OCTOBER 2014 SERVING THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE COMMUNITIES OF CANELO, ELGIN, PATAGONIA AND SONOITA VOL. 4, ISSUE 9

By Donna Reibslager hands out check-in pack- each year to represent ets, you get some idea of their nature products This year's Patagonia the job she does—and business. Fall Festival on October how well she does it. The event's atten- 10, 11, and 12 will bring Kazz has been involved dance has nearly dou- as many as 16,000 people in the Fall Festival since bled since she took to town. There will be 1994, when she and her over, and the festival, more than a hundred husband, Pete, began vol- which was originally two booths, 14 food vendors, unteering at the event, days, is now a three-day and three full days of en- which was then being run event. The third day tertainment. The popular by the Patagonia Area (Friday) was added in and highly reputed festi- Business Association response to requests by val features arts and (PABA). Kazz says that exhibitors and some in- crafts from all over the PABA's efforts to organize terior design firms, gal- southwest. For the last 15 and man the festival with leries, and other busi- years, the person who has volunteers and a two- ness owners, who said made this event happen is person staff was becom- they preferred to come Kazz Workizer. If you've ing more difficult each on a day when crowds ever been to the festival year, so Kazz offered to would be smaller. on opening day and seen take on the job for a per- Kazz is the owner/ a woman answering ques- centage of the margin. She operator of Kazzam tions from people clus- had a background in mar- Events, an event produc- tered around her while keting, and she and Pete tion and promotion en- she gives instructions to had a lot of experience terprise. Her largest someone on the phone, with nature festivals, hav- event is the Fall Festival, logs in vendors, locates ing organized and trav- which she organizes and their paperwork, and eled to as many as 21 (continued on page 2)

Where Lucia County Hands Does The Nash’s Fair High If Water Legacy Days You Love Go? Pie PAGE 6 PAGE 7 PAGE 12 PAGE 16 $7,000. Without that expense, the Kazz Workizer...continued from Front Page festival would be putting that oversees with the help of three or Her “To Do” list is long. She ar- money in the bank, but music four volunteers and four paid staff ranges for the delivery of tables, seems to be an important part of members. Her preparations for chairs, and portable toilets; pre- the atmosphere. each year's festival begin a year in pares check-in packets; marks off Nevertheless, Kazz says she'd advance. At each festival , Kazz and identifies each booth space in be willing to continue working collects applications from vendors the park; and addresses a myriad with the exhibitors for the event if who commit to return and updates of questions and complaints. When others were able to take on the her database of exhibitors. During the festival begins, she must be general and financial manage- the year, she also does a mail out prepared to field questions and ment, logistics, publicity, and set to potential exhibitors and an ex- resolve problems throughout the up. Says Kazz, "my body and my tensive list of festival goers who event. budget just can't keep up with the have requested that they be sent a It's a tremendous undertaking, festival." “reminder” about the next festival, and Kazz says its biggest chal- She plans to return to her work and by July she sends letters again lenges have been finding volun- as a fiber and bead artist at the to check in with all the vendors. teers, covering expenses, and keep- farm she owns in Elgin and hopes A volunteer jury reviews all the ing up with the physical demands that someone else can step in and entries, and Kazz informs each ap- of her job. After setting up tents take over the 2015 festival. Al- plicant of their decision. As Sep- and the information and silent auc- though she admits that she would tember approaches, she sends out tion areas, she spends three days miss the contact with festival ven- press releases, arranges for pro- on her feet, walking from one end dors and visitors, she says, “I'm gram and ad design, and purchases of the park to the other to check in looking forward to getting back to ad space in local and out-of-town with exhibitors and customers and creating art instead of marketing publications. With the help of a few to deal with issues that arise. Seri- it.” Her departure will present a volunteers and a professional dis- ous knee problems are making this challenge, as new management tribution service, she passes out more and more difficult. considers how to ensure a healthy thousands of programs and hun- Despite the success of the festi- profit and inspire the participa- dreds of posters in Tucson's Metro val, costs have exceeded profits in tion of more volunteers, so that area, at the Art in the Park Festival recent years. The reason, says the Fall Festival can continue to in Sierra Vista, and in other Kazz, is the expense of three days thrive. neighboring towns. of music, which now runs over

glass toward that end. Chuck Hammond of Sonoita, a former chemical engi- neer, wrote that he once ran a recycling program for Aramco, an Arabian-American oil company in Saudi Ara- bia. He referred to a British article about the demand for primary aggregate sources from the concrete industry and the incentive to develop alternative aggregate sources Readers Take Issue from waste materials. The article stated that “crushed re- cycled glass can be used as a complete fine aggregate re- With Sonoita Landfill's placement” and cited research as to the benefits of using finely ground glass powder at rates of greater than 20 per- Glass Recycling cent of mass in cement. He referred readers to http:// www.concrete.org.uk/fingertips_nuggets.asp? The PRT received two reader responses to last cmd=display&id=783 for more information. month’s front page article on the Sonoita landfill. Steve Raynis, also from Sonoita, sent us information Both were concerned with the landfill’s current re- about a glass recycling program in Santa Rosa, California. cycling of glass. The county secured a grant in conjunction with ARC, a In the article, county landfill manager Karl Moy- resident care facility for developmentally disabled adults. ers stated that recycling glass costs the county They created a program whereby glass is collected curb- money, because by the time a truck gets to Phoenix side, sorted by ARC residents, and run through a process- from Nogales, transportation costs are $400, and ing system that removes labels and tops and pulverizes the glass is worth only $200. He added that there the glass, producing a gravel and sand product. The had been talk about buying a crusher and keeping county plans to initially use the product at various govern- crushed glass on hand here in the county to use in ment and nonprofit sites and hopes eventually to market building roads, but that, according to engineers, and sell it. The product can be used for many purposes, glass is not an adequate substitute for any con- including parking lot gravel, decorative mulch, and septic struction material. In order to sell recycled glass system filtration material. Santa Rosa County estimates from the landfill to the closest source, in Phoenix, that the landfill saves 1,000 cubic yards of space each year the glass must be in an amount of 25 tons. Moyers as a result. Readers who would like to learn more about estimated that it might take a year to achieve that the program are referred to Santa Rosa Clean Community 2 amount; nevertheless, the landfill is accumulating System, Inc. at (850) 623-1930. This has been our PATAGONIA’S wettest September since 1964, when Patagonia received 8.13 inches of SUMMER rain*. Two hurricanes in the Gulf of California RAINFALL TOTAL sent several storms our way after July and Au- gust had already brought about 9 inches of rain to the region, which may make this year's monsoon season total a record high. Dave Teel reports inches* that the town well has risen two feet, eight inches since its low in * Based on an average of totals June, and he expects it from rainlog.org 7/1 through 9/29 will rise further as re- cent rains move through the alluvial soils. More good news on the water front is the Photo by Donna Reibslager town's recent receipt of Water traveled downhill on Fourth Avenue and pooled into runoff on two checks totaling Duquesne Avenue, flooding the street, during a rainfall on September 22. Omissions $360,000 from the fed- eral government to com- & Errors plete the upgrades to at work and expects the project to months, the monsoon season has put our water system. A bu- be completed by December. Patagonia's rainfall total back in the reaucratic mix-up at the The U.S. Drought Monitor shows black, and we head into fall with no U.S. Department of Agri- our part of Arizona as experiencing major wildfires. Our article on Steve Schmitt in the culture put the project "moderate drought," while almost *according to the Western Regional September issue was headed “ Tom on hold for almost a the entire state of California is in a Climate Center's precipitation tables Schmitt Is Taking Care of Busi- month, but Teel says the state of "extreme or exceptional for Patagonia since 1921. ness”. In the article, we referred to contractor is now back drought." Following six dry its larger store as Sonoita Feed— which should have been High Noon Feed and Tack. Sorry, Steve! In the article about the proposal to extend the Richardson Park basket- Velvet Elvis Hosts Bug Convention ball court, we incorrectly reported that Charles Montoy was offering to match a donation of up to $1000. In fact, that offer was made by the Patagonia Regional Business coalition. A listing of the Tree and Park Com- mittee in the September article ti- tled “Town Awarded $5000 For Trees”, was incomplete. Members are: Jason Botz, Bethany Brandt, Yunghi Choi, Barbara Ellis, Susan Englebry, Ann Gosline, Harry Hower, Mary McKay, Cornelia O’Connor, German Quiroga, Caleb Weaver, Andy Wood. The $5,000 Photo by Ann Katzenbach grant they received is through the A caravan of vintage Volkswagons from The Dub Club of Sierra Vista Arizona State Forestry Division and drove to Patagonia on September 14 for pizza at the Velvet Elvis the U.S. Department of Agriculture. 3 Asarco’s Toxic Trail In Our Own Back Yard By Ann Katzenbach

