August 2015 Serving the Mountain Empire Communities of Canelo, Elgin, Patagonia and Sonoita Vol

AUGUST 2015 SERVING THE MOUNTAIN EMPIRE COMMUNITIES OF CANELO, ELGIN, PATAGONIA AND SONOITA VOL. 5, ISSUE 7

The Patagonia Art Center’s Fourth

Photo by Ann Katzenbach of July Float --- more on page 12 C.A.V.E. People No Room For Bigotry the much needed water and wood to the copper mines? The In the June addition of the “Letters Kudos for publishing the bril- African-American Buffalo sol- From Our Readers” portion of the liant commentary by Martin diers who bravely defended the PRT, I was very pleased to read that Levowitz, (Rip Van Hitler, June West at Fort Huachuca? The Chris and Trish Young (www.emf- issue.) His insight and observance heroic Navajo "wind talkers" of experts.com) will NOT be settling into such a serious topic as big- WWII? We built a great nation with us here in Patagonia due to otry is always a relevant concern on the blood, sweat and tears the imminent health threat from in a free society. I have no idea of all ethnic groups! EMFs (electromagnetic frequencies). what narrow-minded person or As American citizens, we We already have enough people group decided to spread their should realize that this great living here that are trying to save venom into this peaceful commu- nation was the "handiwork" of us from ourselves –the CAVE peo- nity, however, in view of today's ethnic group upon ethnic ple. CAVE is the acronym for global society, it seems out of group, forming it into what “Citizens Against Virtually Every- date, like knickers or typewriters. should be: a people having thing.” In case you missed reading Bigotry always seems to rear its great acceptance and tolerance the Young’s letter, it was written to ugly head from time to time, re- of all mankind. We are a nation lament the fact that beautiful, pris- minding us that evil is always of many colors, tastes and cul- tine, electrosmog free Patagonia, with us in one form or another. tures that create a beautiful Sonoita, and Elgin will be ruined Where would one begin? From mosaic of all its contributors. because of a new communications the many Jewish-American estab- May I suggest that those who tower that is being installed lished mercantile stores...to de- have a problem with any one on Red Mountain. For this reason, signing the denim "Levis" worn by group of Americans simply sail the Youngs apparently will not be both miner and rancher? And back to from where you origi- moving to the Patagonia area due what about the Chinese, who are nally came. I, for one, am very to their concerns about EMFs. responsible for the miles and proud to be an American who miles of railroad tracks? The embraces the beauty and diver- —-Ray Klein, long term sity of all mankind Patagonia resident Mexicans whose burros carried ---Catalina Beltran, Sahuarita

Mustang Tales At Spirit Tree Inn by Ann Katzenbach

About 50 guests enjoyed book came about, but also a meal of ranch-style beef, focused on Day's story of how beans, squash and fruit cob- he found the land and con- bler at the Friends of The vinced the Bureau of Land Patagonia Library’s summer Management to send him the fund raiser, held at Spirit wild mustangs. He shared the Tree Inn’s Amish barn. Rex many things he learned about Dalton of the EZ Cattle Com- wild horses, government bu- pany, parked his antique reaucracy and himself. An chuck wagon by the fire pits excellent raconteur and an where the meat was being expert on horses, Day kept prepared, giving an authentic everyone in thrall. feel to the event. The Spirit Tree Inn do- H. Alan Day, author and nated its location for the eve- cowboy, gave a talk about his ning, and Sonoita Winery, Bar- experiences herding wild rio Brewing Company and mustangs on his ranch in Nimbus Brewing Company of South Dakota. With him was Tucson all donated refresh- writer and editor, Lynn ments. Photo by Cindy Matus Morriss Wiese Sneyd, who guided Abbie Zeltzer, head librar- Jan Herron (standing), with authors Lynn Day through much of the ian, estimates that the library book-writing process. The made about $1,300 from the 2 Wiese Sneyd and H. Alan Day two talked about how the event. Summer Art Camp Project:

Make A Parade Float By Cassina Farley

The Patagonia Creative Arts Association (PCAA) Summer In the June issue of PRT, the article ti- tled "SCFPA Concert Benefits Lochiel Art Camp took a different Schoolhouse" included a photo of only approach this year. Instead of two of the members of Trio Allegretto individual art projects, the who gave the benefit concert. This entire camp worked on the photo shows all three members: Chris- first ever kid-crafted float for tina Wilhelm, Ann Weaver and Pat the annual Fourth of July pa- Watrous. rade entered by the PCAA. For the month of June the kids learned about French painter Henri Rousseau and his colorful jungle themed paintings. In their daily classes, the students painted, crafted and sewed their way to a live interpretation of a Rousseau painting. The children were instructed by local teachers and artists, Martha Kelly, Anita Clovesko- Wharton and Susan Corl. PCAA wishes to thank all of Submitted photo the donors for making this Submitted photo program possible.

Youth Center Expands Its Role By Donna Reibslager

There's a lot happening at abuse signs, substance abuse, Restoration in hands-on science multiple opportunities. I see the the Patagonia Youth Enrich- healthy lifestyle choices, HIV/STD with the Doc Mock Park Pro- Doc Mock Park Project as a preven- ment Center this sum- prevention, and to offer in-depth ject. They are working with engi- tion and enhancement program-- mer. Their after school/ training for peer mentoring with neers and other experts to conduct one that will carry on into their summer 4H program has been an emphasis on suicide preven- soil testing, water run-off studies, lives as they become young adults". expanded to include a garden, tion/depression warning signs and data collection, and are design- Coleman has been volunteering cooking, and the current con- and local resources where peers ing an area of native vegeta- her time at the youth center each struction of an industrial arts can receive support. tion. With the assistance of an en- week (45+ hours/week), on top of area for the youth who are PYEC has teamed up with the vironmental engineer, they hope to teaching full time, for well over a cooking dinners and desserts Arizona Trail Association and has create a "green" skate park that year. She would like to see PYEC each week as a learning experi- been going on weekly hikes to would double as a water collection acquire sufficient funding to pay ence while building community introduce healthy lifestyles and site and channel water into the for her director position and having fun. A few Ameri- an appreciation for the out- vegetation areas and the creek. A soon. Says Coleman, "Our mission, Corps young adults are volun- doors. The hikes also help youth few older youth will travel to Phoe- as a nonprofit (501(c)3, is to pro- teering at the youth center to learn to be stewards of the land nix this fall to present their power- vide a safe, nurturing environment help with all these projects. as they help maintain trails. The point on the youth involvement of for our local youth and I feel we are The youth center has begun hikes offer a creative element as the project to the National Forest succeeding. Our goal is for the providing workshops scheduled well for those youth who enjoy Service convention. This ongoing youth center to be financially sta- with Mariposa Adolescent sketching, poetry/creative writ- project, which will take several ble for the future successes of our Health and Southern Arizona ing, and photography. years to complete, gives youth a children. We need increased help AIDS Foundation to help edu- In addition, these young peo- voice in their community. from the community, county and cate our local youth on risky ple are involved with the National Director Anna Coleman says "It local entities to fulfill this goal." 3 behaviors, relationship/dating Forest Service and Borderlands is enriching for the youth to have Firefighters Join Community

In Honoring Michael Martin By John Fielding

More than 400 friends and plant. His mother, Laura hurt pretty good,” said Spencer. “He fire fighters from around the Mattox, who donated her kid- just sat out for a couple of minutes area gathered at Saint Therese ney for the procedure, com- and then said, ‘Coach I’m ready to go of Liseiux Catholic Church in pleted training as a nurse in back in.’” Michael was chosen as Ath- Patagonai on July 14 to remem- order to better care for her son, lete of the Year when he was a sen- ber the life of Michael Martin. who had had health issues ior. Michael died on July 5 in a since childhood. She recalled One highlight of his short life was car accident on Highway 82 in that, despite the trauma of the being a volunteer firefighter with the Sonoita. He was traveling back surgery, “He was back on his Patagonia Fire and Rescue Depart- to Patagonia from Sonoita when skateboard a week after the ment. This was his second summer Michael Martin he lost control of his pickup. It transplant, riding down the as a seasonal rangers at Patagonia struck a culvert and rolled over halls of the children’s hospital.” Lake State Park. guard. on him. Michael was active in athlet- The camaraderie of firefighters Friends of Michael have con- He was a well-known local ics during his years at PUHS. was clearly visible when crews from structed a memorial on Highway resident who graduated from His basketball coach Ross many fire districts journeyed to Pata- 82 in Sonoita where he lost his Patagonia Union High School in Spencer, recalls that even after gonia to show their support for a fel- life. 2012. In 2009, many residents his transplant “He was fearless low fallen brother. supported a community project on the court." He said that dur- Members of many of to raise funds so that Michael ing one of the games Michael the attending fire dis- could receive a kidney trans- was hit in the back. “He was tricts formed an honor

