In spite of constant danger the 1870 federal census shows Fritz was doing very well His property was now valued at $5000

Mining was also a part of Fritzs business portfolio He is recorded as the fi rst to locate the San Xavier and Young American Mines and continued to mine on and off for the rest of his life

Camp Grant Massacre

In 1871 Fritz would once again volunteer to fi ght Indians A group of Tucson citizens led by William Oury made up of six Anglo-Americans forty-eight Mexican-Americans and ninety-four Tohono Oodham (Papago) would attack an Apache camp near Camp Grant killing 108 Aravaipa and Pinal Apache Some sources claim the number killed was as high as 141 Upon inspection the dead were found to be women and children with only eight men among those counted Fritz is clearly named in the Carl Hayden Arizona Biography Files as being a participant in the Camp Grant Massacre with the following quote from the Frederick Contzen fi le Was one of six Americans in the party which attacked the Arivaipa Apache rancheria near old Fort Grant when 108 Indians were killed April 30 1871

Haydens father Charles Trumbull Hayden was the foreman of the Grand Jury that handed down 111 indictments against the participants Among those named were Sidney R DeLong William Sanders Oury D A Bennett James Lee Charles T Etchells David Foley Jesus Mariacutea Eliacuteas and Juan Eliacuteas Fritzs name probably appeared in one indictment that included ninety names Th ere can be no doubt that Carl Hayden knew of Fritzs part in the massacre

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y

continued from October 2009 Tubac Villager

As the trail date approached in December 1871 only seven men were arraigned Th ey included Oury Lee Bennett the Eliacuteas brothers Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis Fritz would testify during the trail identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event

Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial Th e fi nal act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B Wooster and his wife Trinidad Aguirre at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac Th e jury with John B Pie Allen as foreman returned a verdict in nineteen minutes All defendants were found not guilty

Return to GermanyBy 1873 Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education Th ey would remain in Germany until 1880 staying with Fritzs father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions A few years later Philip would return to his grandfathers home to complete his education in civil and mechanical

engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin Upon his return to Arizona Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor Generals offi ce He would be given the diffi cult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona Among them was the infamous Baca Float No 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico Later Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor

Over the years Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menagers store Fritz testifi ed

In the morning I went into the store when Menager and his dog was on the counter He usually keeps his dog in the yard I says hello good morning Th en he have jumped for me Th en I called for to have taken him away from me and they did not I went there on business I only said good morning then the dog jumped on me then I commenced fi ghting and he bit me in the leg (indicating the sport on the thigh) I said Take that damn dog from me Mr Menager did nothing at all I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month Of afternoons I have fever Th e wound was black I

went to Dr Handy who dressed it and he charged me $20 I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching and have apprehension of hydrophobia

Th e judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much Th e verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50

A more serious case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court in 1900 Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua Fritz had to fi rst prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union Fritz never applied for citizenship However he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas

Th e Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3 1900 ruling that if Fritz upon attaining his majority had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation Fritz died of Brights Disease on May 2 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson

Special thanks goes to Dr Christine Marin archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen fi le allowing this story to be written

SOURCES- Contzen Frederick (Fritz) Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays httpwwwasuedulibarchivesazbioazbiohtm

- Contzen v United States and the Apache Indians httpwwwprecydentcomcitation179US191

- Granger Byrd H Will C Barnes Arizona Place Names Tucson University of Arizona c 1960

- Lockwood Frank C Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864 Tucson Th e Tucson Civil Committee c 1943

- Schellie Don Vast Domain of Blood Th e Story of the Camp Grant Massacre Tucson Westernlore Press c 1992

For more history and great publications visit Mary Binghams

Blue Traveler Press online at

wwwbluetravelerpresscom

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y 9

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

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Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

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Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Meg Flanders

Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING TO BE SOLDNO MATTER WHAT THE COST

FINE FURNITURELIQUIDATION$1000000

continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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Mon-Sat 10-5M Sun 12-5

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Join Us on Nov 7 amp 8 for Demonstations

AC T I N G C L A S S E S OFFERED

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FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

Shelby‛s Daily LunchSpecials11am - 4pm

Music On The Patio Wine and Dine $1000

Stay and enjoy our daily Grab and Go special in the restaurant with a glass of one of our

house wines for Just $1000

Grab and Go $700Add Soup or Salad $200

Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

Sunday Marinated and Grilled Eggplant on Flat bread

Monday 8rdquo Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday Spinach Salad with

Warm Citrus Dressing

Wednesday Portobella Ravioli with

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto

Thursday Chicken Piccata with

Angel Hair Pasta

Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

by Maggie MilinovitchMule Deer

398-9088

31

Tubac Rd

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

amp Cathy RodarteProprietors

Closed MondaysOPEN

Lunch Tues - Sat 11am - 2pm

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

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Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

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A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

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FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

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THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

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See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 5: November 2009 Tubac Villager

TUBAC HOME SALES - Resale home sales as reported by MLS - 922090-102309

Charlie Meaker Celebrating 30 Years in Tubac

F E A T U R E D H O M E S T H I S M O N T H

ADDRESS AREA DESCRIPTION SALES PRICE $ PER SQ FT DAYS ON MARKET

ITrsquoS A BUYERrsquoS MARKETThere are over 100 resale homes listed for sale in Tubac at prices ranging from $74200 to a cool $8 Million

WESTERN RANCH-STYLE HOME WITH EVERYTHING amp MOREThree-bedroom 3-bath main house PLUS two-room hilltop studioworkshop Shady porches on three sides room to entertain amazing mountain views AND a master bedroom suite that would make a queen envious The list of wonderful things in this beautiful home goes on and on Mere words cannot describe all this house has to offer ndash you have to go Look Give me a call and you can see for yourself REDUCED TO $449000

Tubac O ce PO Box 1987 Tubac AZ 85646

520-237-2414Charlie Meaker

301 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 2BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $140000 $9402 962207 EMBARCADERO WAY BARRIO - SENTINEL HILL 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $255000 $12624 21812 BARRIO DE TUBAC LN BARRIO - CIELITO LINDO 2BR TOWNHOME - FURNISHED $315000 $15166 197501 POST WAY BARRIO - EMBARCADERO 3BR TOWNHOME - FORECLOSURE $137000 $8839 112

If yoursquore thinking of listing your property please give me a call I will give you a free market analysis work for you on open houses if desired and ldquospread the wordrdquo with advertising in all media and the internet

NOTE Each month we will report on Home Sales using MLS DATA Questions or Comments Call or e-mail

OTHER FINE HOMES Call for a showing

508 POST WAY - 1BR townhome in Embarcadero - $Call 126 GEARY RD - 2-story 3BR patio home Beaucoup extras - $Call6 TROCITO CT - 3BR Pool Privacy Palo Parado Est - $45900038 PIEDRA DR 3BR on 3 Ac - a Total Remodel $4990002251 PALO PARADO RD - 4br big yard mountain views $325000156 ALISO SPRINGS RD - 4BR 4 acres what views $575000Foreclosure bank-owned properties Call for the latest price

CAMINO KENNEDY ndash FORTY ACRES at the north end of Tubac Foothills Ranch Several great building sites Views all around Adjoins state land on the north Can be split into three parcels Electric at the lot line Investment Potential OFFERED AT $159000

AMADO - 5 ACRES Mountain Views - $125000

The Owners are waiting anxiously for your o er Give me a call Irsquoll help you nd the home thatrsquos just right for you Irsquom at your service

FORECLOSURE IN SANTIAGOndash NEVER LIVED-INTwo bedrooms in the main house plus one-bedroom casita This immaculate home has many extras including a beautiful kitchen with stainless appliances charming master bath Split fl oor plan Shaded patio off the living room and a courtyard with fi replace Views of the Tumacacori Mountains Quiet street yet close to the Village and freeway Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

BANK-OWNED 3-BEDROOM IN SANTIAGO Upgraded Dorn Home ndash Durango Model ndash has huge Great RoomMorning RoomKitchen Also therersquos a Formal Dining Room a Home Offi ceDen and 3-car garage The walk-in closet in the Master Suite is large enough for guest quarters Walled-in back yard beautiful foyer Sold ldquoas-isrdquo IN THE LOW $300rsquoS CALL FOR THE LATEST PRICE

TWO BEDROOM IMMACULATE HOME IN PALO PARADO ESTATES AMAZING MOUNTAIN VIEWS Looks and shows like Brand New Great Room plan with kitchen to die for roomy dining area breakfast bar Master bedroom has mountain view Den off living room large laundry room Bonus Studio or workshop with AC off garage All appliances stay A MUST-SEE OFFERED AT $338000

2258 PALO PARADO 102 CIRCULO VESPUCCI

district board agreed to transfer funds earmarked for replacement of a staff vehicle to cover the cost

Community groups to be formed

Two ldquoworking groupsrdquo are slated to be formed by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors to study controversial issues and develop recommendationsSupervisor John Maynard said one group will

study the new flood plain ordinance ldquoI think itrsquos important you understand that is going to be a critical documentrdquo he said at the Oct 19 meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council ldquoas we begin to look at development activity in the county The riparian community is something I feel is well worth protectingrdquoThe other committee will study roads ldquoThat group will make some recommendations on the Rio Rico community but also county-wide This will be a critical issue as well Irsquove felt that with the

reductions in state revenue we receive for road maintenance there are alternatives the county is going to have to look atrdquoThe county plans to introduce legislation at the state level to allow the county to maintain and possibly bring in additional dirt roads into the countyrsquos system he said (For questions or comments contact Kathleen Vandervoet at kathleenvanmsncom)

5

ONGOING

SHOWING ALL OF NOVEMBER - GEORGIAS TRAVELS a one-woman show featuring a variety of media and subjects from Georgia Doublers travels On exhibit at the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales Nov 1 through 31st 520-287-5515

SHOWING NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY ndash TUBAC ARTIST BOBB VANN ON EXHIBIT at the law fi rm of Mesch Clark amp Rothschild downtown Tucson at 259 N Meyer Avenue A commercial artist in Philadelphia until the early 1980rsquos when Vann became interested in the role of African Americans in opening and settling the American West He moved from commercial to studio art and began to concentrate on what he calls ldquoThe Black Experiencerdquo Anyone interested in viewing the exhibit may call 520-624-8886 to schedule an appointment

MONDAYS - CHILDRENS READING HOUR at TJs Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans in the Mercado de Baca at 10am 520-398-8109

THURSDAYS FRIDAYS amp SATURDAYS - LIVE MUSIC at Stables Ranch Grille in the Tubac Golf Resort At 6pm 520-398-2678

FRIDAYS - BECKY REYES LIVE 5-8pm at Stockmans Grill at the Amado Territory Ranch I-19 exit 48 520-398-2651

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THURS NOV 5TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Evelyne Tanehill speaking on Abandoned and Forgotten An orphanrsquos story of survival during WW II Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS THRU SUN NOV 5-8TH ndash INTERNATIONAL SOULCOLLAGEreg FACILITATORS CONFERENCE in Tubac with Founder Seena B Frost attending For more info visit wwwsoulcollagecom

FRI NOV 6TH ndash FIVE-MILE BIRD HIKE Bird several diff erent habitats and see a variety of species with a guide Hike begins in desert uplands and reaches Sonoita Creek Bring sturdy shoes binoculars water and snacks Hike is approx fi ve miles and four hours long 8am Call 520-287-2791 to register

FRI NOV 6TH - FIRST FRIDAY AT WISDOMS CAFE in Tumacacori with Live Music by Bill Manzanedo BBQ specials amp 2 for 1 margaritas 398-2397

FRI NOV 6TH - MARIE RHINES FIDDLE PERFORMANCE at the Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371

FRI amp SAT NOV 6TH amp 7TH ndash THE PIANO STORY ndash A narrative concert performed by Argentine pianist Mario Merdirossian at Rogoway Gallery 5 Calle Baca at 530pm Merdirossian will tell and play the captivating story of the piano from its invention over three centuries ago until today To illustrate the progressive development he will perform spellbinding short pieces by Scarlatti Mozart Beethoven Chopin Liszt Grieg Debussy and other outstanding classical composers The free tickets are available by calling 520-398-2041or at rogowaygalleriescom Tickets are required due to the limited seating space Mario Merdirossian will be available for a personal interview beginning Wed Nov 4th or by telephone interview prior to that date Please call the Rogoway Gallery to arrange an interview

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Saturdays from 10-1130am Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

6

City Lights by georgia Doubler acrylic

7

Plate Lunch offered for sale by

Kristoferrsquos ampStockmanrsquos Grill

Artat the

ranch

amado territory Ranch3001 e Frontage Rd I-19 exit 4830 miles south of tucsonFree and open to the publicSaturdaynovember 28 10 - 5

arTMUSIcFOOD

FOR FURtheR INFORMatION CaLL MIChaeL aRthUR JaYMe 520-270-7462WWWMIChaeLaJaYMeCOM

RUSSeLL MOtt

CJ ShaNe

DeL MaRINeLLO

LINDa CRaWFORD

Larry redhouseJazz trio

M BRUSa ZaPPeLINI

Michael arthur Jayme

r carlos nakaiNative american Flutist

JP BESTOF ThEBEST

SAT NOV 7TH- A rare demonstration and talk by LOCAL PAINTER FRED COLLINS and 2009 Peoplersquos Choice Winner A master at Trompe lOeil or ldquotricks of the eyerdquo Collins exciting images will greet you as they seem to walk out of the canvas At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero from 11-2

SAT NOV 7TH - ARTIST RECEPTION WINE amp CHEESE BAR at Tubac Territory 1 Calle Baca from 12pm - 5pm Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and designer Gustavo Olivas 520-398-2913

SAT NOV 7TH - WALK THE ROCKS THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF BROWN CANYON led by Richard Conway PhD Around and within the towers and buttresses of the Baboquivari Mountains is concealed an extraordinary story of shattered land masses mega-volcanoes and vanished landscapes With your eyes to the rocks and ridge-tops you will learn to recognize clues that reveal the arearsquos geologic history For more info visit the Friends of BANWR at www friendsofbanwrorg

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Saturdays - for teens and adults from 3-6pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SAT NOV 7TH ndash MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro featuring SPANISH GUITARIST across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - ART EXPERIENCE WEEKEND from 10am - 5pm Art Experience brings visitors up close and personal with the artists of Tubac Artists create works right before visitorsrsquo eyes throughout a weekend celebrating the creative process Enjoy demonstrations artist receptions and special exhibits Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - COPPER PLATE ETCHING DEMONSTRATIONS by Nicholas J Wilson Internationally Known Wildlife Artist Sat ndash 10am to 5pm Sun ndash 1pm to 5pm At TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - POTTERY AND RAKU DEMONSTRATIONS by local potter Diane Lisle and the tile work of master craftsman Jack James At Clay Hands 5 Camino Otero

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION at The Red Door Gallery 10 Plaza Road J Eggman - Monotypes Brent Nagell - Oil painting Teresa del Rito - Southwest Crosses From 1 to 4pm 520-398-3943

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - JOIN US FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT ZFORREST GALLERY in the La Entrada Shopping Plaza 520-398-9009

Wellness Wednesdays the SpaSave on 50-minute services and save more on 80-minute services

Remember with any treatment you receive full use of the sauna steam room amp co-ed Jacuzzi

Visit our Aveda Salon Open Mon-Sat from 10a to 5p Come to our next Spa Open House 123 from 3p ndash 6p

Fritz Contzen Part 2by Mary Bingham

STARTING OVER

Fritz Contzen was one of the few civilian Anglos to remain in Arizona throughout the Civil War

Th e 1861 Apache raid on his Rancho Punta de Agua and his subsequent 1862 imprisonment at Yuma resulting from Brevet Brigadier General James Henry Carletons orders to arrest any civilians remaining in Tucson as Confederate sympathizers placed Fritz in a fi nancial bind

Fritz and his young wife were now living in Tucson Taking a page from his old Texas Ranger commander William Bigfoot Wallace Fritz proved his honesty and loyalty to the United States by volunteering for one the most hazardous jobs in the territory - military express messenger Th e Arizona Historical Foundation fi le on Contzen notes

After the Union established a Military Post at Tucson [Camp Tucson later renamed Camp Lowell] orders and communications were sent by military couriers to a Military detachment at Blue Water on the Gila Th is detachment was used principally to escort mail riders carrying mail from Tucson to Prescott As Military couriers were frequently killed by the Apaches Fritz Contzen volunteered to carry Military dispatches to Blue Water which he did successfully for a considerable time Usually he started out on horseback at four PM and rode the 100 miles most of the time on a gallop reaching his destination early the next morning Usually upon arrival at Blue Water he was greatly exhausted and barely able to get off his horseFor this work he received $100 a month

Meanwhile Fritzs new wife Margarita Ferrer probably gave birth to their fi rst son LuisLouis sometime during Tucsons period of military occupation Lockwood records that the son died in infancy however the 1864 Arizona Territorial census lists a Louis Contzen age 8 living in the same household with Frederick and Margarita Contzen If the child really was eight-years-old then who was the mother Did Fritz have a third wife Did the census taker make an error Perhaps Luis was only eight-months-old then again there is always the possibility that Luis was the son of Fritzs brother Julius However Fritz testifi ed that Julius died without issue in 1857

Th e 1864 census also showed that Fritz owned property valued at $450 He was beginning to recover fi nancially from the raid and vowed to stay out of the ranching business With the move to Tucson he dabbled in real estate purchasing and selling a number of properties around town making a profi t in most cases By 1867 things were looking up as he signed a contract with Louis Zeckendorf the principal contractor to carry mail between Tucson and Prescott at $1000 per month Th e Arizona Miner for December 14th reported that Fritz soon contracted out the route from Maricopa Well to Tucson for $650 a month to another man Fritz would add mail routes to Tubac Patagonia Sasabe and the newly established Fort Crittenden near Sonoita Danger from Apache attacks and bandits was constant Several express riders were killed and frequently Fritz would have to carry the mail himself

In 1868 a second son PhilipFelipe was born to the Contzens It is not known when Luis died but there is no mention of Luis after Philip was born In spite of constant danger the 1870 federal census shows Fritz was doing very well His property was now valued at $5000

Mining was also a part of Fritzs business portfolio He is recorded as the fi rst to locate the San Xavier and Young American Mines and continued to mine on and off for the rest of his life

Camp Grant Massacre

In 1871 Fritz would once again volunteer to fi ght Indians A group of Tucson citizens led by William Oury made up of six Anglo-Americans forty-eight Mexican-Americans and ninety-four Tohono Oodham (Papago) would attack an Apache camp near Camp Grant killing 108 Aravaipa and Pinal Apache Some sources claim the number killed was as high as 141 Upon inspection the dead were found to be women and children with only eight men among those counted Fritz is clearly named in the Carl Hayden Arizona Biography Files as being a participant in the Camp Grant Massacre with the following quote from the Frederick Contzen fi le Was one of six Americans in the party which attacked the Arivaipa Apache rancheria near old Fort Grant when 108 Indians were killed April 30 1871

Haydens father Charles Trumbull Hayden was the foreman of the Grand Jury that handed down 111 indictments against the participants Among those named were Sidney R DeLong William Sanders Oury D A Bennett James Lee Charles T Etchells David Foley Jesus Mariacutea Eliacuteas and Juan Eliacuteas Fritzs name probably appeared in one indictment that included ninety names Th ere can be no doubt that Carl Hayden knew of Fritzs part in the massacre

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y

continued from October 2009 Tubac Villager

As the trail date approached in December 1871 only seven men were arraigned Th ey included Oury Lee Bennett the Eliacuteas brothers Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis Fritz would testify during the trail identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event

Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial Th e fi nal act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B Wooster and his wife Trinidad Aguirre at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac Th e jury with John B Pie Allen as foreman returned a verdict in nineteen minutes All defendants were found not guilty

Return to GermanyBy 1873 Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education Th ey would remain in Germany until 1880 staying with Fritzs father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions A few years later Philip would return to his grandfathers home to complete his education in civil and mechanical

engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin Upon his return to Arizona Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor Generals offi ce He would be given the diffi cult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona Among them was the infamous Baca Float No 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico Later Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor

Over the years Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menagers store Fritz testifi ed

In the morning I went into the store when Menager and his dog was on the counter He usually keeps his dog in the yard I says hello good morning Th en he have jumped for me Th en I called for to have taken him away from me and they did not I went there on business I only said good morning then the dog jumped on me then I commenced fi ghting and he bit me in the leg (indicating the sport on the thigh) I said Take that damn dog from me Mr Menager did nothing at all I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month Of afternoons I have fever Th e wound was black I

went to Dr Handy who dressed it and he charged me $20 I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching and have apprehension of hydrophobia

Th e judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much Th e verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50

A more serious case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court in 1900 Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua Fritz had to fi rst prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union Fritz never applied for citizenship However he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas

Th e Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3 1900 ruling that if Fritz upon attaining his majority had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation Fritz died of Brights Disease on May 2 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson

Special thanks goes to Dr Christine Marin archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen fi le allowing this story to be written

SOURCES- Contzen Frederick (Fritz) Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays httpwwwasuedulibarchivesazbioazbiohtm

- Contzen v United States and the Apache Indians httpwwwprecydentcomcitation179US191

- Granger Byrd H Will C Barnes Arizona Place Names Tucson University of Arizona c 1960

- Lockwood Frank C Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864 Tucson Th e Tucson Civil Committee c 1943

- Schellie Don Vast Domain of Blood Th e Story of the Camp Grant Massacre Tucson Westernlore Press c 1992

For more history and great publications visit Mary Binghams

Blue Traveler Press online at

wwwbluetravelerpresscom

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y 9

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

amp check out our online portfolio at wwwttfurniturecom

Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Bold Southwest Art

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture

Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Meg Flanders

Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

Shelby‛s Daily LunchSpecials11am - 4pm

Music On The Patio Wine and Dine $1000

Stay and enjoy our daily Grab and Go special in the restaurant with a glass of one of our

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Grab and Go $700Add Soup or Salad $200

Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

Sunday Marinated and Grilled Eggplant on Flat bread

Monday 8rdquo Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday Spinach Salad with

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Wednesday Portobella Ravioli with

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Thursday Chicken Piccata with

Angel Hair Pasta

Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 ndash Fish amp Chips Live Music by Volodia ldquoVrdquo

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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COLONIAL CIT IES OF CENTRAL MEXICObull Enjoy charming Guanajuato ndash visit the

best ceramicists in the area

bull Tour the Alhondiga de Granaditas the Juarez Theater Diego Riverarsquos birthplace

bull Visit the gothic Cathedral of San Miguel the Instituto the Palace of Fine Arts

bull Stay in charming bed and breakfast accomodations

bull Eat the fi nest cuisine of Mexico

bull Visit the home of Padre Hidalgo and learn the history of the ldquoCry of Doloresrdquo

bull Optional visit to the charming nearby city of Queretaro

bull Small groups ndash unique experiences ndash fully escorted

Mar ch 4 ndash 1 1 2010 $2470 per person double

SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

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21a g r a s s l a n d s C e l e b r a t i o n a t B u e n o s a i r e s N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e R e f u g e

The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

The Importance of Being Nowhereby Charles Bowden

photograph by Joseph Birkett

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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23

So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

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inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

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Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

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STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

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B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

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The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

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Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

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N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 6: November 2009 Tubac Villager

ONGOING

SHOWING ALL OF NOVEMBER - GEORGIAS TRAVELS a one-woman show featuring a variety of media and subjects from Georgia Doublers travels On exhibit at the Hilltop Art Gallery in Nogales Nov 1 through 31st 520-287-5515

SHOWING NOW THROUGH FEBRUARY ndash TUBAC ARTIST BOBB VANN ON EXHIBIT at the law fi rm of Mesch Clark amp Rothschild downtown Tucson at 259 N Meyer Avenue A commercial artist in Philadelphia until the early 1980rsquos when Vann became interested in the role of African Americans in opening and settling the American West He moved from commercial to studio art and began to concentrate on what he calls ldquoThe Black Experiencerdquo Anyone interested in viewing the exhibit may call 520-624-8886 to schedule an appointment

MONDAYS - CHILDRENS READING HOUR at TJs Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans in the Mercado de Baca at 10am 520-398-8109

THURSDAYS FRIDAYS amp SATURDAYS - LIVE MUSIC at Stables Ranch Grille in the Tubac Golf Resort At 6pm 520-398-2678

FRIDAYS - BECKY REYES LIVE 5-8pm at Stockmans Grill at the Amado Territory Ranch I-19 exit 48 520-398-2651

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THURS NOV 5TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Evelyne Tanehill speaking on Abandoned and Forgotten An orphanrsquos story of survival during WW II Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS THRU SUN NOV 5-8TH ndash INTERNATIONAL SOULCOLLAGEreg FACILITATORS CONFERENCE in Tubac with Founder Seena B Frost attending For more info visit wwwsoulcollagecom

FRI NOV 6TH ndash FIVE-MILE BIRD HIKE Bird several diff erent habitats and see a variety of species with a guide Hike begins in desert uplands and reaches Sonoita Creek Bring sturdy shoes binoculars water and snacks Hike is approx fi ve miles and four hours long 8am Call 520-287-2791 to register

FRI NOV 6TH - FIRST FRIDAY AT WISDOMS CAFE in Tumacacori with Live Music by Bill Manzanedo BBQ specials amp 2 for 1 margaritas 398-2397

FRI NOV 6TH - MARIE RHINES FIDDLE PERFORMANCE at the Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371

FRI amp SAT NOV 6TH amp 7TH ndash THE PIANO STORY ndash A narrative concert performed by Argentine pianist Mario Merdirossian at Rogoway Gallery 5 Calle Baca at 530pm Merdirossian will tell and play the captivating story of the piano from its invention over three centuries ago until today To illustrate the progressive development he will perform spellbinding short pieces by Scarlatti Mozart Beethoven Chopin Liszt Grieg Debussy and other outstanding classical composers The free tickets are available by calling 520-398-2041or at rogowaygalleriescom Tickets are required due to the limited seating space Mario Merdirossian will be available for a personal interview beginning Wed Nov 4th or by telephone interview prior to that date Please call the Rogoway Gallery to arrange an interview

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Saturdays from 10-1130am Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

6

City Lights by georgia Doubler acrylic

7

Plate Lunch offered for sale by

Kristoferrsquos ampStockmanrsquos Grill

Artat the

ranch

amado territory Ranch3001 e Frontage Rd I-19 exit 4830 miles south of tucsonFree and open to the publicSaturdaynovember 28 10 - 5

arTMUSIcFOOD

FOR FURtheR INFORMatION CaLL MIChaeL aRthUR JaYMe 520-270-7462WWWMIChaeLaJaYMeCOM

RUSSeLL MOtt

CJ ShaNe

DeL MaRINeLLO

LINDa CRaWFORD

Larry redhouseJazz trio

M BRUSa ZaPPeLINI

Michael arthur Jayme

r carlos nakaiNative american Flutist

JP BESTOF ThEBEST

SAT NOV 7TH- A rare demonstration and talk by LOCAL PAINTER FRED COLLINS and 2009 Peoplersquos Choice Winner A master at Trompe lOeil or ldquotricks of the eyerdquo Collins exciting images will greet you as they seem to walk out of the canvas At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero from 11-2

SAT NOV 7TH - ARTIST RECEPTION WINE amp CHEESE BAR at Tubac Territory 1 Calle Baca from 12pm - 5pm Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and designer Gustavo Olivas 520-398-2913

SAT NOV 7TH - WALK THE ROCKS THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF BROWN CANYON led by Richard Conway PhD Around and within the towers and buttresses of the Baboquivari Mountains is concealed an extraordinary story of shattered land masses mega-volcanoes and vanished landscapes With your eyes to the rocks and ridge-tops you will learn to recognize clues that reveal the arearsquos geologic history For more info visit the Friends of BANWR at www friendsofbanwrorg

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Saturdays - for teens and adults from 3-6pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SAT NOV 7TH ndash MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro featuring SPANISH GUITARIST across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - ART EXPERIENCE WEEKEND from 10am - 5pm Art Experience brings visitors up close and personal with the artists of Tubac Artists create works right before visitorsrsquo eyes throughout a weekend celebrating the creative process Enjoy demonstrations artist receptions and special exhibits Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - COPPER PLATE ETCHING DEMONSTRATIONS by Nicholas J Wilson Internationally Known Wildlife Artist Sat ndash 10am to 5pm Sun ndash 1pm to 5pm At TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - POTTERY AND RAKU DEMONSTRATIONS by local potter Diane Lisle and the tile work of master craftsman Jack James At Clay Hands 5 Camino Otero

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION at The Red Door Gallery 10 Plaza Road J Eggman - Monotypes Brent Nagell - Oil painting Teresa del Rito - Southwest Crosses From 1 to 4pm 520-398-3943

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - JOIN US FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT ZFORREST GALLERY in the La Entrada Shopping Plaza 520-398-9009

Wellness Wednesdays the SpaSave on 50-minute services and save more on 80-minute services

Remember with any treatment you receive full use of the sauna steam room amp co-ed Jacuzzi

Visit our Aveda Salon Open Mon-Sat from 10a to 5p Come to our next Spa Open House 123 from 3p ndash 6p

Fritz Contzen Part 2by Mary Bingham

STARTING OVER

Fritz Contzen was one of the few civilian Anglos to remain in Arizona throughout the Civil War

Th e 1861 Apache raid on his Rancho Punta de Agua and his subsequent 1862 imprisonment at Yuma resulting from Brevet Brigadier General James Henry Carletons orders to arrest any civilians remaining in Tucson as Confederate sympathizers placed Fritz in a fi nancial bind

Fritz and his young wife were now living in Tucson Taking a page from his old Texas Ranger commander William Bigfoot Wallace Fritz proved his honesty and loyalty to the United States by volunteering for one the most hazardous jobs in the territory - military express messenger Th e Arizona Historical Foundation fi le on Contzen notes

After the Union established a Military Post at Tucson [Camp Tucson later renamed Camp Lowell] orders and communications were sent by military couriers to a Military detachment at Blue Water on the Gila Th is detachment was used principally to escort mail riders carrying mail from Tucson to Prescott As Military couriers were frequently killed by the Apaches Fritz Contzen volunteered to carry Military dispatches to Blue Water which he did successfully for a considerable time Usually he started out on horseback at four PM and rode the 100 miles most of the time on a gallop reaching his destination early the next morning Usually upon arrival at Blue Water he was greatly exhausted and barely able to get off his horseFor this work he received $100 a month

Meanwhile Fritzs new wife Margarita Ferrer probably gave birth to their fi rst son LuisLouis sometime during Tucsons period of military occupation Lockwood records that the son died in infancy however the 1864 Arizona Territorial census lists a Louis Contzen age 8 living in the same household with Frederick and Margarita Contzen If the child really was eight-years-old then who was the mother Did Fritz have a third wife Did the census taker make an error Perhaps Luis was only eight-months-old then again there is always the possibility that Luis was the son of Fritzs brother Julius However Fritz testifi ed that Julius died without issue in 1857

Th e 1864 census also showed that Fritz owned property valued at $450 He was beginning to recover fi nancially from the raid and vowed to stay out of the ranching business With the move to Tucson he dabbled in real estate purchasing and selling a number of properties around town making a profi t in most cases By 1867 things were looking up as he signed a contract with Louis Zeckendorf the principal contractor to carry mail between Tucson and Prescott at $1000 per month Th e Arizona Miner for December 14th reported that Fritz soon contracted out the route from Maricopa Well to Tucson for $650 a month to another man Fritz would add mail routes to Tubac Patagonia Sasabe and the newly established Fort Crittenden near Sonoita Danger from Apache attacks and bandits was constant Several express riders were killed and frequently Fritz would have to carry the mail himself

In 1868 a second son PhilipFelipe was born to the Contzens It is not known when Luis died but there is no mention of Luis after Philip was born In spite of constant danger the 1870 federal census shows Fritz was doing very well His property was now valued at $5000

Mining was also a part of Fritzs business portfolio He is recorded as the fi rst to locate the San Xavier and Young American Mines and continued to mine on and off for the rest of his life

Camp Grant Massacre

In 1871 Fritz would once again volunteer to fi ght Indians A group of Tucson citizens led by William Oury made up of six Anglo-Americans forty-eight Mexican-Americans and ninety-four Tohono Oodham (Papago) would attack an Apache camp near Camp Grant killing 108 Aravaipa and Pinal Apache Some sources claim the number killed was as high as 141 Upon inspection the dead were found to be women and children with only eight men among those counted Fritz is clearly named in the Carl Hayden Arizona Biography Files as being a participant in the Camp Grant Massacre with the following quote from the Frederick Contzen fi le Was one of six Americans in the party which attacked the Arivaipa Apache rancheria near old Fort Grant when 108 Indians were killed April 30 1871

Haydens father Charles Trumbull Hayden was the foreman of the Grand Jury that handed down 111 indictments against the participants Among those named were Sidney R DeLong William Sanders Oury D A Bennett James Lee Charles T Etchells David Foley Jesus Mariacutea Eliacuteas and Juan Eliacuteas Fritzs name probably appeared in one indictment that included ninety names Th ere can be no doubt that Carl Hayden knew of Fritzs part in the massacre

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y

continued from October 2009 Tubac Villager

As the trail date approached in December 1871 only seven men were arraigned Th ey included Oury Lee Bennett the Eliacuteas brothers Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis Fritz would testify during the trail identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event

Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial Th e fi nal act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B Wooster and his wife Trinidad Aguirre at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac Th e jury with John B Pie Allen as foreman returned a verdict in nineteen minutes All defendants were found not guilty

Return to GermanyBy 1873 Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education Th ey would remain in Germany until 1880 staying with Fritzs father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions A few years later Philip would return to his grandfathers home to complete his education in civil and mechanical

engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin Upon his return to Arizona Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor Generals offi ce He would be given the diffi cult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona Among them was the infamous Baca Float No 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico Later Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor

Over the years Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menagers store Fritz testifi ed

In the morning I went into the store when Menager and his dog was on the counter He usually keeps his dog in the yard I says hello good morning Th en he have jumped for me Th en I called for to have taken him away from me and they did not I went there on business I only said good morning then the dog jumped on me then I commenced fi ghting and he bit me in the leg (indicating the sport on the thigh) I said Take that damn dog from me Mr Menager did nothing at all I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month Of afternoons I have fever Th e wound was black I

went to Dr Handy who dressed it and he charged me $20 I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching and have apprehension of hydrophobia

Th e judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much Th e verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50

A more serious case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court in 1900 Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua Fritz had to fi rst prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union Fritz never applied for citizenship However he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas

Th e Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3 1900 ruling that if Fritz upon attaining his majority had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation Fritz died of Brights Disease on May 2 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson

Special thanks goes to Dr Christine Marin archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen fi le allowing this story to be written

SOURCES- Contzen Frederick (Fritz) Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays httpwwwasuedulibarchivesazbioazbiohtm

- Contzen v United States and the Apache Indians httpwwwprecydentcomcitation179US191

- Granger Byrd H Will C Barnes Arizona Place Names Tucson University of Arizona c 1960

- Lockwood Frank C Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864 Tucson Th e Tucson Civil Committee c 1943

- Schellie Don Vast Domain of Blood Th e Story of the Camp Grant Massacre Tucson Westernlore Press c 1992

For more history and great publications visit Mary Binghams

Blue Traveler Press online at

wwwbluetravelerpresscom

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y 9

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

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Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

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Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

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Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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Mon-Sat 10-5M Sun 12-5

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Join Us on Nov 7 amp 8 for Demonstations

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FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

Shelby‛s Daily LunchSpecials11am - 4pm

Music On The Patio Wine and Dine $1000

Stay and enjoy our daily Grab and Go special in the restaurant with a glass of one of our

house wines for Just $1000

Grab and Go $700Add Soup or Salad $200

Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

Sunday Marinated and Grilled Eggplant on Flat bread

Monday 8rdquo Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday Spinach Salad with

Warm Citrus Dressing

Wednesday Portobella Ravioli with

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto

Thursday Chicken Piccata with

Angel Hair Pasta

Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

by Maggie MilinovitchMule Deer

398-9088

31

Tubac Rd

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

amp Cathy RodarteProprietors

Closed MondaysOPEN

Lunch Tues - Sat 11am - 2pm

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

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Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

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A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

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FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

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Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

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With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

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2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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R E D U C E D

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SAT NOV 7TH- A rare demonstration and talk by LOCAL PAINTER FRED COLLINS and 2009 Peoplersquos Choice Winner A master at Trompe lOeil or ldquotricks of the eyerdquo Collins exciting images will greet you as they seem to walk out of the canvas At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero from 11-2

SAT NOV 7TH - ARTIST RECEPTION WINE amp CHEESE BAR at Tubac Territory 1 Calle Baca from 12pm - 5pm Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and designer Gustavo Olivas 520-398-2913

SAT NOV 7TH - WALK THE ROCKS THE GEOLOGICAL STORY OF BROWN CANYON led by Richard Conway PhD Around and within the towers and buttresses of the Baboquivari Mountains is concealed an extraordinary story of shattered land masses mega-volcanoes and vanished landscapes With your eyes to the rocks and ridge-tops you will learn to recognize clues that reveal the arearsquos geologic history For more info visit the Friends of BANWR at www friendsofbanwrorg

STARTING SAT NOV 7TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Saturdays - for teens and adults from 3-6pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SAT NOV 7TH ndash MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro featuring SPANISH GUITARIST across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - ART EXPERIENCE WEEKEND from 10am - 5pm Art Experience brings visitors up close and personal with the artists of Tubac Artists create works right before visitorsrsquo eyes throughout a weekend celebrating the creative process Enjoy demonstrations artist receptions and special exhibits Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - COPPER PLATE ETCHING DEMONSTRATIONS by Nicholas J Wilson Internationally Known Wildlife Artist Sat ndash 10am to 5pm Sun ndash 1pm to 5pm At TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - POTTERY AND RAKU DEMONSTRATIONS by local potter Diane Lisle and the tile work of master craftsman Jack James At Clay Hands 5 Camino Otero

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - MEET THE ARTISTS RECEPTION at The Red Door Gallery 10 Plaza Road J Eggman - Monotypes Brent Nagell - Oil painting Teresa del Rito - Southwest Crosses From 1 to 4pm 520-398-3943

SAT amp SUN NOV 7TH amp 8TH - JOIN US FOR DEMONSTRATIONS AT ZFORREST GALLERY in the La Entrada Shopping Plaza 520-398-9009

Wellness Wednesdays the SpaSave on 50-minute services and save more on 80-minute services

Remember with any treatment you receive full use of the sauna steam room amp co-ed Jacuzzi

Visit our Aveda Salon Open Mon-Sat from 10a to 5p Come to our next Spa Open House 123 from 3p ndash 6p

Fritz Contzen Part 2by Mary Bingham

STARTING OVER

Fritz Contzen was one of the few civilian Anglos to remain in Arizona throughout the Civil War