On September 24, Patagonia zinc and copper mines in the lab. resident Gooch Goodwin dis- Patagonia Mountains. It was Seepage from covered a stream of bright or- owned by the American Smelt- Asarco’s old mines ange water running into Flux ing and Refining Company in Patagonia shows Canyon. The next day he found (Asarco) and closed in 1945. up frequently in a similar situation at Alum The Lead Queen mine was an springs that bub- Gulch. Goodwin notified U.S. underground mine for lead and ble to the surface Geologic Survey (USGS) officials silver that closed in 1940. The in various places of the situation, and they, in canyon where it is located in the mountains. turn, notified the Arizona De- drains into Harshaw Creek, ap- It is deeply colored partment of Environmental proximately four miles from and has an oily Quality (ADEQ) and the Coro- Patagonia. sheen. Once it sur- nado National Forest. On Sep- Floyd Gray of USGS is famil- faces, rainwater tember 26, USGS and ADEQ iar with Patagonia’s old mines— carries it into our sent people to Patagonia to as- where they are and how they watershed. Wildlife sess the streams. drain. Preliminary tests he and range animals They determined that the made on September 24 meas- drink this water, polluted water was coming ured the water's levels of Ph, which eventually from two old mines—the Lead conductivity, and total dis- makes its way to Queen and the Trench. Appar- solved solids. The numbers are Patagonia Lake. ently, heavy rains had pushed very high, making it clear that Most people know This stream below Lead Queen Mine, which flows in water through the old tunnels, the water leaking from the this, but no one to Harshaw Creek, is bright orange due to toxic washing tailing materials out mines and flowing into Har- recalls seeing this waste released as a result of recent rains and into Patagonia’s watershed shaw and Sonoita Creeks is ex- high an amount of and the environment. tremely toxic to humans and runoff. The Trench Mine was one of animals. Gray is doing further The same mining company much the Mexican spill will pollute the largest underground lead, testing of water samples at his that created the Trench Mine-- the San Pedro River, which flows in Asarco--has been associated with to Arizona. Heavy rains have ham- a recent spill in Mexico, at the pered this investigation, and the Buenavista mine in Sonora. The recent hurricanes caused further mine is run by Grupo Mexico, spills from the mine's holding which acquired Asarco as a sub- pond. sidiary in 1999. On August 7, Who is responsible for cleaning overflow from a defective holding up the pollution from Asarco's old pond dumped what is reported to mines that now threatens Patago- have been 10 million gallons of nia? That question may well go un- sulfuric acid into local water- answered for some time to come. ways. [Reported in PRT's Septem- Arizona may have gotten mitiga- ber issue.] The spill was not re- tion money from Asarco nearly sev- ported to authorities for several enty years ago when it closed its days. mines here, but where did that go? Although the company has The State of Arizona now owns allocated $151 million for a trust that land. Does that make the state to pay to clean up the mess, the responsible for cleaning up this Mexican newspaper El Financiero mess? quoted a report from Mexico’s Someone on the Sonora side of Congress, saying “Grupo Mexico the border told a reporter that hav- is far from being a socially re- ing the pollution reach the United sponsible enterprise that respects States might be a good thing for the environment,” and Mexico’s Mexico because the United States lower legislative branch has would put pressure on the Mexican asked President Peña Nieto to Government to be stricter. It will be cancel Grupo Mexico’s concession interesting to see how strict our and suspend its operations. own government is about mining Scientists in the United States and its collateral damage in our are trying to determine how own back yard. 4 Renovations at The Fire Department By Ann Katzenbach

The lot next to the fire station pump water. They can be on the corner of Smelter Alley is hooked up to a fire hydrant and empty. For years it has stored will pump 1,000 gallons a min- two fire engines made by Sea- ute. One of these is new to Pata- graves, one from 1940, the other gonia. It came from the Ray- a year younger. This summer the theon Fire Department and, as Fire Department sold them to a Isaacson says, “The price was man in Vail who restores old fire exactly right.” In other words, it trucks and tractors. “It was time,” was free. Raytheon was going to says firefighter, Ike Isaacson. sell it, when they heard through “They were just rusting away and Isaacson’s stepson that Patago- nobody here has the time or en- nia would be happy to have it. ergy to do restoration.” All Patagonia had to do was There were two offers on the write a letter describing their fire trucks. One was from a sal- need. Isaacson explained that vage company who would have big fire departments are always resold the vehicles for scrap. Re- updating their equipment. The storing the trucks had much structure engine is 38 years old more appeal than breaking them and has only 46,000 miles on it. down for scrap, so they went to “With a Detroit diesel engine, Vail. that will run for a long long The fire house is much bigger time,” said Patagonia’s mayor. than it looks from the outside, Pretty good deal. Get paid and houses two other antique fire for two engines that don’t work trucks, the ones they bring out and get one that will run for for the fourth of July parade. In years and pay nothing. addition there are three wildland The vacant lot behind the vehicles used mainly for forest cyclone fence has been cleaned fires, one emergency medical ve- up and provides access to the hicle with a second as backup, kitchen that is under construc- two structure engines, one ten- tion in back. Isaaacson reckons der/pumper, and a pickup. there might be a storage shed Structure engines are used to there one day, and maybe room to have barbecues.

5 Patagonia Town Council Workshop Focuses On:

Accountability and Erosion Control By Ann Katzenbach

The town council's working D&M Engineering. Excavation of The removal of gravel from the there are economical methods for meeting on September 11 the part of Sonoita Creek that stream bed raised another set of decreasing erosion, increasing opened with discussion of two runs through town, also con- questions. Jack Holder and Susan infiltration rates, and, ultimately, agenda items—the town's pur- ducted by D&M Engineering last Belt, who live next to Sonoita Creek, recharging the aquifer and in- chasing procedures, and over- December, was done without asked if there had been an engineer’s creasing stream flow in the Babo- sight on the excavation of the charge in exchange for the exca- report prior to deepening the wash. comari River, which is part of the Sonoita Creek bed. Vice Mayor vated gravel. Neither of these Mayor Isakson and council member San Pedro watershed. He added Andy Wood introduced the jobs appeared to have gone Gilbert Quiroga pointed out that the that there are more grants of this topic of purchasing procedures through the proper procedural town had done this excavation every kind available and introduced in a followup to her request at channels. few years for quite some time and David Seibert, who is executive the previous meeting that it be Mayor Ike Isakson explained that, in the past, the town had to pay director of Borderlands and is put on the agenda, and she that those instances were emer- for it. working at the Babocomari River questioned the town's level of gencies and didn’t require nor- Councilor Gilbert noted that there site. Seibert spoke about the land transparency and due process mal procedures, but Gilbert and were people in the audience who we have inherited and the need to in regard to its business trans- Wood argued that any work knew quite a bit about stream ero- restore it. He pointed out that the actions. Council Member Meg done during an emergency, sion, flood control, and water har- watershed is far bigger than Pata- Gilbert initiated discussion re- while not requiring full council vesting. Ron Pulliam, founder of Bor- gonia and that everything done garding digging out of the creek approval, should always have a derlands Restoration and Regents affects not only the water but bed. Both events had been receipt and go through proper Professor Emeritus at the University wildlife and plant life. Everyone brought to their attention by accounting managerial channels. of Georgia, was asked to speak and listened attentively to him and to local resident Carolyn Shafer, Town Manager David Teel said that there were no easy answers the following speaker, Kate Ti- following her review of the agreed that there had not been to the problems of erosion and flood rion, who owns Deep Dirt Farm, town's records. Shafer had enough oversight. All agreed control, but that we “should think of which is involved in the same noted that an emergency repair that similar matters would fol- the creek holistically.” He said Bor- kind of work. Tirion offered to of the town’s water system was low established procedures in derlands has received a half million host a tour for the council mem- not billed by the contractor, future. dollar grant to determine whether bers to demonstrate a method of creek bed work that provides flood control, erosion control, and water retention. The question concerning legal ownership of the creek bed was raised by Jack Holder and evoked comment from Luke Reese, the new manager of the Patagonia- Sonoita Creek Preserve. Reese acknowledged that the town has an easement over that portion of the creek bed, which is owned by The Nature Conservancy. He voiced his interest in working with the town on behalf of these concerns. At that point Mayor Isakson said, “Maybe we need a commit- tee—to make this a positive op- portunity.” Town Manager Teel was asked to set up a meeting. There was a clear interest in coor- dinating the knowledge and re- sources of the experts who live here in Patagonia. Isakson said that the council’s job was to pro- Photo by Donna Reibslager tect and improve Patagonia, im- plying that this would be a good Sonoita Creek, seen from the bridge on Highway 82 just outside of town, became a wide, fast-moving direction to take. 6 river when Patagonia got over 1.5 inches of rain on September 20. Where Does The Water Go? By Mark Stromberg