Photo by Ann Katzenbach Photo by John Fielding The crowd that attended Michael Martin’s funeral mingles in front of Saint Therese of Liseiux Memorial to Michael Martin on Hwy. 83 Catholic Church following the memorial service

4 A Life Intertwined With Patagonia’s Early History By Ann Katzenbach

Cleo Mock, the wife of Dr. Delmar and uses a walker, but her mind is sharp, Mock, who was Patagonia’s only doc- her memory is excellent and her spirit is tor for many years, turned 99 on July light. 13. The thread of her long life runs Marjorie Cleo Mock was born to Al and through more than 80 years of Pata- Delia Turner in the small town of Tokio, gonia’s history and in a larger sense, Texas in 1916. There were eleven siblings. the development of the West, for she Cleo was the middle child. Her grandfather Photo by Ann Katzenbach was born in what is now a Texas Turner was a rancher in Patagonia and when ghost town and first arrived in Ari- his wife became ill in 1932, he asked if one Cleo Mock celebrated her 99th birthday on July 13 zona at Fairbank, which today is an- of the girls could come and help him care other ghost town. Her family moved for her. Cleo was chosen and at age 16, she office and their own quarters be in the same building. She here during the dust bowl days, pil- got on a train in Pecos, Texas and disem- says she didn’t think she and her children would ever see ing everything into a cattle truck. barked in Fairbank, Arizona, a station that the doctor if he had to go across town to get home. As Today she has difficulty hearing serviced most of the region. Cleo was hoping the family grew, Cleo stuck to her plan and they moved to get a ride with the postman from Nogales into a building on Duquesne Ave. that is now apartments. but it was Sunday and there was no mail be- Under one roof was a medical clinic and office, a resi- ing brought to the train. Luckily, there were dence for a growing family, and a Seventh Day Adventist passengers from the train coming this way School. who gave her a ride. When she got to town, Cleo was right about not seeing much of her husband. she got in touch with the postmaster, Woody He was up before daybreak, setting up for surgeries and Gatlin, and he called Mr. Turner who came making rounds in Nogales. He came back to Patagonia to into town in his Model T Ford to pick her up. see patients in his clinic and have lunch with his family. Back then the Turner Ranch had a big or- Then it was off to Sierra Vista and Huachuca where he chard. Cleo was kept busy nursing her saw patients, sometimes until midnight. In between these grandmother, doing chores and going to trips, he delivered babies. While he was away, Cleo held Patagonia High School, which was then in a down the medical fort in Patagonia, giving injections, building across from the current fire station. sewing up wounds, and giving advice. If a baby needed It soon became obvious that the ranch extra care, it came to the Mock’s bedroom to spend the needed more help, so most of the family in night. Texas packed up everything (including the With a growing family, the Mocks decided to build a family cow) and moved lock, stock and bar- house and incorporated a swimming pool in the plans. rel to Patagonia. Cleo ran Vacation Bible School at the church across the As a Seventh Day Adventist, Cleo at- street for 25 years. Many local children attended, in part, tended Loma Linda University in California. Cleo remembers, because they got to swim in the pool. It was there she met Delmar Mock. A note- Looking around today’s Patagonia, the changes she worthy part of their courtship found Cleo points to are the difference in rainfall (much less now), sewing cushions and Delmar making chairs the fire station where there was once just a wooden in an adjoining room. They were so busy shack, the new high school, recycling, the community gar- sneaking glances at one another that Delmar den and the park. She remembers the park as being full cut off the tip of his middle finger, a lasting of corrals where cattle were kept before being put on the souvenir to young love. train. “Today the homes are much nicer with stucco and Delmar came to Patagonia for a visit. He paint. It used to be a junky town,” she admits, “but full of was in love with Cleo and then he fell in love good people.” with Patagonia. After the war, they came These days Cleo Mock spends much of the year in Cali- here and set up a medical practice--although fornia, but likes to come back for the monsoon season he was told he was a fool to come to such a which she loves. She attributes her long life to her genes. remote, rough place. Her mother lived to be 101. Their first residence was in a hotel that Congratulations and many thanks to Cleo Mock who stood where the Patagonia Market is now. did so much, along with her husband, for the town of Cleo insisted from the beginning that the Patagonia. 5 Out of Control By Martin Levowitz

I still own guns, and likely al- they are and how they look and the cops almost always re- there'd be fewer slain. James "Batman" ways will, but there's something to add up to good advice: Don 't spond, "Well, we're not author- Holmes, The Movie-Theater Killer, fired say. Mess With Me! ized to act until somebody almost 80 shots into a darkened thea- We've had another massacre. Okay, now Google your breaks the law." (By then, as ter. And, Seung-Hui Cho, the maniac This time not in a shopping-center local loser, Loughner. Central- you know, it's too late. Pass the who slaughtered thirty at Virginia (Tucson) movie-theater (Denver) or casting's gone over the top body-bags, please.) Tech, got off more than 170 rounds. grammar school (Connecticut) but with the lunatic look. Or look It would be nice if our soci- That's a lot. You'd have to be a Knit- in what you might imagine to be up Adam Lanza, the poor ety produced fewer lunatics. ting-Needle Ninja to compete. Or con- one of the world's safest milieux: a schlemiel who shot those Perhaps prospective parents sider that nut-job in Norway who shot church prayer-meeting. Well, grade-school kids at Sandy should be made to pass some eighty kids in an hour or so. Try killing maybe not. The church was black, Hook. One glance at the test before they are allowed to eighty people with a knife. Your arm and South Carolina hadn't yet offi- skinny frightened face and spawn. It's too bad all these would ache for days, or even weeks! cially renounced its proud Confed- huge, distracted eyes reveals psychopaths can get their erate heritage. These things take that this poor soul needs hands on guns so easily. The time. help. Half of these shooting- N.R.A. is listening in and won't Having read the sad news, what spree freaks publish crazed agree to anything that limits I wanted most was to hear about manifestos on Facebook, sale of guns. (And, even if you the shooter and, especially, to see some wearing "military" uni- change the law, America's so his picture. As I suspected, we were forms straight out of their full of guns that it would take dealing once more, not with some distorted fantasy-lives. And millennia to get rid of the guns macho thug, but a skinny, malnour- they're, all of them, brandish- already here.) The gun-control ished loser, petulant and dislo- ing weapons, of course. I am debate has raged for almost 40 cated; someone whose noxious mad and I'm bad . years with lots of passion on family-life, emotional distortion We normal ("average both sides. Adversarial thinking and drug-use added up to mental- loser") types may love the promotes impatience, reactivity illness. thought of offing two or three and outright stupidity. One's Jared Loughner, James Holmes, specific jerks who piss us off, willingness to listen or to com- Adam Lanza, Dylann Roof. These but these guys are mad at the promise goes south. What's ob- are not the burly, bearded, biker- whole effing world. Real life vious will be ignored, perhaps types you meet where guns are has not been kind to them. even denied. In a community sold, with upper-arms the size of When you start shooting peo- where there are no guns lying thighs, proudly wearing their ple you don't even know, about, lunatics cannot pick sleeveless Harley leathers while that's a sign of ill health. It's them up and murder senior citi- studying the pump action of their the same silly thing every zens at prayer meetings or chil- next twelve-gauge, operating its time. Their classmates, teach- dren in classrooms. Is that not slide repeatedly, savoring the rich, ers, friends and neighbors obvious? portentous sound -- k-click, k-clack always say, as soon as these We've all seen the bumper -- with the rapt attention someone guys snap, "A ticking time- sticker: Guns don't kill people. else might focus on a harpsichord bomb, that's what this guy People do . Very cute. And, yes, concerto. These guys are scary, but was !!" Ahem . So why didn't quite honestly, anyone ade- comforting, too. They're the folks someone do something before quately motivated could go you expect to encounter where he ran amok? The mental- about it with a hatchet or a 6 weapons are sold. Both who health folks need more funds, knitting-needle, though, surely, OPINION & COMMENT •OPINION & COMMENT •OPINION & COMMENT