Th e 1861 Apache raid on his Rancho Punta de Agua and his subsequent 1862 imprisonment at Yuma resulting from Brevet Brigadier General James Henry Carletons orders to arrest any civilians remaining in Tucson as Confederate sympathizers placed Fritz in a fi nancial bind

Fritz and his young wife were now living in Tucson Taking a page from his old Texas Ranger commander William Bigfoot Wallace Fritz proved his honesty and loyalty to the United States by volunteering for one the most hazardous jobs in the territory - military express messenger Th e Arizona Historical Foundation fi le on Contzen notes

After the Union established a Military Post at Tucson [Camp Tucson later renamed Camp Lowell] orders and communications were sent by military couriers to a Military detachment at Blue Water on the Gila Th is detachment was used principally to escort mail riders carrying mail from Tucson to Prescott As Military couriers were frequently killed by the Apaches Fritz Contzen volunteered to carry Military dispatches to Blue Water which he did successfully for a considerable time Usually he started out on horseback at four PM and rode the 100 miles most of the time on a gallop reaching his destination early the next morning Usually upon arrival at Blue Water he was greatly exhausted and barely able to get off his horseFor this work he received $100 a month

Meanwhile Fritzs new wife Margarita Ferrer probably gave birth to their fi rst son LuisLouis sometime during Tucsons period of military occupation Lockwood records that the son died in infancy however the 1864 Arizona Territorial census lists a Louis Contzen age 8 living in the same household with Frederick and Margarita Contzen If the child really was eight-years-old then who was the mother Did Fritz have a third wife Did the census taker make an error Perhaps Luis was only eight-months-old then again there is always the possibility that Luis was the son of Fritzs brother Julius However Fritz testifi ed that Julius died without issue in 1857

Th e 1864 census also showed that Fritz owned property valued at $450 He was beginning to recover fi nancially from the raid and vowed to stay out of the ranching business With the move to Tucson he dabbled in real estate purchasing and selling a number of properties around town making a profi t in most cases By 1867 things were looking up as he signed a contract with Louis Zeckendorf the principal contractor to carry mail between Tucson and Prescott at $1000 per month Th e Arizona Miner for December 14th reported that Fritz soon contracted out the route from Maricopa Well to Tucson for $650 a month to another man Fritz would add mail routes to Tubac Patagonia Sasabe and the newly established Fort Crittenden near Sonoita Danger from Apache attacks and bandits was constant Several express riders were killed and frequently Fritz would have to carry the mail himself

In 1868 a second son PhilipFelipe was born to the Contzens It is not known when Luis died but there is no mention of Luis after Philip was born In spite of constant danger the 1870 federal census shows Fritz was doing very well His property was now valued at $5000

Mining was also a part of Fritzs business portfolio He is recorded as the fi rst to locate the San Xavier and Young American Mines and continued to mine on and off for the rest of his life

Camp Grant Massacre

In 1871 Fritz would once again volunteer to fi ght Indians A group of Tucson citizens led by William Oury made up of six Anglo-Americans forty-eight Mexican-Americans and ninety-four Tohono Oodham (Papago) would attack an Apache camp near Camp Grant killing 108 Aravaipa and Pinal Apache Some sources claim the number killed was as high as 141 Upon inspection the dead were found to be women and children with only eight men among those counted Fritz is clearly named in the Carl Hayden Arizona Biography Files as being a participant in the Camp Grant Massacre with the following quote from the Frederick Contzen fi le Was one of six Americans in the party which attacked the Arivaipa Apache rancheria near old Fort Grant when 108 Indians were killed April 30 1871

Haydens father Charles Trumbull Hayden was the foreman of the Grand Jury that handed down 111 indictments against the participants Among those named were Sidney R DeLong William Sanders Oury D A Bennett James Lee Charles T Etchells David Foley Jesus Mariacutea Eliacuteas and Juan Eliacuteas Fritzs name probably appeared in one indictment that included ninety names Th ere can be no doubt that Carl Hayden knew of Fritzs part in the massacre

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y

continued from October 2009 Tubac Villager

As the trail date approached in December 1871 only seven men were arraigned Th ey included Oury Lee Bennett the Eliacuteas brothers Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis Fritz would testify during the trail identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event

Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial Th e fi nal act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B Wooster and his wife Trinidad Aguirre at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac Th e jury with John B Pie Allen as foreman returned a verdict in nineteen minutes All defendants were found not guilty

Return to GermanyBy 1873 Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education Th ey would remain in Germany until 1880 staying with Fritzs father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions A few years later Philip would return to his grandfathers home to complete his education in civil and mechanical

engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin Upon his return to Arizona Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor Generals offi ce He would be given the diffi cult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona Among them was the infamous Baca Float No 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico Later Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor

Over the years Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menagers store Fritz testifi ed

In the morning I went into the store when Menager and his dog was on the counter He usually keeps his dog in the yard I says hello good morning Th en he have jumped for me Th en I called for to have taken him away from me and they did not I went there on business I only said good morning then the dog jumped on me then I commenced fi ghting and he bit me in the leg (indicating the sport on the thigh) I said Take that damn dog from me Mr Menager did nothing at all I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month Of afternoons I have fever Th e wound was black I

went to Dr Handy who dressed it and he charged me $20 I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching and have apprehension of hydrophobia

Th e judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much Th e verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50

A more serious case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court in 1900 Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua Fritz had to fi rst prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union Fritz never applied for citizenship However he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas

Th e Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3 1900 ruling that if Fritz upon attaining his majority had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation Fritz died of Brights Disease on May 2 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson

Special thanks goes to Dr Christine Marin archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen fi le allowing this story to be written

SOURCES- Contzen Frederick (Fritz) Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays httpwwwasuedulibarchivesazbioazbiohtm

- Contzen v United States and the Apache Indians httpwwwprecydentcomcitation179US191

- Granger Byrd H Will C Barnes Arizona Place Names Tucson University of Arizona c 1960

- Lockwood Frank C Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864 Tucson Th e Tucson Civil Committee c 1943

- Schellie Don Vast Domain of Blood Th e Story of the Camp Grant Massacre Tucson Westernlore Press c 1992

For more history and great publications visit Mary Binghams

Blue Traveler Press online at

wwwbluetravelerpresscom

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y 9

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

amp check out our online portfolio at wwwttfurniturecom

Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Bold Southwest Art

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture

Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

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Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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EVERYTHING IN OUR

ENTIRE $1000000

NAME BRAND INVENTORY

IS NOW BEING SACRIFICED

AT OUR LOWEST PRICES EVER

ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING TO BE SOLDNO MATTER WHAT THE COST

FINE FURNITURELIQUIDATION$1000000

continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

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Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

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join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

by Maggie MilinovitchMule Deer

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

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90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

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take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

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Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

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La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

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The Artists Daughter

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30 continued from page 19

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For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

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Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

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Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

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Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

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2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

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R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 8: November 2009 Tubac Villager

Wellness Wednesdays the SpaSave on 50-minute services and save more on 80-minute services

Remember with any treatment you receive full use of the sauna steam room amp co-ed Jacuzzi

Visit our Aveda Salon Open Mon-Sat from 10a to 5p Come to our next Spa Open House 123 from 3p ndash 6p

Fritz Contzen Part 2by Mary Bingham

STARTING OVER

Fritz Contzen was one of the few civilian Anglos to remain in Arizona throughout the Civil War

Th e 1861 Apache raid on his Rancho Punta de Agua and his subsequent 1862 imprisonment at Yuma resulting from Brevet Brigadier General James Henry Carletons orders to arrest any civilians remaining in Tucson as Confederate sympathizers placed Fritz in a fi nancial bind

Fritz and his young wife were now living in Tucson Taking a page from his old Texas Ranger commander William Bigfoot Wallace Fritz proved his honesty and loyalty to the United States by volunteering for one the most hazardous jobs in the territory - military express messenger Th e Arizona Historical Foundation fi le on Contzen notes

After the Union established a Military Post at Tucson [Camp Tucson later renamed Camp Lowell] orders and communications were sent by military couriers to a Military detachment at Blue Water on the Gila Th is detachment was used principally to escort mail riders carrying mail from Tucson to Prescott As Military couriers were frequently killed by the Apaches Fritz Contzen volunteered to carry Military dispatches to Blue Water which he did successfully for a considerable time Usually he started out on horseback at four PM and rode the 100 miles most of the time on a gallop reaching his destination early the next morning Usually upon arrival at Blue Water he was greatly exhausted and barely able to get off his horseFor this work he received $100 a month

Meanwhile Fritzs new wife Margarita Ferrer probably gave birth to their fi rst son LuisLouis sometime during Tucsons period of military occupation Lockwood records that the son died in infancy however the 1864 Arizona Territorial census lists a Louis Contzen age 8 living in the same household with Frederick and Margarita Contzen If the child really was eight-years-old then who was the mother Did Fritz have a third wife Did the census taker make an error Perhaps Luis was only eight-months-old then again there is always the possibility that Luis was the son of Fritzs brother Julius However Fritz testifi ed that Julius died without issue in 1857

Th e 1864 census also showed that Fritz owned property valued at $450 He was beginning to recover fi nancially from the raid and vowed to stay out of the ranching business With the move to Tucson he dabbled in real estate purchasing and selling a number of properties around town making a profi t in most cases By 1867 things were looking up as he signed a contract with Louis Zeckendorf the principal contractor to carry mail between Tucson and Prescott at $1000 per month Th e Arizona Miner for December 14th reported that Fritz soon contracted out the route from Maricopa Well to Tucson for $650 a month to another man Fritz would add mail routes to Tubac Patagonia Sasabe and the newly established Fort Crittenden near Sonoita Danger from Apache attacks and bandits was constant Several express riders were killed and frequently Fritz would have to carry the mail himself

In 1868 a second son PhilipFelipe was born to the Contzens It is not known when Luis died but there is no mention of Luis after Philip was born In spite of constant danger the 1870 federal census shows Fritz was doing very well His property was now valued at $5000

Mining was also a part of Fritzs business portfolio He is recorded as the fi rst to locate the San Xavier and Young American Mines and continued to mine on and off for the rest of his life

Camp Grant Massacre

In 1871 Fritz would once again volunteer to fi ght Indians A group of Tucson citizens led by William Oury made up of six Anglo-Americans forty-eight Mexican-Americans and ninety-four Tohono Oodham (Papago) would attack an Apache camp near Camp Grant killing 108 Aravaipa and Pinal Apache Some sources claim the number killed was as high as 141 Upon inspection the dead were found to be women and children with only eight men among those counted Fritz is clearly named in the Carl Hayden Arizona Biography Files as being a participant in the Camp Grant Massacre with the following quote from the Frederick Contzen fi le Was one of six Americans in the party which attacked the Arivaipa Apache rancheria near old Fort Grant when 108 Indians were killed April 30 1871

Haydens father Charles Trumbull Hayden was the foreman of the Grand Jury that handed down 111 indictments against the participants Among those named were Sidney R DeLong William Sanders Oury D A Bennett James Lee Charles T Etchells David Foley Jesus Mariacutea Eliacuteas and Juan Eliacuteas Fritzs name probably appeared in one indictment that included ninety names Th ere can be no doubt that Carl Hayden knew of Fritzs part in the massacre

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y

continued from October 2009 Tubac Villager

As the trail date approached in December 1871 only seven men were arraigned Th ey included Oury Lee Bennett the Eliacuteas brothers Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis Fritz would testify during the trail identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event

Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial Th e fi nal act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B Wooster and his wife Trinidad Aguirre at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac Th e jury with John B Pie Allen as foreman returned a verdict in nineteen minutes All defendants were found not guilty

Return to GermanyBy 1873 Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education Th ey would remain in Germany until 1880 staying with Fritzs father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions A few years later Philip would return to his grandfathers home to complete his education in civil and mechanical

engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin Upon his return to Arizona Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor Generals offi ce He would be given the diffi cult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona Among them was the infamous Baca Float No 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico Later Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor

Over the years Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menagers store Fritz testifi ed

In the morning I went into the store when Menager and his dog was on the counter He usually keeps his dog in the yard I says hello good morning Th en he have jumped for me Th en I called for to have taken him away from me and they did not I went there on business I only said good morning then the dog jumped on me then I commenced fi ghting and he bit me in the leg (indicating the sport on the thigh) I said Take that damn dog from me Mr Menager did nothing at all I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month Of afternoons I have fever Th e wound was black I

went to Dr Handy who dressed it and he charged me $20 I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching and have apprehension of hydrophobia

Th e judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much Th e verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50

A more serious case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court in 1900 Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua Fritz had to fi rst prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union Fritz never applied for citizenship However he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas

Th e Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3 1900 ruling that if Fritz upon attaining his majority had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation Fritz died of Brights Disease on May 2 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson

Special thanks goes to Dr Christine Marin archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen fi le allowing this story to be written

SOURCES- Contzen Frederick (Fritz) Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays httpwwwasuedulibarchivesazbioazbiohtm

- Contzen v United States and the Apache Indians httpwwwprecydentcomcitation179US191

- Granger Byrd H Will C Barnes Arizona Place Names Tucson University of Arizona c 1960

- Lockwood Frank C Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864 Tucson Th e Tucson Civil Committee c 1943

- Schellie Don Vast Domain of Blood Th e Story of the Camp Grant Massacre Tucson Westernlore Press c 1992

For more history and great publications visit Mary Binghams

Blue Traveler Press online at

wwwbluetravelerpresscom

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y 9

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

amp check out our online portfolio at wwwttfurniturecom

Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Bold Southwest Art

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture

Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Meg Flanders

Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

Shelby‛s Daily LunchSpecials11am - 4pm

Music On The Patio Wine and Dine $1000

Stay and enjoy our daily Grab and Go special in the restaurant with a glass of one of our

house wines for Just $1000

Grab and Go $700Add Soup or Salad $200

Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

Sunday Marinated and Grilled Eggplant on Flat bread

Monday 8rdquo Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday Spinach Salad with

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Wednesday Portobella Ravioli with

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Thursday Chicken Piccata with

Angel Hair Pasta

Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 ndash Fish amp Chips Live Music by Volodia ldquoVrdquo

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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bull Stay in charming bed and breakfast accomodations

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bull Optional visit to the charming nearby city of Queretaro

bull Small groups ndash unique experiences ndash fully escorted

Mar ch 4 ndash 1 1 2010 $2470 per person double

SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

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21a g r a s s l a n d s C e l e b r a t i o n a t B u e n o s a i r e s N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e R e f u g e

The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

The Importance of Being Nowhereby Charles Bowden

photograph by Joseph Birkett

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

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What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

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Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

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The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

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30 continued from page 19

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For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

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Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

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Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

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Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 9: November 2009 Tubac Villager

As the trail date approached in December 1871 only seven men were arraigned Th ey included Oury Lee Bennett the Eliacuteas brothers Francisco Ruelas and Rafael Seis Fritz would testify during the trail identifying a saddle stolen from one of his mail riders killed by the Indians in the days leading up to the event

Outrage voiced in the Eastern media against Oury and the gang was not shared in Tucson Testimony centered on the depredations perpetrated by the Apache Indians over the months leading up to the trial Th e fi nal act triggering the gang to take revenge was the murder of Leslie B Wooster and his wife Trinidad Aguirre at El Bosque Ranch south of Tubac Th e jury with John B Pie Allen as foreman returned a verdict in nineteen minutes All defendants were found not guilty

Return to GermanyBy 1873 Fritz and Margarita decided that it was time to take little Philip to Germany where he could get the best education Th ey would remain in Germany until 1880 staying with Fritzs father on the estate of the Prince of Waldeck Historian Frank Lockwood reports that both Philip and his mother learned to speak several languages and the family attended many royal functions A few years later Philip would return to his grandfathers home to complete his education in civil and mechanical

engineering at the Royal Polytechnic College in Berlin Upon his return to Arizona Philip was employed as a draftsman in the United States Surveyor Generals offi ce He would be given the diffi cult task of surveying most of the old Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in southern Arizona Among them was the infamous Baca Float No 3 that ran from the south border of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park to Rio Rico Later Philip would hold positions as Tucson City Engineer and Pima County Surveyor

Over the years Fritz was involved in some interesting legal cases In 1883 Fritz sued Henry Menager for $279 in damages alleging that his dog bit him while he was in Menagers store Fritz testifi ed

In the morning I went into the store when Menager and his dog was on the counter He usually keeps his dog in the yard I says hello good morning Th en he have jumped for me Th en I called for to have taken him away from me and they did not I went there on business I only said good morning then the dog jumped on me then I commenced fi ghting and he bit me in the leg (indicating the sport on the thigh) I said Take that damn dog from me Mr Menager did nothing at all I have been unable to attend to my business for the past month Of afternoons I have fever Th e wound was black I

went to Dr Handy who dressed it and he charged me $20 I was troubled about my mouth with a nervous twitching and have apprehension of hydrophobia

Th e judge admonished Fritz to stop swearing and to stop talking so much Th e verdict resulted in a judgment in favor of Fritz in the amount of $50

A more serious case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court in 1900 Attempting to obtain compensation for his loses caused by the Apache raid at Rancho Punta de Agua Fritz had to fi rst prove that he was an American citizen at the time of the attack Since all residents of Texas were declared citizens when Texas was admitted to the union Fritz never applied for citizenship However he was still a minor at the time and had not resided in the Republic of Texas on the day Texas Declared Independence In addition it was contended that he had not lived in Texas for six months and had not taken the oath of allegiance to the Republic of Texas

Th e Supreme Court denied the claim on December 3 1900 ruling that if Fritz upon attaining his majority had elected to become a citizen of the United States he would have been entitled to compensation Fritz died of Brights Disease on May 2 1909 and is buried at Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson

Special thanks goes to Dr Christine Marin archivist with the Archives and Special Collections at the Hayden Library for sending me a copy of the Contzen fi le allowing this story to be written

SOURCES- Contzen Frederick (Fritz) Hayden Arizona Pioneer Biographical Essays httpwwwasuedulibarchivesazbioazbiohtm

- Contzen v United States and the Apache Indians httpwwwprecydentcomcitation179US191

- Granger Byrd H Will C Barnes Arizona Place Names Tucson University of Arizona c 1960

- Lockwood Frank C Life in Old Tucson 1854-1864 Tucson Th e Tucson Civil Committee c 1943

- Schellie Don Vast Domain of Blood Th e Story of the Camp Grant Massacre Tucson Westernlore Press c 1992

For more history and great publications visit Mary Binghams

Blue Traveler Press online at

wwwbluetravelerpresscom

S o u t h e r n A Z H i s t o r y 9

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

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Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Bold Southwest Art

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture

Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Meg Flanders

Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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Mon-Sat 10-5M Sun 12-5

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FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

Shelby‛s Daily LunchSpecials11am - 4pm

Music On The Patio Wine and Dine $1000

Stay and enjoy our daily Grab and Go special in the restaurant with a glass of one of our

house wines for Just $1000

Grab and Go $700Add Soup or Salad $200

Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

Sunday Marinated and Grilled Eggplant on Flat bread

Monday 8rdquo Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday Spinach Salad with

Warm Citrus Dressing

Wednesday Portobella Ravioli with

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto

Thursday Chicken Piccata with

Angel Hair Pasta

Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6 ndash FIRST FRIDAY ndash 2-for-1 Margaritas

BBQ Specials Live Music by Bill Manzanedo 5-8pmish

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 ndash Fish amp Chips Live Music by Volodia ldquoVrdquo

Vladimirov wwwvolodiavladimirovcom

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 ndash Lobster Night Fish amp Chips and Live Music by Contra Swings