Now that the monsoon is winding area. The time it takes for water to re- down, the common questions are, turn to the atmosphere can be a few “How much did you get? And where months or many years. In very dry does it go? How can an arroyo be 4 places, like Walnut Gulch, more water feet deep and running at 500 cubic evaporates than falls each year, and feet per second one day and be dry the soil often ends up drier than it was two days later?” The following may the year before. This goes on and on help to explain some of the factors until the deep soils eventually dry out, that affect our region. and the area becomes a desert. Plants Elevation that cannot hold water within their Rainfall variation in our area is roots for many years (until a wet one) studied by the US Department of Agri- can't survive. culture at several locations, including Groundwater recharge the Walnut Gulch Experimental Sta- Wells that tap groundwater are of- tion near Tombstone. A network of ten taking water that is 10,000 years weeks, or months. However, estimates of this winter rain rain gauges deployed over about old and is not being replaced as fast as recharge indicate that it is not substantial. 3,000 square acres provide data that it is being pumped. Places like the cen- Runoff demonstrates the relationship be- tral valley of California, or the areas To measure runoff one needs to have a place where all tween rainfall amount and elevation. around Phoenix, have pumped so much the water that runs off a watershed can be measured. You Higher elevations get more rain, and groundwater that the soil has fallen might have noticed the cable bridges over some water how much falls on a given place and many feet as a result of subsidence. courses—these are places where we can measure large at a given time varies greatly, as you Even the very large Sierra Nevada flows. For a study of total runoff in relation to total rainfall, see when you drive out to dry pave- mountains have risen measurable lev- one needs to have similar, but smaller gauges on all the lit- ment on the edge of a summer storm. els as the weight of the groundwater tle creeks and gullies. Walnut Gulch is one such study site. has been removed and the bedrock Evaporation Runoff is typically present only very soon after heavy mon- springs back up. Hydrology studies in southern Ari- soon rainfalls, and can be rapidly absorbed by the runoff Most groundwater recharge occurs zona indicate that only a small per- channels. Walnut Creek reveals that, overall, the percentage during the winter, when rainfall events centage of rainfall is retained in per- of annual rainfall that goes to runoff is only about one per- are widespread and last for days at a ennial streams or groundwater. About cent. time. Generally, winter rains falling 95 percent of our rainfall evaporates Together with soil texture, latitude, wind patterns, air high in the mountains infiltrate to back into the atmosphere, through a temperatures, and other conditions, these are factors that deep bedrock, and then the water process referred to as envirotranspira- influence the long-term outcome of rainfall in our corner of moves down the watershed, eventually tion . By placing sensors at various Arizona. emerging as surface water in streams. heights above ground on “flux” tow- Mark R. Stromberg, Ph.D, is Adjunct Professor with the Or it may go deeper and become ers, hydrologists can measure the rate University of Arizona. of envirotranspiration within a given groundwater. This may take days,

Rail X Break-ins Still Under Investigation

Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Lieutenant Raoul Rodriquez says that there are presently no suspects in the Rail X Ranch Estates break-ins that happened last February. “We have fingerprints and DNA but there is no match for them in our data base,” said the deputy. Two incidents on the same day involved both burglary and vandalism in the gated community just north of Patagonia. Rodriquez said the perpetrators could have been Mexican or juveniles or adult Americans who have never been arrested. He explained that the fingerprints and DNA are now in the data base and that if anyone is arrested for another crime who matches the information now on file, they will be questioned. 7 The Enduring Tradition of

Lucia Nash’s Legacy By Ann Katzenbach

who spend a week or two a Circle Z guest in 1992. She each season. fell in love with the area Lucia Nash’s daughter- and came back here to live in-law, Diana, has been in 2006. Now she reserves a helping with staffing and cottage at the ranch once or overseeing preparations twice a year to be with for the season. She and friends she has kept up her husband, Rick, live in with over many years. Carol Montana, but this year, Ford, another Long realtor, with their son out of the also first came to The Sky nest, they plan to be in Mountains as a guest at the Patagonia more often than Circle Z. in past years. George and This year Diana has de- Jenny Lorta, who have cided to try offering shorter worked at the Circle Z for stays, along the lines of a 40 years, are the newly bed and breakfast, when appointed ranch manag- some of the cottages are When Lucia Nash bought the Cir- ers, who will see to it that not booked. She imagines cle Z Guest Ranch in 1976, she was mo- guests are taken care of that these guests will tivated by fond memories of being a and everything runs mostly be birders who will guest there in the 1930s—and by the smoothly. The ranch has see this as a unique oppor- fact that the property was about to be 15 to 20 people on its tunity to explore uncharted sold to developers. A conservationist payroll. This year’s chef, territory. with a strong attachment to the Pata- who has lots of experi- Thirty is the average gonia area, Nash has carried on the leg- ence and cooks a wide number of guests who sit acy of the ranch, the oldest of its kind range of dishes, comes to down to dinner each night in continuous operation in Arizona. the Circle Z from a similar at the ranch. The dining She has also bought parcels of land in guest ranch in Sasabe, room can accommodate 45. the area south of town, so that today which closed. School holidays are usually the Circle Z comprises 5,000 acres, in- The ranch has always the most crowded weeks of cluding a portion of Sonoita Creek. been known for its good the year as the cottages fill Lucia Nash Quite likely, private homes would be food and sprinkled across these beautiful hills homey at- with families. The daily trail rides are the and the Circle Z would be a dim mem- mosphere. high point for everyone, and even the ory if Nash had not taken action all Cottages are most tenderfooted guest can learn to those years ago. We can also thank her booked from ride. Once each guest has found his or for being instrumental in the Nature Sunday to her compatible horse, they stay together Conservancy’s purchase of the Sonoita Sunday, al- all week. (It’s also possible to stay at the Creek Preserve. Elderly and suffering t h o u g h Circle Z and never get on a horse.) the effects of a stroke, Mrs. Nash now shorter stay There is no television at the Circle Z. lives year round in Cleveland. specials are Last year, Diana, says, they broke down On October 26, the Circle Z begins available and installed WiFi. “It’s just a reality of its 88th season of giving guests a taste from Novem- how we live,” she said. “Most people get of the west. The horses will be coming ber through their business done first thing in the down from their summer pastures, January, and morning and then enjoy the day here.” along with Tony the donkey. Things one fee cov- Patagonia, of course, benefits from that needed fixing are being set right, ers every- having such a renowned dude ranch the newly seeded grass is coming up thing. Diana close to town. A group of riders often green, and the seven cottages that have says that eve- heads for the Wagon Wheel for an after- stood the test of time since 1926 are ryone leaves noon beer, and karaoke night is a favor- spruced up and awaiting the first visi- having made ite. Local restaurants, galleries, massage tors. With horseback riding as the main new friends. therapists, and guides benefit through- ingredient, along with birding and hik- Jean Miller of out the fall, winter and spring, as Circle ing, and with a swimming pool and a Long Realty Z guests from around the world, often in Photos courtesy of Lucia Nash a western setting for the first time, dis- 8 tennis court as added attractions, first came to the ranch has many return guests Patagonia as Diana, Preston, and Rick Nash cover the uniqueness of Patagonia. Who's On Our School Boards?

Do you know who’s representing you on the school boards? Here are the School Boards that serve us, and their members.

Patagonia Union High School District - Fred Sang (President), Julie Hendricks (Clerk), Jim Cosbey, Starr Norton, Ronald Pitt

Patagonia Elementary School District - Brenda Samosa (President), Janet Winans (Clerk), Cynthia Matus Morris, Bernice Pomeroy

Elgin School District - Foster Drummond (President), Mike Sweedo (Clerk), Alan Neal, Gary Brown, Sharon McCully

Patagonia Montessori Elementary School Jessie Beebe (President), Mindy LaReau (Clerk and Secretary/Treasurer), Fay Main, Kristin Krzyz

PUHS Students Dig In to Improve Water Retention

On Campus By Grace Mcguire

Keeping landscape lush in ground into slightly sloped the high desert is a perennial shelves that are ideal for challenge. Some areas demand catching and holding water. irrigation, while others can be During the summer, Bor- sustained by other means. The derlands Restoration youth Patagonia Union High School is participants completed half trying to find ways to cut back of the project, filling the left on irrigation, and Borderlands side of the embankment with Restoration members are train- native plants, such as evening ing students to identify areas primrose, milkweed, desert where irrigation can success- willow, and four o’clock. fully be replaced by rainwater These plants attract and sus- harvesting techniques. tain bees, hummingbirds, and On September 12, a group other pollinators. of 14 volunteer high school stu- This living laboratory is a dents, accompanied by PUHS science project. Kathleen Photo by Grace McGuire science teacher Kathleen Pasierb, who oversees the ef- Borderlands Earth Care Youth Institute Interns work on the Pasierb and Caleb Weaver of fort, is pleased that 14 stu- pollinator garden they are creating at PUHS. Borderlands, worked to create dents turned out for this sec- rainwater harvesting trellises ond phase, adding, “The The difficult work of structuring the pizza and pool party put on by Bor- along a dirt and concrete em- young people of our commu- beds is complete, but a few more work derlands. The food and fun were bankment that links the middle nity really care about the en- sessions will be needed to add rock part of the satisfaction of contrib- and high school pods. Using vironment and want this pro- support and plant native vegetation. uting to this lasting and sus- shovels, picks, and wheelbar- ject to benefit wildlife, espe- 9 The perks to this hard work were a tainable school landscape. rows, students leveled the cially pollinators.” The New Face of Tennis by Ann Katzenbach

