July-August 2012 Villager

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

SnakeS of the Sky ISlandS

eventS around tubac

Santa cruz county update

tubac ShotS

new rotary offIcerS

ISabelle norStad welcomeS her 100th bIrthday

the art of healIng

borderlandS photographer frIendS of our herItage part 1

local electIon brIefS

gertrude the chIcken

& more

J u l y / A u g u s t 2 0 1 2 Vol. VII No.8

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“Cavalcade of History” Art Exhibit

Open daily 9am-5pm

The Alan B. Davis Gallery exhibits 16 paintings from the Arizona Highways “Cavalcade of History” collection. The canvas giclées of paintings by renowned Western artist William Ahrendt depict scenes from Arizona’s colorful history. Exhibit included with park admission.

Anza Expedition Art Exhibit

Through August 31, open daily 9am-5pm

A collection of artwork that tells the story of the 1775 Anza Expedition will be displayed in the Presidio Museum. The color illustrations by David Rickman and their associated information panels depict Juan Bautista de Anza’s 1,200-mile journey from Tubac to the Paci� c coast. The settlement Anza established would become the city of San Francisco. Included with park admission.

Mesquite Harvest and Breakfast Cookout

Sunday, July 22, 8:00-10:30am

Learn how to harvest and process mesquite pods with Laurie Melrood of Mesquite Harvesters Working Group and Tucson Herbalist Collective. This hands-on outdoor workshop will include a short botany lesson, picking mesquite pods, milling the � our, and cooking and sampling mesquite pancakes served with mesquite syrup. Bring home a mesquite � our sample and written materials. Wear comfortable clothing with long sleeves and please bring a basket to collect pods, plus a hat, sunscreen and plenty of water. Workshop fee is $22.50 and includes admission to tour the Park. Call for reservations 520-398-2252.

Frontier Printing Press Demonstrations -

Thursday, July 26, 10am-2pm Saturday, August 1 and

Saturday, August 25, 11am-3pm

Professional printer and teacher James Pagels demonstrates the Washington Press used to print Arizona’s � rst newspaper in 1859 and answers questions about hand press printing, type setting, and other aspects of this marvel of industrial engineering. Included with park admission.

Fiber Art Friday

Friday, July 27, 10am-12:30pmFriday, August 31, 10am-12:30pm

Join � ber art enthusiasts at the Tubac Presidio on the last Friday of the month. Bring your knitting, crochet, spinning or quilting project and gather for uninterrupted � ber art time. Hosted by members of the Southwest Fiber Arts Resource Group. Included with Park admission.

"Let's Make Wool Felt!"Friday July 27, 1-4 pm

Learn to turn sheep wool into colorful beads and cords to create a necklace, bracelet or bolo tie. Instruction by members of the Southwest Fiber Arts Resource Group. For adults and kids age 7 and up - $15 includes materials and Park admission. Adults are welcome to accompany their child and observe for regular Park admission $5. Limit 20 participants; call for reservations 520-398-2252.

Meet Our Wild Neighbors – Thursday, August 9, 10:30am

A natural history program featuring live animals from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum. Get up close to some of the wild creatures of the Sonoran Desert and learn about desert ecology. Visiting critters may include reptiles, birds, mammals and insects. Held outdoors under the shady mesquites in the picnic area. Please bring a hat, sunscreen and plenty of water. Admission $7.50 adults, $4.50 youth 7-13, children under 7 free.

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J u l y & au g u S t a t the tubac preSIdIo

Exhibit of Anza inspired artwork by David Rickman

Mesquite Harvest and Breakfast Cookout with Laurie Melrood of Mesquite Harvesters

Working Group and Tucson Herbalist Collective.

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A visit with handlers and animals from the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum

Cover art

"ATTN:" Photograph by Joseph Birkett

Th is is a 2-month issue of the Tubac Villager, Covering July and August.

Next Villager issue will print the fi rst week of September. Call for deadlines.

July/August 2012

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raISeS for fIrefIghterS, medIcS

Full-time employees of the Tubac Fire District will each receive a one-time $1,000 cost-of-living adjustment payment at the end of July as part of a 2012-2013 budget approved by the five-member board on July 11.The property tax rate remains the same as last year at $2.64 per $100 of assessed valuation and the secondary tax to repay the bond is $0.62 per $100.The board briefly discussed the budget the regular monthly meeting held June 27. The budget total is $8,425,983. Of that, $5 million has been included for a potential grant. If the grant isn’t received, Chief Kevin Keeley said, the money would not be spent and the budget would be $3.4 million.The $5 million grant would come from a request made to the U.S. Congress, Keeley said. “We may or may not get it. If we get it, we have to have the budget capacity to accept it. It’s a long shot.” He said the funding is to improve regional communications among fire and other agencies in Santa Cruz County, Cochise County, and portions of Pima County.With four fire stations, the district covers Tubac, Tumacácori, the north half of Rio Rico, and the south half of Amado.

tumacácorI park getS new leader

Bob Love, a 32-year veteran of the National Park Service, has been named superintendent of Tumacácori National Historical Park. Love was the chief ranger at Saguaro National Park in Arizona and assumes his new duties Aug. 27. He succeeds Lisa Carrico, who is now superintendent of Great Sands Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Love served as chief ranger at Saguaro since November 2002. From January through mid-April,

2012, he also served as acting superintendent for the park service’s Southeast Arizona Group (Coronado National Memorial, Chiricahua National Monument, and Fort Bowie National Historic Site). Love earned a bachelor’s degree in park and recreation management at California State University, Chico. He was born and raised in Southern California. He and his wife, Stacey, have two sons. As superintendent at Tumacácori, Love will oversee a staff of 14 and a park with a combined 356 acres of land among its three locations. The park’s annual operating budget is more than $1.3 million.

treaSurer SuSpended for 120 dayS

An elected official, Santa Cruz County Treasurer Caesar Ramirez, was suspended without pay for 120 days by the three-member Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors for prolonged failure to reconcile county accounts with monthly bank statements.The board voted unanimously on June 20 to take the action, and the next day in a special meeting named Mayra Ochoa as temporary replacement. She’s been a senior accountant in the county’s finance department and has worked for the county for the past 14 years.Ramirez spoke to the board following the vote, and admitted that he’s “one year and two months behind on the project” but had been hampered by two staffers leaving in the past year and others out on sick leave, along with significant computer difficulties. He said he had other statutory work responsibilities to complete, as well.Ramirez, a Democrat from Nogales, is running for re-election to another four-year term. He was first elected to the office in 2000 after being appointed to fill a vacancy in August 1998. He is facing two challengers in the Aug. 28 Democratic primary, Liz Gutfahr of Rio Rico and Kino Springs resident Philip Damon.