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 ndash Fish amp Chips and Live Music by Amber Norgaard

wwwambernorgaardcom

FRIDAY DECEMBER 4 ndash FIRST FRIDAY ndash 2-for-1 Margaritas

Fish amp Chips Live Music by Eduardo Valencia

( 1 2 M i l e N o r t h o f t h e

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6

Fruit Burro Flavor-of-the-Month is CRANBERRY

Daily Specialsinclude fresh salads and delicious dishes

prepared by Chef Edgar de la Riva

Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

304 AvenidA ib iz A R io R ico A R izonA 85648i-19 at exit 17 turn west follow signs to ldquonew modelsrdquo

For more information please call

5202818200 or 8003424362

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at 1pm

19

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

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21a g r a s s l a n d s C e l e b r a t i o n a t B u e n o s a i r e s N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e R e f u g e

The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

The Importance of Being Nowhereby Charles Bowden

photograph by Joseph Birkett

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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23

So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

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better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

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Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

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Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

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B R U C E BAUGHMAN

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For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

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The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

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Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

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I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

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See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

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THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

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(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

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Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 10: November 2009 Tubac Villager

10 S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a D i n i n g

For those who have not visited Stockmanrsquos Grill under the new ownership of Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte a rare culinary treat awaits you Set on the spacious and panoramic grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch Jeff and Cathy have combined their talents to create what is destined to become a Southern Arizona destination for great steaks and fresh fi sh If my praise for Stockmanrsquos Grill sounds eff usive or overly enthusiastic it is well deserved Th e savory marbled steaks and mouth-watering cuts of prime ribs served at Stockmanrsquos Grill are from ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo Only eight percent of the beef in the United States is entitled to bear the label of ldquoCertifi ed Angus Beefrdquo according to the Cattlemanrsquos Beef Association Jeff sears the steaks over a gas-burning grill with lava rocks to lock in their savory natural juices allowing the rich ldquogoodnessrdquo of aged marbled beef to burst through for an unforgettable experience Th e Beer Battered Walleye Pike I tasted was crispy on the outside yet tender within and the moist Barbecued Filet of Salmon are both from fresh never frozen wild - as is the Wok Charred Rare Tuna and the generous-sized Australian lobster tail When Jeff and Cathy purchased Stockmanrsquos Grill in March 2009 their goal was a simple one ldquoto be proud of everything that came out of the kitchenrdquo Having honed his grilling skills under the tutelage of Steven Raichlen the award-winning cookbook author and host of the television series Th e Primal Grill and Barbecue University Jeff knew what was needed to accomplish their goalmdash serve only the fi nest beef and freshest fi sh he could fi nd Jeff personally prepares everything from scratch including the French fried potatoes soups bread a

decadent cheesecake with chocolate pieces in the crust the caramelized sugar topped cregraveme brucircleacutee and a deliciously creamy fl an Th e splendid ambiance of the Stockmanrsquos Grill outdoor patio may be one of the best-kept secrets in the area Shaded by a canopy of leafy branches from a towering California pepper tree scattered Mesquites and a Ponderosa pine the brick patio overlooks beds of verdant fl ora sprinkled with splashes of colorful fl owers Dining on the cool patio with wistful sounds of trickling waterfalls in the background is reminiscent of a cozy veranda on an old southern plantation near a babbling brook inspiring long leisurely dining

Inside the restaurant the spacious dinning room greets guests with the warmth of stained hardwood fl ooring antique-wood tables and wrought iron based tables with glass tops that glisten from the light of a crystal chandelier Th e regal high back comfortable chairs throughout the room embody the casual elegance that personifi es Stockmanrsquos Grill Enhancing the dining experience on Friday nights from 500PM to 800PM is one of my local favorites Becky Reyes and her harmonica-playing husband Scott Muhleman Beckyrsquos lush sometimes sultry singing of old standards has a unique way of entertaining guests without distracting them from their dining experience With Beckyrsquos melodies in the background my wife Linda and I dined at Stockmanrsquos Grill We started with the Seared Lump Crab Cake full of moist and tender crabmeat with a tangy caper and dill mayonnaise on the side Th is was followed by a generous dinner salad with a pleasing ginger and lime vinaigrette for Linda

and a bowl of clam chowder for me that was brimming with tender pieces of clams and diced potatoes in a luscious creamy clam broth unlike anything I have ever had before With our appetites whetted our main courses arrived Lindarsquos thick slice of tender perfectly pink Prime Rib outlined with just the right amount of trimming oozed savory beef juices My slab of twelve-ounce New York Strip steak accented with candied caramelized onions may well be one the best steaks I have ever had Th e steakrsquos rich natural beef juices coated my mouth with each bite Our mellow Cabernet Sauvignon from Chile titillated our palates with soft tannins and fl avors of plum and black fruitmdasha perfect marriage of succulent beef and red wine

amp check out our online portfolio at wwwttfurniturecom

Experience our Tubac Gallery Showroom

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Bold Southwest Art

Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture Stunning Mesquite Furniture

Nov 7th 1200-500 Artist Reception Wine and Cheese Bar Diego demonstrating carving of mesquite and mesquite furniture designer Gustavo Olivas

THE NEW STOCKMANrsquoS GRILL GREAT STEAKS AND THE FRESHEST FISHby Bernard Berlin

Stockmans Grill proprietors Jeff Clock and Cathy Rodarte invite you to experience their menu at the beautiful Amado Territory just 10 minutes North of Tubac Photo by Joseph Birkett

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

INDEPENDENTLY OWNED AND OPERATED

Meg Flanders

Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

Shelby‛s Daily LunchSpecials11am - 4pm

Music On The Patio Wine and Dine $1000

Stay and enjoy our daily Grab and Go special in the restaurant with a glass of one of our

house wines for Just $1000

Grab and Go $700Add Soup or Salad $200

Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

Sunday Marinated and Grilled Eggplant on Flat bread

Monday 8rdquo Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday Spinach Salad with

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Wednesday Portobella Ravioli with

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Thursday Chicken Piccata with

Angel Hair Pasta

Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 ndash Fish amp Chips Live Music by Volodia ldquoVrdquo

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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bull Stay in charming bed and breakfast accomodations

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bull Optional visit to the charming nearby city of Queretaro

bull Small groups ndash unique experiences ndash fully escorted

Mar ch 4 ndash 1 1 2010 $2470 per person double

SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

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21a g r a s s l a n d s C e l e b r a t i o n a t B u e n o s a i r e s N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e R e f u g e

The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

The Importance of Being Nowhereby Charles Bowden

photograph by Joseph Birkett

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

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What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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in TubacTuesday

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or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

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B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

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Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

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I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

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398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

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THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

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THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

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Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 11: November 2009 Tubac Villager

Usually such fi ne dining in restaurants serving Certifi ed Angus Beef and fresh fi sh are set aside for special occasions only not so with Stockmanrsquos Grill Th e moderately priced lunch and dinner menus make frequent visits easy Th e dinner menu starts with a selection of appetizers that includes the moist Seared Lump Crab Cake Steamed Clams in a tangy Chardonnay Lemon Broth tender Blackened Tuna Tartar and more all for just ten dollars each Generous sized entrees start at eighteen dollars for the grilled tender chicken breast marinated in fresh ginger and lime accompanied by wild rice pilaf Th ere is a slow roasted half of duck with brandy-orange jus that I cannot wait to try for twenty-two dollars and other delectable choices too numerous to mention All the dinner entrees include a choice of the hearty pre-dinner salad or the fresh-made soup Th e Stockmanrsquos Grill new Sunday brunch buff et with pasta salad fresh fruit tender hand-carved beef soup and made-to-order omelets plus a selection of pastries is rapidly becoming a Sunday tradition for many Th e lunch menu includes a hearty Angus Beef Burger with fresh cut French fried potatoes for ten dollars a Spicy Ranch Steak salad and other lunch salads

for eleven dollars Th ere are also hearty sandwiches including Stockmanrsquos Prime Rib on a Kaiser Roll and a Grilled Rueben sandwich of corned beef and sauerkraut on rye bread with Russian dressing each with French fried potatoes for eleven dollars Upcoming events to watch for at Stockmanrsquos Grill are a bountiful Th anksgiving Day buff et and in December an exciting New Years Eve Dinner featuring live music with Becky Reyes and a four-piece band Th e New Years Eve Dinner will have two sittings one to celebrate the coming New Year on east coast time 900PM and one at midnight local time for New Years Eve purists Either sitting is sure to be a fun fi lled evening with great food and lively entertainment for everyone to enjoy Combining the luxury of sumptuous steaks and the freshest fi sh in an elegantly alluring atmosphere is an uncommon pleasure that awaits everyone at the new Stockmanrsquos Grill Jeff and Cathy proudly invite one-and-all to experience their new Stockmanrsquos Grill for casual yet elegant dining To reserve the lovely patio for weddings and specials occasions call Cathy Rodarte

Stockmanrsquos Grill is conveniently located on the grounds of the Amado Territory Ranch from Exit 48

of Interstate 19 in Amado For reservations call 520-398-2651

Open for Lunch and Dinner Tuesday through Saturday (closed Monday)

Lunch 1100AM to 200PMDinner 500PM to 800PM

Sunday 1030AM to 200PM (Brunch only)

40 AVENIDA DE GOYA P O BOX 1349 TUBAC AZ 85646

Garden in the DesertThis beautiful 182 acre Oasis is the perfect sanctuary alive with bird song private and still close to the Village of Tubac A Lovingly remodeled and modernized 2419 sf burnt adobe main house is nestled among the trees with a charming 840 sf guest house with

handicap features Rock walls interweave to frame and create a sense of place in this lush hide-away with expansive lawns opening to breathtaking mountain views across the Santa Cruz River Valley Two wells on the property help make landscaping easy to maintain

The main house has concrete oors and ceramic tile in the bathrooms with top of the line xtures There is a covered side patio o the studio that leads to a Coleman Spa The oor plan is open and comfortable A rock replace with heatilator graces the spacious living room providing a practical and warm ambianceCALL 520-603-8752 - MegFlanderscom - mrftubacazpobcom

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Above left guests enjoy their dinner on Stockmans patio on cooler evenings the patio is heated Photo by BerlinAbove center Becky Reyes and accompaniment perform Friday evenings starting around 530 Photo by Berlin

Right Chef Jeff Clock prepares his wok charred rare Tuna during for lunch patrons Photo by Joseph Birkett

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

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continued from page 7

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Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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14

FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

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Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

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Tuesday Spinach Salad with

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Thursday Chicken Piccata with

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Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 ndash Fish amp Chips Live Music by Volodia ldquoVrdquo

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

by Maggie MilinovitchMule Deer

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31

Tubac Rd

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

The Importance of Being Nowhereby Charles Bowden

photograph by Joseph Birkett

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

HopeC e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

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90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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ITrsquoS BUY TIMEbull GREAT INVENTORY - Search homes through my web site at wwwchachalongrealtycombull MAKE AN APPOINTMENT - Call me at 520-591-4982 and letrsquos go see what is availablebull EXCELLENT INVENTORY - Variety of prices sizes locations and fl oor plansbull FULL-TIME PART-TIME RENTAL NEW BUILD - Together we can fi nd what you wantbull ARE YOU READY - Pre-qualifi ed for a loan benefi ts of living in southern AZ closing costs what things in a community are you looking forlet me help you fi nd the answers to these questions

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

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MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

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The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

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R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

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Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 12: November 2009 Tubac Villager

SUN NOV 8TH - DEMONSTRATION BY PAUL SHELDON a spectacular Tucson colorist whose paintings will thrill you with their bright energetic and stylized portrayals of cowboy life and Tucson desert scenes At Cobalt Fine Arts 5 Camino Otero

STARTING TUES NOV 10TH - CREATIVE WRITING WORKSHOP WITH ACTORESSWRITER TEACHER POLLY SCHITZ at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Step outside the fl ow of hurried time make

contact with imagic-nation and awaken creativity through creative writing Tuesdays amp Thursdays from 315-415pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

TUES NOV10TH -POETRY READING IN TUBAC from 5-8 pm 57 Bridge Road(Look for the abode in the back ) First part is happy hour you are welcome to bring or share the refreshment of the evening We spend the remaining part

of the time having an open forum to read recite and receive feedback from our fellow artists that attend It is an open forum which means you are encourage to participate with an original piece of your work another piece from another Artist that you are inspired by We then will take turns discussing our work amongst the group For more info 5203983113 or e-mail Martitamfossyahoocom

STARTING WED NOV 11TH - IMPROVISATIONAL WORKSHOP WITH GUEST TEACHERACTORWRITER JOSHUA CICCI at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Wednesdays - for kids ages 7-12 from 315-430pm Class size limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

THURS NOV 12TH - ARCHAEOLOGIST MATTHEW PAILES PRESENTS to the Santa Cruz Valley Chapter of the Arizona Archaeological Society at 7pm at the North County Facility at 50 Bridge Road in Tubac His topic- cerros de trincheras (ldquoentrenched mountainsrdquo) a specialized type of Hohokam village found in the Santa Cruz river basin starting about 1300 AD Free and open to the public Cerros de trincheras are village sites built on volcanic hills These hills usually have numerous masonry terraces on their slopes and structures on their summits They are found across the southern Southwest of the United States as well as in northwest Mexico The Hohokam the ancient people of southern Arizona fl ourished in this area for 1000 years before the arrival of Europeans and are often considered the ancestors of southern Arizonarsquos Orsquoodham peoples The Santa Cruz Valley AAS chapter meets the second Thurs of each month In addition to hosting programs featuring experts in the fi eld the chapter off ers members opportunities for assisting archaeologists with excavating area sites hikes and tours to archaeologically and historically signifi cant locations Visit wwwAzArchSocorg or call 520-207-7151

THURS NOV 12TH - BOOK SIGNING WITH SHAW KINSLEY He will discuss his new book Tubac at the Tubac Center of the Arts at 5pm

FRI NOV 13TH - THE ORIGINAL WILDCAT JASS BAND will hold several educational clinics at Nogales High School dealing with improvisation There will be several schools participating Nogales High School Desert Shadows Middle School Wade Carpenter Middle School Patagonia Union High School Rio Rico High School Calabasas MS and Coatimundi MS throughout the day A concert is scheduled at 630 pm at the Oasis Theatre that will kick off with the 3 high school bands and OWJB performing for the community the second half of the concert Ticket prices for this event are $6 for adults and $5 for students not participating in the event For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors wwwmingusprojectcom

FRI NOV 13TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY VOLODIA V VLADIMIROV at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 14TH - BROWN CANYON ART ADVENTURE Join acclaimed artist and teacher Fran Sutherland for a one-day

RETIREMENT LIQUIDATIONPlaza De Anza Tubac (520) 398-8381TUBAC RANCHRT

WE SELL QUALITY DESIGNER FURNITURE FOR LESS A LOT LESS

THE DEAL OF A LIFETIME AWAITS YOU

TUBAC RANCH

EVERY DINETTEALL ORIGINAL ART EVERY MATTRESS

FREE LOCAL DELIVERY$9900 VALUE

WITH FURNITURE OR BEDDING PURCHASE

EXPIRES ON 10302009WE HAVE NO CHOICE OUR ENTIRE FAMOUS BRAND NAME INVENTORY IS NOW BEING SACRIFICED

EVERYTHING IN OUR

ENTIRE $1000000

NAME BRAND INVENTORY

IS NOW BEING SACRIFICED

AT OUR LOWEST PRICES EVER

ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING TO BE SOLDNO MATTER WHAT THE COST

FINE FURNITURELIQUIDATION$1000000

continued from page 7

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

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Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

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join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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Lunch Tues - Sat 11am - 2pm

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

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Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

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12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

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Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

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A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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ITrsquoS BUY TIMEbull GREAT INVENTORY - Search homes through my web site at wwwchachalongrealtycombull MAKE AN APPOINTMENT - Call me at 520-591-4982 and letrsquos go see what is availablebull EXCELLENT INVENTORY - Variety of prices sizes locations and fl oor plansbull FULL-TIME PART-TIME RENTAL NEW BUILD - Together we can fi nd what you wantbull ARE YOU READY - Pre-qualifi ed for a loan benefi ts of living in southern AZ closing costs what things in a community are you looking forlet me help you fi nd the answers to these questions

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

6 Camino Otero Tubac Arizona

We are proud to offer MBTs for womenldquoWe offer fi ne individually-wrapped organic chocolatesrdquo

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Lace Tablecloths

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

ACCESS WISDOM HOME CARE PLUS

(520) 398-8088

AMADO RV amp SELF STORAGE

(520) 398-8003

FIESTA TOURS

(520) 398-9705

JACOBSON CUSTOM HOMES

(520) 975-8469

KEN MICHAELART FRAMING(520) 398-2214

KRISTOFERrsquoS CATERING amp BISTRO

(520) 625-0331

LONG REALTYCHA CHA DONAU

(520) 591-4982

MICHAEL ARTHUR JAYME STUDIO amp GALLERY

(520) 398-2709

SUSTAINABLE ARIZONA

(520) 240-1018

STOCKMANS GRILL

(520) 398-2651

follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 13: November 2009 Tubac Villager

FREE PARKING CONVENIENTLY CONNECTED TO THE REST OF THE VILLAGE BY FOOTPATHS

Your one stop shop for Fine Food Health amp Living

Your one stop shop Your one stop shop Your one stop shop

The Artistrsquos Palate Restaurant - 520-398-3333 Pasta Pizza Steaks Seafood Mexican Bar and Parties

Anza de Tubac - 520-398-8700 A Property Management Company - Tubac Rio Rico Green Valley wwwanzadetubaccom

Emmyrsquos Pilates Studio - 520-275-3323 Movement Heals

The Chefrsquos Table Restaurant - 520-398-8501 Dine with the Chef for as li le as $13 an Entreacutee wwwanzamarketplacecom

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

Tubac Ranch Furniture - 520-398-8381 Furniture amp Design with the West in Mind wwwsunsetinteriorscom

Long Realty Tubac - 520-398-2962 Arizonarsquos Premier Full Service Real Estate Company wwwlongrealtytubaccom

Tubac Market - 520-398-1010 Your local grocery and deli with a large selection of wine wwwanzamarketplacecom

Tubac Cafeacute Presidio - 520-398-8501 Great food and fun serving Breakfast Lunch and Dinner Specials Daily wwwanzamarketplacecom

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center - 520-398-9940 Cristarsquos Totally Fit Health and Wellness Center

North of Exit 34 in Tubac AZCall 520-398-8700 for more info

workshop creating canyon inspired visuals Participants will create fun mixed media compositions from collecting and composing with materials gathered during an observation walk and talk Enjoyable for all who like to print and paint For additional information about Brown Canyon the workshops walks and its leaders please visit the Friends of BANWR Web site at www friendsofbanwrorg

SAT NOV 14TH - INTRODUCTION TO NVCmdashCOMPASSIONATE COMMUNICATION A PROCESS USED AROUND THE WORLD FOR PEACEMAKING BOTH INTERNALLY AND WITH OTHERS with Sylvia Haskvitz Certifi ed Trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication from 9am to 1pm Would you like tohellipBe honest without insulting people Be heard to your complete satisfaction Handle confl ict with confi dence Transform anger into positive communication Never hear blame or criticism again Inspire willing cooperation Deepen your good relationships Learn lessons from Giraff e and Jackal animal friends Intrigued This introductory playshop session with Sylvia will help get you started with a new way of expressing yourself and hearing others $50 each or come and bring a friend for $90 For registration and more info on NVC contact Sylvia Haskvitz at silgiraff eaolcom or by phone at 520-572-9295 Check out her website at nvcazcomtucson Aldea de Artisticas in the Historic Lowe House 14 Calle Iglesia in Old Town Tubac