The U.S. could last all afternoon. Finesse tie-breakers, no prize money, no tennis world. And how many amaz- Open is over was an important part of the fashion statements, no security ing players have appeared from East- -- that’s the game and players went to the net guards, no paid referees and no ern Europe and now Japan and tennis one, more often. They lobbed more, electronic ball tracking. The spec- China? just so you the hardest serves might reach tators could fit into a small sta- And fashion! What a blast of color know, this is 80 miles an hour. They played on dium. and style hit the courts at every tour- not about golf. I am a tennis grass and clay. Hard surfaces Today's stadium in Flushing nament except Wimbledon where a player and thus I am a fan of were somehow déclassé. Meadows (named after Billy Jean) white dress code is enforced to the the sport which, in my lifetime, Tournaments took place at seats 22,500 fans in the main sta- point of lunacy (no red stripes on the has gone from sedate to manic. clubs which Wimbledon still dium (named after Arthur). In soul of your sneakers). Some players The court’s the same size, the somewhat resembles. These were 1968 the “open era” of tennis be- obviously care about how they look way you make points and keep sedate affairs with no prize gan which meant there was on the court. There’s jewelry, make- score hasn’t changed, but be- money on offer except for the money to be made. Before that up, innovative dress cuts and color yond that, every aspect of the occasional envelope discreetly many fine players left the sport combinations - some flashy, others game has accelerated so that slid into the racket cover of the because it didn’t provide a living. subdued. If you like what you see, what I see on TV these days you can go out and buy the same bears almost no resemblance to outfit or racket or sneakers. I always what I knew as a child. enjoy the players who don’t seem to Growing up in Philadelphia, care much - the more rumpled guys a bastion of country club ten- or the newly hatched girls who have- nis, my most vivid memory is n’t yet got sponsors to mold their that outdoor courts in the sum- image. mer were spotted with one It’s a multi-faceted, highly com- color - white. Ladies wore top players. Now if you make it petitive sport on every level, and it’s dresses or sometimes skirts or Tennis lived in through the first fun to watch and hear the gossip and shorts. Men wore shorts (and a comfortable bub- round of a major watch the hard-hitting rallies that sometimes white flannel trou- ble until Althea tournament a few could never have taken place 50 sers) and polo shirts. These Gibson, the first hundred thousand years ago. And that’s where my nos- were usually adorned with an Afro American to dollars goes into talgia kicks in, but just a little. I miss alligator from French designer win tournaments your bank account. the slower pace, the softer courts, Rene Lacoste or a laurel wreath, became too good Serena Williams the big porches at the old country the logo of British tennis star, to ignore. Then the Australians took home four million dollars clubs, the tournament draws pinned Fred Perry. That was it -- two started showing up. They were when she won the US Open this to the wall, the lack of hype, a world noted designers of tennis wear. followed by a coterie of Califor- year. that may still exist in exclusive clubs And, for a long time, the only nia girls (top among them, Billy Probably no one could imagine that I have no interest in joining. folks who took tennis lessons Jean King, nee Moffit) who that bringing money to the game What gladdens me most about or played in tournaments were learned to play on hard courts at of tennis would threaten polite modern tennis is that it has opened a as white as their shorts. their local playgrounds and behavior. The replays one sees door for so many young athletes of People played with wooden amazed the country clubbers today of Jimmy Connors and every background with gumption and rackets strung with cat gut or with their aggressive net play and John Mcenroe screaming at um- talent. Its appeal has moved from the nylon. There were wooden competitive spirit. The second pires are still startling. Who could east coast country clubs to encom- presses that you used to keep notable black player, Arthur Ashe have imagined a stretched out pass much of the world. Who would the rackets from warping. I see was part of this new melting pot composite tennis racket wielded have thought 50 years ago that there these for sale now on EBay - of talent, but tradition continued by a player who travels with would be a major tournament in “vintage” like myself. to hold sway. Each September, coaches, trainers, physiothera- Doubai or that Serbia and Japan These rackets could not pul- the U.S. National Championships pists and hitting partners? That would be represented in the U.S. verize a tennis ball, so matches were played on grass at the se- could be Serena Williams, who Open finals, or that a powerful black date West Side Tennis Club in 10 were slower. There were no looks and plays like no one be- woman dressed in bright pink would tie-breakers so one set Forest Hills, N.Y. There were no fore her. She too still shocks the win her 18th Grand Slam title? whose job is painful, dirty, or boring LIFE AMONG THE HUMANS renders meaningless-- absurd --any

normal notion of how much a dollar -- or day's work -- is worth . Those privi- leged few are skating on thin ice Grandmother’s Cute New (although that ice may take decades to break.) This article aims at promoting Lime Green Suicide Vest thought, not armed rebellion. Every- one knows that violence solves noth- By Martin Levowitz ing. It may effect short-term change but, in the long run, generates pain, While writing this, I am sitting at down which they, in their hatred, and more violence. A few, the beautiful desk of someone I self-serving greed, largely today, are willing to be jailed to make don't know, on the second story of caused. Their skewed num- a point, but very few, just yet, would his second (winter) home in a beau- bers raise important ethical opt to die. For now, in the United tiful part of rural New Mexico. The and political questions. States, insurrection is not a reason- house is far more opulent than To my mind, the dispro- able option. The military has us way most homes I have seen. A friend portion between the insiders' outgunned (unless they, too, some- of ours care-takes the place, which profligate rewards program day revolt). the owner uses for just a couple of and the average carpenter's, But some day The Haves will look months each year. If this guy's sec- school teacher's, or burger- up from their truffles and cham- ond home is so deluxe, what on flipper's wages is outrageous pagne and see that the neighbors, earth must his real home be like? and obscene. The immense with pitchforks and torches, have All over this country there are gulf between the income of come. The metaphoric chickens will people with two (or more) fancy Croesus they simply can't stop; the privileged and those come flapping home to roost. homes. There are also people sleep- fellow humans be damned. ing in their cars--having lost their One hears a lot these days houses to the bank--who have about the ever-wider gap between barely enough food to keep them The Haves and The Have-Nots; alive. The so-called "One Percent" and To get and to have are, within the remaining ninety-nine. Execu- certain limits, quite normal needs, tive salaries are often contrasted of course. The squirrel stashes nuts to an average worker's pay. It's for harder times. Your dog may not a pretty picture, Sister Sue. choose to bury his new bone. But The ratio is roughly 340:1. In normal impulse sometimes runs 2011, Apple's C.E.O., Tim Cook, amok. The impulse to acquire can was paid 338 million dollars in go wrong. Some people have lots, cash, stock-options, and bonuses. but it's never enough. The Keatings, The salaries of Wall Street para- and Milkens, and Madoffs are bot- sites are bizarrely high-- both be- tomless pits. Though richer than fore and after the financial melt-

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11 Tricking The Treaters by Cassina Farley

We didn’t out. As we walked down tumes. It was working. Second really have the street we saw people house in, Zach got questioned any plans for we knew, and, much to about his costume. I was sure we Halloween our surprise, they had no were done. Shut down before we last year. I clue that it was us. That really got started, but like a champ guess you was my first hint that we he used his best tenth grader could blame might actually get away voice, and we proceeded on. We it on a lack with it. First, we decided went from house to house collecting few bonuses to being a 38- of enthusiasm. However, I did have to try out our costumes at chocolates, candies, and apples (not cool, or 40-year-old trick or that need for candy. For some reason, Red Mountain Foods. Like by the way), with no one being the wiser. I treater: for one, there is no Zach is always a willing participant in a charm, Barry handed us was drunk with power. Then Zach started mom or dad doing the my shenanigans, so when I suggested our treats and com- walking slower and hanging back while I candy check and deciding we go trick or treating disguised as mented on our scary cos- collected candy from our adult friends. that all the Almond Joys children, he did not protest. My plan The guilt was getting “might” be bad; for another, was simple—we needed masks to cover to him. Sucker. After we could eat as much as we our identity, a few properly placed pil- a pep talk we col- wanted (and we did). lows to hide my age-induced aspects, lected a few more I don’t know why we got and a couple of pillowcases to hold our treats and decided away with it. Maybe the loot. We put on our costumes, and to head back home. folks of Patagonia are just right away I noticed some flaws. First Despite being heck- used to overgrown kids of all, Zach needed gloves. No one was led and almost trick or treating. It might be going to give candy to a “kid” with old beaten up by a that we are short. Either man hands, and, of course, in my case, group of high school way we enjoyed our candy. the more obvious: bad pillow place- kids, we managed to Lately, I have been thinking ment. get home with our about how we can manipu- Once all was resolved we headed candy. There are a late that Santa situation.

