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HOOF PRINTS AND CROSSESTHROUGH THE PIMERÍA ALTA

MISSIONARYTHE COWBOY

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CHENOWETH, MINIM SISTERSAND SISTERS OF CARONDELET

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This month’s edition, centered on the“CowboyMissionary-Father Eusebio Fran-cisco Kino” and the missions he established inSanta Cruz County, begins our series on SantaCruz County history to commemorate Ari-zona’s 100th anniversary as a state of theunion. Our theme will be a “then and now”perspective of our evolving history.

The article, “Kino to Karns,” reflects on

the vast reach over the ages of Jesuit mission-aries in our community and “The BindingBonds of Purpose” article features the impactof a dedicated physician and religious orderson our community’s health care system.

Every month, we will continue to fea-ture county events that reflect our colorfulculture, dedication and commitment to others.

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Amelia Melendez, organizer of the event, with her mother Amelia Fernandez Me-lendez, and Esther Lopez Melendez, also an organizer.

Candidates for queen pose with Amelia Fernandez Melendez who was 1946 queenfor the local “Fiestas de Mayo.”

“Fiestas de Mayo” candidates alongside future queens (junior candidates). Makesure to look for our June edition for coverage of the event.

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Father Eusebio Kino was a heroic pioneerwho paved the way into Arizona and Californiaetching his name in American History. Kino, bornin 1644 in the Tyrolean village of Segno in the Ital-ian Alps, was educated in Switzerland, graduatingfrom the University of Fribourg. He committedhimself to the Jesuit Order of the Catholic Churchafter recovering from a serious illness. Kino wassent by the Jesuits to the University of Ingolstadt inBavaria where he studied theology, philosophy,mathematics and geography. After graduating, hewas sent to the College Hala in his native Tyrol as ateacher.

Kino dedicated himself to missionary work asa follower of Saint Francis Xavier and had plannedto minister in the Far East but the necessity formissionaries in New Spain called him to the Ameri-cas. His mathematical abilities made him a royal as-tronomer, surveyor, and mapmaker.

In 1683 he was member of an expedition ledby the conquistadores Antillón and Atondo to thenorthern regions of the Spanish domains, settingsail to what is now part of Baja California in Mex-ico. After two years, the project was shelved leavingKino dissatisfied with the expedition's results, feel-ing that too little of the country had been explored.Kino made a personal appeal to the viceroy plead-ing for more extensive colonization of the northernregions and to expand his missionary activity. Al-though the Jesuits had been in this vast region since1590, the Spanish Crown decided that the Francis-can missionaries who accompanied the troopsweren't getting the job done when it came to bring-ing more souls to Christianity. So the Jesuits, whocombined a vast fund of practical knowledge with adiscipline that was almost military, were called onto fill the gap. Kino’s request was granted and in1687, at the relatively late age of 43, Kino launchedhis remarkable missionary career.

Father Kino was sent to the area known asPimería Alta, now northern Sonora, Mexico, andsouthern Arizona, making more than 40 excursionsto Mexico’s northwest encompassing the Mexicanstate of Sinaloa as well as Sonora.

Kino’s work in Pimería Alta began in March1687, living and traveling among the Yuma andPima Indians. Initially, there were no European set-tlers. He explored, built a mission, and attended tohis religious duties. At the town of Cucurpe inSonora, he founded the mission of Nuestra Señorade los Dolores (“Our Lady of Sorrows”), themother mission, using it as his outpost for almosttwenty-five years to establish new missions, pushingnorth to the Gila and Colorado Rivers.

Kino did more than just direct the establish-ing of missions. His explorations confirmed thatCalifornia was a peninsula and not an island bytraveling thousands of miles on horseback, some-times with Europeans and at others with NativeAmericans.