Fly? I’d Rather Not By Ann Katzenbach

lems and no-show crews, not to Last fall I flew mention getting to and from the to the East airport (Boston’s is at the end of a Coast. My tunnel). Something was sure to go United Airlines wrong. We decided to stay home. plane was As I write this, United Airlines scheduled to has had another bad day - along depart from with the stock exchange and the Tucson early so Wall Street Journal. For some rea- I spent the night at a motel at the son that has yet to be fully ana- airport. I got a shuttle, made it lyzed, the computers at those cor- through security and got to the gate porations all went haywire. United where I and the rest of the passen- Airlines grounded 4,900 planes this gers were informed that although the morning, and it will be several days plane was ready, the crew was not before they are back on schedule - there and wouldn’t be for at least if, in fact, they ever really have another hour. For me the upshot of been. You can get a quick visual of that late flight meant that I spent the enormity of United’s vast fleet seven hours in the Phoenix airport if you drive past Davis Monthan’s and got into Philadelphia at 10 p.m. The logistics were daunting: a friends with a spare bed, and Boneyard and look out over the that night. motel at the Tucson airport and then doing it all in reverse with acres of stored airplanes. At last This summer my brother and sis- a change in Dallas and getting a stay at a Logan airport motel. count there were 4,400 of them sit- ter in law will celebrate their 50th into Boston at rush hour (a Perhaps braver folk than we are ting in the Arizona sunshine which anniversary on the coast of Massa- nightmare even on a good day) would give this a try, but when is what I want to be doing when the chusetts. There will be a big party. and renting a car or having you factor in weather, security next commercial airliner is late -- or Lee and I wanted to be there. We someone pick us up and drive lines, full planes on tight sched- worse. tried to make a sensible travel plan. an hour and half south, finding ules, possible mechanical prob-

can see there is still Assessing The Big Four O plenty of future. And now to count my By Cassina Farley blessings….. A great job, a happy life and the love W h i l e fierce all right, fiercely in need of my White Whale. of a good man -- accom- you were a cover up. I was born into a one • Kids. Well that didn’t happen. How about plishments that I didn’t all out piece reality. cats? plan. I’ll still keep looking for Lemmy and Al grilling hot • Go to New York City to meet Al • Great wealth. Hilarious. That was the Roker well into middle dogs and Roker. I’ve met his wax dummy. It teenaged version of me. The same teenager age. I’ve got time, and watching parades, I turned 40. I’ll might just have to be enough. I'll that believed the palm reader when she maybe by then I’ll have be the first to admit it wasn’t that reset this goal for 50. declared the “M’ line on my hand meant the money to fund my bad. What do I care? Kids have • Buy a house. The dream is still money and great wealth in my future. I’d expedition. been calling me “ma’am” for years. alive, only I have to find some- like to make a citizen’s arrest. Perhaps this Was I expecting enlightenment? where where I can comfortably is also a resettable goal since as far as I Sort of. Was I expecting that I’d move my chickens and my have everything all tied up in a neat chicken collection, bottle collec- little package of super awesome tion, books and future goats. organized adulthood? YES, mistak- Don’t forget Zach’s stuff. We will enly so. Here’s a list of a few other need a mansion. (see #6) things I thought for sure I would • Talk to Lemmy from Motor- have accomplished by 40: head. As part of my ongoing non- • A bikini. I had it my head that I threatening stalking of the rock was going to wear a bikini when I god, Lemmy, I have come close to was 40. Meaning that after all of meeting him. I have seen him in the M&M deprivation and Pilates the flesh but have come up short classes, on my fortieth birthday I'd on multiple occasions when it 7 strut out looking fierce. I look comes to chatting. He remains OPINION & COMMENT •OPINION & COMMENT •OPINION & COMMENT

a fight to the top and collateral damage is the price of success. Above all, a The Pope’s Call to Stop Our refusal to see our local, national and global communities as true communities. That dynamic is playing out in too Self-Destructive Actions many of our neighborhoods, where By Raul Grijalva, AZ State Representative families are being torn apart because of a parent's undocumented status. It's playing out in our schools, where chil- The recent encyclical from peal should cause us to reflect message divorced from our lar- dren learn from out-of-date school Pope Francis drew a lot of at- on how we approach other so- ger reality. It embraces our lar- books and eat unhealthy meals be- tention to climate change, and cial problems. ger reality and calls on us to cause of a lack of funding. for good reason. Global warm- As the nation with the great- change it for the benefit of And yes, it's playing out in our envi- ing is accelerating. We don't est economic strength and abil- those who have suffered too ronment, where wildfires rage out of have time to waste fighting po- ity to lead, the United States long. This is not an easy mes- control on our public lands because litical battles with coal and oil must start acting in the inter- sage to embrace. It is not meant ideologues refuse to support the fed- companies — or their apolo- ests of the poor and neglected to comfort those of us who live eral agencies that can prevent them. gists in Washington — when we rather than just the wealthy comfortably. But it is a message Our nation's problems can only be all know what needs to be and well-connected. we know to be true. solved when we change our attitudes done. The pope said as much, The pope says as much Poverty and lack of opportu- toward our fellow men and women and and I'm hopeful his message throughout his encyclical. Lis- nity have defined too many the world around us. It is time we real- will bear fruit. ten carefully to his language: lives for too long. When we al- ize that the people Pope Francis identi- I'm just as hopeful that we "Young people demand change. low them to spread, even by fied as the least among us aren't ab- understand his larger theme: If They wonder how anyone can our inactions, we are responsi- stract dots on a map. we're going to keep living on claim to be building a better ble for the damage they cause. Too often, they're our neighbors. this planet, we have to recog- future without thinking of the That's why the encyclical is a They're the people we pass on the nize that our actions are self- environmental crisis and the rallying cry for all of us to ad- street. They're the people — the real destructive and start doing sufferings of the excluded. ... dress not just climate change, men, women and children, with lives of things differently. That's just as The earth's resources are also but the root causes of many of their own — we read about only when true of our economic, education being plundered because of our social problems. they die in a flood or landslide or hur- and health care policies as it is short-sighted approaches to the Those root causes are all ricane not of their own making. of our environmental laws. The economy, commerce and pro- around us. Neglect of our edu- If we don't make that intuitive leap, pope appealed to our sense of duction." cation system. Disregard for we will never live up to the pope's call justice, not just our self- Despite what the pope's crit- the needs of the hungry and for justice, and we will be poorer for it. interest, in calling for action on ics want us to believe, this is downtrodden. A self-defeating Rep. Raul Grijalva serves southwest climate change. That same ap- not a narrow environmental attitude that says everyone is in Arizona and a portion of Tucson in the U.S. House.

we acquire, if not from our parents, then from the culture around us. Chil- The Racist Within Us B y Lou Anne dren in preschools hardly notice race and when they do, it's a matter of curiosity or even envy. The white child Racism. Racial tension. We Black, Hispanic or Asian. Tests can wishes her skin had that warm brown the fact that we carry racial glow that her friend's has. Racism is are gripped by it. Every day an- demonstrate the hidden, unknown stereotypes deep in our di- other case of police brutality and unacknowledged racism in most cultural. It is not hard-wired. We can nosaur brains. I do not, rise above it, but not as long as we emerges. Though it isn't as ap- of us, but tests can't cure the prob- however, think we are hard- parent, the brutality of teachers lem, especially since almost all of "right-thinkers" believe the problem is wired to be racist. I think limited to the Black-fearing cop and may be even more damaging. A us—especially the "right thinking" we are hard-wired to be teacher in Texas was fired for among us—think we are NOT racist. I the Black-hating teacher. To quote xenophobes (afraid of Pogo: "We have met the enemy and he saying what many of her peers know about my racism - not all of it strangers). The racist part secretly think: "Bring back seg- perhaps - but I know it when I hear is us." regation." Unfortunately, the of another drive-by shooting and the teachers and the police get first thing I think (not that I want to To contribute your opinion or commentary to PRT, their hall pass to inflict the think) is "Black." Or a drunk driver damage they do from a much makes the news and before I can send it in Word format to [email protected]. more insidious source: the un- squelch the thought, I wonder SUBMITTAL DEADLINE IS THE 20TH acknowledged racism in virtu- "Native American?" It's there folks - PRT reserves the right to edit all submittals ally all Americans, even in me and in almost everyone else. 8 many who are themselves The first step to a cure is to face for language, length, and content OPINION & COMMENT •OPINION & COMMENT •OPINION & COMMENT