wISdomS of tumacácorI honored

Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc. (CPLC) paid tribute to two outstanding Hispanic families whose leadership and service have positively impacted Southern Arizona communities: the Wisdom Family of Tumacácori and the Garcia Family of Tucson. The celebration was held June 7 during CPLC’s 32nd Southern Arizona Anniversary Dinner, at the Desert Diamond Entertainment Center.A spokesman said the year’s event theme, “Our future begins with the acknowledgement of our past,” was chosen in recognition of Arizona’s Centennial and to honor generations of Hispanic families who have notably contributed to the prosperity of Arizona. “The Wisdom Family is comprised of successful entrepreneurs with nearly 70 years in the private sector who have deep roots in the community and an undeniable commitment to supporting the local community through various causes,” said an agency press release.They own the popular Wisdom’s Restaurant of Tumacacori, as well.

patIo portIon at tubac Jack’S to be auctIoned

After failing to attract any bidders for a small piece of land next to Tubac Jack’s restaurant, also known as the Tubac Inn, the minimum price has been lowered and another auction is planned for mid to late August.In November 2011, the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors decided to have an appraisal of the land which the county has owned since 1958. Several years ago county officials said the front patio area of the restaurant encroaches on a portion of that public property.The county felt it might face liability since alcohol

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is served at the restaurant. Th e appraisal said the 1,600-square-foot piece of land was worth $2,800 and the cost for the appraisal was $2,000. However, the supervisors voted on March 28 to set a minimum auction price of $29,000. Th ere were no bidders for the land at the May 7 auction.At the July 11 Board of Supervisors meeting, it was agreed to set a revised minimum auction price of $4,800 and take required action so an auction date could be set. Th e date wasn’t available by press time.

School dIStrIctbudget decreaSeS

Continuing in a pattern of cutting spending, the budget for the Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District No. 35 was approved at $20,098,001, down $730,000 from the prior year.Following a public hearing on July 2, at which no one from the public spoke, the school board voted 4-0 to adopt the budget for the 2012-13 school year.Tax rates weren’t adopted. Th at will come in August when needed fi nancial information from county and state offi cials is available, said Isela Brown, fi nance director.Th e budget is based on an enrollment of 3,272 students. Employment is pegged at 205 teachers, 10 administrators, and 185 in the “other” category.

Solar power facIlItyon horIzon

A new source of revenue was announced in June for the public school district. UniSource will lease approximately 37.5 acres of school district property in Rio Rico to develop and operate a 5-megawatt photovoltaic (solar) facility. In turn, the district will receive $30,000 annually for 20 years, educational materials and teacher training on solar and renewable energy. Th e governing board for Santa Cruz Unifi ed School District No. 35 unanimously agreed June 5 to enter into a 20-year ground lease agreement with UniSource Electric, Inc.Th e facility will be situated southeast of the district’s career and technical education greenhouse, currently located along I-19 south of the Peck Canyon Road interchange. Completion is expected to be in 2014.

fIre boardvacancy fIlled

Th e board of the Tubac Fire District voted 3-1 on May 30 to name Bill Kirkpatrick to a six-month term.Just before that action at the meeting, the board voted to declare the seat of board member Mike Burns as vacant as a result of missing many of the monthly meetings.

Board member Dottie Bergmann then nominated Kirkpatrick, saying she has known him for many years. Voting in favor were Bergmann, Chairman Dick Lockwood and Gruenemeier. Board member Herb Wisdom voted “no.”

SettlementreQueSted for church

A settlement agreement was requested for a lawsuit over building a church on a 165-acre ranch in Tumacácori. Th e Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors voted June 20 to direct the county attorney’s offi ce to move in that direction.After a Nov. 10 decision by the Santa Cruz County Board of Adjustment No. 3 to deny a conditional use permit for the church, the organization sued Santa Cruz County.Representatives of the Global Community Communications Alliance (GCCA), also known as Avalon Organic Gardens, want to build a 50-foot tall,17,000-square-foot church on their ranch, which is due east of the Tumacácori National Historic Park and on the east side of the Santa Cruz River.

(Contact Kathleen Vandervoet with comments or questions at [email protected])

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Despite the plethora of wildlife encounters we are collectively graced with in our hyper-

diverse Sky Islands Region, those involving snakes tend to hold a special place in our realm of Nature experiences. If asked to recount the last run-in with a white-winged dove, we would be forgiven a large pregnant pause or even a total lapse of memory. A similar query about our last snake encounter may well result in a more vivid recall of the event. It seems that our relationship with snakes - venomous and benign species alike - strikes a chord so primal that we have little trouble reliving the experience.

This makes sense when you consider that for the vast majority of human existence we were at a much greater risk of death due to a bite from a venomous snake. This, combined with the relative paucity of snake encounters - owing to their stealthy nature aimed at securing food and avoiding becoming food - may well explain why we remember our tete's with them so vividly.

Perhaps the last ingredient in this semi-Sonoran saurian psyche saga is the great diversity of snake species that we are blessed to have in the Sky Islands. We have more snake species than any other area in North America north of Mexico. About 45 species reside within the Sky Islands Region out of a total of 52 in all of Arizona. Compared to the 44 species native to all of Florida - a state that dips into the subtropics - and you start to get the idea that we are indeed “snake central." In fact, our 45 species represent approximately 36% of all of the snake species found in the U.S.!

Not surprisingly these statistics pale in comparison to the 2500 to 3000 snake species that inhabit the entire planet. None-the-less, our Sky Island species span a wide range of sizes, shapes, and fascinating life histories well worth exploring. As with our more renowned diversity of birds, a relatively high percentage of our snake species barely enter into the U.S. and do so mostly or only in the Sky Islands. Thus, we harbor a snake fauna more typical of Mexico- Mexican Specialties if you will. Much of this diversity is owing to the same factors that render the entire region such a biodiversity hot-spot in general.

Namely, the Sky Islands include wide range of elevations (from about 1800' to over 10,000') at a relatively low latitude (approximately 32 degrees North) where a stepping-stone arrangement of tall, isolated mountains spans the temperate (Rocky Mountains) and tropical (Sierra Madres) zones, as well as 2 deserts (the Sonoran and

the Chihuahuan). As you climb any of the mountain “islands" - isolated from one another by foreboding expanses dry and searing deserts and grasslands - temperatures plummet, while precipitation increases. This results in a sort of “plant community ladder” that accommodates our various snake species. Accordingly, each snake species inhabits only those plant communities with which it has co-evolved. Some species are

generalists and can lurk within a wide range of habitats, while others are confined to only a narrow zone or area where they can meet all of their daily needs.