SUN NOV 15TH - DR THOMAS STONE ON THE HEALING POTENTIALS OF FUSION SCALAR ENERGY at 2pm All ages $10 suggested donation Dr Stone will be

sharing about Fusion Excel products which are made from natural minerals that are fused and structurally bonded together at a molecular level They produce scalar energy that helps to enhance the bodyrsquos biofi eld Health benefi ts are said to include reducing infl ammation enhancing circulation enhancing immune and endocrine systems destroying viruses and bacteria enhancing cellular nutrition and detoxifi cation increasing energy retarding the aging process helping fi ght cancer cells and more Proceeds benefi t nonprofi t teen amp young adult rehabilitation programs and Avalon Gardens internships of Global Community Communications Alliance Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza Tubac AZ For info amp directions - wwwGlobalChangeMultiMediaorg (520) 398-2542

TUES NOV 17TH - Kitt Peak invites you to celebrate the International Year of Astronomy by participating in its special public program off erings Kitt Peak will hold a special Meteor Mania program to see THE LEONID METEOR SHOWER from 10 pm to 3 am View a spectacular meteor shower under the pristine dark skies of Kitt Peak Observe one of naturersquos most spectacular cosmic shows Learn about meteors comets meteor showers and touch an actual piece of an asteroid Registration deadline for the November Program is Fri Nov 13th Cost is $35 for Adults $25 (8-13) and $30 for Kitt Peak Members Please call the Kitt Peak Visitor Center 520-318-8726 to make your required reservationVisit wwwnoaoeduoutreachkpvcclasseshtml Dress warmly Parking at the picnic area guests shuttled to the mountain Snacks and refreshments Bring blankets and a reclining lawn chair if you can

continued on page 18

WATCH for the Arizona Highways TV feature A FATHERS LEGACY featuring Legendary Tubac Artist Hal Empie or visit

wwwhalempiestudio-gallery and click on the link

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

Treestump Woo

dcrafts

American

Contemporary

Crafts

At ZForrest Gallery yoursquoll fi nd Fine Art and Mesquite Furniture with Artful Accents created here in Southern Arizona by

Local Artisans

Mon-Sat 10-5M Sun 12-5

LOCATED IN LA ENTRADA SHOPPING PLAZA

Join Us on Nov 7 amp 8 for Demonstations

AC T I N G C L A S S E S OFFERED

14

FOR SCHLITZ IMAGINATION FUELS TALENT

by Kathleen Vandervoet

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

Shelby‛s Daily LunchSpecials11am - 4pm

Music On The Patio Wine and Dine $1000

Stay and enjoy our daily Grab and Go special in the restaurant with a glass of one of our

house wines for Just $1000

Grab and Go $700Add Soup or Salad $200

Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

Sunday Marinated and Grilled Eggplant on Flat bread

Monday 8rdquo Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday Spinach Salad with

Warm Citrus Dressing

Wednesday Portobella Ravioli with

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto

Thursday Chicken Piccata with

Angel Hair Pasta

Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

T h e B o r d e r l a n d s P h o T o g r a P h e r

T h e B o r e d e r l a n d s P h o t o g r a p h e r

( 1 2 M i l e N o r t h o f t h e T u m a c aacute c o r i M i s s i o n ) T u m a c aacute c o r i A Z 8 5 6 4 0 ( 3 M i l e s S o u t h o f T u b a c )

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Tuesdays 2-for-1 Margaritas

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Served by 3 generations of the Wisdom family using the freshest ingredients and locally grown produce whenever possible Come see why wersquove been a local favorite and top tourist destination for 66 years

And Much More

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6 ndash FIRST FRIDAY ndash 2-for-1 Margaritas

BBQ Specials Live Music by Bill Manzanedo 5-8pmish

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 ndash Fish amp Chips Live Music by Volodia ldquoVrdquo

Vladimirov wwwvolodiavladimirovcom

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 ndash Lobster Night Fish amp Chips and Live Music by Contra Swings

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 ndash Fish amp Chips and Live Music by Amber Norgaard

wwwambernorgaardcom

FRIDAY DECEMBER 4 ndash FIRST FRIDAY ndash 2-for-1 Margaritas

Fish amp Chips Live Music by Eduardo Valencia

( 1 2 M i l e N o r t h o f t h e

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6

Fruit Burro Flavor-of-the-Month is CRANBERRY

Daily Specialsinclude fresh salads and delicious dishes

prepared by Chef Edgar de la Riva

Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

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Rogoway Gallery

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Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

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Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

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Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

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The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

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Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

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The Artists Daughter

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Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

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B R U C E BAUGHMAN

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For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

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Fine Dining

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Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

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Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

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398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

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THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

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THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

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Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

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2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

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R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 14: November 2009 Tubac Villager

Polly Schlitz

Everyone knows what acting is And most people can provide a critique about the quality of acting But does that mean everyone can

do it Polly Schlitz who recently opened Tubac Performance Studios is here to provide expert guidanceMany of us may believe acting will never be one of our talents but Schlitz aims to prove that idea wrongPassion hope and determination fuel her conversation She intends to play a role in enriching the cultural off erings in Tubac through her acting studio Within a few years she expects to see it expand to becoming a formal conservatory which is in turn part of an even larger foundation to support music writing performing and moreSchlitz trained as an actor in New York but only worked professionally for a few years she said Acting was something she embraced from childhood when she had the lead role in elementary school performancesShe turned to acting she said because ldquoI wanted to

understand how I could enrich my life have better personal controls better observational skills and a better way to communicate ldquoI realized I loved acting but wasnrsquot as interested in being an actressrdquo she said Th at led her to becoming a teacher and a writerShe now off ers acting classes for anyone interested from ages 5 to 95 she said Classes are of varying lengths such as a three-hour course or a weekend program Alternatively they can run a week or a monthWith novice adult students who may be fearful or lack confi dence she said ldquoI start out saying lsquoI think you have a mistaken notion of actingrsquo Th e fi rst thing I do is divide the class into half I put half onto the stage sitting on chairs Th e other half is the audience I say to the actors lsquogorsquo Schlitz explained that no one knows what to do with themselves But that provides the fi rst lesson She next tells them ldquoActing is doingrdquo and gives them varying small tasks in the room As they start to do what she suggested ldquoSuddenly they forget they

are actors You have interesting things happeningrdquo Acting is a craft Schlitz said ldquoYou can learn it like anything elserdquoTh e craft ldquotrains the imagination And the imagination is what shapes our intention our perspective and our sets of possibilityrdquoShe approaches the childrenrsquos classes diff erently ldquoEvery workshop for kids starts with a storyrdquo Often a book with large colorful illustrations will be used Th e children immediately begin to talk about what they see and what their impressions areldquoI always explain to kids from Day One that the glory of theater is that therersquos no black and white right or wrong Itrsquos about exploring your imagination and manifesting that into something that interests youldquoTh eyrsquore learning to work together to work as a team to go through a process towards an end product My emphasis is always on the process of creating We include music movement and voice We include creative writingrdquo

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Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

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Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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Lunch Tues - Sat 11am - 2pm

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

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Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

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12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

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Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

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A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

6 Camino Otero Tubac Arizona

We are proud to offer MBTs for womenldquoWe offer fi ne individually-wrapped organic chocolatesrdquo

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Lace Tablecloths

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

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AMADO RV amp SELF STORAGE

(520) 398-8003

FIESTA TOURS

(520) 398-9705

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(520) 975-8469

KEN MICHAELART FRAMING(520) 398-2214

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(520) 240-1018

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

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THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

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N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

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Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 15: November 2009 Tubac Villager

Tubac resident Micki Voisard was in the fi rst group of adult students in October and enjoyed the experience ldquoIt was a lot of fun I donrsquot think I could say enough about Polly and her expertise Irsquom going to continue again when she starts the next classrdquoVoisard has taken many classes over the years ldquoI do a lot of speaking and I do voice-over work To have classes here in Tubac is the greatest thing everrdquoSchlitz has hired a second instructor Joshua Cicci of Tucson a professional with a strong background in improvisation ldquoMost adults like improvisation Th ey donrsquot really know if they want to do a show they just want to do something interestingrdquo she saidTubac Performing Arts Studio is the performing arts education branch of Schlitzrsquos company and she also has a company called Draw Me a Sheep Productions which is a publishing and production company ldquoWersquoll be doing new intellectual copyright materials like songs playsrdquo

Schlitzrsquos own full-length play ldquoSallyrsquos Grouprdquo has had a professional reading in LA and ldquois now being pitched to some fi lmmakersrdquo she saidldquoAll of that is under my big umbrella company called Imagination Institute Th e overview is a huge vision Irsquom hoping within 10 years to have an arts compound that has a writerrsquos colony music recording studios and a center for the performing arts with theatersrdquo she saidAlthough Tubac Performance Studios opened in early September Schlitz is ready to invite the community to a one-man play in which Shaw Kinsley will portray Charles Poston an entrepreneur who arrived in Tubac in about 1854 shortly after the US purchased whatrsquos now Arizona from MexicoPostonrsquos writings show he enjoyed holding lavish Christmas parties with entertainment In the role of Poston Kinsley will welcome visitors into the

small theater which will be decorated as if itrsquos Postonrsquos home and talk about Tubac as if itrsquos still 1854 Tickets are $15 and the schedule includes six performances from Dec 11 to Dec 20Th e Tubac Performance Studios is just north of the Tubac Regional Health Center at 2243 E Frontage Road Th e phone number is (520) 398-9156Is there enough talent in Tubac and nearby communities for an acting conservatory and theater performances Schlitz is optimistic ldquoTh ere will be enough by the time Tubac Performance Studios is through training them I think every location brings its talented people ldquoAnd I think talent comes out of people that didnrsquot even know it was there My theory is that your imagination is your talent and that the world is your canvasrdquo

Celebrating our 11th Year

Shelby‛s Daily LunchSpecials11am - 4pm

Music On The Patio Wine and Dine $1000

Stay and enjoy our daily Grab and Go special in the restaurant with a glass of one of our

house wines for Just $1000

Grab and Go $700Add Soup or Salad $200

Now two ways to simplify your life

Wed-Sat dine in or pick-up after 430Sun-Tues dine in or pick-up between 3pm amp 4pm

Sunday Marinated and Grilled Eggplant on Flat bread

Monday 8rdquo Mediterranean Pizza

Tuesday Spinach Salad with

Warm Citrus Dressing

Wednesday Portobella Ravioli with

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto

Thursday Chicken Piccata with

Angel Hair Pasta

Friday Blackened Mahi Mahi with Mango Tequila Lime Salsa

Saturday Half Rack Baby

Back Ribs

Music Nights Spanish Guitarist Nov 7th

and Jazz Night Nov 28th

join us for

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above right Shaw Kinsley will perfoprm as Charles Poston on December 11 to December 20th

Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages Above kids work together on producing performances through imagination Tubac Performance Studios off ers classes for all ages

T h e B o r d e r l a n d s P h o T o g r a P h e r

T h e B o r e d e r l a n d s P h o t o g r a p h e r

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FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6 ndash FIRST FRIDAY ndash 2-for-1 Margaritas

BBQ Specials Live Music by Bill Manzanedo 5-8pmish

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 13 ndash Fish amp Chips Live Music by Volodia ldquoVrdquo

Vladimirov wwwvolodiavladimirovcom

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 20 ndash Lobster Night Fish amp Chips and Live Music by Contra Swings

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 ndash Fish amp Chips and Live Music by Amber Norgaard

wwwambernorgaardcom

FRIDAY DECEMBER 4 ndash FIRST FRIDAY ndash 2-for-1 Margaritas

Fish amp Chips Live Music by Eduardo Valencia

( 1 2 M i l e N o r t h o f t h e

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 6

Fruit Burro Flavor-of-the-Month is CRANBERRY

Daily Specialsinclude fresh salads and delicious dishes

prepared by Chef Edgar de la Riva

Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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For more information please call

5202818200 or 8003424362

Prices promotions features and availability subject to change without notice Stated dimensions and square footage are approximate and should not be used as a representation of the homersquos size Developer reserves the right to make changes to floor plans specifications dimensions and elevations without prior notice This is not intended to be and does not constitute an offer by or on behalf of Avatar directed to residents of New York New Jersey Ohio or any other state where prohibited or restricted by law and no sales or offers to purchase are or shall be made until such time as an offering plan or prospectus is accepted for filing or an exemption is granted under applicable laws Marketed by Avatar Realty of Arizona Inc Licensed Real Estate Broker The Developer Rio Rico Properties Inc (RPPI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Avatar Properties Inc RRPI ROC239009 DORN HOMES ROC204135 The Recreation Village is privately owned and membership is sold separately and independently from the sale of lots

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SAT NOV 28TH ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park

at 1pm

19

Caborca Sonora PETROGLYPHS

NOV 6 -9 2009$695 pp dbl

Banamachi Sonora CULINARY

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Alamos Music FestivalJAN 24 - 31 2010

Wersquoll customize a tour for your own special group

Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley - PERU

MAY 1 -11 2010$3795 pp dbl

CALL US FOR DETAILS 520 398 9705

520 398 9705 T U B A C

SAN MIGUEL DE ALLENDE AND

COLONIAL CIT IES OF CENTRAL MEXICObull Enjoy charming Guanajuato ndash visit the

best ceramicists in the area

bull Tour the Alhondiga de Granaditas the Juarez Theater Diego Riverarsquos birthplace

bull Visit the gothic Cathedral of San Miguel the Instituto the Palace of Fine Arts

bull Stay in charming bed and breakfast accomodations

bull Eat the fi nest cuisine of Mexico

bull Visit the home of Padre Hidalgo and learn the history of the ldquoCry of Doloresrdquo

bull Optional visit to the charming nearby city of Queretaro

bull Small groups ndash unique experiences ndash fully escorted

Mar ch 4 ndash 1 1 2010 $2470 per person double

SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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21a g r a s s l a n d s C e l e b r a t i o n a t B u e n o s a i r e s N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e R e f u g e

The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

The Importance of Being Nowhereby Charles Bowden

photograph by Joseph Birkett

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

HopeC e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

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Rogoway Gallery

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Out of the Way Galleria

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Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

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La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

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The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

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Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

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FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

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THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

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The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

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With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

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127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

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R E D U C E D

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

The Importance of Being Nowhereby Charles Bowden

photograph by Joseph Birkett

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

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The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

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Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

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Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

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B R U C E BAUGHMAN

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For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

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The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

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Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

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Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

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Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

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THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

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The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

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Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

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wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

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R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

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Naturersquos Bounty Borderlands still lifesAt this time of year interpreting the artistic genre of the still life by the borderlands photographer can kindle many hours of expressive flame Thanksgiving as a harvest festival is intimately connected with still lifes The vibrant colors of chile peppers and other yields of naturersquos bounty are fertile subjects for you the borderlands photographerMy wife Agnegraves who is French refers to my still life images as southwestern ldquonatures mortesrdquo She composes still lifes from common objects often raw food items and has me photograph them sometimes labeling them ldquobodegonesrdquo The latter a Spanish translation seems most appropriate for the borderlandsA photographer can compose a still-life image by arranging objects at home or by going out to the back yard or nearby wild lands and finding objects already arranged naturally and artfully In this case Mother Nature has generously set out a composition for you to spy with your photographerrsquos eyeInside onersquos home itrsquos more of a studio operation you make the picture rather than take the picture While I like to call my nature photography pure without alteration or adulteration a studio procedure is limitlessly creative allowing a total free hand for composition of design elements and lighting arrangements Outdoors in nature the puristrsquos dictum is not to touch or move the subject but to position the lens to exploit an artful

optimum of the natural composition Here the best lighting is often what you discover suddenly at that moment Waiting patiently for better lighting of a close-up shot often is futile the outdoors light that catches the eye highlighting or framing a collection of objects is very fleeting and one must be mindful to capture it quickly Even so donrsquot be too hasty Setting up your equipment with a brisk deliberateness is always better than with a panicky hastiness If you lose the shot therersquoll be othersDescribing ldquostill liferdquo as ldquoinanimaterdquo is the usual practice Webster defines ldquoinanimaterdquo as lacking life spirit consciousness or the power of motion But in the case of the still life image spirit is very much in evidence Lacking motion the still life is often serene and contemplative with an emotional or symbolic subtext Truly the few requirements of a still life are a static scene of a collection of objects within a fairly close physical rangeA single object will not pass the test since composing of a group of objects juxtaposed to exploit their shapes textures colors and relative positions and exploiting the available light is the whole point of still lifes Often overlooked by photographers is the scenersquos background and surface Central subjects must be highlighted or enhanced by surrounding textures contrasts and colors In still life photography positioning objects via propping can be demanding since optimum angles often require extreme subtlety Another critical need is the right surface The surface

must support or contain the objects but not be so prosaic as to detract from the intended result indeed it should augmentA special consideration for the still life photographer is depth of field This is the area of focus that is a technical photographic constraint A familiar aspect of still life images is one of complete focus If you follow this rule make sure to pay attention to the important variables affecting depth of field distance from subject focal length of the lens and aperture setting Using a tripod can be frustrating due to the demanding subtlety of still lifes but unless you have abundant light tripods will produce the best technical resultFor subjects nothing beats food in its raw form Commonly colorful crops are used to portray a southwestern or seasonal theme Try fruit - a panoply of persimmons on a brilliant yellow plate Try vegetables ndash a cornucopia of corn cobs peppers and squash in all their glorious shapes textures and colors Borderlands nature as usual provides the best subjects simple found objects such as gourds bones and the pods of coral and mesquite beans All of these can spark hours of creative flow from the borderlands photographerMurray Bolestarsquos CactusHuggers Photography specializes in borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizonarsquos natural rural and cultural heritage Murrayrsquos home gallery in Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at wwwCactusHuggerscom

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta

IMages Top left The sunset is always the friend of the borderlands photographer even inside the home Here the Bolesta house enlivened by shadows and a reflection Middle left The spring waters of Aliso provide painterly shimmer to an autumn scene of sycamore and mushroom Nature generally composed this still life Bottom The bounty of nature either native to the borderlands or not provides a visual feast when colors and shapes are harmonized Top right All you need is a persimmon a deer antler and a few clouds to provide in this case a somewhat abstract still life The Santa Rita Mountains add visual ballast Middle right Objects readily found lying on the borderlands soil can form a still life Here two different angles of a plate with gourds a bone cholla spines mesquite pods and a pine cone The setting sun as always in photography can dramatize a subject At top the still life in shade with a wall of sun behind and below the plate positioned to catch the last rays

17

THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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19

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

The Importance of Being Nowhereby Charles Bowden

photograph by Joseph Birkett

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

HopeC e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

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St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

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30 continued from page 19

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FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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THURS NOV 19TH - THE TUBAC THURSDAY MORNING BREAKFAST FORUM presents Cera Lynn owner of Tubacs Spazen and Carol Bushman speaking on Taking Control of Your Health Utilizing Chinese Medicine Forum meets at Plaza de Anza - Artists Palate Restaurant 40 Avenida Goya Tubac at 9am Tickets are $10 call 398-3333 Limited seating Admission includes a full sit down breakfast Additional information on the speaker and on the Forum can be obtained at- tubacbreakfastforumwordpresscom

THURS NOV 19TH - HUDOST - indie world music from NY Featuring Moksha Sommer of Montreal 4pm $10adv$13door At the Tubac Plaza Main Stage 29 Tubac Plaza 520-398-2542 globalchangemusicmediaorg