their departure to discover they had emptied his house of his finest The Magic of Dialogue antiques, which the police were never able to recover. By Patra Kelly While watching television a few months later, Will recognized his D i a - same way with more than two peo- tached to the energy that is gen- house-guest in a breaking news logue is ple. A person to person experience erated through dialogue. In a story and learned that the man he m o r e of full attention is important and state of exuberance, one can for- had been enjoying conversations than an can sometimes lead to a magical get to stay awake and aware. For with, and offered his hospitality to, exchange feeling of being outside time. Dia- example, my friend's Uncle Will was Charles Manson, leader and of con- logue may often, though not al- met a man in a coffee shop with mastermind of the Manson Family cepts and ways, develop into friendship. It whom he had several stimulating, and the Tate/La Bianca murders in opinions. It is communication has been described as a prerequi- thought-provoking conversations 1969. Will later said that “Charlie” of thought from personal ex- site of all authentic relationships, which he enjoyed so much that had seemed very rational, amiable, perience. I have found that a with its emphasis on open- he invited this man and a couple and trustworthy. No longer con- meeting of minds, both intui- mindedness, equality, curiosity, of his friends to stay with him for cerned about his antiques, he was tive and rational, often elicits and listening as much as sharing. a few weeks. They proved them- happy to be alive. heightened awareness and feel- It is also possible to fall under a selves appreciative guests until Do most people have less time ing, and stimulates creativity. kind of “spell” and become at- Will returned home on the day of for dialogue in our modern techno- The experience of dialogue logical world that is so fast paced, can move us beyond the con- with its distractions, interruptions, fines of our self-imposed limits and responsibilities? In earlier cul- and preoccupations, carrying us tures, body language played an im- out of rational thought into portant part in communication. Are feeling the joy and delight of we able to experience dialogue being alive. It is a stepping out without face to face, physical pres- of self, away from our own con- ence? Is dialogue becoming a lost cerns into an adventure of see- art, as some people ask? ing the world through another The ability for dialogue lies person’s perspective. As we get within us, revealing itself in the to know each other, we might desire to commune with others, develop an understanding of which can release us from feelings how this person came to view of isolation and the illusion of life and the world. This affects separateness. Dialogue not only us and can change, broaden, or expands our minds, but helps us deepen our own views. feel our vital connection to the Di means two , and di -alogue Artwork by Lee Katzenbach world around us. does not usually work in the

9 School Superintendant Blake Cites

Outstanding PUHS Accreditation Review Taken from Superintendant Blake’s Report on the AdvancED Accreditation External Review process

Last spring, Patagonia Union want before accepting students ceeding the national average of erning board members, parents, High School went through its or awarding scholarship funds. It 296.08 points. And finally, in the students, teachers and adminis- five-year AdvancED Accredita- also lets employers know that area of Resource Utilization, it trators were all included in the tion External Review process. graduating students are equipped scored 304.76 points compared to interviews and observations. The This accreditation assures that a with today's employment skills. the national average of 286.32 review was intense, but reward- high school is providing a high The review team recognized points. ing. We have worked hard to get quality educational program and PUHS for its outstanding achieve- Superintendent of Schools, De- to this point and it was especially related services to its students. It ments in: Teaching and Learning nise Blake, credits Dr. Peter Fagre- gratifying when Dr. Thomas Scar- is especially important for stu- Impact, Leadership, and Resource gen, former principal of Patagonia borough, the lead reviewer, told dents applying to the university Utilization. Overall, Patagonia Union High School, with assisting us that one of the most impres- system and procuring aca- Union High School scored 308.55 the school in the preparation for sive interviews was the one the demic scholarships. The accredi- points. The national average is this review, and says that he was review committee held with the tation process is demanding and 282.79 points. In the area of instrumental in helping Patagonia students. He told me that they thorough. If a high school Teaching and Learning Impact, it Union High School achieve this tre- are really proud of their school achieves accreditation by profes- scored 300.00 points, 25 above mendous award recognition. In and he doesn't hear that very of- sional reviewers, it demonstrates the national average. In the area summary, Blake says, "We are all ten. He felt that was a direct re- a level of excellence that universi- of Leadership Capacity, the very proud of this accomplish- flection of the leadership and ties and scholarship grantors school scored 327.27 points, ex- ment. Community members, gov- teaching staff."

KPUP Upgrades Expansion At PVFD For the Future In the past six months there’s been a lot of construction going on at the Patagonia Patagonia’s community radio station, KPUP (100.5 FM), Fire House. In addition to a new kitchen is undergoing numerous changes and improvements, all and bathroom, this summer they have facilitated by a recent grant from the Patagonia Regional completed a storeroom on Third Avenue. Community Foundation and the generous support of lo- This space will store the grills that are used for the steak fry and the art festival. cal listeners who donate and attended their annual fund- In there too will be the equipment for set- raising event, the KPUP Luau. ting off the Fourth of July fireworks. Now The studio at 275 McKeown Avenue is being com- that the door has been installed, it looks pletely remodeled with the help of Patagonia Plaza owner, like it's always been there. Bob Ollerton and general contractor, Kevin McKay. This year’s steak fry in June had a good There’s a new desk/counter, making way for better, more turn out. Lots of volunteers came to cook, efficient production capabilities. The station has pur- serve, take tickets, pour drinks, display chased a new, more reliable mixer and transmitter and raffle donations and set up and clean up. will be implementing these devices, along with improved It’s a big effort. Firefighter and EMT, Ike computing hardware. Isakson, says it’s a good fund raiser, but KPUP’s future thrust will be to expand the educational adds that if everyone enjoys themselves, role of the station, making it available to Patagonia High he counts it a success. Certainly this year’s School and Montessori School students to broadcast lo- well-attended event seemed to be just that. cally interesting programming. KPUP's role as a commu- The next fire station project will be a nity radio station, providing emergency broadcasting ca- cement pour in between the two buildings. pabilities for weather and fire notifications through the Currently that section is dirt which gets on Emergency Alert System will continue in an ever more the truck tires and on the floors. technically capable manner. Patagonia’s Volunteer Fire Department Except for the current down time while the studio pro- has 15 fire fighters and six Emergency ject has been underway, KPUP has been streaming online Medical Technicians. Isakson says that at www.tunein.com. fires are rare and usually the fire fighters According to Jeff Latham, KPUP’s directors are aware concentrate on saving the people and pets of the station’s debt to local communities for their sup- and protecting any neighboring structures. port. He says they are working to provide a substantial “There’s not much you can do with a half- return on this investment, and urges everyone to stay burned house,” says Isakson, “so we usu- tuned to 100.5 FM to hear the a great selection of ally let them go after we know everyone is 10 music and local programming. safe.” Town of Patagonia Updates Patagonia Museum Gets Early in July the big mound of gravel that was dumped at the south end of town was laid down on the cracked and Grant, Plans 2nd Bus Tour potholed back alleys of Patagonia. This chip sealing process took about a week but the town council had been working The Southwestern Foundation for 2015 at 8a.m. The tour will spend towards this goal for some time. According to city man- Education and Historical Preservation two nights in Banamichi, Sonora, ager, Dave Teel, the town and the county worked out a fi- has awarded The Patagonia Museum a visiting historic sights there and nancial agreement to get the job done. The repaving cost $8,322 grant to complete the Lochiel along the way, returning about $55,000, and everyone who lives or drives or walks Schoolhouse restoration, continue our on Tuesday, November 17. The or skateboards down these new pavements is delighted. oral history program with youth in- cost is $495 per person (double The town’s purchase of a wood chipper to grind up volvement, and to develop and create occupancy) which includes trans- mulch from the community’s trees has been very popular, exhibits for public display. portation, lodging and meals although many complain that they are never there at the The Museum will be hosting a second (including gratuities). For more right time to get wood chips. The large chipper on the town Banamichi Bus Tour,which is scheduled information, contact Herman property between Sonoita Creek and Route 82 gets put to tol depart via a chartered bus from Quiroga at (520) 343-5641, or info work when there’s a good collection of wood. “It’s very Patagonia on Sunday, November 15, @thepatagoniamuseum.org. popular,” said Teel who wouldn’t say how often they chipped or how to find out when there might be wood chips for the taking. “It’s first come, first served,” he ex- plained. What’s troubling town authorities and concerned citizens is that the hidden half acre of city land is sometimes used as a dumping place. Teel says that the marshal's office has stepped up surveillance of the site, adding with a It’s Raining! chuckle that a proper punishment would be to throw the illegal dumpers in the chipper. On Wednesday, July Teel also reports that winter rains and early monsoon 22, a few days of dry activity have the town well at its highest level since 2011. weather gave way to The low levels of last year had the town council concerned a wonderful afternoon about when to issue a drought alert and start water ration- thunder storm. The ing . At the time, they realized that they didn’t have enough downpour, puddles, information about the well and its aquifers. As a result, and the running they applied for a grant from Water Infrastructure Author- stream that was Du- ity of Arizona. With a technical assistance grant of $27,000 quesne Ave. tempted and a local match of $11,000, the town soon hopes to have three girls into the much more accurate and detailed information about the afternoon's rain. They size and shape of its well and the channels that feed into it. had a wonderful time The hydrological assessment should begin this month and getting soaked and be completed by late fall. PRT came by just in time to take their picture. From left: Chloe Yourgules, Ama- ris Ochoa-Tovar, Damaris Mingura.