Now to the cast of characters that collectively comprises our crawling colubrids, reclusive rattlers, and beyond.

Our Mexican Specialty snakes include a very strange one indeed and one which I have yet to encounter. The surreal-looking Brown Vine Snake (Oxybelis aenus) lives up to its moniker, as it mimics a generic vine strewn in a tree. Inhabiting mainly Madrean Evergreen Woodland, this species only enters the U.S. in a few ranges - the Atascosas, Pajaritos, and Patagonia Mountains. There it glides through trees and shrubs in search of its main prey, lizards. These it subdues with a venom delivered with grooved rear teeth. Despite its long length - up to 60” - and potent reptilian venom this species is one of a number of rear-fanged snakes that is harmless to humans. In fact, given its superb camouflage, you would indeed be fortunate to encounter this species during an entire lifetime wandering the wilds of the Sky Islands!

Another other-worldly snake might well be mistaken for a large Earthworm. The New Mexico Threadsnake (Leptotyphlops dissectus) indeed appears like a large segmented worm, as it grows up to nearly 12” in length. It hunts invertebrates, primarily ants and termites, in Chihuahuan Desertscrub, Grasslands, and Madrean Evergreen Woodland. This is another species that you would be lucky to encounter since it is distinctly fossorial. In other words, it lives underground and beneath surface objects. All of this is unique enough, but what truly sets the New Mexico Threadsnake and its close relatives apart is that small owls capture them unharmed, later releasing them in their nests to apparently dine upon troublesome ectoparasites (think lice...)! How this behavior evolved and why the owls don't simply dine upon these hapless, diminutive snakes is indeed a perplexing mystery.

The final entry in our borderlands snake oddities is the more familiar, yet no less bizarre, Sonoran Coralsnake (Micruroides euryxanthus). Many people seem to know the somewhat familiar phrase “red on yella" can kill a fella, red on black good for jack” or some variation thereof. This saying sadly falls short in describing some Coralsnake mimics unfortunately. The Sonoran Shovel-nosed Snake (Chionactis palarostris), which barely enters into the U.S. at Organ Pipe

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Cactus National Monument, has red bands surrounded by yellowish-white ones. So too does the wider spread Western Shovel- nosed Snake (C occipitalis). The saying does help when sorting out Coralsnakes from the various Kingsnakes (Lampropeltis spp.) who indeed sport red bands bordered by black.

Got all that? No worries if you fail a field test for Coralsnakes are rarely encountered - I've seen two in my life - and are so small that you would likely have to pick one up in order for their tiny heads to deliver any venom - though they rarely attempt to bite. Even then, they would probably have to gnaw on you a bit because unlike Rattlesnakes they lack hypodermic-like fangs with which to deliver their toxins. Instead they chew much in the fashion of a Gila Monster. If you feel that you would like a Darwin award (“out of the gene pool!”) then indeed pick one up, as their venom contains potent neurotoxins which potentially could be fatal.

One of my more memorable Sky Islands snake encounters occurred several years ago. While meandering along the trails of our Nature Sanctuary it suddenly began pour rain. It was, after all, Monsoon season. Enjoying the coolness and keeping a sharp eye out for wildlife, I was arrested in my tracks by a small, but brilliantly colored snake which lay directly in my path. It too seemed to be lured out by the moisture. Quickly it sensed my presence and began a strange defensive behavior - namely forcing its cloaca (the common vent for bodily waste and reproduction) out in order to effect a popping sound. Although I had previously read about this behavior, it non-the-less produced the desired effect and

startled me - enough time for the snake to disappear into the thick grass where I had first run across it.

Time and space are by far too short for me to expound upon our reptilian brethren as much as I would like to, though I will leave you with a few parting thoughts to ponder. First of all, if you are at least partially snake phobic and live in southeast Arizona, then you live in the wrong area! Given our snake diversity and the presence of about 10 highly venomous species (the aforementioned Coralsnake, as well as 9 species of Rattlesnakes) your chances of having a interlude with

these slithering saurians is indeed higher than any other place in the U.S. Further, many people fail to distinguish various species of snakes, classing them all as undesirable vermin. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Consider a world without snakes, and you must then imagine one overrun with rodents and other

common snake prey. Cliche as it is, snakes along with a host of other predators, help to keep Nature in a sort of fluid and ever-changing balance. My advice, then, is to get over the fact that they lack legs (snakes are essentially lizards who have evolved to have no legs) as well as the bad rap that they carry from the Garden of Eden myth. Instead, revel in their diversity, praise them for their ecological services, and (as one of our first U.S. flags entreated) “Don't Tread on Me”!

Vincent and Claudia Pinto Run RAVENS-WAY WILD JOURNEYS, devoted to protecting the biodiversity of the Sky Islands Region. They run a wide variety of Nature Adventures and Conservation Initiatives. www.ravensnatureschool.com Contact the author at (520) 425-6425.

About 45 species of snake reside within

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Th e installation of new offi cers for the Tubac Rotary Club capped an amazing year for the members who, as a result of successful fundraisers, donated $23,000 in the past 12 months to area groups and for college scholarships.

Jeff Horwitz became the club’s president at the June 22 ceremony at the Tubac Golf Resort. Other offi cers are Martha Eckhart, vice president; Peter Groves, secretary, and Judith Noyes, treasurer.

Horwitz, who retired four years ago from a 28-year career as a middle school teacher and coach in the Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District No. 35, said he’s chosen to volunteer with the Rotary Club.

“Rather than sit around, other than riding my bike and doing bike tours, I wanted to

give back to the community in a voluntary way,” he said.

“What really got me into Rotary is that my nephew in Tucson is a senior at Northern Arizona University now, but he was in the Rotary exchange program and went to New Zealand in his junior year in high school,” he said, which ignited a passion for travel.

Horwitz also likes the club for “the good camaraderie, and how much people have to contribute to society as a whole.”

During the past 12 months, the club held its 10th annual Taste of Tubac fundraiser April 1. Th ey sponsored a hike on the Anza Trail in November to fi ght polio worldwide; assisted in the October Anza Day event at the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park; and sponsored the 11-team Rich River

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Invitational Track Meet at Rio Rico High School and provided funds to buy the awards. In late April they worked to clean the east frontage road in Tubac.

Horwitz said he hopes to steer the club toward a Rotary International project focused on clean water for Africa. Another plan this year is to start what he calls a satellite club which would involve an

18-month membership to attract younger members. Fewer meetings and reduced dues are a part of that, he said.