12 County Fair Days By Ann Katzenbach

The Santa Cruz County Fair, held on September 19, 20, and 21, succeeded despite downpours and puddles. There were new attractions, new records set, and lots of smiling kids and grown-ups who just had fun. The Fair included a carnival for the first time in a while--and it was the per- fect antidote for anyone who felt a lit- tle grumpy about the rain. It also added School Day, bringing kids to the Fair through an arrangement with County schools, who pre-bought carni- val tickets and bussed students to the event for a school holiday on Friday. 4-H, which is really the heart of the Got Talent Show, won by fair, broke the record for the number Lilly Guzman, of Sierra of animals at the 4-H auction. Fifty Vista. Allyson Lloyd, of El- three hand-raised critters went on the gin, and Marin Tomlinson, auction block and raised $141,000, of of Sonoita topped the junior which $18,000 goes for 4-H scholar- division and the duet of ships. Marion Venditouli, who coordi- Hannah Young and Tava- nates the entire weekend event , noted niah Padilla, of Patagonia, that Heidi Gonzalez and Amanda Za- finished in third place. mudio made the 4-H events go off The bull riding had to be without a hitch. canceled and other events Patagonia’s Lars Marshall put on the were rained out, but overall, says Vendituoli, this year’s fair was a success. She re- ports that many vendors sold out, the carnival would Photos by Ann Katzenbach like to come back, and on her way home she started something special,” said the ex- getting calls from people hausted impresario. She added who wanted to volunteer that the rain may have even con- for next year’s hundredth tributed to the strong sense of anniversary fair. “That’s community that was present all when I knew we’d done weekend long.

ABOVE LEFT: 4-H-ers line up their chickens for the judges; AT RIGHT: The Rio Rico High School Band performs 13 By John Fielding

Sonoita Valley Water Company or misting systems—or to wash issues. These customers—The SVWC has had complaints from (SVWC), a privately owned busi- vehicles or fill pools, spas or foun- Ranch House, The Café, Over- customers over other issues ness with 85 customers, issued a tains. land Trout—and others, must through the years. Their restaurant Stage 2 water restriction order in The company provides water pay a high fee for water use accounts were required to buy May, requiring a 50-percent re- service to many of Sonoita’s restau- that surpasses their quota, back-flow devices from them and duction in water consumption. rants, which use the water to wash which is based on 50 percent of to submit to periodic inspection by Service can be disconnected if a dishes and maintain cleanliness usage prior to the restriction. SVWC; the penalty for noncompli- customer uses water on lawns, and cannot reduce their consump- As a consequence, many ance would be loss of service. Cus- shrubs, or trees— even with drip tion without compromising health Sonoita restaurants now serve tomers say that these devices water to their patrons only if freeze and break in cold weather. requested, and some use bot- Residents have reported that tled water. during heavy rains, erosion exposes The Sonoita-Elgin Fire Dis- SVWC's pipes along the side of the trict is also a customer of road because they are buried too SVWC. It uses well water to near the surface. fight fires or wash the fire In addition, EPA tests in the past trucks but relies on their ser- have found contaminants such as vice for water used for cooking, lead, copper, arsenic, and radon in eating, and washing activity in SVWC's water. The company says the station. In order to use its these levels have been reduced to well water for these activities, meet EPA minimums and are now the fire station would need to safe for consumption. have it chlorinated and tested Several Sonoita residents I spoke monthly, adding an expense with stated that SWVC's new re- that it cannot cover. strictions and frequent rate in- The Stage 2 water restriction creases have angered many of its order, which has been approved clients. Some residential customers by the Arizona Corporation say they have been receiving Commission, is considered a monthly water bills of $300 or Curtailment Tariff. A water more, and one two-person house- company can impose the re- hold claimed they were billed striction on its accounts when $1,000 for a month's service. its total water storage well pro- Is SWVC resorting to the restric- duction becomes less than 80 tion on water use because they are percent of capacity for at least experiencing a declining water ta- 48 consecutive hours, or if it ble but are unwilling or financially can establish that a declining unable to dig deeper? Is their reve- water table or an increased nue declining because of a loss of draw down could threaten accounts? The company has not pump operations. I asked com- responded with its answers. In the pany representatives to clarify meantime, customers are stuck the reason for the reduction, with their glass half full until fur- 16 but so far they have declined to ther notice. comment. made for the house in hot haste and gave an alarm. Investigation showed that the de- A Page From The Past ceased was a man fifty five years of age. Justice Chatham was notified and What did the local newspaper report a hundred years ago? that official on viewing the body rec- ognized the deceased as one Jose Palo- The article below is taken from the Oasis mares, a Mexican who lives on the road to the Santa Cruz with the Sal- Newspaper in Nogales, December, 1911 dates, at the spring alongside the high- way. He had been in town the day pre- ceding Christmas with a load of wood, and after disposing of it he unhitched his team on the flat, tied the horses to the wagon and proceeded to tank up. It was evident that in an inebriated con- dition the deceased had wandered into O'Keefe’s premises, laid down under the lee of the retaining wall of the court house lot, and in the hard storm of the night died from exposure. The man was a heavy drinker and had been several times in the police court for drunkenness. Justice Chathafm summoned a coro- ner's jury who Monday viewed the body which was then removed to the Marsh undertaking rooms and after- ward buried at the expense of the The photo above shows Nogales, AZ , to the right, and Nogales, Mexico to the left, divided by county. Tuesday the jury took evi- Calle Internacional, which constituted the border, defined by posts, but not fenced. Circa 1911. dence in the case and rendered a ver- dict accordingly.

Died from Exposure fleecy whiteness to the branches of all the trees. Drinking in the beauty of While going out to the the scene and scuffling milking Christmas morning along in the snow without Master Jack O'Keefe received paying attention to his a shock he will remember as immediate vicinity he long as he lives. There had stumbled over a snow cov- been quite a fall of snow ered object lying across his which had covered the course and fell over a dead ground to a depth of two or man. Frightened half out three inches, and loading a of his wits Master Jack

Nogales, Circa 1911 In 1897, a railway was built connecting Benson, Arizona to Guaymas, Mexico. The rail line crossed in to Mexico at Nogales, which was then called Line City. Twin bilingual communities grew up along the rail- road with lively business districts. In 1899 Santa Cruz County was created and the town of Nogales, Arizona opened its first hospital. By 1904, there were 122 telephones in town. A significant portion of the town's revenue came from charging cus- toms duties on the passage of goods between foreign countries and the US., from which a healthy trade in the smuggling of goods and persons developed. In 1910, the Mexican revolution broke out, and troops were sent to Nogales, initiating a full-scale border war. The federal governments of Mexico and the US ordered the dual towns of Nogales to be divided along the border and buildings cleared for 60 feet on both sides. Mexican rebels took over the Mexican side of No- gales in 1913, and it remained under revolutionary control until 1916. 17 By Donna Reibslager This year's pie auction, on September 13 at the Commu- nity Garden was—as always— the perfect blend of relaxed conversation, good food, and the fine art of pie auctioning. At 4 p.m. people began drifting into the garden. They found tables, met up with friends, and listened as Zach Farley played mellow guitar, accompanied by Matt Franz and Evan Sofro. When preparation at the food tables was complete, a line formed quickly. Guests filled their plates with burgers, sau- sage, roasted corn, jalapeño macaroni and cheese, lamb stew, beans, and tasty salads. After Community Garden President Martha Kelly announced the evening's main event, Master of Ceremo- nies Lars Marshall took on the role of auctioneer, and the bidding began. Thirty nine pies were ushered out and displayed by Ben Shonkwiler, who wove through the tables enticing bidders with a view. There were chocolate pies, raspberry and boysenberry pies, key lime, apple, asian pear, lemon quince, and cacao pies. There was even a bison mincemeat pie. Several came with written histories. Pies like the key lime, coconut cream, and mile-high chocolate cream inspired bidding wars, a fast volley of back-and-forth bidding that hiked the bid up to $90 or more (The top-selling pie, “Grandma's coconut custard,” made by Martha Kelly, went for $100.) Some winners took their pies home, while others divided their spoils among those at their table. Finally, just as Lars' voice began to give out, the last pie was auctioned off, and the evening wound down. Bravo to all those who worked so hard to put the auction together. Many hands go in to the making of 14 this event each year, and all are to be congratulated for helping to provide one of the town's favorite occasions. Four signs of fall

A single yellow leaf high in a cottonwood at what would be milepost 15 (no road sign there). Flash of gold, small shock, piercing a thick August afternoon.

I realize the single sheet, the only cover used for weeks, is not enough. I need the comforter these nights, its weight reminding me, more chill to come.