During a 25 year period, Father Kino re-markably founded 24 missions, the most notable toSanta Cruz County being the San Cayetano delTumacácori founded in 1691 (southern Arizona’sfirst mission of any order and the first Jesuit mis-sion), San José del Tumacácori (currently the loca-tion of the Tumacacori National Historic Park),and San Gabriel de Guevavi, also founded in 1691,which ruins are located on the national park. (See

related story on page 11).Father Kino is also responsible for establish-

ing ranching as a viable economic enterprise inPimería Alta. One historian credits him with estab-lishing the cattle industry in at least twenty placeswhere it still exists, including Santa Cruz County.Kino established cattle ranches in at least six rivervalleys in northern Mexico. The missions bred cat-tle, horses, mules, and sheep which belonged to thechurch, not Father Kino, and not only fed Indiansbut also enabled the missions to be self-sufficient.This last factor was most important because it

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Hoof prints and crossesthrough the Pimería Alta

Ruins of the Franciscan church at Mission San José deTumacácori, above, was originally named San Cayetanode Tumacácori by Jesuit Missionary Eusebio FranciscoKino,left.

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meant that they could survive regard-less of what was happening politicallyand economically elsewhere in theSpanish domains. It also allowed Fa-ther Kino to develop newmissionswithout relying on help from any-body else. For example, when creat-ing San Xavier del Bac he was able tosend along seven hundred animals—alarge herd for the time.

Father Kino seems to have ex-emplified the simplicity and faith thatmarked the most devout of those inholy orders. He took his vows ofpoverty seriously and owned little.He ate and slept sparingly. He wasunafraid to die, secure in his belief inthe promise of salvation. His com-panion for the last eight years of hislife, Father Luis Velarde, wrote of hisdeath in 1711, which occurred on avisit to his mission at SantaMag-dalena where he had gone to dedicatea chapel:

“He died as he had lived, with

extreme humility and poverty. Intoken of this, during his last illness hedid not undress. His deathbed, as hisbed had always been, consisted of twocalfskins for a mattress,two blankets such as theIndians use for covers, anda pack-saddle for a pillow.”

He was sixty-sevenyears old.

Father Kino’s re-mains were found in 1966by a team ofMexican andU.S. researchers just southof Santa Cruz County inMagdalena de Kino,Sonora, Mexico, wherethey can be viewed todayat the site of their discov-ery. “Peregrinos” or pil-grims make pilgrimages tothe site from all parts ofnorthernMexico and Ari-zona every September,many to repay “mandas”

(promises to repay favors bestowedthrough answered prayers), sometraveling for miles on foot, others ontheir knees.

There is a statue of FatherKino in the Statuary Home of theCapitol inWashingtonD.C. It wascommissioned because Kino is con-sidered one of the forgers of a unionthat combined both Anglo and LatinAmerica.


A model of Father Kino, left, depicting his contact withthe indigenious people in Santa Cruz County. Above is amap of the area from the time. Father Kino, right, onhorseback which is a typical artist redition of him.

In 1691, Father Eusebio Kinobegan exploring the northern frontierof New Spain to Christianize the na-tive tribes. Captain JuanMateoManje who accompanied Kino kept adiary of seven of nine of Kino’s explo-rations covering 4,675miles in 200days in a region Kino called thePimería Alta . Two hundred yearslater, the story of Kino’s travels inter-sected withNogalianHarry Karn’sinsatiable curiosity.

Born in 1880 in Jamestown,NY, Harry J. Karns followed his fa-ther into the oil drilling business inPennsylvania. When a rig burst intoflame, Harry Karns fought the sear-ing heat and flames to rescue menovercome by the fire which seriouslydisfigured Karns. Nursed by his fi-ancé, Mollie Nash, Harry began hisslow recovery.

About 1904, Harry andMollieKarns headed west to California andNevada, and eventually Nogales in1907 to assume a post as a mining en-gineer. A year later, he brought thesecond automobile ever to Nogales(the first purchased by lawyerWalterMcCurdy in 1902). Harry didn’t getpaid for his mining work and decidedto use his two cylinder automobile asa taxi between Santa Ana and themines at Altar and Boludo.