Four Tubac Rotary Club members were named Paul Harris Fellows at the June 22 event for their donations of $1,000 or more to the club. Th ey include Mildred Lopez, Rod Rich, Kristina Valdiviezo and Horwitz.

For more information, check Facebook for the Tubac Rotary Club, contact Byron Th ompson, membership chair, at (520) 398-2524, or attend one of the meetings held every Friday at 8 a.m. at the Tubac Golf Resort restaurant.

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Above: Offi cers Michael Drake, Jeff Horwitz, Martha Eckert, Peter Groves, Judith Noyes and Byron Th ompson. Above right: New Tubac Rotary Club President, Jeff Horwiz.


Being a writer is a rewarding venture considering the opportunities to meet people such as Isabelle Norstad; a woman

that charms all with her elegance, wisdom, life experiences, sagacity and beauty.

Just days from turning 100 years, Mrs. Norstad remembers dates, names and places of some of the largest military and political events in history. Her role was alongside her husband, whose decisions changed our world; Four Star Gen. Lauris Norstad of the U.S. Army Air Force and former NATO (North American Treaty Organization) Supreme Allied Commander in Europe.

She has lived a life full of excitement and challenges that she treasures and shares with me right here, in the small village of Tubac, the place she and her husband chose to build their house and continue their life journey in 1982.

I regret not meeting Gen. Norstad who passed away in 1988 at age 81, but feel blessed to meet Mrs. Norstad and visit her in her residence where she illustrated to me who he was and where I felt his spirit live through her admiration and descriptive displays of pictures and decorations on the shelves, tables and walls.

She took me to her study and pointed to the photos of Gen. Norstad and herself with numerous luminaries, such as former President of France, Charles de Gaulle, former U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, Gen. Jimmy Doolittle, Gen. Hap Arnold, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of Great Britain, and more.

Norstad’s photo was on the cover of Time, Life and Newsweek magazines. I felt as if I was opening my high school history books and I wished I was transported to the era to grasp more of the excitement lived by the couple.

Mrs. Norstad was born Aug. 3, 1912 and grew up in Honolulu, Hawaii. Following her dreams, she went to school in Oregon to study business, but during the Depression she was forced to return to Honolulu where she continued her studies and worked as a secretary for the Bank of Hawaii. During that time, she met the man she would marry in 1935 at the age of 23. “At that moment, work interfered with my social life, so I stopped working,” she laughs.

After marrying, the couple had to relocate to New York. The unforgettable move was provided by the military using military transport, a trip she remembers as “quite the voyage;” on board there were bodies of eight pilots who died tragically a week before, several hundred troops, and a few women with questionable behavior that were the cause of alarming troop response.

When they arrived in San Francisco the pilot sadly committed suicide, Mrs. Norstad recalls, and someone from the harbor had to take over the rest of the route that included crossing the Panama Canal. During the long adventure, Mrs. Norstad contracted chicken pox and the boat was not allowed to enter the New York harbor until it was inspected and determined that she had overcome the illness.

In 1938 she had her first and only child, Kristin Jaffe, of whom she speaks with great pride for her accomplishments and, naturally, with the love of a mother. Jaffe lives in Tucson and has had a very successful career in business as well as a swimmer. At age 74 she ranks 8th in the nation within her age group, says Mrs. Norstad.

From New York the family moved to Virginia and then Washington, D.C., where they resided when World War II began. Gen. Norstad was ordered to report overseas in 1942. “We were listening to the symphony, when he went upstairs, packed a bag and said to me that he had to go and that he would be

back, but didn’t know when.” It was two years before she saw him again.

I wondered about the feelings of devastation and she agrees that it was difficult, but explained that in those days it was what they all had to do. The sense of duty was very strong, not only for him, but also for her. She took a Red Cross course to be a nurse’s aid and volunteered at public hospitals in Chicago and other places, and served for approximately two and a half years, she said.

In 1951 they moved to Germany for six months and then to France where they lived until 1963. Besides being a mother and a wife Mrs. Norstad had to fulfill social obligations, of which she talks with enthusiasm. She formed the club for NATO officers’ wives, and she was the head of a charity at the Palace of Versailles, raising funds to help French military in the military hospitals.

She said she loved being a hostess because entertaining was necessary in supporting her husband’s career. With the help of chefs she served lunches and dinners to groups ranging in size from 20 to 2,000. Her rule was that every dish served had to come out of her kitchen. It was quite a successful challenge, she said.

When her husband retired in 1963, they moved back to the U.S. and lived in Toledo, Ohio for several years and then in Dublin, New Hampshire. Finally they decided they had enough of the cold weather and moved to the warm state of Arizona.

Mrs. Norstad wanted to live in the country and they both enjoyed golfing, so it turned out that Tubac was the perfect place for them.

After losing her husband, love found her again when she met a retired Tucson Medical Center surgeon, Dr. Frederick Lesemann, with whom she shared five wonderful years before he died. “He was a brilliant and wonderful man,” she said.

Tubac’s Isabelle Norstad w e l c o m e s h e r 1 0 0 t h b i r t h d a y

by Paula Beemer

Left: Isabelle Norstad in her Tubac home. Above, middle: This charming undated photo from the past shows Isabelle Norstad and her young daughter, Kristin. Above, right: Taken approximately four years ago, - Isabelle Norstad is with her daughter Kristin Jaffe, grandson Christopher Jaffe, her grandson’s wife Kate Jaffe and great grandaughter Stella Jaffe.


Curious about what I have to do to reach the age of 100, I asked what would be the secret, hoping for directions to the “fountain of long-life,” I suppose. Her answer was clever and unexpected: “Th e secret to a long life is to pick good parents,” she chuckled. Both of her parents lived to be 95 years old. But then she confessed that she has always exercised, starting with swimming, some horseback riding in the past and she is now doing Pilates in Green Valley, where for the last 14 years she has been attending three times a week and where she gets encouraged to push a little harder every time.

She shared with a smile on her face that her eye doctor asked her to schedule a visit for next year, and she laughed, almost as if she was getting away with something. I laughed with her because I loved her spirit. She seems grateful for every day she is given and lives it to the fullest.

Not only does she continue to be physically active, but socially as well. She entertains often at home

and has a group of friends that get together once a month to have Rummy Tiles tournaments, a game where the object is to run out of tiles before your counterparts by making runs or groups with the numbers printed on the tiles.

I asked her to compare society now with the past and she pointed out a few things that make her sad such as the use of drugs among the youth, the lack of employment or better fi nances among families, the way people have stopped caring about their personal appearance and the fact that computers and she never got along.