Auction at the county fair, small boy who prods his weighty hog in the arena, practiced grin glued to his face, but in his eyes, goodbye my friend.

Oatmeal for breakfast, first time in months. Rice Krispies to the back of the cupboard. Seasonal shift. — Janet Winans Photos by Ann Katzenbach 15 WANTED: Old Photos and Stories For Book On Local History Ann Caston is collecting photos and information about residents and events that make up the history of Patagonia and the Santa Cruz Valley. She is creating a book for the Images of America series, published by Arcadia Publishing. She needs 180 to 240 images. Each image will be accompanied by a minimum of 350 words of text. The information will be edited down to size, so contributors are asked to provide as much as possible. The book hopes to cover history from as far back in time as possible, into the 1900’s. All originals will be returned. Please contact Ann at (520) 604-2544.

18 Grasshoppers: The New Superfood? by Molly McCormick

Bug enthusi- (cockroaches!), Ortnoptera asts may have (crickets and grasshoppers), discovered that and Homoptera (cicadas)— the fountain of although grasshoppers are youth and a the most preferred edible, new superfood according to the speakers. are right in our Sisters Cindy Martin and very own back- Kim Nenninger shared a yards. The riveting tale of adventure thing that could and survival foraging grass- give us greater arterial health, according hoppers during a 10-day to local medical researcher Binx Selby, is trek along the Arizona Trail. also the largest grassland predator: Eating grasshoppers gave grasshoppers! them the opportunity to On September 19, at Cady Hall, about experience wild Arizona 30 brave individuals gathered to investi- and to test their bounda- gate the finer aspects of grasshoppers ries. And if you try grass- and other edible insects at the Grassland hoppers, they say, “Don’t Insects: Delicious Delights and Other forget the Old Bay Season- Matters panel discussion and local foods ing!” potluck. During this creepy crawly event, The following Grasshop- Photo by Molly McCormick hosted by Borderlands Restoration, guest per recipes are from ento- Wendy Russell and Meg Gilbert take a closer look speakers from the community talked mologist Liz Bernays, with at a jar of grasshopper flour about everything from ecology to hunt- additions from entomolo- ing to survival, and the nutritional as- gist and USDA agriculture inspector Jason Botz: and freeze. Rinse before (if you’re quick) or after pects of insects in our grasslands. Ex- Collect a load of grasshoppers by sweeping you freeze. When they’re frozen, shake in a big perts Liz Bernays and Jason Botz taught grassland with a butterfly net or by picking jar to break off spiny back legs. us more than we ever wanted to know them off grasses in the early morning and plac- Fry in butter or olive oil with garlic and rose- about insects in our backyards, and ing them into a 5-gallon bucket filled with a mary (or Old Bay!) until crispy. some of us brave souls even tried these couple inches of water. Hoppers are slow and Or place on a jelly roll pan and toast in the tasty delights. Who knew grasshoppers easier to catch in the cool morning hours. Re- oven at 200 degrees for six to eight hours or un- and cicadas could taste so good? Accord- move any rainbow grasshoppers or Mexican til crispy brown. Grind the toasted bugs into ing to Binx Selby, bugs are nutritious, generals (large black species). These species eat flour using a coffee grinder. Keep the flour in a too. poisonous plants and are therefore toxic. sealed container in the fridge. When baking, Ja- We learned that common edible in- Keep the hoppers in a cage or bucket with a son Botz likes to mix one part of this high- sects come from the families of Lepidop- lid for 24 hours to allow them to empty their protein, nutty, and slightly sweet flour with three tera (butterflies, moths, and their cater- guts; you probably don’t want to eat partially parts of wheat flour. Makes excellent chocolate pillars), Coleoptera (beetles), Blattodea digested plant material. Place them in a bag chip cookies!

19 As Reported by Patagonia High School Journalism Class Who’s New? Five Teachers Join PUSD tice.” Before she was a teacher, implement the important mes- Sara Vicary Elizabeth Anne she painted signs outside. “And sage of always wanting to learn even that was relaxing,” she says. and never to say, “I’ve learned

By Calvin Whitcoe McGowin She tries to motivate her students enough.” She describes her teach- by being excited about every pro- ing style as “structured” but sug- By Exelee Budd, Elizabeth ject, and her number one rule is gests that her students should McKay and Christina Novak staying positive. McCowin’s fa- have fun. When asked what she vorite thing about teaching is the wanted them to achieve, she moment a student creates some- quoted from Christopher Robin: thing he or she loves. However, “Always remember you are braver she doesn’t enjoy all of the grad- than you believe, stronger than ing, other paper work, and meet- you seem, and smarter than you ings. She would rather be able to think.” tell students they did well and An East Coast native, Beaton move on to the next project. We did student teaching in Pennsyl- asked how old she was when she vania, then lived in Alaska, Ore- started teaching, and the answer gon, and Hawaii before settling in was, “That’s a big fat secret. Arizona, where she has taught Don’t ask that question.” She told for eight years. Retired teacher her class, “When I get old, James Schrimpf influenced her to grumpy, and tired of this job I come to Patagonia because of our Sara Vicary, the Patagonia Ele- will retire, but not until then.” elite community and school. Later mentary School's first grade this year she plans to move to teacher, has just begun the first of Whetstone and to commute to LuAnn Beaton Patagonia. When not maintaining what she hopes will be many suc- By Garrett Fish and In an interview with Eliza- her organized classroom, she en- cessful years in Patagonia. Vicary Sabrina Mendoza taught in Oregon and Colorado for beth Anne McCowin, she pro- joys spending time with her two 24 years and then retired. However, vided insight into the life of an daughters, husband, and Beemer, she still hoped to teach in Arizona art teacher. She was born in her dog. one day. As school begins, she is Iowa but grew up in Indiana. looking forward to getting ac- She first created art by drawing Charles Mitsak on walls with her mother’s lip- quainted in the community. She is by Alexis Montañez stick. Later she went to Iowa highly qualified, with degrees from and Christopher Quiroga a community college in eastern State University to become a Oregon and from Northwest Naza- veterinary doctor. She went rene University in Nampa, Idaho, as there for four and a half years well as an M.A. degree from Adams (including summers), then real- State University in Alamosa, Colo- ized she wanted to pursue her rado. true passion—art. She got a Vicary was raised in eastern Ore- bachelor's degree in art and de- gon in what she calls “the middle sign. She then studied art for of nowhere,” so she is well aware of two years at Blackburn College the ins and outs of small town life in Illinois, where she minored and enjoys small classes. Growing in business. up with a mom as a kindergarten McCowin moved to Tucson LuAnn Beaton, the newest edi- teacher exposed her to the life of when her husband got a job tion to the Patagonia Pack, is be- teaching younger students. She has there. She says she wanted to yond excited to get to know new a passion for teaching, reading, and have fun and found that PUHS students, make new friends, and watching younger children grow was the perfect fit for her. She see familiar faces. This year, and mature, as well as helping loves teaching different grades. some of her goals for her second them to succeed “Middle school is a challenge,” grade class include transforming “Students, no matter where As a high school student, Vicary she says, “but I love them any- her students into fluent readers they are from, are all amazingly enjoyed creative writing. In Ari- way.” and strong writers and encourag- the same,” says Patagonia’s new zona, she spends free time in McCowin enjoys art because ing them to think of math as a high school science teacher, “It’s very relaxing. Time just Charles Mitsak. During a recent 20 the outdoors, trail riding on puzzle to which they want to find her trusty steeds, biking, and passes, and you don’t even no- the answer. Beaton intends to (continued on next page) interview, he gave us some insight on Meet Juli Runberg, the northern Michigan at an arts his life and his teaching career. Alexis Juli Runberg new middle school science charter school and a residential Montañez and I asked about his educa- teacher, as well as the com- alternative high school on Bea- tion, and he told us he had attended By Hector Lopez puter lab advisor for the ver Island. She is willing to go the College of the Holy Cross, which is high school pod. Runberg out of her way to help a stu- in Worcester, Massachusetts. He made was first inspired to edu- dent, stating, “It’s my job, and the decision to move to Patagonia after cate today’s youth by her it’s necessary to be a good the closing of Skyview, a school in Tuc- elementary teachers, and teacher.” son where he previously taught. He one in particular, Sister Or- During an interview, Run- heard from a teacher friend about the lando, who taught art and berg exclaimed, “I love Patago- opening for a chemistry teacher at science. Runberg got her nia. It’s extremely beautiful and PUHS. teaching degree at Central the people here have been very Mitsak’s hometown is Sewickley, a Michigan University, in Mt. friendly. I feel at home here.” suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He Pleasant, Michigan, a school Runberg spends her time, when has traveled around the world, going to known for its teaching pro- she has it, hiking, reading, places such as Australia and Spain. gram. She has 12 years of painting, gardening, and social- teaching experience in izing.