Photos by Ann Katzenbach 11 “A Norman Rockwell Experience”

By Sonia Maxwell

It was a superb 4th of July this year. town for breakfast at the Wagon Wheel at about 10 o’clock. We thought we might miss the start of the parade, but we finished at about 11:15, walked out and were greeted by friends and neighbors. beginning so we didn’t miss a thing. I’m probably the only person alive who gets misty eyed about the Patago- nia 4th of July parade. Happens every time. I just keep thinking how fortunate we are to live in this place. The sirens and horns, lights flashing, the en- thusiasm of the crowd, the happiness of the children catching the candies tossed in their direction course, the water splashing on the crowd and sometimes a favorite participant getting a good dousing, makes for a true Norman Rockwell experience. After the parade we walked around to the various booths set up in the park. High Spirits was selling their flutes for the unbelievable price of $25 in honor of their 25 years in Patagonia. Roger’s is red cedar and inlaid with turquoise. Many families were gathered throughout the town center for a day of celebration. Even though we’d just eaten a great breakfast, we couldn’t help but wish to be invited to join them. The grills were set up and smoking, chairs and awnings in place and coolers galore. excited about the fireworks to come later in the day. a crabby face to be seen. We were also blessed with a bit of cloud cover so our temperature was perfection. Yes, Norman would have been in heaven here. am too.

12 “A Norman Rockwell

Experience”

By Sonia Maxwell

It was a superb 4th of July this year. We headed into town for breakfast at the Wagon Wheel at about 10 o’clock. We thought we might miss the start of the parade, but we finished at about 11:15, walked out and were greeted by friends and neighbors. The parade was just beginning so we didn’t miss a thing. I’m probably the only person alive who gets misty eyed about the Patago- Happens every time. I just keep thinking how fortunate we are to live in The sirens and horns, lights flashing, the en- thusiasm of the crowd, the happiness of the children catching the candies tossed in their direction — and, of course, the water splashing on the crowd and sometimes a favorite participant getting a good dousing, makes for a

After the parade we walked around to the various booths set up in the park. High Spirits was selling their flutes for the unbelievable price of $25 in honor of their Roger’s is red cedar and inlaid with

Many families were gathered throughout the town cen- Even though we’d just eaten a great breakfast, we couldn’t help but wish to be invited to The grills were set up and smoking, chairs and awnings in place and coolers galore. Kids played games, excited about the fireworks to come later in the day. Not a crabby face to be seen. We were also blessed with a bit of cloud cover so our temperature was perfection. Yes, Norman would have been in heaven here. I think I

Photos by Ann Katzenbach and Donna Reibslager 13 By Donna Reibslager The Art of Gary Retherford

Patagonia knows Gary Re- paper or board, often with therford as a hard-working, raised, sculptural elements, successful Realtor. But Re- and assemblage, con- therford is also a dedicated structed from found materi- and established artist, whose als and layers of paint and work is in many private and gel medium. He says that public collections. working three dimension- Retherford received a BFA ally offers an indefinite from the School of the Art source of materials that Institute of Chicago in sculp- keep him experimenting ture and photography, and an and challenged. "My ideas MA in photography from Uni- are mostly inspired by na- versity of Texas. He began tive cultures and their exhibiting in 1983, and has icons," he explains. continued to show and sell There is an iconic aspect his work since then. His ca- to his assemblages, which reer has included leading sometimes combine objects workshops, lecturing, and from nature (plants, birds, travel throughout the Tropi- leaves, animals) within a cal Americas to photograph statuary that may include a indigenous plant life and cul- pedestal or cross. Rether- tures. ford's art is informed by He says that his current reading and researching art work is "a bit more organic and artists from a wide and less conceptual" than it range of periods. Currently, was then, but in most ways remains very similar. Retherford's art includes mixed media works on

LEFT: Untitled work on paper (2012)

“Ocotillo” (2014) 42" x 12" x 14

he says, he is "fixated on Catholic relics", and adds that "I never fully complete a piece. I just decide to stop obsessing over it. But, I often return to old work." At present, Retherford says he has no plans to exhibit. If you are interested in seeing more work by this talented and seasoned artist, you can go to www.lafronteraaz.com, and look for the link to G. Re- therford's Artwork. 14 “Nature Study” (1997) 8" x 13" x 1.25" “Animas solas” (2014) 30" x 11" x 11" Food Feast Seeks Community Volunteers By Susan Shields

The second Santa Cruz Billie Donaldson's Open Cross Here in Santa Cruz County, there becomes effective only through the County Farmers' Food Feast will Ranch, as a celebration of locally are numerous growers of such efforts and contributed talents of be held this year on September grown produce. foods, including grass-fed beef, community members. It is hoped that 25 at the Elgin estancia of Ro- The Slow Food concept was lamb, and chicken; as well as a volunteers will lend such talents as maldo and Lydia Lopez in first proposed by Italian agrono- wealth of garden produce taken computer skills to create a colorful Sonoita. The event begins at 6 mist Carlo Petrini, with the mis- from the rich soil just hours be- event poster; table decorations for the p.m. with hors d’ourvres and a sion of defending and promot- fore serving. outdoor setting; local musical talent; local sparkling wine. Guests will ing food biodiversity, recovering This year's feast, as with the and assistance with serving the seated then be seated for a five-course wisdom of traditional methods first one, is being offered to a guests. In the event of rain, canopies feast of various meats, cheeses, of food production, and offering maximum of 50 guests who are will be provided. For reservations, pre- vegetable and fruit ensembles, counterpoint to the trend of fast urged to make reservations early payment of donations, and mailed matched with Elgin wines, and food consumption of chemically- enough to assure participation. directions to the estancia, please con- accompanied by music as grown foods responsible for The requested donation of $50 tact 455.5670 or susan@ridemexico. guests enjoy an evening of sun- contributing to obesity, cancers, per guest will provide all that is com. Volunteers are asked to make set and stars. and other illnesses. necessary to create such an contact as soon as possible. The first local Farmers' Food Today, the International Slow event and to insure that it re- Any and all proceeds from this Feast paid tribute to the Inter- Food movement has chapters main a not-for-profit celebration. event will be donated to the World national Slow Food Movement. and memberships throughout As a community-inspired Food Program, targeted to the victims It was held in 2011 at Mac and the world, including Arizona. event, the Farmers' Food Feast of the recent earthquakes in Nepal.