Th e overcoming of seven wars, the sweet and amazing life experiences, her health, her family, now including a grandchild, Jeff e and two great-grandchildren, Stella and Eric, her memories, and her friends. Th ese are all reasons to celebrate her 100 years, for which there are not one, but six parties planned, all after she takes a trip to Texas to celebrate her best friend’s 100th birthday.

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Above, left: A favorite pet of Isabelle Norstad’s when she was younger was “Mugsy.” Above, middle: Isabelle Norstad talks with Charles de Gaulle, former president of France, on the day in 1962 when Gen. Norstad was awarded the French Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor by de Gaulle. Above, right: During a visit to France, Isabelle Norstad, right, and Gen. Lauris Norstad, left, fl ank Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip of Great Britain. Right: Inside her residence in a long hall are all these framed pictures and magazine covers portraying Gen. Lauris Norstad.


Surprising places are found all across the borderlands. Precious watery troves and expanses of prairie land support life in a place with an unearned reputation for rocky barrenness. Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge is a prime example of this, and it’s a place where volunteers come together with the authorities to spread that good word. This article will chip in to that effort, in a small series I’m doing on the topic of “Friends” groups in the Santa Cruz River region. The Refuge, or BANWR, has three main parts: the yellow grassland of Altar Valley; Brown Canyon, an arm to the west; and another to the east, Arivaca Cienega. Cienega is a Spanish colonial term for a wetlands spring.Volunteering one’s time is the key concept in Friends groups, and many of these folks also bring expertise from a career in a related specialty, aiding the officials who have legal jurisdiction over a particular acreage.Those public properties are national parks, wildlife refuges, the Bureau of Land Management, and others. Many of the Friends groups are themselves official, too, in a way, organized formally as non-profit entities without affiliation with a political or commercial interest.In these days of budget restrictions in government and armies of active retirees, friends groups come in mighty handy: it’s a match made in ecological heaven. Personification of this partnership is in the form of

Juliette and Bob. I met with these two dedicated conservationists recently in Arivaca. It was a warm morning under the protection of a ramada built, in part, with the help of the Friends of the Buenos Aires National Wildlife Refuge (FoBANWR) as part of their boardwalk upgrade and visitor use rehabilitation a few years back.Juliette Gutierrez, Assistant Manager of BANWR, and Bob Farrell, a stalwart volunteer with FoBANWR and retired professor of biology and ecology, chatted with me about the interaction of the Friends with the Refuge.Bob tells me that the group started around 1997, mostly with walks and workshops in the Refuge’s Brown Canyon, near the famous Baboquivari Peak. Activities there, such as environmental education, continue to be popular today due to the canyon’s rich geological, historical, biological, and scenic resources. Several structures in the canyon add to the incentive to visit, providing overnight lodging, kitchens, and group space. The canyon is open by reservation only.Back in Arivaca, FoBANWR’s biggest achievement to date, says Bob, was contributing to the Arivaca Cienega’s visitor use upgrade. This included pathway improvement and construction of shelters and information kiosks, a first rate achievement in my view.Ongoing fun here includes the Grasslands Fair in November at the Refuge headquarters, with craft sellers

and presentations on topics related to the Refuge. Last year an exuberant native American dance troupe called the Azteca Dancers performed, whose passionate leader called for harmony with nature. Get more information about the Fair online at www.FriendsofBANWR.org.Before the Fair began, Juliette laments, many Tucsonans “never knew we existed.” Now hundreds come for the event, bringing more with them each year to the Fair and at other times.Bob thinks folks don’t equate grasslands with cienegas. The Refuge has both. “The Refuge is technically prairie, mostly exotic grass, some native grass.” Ecologically, he says, the Refuge is a “basin & range province” with diverse grassland and mountain landscapes. Per Bob, special discoveries for the visitor are pronghorn antelope, the rare masked bobwhite quail, and assorted winged wonders from the south having no desire to fly farther north.Juliette adds one of the most important observations: “We have tranquility.” Many young people are unacquainted with that, and student education is a big part of the mission of both the Refuge and the Friends, she says. “Kids today are so plugged in, they don’t have knees scraped with tree bark. They’ve grown apart from nature and when they come out, they are in awe of the sights and sounds. A big part of our job is to bring kids closer to nature.”

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School groups venture to the refuge from places like Nogales, Rio Rico, Amado, and Sasabe. The Refuge also goes into the schools, but Juliette prefers for the kids to come out, if there’s a school budget for it.Juliette is on an exciting U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service “Vision Team” with a national goal to promote volunteers, friends and community partnerships, all pertaining to wildlife refuges and the next human generation. See their website www.AmericasWildlife.org.But lately in the Refuge, a sour note is playing out. Pipeline construction is being proposed, inconsistent

with the Refuge’s mission, says Juliette. Habitat would be bulldozed for a right-of-way, a swath cut through the yellow grasslands encouraging “quad” racing and other unwholesome (my word) abuse. Refuge Manager Sally Gall wrote a statement of position to the El Paso Natural Gas Co., asserting that “it is the policy of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to discourage the types of uses embodied in right-of-way requests.”Fragile nature thrives in the most unexpected places. BANWR surprises people, which delights Juliette. “People expect sand & rocks, a wasteland. There’s a lot

more life here than people expect. It’s a hidden gem - come out and see it, we’ll win you over.”

Murray Bolesta is an art and heritage photographer, and has written this column since 2007. Murray supports the preservation of our natural, rural, and cultural heritage. Murray’s work can be found at www.CactusHuggers.com and Creative Spirit Gallery in Patagonia.

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When that handsome Norwegian Edvard Munch painted his iconic work known as Th e Scream, was he in pain? Th e haunting skeletal -like face surrounded by a pair of long thin hands cupping its hollow cheeks, popping eyes and

mouth wide open in a silent scream, was painted at least four times by this man. Did he have a revelation that the fi res of Hell were chasing him? What awful thing was so threatening? Hmm.

My guess is that he would be dumbfounded to hear his depiction of misery just sold for $120,000,000. What does that tell us? I, for one, wouldn’t want it hanging in my living room. Th en again, with that value attached, I might be persuaded. Th e thing is, I obviously am not the only person who was imprinted by this image. It still resonates as an unforgettable expression that epitomizes fear.

If Munch dared to paint about such stuff , do I dare write about my aching back?

It hurts. It is following me around wherever I go.