Battle of the Packs 3.1 Miles of Success By: Garrett Fish and Dominick Paz By: Exelee Budd and Elizabeth McKay

On September 11, the Lobos showed their would not let up for the rest of On Wednesday September 10, the Lobos cross coun- true patriotic spirit by dominating in Amer- the game. Senior Greg Zapata try team had their first track meet in Rio Rico. Start- ica’s favorite game, football. The final score, played phenomenally, recording ing the races with a gunshot that could wake the 34-8, truly reflected their performance. The several tackles and rushing yards. dead, and four different schools competing, the run- undefeated 3-0 team’s focus was to incorpo- Zapata’s inspiration for the game ners were off for 3.1 miles of mud, rocks, and hills. rate defense and the execution of plays on was his head coach, Kenneth Their best time for PUHS was Calvin Whitcoe, who offense. In their whopping performance, Hayes. Zapata said, “Let’s do it for came in 25th with a time of 23 minutes and 37 sec- Patagonia defeated Hayden—which share’s Coach!,” and without a doubt, they onds. Considering they were competing against much the Lobo mascot. got it done. When asked about the larger schools, the cross country team members are The game started with Patagonia scoring game, Coach Hayes said, “After a very proud of their times. first and Hayden coming right back in venge- shaky start, the team focused and PUHS’s senior cross country runner, Dawn Novack, ance. Then Patagonia made an advance and came together to finish strong.” says “Our sport is so hard, other sports use it as a punishment”.

PUHS Lobos JV team overwhelms Hayden in their game on September 11 21

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These tracks are five toed, with claws featured prominently. Tracks are may be up to an inch Tales long counting claws, with the front ones slightly smaller than the rear. Width is per- By Cate Drown haps five eighths of an inch. In addition to 4 contiguous pads behind the toes there is a trailing hind print with 2 lobes. This animal walks flat footed and although the prints are A Creepy Crawly Bedtime Story similar to domestic cat prints their more wad- dling gait makes them less likely to double Ouch! I jumped out of bed. My cat, Dulcie, went flying; my register rear prints atop front prints. The dog, Sunny, sprang to attention; and I went running to the tracks are likely to be spotted going toward kitchen to see what the heck happened. Something had stung or road-kill and slightly less likely to be found bitten me. Wow, did it hurt! I popped a Benadryl and a Tylenol, then returned to the bedroom and threw back the sheets. There, returning. looking right at me, antennae raised, was a six-inchlong centi- pede. Yuck! I went to find something to capture it in. I grabbed a plastic bowl with a lid. I slammed the bowl over the creature, then real- ized I had tossed the lid too far away to reach it without letting go of the bowl. I tried to slide it along the bed to reach the lid, but the bowl slipped, and off he went. I’ve been told that centipedes are poisonous in this neck of the woods, but then, what isn’t? (smile) Not knowing just how poisonous, I googled for information. I read that they are not le- thal to humans and that they grab with their pincers then pierce the skin and inject poison. These images were (not) very com- forting. I scrolled down quickly to find out how to treat the wound. At a hospital, analgesics and narcotics would be given to reduce the pain. It is important to clean the site thoroughly to avoid infection. A tetanus shot is also suggested. So I washed the area well. I had already taken pain relievers, and my very thor- ough physician, bless her heart, had given me a tetanus vaccina- tion less than a week earlier. Since it was midnight, I texted my only fellow night owl friend, and she called me. We talked for about an hour. Of course, just before we hung up, she said she was going to check her sheets and go to bed, then asked me how I was ever going to sleep not knowing where the centipede was now? Thanks, friend. Good night. Eventually, with lights on and another check of the sheets, I tried to go back to sleep. The pain was excruciating. I got up and took 800 mg. of Ibuprofen and another Benadryl. That must have knocked me out, because the next thing I knew it was morning. The bite was just below the fingernail on my left ring finger. My whole finger was swollen and stiff, but the pain had subsided. Within 24 hours, as I expected from my research, an ugly blister formed. Having time to reflect on the incident, I decided to investigate the significant spiritual message that centipede brings to us. Ac- cording to the Chinese, it was wealth and winnings. The Chinese are known to carry a centipede pearl in their pocket when they go gambling. So what did I do? I bought two lottery tickets— something I rarely do. What the heck? If you see a Lamborghini with a chestnut mare on the door or a Harley Davidson Heritage Soft Tail Classic with the same picture on the tank, you’ll know the bite was worth it! Cate Drown, certified Sumerel Therapy technician, specializing in equines, can be contacted at [email protected]. 22 23 Autumn’s Asteraceae Assault By Vince Pinto

Because I grew up in number of fascinating flowers in this family. apt alternate name—torchweed. Pennsylvania, some of Clearly, there is some evolutionary advan- If you prefer a my fondest memories tage for so many species to flower at this bit of purple, of autumn are inextri- rather late date. Perhaps this nets them a then look for cably linked to a com- corner on the pollinator market, at a time the aptly bination of flowering when few other plant families proffer their named pur- asters and the occa- blossoms. Maybe they are simply more cold ple spiny aster, sional onset of warm, clear days called In- hardy than their cohorts and hence can sur- or tansyaster dian summer. Add a dash of fall color, and, vive any autumnal frosts that nature might (Machaeranthera tanacetifo- as you may imagine, I was in naturalist throw their way. lia ), which may grow in habitats heaven! One of my personal favorites grows similar to those of the goldenbush. Here, the Sky Islands seem a world away mostly in high grassland or desert washes The leaves are a bit spiny and aro- from those early days. True, the Sky Islands and on nearby cliffs. Ericameria laricifolia matically sticky, inviting a whiff do show their hues here and there, although (goldenbush or turpentine bush) blazes a even more than the attractive flowers. not so ostentatiously as back east. Still, an rich yellow, arresting the gaze of all but the Look for them in disturbed areas, in par- inquisitive amble into a deep mountain can- most jaded hikers. The spray of flowers ticular. Also be alert for trixis, desert yon might well net you some scarlet canyon work their magic, and soon you’ve closed broom, seepwillow, various sunflowers, maple leaves. Go high enough and you’ll the gap and are savoring the sweet scent of goldenrods, and a host of other Asteraceae revel in the gold of falling aspen leaves. this sublime shrub. Never mind that a few that will brighten any autumn day. Other colorful treasures await your discov- native bees or flies share the flowers with The truth is, however, that most folks ery both high and low in our region. All that you—all the better to see plant sex in action. will pass by the majority of asters and simply you need is a bit of time and a modicum of Another yellow-flowered beauty is label them as “LYJ’s” or little yellow jobs. This is physical fitness, and you’ll soon forget the broom snakeweed ( Gutierrezia sarothrae ), the botanic equivalent of the nonbirder’s “LBJ’s” blazing autumns of other regions. which, like so many of our aster shrubs, or little brown jobs—so labeled because of their Given our nearly perpetual Indian sum- masquerades most of the year as a small, fairly mundane plumage and small size. Regard- mer, we have more than our fair share of broomy subshrub. Come fall, however, it less of identification, revel in the aster family, as flowers in October. Foremost among these is bursts into bloom. Snakeweed’s aroma hints you may just catch a “fall-ing” star! our veritable legion of asters. Aster trans- of anise or licorice, attracting many pollina- Vincent Pinto and his wife, Claudia, run Ra- lates as “star-shaped,” which describes the tors. I have used the dried flower heads as a ven’s Way Wild Journeys. They offer local tours form of most flowers you’ll encounter. You crucial additive to my fires. They flame dedicated to the preservation of the incredible can’t travel far without running into any briefly, but brilliantly, lending snakeweed an biodiversity in the Sky Islands. A T U i i Submitted by the Mowry Tracking Team Community

Exercise caution, you are on the track of one of Church Services the west's most adorable and malodorous crea- tures, the Spotted Skunk. (Spilogale gracilis) Patagonia Community/ St. Therese of Lisieux The skunk isn't particularly fond of its own odor United Methodist Church Catholic Church and will resist spraying until it seems imperative. 387 McKeown Ave., Patagonia 222 Third Ave., Patagonia 394-2274 394-2954 When sufficiently provoked, it will hiss, foot- Sunday Service: 10 a.m. Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m. stamp and raise its tail. To actually spray, the skunk will do a hand-stand, arch its back and St. Andrews Episcopal Church Sonoita Bible Church Casa Blanca Chapel of Sonoita 3174 N. Highway 83, Sonoita shoot forward. (No, really.) Given time, it may Justice of the Peace Courtroom 455-5779 wave its tail from the handstand position as fur- 2nd & 4th Saturdays; 10 a.m. Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m. ther warning before spraying. If, like your aver- Sonoita Hills Our Lady of the Angels age dog, you ignore so blatant a warning, it can shoot as far as twelve feet Community Church Catholic Church with great accuracy and as often as 8 times; your defeat is inevitable. Skunks 52 Elgin Rd., Sonoita 12 Los Encinos Rd., Sonoita are very social and several will often share a den, although males are not 455-5172 394-2954; welcome when offspring are present. Males reciprocate by refusing any Sunday Service: 10 a.m. Sunday Mass: 8 a.m.