Harry Karns was a born adven-turer, entrepreneur and historian.His automobile, mining skills and en-gineering talent combined with hisunrelenting motivation, formed thenucleus of a business. His brothersCharles, Robert andWilliam joinedKarns Brothers, Inc. (about where

Auto Zone onGrand Avenue is lo-cated today) consisting of the firstFord dealership and an engineeringdesign and construction firm.

The Border Vidette, Septem-ber 23, 1911, reported that “The cityfathers met last night and receivedbids for sinking test wells on theSanta Cruz River. Several bids werepresented, the lowest of which wasthat of Karns Brothers.” Thus beganNogales’ first water system.

By 1913 at age 33, Harry J.Karns was a rising star in Arizona andfeatured inWho’sWho in Arizona.At 34, Harry J. Karns was electedsenator to the Arizona State Legisla-ture. There Harry Karns securedpassage of a bill to provide funding tobuild a bridge over the Santa CruzRiver onUS 82. Upon completionof the bridge on February 17, 1917,Governor Campbell arrived for theopening ceremonies urging that thebridge be named the Karns Bridgeand as yet unbaptized.

Harry Karns’ curiosity, love ofSanta Cruz County and passion forhistory led him toHerbert Bolton‘sseminal three volume history ofKino’s diary, Kino’s Historical Mem-

ECHO OF HISTORY AXEL C. F. HOLM

Harry Karns’ passion andperseverance kept himworking on the translationof the Manje diary untilcompletion and publica-tion of 1,500 copies in 1954including a map of Kino’sPimería Alta under thetitle, Luz de la Tierra Incog-nita.


KINOANDKARNS

Harry J. Karns, above left, circa 1913.The cover of “Luz de la Tierra Incognita”, aboveright, a book written by Karns which was a translation of Captain Juan Manje’s diary.WalterHolm, below left, holdingAxelC.F.Holm andWalterHolm Jr. at theKarn homepool which was a social center in Nogales.

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oir of Pimería Alta. Karns noted Kino’s refer-ences to a traveling companion, Captain JuanManje. In 1919Harry obtained a copy ofManje’s diary which he studiously examined tounderstand the extended travels by the first Eu-ropeans in southern Arizona. Karns decidedManje’s work had to be translated into English.But the extent of his task was not only the trans-lation from 18th century Spanish to 20th centuryEnglish, but the identification of the locationsdescribed byManje which necessitated physicallylocating Kino‘s routes.

With his young grandson, Joseph Cum-ming, Harry drove his 1935 Ford pickup overfaint trails of Kino‘s Pimería Alta . Karns en-gaged the noted Arizona cartographer, DonaldBufkin, to map Kino’s routes. Harry Karns’ pas-sion and perseverance kept him working on thisproject until completion and publication of 1,500

copies ofManje’s diary in 1954 including a map ofKino’s Pimería Alta under the title, Luz de laTierra Incognita.

Harry Karns madeNogales his home untilhe died in April 1955. His ample accomplishmentswere not confined to installing the first Nogaleswater system, building a bridge, serving as a legisla-tor and publishing a book. Harry Karns also servedasMayor of Nogales from 1927-1933 during whichhe covered the drainage ditch fromNogales,Sonora that ran down the center of Grand Avenueand lined the arroyo system betweenGrand andMorley Avenues with concrete. He also pavedthose streets for the first time. Harry Karns negoti-ated the purchase of Camp Little from the U.S.government after the U.S. Army closed operationsin Nogales in January, 1933. His fascination withhistory ledHarry Karns to others who shared hisinterest, including publisher of the Nogales Herald,H. R. Sisk, and U.S. Forest Ranger, Albert Abbott.In February 1948, the three formed the PimeríaAlta Historical Society so that footprints of menand women fromKino forward would not fade butremain as lasting impressions for generations tocome.

About 1909,Mollie andHarry Karns built animpressive home and large swimming pool onnorth Grand Avenue. WhenHarry traveled, hecollected seedlings of trees for his yard, making alush mini-forest. He opened his magnificentswimming pool to the public on weekends for a few

pennies to defray the costs of weekly draining andrefilling. The Karns home and pool became a so-cial center for Nogalians. Today, the great housestill stands north of the formerWalter Holm&Company building, once the KarnsWarehouse,across the street fromCity Hall. Many years ago,the pool was filled and covered, the trees cut downand discarded, and a warehouse constructed in theback. But the stalwart old house survives.