turing Tesoro, a Latin Fusion dors (pending completion) for band. The beer and wine the weekend. Preparations Under garden and some of the food The Festival Committee is vendors will remain open dur- looking for volunteers as fol- ing the first part of the dance. lows: The Santa Cruz Foundation for - One or two youth organiza- Way For Fall Festival the Performing Arts (SCFPA) is tions to volunteer at the food By Bonnie Maclean sponsoring the entertainment courts (in exchange for which for this year's Fall Festival, and the organization will receive a are contributing the use of their donation, and will be given a Preparations are well under way some new features, such as an ex- mobile stage for event enter- booth.) for this year's Fall Festival, to be panded Beer and Wine Garden, with tainment. - Shuttle bus/wagon/vehicle held October 9 - 11. The Festival is eight Arizona wineries and an Ari- As always, community and drivers for Saturday and now under the management of the zona distillery (whiskey, bourbon, groups are invited to partici- Sunday. Patagonia Area Business Associa- rum, etc.), as well as KPUP's beer pate as volunteers or to have a - Volunteer help with parking, tion (PABA), with the Town of Pata- booth. non-profit booth in the park. A booth sitting, and other during gonia, and is being organized by There will be a Locals Only Home- number of participants have the event. committee members Bonnie Mac- made or Homegrown area sponsored already come forward, includ- - Sponsors to help with cost of lean, Cecilia San Miguel, Christina by Shamrock Foods, to be located ing the Patagonia Regional Busi- the event: Businesses on McKe- Wilhelm, Adrienne Halpert, Regina near the Community Center and ness Coalition (PRBC), to help own and Naugle that sponsor Medley, and Dave Teel. Proceeds Town Hall. It will offer discounted to set up the park for the the event will have a banner to from the non-profit event will go to spaces for artists/gardeners from event. In addition to bringing use during the event to help support the Town of Patagonia and Patagonia, Sonoita, and Elgin. the PRBC on board, Brent Bow- draw visitors to their busi- PABA's activities. Also new this year is a Saturday den has generously offered the ness. There will also be restau- This year's event will include evening dance starting at 7 p.m., fea- use of his new RV park for ven- rant and other business information for PABA members and sponsors in vendor welcome packets and at the information booth. A map inset will be made showing the location of participating main street businesses in Patagonia. Anyone interested in a booth can download an applica- tion at www.patagoniafallfesti- val.com. Volunteers should contact Bonnie Maclean at the Ov- ens of Patagonia or call her at (520) 308-0963. 15 heavy veritable tanks of aftermath of a the ant world mainly ground-soaking rain male workers are free to sup upon seeds of both the winged attack you willy nilly, as grasses and forbs. This queens and kings they are all identical they accomplish via emerge from their un- clones of each other and those large cabezas, derground abode, no great loss if they die. which house an impres- where they have There are many other sive set of mandibles. It waited for many events to ANTicipate in is with these powerful months. They take to August. Watch for the jaws that a harvester flight, as “winged emergence of strange ant can also bite your ants.” While aloft, trap-jaw ants. Marvel at flesh, with a level of these reproductives how several species of By Vince Pinto pain that is out of all find each other in tor- army ants ransack other proportions to the size nado-shaped airborne ant species. Ponder the of the ant. Studies have formations. In this human implications of in fact shown that the myrmecine orgy, the slave-making ants. It is August’s Ant Apex: Murmurings toxins contained within females are generally wise to make your peace of a Minor Myrmecologist the stings of some har- impregnated by one to with these creatures and vester ants to be more three males. All the enjoy their many ANTics! Naturalist and Wildlife Whenever our monsoon such as the well-labeled crazy detrimental to mammals kings then die, while Biologist Vincent Pinto & season is in full swing, my ants and long-legged ants that (i.e. us ) than the ven- each queen attempts his wife, Claudia, run Ra- mind often turns to ants. Af- must read minds when it comes oms of rattlesnakes! The to found a colony. The vens Way Wild Journeys-- ter several decades exploring to finding exactly where you ant attack likely began queen may maintain a devoted to protecting the the wide range of plant com- would like to sit, relax, or eat. with you carelessly/ colony for perhaps up biodiversity of the Sky munities in our mountains The epitome of this irksome unluckily traipsing onto to 20 years, all the Islands Region. and valleys during the mon- behavior is exhibited by several or near one of their while employing only www.ravensnatureschool . soons, I feel it’s safe to say species of “piss ants.” found nests. the original sperm! com that we have lots of ants ! Love mostly in our pine forests. Like most ant spe- Thus, the sterile fe- them or loathe them, it’s cer- These biters don’t sting, but cies, harvesters nor- tainly difficult to ignore them. they surely stink. Lean against mally possess one Unless you live underwater, the wrong pine tree or sit on queen who runs the en- ADOPTABLE PETS where even our local ants the wrong patch of ground and tire colony. She lays all have yet to infiltrate, or in a woe betide you! If you’re a gar- the eggs. She deter- OF THE MONTH high elevation spruce fir dener, leaf-cutter ants may vex mines how many work- where their biodiversity is you by denuding some of your ers, kings, or queens to rather low, you will have to favorite plants -- the point being create via the eggs. This make your peace with ants. that ants provide ample reason top-heavy society is also Why peace? Well, because for irritation. However, the female dominated. All most species have little hesi- same things that may challenge the ants in a colony are tation in biting us, and many our patience can often make us female, save a relative can deliver a potent sting. marvel. handful of kings - and Then there are the proverbial Take for example our har- they are only there for “ants to the picnic” species, vester ants. These rather head- one thing! During the

Reba is a dainty one- Just over one-year old, year and 3-months old Darcy is a joyful shep- grey tabby who was herd mix who has a found in an abandoned shiny brown coat and a house. Despite her rough big heart. Darcy’s puppy start in life, Reba is a energy would make her a happy and playful gal. great hiking buddy, and She loves attention and she’ll shower you with enjoys romping and run- affection and kisses ning with other cats. every chance she gets.

Adoption fees include spay/neuter surgery, vaccinations, and microchip (dogs only). Other adoptable pets at santacruzhumanesociety.org. 16 HOUSING RENTALS

SONOITA HOME FOR RENT - 2 BD/ ROOMS FOR RENT at a 4 bd. ranch 2BTH. All appliances, W & D, front & home on 52 acres, 6 m. east of Patago- back yards. $900/mo. 520-400-2949. nia. $300. Call Fritz at 480 215 1907

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Fed. funded Senior apt. complex; 285 1 BR/1 BTH $750/mo. Utilities included. Pennsylvania Ave. Call (520) 394-2229, CHURCH SERVICES Call John at 394-0148 or 360 317-4281 or go to the Town Clerk’s office. Patagonia Community/ United Methodist Church 2 BR/1 BTH $850/mo. Carport, laundry Spacious, fully furnished home in Pata- 387 McKeown Ave., Patagonia room. John: 394-0148 or 360 317-4281 394-2274 Sunday Service: 10 a.m. gonia. Sleeps four. Available Oct. 17 - Jan 1. Call 406-646-9232 St. Andrews Episcopal Church Casa Blanca Chapel of Sonoita 3 BD. / 2 BTH HOME IN TOWN. Detached Justice of the Peace Courtroom garage/wrkshp, storage sheds. $850/mo. 2nd & 4th Saturdays; 10 a.m. HELP WANTED 1-year lease required. Call Ken @ 604-6939. Sonoita Hills Community Church 52 Elgin Rd., Sonoita 455-5172 Sunday Service: 10 a.m. HOMES FOR RENT: contact Kathy Reliable person for weekly yard main-

O’Brien @ Sonoita Realty 520 455-5381 tenance. Call Ron at 520 604-7501 St. Therese of Lisieux Catholic Church 3 BR/2 BTH $1450/mo. Includes utili- 222 Third Ave., Patagonia Certified caregiver or CAN for Patago- 394-2954 Sunday Mass: 10:30 a.m. ties. John: 394-0148 or 360 317-4281 nia Assisted Care. Ccall 520-604-8179. Sonoita Bible Church 3174 N. Highway 83, Sonoita STUDIO APT. FOR RENT; $410/mo. in- 455-5779 Sunday Service: 10:30 a.m.

cludes water & laundry, renter pays MISC. Our Lady of the Angels elec. Quiet area of town. 520.444.1665 Catholic Church 12 Los Encinos Rd., Sonoita ANIMAL CARE – daily, wkly, overnights; 394-2954; Sunday Mass: 8 a.m. livestock , dogs , cats, goats . Home For Rent: Unique Historic Ranch security checks . Local refer- Canelo Cowboy Church Property, Patagonia - $950/per mo + ences. 520-780-8412 Hwy 83, MP 14 455-5000 utils.; charming 100-year-old homestead Sunday Services: 8:45 & 11:00 ranch house; 2 BR, 1 BTH, fireplace, new (except third Sundays) STORAGE - need more space for your heat pump, dual pane windows, large Harvest Christian Fellowship/ porch, outbuildings, garden beds with antiques, car, family treasures? Sonoita Foursquare Church great soil; this unique historic property is Monthly rental - 5x10,10x10, 10x20; 3107 Highway 83, Sonoita call Ginny at 520-455-9333 or 455- 455-5505;Sunday Service:10:30 a.m. on 135 acres of Sonoran grassland, mes- 4641. SONOITA SELF STORAGE quite, oak and juniper, bordering the Coronado National Forest; located 3 miles from Patagonia, it has spectacular views KINO BAY Mexico Budget Vacation of Red Mountain and the Canelo Hills; con- Home, by the sea, for rent or sale TO ADVERTISE IN PRT venient to nearby communities of Sonoita (520) 265-3055 and Nogales, and a perfect spot for bird- Contact Janie Trafton ers, artists, hikers, mountain bikers, horse owners or anyone who loves the peace Looking to join/form high school car- and quiet of rural living. Available Sep- pool betw. Pat. and east side of Tuc- [email protected] tember 15; 1 year lease (seasonal rates son. Contact Maureen at (520)275- possible). Call 520-247-3214; 0057 or by email: [email protected] 520 604-7390 Email: [email protected] 17 meetings events special interests