How do people live a lifetime of pain? What kind of minds adapt to daily pain, learn to function with it and still enjoy life? Th ese are my new heroes, those that keep on going despite their bodies’ deterioration. I am asking myself if it’s a genetic strength that propels them forward or a human instinct to live despite all obstacles. Perhaps it takes stubbornness or a persistence of hope.

One person explained his ability to outsmart pain by overwhelming it with positive thinking; a memory, a delicious meal, a joke , a special place to upstage his suff ering. Huh? You mean think about lamb chops when my spine is acting like wasabi? About ballet when my hamstrings behave like a third rail? How can I think of lullabies while my body is writhing to heavy metal?

Another advisor told me to go with the pain. Experience it completely. Own it. See how long you can stay with it until it bores you. Th en let it go. Shazam! Magic. It’s gone—that is until you move. Big mistake that moving. Probably what got you into trouble in the fi rst place.

Th en there are those who believe in temperature

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My dear friend, Yoga Bearer comes to visit. She has good news. She tells me it is all about the breath. “Sometimes when we are stressed we forget to breathe,” she says sweetly, as her large hands embrace mine. All you need to do is stretch your body and get the air down as deeply as possible. She promises that as soon as I do, I will unlock my whatchamacallit and relieve the pressure. She demonstrates by sitting on a hard chair, back straight, thighs parallel to the ground. With both hands she blithely lifts her left shin and tucks her foot behind her right ear.

I don’t think my toes have ever met my ear before. I laugh at the human pretzel sitting before me and explain that this “simple” exercise is simply not possible.

She insists I at least try.

I bend over, grab my right leg from behind and stretch it as high as my knee.

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“Good! Good!” she cries. Now put your foot on your left shoulder. I pull. Arrows begin to assault my lower back. I can’t see my attacker but I know the victim intimately. “Uh-oh-uh,” I groan.

Hope can foster such folly.

“Now hold this pose for one minute,” Yoga Bearer suggests.

“One, Mississippi, two Mississippi, three, Mississippi, four, five, fifty-five, sixty! “ I shout.

“But isn’t there a pill?” I ask. “Something round or oblong, something in a vial or a needle? Isn’t there a quick fix? I love drugs. Let me have something that will knock me out, laugh myself silly, anything.”

But there is no easy answer. I have to face the situation, work at my own healing and believe I can do it. This is asking more of me than I want to give. I want to scream. I want to howl and run. Maybe I

should do what I like to do best, and go to the easel. I should paint my own version of pain. Ask myself what color it is? What shape? Is it a hard line or soft? Does it have motion? Texture? Who knows, a painting of my agony may be discovered someday! You may be bidding on it yourself. I will call it,The Pain. Catchy?

The art of healing has no universal remedy. Each of us has to find what works best in each particular case. I have had it easy most of my life--born healthy, with legs and arms and a mind that worked. I lived hard and played hard and did everything I wanted to do without restrictions. And now a challenge has appeared and my spoiled self wants someone or something else to save me. Well, it ain’t going to happen. I will have to take the cue to seek a higher consciousness and discipline, and appreciate all the more those who live every moment of their lives with pain on their heels.


It’s now easier to visit the Tumacácori National Historical Park with the opening of a wide, paved pathway among buildings and special features.Named the Ruins Trail, the sand-colored reinforced concrete path is six feet wide in most areas and 10 feet wide from the visitor center to the 1820-era mission church, which provides enough space for traditional processions held for the December Fiesta Mass, weddings and other events.A ceremony held June 7 marked the offi cial opening of the path and at the same time, the three-room museum in the visitor center, which was renovated and improved four years ago, was offi cially dedicated to and named for Don Garate, the park’s chief of interpretation and historian for 20 years. Garate died from a brain tumor in September 2010. Th e new path is accessible to wheelchair users and anyone whose footing isn’t stable. It stretches 2,170 feet and is four inches thick, said facility manager Steve Gastellum. Th e upgrade cost about $225,000 and funding came from the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act of 2004, which allows the use of entry fees for special projects. Work was done by West Point Contractors Inc. of Tucson. “Th e park service has a 100-year birthday in 2016. With that, our park service director has a call to action to prepare for a second century of stewardship,” said acting park superintendent Chris Hughes. Providing improved access to those with disabilities is important. “We feel like the Ruins Trail here does that fl awlessly,” he said.Gastellum told those gathered: “Th is trail has been in the process of getting done for a very long time. One of the earliest pictures (from the 1940s or ‘50s) I’ve seen of the trail shows it as a black ribbon of asphalt. It was distracting because it was dark.” In 2000, it was decided to use an eco-friendly material in place of asphalt. Th e material was “native soil mixed with tree sap. Th e idea was great. It was supposed to blend in with the environment fl awlessly, and it did, but it did not live up to its hype. It started deteriorating after two and a half years,” Gastellum said.

He said the trail became inaccessible to most people using a cane, wheelchair or walker. “We fi nally got the money for this new concrete trail and made it totally accessible to all users. We kept the slope at less than fi ve percent and met all the requirements.”Th e park’s archaeologists monitored the excavations required for the trail. Some pottery shards, an ax head, and a Black bear tooth were found during the digs. Old wall foundations were also uncovered along with fi re and roasting pits.One of the discoveries was “a bench where people sat, looking through the archway towards the mountains at the portal area of the church,” Gastellum said.

Don Garate honoredAlso as part of the ceremony, Hughes spoke of the importance of museums. “Th ey aid understanding among park visitors. Th ese places are critical to who we are.“Th e staff has poured their hearts and souls into creating this museum. Th ey have spent countless hours making sure the information is accurate and properly refl ects the culture and natural history of Tumacacori.”Speaking about Garate’s legacy, Anita Badertscher, acting chief of interpretation, said, “I spent 10 years of my life on that museum, (both) Don and I, and I’m pleased that it turned out as it did.”She said she was hired by Garate in 1998 and “ideas had started to fl ow” to modernize the museum. She related some humorous anecdotes of how Garate was involved with the park service staff and contractors who designed the upgrades.“Don, all along, was the heart and soul of this museum. Th is museum, to me, has a huge piece of Don in it,” Badertscher said. “He was a historian who would not compromise. All of his history came from original sources; that was very important to him that it was historically and culturally accurate, and coming from the words of the people themselves” from the past.

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Photos: Top: Park staff cuts the ribbon to open the new $225,000 concrete walking path that will improve accessibility. Second from top: Participants at the June 7 dedication use the new path to walk to the mission church. Th ird from top: Laura Burghardt, an archaeological technician at Tumacácori National Historical Park, shows a Black bear tooth uncovered during work to build a new walking path. Bottom: A plaque honoring the late Don Garate in the museum at the Tumacácori National Historical Park was installed June 7. From left are Garate’s daughter, Maite, wife Alice and Anita Badertscher, acting chief of interpretation.