FRI NOV 20TH - Lobster Night and Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY CONTRA SWINGS at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

FRI NOV 20TH THRU JAN 3RD ndash 40TH ANNUAL MEMBERSrsquo JURIED EXHIBIT amp LITTLE TREASURES EXHIBIT at the Tubac Center of the Arts 9 Plaza Road 520-398-2371

FRI NOV 20TH - AN INTRODUCTION TO ZEN BUDDHISM WITH SUSAN WEIMER Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha including meditation instruction followed by tea The event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac at 7pm Suggested donation is $8 For more info visit www tubacmeditationorg or call 520-398-1108

SAT NOV 21ST - THE RED DOOR GALLERYS 10TH ANNIVERSARY GALLERY RECEPTION from 11am to 4pm 10 Plaza Road 520-398-3943

SAT NOV 21ST ndash MEET THE AUTHOR SERIES BOOK SIGNING WITH LELAND J HANCHETT JR ldquoCrossing Arizonardquo and other books at TJrsquos Tortuga Books amp Coff ee Beans 19 Tubac Road ndash Mercado de Baca Plaza 1 to 5pm

SAT NOV 21ST - AMADO FOOD BANK SWAP MEET $8 per stall Hot dogs amp drinks Call Arthuro 520-909-8818

SAT NOV 21ST - the Santa Cruz Advocates for the Arts will be hosting the CHARLES MINGUS GALA BENEFIT DANCE featuring the Santa

Cruz Jazz Orchestra from 8 to 11 pm at the VFW Hall Cocktails will be available at the bar and light appetizers will be served The price for this event is $15 per person Charles Mingus souvenirs) will be available For tickets or information please contact Ken Tittelbaugh at 520-841-1131 the Nogales Chamber of Commerce or any member of the Board of Directors Visit our web site at wwwmingusprojectcom and look for more upcoming events

FRI NOV 27TH - Fish amp Chips with LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

SAT NOV 28TH - ART AT THE AMADO TERRITORY RANCH Art Music amp Food from 10am to 1pm Featuring Live Entertainment by R Carlos Nakai - Native American Flutist and Larry Redhouse Jazz Trio I-19 exit 48 For more info call 520-270-7162 or visit wwwmichaelajaymecom

SAT NOV 28TH ndash JAZZ NIGHT MUSIC ON THE PATIO at Shelbyrsquos Bistro across the bridge at Mercado de Baca 520-398-8075

continued from page 13

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SAT NOV 28TH ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park

at 1pm

19

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

by Maggie MilinovitchMule Deer

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

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21a g r a s s l a n d s C e l e b r a t i o n a t B u e n o s a i r e s N a t i o n a l W i l d l i f e R e f u g e

The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

The Importance of Being Nowhereby Charles Bowden

photograph by Joseph Birkett

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

HopeC e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

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St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

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30 continued from page 19

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FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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SAT NOV 28TH ndash ALDO LEOPOLD PRESENTATION at the Patagonia Lake State Park at 1pm Aldo Leopold an ecologist forester and environmentalist was infl uential in the development of modern environmental ethics and in the movement for wilderness preservation In honor of the centennial of his arrival in Springerville AZ in 1909 there will be a presentation of his ideas and life in a Chautauqua production at the visitor center Following the presentation David Brown editor of Aldo Leopoldrsquos Southwest will sign his book and talk about Leopoldrsquos experiences and infl uence on the Southwest In the morning a horseback ride guided hikes and a kayak canoe trip will allow participants to enjoy our southwest environment and focus on Leopoldrsquos ideas through brief readings from his writings Pre-registration is required for the morning events Call the visitor center (520-287-2791) for more information and registration

MON NOV 30TH - DEADLINE for submission to the TUBAC FESTIVAL POSTER COMPETITION The Tubac

Chamber of Commerce invites all artists to participate in a poster competition for the 2010 Tubac Festival of the Arts The winning entry will be featured on the commemorative festival poster and the winning artist will be awarded a free booth at the festival February 10-14 2010 For details and an application please call 520-398-2704 or send email to artfestivaltubacazcom

WED DEC 2ND ndash MOONLIGHT HIKE Experience the wonderful view of Sonoita Creek and Patagonia Lake by moonlight Wear sturdy shoes bring water and a fl ashlight and perhaps a walking stick Trail is moderately diffi cult with a 350 ft elevation gain At 415pm Call 520-287-2791 to register

THURS DEC 3RD - OPEN HOUSE AT THE SPA AT THE TUBAC GOLF RESORT from 3 to 6pm 520-398-3522

FRI DEC 4TH - FIRST FRIDAY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY EDUARDO VALENCIA at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

continued on page 30

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

3

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

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Rogoway Gallery

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Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

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The Artists Daughter

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Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

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Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

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Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

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398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

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With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

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R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

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It is my habit to allow my dogs to take me for a walk each morning We head out generally at daybreak in the summer and a bit after sunrise in the winter Having had the good sense many years ago to put my home in the middle of nowhere the pups and I leave the house wandering in any direction without worry of running into people Just cows and various native four-legged vegetarians Th e three dogs are not leashed but are well-behaved and have a job to do Th ey bark to let the cows know to step aside wersquore cominrsquo through To protect me and clear my path of any vicious jackrabbits that might be lying in wait they will occasionally give chaseOn a recent cool crisp morning returning home from our walk we were approaching the north fence of our 40 acres Itrsquos rough terrain and we were down in a wash with rock walls and lots of trees and shrubs I saw a deer ndash a female mule deer Th e doe saw us fi rst and bolted to get out of our path I tried to distract the dogs so they wouldnrsquot see start barking and further alarm her It almost worked Th en the doersquos companion vaulted through the air A magnifi cent buck with a proud antler display executed a leap that bridged the wash from one rock face to the other I gazed in wonder at the beautyTh en Peanut a sawed-off Chihuahua mix with a Napoleon complex saw him and started the alarm

Itrsquos hunting season Our place is surrounded by State or cattle land Th ere is little sanctuary for deer out there I felt awful having the deer fl ushed from the hiding places they had found inside our fence I vowed never to walk the dogs on our place during hunting season again When I got to the house I did a little research on the air-borne ungulateI have seen deer of various shapes and sizes in many places throughout in the country but realized I didnrsquot know much about them Deer can do some pretty amazing things to evade and escape humans I once saw a deer at a dead stand still parallel to a fi ve-foot fence fl ex his legs then clear that fence and trot away At full speed they can dive through the narrow spaces in a barbed-wire fence without breaking strideIn our area be have white-tail and mule deer and they are quite diff erent in their behavior and appearance Mule deer do not run like other deer when alarmed they ldquostotrdquo A word that describes a bounding movement in which all four feet are off the ground at once and all four hit the ground at the same time Th is allows them to leap up to 24 feet in distance evade predators in rough terrain achieve speeds of up to 45 mph for short distances see above the shrubs or if necessary do a mid-air course correction of up to 180 degrees

Mule deer have a black tip on their tail white tails do not Th ey also have larger ears giving them their common name White tail antlers fork off a main branch the muleyrsquos are bifurcated ndash forked ndash with two equal length tines Th e rack can reach a four-foot spread Like other deer they antlers begin to grow in spring in anticipation of the rut generally in November and December and then are shed at the end of that time Th e doe after about 200 dayrsquos gestation generally gives birth to twins which stay with her for a year Th e fawns have camo-spots and no scent when they are very young so their mother can leave them to feedAmong their other special talents they have a desert adaptation helpful during droughts Muleys with their large feet can paw down to water up to two feet deep which they fi nd with their keen sense of smellDeer are primarily browsers but graze green grasses berries acorns and forbs Like a cow they have multiple stomachs one for storage until they have time to ldquochew their cudrdquo Th ey generally stay close to a water source and forage

Humans pose the largest threat to deer ndash cars guns land habitat destruction but they also get to look out for cougars and protect their young from the coyote bobcat fox eagles and such Th ey are active during the mornings and late afternoons and rest in protected areas during the day If you see them bounding through traffi c during the day itrsquos probably because they were pressured Th ere doesnrsquot seem to be any quiet places for them anymore Border crossers and border agents nature photographers and bird watchers hunters and 4-wheelers prospectors and fl ower-fondlers and sweet little olrsquo ladies walking their dogs all add to the stressesItrsquos just not easy being Bambi in the desert Even so these delightful animals seem to survive despite all the pressures and disturbances to their otherwise pastoral nature I just wish they could read ndash Irsquod put up signs on my fence ldquoDeer Sanctuary ndash No Hunting Allowedrdquo Irsquoll still take my dogs out the front gate until the hunt is over

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

HopeC e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

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Rogoway Gallery

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Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

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The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

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Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

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Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

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FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

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THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

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Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

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2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

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127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

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Learn more by visiting our office in Tubac at 2 Tubac Road just at the front of the Village

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The Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is having a celebration Th e

Refuge volunteer group Th e Friends of Buenos Aires NWR is holding a Grasslands Fair in celebration of wild grasslands on Saturday December 5 Th e Friends are inviting everyone to come enjoy the glorious world of the Altar Valley grasslands and breathe in the fi ne breezes that inspired the name ldquoBuenos Airesrdquo See a protected herd of pronghorn antelope wintering hawks and the endangered masked bobwhite quail Learn about the human and natural history of this corner of Arizona Th e Fair will be held at the old Buenos Aires Ranch Headquarters that is now the Refuge Headquarters Here you will usually fi nd a visitorrsquos center with displays a gift-shop and eager staff ready to answer your questions and give you discovery tips But on December 5th the spacious grounds with their splendid views will be the site of this celebration of the precious legacy that Buenos Aires NWR represents On hand will be expert and entertaining naturalists presenting their special topics You will learn about reptiles plants birds butterfl ies and more in talks exhibits and demonstrations Many of the events will be great for kidsFood and shopping will be available too Th ere will be baked goodies and Arivaca coff ee in the morning and grilled food and salads in the afternoon Local vendors will

off er their wares throughout the dayPaul Kinslow a widely exhibited Scottsdale artist httparboretumagarizonaedupaulkinslowhtml has donated a painting of Baboquivari peak and the surrounding countryside to be sold by silent auction during the day Th e winner will be announced at the Friends annual meeting in the late afternoonDessert accompanied by music from South America performed by Ecuadorian musician Jorge Vasco with an appearance by the Arivaca band Filo del Mundo Th e day will end with the Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting If you are not a member of the Friends the Fair will be a

great time to learn about the organization We love to welcome new membersTh e Refuge is located near Sasabe Arizona From Tubac take I- 19 North to the Arivaca Road exit (Exit 48) Th en drive the scenic Arivaca Road to Arivaca and continue on the Sasabe Road west to AZ286 Turn south on AZ 286 and drive about 4 miles to the headquarters entrance roadFor more information go to the Friends of Buenos Aires NWR Web site at httpfriendsofbanwrorg You may also call or email Richard Conway at 520 405 5665 and fobanwrgmailcom

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS1000 AM to 1200 PM Coff ee baked goodies1100 Welcome1200 to 200 Grilled food chips and salad

shopping at tables of local vendors On-going demonstrations and exhibitsReptiles Show Gray Hawk Nature CenterBats Show Juliette GutierrezQuail of Th e Refuge exhibit Mary HunicuttHistory of Buenos Aires NWR exhibitBare Bones skeleton exhibit

Presentations1115 ndash 1200 Desert Grassland by Bonnie Swarbrick1200 -1245 Plants of the Baboquivari Mountains by Dan Austin1245 - 130 Butterfl ies of Southeast Arizona by Mary Scott130 ndash 200 Refuge Habitats and Ecology by Dan Cohan200 ndash 300 Dessert and ConcertEnjoy the Music of the Andes by Jorge Vasco

300 ndash 400 Friends of Buenos Aires annual meeting

Southern Arizonarsquos Favorite SteakhouseJeff Clock

amp Cathy RodarteProprietors

Closed MondaysOPEN

Lunch Tues - Sat 11am - 2pm

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The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

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Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

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Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

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12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

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Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

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A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

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Rogoway Gallery

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Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

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The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

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Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

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Felicitas M

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STUDIO AND GALLERY

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DE TUBAC

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Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

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FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

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Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 22: November 2009 Tubac Villager

The day felt like rain and smelled like rain The sky held the soft gray of a winter storm the kind of weather Mexicans describe as equipatas equal steps to capture that idle way the rain on a December day can slowly drizzle across the land It was 1957 and I was your basic 12-year-old out of the Southside of Chicago riding in the back seat of a 55 Chevy down the Ruby Road that section where you climb across the flank of the Atacosas and then slide along a ridge above Bear Valley near Montana Peak I looked

out at a landscape of dry grass and green oaks the trees evenly spaced like in a model railroad layout and was struck dumb by the ground that moment they now call imprinting where some things make an impression that can neither be explained nor removed I remember imagining living down there a sane thought for a kid whod spent most of his life in an apartment And that was it no bolt of lightning from the heavens no roll of celestial drums no voice thundering a revelation

Since then I have like most of my fellow citizens wandered far afield and squandered generous blocks of my life but always that day and that stretch of road and that landscape came back to me riding the El in a Chicago rush hour commuting to work in the Bay area or doing dim toil on the East Coast I can still feel the light taste the air and smell the soil of that day The rocks brood under the gray clouds and the trees the scrubby oaks dotting hills the trees glow with an eerie green

Luckily I seem to have imprinted with a patch of earth almost beneath notice Along the border from the Huachuchas to the Altar Valley is a swatch of oak woodland that is tucked away in the national and forest and forgotten a place without coffee-table book vistas and major landmarks This has been my sanctuary from a world that demands the special effects of the red rocks of Sedona or the monotonous pines of the Mogollon Rim or the fleshpots and villas of Carefree Paradise

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Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

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C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

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Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

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Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

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398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

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See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

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THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

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2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

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127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

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R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 23: November 2009 Tubac Villager

Valley and Scottsdale is oak grassland lacks the pizzazz for American mansion builders or campers It is God be praised too nondescript for the global scenery consumersI keep coming back to it and each time I kind of worry that it will have been sacked by golf course junkies destination resort vandals and other chamber-of-commerce vermin And so far Ive always been wrong In part I think what has spared it is the lack of water Water is a kind of lethal toxin in Arizona that always manifests itself in tumorlike eruptions of golf courses and country clubs e other thing that has spared this swatch of ground is Mexico always nearby and on a calm night you can hear the gnashing of teeth as a nation of poverty brushes against the American fences And nally what has saved this place are the inhabitants a varied lot who seem genetically favored with some kind of deep immunity to the blandishments of the Republics malls and economists For 40 years this tract has been the playing eld of my fantasy life the place where

there is space silence and hills no one has yet broken to a name And within its core say from the Atacosas to Arivaca to Amado is a kind of Bermuda Triangle where all development plans seem to vanish without a trace Naturally this history has made outsiders look at this ground as a place of failure I remember once seeing a newspaper clip from the late 1940s in which some leading Tucsonans said they were ready to develop Arivaca and make it the next Santa Fe a vicious threat that would stop anyones heartI like the light the white light bouncing o the burned grass in June the soft light touching the face in December And I like the big events that never make the papers I remember once in October watching fty or a hundred ravens roosting on Oro Blanco wash a kind of biker gang of 2-year-olds having a ing before they mated and bonded for life and it was a dark and noisy run that went on for weeks Ive killed a lot of time in this border forest nished up a book on Charlie Keating at Jim Chiltons ranch wrote another book or

two at Chris Clarkes ranch One evening I watched a deer twirl and make its bed and then go to sleep Another evening I drank until 2 am listening to Miles Davis ere was a morning when I saw ravens chase an eagle away Another time a great blue heron and a redtail had a knock-down-drag-out at the pond By June the well pretty much went dry with late July came the rains and by the end of November the last hummingbird had ed and did not return until February when the Arizona holly bloomed e snow came in the night but left by noon When it got real dry a rattlesnake moved onto the porch but it left with the rains I saw a red bolt of lightning split an oak and savored the smell lingering in the air Once two DEA agents asked me what I was doing and I said watching birds Usually in the morning someone standing next to a government vehicle would be staring at me with binoculars I took a long walk in the hills New Years DayI once had a friend go to Nigeria and he saw a message painted on the back of a bus NO EVENT

NO HISTORY at sounds about ne to me Its not that nothing happens it is that what happens is not news If you walk up Cedar Canyon from Arivaca Lake youll nd huge cedar stumps stumps that announce trees the likes of which are now nowhere to be seen And you realize that there is a ghost forest out there that will not come back from the dead for another century If you look at early photographs of Ruby the hills are all but empty of oak the trees having vanished into the lusty appetite of the mine So things do happen if you watch for them e places worth clinging to are the places nobody quite knows what to do with ats where the life is ats why we should feel lucky What we want and what we need seems to have the power to last We can count on it even if most other people cant even notice that it exists God in his in nite wisdom has created places like Sedona and Santa Fe as sacri ce areas Out here in nowhere we are lucky Nothing happens Progress seems nil We have a future

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Saturday Nov 21 2009 100 to 500 PM

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Nov 7 2009 10 AM to 5 PM

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So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

HopeC e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

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Tubac Online SalesMike Bader

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email TubacOnlineSalesattnettInternet Auction Consignments

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Did you knowTubacs

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Top 25 places to eat in Arizona

Congratulations Shelbys

Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

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Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

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Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

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30 continued from page 19

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FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

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Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

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ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

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127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 24: November 2009 Tubac Villager

So what is hope Is it a little town in Arkansas where Clinton was born I went there this summer and saw the 42nd Presidentrsquos birthplace Any one who needs to believe that America really is a land of opportunity for all willing to work hard to make it should visit Hope Th ere are few silver spoons in that town Seeing the modest birthplace of the Clinton boys tells you that it doesnrsquot take a dynasty like the Bushes or the Rockefellers the Kennedys or the Roosevelts to make a President

However the only hope I recognized in Hope was the little family restaurant called Th e Melon Patch where I ate Annrsquos Buttermilk Pie Th e restaurant is under the umbrella of a rainbow organization designed to employ and reward those who are challenged in one way or another

I met Ann Woods after I raved about her special dish She came out of the kitchen with her recipe in her hands and beamed at our praise She was a big woman with her heart on her sleeve Our waitress was also a radiant presence and made a point of taking both our orders and satisfaction very seriously She called my husband Miss and then giggled as she corrected herself I laughed right along with her She patted me in friendship and gave me a wink as I left Th e little visit there turned out to be as memorable as dinner in the Lodge in Yosemite only more so

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas every time I begin the adventure of making art It is the idea of something better coming Something beyond what I thought possible

Itrsquos only reality rests in the abstract Itrsquos not tangible and it is not to be nailed down or it loses its essence

Hope is placed at altars all over the world It prevails in the sacraments of marriage and death I met a man in Van Horn Texas who stopped to chat as I was drinking a cup of bad coff ee He told me that his wife made him breakfast on the fi rst day they were married and when he responded by saying he usually didnrsquot eat breakfast she never made another We have been married 41 years and never once has she made my breakfast again And now I want a good breakfast and I have to make it for myself But he added if you lined up a thousand women I would chose her all over again I thought this goes

way beyond the kind of hope we have at the front of a marriage Itrsquos testimony of a real relationship

Th e Bible says ldquoHope is the anchor of the soulrdquo I once liked that idea so much I named a book after it But now I am not sure I want my soul or anyone elsersquos tethered or anchored I would rather that hope stretched like a rainbow over our lives a nefarious upside down smile a light hard to nail down even with a camera -- a spirit light that moves as the clouds do as we change our perspectives as the sun fi nds its way before or after the rain