The Karns legacy continued through his twodaughters, Helena andGlena and their childrenand grandchildren, one of whom is Terry KarnsShannon, a youngman who today walks in thefootsteps of his great-grandfather’s pathways ofcivic pride and community leadership. There havebeen and will be many outstandingNogalians. But

few canmatch the accomplishments and characterof Harry J. Karns who had the curiosity to learn,the adventurousness to explore, the motivation topersevere and the intellect to know that our futureresides in our past.

Nogalians owe a debt to Harry Karns. A par-tial payment on that debt could be the preservationand restoration of his home and tree filled garden.The Karns house is a grand and eloquent imagefromNogales history and deserves to show as bril-liantly as Harry J. Karns’ efforts radiated for No-gales.

(Holm is a state and local historian. To con-tact him, email [email protected] or call (520) 287-7524)


The Karns Home as it stands today on Grand Avenue in front of Nogales City Hall. The home is in dire need of repair for its historic importance to the state of Arizonaand is a prime candidate for entry into the Historic Homes in the United States.

When you drive out on South River Road heading to theHa-cienda Corona de Guevavi, you are instantly transported backthrough history into a time of cowboys, pioneers, missionaries

andmovie stars. This upscale bed and breakfast has a long history dating backto Father Eusebio Kino. Now owned by Phil andWendy Stover, they under-took a dream to renovate this historic landmark and share it with the world.

Guevavi (meaning “big spring”) was home to theHohokam and PimaIndians long before a pioneering Jesuit missionary, Father Kino, in 1691, estab-lished “LaMisión de SanGabriel de Guevavi.” Themission received differentnames through out the years but the most common was “Los Santos Ángelesde Guevavi.” As time passed, the mission was enlarged to the size of 15 feet by50 feet, remnants of which still remain and were donated by the previousowner and famous local rancher, RalphWingfield, to the Tumacacori National

Historic Park.Juan Bautista de Anza introduced cattle at Guevavi in the early 1700’s,

making it one of the oldest cattle ranches in the state. The ranch was laterhomesteaded by Prudencia A. Benedict through theHomestead Act in 1914.The property changed hands over the years to include Edward Titcomb, a19th century pioneer in the area.

The property also features famousMexican muralist and bullfighter Sal-vador Corona’s work on the main courtyard walls. Corona’s works are charm-ing depictions of the indigenousMexican peasants during the 1940s and 1950s.

Under RalphWingfield’s ownership, the ranch not only expanded butbecame aHollywood hideaway for famous actors of the time including JohnWayne. During the filming of the classic movie, “Red River,”Wingfield wasasked to provide cattle for use in the film. This is when it is said that the hard-driven rancher met JohnWayne. The two instantly became close friends and aroomwas built especially for “TheDuke” during his visits to the ranch.Manyother movie stars came to the ranch seeking out the peace and tranquility of theranch.

Today the ranch is an upscale bed and breakfast, after Phil andWendy


HISTORIC BEDAND BREAKFAST

Famous Mexican muralist and bullfighter Salvador Corona’s work, above, on the main courtyard walls


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Stover purchased it in 2002. Raised in Southern Arizona, theStovers had moved away for nearly thirty years until return-ing to the area. After years of searching, their dream ofopening a bed and breakfast became a reality. TheGuevaviRanch, with its long history and beauty, was the perfect placefor the bed and breakfast. After 2 years of renovations, theHacienda Corona de Guevavi opened its doors to the public.“We have this incredible history and we should promote it,and use it to bring tourism.We are the Plymouth Rock oftheWest!” saidWendy Stover. Today it hosts modern daypioneers from around the world and hosts special events,such as weddings.