The Patagonia Museum --- Regular meetings w/ August 1 - 31: Rhonda Brew Art Exhibit at the Yoga for Seniors: Mondays, 8:30 a.m. – 9:45 topics incl. local history; hwy. cleanups , & wkdays . Gathering Grounds in Patagonia. No reception a.m. at Ecobody Acupuncture in the Patagonia For info, visit w ww.thepatagoniamuseum.org is planned. Plaza, Patagonia. $10. (520) 559 -1731. AA - Patagonia Comm. Ctr., Sun., 8 a.m.; Sonoita Bible Church, Tues., 7:30 p.m.; Pat. Methodist Movie Night: at The Patagonia Movie House in Community Acupuncture Clinic: Call Dr. Church, Fri., 7:30 p.m. the Tin Shed Theater; August 1: The Big Lebowski; Papin at (520) 559- 1731. AlAlAl-Al ---AnonAnon - Wed. at 6 p.m., Sonoita Hills Comm. doors open at 5, movie at 6pm; August 22: Moon- Adult Art Classes - at the Patagonia Art Center., Church, 52 Elgin Rd., just off Hwy 83; Info: 237- rise Kingdom; doors open at 5, movie at 6pm Thursdays, 2 - 4 p.m.; Figure Drawing: first Thurs- 8091 days of the month. 394-9369. CHOP (Community Homes of Patagonia, Inc.) --- August 1: Red Beard 5k & 10K Rally; In Art Makers - After school art classes, ages 5-12; Board Meeting 3rd Monday at 6 p.m. in the Sonoita; for info call 520 661-2301. Tuesdays. Call Cassina @ 394-9369 for info. Patagonia Town Council Room Chambers. Kief-Joshua Summer Concert Series Adult hand-building ceramics classes Wednes- Patagonia Town Council --- 2nd and 4th Wednesday Aug. 1: Planet Jam; Aug. 8 : TBD at 1 p.m. days, 4-6 p.m. $65 Call 604-0300 of the month at 7 p.m. Town Council Hall. Aug. 15 : Nick Heward at 1 p.m.; Aug. 22 : Magda- Bikram Yoga - Patagonia; call 520-604-7283. lena Bash Wine Harvest Festival: 11-2 p.m. -Blaine Rotary Club - 1st Thurs., 7 a.m. at Patagonia H.S.; All others at Kief Joshua winery, 6 p.m. (520) 907- Long; 2-5 p.m. - Top Dead Center-Greatful Dead Bingo - St. Theresa Parish Hall, Patagonia, 1st & 5829 Tribute; Aug. 29 : Decker at 1 p.m. 3rd Mondays at 6 p.m. 455-5681 370 Elgin Rd., Elgin. For info call 520 455-5582. San Rafael Community 44----HH Club - 2nd Mon. at the Crossroads Quilters - Sonoita Fire Dept., 2nd & Patagonia Methodist Church, Thurber Hall at 5:30 June 5 - August 30: Open Mic at the Plaza de 4th Mondays at 9 a.m.; call (520) 732-0453. p.m. Tami @455-5561. Patagonia; from 6-8 pm on most Fridays. Make music, tell jokes, recite poetry, perform a mono- Open Tennis - PUHS, Tues. & Thurs. at 5 p.m., Sat. at 8 a.m., Call 394-2973 for info. Overeaters Anonymous - Tue. & Thurs., 6:30 p.m. logue, or even give a speech; sign up at the Ovens Fragrance-free meeting. Patagonia United Meth- of Patagonia. This is a family friendly event so odist Church. 520 404-3490 Sonoita Tergar Meditation Practice Group - 1st keep it clean. & 3rd Mon., . Free. Jonelle 455-9222.

community services Jim Koweek’s Amazing Front Porch Jam: Sonoita Plant Parenthood Gardening Club - con- Every Thursday at Sonoita Café from 5 to 7 p.m., tact [email protected]. The Cafe hosts a performing guest in their outdoor Lunch for Seniors --- Fresh-cooked meals, Mon. - Fri. at the Community Center. Tuesday is Pie Day! Try courtyard. Call to find out who’s playing, at (520) August 9: Gong Energy Healing - 6 p.m. at East the Thursday Special! 455-5044. 3280 Hwy 82 in Sonoita West Holistic Medicine. Pre-registration encouraged $10 if pre-registered; $15 at the door. Call Sr. Citizens of Patagonia Van Service - Medical Jody and Friends: 2nd and 4th Wednesdays 520-415-4156 for more info and registration. transportation available Mon. - Fri. for seniors & from 6 - 8 p.m. at the Steak Out in Sonoita; gongenergyhealing.com disabled to Sierra Vista, Tucson, Gr.Valley & No- These four seasoned musicians play a blend of August 18: Free Lecture: “Your Colon Matters” gales. By appt. only. 394-2494 rock, blues, folk, country, and bluegrass. (520) at East West Holistic Medicine. 6 p.m. Pre- 455-5205. 3243 Hwy. 82 in Sonoita registration encouraged. Call 520-415-4156 . Patagonia Food Bank, Community Center; 2nd Wednesday of the month, 9-11 a.m. August 30 - September 1: Annual Sonoita Labor Day Rodeo. Patagonia Methodist Church Thrift Shop, Fri. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. - noon. Lunch at The Vineyards - The Happy Cookers

serves lunch every Sat. from 12-3 p.m. at Sonoita Angel Wings Thrift & Gift Shop Our Lady of the An- gels Mission Catholic Church, 12 Los Encinos Rd, Vinyards. Call Emily at 394-2429 for menu selec- Sonoita. Thurs-Sat. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Info: 455- tions and reservations. 5262 AUGUST 29

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Sonoita-Elgin Fire District rooms. Each room will have Contractor bids have not has approved plans to move two twin beds and furniture. come in yet so the value of ahead and build new sleep- Restrooms and cooking areas the project is unknown. The ing quarters for their fire are already present in the Fire District has budgeted crews. For many years the building and will remain there $20,000 over the past two firefighters have been sleep- as is. The size of the crew years to help finance this new ing in inadequate housing quarters is 44 feet by 24 feet. project. The fire crews will consisting of FEMA trailers A new building, the same have many fund-raising left over from Hurricane exact size of 44 by 24, will be events throughout the year Photo John by Fielding Katrina. built behind the new crew and will be asking for public Requests for bids from quarters. This will then be the donations to finance the pro- general contractors have new training center and pub- ject. Pastor Mike Wright has gone out this week to get the lic meeting room. It will con- been placing pickle jars process started. sist of a large meeting room, throughout the Sonoita area The present building at small office and food prepa- to increase public awareness the Fire District, which is ration area. Separating the and take donations. The Fire used as a training center and two buildings will be a ce- District anticipates starting public meeting place, will be mented area for exercising construction as soon as the converted into four sleeping and working-out activities. contract is awarded. Mike Wright displays a donation pickle jar