Hope shines on the toes of new school shoes It rises with the fi rst shoots in a garden It sparkles in the face of fi rst love It rings in church bells and resonates in the voice of a mosquersquos muezzin It is at the start of each race and it is the impetus to try again It is evident in the activities of a village readying for a new season It is in

the hospitals that try to save us from the inevitable And although it is hard to fi nd in the dark it survives even the worst of lifersquos suff ering

I see it in President Obama receiving the Nobel Peace Award in recognizing that attitudes change the world that a leaderrsquos hope and intentions can bring a new energy to those who are oppressed and losing faith in the future Peace like a river rarely if ever fl ows but we all want to believe that it can We hope it can

Yes hope propels us forward gives us vision and a quest It has a childlike quality that keeps us going Like Little Toot the tiny train who made it up the mountain saying I think I can I think I can I think I can until he reached his destination and sang I thought I could I thought I could all the way down the other side

What is hope I see it resting on my canvas

every time I begin the

adventure of making art It is the idea of something

better coming something

beyond what I thought possible

by Carol st John

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Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

AMADO RV amp SELF-STORAGEbullCODED GATE ACCESS DAILYbullSECURITY CAMERASbullFREE DISC LOCKbullBOXES amp MOVING SUPPLIES

5203988003

I-19 exit 42 or 48

bullSTORE RVrsquoS CARS BOATS amp TRAILERS

amadostoragegmailcom

Well known since 1943 fo

r our m

any brands of fi ne chili products sauces and spices

Visit our Ranch Museum 3 Miles South of Tubac

(Just south of Tumacacori National Monument)

Give the gift of the Southwest

Gourmet Spices bull Cookbooks bull Gift Ideas

MONDAY - FRIDAY 8 am to 5 pm SAT 10 am to 5 pm

Closed Sundays Call for Holiday Schedule

PO Box 4599 Tubac AZ 85646

5209758469

License No ROC239369

Additions middot Remodels

minimum impact site development erosion control alternative energy solar and wind power rainwater harvesting greywater systems insulated concrete forms passive solar healthy non-toxic materials permaculture design edible landscaping native plant restoration

In response to a recent increase in water rates receive a 10 discount on rainwater harvesting

and greywater systems

Green Design and Consulting ServicesFor Residential and Commercial Projects

5202401018

FOR LEASE RETAIL SPACE

1 R e t a i l S p a c e A v a i l a b l e1296 sq ft Jan Fox at

520-405-3131

19 TUBAC ROAD in the MERCADO de BACA SHOPPING PLAZA

6 Camino Otero

Culin

ary Cl

asses

- Exp

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he wo

nderf

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food

and w

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$28 1

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4

Specializing in Full Scale Catering Events

with indoor rooms ampshaded outdoor areasseating 10 to 200

Announcingthe Return of the

Wild Walleye Every Friday

at Kristoferrsquos Where lunch is Out of This World RESERVATIONS

IMPORTANT

featuringTHOMASrsquo BLUE ROOM GALLERYyour place or mine

Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

e New

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Previously priced at $579000 Now $419000Owner Carry Terms Available

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1932 East Frontage Road Tumacacori AZ 520-398-3134

Unique GiftsHome Decor

Custom Iron Work Candles amp FloralsPottery amp Fountains

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ITrsquoS BUY TIMEbull GREAT INVENTORY - Search homes through my web site at wwwchachalongrealtycombull MAKE AN APPOINTMENT - Call me at 520-591-4982 and letrsquos go see what is availablebull EXCELLENT INVENTORY - Variety of prices sizes locations and fl oor plansbull FULL-TIME PART-TIME RENTAL NEW BUILD - Together we can fi nd what you wantbull ARE YOU READY - Pre-qualifi ed for a loan benefi ts of living in southern AZ closing costs what things in a community are you looking forlet me help you fi nd the answers to these questions

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

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MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

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follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 25: November 2009 Tubac Villager

25

Do you have items

Tubac Online SalesMike Bader

398-2437 cell 370-7239

email TubacOnlineSalesattnettInternet Auction Consignments

yoursquod like to sell on ebayCollectibles memorabilia or the like

Did you knowTubacs

Shelbys Bistro was chosen by

Arizona Highways as one of the

Top 25 places to eat in Arizona

Congratulations Shelbys

Just cant resist old songs they tell my storyI dont get around much anymore but I must tell you I just returned from a 3000 mile road trip through this beautiful country with my daughter and her husband who by the way when he was a driver in his trucking business amassed more than two million

miles traveling the United States what a great driverEach of the states we went through had their own absolute beauty and color temperatures ranged from 250 to 850 lots of rain and snow the last day Why would one travel in such unstable weather Im so glad you askedWe went to KC Missouri to see my two month old rst great grandchild oh my what a beautiful baby boy my granddaughter and proud husband doing well en to see other granddaughter and her young man wedded in a very beautiful simple ceremony my other two sons and wives granddaughter 3 and grandson 1 also lovely friends and guess what It was all free e marvelous scenery the unforgettable moments with family and friends the love one for another FREE en to arrive back in Arizona in time for me to sing again

e moon belongs to everyone e best things in life are free e stars belong to everyone ey shine there for you and me I must say the moon is bigger here the stars are closer and they really are brighter too its all mine

and I dont mind sharing can you believe its all free

SWEET POTATO AND CRANBERRY CASSEROLE1 large can sweet potatoes2 c fresh cranberries12 c melted butter1 c rmly packed brown sugar

1 c orange juice12 tsp nutmeg1 tbl cornstarch

Mix juice and cornstarch add sugar butter and nutmeg mix with sweet potatoes Place in large baking pan or casserole sprinkle cranberries on top press in Bake 3500 20-25 min

What You Should Know About Sweet PotatoesI buy baby sweets peel and

cook and mash two small ones are about 5 inches long and 2

inches around A tbl of brown sugar and a delicious dish is to

be had for two days

90 caloriesno fat ber 4 gVit A 120Vit C 30Iron 4Calcium 4

Haiku for November e swallows are gone Willie said goodbye last month ey said theyd return

Blessing to all dear friends for a

Happy anksgiving its Free

DUTCH PECAN PIE1 c white sugar1 c white karo2 eggs

1 c chopped pecans14 c soft butter14 tsp salt

Cream butter and sugar add salt well beaten eggs syrup and chopped nuts Bake in raw pastry shell 1 hour at 3000

Pennsylvania Dutch old saying e hurrier I go

the behinder I get

GREEN BEAN BUNDLES

2 cans whole green beans12 c brown sugar34 stick butter melted

12 strips bacon cut in halfgarlic salt

Make small bundles of beans (8 or 10) wrap strip of bacon around seam side down Place in large baking pan in rows pour butter mixture over each bundle sprinkle with garlic salt cover and bake in a 3250 oven for 20 min uncover turn bundles over and bake 20 more min til bacon is doneSALTED PECANS

Delicious To Eat or Give12 c oil4 tbl white corn syrup

4 c whole pecanssalt

Mix oil and syrup in heavy pan add pecans and stir well After nuts are coated put skillet in preheated 3000 oven bake 15 min stir nuts Do this three times check that nuts dont get too brown Take from oven and dump nuts onto wax paper Sprinkle with salt Soooo good

Ruthies RecipesRuthies RecipesRuthies Recipes

COLDER WEATHER FOR BIRDS TOO

is mixutre can generate body heat1 c salad oil3 c corn meal

3 tbl peanut butter3 tbl honey

I just mix this with my hands place in holes in wooden feeder or sprinkle on bird feeder

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

AMADO RV amp SELF-STORAGEbullCODED GATE ACCESS DAILYbullSECURITY CAMERASbullFREE DISC LOCKbullBOXES amp MOVING SUPPLIES

5203988003

I-19 exit 42 or 48

bullSTORE RVrsquoS CARS BOATS amp TRAILERS

amadostoragegmailcom

Well known since 1943 fo

r our m

any brands of fi ne chili products sauces and spices

Visit our Ranch Museum 3 Miles South of Tubac

(Just south of Tumacacori National Monument)

Give the gift of the Southwest

Gourmet Spices bull Cookbooks bull Gift Ideas

MONDAY - FRIDAY 8 am to 5 pm SAT 10 am to 5 pm

Closed Sundays Call for Holiday Schedule

PO Box 4599 Tubac AZ 85646

5209758469

License No ROC239369

Additions middot Remodels

minimum impact site development erosion control alternative energy solar and wind power rainwater harvesting greywater systems insulated concrete forms passive solar healthy non-toxic materials permaculture design edible landscaping native plant restoration

In response to a recent increase in water rates receive a 10 discount on rainwater harvesting

and greywater systems

Green Design and Consulting ServicesFor Residential and Commercial Projects

5202401018

FOR LEASE RETAIL SPACE

1 R e t a i l S p a c e A v a i l a b l e1296 sq ft Jan Fox at

520-405-3131

19 TUBAC ROAD in the MERCADO de BACA SHOPPING PLAZA

6 Camino Otero

Culin

ary Cl

asses

- Exp

lore t

he wo

nderf

ul wo

rld of

food

and w

ine - G

roups

of 10

$28 1

6 or m

ore $2

4

Specializing in Full Scale Catering Events

with indoor rooms ampshaded outdoor areasseating 10 to 200

Announcingthe Return of the

Wild Walleye Every Friday

at Kristoferrsquos Where lunch is Out of This World RESERVATIONS

IMPORTANT

featuringTHOMASrsquo BLUE ROOM GALLERYyour place or mine

Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

e New

+ 1 Bdrm 1 bath Casita w CourtyardMany upgrades incl 3 car garage

Previously priced at $579000 Now $419000Owner Carry Terms Available

Call Mike Cooper (970) 640-6078Long Term Lease Possible

Custom Built 20073 Bdrm 2 Bath 2248 SF

2242 Pimeria

AltaPalo Parado

EstadosTubac

Arizona

Great Gifts and Home Decorldquoa fun place to shoprdquo

3 m i S o u t h o f Tu b a c a c r o s s f r o m W i s d o m rsquos C a f e

1932 East Frontage Road Tumacacori AZ 520-398-3134

Unique GiftsHome Decor

Custom Iron Work Candles amp FloralsPottery amp Fountains

Original ArtOriginal Art

520-591-4982

ITrsquoS BUY TIMEbull GREAT INVENTORY - Search homes through my web site at wwwchachalongrealtycombull MAKE AN APPOINTMENT - Call me at 520-591-4982 and letrsquos go see what is availablebull EXCELLENT INVENTORY - Variety of prices sizes locations and fl oor plansbull FULL-TIME PART-TIME RENTAL NEW BUILD - Together we can fi nd what you wantbull ARE YOU READY - Pre-qualifi ed for a loan benefi ts of living in southern AZ closing costs what things in a community are you looking forlet me help you fi nd the answers to these questions

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

6 Camino Otero Tubac Arizona

We are proud to offer MBTs for womenldquoWe offer fi ne individually-wrapped organic chocolatesrdquo

Redeem for a freegourmet chocolateRECYCLE THIS AD

Opening mid-November

iheartsweetstuffyahoocom

Lace Tablecloths

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

ACCESS WISDOM HOME CARE PLUS

(520) 398-8088

AMADO RV amp SELF STORAGE

(520) 398-8003

FIESTA TOURS

(520) 398-9705

JACOBSON CUSTOM HOMES

(520) 975-8469

KEN MICHAELART FRAMING(520) 398-2214

KRISTOFERrsquoS CATERING amp BISTRO

(520) 625-0331

LONG REALTYCHA CHA DONAU

(520) 591-4982

MICHAEL ARTHUR JAYME STUDIO amp GALLERY

(520) 398-2709

SUSTAINABLE ARIZONA

(520) 240-1018

STOCKMANS GRILL

(520) 398-2651

follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 26: November 2009 Tubac Villager

A local group of parents grandparents and interested community members have been meeting since June to discuss the logistics of enhancing the Ron Morriss Park After a summer of meeting and planning architect Earl Yousey has developed a conceptual plan for improving the park The priorities at this time are to increase shade by planting more trees adding benches and installing new playground equipment with solar shading The group would also like to see a fitness course around the park that would link up with the Anza Trail

Plans are still in the early stages and the group is seeking additional community involvement The group envisions that the project be community-built and volunteer-driven Mr Yousey has generously donated his skills and time to the project thus far and additional contributions from other individuals will be vital for the project to come to fruition

The groups next meeting is scheduled for 530 pm on December 9th at the Tubac Community Center and anyone who would like to get involved is encouraged to attend If you cannot attend the meeting and would still like to help or have suggestions you can email Julie at tubacparkyahoocom Additionally you can visit ForMomsByMomsinTubaccom and click on the Park for Tubac link to view minutes of previous meetings and participate in discussions

Finally the group is planning a BBQ at the park in January to show plans in greater detail and initiate opportunities for individuals and businesses to pledge their donations The Ron Morriss Park is a true treasure in our community The park is nestled between the Santa Cruz River and picturesque views of the Tumacacori Mountains The improvements would compliment the existing natural beauty and make the park more appealing for the entire community to use

Enhancement of theRon Morriss Park

Written by Katie Munger and Julie Jackson Meyers

AMADO RV amp SELF-STORAGEbullCODED GATE ACCESS DAILYbullSECURITY CAMERASbullFREE DISC LOCKbullBOXES amp MOVING SUPPLIES

5203988003

I-19 exit 42 or 48

bullSTORE RVrsquoS CARS BOATS amp TRAILERS

amadostoragegmailcom

Well known since 1943 fo

r our m

any brands of fi ne chili products sauces and spices

Visit our Ranch Museum 3 Miles South of Tubac

(Just south of Tumacacori National Monument)

Give the gift of the Southwest

Gourmet Spices bull Cookbooks bull Gift Ideas

MONDAY - FRIDAY 8 am to 5 pm SAT 10 am to 5 pm

Closed Sundays Call for Holiday Schedule

PO Box 4599 Tubac AZ 85646

5209758469

License No ROC239369

Additions middot Remodels

minimum impact site development erosion control alternative energy solar and wind power rainwater harvesting greywater systems insulated concrete forms passive solar healthy non-toxic materials permaculture design edible landscaping native plant restoration

In response to a recent increase in water rates receive a 10 discount on rainwater harvesting

and greywater systems

Green Design and Consulting ServicesFor Residential and Commercial Projects

5202401018

FOR LEASE RETAIL SPACE

1 R e t a i l S p a c e A v a i l a b l e1296 sq ft Jan Fox at

520-405-3131

19 TUBAC ROAD in the MERCADO de BACA SHOPPING PLAZA

6 Camino Otero

Culin

ary Cl

asses

- Exp

lore t

he wo

nderf

ul wo

rld of

food

and w

ine - G

roups

of 10

$28 1

6 or m

ore $2

4

Specializing in Full Scale Catering Events

with indoor rooms ampshaded outdoor areasseating 10 to 200

Announcingthe Return of the

Wild Walleye Every Friday

at Kristoferrsquos Where lunch is Out of This World RESERVATIONS

IMPORTANT

featuringTHOMASrsquo BLUE ROOM GALLERYyour place or mine

Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

e New

+ 1 Bdrm 1 bath Casita w CourtyardMany upgrades incl 3 car garage

Previously priced at $579000 Now $419000Owner Carry Terms Available

Call Mike Cooper (970) 640-6078Long Term Lease Possible

Custom Built 20073 Bdrm 2 Bath 2248 SF

2242 Pimeria

AltaPalo Parado

EstadosTubac

Arizona

Great Gifts and Home Decorldquoa fun place to shoprdquo

3 m i S o u t h o f Tu b a c a c r o s s f r o m W i s d o m rsquos C a f e

1932 East Frontage Road Tumacacori AZ 520-398-3134

Unique GiftsHome Decor

Custom Iron Work Candles amp FloralsPottery amp Fountains

Original ArtOriginal Art

520-591-4982

ITrsquoS BUY TIMEbull GREAT INVENTORY - Search homes through my web site at wwwchachalongrealtycombull MAKE AN APPOINTMENT - Call me at 520-591-4982 and letrsquos go see what is availablebull EXCELLENT INVENTORY - Variety of prices sizes locations and fl oor plansbull FULL-TIME PART-TIME RENTAL NEW BUILD - Together we can fi nd what you wantbull ARE YOU READY - Pre-qualifi ed for a loan benefi ts of living in southern AZ closing costs what things in a community are you looking forlet me help you fi nd the answers to these questions

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

6 Camino Otero Tubac Arizona

We are proud to offer MBTs for womenldquoWe offer fi ne individually-wrapped organic chocolatesrdquo

Redeem for a freegourmet chocolateRECYCLE THIS AD

Opening mid-November

iheartsweetstuffyahoocom

Lace Tablecloths

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

ACCESS WISDOM HOME CARE PLUS

(520) 398-8088

AMADO RV amp SELF STORAGE

(520) 398-8003

FIESTA TOURS

(520) 398-9705

JACOBSON CUSTOM HOMES

(520) 975-8469

KEN MICHAELART FRAMING(520) 398-2214

KRISTOFERrsquoS CATERING amp BISTRO

(520) 625-0331

LONG REALTYCHA CHA DONAU

(520) 591-4982

MICHAEL ARTHUR JAYME STUDIO amp GALLERY

(520) 398-2709

SUSTAINABLE ARIZONA

(520) 240-1018

STOCKMANS GRILL

(520) 398-2651

follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 27: November 2009 Tubac Villager

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ul wo

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food

and w

ine - G

roups

of 10

$28 1

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ore $2

4

Specializing in Full Scale Catering Events

with indoor rooms ampshaded outdoor areasseating 10 to 200

Announcingthe Return of the

Wild Walleye Every Friday

at Kristoferrsquos Where lunch is Out of This World RESERVATIONS

IMPORTANT

featuringTHOMASrsquo BLUE ROOM GALLERYyour place or mine

Eloise Meyer Sandy Johnson 83 passed away on July 11 2009 at La Joya assisted living center in Green Valley after a valiant ght with cancerMrs Johnson was born on May 4 1926 in Chicago Illinois to Clarence and Opal Meyer and grew up in Fanwood New Jersey She attended college at Bucknell and Dickinson Colleges and graduated from the University of Illinois with a liberal arts degree in 1947 While at the University of Ill Mrs Johnson became a member of the Delta Delta Delta Sorority and was a member for over 50 years She married Peter H Johnson Sr in 1947 and resided in Park Ridge Ill until 1966 Peter Johnson Sr was active as a building contractor and real estate entrepeneur e Johnsons had two sons Michael W (1952-2006) and PeterJr (1949-) MIchael was director of history fairs for the state of Utah and a noted western history and railroad historian Peter Jr is a retired public school music teacher and a prominent Arizona freemason e Johnson family moved to Phoenix Arizona in 1966 and operated the Vagabond Motor Hotel for almost ten years Peter and Sandy continued to manage motels in California and Washington state into the 1980s e Johnsons had a part-time residence in Tubac in the in the mid 1970s and eventually moved to Tubac as fulltime residence in the 1980s Sandy was active in the Tubac Arts Center and the Tubac Historical Society where she served many years as Treasurer Peter Sr died unexpectedly in 1997 Sandy moved to Green Valley in 2003 but still remained active in the Historical Society Sandy was a modest but very cultured lady She loved to entertain and also attend cultral events such as plays the symphony and opera She also became interested in world travel at about age 75 and loved to take members of her family on trips to see the wonders of Europe Sandy also loved the Lord and was member of Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green ValleyEloise Sandy Johnson is surived by her son Peter (Anne) daughter-in-law Suzanne Johnson grandson David Johnson ganddaughter Katie Johnson brother William S Meyer nephew Robert Saul (Pam) niece Cynthia Palmer (Scott) and her loyal poodle of 13 years Maggie Jo A memorial service for Mrs Johnson will be held on Sat Nov 7th at 100 pm at the Desert Hills Lutheran Church in Green Valley followed by a reception at about 230 at the Rex Ranch in Amado Please RSVP for the reception at johnson618cableonenet or call 928-241-8620 Donations in memory of Sandy maybe made to the Tubac Historical Society PO Box 3261 Tubac Az 85646