child rearing duties. Skunks' vision is poor, their sense of smell acute, and 24 they are generally nocturnal. Daniel Louis Dalton August 31, 1937 - September 14, 2014 An Evening With Ian Tyson

Ian Tyson walks stiff- legged to the center of the stage. This is a cow- boy’s gait; this is the walk of a man who has sustained his share of falls from horses large and small and who knows that the ranch- er’s life is not the glam- orous myth of the old- fashioned western mov- ies. This is also a pream- ble to a performance of songs, new ones and old ones, by an artist who tells stories with the unvarnished luster of truth. Photo by Katherine Minott Tyson first became known in the 1960's as part of a Canadian folk Daniel Louis Dalton, of Patagonia, passed away and country duo, Ian Sunday, September 14, at age 77. He was born in and Sylvia. After many Superior, Arizona, the son of William and Sylvia Dal- successful years of per- ton. forming together, they Dan was an underground copper mine supervi- split up, and he continued writing and singing on his own, while working his sor for new hires at Magma Copper Mine for 32 ranch in Canada. years. From 1977 through 1980 he lived in Temba- In the early 90’s, Tyson began com- gapura, Indonesia, while working at Freeport’s cop- ing to Sonoita in the winter months to per mine there. After retiring from the mining in- escape Alberta’s cold, spending his time dustry he worked for the U. S. Forest Service until riding and writing songs. Now, more 2006, when he relocated to Patagonia. than 20 years later, Ian Tyson is return- Dan could be found on any given day in front of ing for his first concert at the Santa the local politically incorrect gas station, also Cruz County Fairgrounds, on October known as “PIGS.” Dan will be greatly missed by all 10. who knew and appreciated his unusual outlook on Tyson turned 80 last year. He is also life. celebrating the complete recovery of his Left behind in loving memory are his sons, voice, badly damaged six years ago. Ty- Danny Dalton of Apache Junction, AZ, Rex Dalton son was forced to learn, with courage (Vonda) of Sonoita, AZ, Bill Dalton (Lori) of Mesa, and craftsmanship, how to sing again. AZ, Charlie Montoy of Patagonia, AZ; His Grandchil- The successful operation last year plus Ian and Sylvia were a popular dren, Billy, Grant, Dillion, Dustin and Julie Dalton, continued voice therapy has his touring folk duo in the 1960’s and his faithful three legged dog “Jack.” There will be a memorial held for Dan on Friday, September 26, from 11A.M. to 1 P.M. at the “PIGS” schedule revved up again. gas station in Patagonia. His energy remains undimmed after almost six decades of making re- cordings of the songs he now writes in the 100-year-old stone building a mile down the gravel road from his ranch house. Six decades of singing stories that tell the real truth about horses and men, love sustained and relationships broken, heroes and heroines and the land and the weather and the prairie sky. Tyson stares at the future with clear eyes and weather-worn face. Bring it on, he seems to say. Meanwhile, the songs keep coming and the sto- ries they tell are true. See calen- 25 dar page for ticket info. meetings events special interests

The Patagonia Museum --- Regular meet- Oct. 10: Ian Tyson Concert; Adult Art Classes --- at the Patagonia Art Cen- ings w/topics including local history; high- Pioneer Hall, Santa Cruz ter., are now on Thursdays, 2 - 4 p.m.; Figure way cleanups every 90 days, & monthly County Fairgrounds. No host Drawing is offered first Thursdays of the workdays at Lochiel Schoolhouse. For more happy hour at 6 p.m., Concert month, 2 to 4 p.m. info, visit www.thepatagoniamuseum.org at 7 p.m. Tickets at High Noon Feed and Tack or call 800-838- Art Makers --- After school art classes, ages 5- 3006. Limited seating: $30 or AA - The Patagonia Com. Ctr., Sun., 8 a.m.; 12; Tuesdays, 3:30-5 p.m. $3- 5 suggested $35 at door. For more info: Sonoita Bible Church, Tues., 7:30 p.m.; Pat. donation. For more info or to sponsor a child www.gopattywagon.com Methodist Church, Fri., 7:30 p.m. call Cassina @ 394-9369

AlAlAl-Al ---AnonAnon - Wednesdays at 6 p.m., Sonoita Oct 10 ---11:-11: Fall Plant Sale Adult handhand----buildingbuilding ceramics classes --- Hills Comm. Church. 52 Elgin Rd., just off Extravaganza, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at Wednesdays, 4-6 p.m. (ongoing registration); Hwy 83; Info: 237-8091 the Borderlands Retail Space on $65 for 4 classes Includes materials and in- Fourth Ave. in Patagonia. Plants struction. No experience necessary. Call Mar- will be sold at bargain prices! tha Kelly @ 604-0300 CHOP (Community Homes of Patagonia, Inc.) Board Meeting 3rd Monday of the month at 6 p.m. in the Patagonia Town Council Room Oct. 10 --- 12: The 26th Annual Writer's Support Group Forming - fiction Chambers. Fall Festival, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., and nonfiction, monthly or more often, call Patagonia Park. Art & crafts from David @ (520) 604-2829, or Janice @ (706) Overeaters Anonymous Meetings - Pata- all over the southwest, food vendors, 3 days of 614-6959 for information. gonia United Methodist Church, Tuesdays music. and Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. Info: 604-3490 Bikram Yoga - Patagonia; for information Oct. 11: Barktoberfest , 5 - 10 p.m., Plaza de call 520-604-7283. Patagonia Town Council ,,, 2nd and 4th Anza Courtyard, Tubac. All you can eat + 2 Wednesday of the month at 7 p.m. drink tickets, $35. Food, beer & wine, live music. Play Bridge --- Patagonia Community Center, Benefits Santa Cruz Humane Society. (520) 287- Mondays & Thursdays at 1 p.m. Rotary Club , 1st Thursdays, 7 a.m. at Pata- 5654. gonia H.S.; All others at Kief Joshua winery, Bingo - St. Theresa Parish Hall, Patagonia, 1st 6 p.m. For info: (520) 907-5829 Oct. 11: Octoberfest, Hops & Vines Winery, & 3rd Mondays at 6 p.m. 455-5681 3452 Hwy 82, Sonoita; call 888.569.1642 San Rafael Community 44----HH Club , 2nd for information Crossroads Quilters - Sonoita Fire Dept., Monday at the Patagonia Methodist Church, 2nd & 4th Mondays at 9 a.m.; call Polly Light- Thurber Hall at 5:30 p.m. Contact Tami ner at (520) 732-0453.

community services Open Tennis - PUHS, Tues. & Thurs. at 5 p.m., Sat. at 8 a.m., except during school Lunch for Seniors --- Fresh-cooked meals, matches. Contact Tod Bowden at 394-2973 Mon. - Fri. at the Community Center. Tues- 31 day is Pie Day! Try the Thursday Special! Sonoita Tergar Meditation Practice

Group --- 1st & 3rd Mondays at a private Sr. Citizens of Patagonia Van Service - Sr. Citizens of Patagonia Van Service home. Free. Jonelle 455-9222. Medical transportation available Mon. - Fri. Hal for seniors & disabled to Sierra Vista, Tuc- son, Green Valley & Nogales. By appt. only. Sonoita Plant Parenthood Gardening 394-2494 Low Club --- Share info on all kinds of gardening. For info contact [email protected]. Patagonia Food Bank, Community Cen- een ter; 2nd Wednesday of the month, 9-11 a.m.

Patagonia Methodist Church Thrift Shop, Fri. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. - noon. HELP US GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT YOUR MEETING, CLASS, OR EVENT Angel Wings Thrift & Gift Shop Our Lady Send your info to [email protected] of the Angels Mission Catholic Church, 12 Los Encinos Rd, Sonoita. Thurs-Sat. 10 DEADLINE FOR NEXT ISSUE: OCT. 15 26 a.m. to 2 p.m. Info: 455-5262 HOUSING RENTALS

GRACE GARDENS / PATAGONIA - Boarding rooms, $400/mo. Daily or wkly . Beautiful home on 10 acres Privacy & view! [email protected], (480) 215-1907

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SUNNY PRIVATE 1 BD/ 1 BTH VACATION RENTAL right in town. Kitchenette, priv. entrance. Seasonal Spcls. Claire:520.303.1475, or CasitaEncanta.com ADOPTABLE PETS HELP WANTED OF THE MONTH

EXPERIENCED, FRIENDLY HELP wanted for yard cleanup & basic landscaping prep in Patagonia. Please call (520) 904-0877.

CLEANING PERSON WANTED w/excellent attention to detail & references, to clean our small vacation rental cottage in Patagonia between guests. (520) 904-0877.

Are you a certified caregiver or CNA? Patagonia Assisted Care is now accepting applications for employment. Please call 520-604-8179.

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