Article and photos by Kathleen Vandervoet

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A unique, fascinating, low-maintenance and educational pet can be had through the

Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Tortoise Adoption Program, conducted in partnership with the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum and the Phoenix Herpetological Society.

If you have a yard, but little time for a dog, this well-mannered critter might be just the answer to having a household companion.

Desert tortoises are protected in Arizona and cannot be legally collected from the wild, but breeding of captive tortoises and the return of tortoises by owners who can no longer care for them has led to a surplus of these unique animals at authorized adoption facilities. Th e facilities are at capacity and are seeking people willing to adopt and care for a tortoise.

“Th e Game and Fish Department receives hundreds of unwanted adult and captive-born tortoises each year, which takes away resources for conservation eff orts of wild tortoises,” says Cristina Jones, Arizona Game and Fish turtle biologist. “Th at is one reason we discourage captive breeding and only allow adoption of one tortoise per household.”

Contrary to many people’s initial assumptions, desert tortoises can be interactive and provide companionship without as many demands as a dog or cat. Tortoises can teach many of the same life lessons to children, including responsibility, compassion and commitment.

To adopt a desert tortoise, you will need to have an enclosed area in your yard free from potential hazards, such as a dog or an unfenced pool. You will need to construct a burrow for the tortoise so that it can get relief from extreme temperatures. Th ose interested in sharing their yard with a tortoise should visit www.azgfd.gov/tortoise for more information on feeding, caring for, and creating a habitat for a

tortoise. Th e desert tortoise adoption packet, which includes the adoption application, can also be downloaded from that web page. If you are interested in adopting a desert tortoise, and live within the

tortoise’s native range (Phoenix, Tucson, Bullhead City, Kingman, Lake Havasu, and Yuma areas), send your completed application form to your nearest state-sanctioned desert tortoise adoption facility (Scottsdale, Tucson, Kingman or Yuma).

A link to contact information can be found at www.azgfd.gov/tortoise. Schools are encouraged to consider applying for a Schoolyard Grant through the Heritage Fund Schoolyard Habitat Program to build a desert tortoise enclosure and then apply for a tortoise adoption. For

more information on Heritage Fund Schoolyard Grants, please contact Robyn Beck, Heritage Grants coordinator, at (623) 236-7530.

“Once captive, desert tortoises can never be released into the wild,” Jones emphasized. “Not only is it illegal, it can jeopardize wild populations through the introduction of disease, or displace wild tortoises.”

Desert tortoises can live as long as 50 to 100 years. Th ey grow to be about 15 pounds and hibernate in the winter months. Th ey eat plant material, including grasses and wildfl owers.

Th e Tortoise Adoption Program is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year.

DESERT TORTOISES TRULY IN NEED OF ADOPTIONHolding facilities are at capacity,

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Information and images courtesy of Arizona Game & Fish

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Independence Day is most often observed with excitement by everyone, through games, face painting, food, fi reworks, time with friends, among many other customary activities. It’s no diff erent in Southern Arizona.

On this day, Tubac becomes, once again, another main destination for people attracted to the organizations and venues that make this celebration so memorable.

It started in the morning at the Presidio State Historic Park that provides the space for a series of activities for children organized by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce and provided by diff erent local organizations, including the Tubac Rotary Club, Th e Tubac Center of the Arts, Th e Santa Cruz Valley Citizens’ Council, Th e Global Community Communications Alliance, the Tubac Community Center Foundation, the Anza Trail Coalition and the Tubac Fire District.

Traditional foods such as hot dogs, nachos, lemonade donated by theTubac Rotary Club and watermelon donated by Brian Vandervoet and family kept the crowd of nearly 400 satisfi ed and energized.

Fun activities such as ball toss or the dunking tank, where gracious members of the community volunteer to be plopped in a water tank by children with grins on their faces, kept all participants in a festive mood.

To end the morning a Tubac Fire District employee opened the hose on a pumper truck and children ran out to be sprayed down and cooled off .

Th e day continued, possibly with barbecues, pool time and family, and it was experienced and fi nished on the green lawn of the Tubac Golf Resort and Spa, which once again delighted thousands of people with more activities, music, food and a wonderful display of fi reworks at night.

Tradition reigns at Tubac’s 4th of July events

by Paula Beemer

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1) Children picked temporary tattoos.2) Appropriately dress, this little girl attempted to master the hula hoop.3) The Tubac Fire Distric cooled the children o� .

4) The crowd enjoyed the sweet and refreshing watermelon.5) Young attendants who love cooling down.6) A lucky member of the crow takes watermelons home after winning a drawing.


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Kids learned to weave a wall hanging using a frame loom at the Tubac Predisio's Fiber Art Friday. Th e Next fi ber arts classes at the presidio will take place Friday, July 27, 10am-12:30pm and Friday, August 31, 10am-12:30pm. Join fi ber art enthusiasts at the Tubac Presidio on the last Friday of the month. Bring your knitting, crochet, spinning or quilting project and gather for uninterrupted fi ber art time. Hosted by members of the Southwest Fiber Arts Resource Group. Th e Southwest Fiber Arts Guild will also be off ering the class, "Let's Make Wool Felt!" on Friday July 27, 1-4 pm. Learn to turn sheep wool into colorful beads and cords to create a necklace, bracelet or bolo tie. Instruction by members of the Southwest Fiber Arts Resource Group. For adults and kids age 7 and up - $15 includes materials and Park admission. Adults are welcome to accompany their child and observe for regular Park admission $5. Limit 20 participants; call for reservations 520-398-2252.

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Candidate forum set in Rio RicoPublic forums in August to hear from candidates for local and other elective offi ces are scheduled at Rio Rico High School.Individuals running in the Aug. 28 primary election for Santa Cruz County offi ces such as supervisor, treasurer, sheriff and assessor will be invited to a forum on Wednesday, Aug. 15, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Independent candidates will also be invited.Th ose running for the state legislature and U.S. Congress and whose districts include county communities will be invited to a forum on Th ursday, Aug. 16, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Sponsors include the Tubac Community Center Foundation, the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens Council, the Nogales International, the Green Valley News and Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District No. 35.Th e location is the high school cafeteria at 590 Camino Lito Galindo, reached from the Peck Canyon exit of Interstate 19.