(Contact information: 348 South River Road, Nogales,AZ 85621. Tel (520) 287-6503

Toll free (888) 287-6502, Fax (520) 287-9312. [email protected])

“Wehave this incredible history and weshould promote it, and use it to bringtourism. We are the Plymouth Rock ofthe West!” Wendy Stover.

Beautiful rooms, top, with majestic views are abundant at thehacienda. Wendy Stover, above, holds a picture of Ralph Wing-fieldmeeting JohnWayne at theNogales International Airport be-fore heading out to theWingfieldRanch, which now is theHaciendaCorona de Guevavi.

PHOTOS | DETECTIVE OSCAR M. PEN

TheO’odham Indian settlement ofGuevavi (gi-vavhia, meaning “big well” or“big spring”) was visited in January 1691 byFathers Kino and Salvatierra. Three yearslater, in 1701, Fathers Kino and Salvatierraestablished the mission, San Gabriel de Gue-vavi at the settlement. Subsequent mission-aries called it San Rafael and SanMiguel,resulting in the common historical name ofLos Santos Ángeles de Guevavi. Juan de SanMartin established his headquarters at themission the same year

There were good reasons why Gue-vavi was made the cabacera: there were morenatives at Guevavi and it was more centrallylocated. A padre could minister with littledifficulty to the natives of the three other na-tive settlements, San Cayetano, San Luis andLos Reyes.

In the fall of 1702 or 1703, Kino rodethrough Guevavi and Tumacácori on theway to build a large church at Bac or SanXavier del Bac in what is nowTucson.Everywhere along the route he looked afterthe spiritual and temporal matters of the na-tives. Kino was now 57 and slowing down.This was probably his last trip north.

Antonio de los Reyes, Bishop of

Sonora, on July 6, 1772 wrote a report onthe condition of the missions in the Upperand Lower Pimería Alta . Following is his re-port on Los Santos Angeles de Guevavi astranslated by Father KieranMcCarty:

“The village of Guevavi is situated ona open and fertile plain beside an arroyo withgood land where the Indians cultivate theirindividual fields of wheat, Indian corn, othercrops, and one small community farm. Thechurch on the inside is adorned with two al-tars and a small side chapel with paintings ingilded frames. In the sacristy are three chal-ices, two dishes with cruets, one pyx, a cibo-rium, a censer, and a baptismal shell - allsilver - vestments of every kind and colorand other ornaments for the altar and divineservices. According to the census book,which I have here before me, there are nine-teen married couples, five widowers, sevenwidows, twelve orphans, the number ofshould in all eighty-six.”

Guevavi was abandoned for the lasttime in 1775. After sitting forlornly aban-doned since the 1770s, Guevavi’s ruins wereadded to Tumacácori National HistoricalPark in 1990. The late RalphWingfield, alocal rancher, donated the ruins to the Ar-chaeological Conservancy which, in turn,donated it to the National Park Service.


SAN GABRIELDE GUEVAVI

Santa Cruz County has a long and beautiful his-tory that resonates throughout the world. From its ear-liest settlers, missionary work has long played animportant role in molding what we see around us today.

One missionary who greatly impacted Arizona’shistory is Father Eusebio Kino, a leading explorer ofCalifornia and the Pimería Alta, an area encompassingparts of what are today southern Arizona in the UnitedStates and northern Sonora inMexico. Kino’s pioneer-ing passage has left landmarks throughout our countythat remain in tact to this day.

Father Kino belonged to a prestigious religiousorder named Jesuits whose missionary works encom-passed the fields of education, intellectual research, hos-pital and parish ministry and social justice.

Rev. Sean Carroll, S.J., continues the tradition ofthe Jesuit order with the establishment of the Kino Bor-der Initiative.

Father Carroll was born in SouthWeymouth,Massachusetts but spent most of his childhood in south-ern California. Carroll studied at Stanford Universitywhere then, inspired by a Jesuit priest, he entered theCalifornia Province of the Society of Jesus.