One of the current buzzwords in American culture is ldquoZenrdquo People describe themselves as feeling ldquovery Zenrdquo when they feel peaceful and calm so itrsquos

only natural that the word is incorporated into the names of spas such as Tubacrsquos SpaZen But advertisers are now using ldquoZenrdquo to sell everything from bathrobes to paint as if wearing the right bathrobe or painting a room the right color is all it takes to develop ldquoZen mindrdquo e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center will o er area residents the opportunity to learn about the real Zen ndash Zen Buddhism ndash November 20th at 7 PM Susan Weimer Head Resident of Tucsonrsquos Zen Desert Sangha will present ldquoAn Introduction to Zen Buddhismrdquo including meditation instruction followed by tea e event will take place at TBMCrsquos new meditation hall and library located at 2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 in Tubac Suggested donation is $8 but no one will be turned away due to inability to pay e November 20th program on Zen Buddhism follows Octoberrsquos Open House to celebrate the Centerrsquos move to its new larger location After Dr Dean Pielstick of Dharmakirti College in Tucson conducted a Dedication Service for Center members everyone in the xTBMCrsquos growth e response was greater than expected and thanks are due to everyone who pitched in and helped make the event such a success

TBMC is dedicated to bringing Buddhist teachers to Tubac from all over the country and plans to sponsor programs and retreats with teachers representing all the major Buddhist traditions ( eravadan Zen and Tibetan) In late December the Center will sponsor a Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche a California-based Tibetan lama who was imprisoned and tortured by the Chinese yet who retains remarkable compassion for his captors In fact he started an organization called ldquo e Compassion Projectrdquo after moving to the United States is will be Phagyab Rinpochersquos second visit to the Center e mission of the Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center is to provide a place for meditation and study in the Buddhist tradition open to Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike Group meditation takes place on Tuesday and Friday afternoons and Sunday morning and introductory meditation instruction is o ered on Tuesday at 5 PM Information about the November 20th Introduction to Zen Buddhism with Susan Weimer and Decemberrsquos Dharma talk by Phagyab Rinpoche as well as the Centerrsquos regular meditation schedule and services can be found at www tubacmeditationorg or by calling 398-1108 e center is a 501c(3) nonpro t corporation

e New

+ 1 Bdrm 1 bath Casita w CourtyardMany upgrades incl 3 car garage

Previously priced at $579000 Now $419000Owner Carry Terms Available

Call Mike Cooper (970) 640-6078Long Term Lease Possible

Custom Built 20073 Bdrm 2 Bath 2248 SF

2242 Pimeria

AltaPalo Parado

EstadosTubac

Arizona

Great Gifts and Home Decorldquoa fun place to shoprdquo

3 m i S o u t h o f Tu b a c a c r o s s f r o m W i s d o m rsquos C a f e

1932 East Frontage Road Tumacacori AZ 520-398-3134

Unique GiftsHome Decor

Custom Iron Work Candles amp FloralsPottery amp Fountains

Original ArtOriginal Art

520-591-4982

ITrsquoS BUY TIMEbull GREAT INVENTORY - Search homes through my web site at wwwchachalongrealtycombull MAKE AN APPOINTMENT - Call me at 520-591-4982 and letrsquos go see what is availablebull EXCELLENT INVENTORY - Variety of prices sizes locations and fl oor plansbull FULL-TIME PART-TIME RENTAL NEW BUILD - Together we can fi nd what you wantbull ARE YOU READY - Pre-qualifi ed for a loan benefi ts of living in southern AZ closing costs what things in a community are you looking forlet me help you fi nd the answers to these questions

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

6 Camino Otero Tubac Arizona

We are proud to offer MBTs for womenldquoWe offer fi ne individually-wrapped organic chocolatesrdquo

Redeem for a freegourmet chocolateRECYCLE THIS AD

Opening mid-November

iheartsweetstuffyahoocom

Lace Tablecloths

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

ACCESS WISDOM HOME CARE PLUS

(520) 398-8088

AMADO RV amp SELF STORAGE

(520) 398-8003

FIESTA TOURS

(520) 398-9705

JACOBSON CUSTOM HOMES

(520) 975-8469

KEN MICHAELART FRAMING(520) 398-2214

KRISTOFERrsquoS CATERING amp BISTRO

(520) 625-0331

LONG REALTYCHA CHA DONAU

(520) 591-4982

MICHAEL ARTHUR JAYME STUDIO amp GALLERY

(520) 398-2709

SUSTAINABLE ARIZONA

(520) 240-1018

STOCKMANS GRILL

(520) 398-2651

follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 28: November 2009 Tubac Villager

+ 1 Bdrm 1 bath Casita w CourtyardMany upgrades incl 3 car garage

Previously priced at $579000 Now $419000Owner Carry Terms Available

Call Mike Cooper (970) 640-6078Long Term Lease Possible

Custom Built 20073 Bdrm 2 Bath 2248 SF

2242 Pimeria

AltaPalo Parado

EstadosTubac

Arizona

Great Gifts and Home Decorldquoa fun place to shoprdquo

3 m i S o u t h o f Tu b a c a c r o s s f r o m W i s d o m rsquos C a f e

1932 East Frontage Road Tumacacori AZ 520-398-3134

Unique GiftsHome Decor

Custom Iron Work Candles amp FloralsPottery amp Fountains

Original ArtOriginal Art

520-591-4982

ITrsquoS BUY TIMEbull GREAT INVENTORY - Search homes through my web site at wwwchachalongrealtycombull MAKE AN APPOINTMENT - Call me at 520-591-4982 and letrsquos go see what is availablebull EXCELLENT INVENTORY - Variety of prices sizes locations and fl oor plansbull FULL-TIME PART-TIME RENTAL NEW BUILD - Together we can fi nd what you wantbull ARE YOU READY - Pre-qualifi ed for a loan benefi ts of living in southern AZ closing costs what things in a community are you looking forlet me help you fi nd the answers to these questions

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR

Dimension is in essence thenumber of degrees offreedom available for movement in aspacerest your tired hands on thedewdrops as dusk arrivesfi nd your breath in moon beams asthey appearrenew your love of silence as youconquer your own tonguerandom be your thoughts as youwatch clouds fl oatRemember the wind as you retreatbetween fl uttering branchesallow all dimensions tooccupy your lifekneading and shaping your spiritwith passion and insightnever defl ect the world around youto maintain a sense of comfortremember lace table cloths need tobe cleanedyour not always in control of evenyour own loomweaving is allowed and theunexpected does happen perch on the grace note ofthe last birdto fl y past you eachnight Henrietta Dank

28

Casual clothing amp accessoriesYogawearPerfume oilsOrganic lipstickmascaraHandmade soapZen doorbellsalarm clocks ampSweet Stuff

6 Camino Otero Tubac Arizona

We are proud to offer MBTs for womenldquoWe offer fi ne individually-wrapped organic chocolatesrdquo

Redeem for a freegourmet chocolateRECYCLE THIS AD

Opening mid-November

iheartsweetstuffyahoocom

Lace Tablecloths

C e l e b r a t i n g t h e A r t o f L i v i n g i n S o u t h e r n A r i z o n a

MonthlyPoetry Readings

in TubacTuesday

November 10th from 5-8pm

at 57 Bridge Road Call 520-398-9156

or email martitamfossyahoocom

for more information

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

ACCESS WISDOM HOME CARE PLUS

(520) 398-8088

AMADO RV amp SELF STORAGE

(520) 398-8003

FIESTA TOURS

(520) 398-9705

JACOBSON CUSTOM HOMES

(520) 975-8469

KEN MICHAELART FRAMING(520) 398-2214

KRISTOFERrsquoS CATERING amp BISTRO

(520) 625-0331

LONG REALTYCHA CHA DONAU

(520) 591-4982

MICHAEL ARTHUR JAYME STUDIO amp GALLERY

(520) 398-2709

SUSTAINABLE ARIZONA

(520) 240-1018

STOCKMANS GRILL

(520) 398-2651

follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 29: November 2009 Tubac Villager

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing by Roberta Rogers Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager Information edited by the Tubac Villager This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers of November lsquo09

Unlisted map structures may be active businesses Work in progress For questions or comments call 520-398-3980

ACCESS WISDOM HOME CARE PLUS

(520) 398-8088

AMADO RV amp SELF STORAGE

(520) 398-8003

FIESTA TOURS

(520) 398-9705

JACOBSON CUSTOM HOMES

(520) 975-8469

KEN MICHAELART FRAMING(520) 398-2214

KRISTOFERrsquoS CATERING amp BISTRO

(520) 625-0331

LONG REALTYCHA CHA DONAU

(520) 591-4982

MICHAEL ARTHUR JAYME STUDIO amp GALLERY

(520) 398-2709

SUSTAINABLE ARIZONA

(520) 240-1018

STOCKMANS GRILL

(520) 398-2651

follow Calle Igelsia aournd the bend take Bridge Road to the Tubac Community Center

take the Frontage Road south to Wisdoms Cafeacute the Tumacacori Mission Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

take the Frontage Road north to The Tubac Golf Resort amp Spa Stables Ranch Grille and Dos Silos

Casa Fina de Tubac

Tumacookery

Beads of TubacCasa Maya de Mexico

Casa Maya de Mexico

Rogoway Gallery

TubacTerritory

Janes Attic

Out of the Way Galleria

TubacCenterof theArts

Feminine Mystique

Old Presidio Traders

TJs Tortuga Books amp Co ee Beans

Shelbys BistroThe Artisits Palate Restaurant

Anza Marketplace

Cafeacute Presidio

Tubac Villager

La Paloma de Tubac

St AnnsChurch

Roberta Rogers Studio

ADVERTISERS outside the Village

The Chefs Table

Emmys Pilates Studio

Tubac Embarcadero

The Red Door Gallery

Bridge Road

Tubac Performance Studios Realty Executives - Bill Mack amp Sally Robling amp Charlie Meaker and Village Counseling

ZForrest Gallery

Bruce Baughman Studio amp Gallery

Brasher Real Estate Inc

James Culveramp Sole Shoes

Clay Hands Studio amp Gallery

Cobalt Gallery

Sweet Stu

Galleria Tubac

The Artists Daughter

Hal Empie Gallery

Graham Bell Gallery

Long Realty Tubac

Coming SoonTubac Fitness Center

Tubac Ranch

Lilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili CompanyLilys Boutique amp the Santa Cruz Chili Company

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 30: November 2009 Tubac Villager

30 continued from page 19

Representing Local National amp Internationally Recognized Female Artists

Feminine MystiqueArt Gallery

La Entrada de Tubac520bull398bull0473

wwwFemaleArtGallerycomFemi9MystiqueAOLcom

Felicitas M

aria Sok

ec

STUDIO AND GALLERY

LA ENTRADA

DE TUBAC

5203983098

B R U C E BAUGHMAN

Village Counseling

For information or to schedule an appointment call 5208201678

Christine A Bates PhD Licensed Psychologist

Adult Psychotherapy for Individuals and Couplesfocusing on change transition recovery and growth

Medicare BlueCrossBlueShield amp Tricare

2247 E Frontage Rd Ste2

to schedule and appointment call 5208201678

The Rex Ranch Resort amp SpaEscape amp Rediscover

131 Amado Montosa Road Amado Arizonawwwrexranchcom Email rexranchresortyahoocom

Fine Dining

Spa Treatments

Horseback RidingComfortable Casitas

520-398-2914

I 19 exit 42 East Frontage to Amado Rd follow the signs

Dining Wed - Sun reservations required

FRI amp SAT DEC 4TH amp 5TH - LUMINARIA NIGHTS~FIESTA DE NAVIDAD from sunset - 9pm Luminaria Nights~Fiesta de Navidad is Tubacs annual celebration of the holiday season The village streets are lined with thousands of traditional luminarias and the stores stay open until 9pm Join us for great gift ideas homemade food homespun music and Santa Free admission For more information contact the Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 wwwtubacazcom

SAT DEC 5TH ndash THE FIRST ANNUAL FRIENDS OF BUENOS AIRES NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE GRASSLANDS FAIR at the refuge headquarters near Sasabe AZ A celebration of Wild Grassland with exhibits wildlife demonstrations talks Food craft and gift shopping all day Music from South America For more information go to friendsofbanwrorg or email fobanwrgmailcom

FRI DEC 11TH - BBQ Special and LIVE MUSIC BY TRIO LOS CHAN at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

OPENING FRI DEC 11TH - A CHARLES POSTON CHRISTMAS STARRING SHAW KINSLEY at the Tubac Performance Studios 2243 E Frontage Road Fri 11th - 7pm Sat 12th - 7pm Thurs 17th - 530pm Fri 18th - 7pm Sat 19th - 7pm Sun 20th - 2pm $15 Seating limited call 520-398-9156 or visit wwwtubacperformancestudioscom

SUN DEC 13TH - THE 20TH ANNUAL WINE AND CHEESE AMONG THE TREES hosted by Nogales residents Lou Clapper and Richard DeLong to

$5000 to $490000

Look for the 1952 Turquoise Hudson Hornet

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D

Page 31: November 2009 Tubac Villager

31

Wonderful Holiday Gift Shopping

WATCH FOR OUR FEATURE ON ARIZONA HIGHWAYS TV

THE ARTIST‛S DAUGHTER

33 Tubac Road Box 4098Tubac Arizona 85646

398-9525wwwtheartistsdaughtercom

online store

ldquoARIZONA‛S SALSA TRAILrdquo A GUIDEBOOK BIRD BOOK WHERE TO GO AND WHERE TO EAT FEATURING RECIPES FROM OLD ARIZONA FAMILIES INCLUDING SANDRA DAY O‛CONNOR amp

THE HAL EMPIES $1995 ldquoCOCINAS MEXICANASrdquo ldquoKITCHENS OF MEXICOrdquo INTERNATIONAL 2010 CALENDAR FEATURING SEVERAL REGIONAL KITCHENS - INCLUDING OURS $1399

HAL EMPIE GALLERY

See our feature on Arizona Highways TV ldquoA Father‛s Legacyrdquo

33 Tubac Road Box 1570Tubac Arizona 85646

398-2811wwwhalempiestudio-gallerycom

THIS IS AN ARTIST BORN IN ARIZONA OVER ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGOVISIT HIS GALLERY IN TUBAC TODAY WE SEARCH FOR BUY

AND CONSIGN ORIGINAL ART BY HAL EMPIE (1909-2002)

The Original WildcaT Jass BandSUN

JaN 10 2010

730pmat the

Tubac Center of the Arts

Tickets TCA Members $15 Non-Members$20

greaT neW Orleans amp chicagO Jazz

With Susan Weimer

Zen Desert Sangha TucsonDiscussion Meditation Instruction Tea

Suggested Donation $8 No One Turned Away

Sponsored byTubac Buddhist Meditation Center

2247 E Frontage Rd Suite 2 Tubac

wwwtubacmeditationorg520-398-1108

ldquo A n I n t r o d u c t i o n t o Z e n B u d d h i s m rdquoNovember 20th at 7pm

benefi t St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic Cleft Palate Fund from 2pm to 6pm St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic is non-denominational with its mission to provide medical treatment for disabled children of indigent parents in Mexico This clinic is held the fi rst Thursday of every month except hot July at St Andrewrsquos Episcopal Church 969 W Country Club Drive Nogales The volunteer doctors and specialists see between 200 and 250 children during clinic day wwwstandrewsclinicorg Enjoy four varieties of wine and 10 diff erent cheeses and several pates while viewing 20 to 25 distinctly decorated trees amp numerous nativity scenes at the hostsrsquo home 781 N Linda Vista Drive in Nogales Non-alcoholic beverages available Tickets $20adults $5kids Call Clapper and DeLong at (520) 287-5929 St Andrewrsquos Childrenrsquos Clinic offi ce in Green Valley located at 75 Calle De Las Tiendas Suite 127B phone (520) 648-3242 or Fr Ed at St Francis in Green Valley Entire ticket price benefi ts the clinic as the hosts underwrite the costs

STARTING THURS DEC 17TH - INTRODUCTION TO GEMS LECTURE by Helen Serras-Herman at the Las Campanas Recreation Center in Green Valley and are open to all GVR members and their guests Part One of the 10-lecture seriesrsquo Subjects include carved gems gem materials lapidary arts history of gems mythology jewelry and mining off ering an amazing range of information and inspiration to participants Fee is $40 while a single lecture is $5 for GVR members and $7 for their guests Please reserve early as there is limited sitting Helen will be introduced on Dec 3rd at Las Campanas Center at 4pm

Come meet Helen have some light refreshments and pick up a fl yer with all the listed dates at this complimentary social Registration is available online at wwwgvrecorg or at all Green Valley Recreation Centers More questions Contact Dick Smith at gvr4uscoxnet or 393-1228

WED DEC 16TH - TUBAC SINGERS CHRISTMAS CONCERT at the Tumacacori Mission at 630pm Seating limited reservation call 520-398-2371

FRI DEC 18TH - Fish amp Chips and LIVE MUSIC BY AMBER NORGAARD at Wisdoms Cafe in Tumacacori 520-398-2397

The Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District libraries are collecting books for our ANNUAL BOOK SALE Please donate your books to support our fundraiser We accept all books in good condition any subject Drop off book donations at Janes Attic 8 Will Rogers Lane or at any of the Santa Cruz Valley Schools Each year we use the funds from the book sale to put new books in the hands of our students and to purchase the supplies we need to run reading promotions at the libraries In these tough budgetary times we can use your assistance more than ever Please support our young readers by donating your used books and stay tuned for our sale in February at the Tubac Festival of the Arts For more info contact Rio Rico High School Librarian Lara Hull at 375-8778

The Tubac Chamber of Commerce is accepting applications for the 2010 TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS The dates for the festival are February 10-14 2010

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

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Page 32: November 2009 Tubac Villager

Tubaccom

Virtual Tours Available At

copy2008 Realty Executives Realty Executivesreg is a registered trademark An Equal Opportunity Company Equal Housing Opportunity

(520) 398-2945(520) 398-2222(520) 398-2770TubacTubaccom

2251 E Frontage Rd Suite 2(just south of the Post Offi ce)

Bill MackSally Robling

Offi ceEmail

Tubac Real Estate TeamSally Robling1 agents in Tubac since 2005

N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G U N D E R C O N T R A C T N E W L I S T I N G

R E D U C E D N E W L I S T I N G

N E W L I S T I N G

Golf Resort Lot - Via Campestre Only $99000

215 Aliso Springs ndash Home shop RV garage on 7+ac $990000

2304 Cir de Anza Offered at $575000

1 Avenida de Otero ndash Offered at $295000 furnished

127 Calle Frida Kahlo ndash Offered at $150000-bank owned

2288 Calle de Anza ndash offered at $395000 wpool

130 San Miguel ndash now offered at $290000

2234 Calle Palo Parado ndash offered at $499000

27 Piedra Dr ndash Now offered at $274000

R E D U C E D

R E D U C E D