School and fi re boards have openingsAug. 8 is the deadline for anyone who wants to be on the Nov. 6 ballot for the fi ve-member board of the Santa Cruz Valley Unifi ed School District No. 35 or the fi ve-member board of the Tubac Fire District.Th e election brings the opportunity to vote for three governing board members for School District No. 35 (Tubac and Rio Rico).Th e terms of Harry Clapeck and Brian Vandervoet are ending so there will be two new four-year terms.

Member Rosie Simpson resigned after 13 years on June 19 and there will be an opening for the two years remaining on her term. Th e terms of Susan Faubion and Joel Kramer will continue another two years.For information about being elected to the board, contact the offi ce of Santa Cruz County School Superintendent Alfredo Velasquez at (520) 375-7940. An election for upcoming terms on the Tubac Fire District board will also be held on Nov. 6 and there will be three openings on the board. For information about running for election, contact the Santa Cruz County Elections offi ce at (520) 375-7808.

State, federal races on horizonIn the Aug. 28 primary election for state legislature positions, Tubac and surrounding communities will be voting for their representatives in the new LD (legislative district) 2, which had boundaries re-drawn following the 2010 Census.Th e district covers all of Santa Cruz County and runs into Pima County, including Green Valley, Arivaca, Sahuarita, South Tucson and part of Tucson. Democratic Sen. Linda Lopez is running unopposed for the Senate seat in the new LD2 this November.Th ree candidates are on the ballot for the two

vacant LD2 seats in the House of Representatives. Th ey include Democrats Andrea Dalessandro, a retired accountant from Green Valley; and Rosanna Gabaldón, a former Sahuarita Town Council member. Republican John Ackerley, a physics teacher

at Amphitheater High School in Tucson, is also running for a House seat.In regard to the U.S. Congress, Tubac residents will be in District 3, not District 2, as of Jan. 1. Running in the District 3 Republican primary are Gabriela Saucedo-Mercer and Jaime Vasquez.Running in the district’s Democratic primary are Amanda Aguirre, Manny Arreguin and incumbent Raúl Grijalva. Th e Libertarian candidate is Blanca Guerra.Another election is to choose a U.S. Senator to replace Jon Kyl who is retiring. Richard Carmona is unopposed in the Democratic primary. In the Republican primary, candidates are Wil Cardon, Jeff Flake, Bryan Hackbarth, John Lyon (write in) and Claire Van Steenwyk. Th e Libertarian candidate is Sheila Bilyeu.

Barber elected to CongressTubac residents are now represented by Ron Barber in the U.S. Congress. He was elected June 12 to fi ll the vacancy left after Gabrielle Giff ords resigned her District 8 seat for health reasons. Barber, a Democrat, defeated Jesse Kelly, a Republican, and Charlie Manolakis of the Green Party. Th e term runs to Dec. 31.

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What are we doing tomorrow, my daughters would ask every day. I would think and plan and try to balance my time between work, housekeeping and fun, but it’s not always easy.

I must confess that I would get a little worried thinking that during the time I was unable to devote to them, they would fi nd something to do and that television or computers could take care of that spare time.

Every summer, fi nding an activity that nurtures them and that they enjoy is imperative. Fortunately I don’t have to look far, TCA (Th e Tubac Center of the Arts) has been off ering just that, every summer for the last 28 years.

Children come year after year, in great part from Nogales, Rio Rico, Tubac and surrounding areas.

Th e summer program welcomes students between the ages of six and 14 years old and it is conducted for four weeks, three days a week. Children are exposed to diff erent areas of art.

Th is year the areas covered were sculpture and 3D work, music and rhythm, drama, body expression, visual arts and color, explains Traci Quinn, education coordinator at the TCA.

All teachers were highly educated professionals in the fi eld of art, and most were graduate students from the University of Arizona. Local teenagers who have demonstrated interest and abilities in the area assisted with the classes.

Th anks to members of TCA and donations from important organizations, every year the program has been off ered at a very aff ordable rate and has also provided scholarships for families who need help, says Quinn.

Th e renovation work at the TCA did not interfere with the Summer 2012 program given that Montessori de Santa Cruz School in Tubac served as the temporary location.

A total of 108 enthusiastic students participated in the program, from June 12 and July 5. Th ey presented their work every Th ursday to their families, who enjoyed observing creative plays, original music compositions with instruments made by the children, some dancing and many art pieces created by them. Th e laughter, the creativity, their enthusiasm and the work they would bring home reassures me of the great quality of the program and how valuable the eff orts of TCA are

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WHERE THE DIFFERENCE IS EXPERIENCE.

Once upon a time in a little town in Northwest Arkansas, there lived a family, Papa Rano, Mama Ruthie, and three children, Penn, Claire and Rano Paul. Papa Rano worked for Daisy Air Rifl e Manufacturing Company and they were all very happy living in Rogers.

When Rano Paul was in the third grade he was allowed to walk three blocks to and from school each day. One day on his way home a Tyson chicken truck passed him. Now Tyson was a huge chicken plant where tiny chicks were sent to various local farms for people to raise. As the truck passed Rano Paul, a young chicken fell from one of the cages on the big truck and landed on the road. Rano Paul ran over and picked up the chicken and carried her home.

What does one do with a white chicken, very pretty, too, but say, Ò Oh my,weÕ ve had animals around for years, I guess we will now have a chicken!” She took our hearts immediately and we named her Gertrude. The fi rst night we put her in the garage with some cracked corn and so began our time with Gertrude. During the day she roamed the yard, we had no fence and when the children came home from school she was at the back door waiting to come in, too.

Eventually she decided she wanted to sleep by the back door on a pillow in the breakfast room. She would peck at the door when she wanted to come in. She even came when she was called. She loved her pillow and besides the cracked corn we gave her every day she enjoyed a treat, usually lemon cookies or small pieces of Milky Way candy bars.

She became quite social and when we sat in the living room to talk after Papa Rano came home from work, she’d fl y up on the windowsill and watch and listen to us.

One day while Gertrude and I were outside, she stepped off the curb to cross the street. I said in a very loud voice, “Gertrude, get back here!” She never stepped into the street again.

After manymonths of Gertrude sleeping by the back door in the breakfast room, we took her pillow and introduced her to the workbench in the garage, only about ten steps from the house. You see, she had been taking

She liked to go upstairs and rest on ClaireÕ s pillow on her bed. Also bathing Gertrude each week was becoming a chore. The garage seemed more chicken-like for her, although I do believe she was meant to be a house chicken. After all, she had been living with us for nearly two years!

One morning, Easter Sunday, I went to the garage to let Gertrude come in and say hello. She had passed away, peacefully, during the night.

Oh my, we truly missed her, she was a very remarkable chicken.

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