“Suspicious circumstances” called in to help in the pursuit. marijuana weighing 2,200 pounds From last October to this prompted a Border Patrol agent to At times the truck got far and worth a million dollars. The month, the Tucson sector alone attempt to pull over a new large enough ahead that the officers smugglers are now enjoying the has confiscated 588,698 pounds pickup truck traveling north on couldn't see it. hospitality of the prison in Eloy, of marijuana and 110 pounds of Highway 83 in Sonoita, but the Eventually, the truck ran off awaiting charges. The Border Patrol cocaine. This year, the Border Pa- truck sped away. The patrol car the road, skipped along the turned over their report to the trol has also seized heroin and picked up speed in pursuit. Sirens grasslands and came to a stop. Drug Enforcement Agency for methamphetamine. started screaming. Lights were Two men bailed out and took prosecution. “Smugglers are motivated by flashing. The truck went faster and off running. Officers ran after The two smugglers are from greed and continue to put lives at so did the patrol car. The chase them, and the helicopter Mexico. Bundles of drugs are rou- risk with their selfish actions,” was now going back south on 83, searched from the sky. A vehi- tinely carried across the border, says Agent Zadareky of Sonoita heading towards the border. cle from the Border Patrol ar- often on foot, by many couriers Station. The Border Patrol wel- For eight miles the game of cat rived with a mobile surveillance who hide them in back packs. They comes assistance from the com- and mouse continued at breakneck camera to scan the terrain. all meet at a pre-determined loca- munity. Citizens can report sus- speed. More cars from the Sonoita Later the same day the two tion and load the drugs into a truck picious activity by calling 1-800- station joined in the chase. A drug smugglers were captured. for transportation to cities all 872-7435. 20 helicopter from Tucson was In the truck were bundles of across the country. New Senior Pastor At Sonoita Fairground News

Fair Board President Jim Cosby reports a busy Hills Community Church summer of activities at the Santa Cruz Fairgrounds in Sonoita. Sonoita Hills Community Fifty-five pre-teen youngsters from 4-H clubs Church welcomes their new around the state stayed a weekend in June to learn Senior Pastor Dr. David Daffern. horsemanship and riding skills. He started his ministry at the Eight members of the federally-funded Ameri- church July 1. Corps spent nine days on the property improving the With the recent retirement fairgrounds facilities. They painted the interior of the of Pastor Chuck Carlson, the grandstands, painted the restrooms and Pioneer Hall church formed a search com- and upgraded the condition of the 4-H gondolas. This mittee and after many months group has come on former summers and always pro- called Dr. Daffern to serve the vides much needed repairs to the fairgrounds. local congregation. The annual Quarter-Horse Show the weekend of Daffern received his Masters June 12-14 was a successful event organized by Jamie of Divinity and his Doctor of Smith and her committee. Ministry at Golden Gate Theo- July 24 was the date for a special roping event or- logical Seminary in California. ganized by Tom Hardesty. His ministry began in California July 26 was a special day at the fairgrounds. Sixty but starting in 1996 he served adult licensed bike racers participated in bicycle time congregations in Winslow and trials against the clock. Every 30 seconds one of the Phoenix Arizona. He then pas- bikes in the competition started down Hiway 82 to tored the Crossroads Commu- Photo by John Fielding the Patagonia High School. Their goal was to join the nity Church in Ann Arbor, “30 MPH Club.” To make the cut, you must maintain Michigan before once again re- Pastor David Daffern and his wife Lynne a speed of 30 miles per hour for the 12 ½ mile course turning to Arizona. to the school. All competitors were licensed by the Daffern and his wife Lynne prepared him for this new ministry in a small USA Cycling organization which is a part of the U.S. have twin boys and seven and rural church. He says about the move to Olympic Committee. grandchildren. Sonoita ”I go where God calls me. There is no Next events include the 100th Annual Sonoita La- Pastor David’s credentials such thing as a small assignment for God.” The bor Day Rodeo, September 5-7 and the Santa Cruz and ministry experience have church welcomes their new leader and invites County Fair, September 18-20. the community to meet him on Sunday morn- ings at 10 a.m.

21 for me because any time I did not devastated and did not know like something on my plate, I how I would ever recover from would discreetly hold it under this loss. the table and Corky would get rid Naturally, we all learn that of the evidence, pronto. “Good we do manage to pick up and doggie.” carry on after the loss of a He was my closest companion, close companion, but the first my confidante, my pal through time feels impossible. I will thick and thin. never forget that sweet collie Losing him was my first real dog and all our adventures tragedy of life. My family owned growing up together. By Cate Drown a general store. One day a hunt- Cate Drown, certified ing dog jumped out of the car Sumerel Therapy technician, This column goes to Corky, daily bike ride and deliver our older while his owner was inside the specializing in equines, can be the very first true love of my life! neighbors’ newspapers. We made store and he and Corky got into a contacted at drown_cate I’ll never forget the day our many friends and if Corky could not big fight. They rolled into the @hotmail.com. neighbors stopped by with an be seen at first, they would exclaim, road and were hit by a car. Corky adorable little collie puppy who “Where’s your sidekick?" Then he was killed and I was hysterical. I had been dumped off in our vil- would pop up from behind the lay in the road, lage. They were trying to find a bushes and they would say, with hugging him home for him. We had no family great relief, “Oh, there he is!,” and off and sobbing dogs at the time and my two sis- we’d go to the next stop. until a couple ters jumped up and down, plead- A pure black female kitten came of people were ing, “Please, Mommy! Please, into our lives not long after. We able to tear me Daddy!,” and thus the little dog, named her Samantha and she and away. Later who my mom christened Corky, Corky became the best of friends. that night, my became part of our family. They would curl up and sleep to- father found He was the family dog, but I gether on their bed. me snuggled was only four, so he and I got to Corky and I played outside all day up beside his spend the most time together, long while my sisters were at school. body in the and we were inseparable. Then he would join us all in the garage. 22 He and I would take our kitchen during dinner. This was great I was totally Photo by Ann Katzenbach The Borderlands Earth Care Institute honored its participating students with certificates for the project each had completed on ways to improve the community environment through water harvesting, pollinating, growing vegetables, identifying plants, and research. Back, from left:: Gaby Bueras, Illiana Castro, Kathryn Miller, Caleb Weaver (head facilitator). Front: Annika Coleman, Grace McGuire, Danny Miranda, Carlos Mingura, Eden Lattanzio. Not included in photo: Ralphie Padilla, Andrew Botz, Allegra Mount (Co-Facilitator).

wound. Cold can actually drive the poison deeper into the Rattlesnake Bites: body. Don’t apply a tourniquet day, and that’s where you will be taken – above the bite. If your trip to usually by helicopter. the hospital is going to be pro- Fortunately, most bites are “dry” bites. Do’s & Don’ts longed, EMTs may decide to Adult snakes won’t waste their venom on apply a compression bandage. something that is too big to eat. Young This article by Sher Brown the better, and this emer- Don’t get up and walk snakes, however, haven’t learned to con- appeared in the Catron Courier gency probably means a heli- around unless you are alone trol their venom and will release a full load and is being reprinted with her copter ride. and you cannot call for help with every bite, so be especially cautious consent. Do keep calm and still. without moving to a different of young snakes. Even knowing that many One of the hazards of living Keep the bite area immobi- location. bites are dry bites, don’t take chances – where we do is the occurrence lized. Don’t drink alcohol to calm call 911 anyway. of rattle snakes. We don’t see Do wash the wound thor- your nerves or decrease the If your dog gets bit by a rattle snake, them often this far north, but oughly. pain as this will increase your follow the same directions as above. Also, every year someone gets bit. Do remove tight clothing metabolism and cause the poi- try giving your dog Benadryl, 1mg per Would you know what to do if or jewelry in case of swelling. son to spread faster. pound, to help reduce swelling and get to you got bit? Most people today Do note the time of the Don’t try to capture or kill the vet as soon as possible. know not to “cut and suck” as bite. the snake. Physicians rarely The pediatric we were taught years ago, yet Do mark on the skin the need to know what kind of liquid Benadryl is you can still buy the same ol’ leading edge of the swelling. snake bit the victim. The fangs an easy way to snake bite kit that promotes If swelling progresses, keep will release venom for many dose your dog. just that. When I see them in marking it, noting the time of hours after death and even a . stores I don’t know whether to each new demarcation. decapitated head is very dan- . laugh or get angry. Do monitor breathing and gerous. So here’s a list of dos and pulse rate. Note any changes Don’t decide to just don’ts as taught in the Ameri- and report these to the EMTs drive yourself to the hos- can Heart Association First Aid when they arrive. pital. Anti-venom isn’t classes. Don’t cut the wound or try available at every hospi- Do get away from the snake to suck the poison out. This is tal. When you call 911, immediately. ineffective and could lead to dispatch starts calling to Do call 911 immediately – infection. find out which hospital 23 the sooner you get anti-venom, Don’t apply ice to the has venom on that particular www.LaFronteraAZ.com Homes, Land & Ranch Properties throughout Sonoita, Elgin, Patagonia, Lake Patagonia, Tubac & the extended environs of Santa Cruz County

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