In 2006, Carroll began to serve as Pastoral Min-istries Assistant helping coordinate pastoral initiativesamong twelve Jesuit parishes in California, Arizona,

Utah andHawaii. As part of his ministry, he assistedwith the exploratory phase of a newmigrant ministry inSouthern Arizona. These efforts led to the inaugurationof the Kino Border Initiative which is a bi-nationaland collaborative effort focusing on humanitarianassistance, education, research and advocacy in theareas of migration and immigration, serving as itsExecutive Director since January 2009. “TheKino Border Initiative was named after FatherKino who had an enormous impact on this re-gion,” said Carroll.

From historic monuments of religiousministry to social advocacy, Jesuit priests con-tinue to leave a mark on our landscape and ourhearts.



FROM KINO TO CARROLLA history of Jesuit missionaries in Santa Cruz County

Missionary works encompass the fields ofeducation, intellectual research, hospitaland parish ministry and social justice.Rev. Sean Carroll, S.J., continues the tra-dition of the Jesuit order.

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On May 26, 1870, seven Sistersof St. Joseph of Carondelet arrived inTucson after enduring a month longtrek by train, ship and covered wagonfrom Missouri. After openingschools at both San Agustin Churchin Tucson and at the San Xavier Mis-sion, the Sisters opened St. Mary’sHospital, Arizona’s first hospital, with12 beds and owned by the CatholicChurch. In 1882, Bishop Jean Bap-tiste Salpointe, the Vicar Apostolic ofArizona, sold St. Mary's to the Sistersfor $20,000 and the promise that itretain its name and remain a hospitalfor 99 years. The Sisters have ex-ceeded the 99-year promise by 30years due to their diligent dedication.

Meanwhile, in Nogales, Ari-zona, in 1898, Dr. WilliamChenoweth, the town’s physicianwhose extensive lobbying measuresbore fruit, opened St. Joseph’s Hospi-tal on Sonoita Avenue.

An excerpt from an unfinishedautobiography written by Dr.Chenoweth around 1948, courtesy ofthe Pimeria Alta Museum, describesone of his motivations for the estab-lishment of the original Nogales hos-pital:

“We have a hospital in Nogalesnow, and have had one for almost halfa century, but well do I remember thecase which brought about its build-ing. In the early days I was called in tosee a young man who was engineerfor the new electric light plant thathad just been installed here. Therewere two engineers, one on day dutyand one on night duty. They wereboth in love with the same girl. Upongoing on duty, the day man walkedup to the night man. Concealed in hispocket was a pistol. Without saying aword to the night man, he shot himin the abdomen. I was called. I wentin my buggy, put him in it and tookhim home. There was no hospitalthen. I called Dr. Purdy to assist me.This patient lived in a two-roomadobe building with a dirt floor. Weboiled sheets and did our best tomake everything aseptic.

Dr. Purdy gave the anesthetic.On opening the abdomen I found acouple of nicks in his intestine andsome excrement in the abdomen,mixed with blood. We washed andmopped it all up, stopped any bleed-ing parts, did the best we could underthe circumstances, gave him a nar-cotic, left an attendant in charge withorders to call us if he seemed to besuffering, and left for home. I did notwake up until late the next morning.No one had called me during thenight. I drove over to Dr. Purdy’s res-idence and asked him if had beencalled and he said, “No.”

We decided to drive over andsee the patient, and as we drove up,Dr. Purdy remarked, “there is nocrepe on the door, so I suppose he isnot dead.” When the attendantopened the door in answer to myknock, I saw the patient sitting up onthe edge of the bed. We had left in-structions with the attendant that thepatient was not to have any food untilwe returned. His first remark was,“Come on in. This patient wants meto give him frijoles. He says he ishungry.” We went in happy to findhim in such good condition, but the

worry this case caused me resulted inmy efforts to avoid any future occa-sions like it, so I started building thepresent St. Joseph’s Hospital whichwas completed about the first part of1898.”

As a result of religious persecu-tion in Mexico, the Minim Daughtersof Mary Immaculate (Sisters ofMercy) came to Nogales on August 2,1926. It was a group of novices andpostulants with their Mother Mis-tresses. The Sisters established theNovitiate on the hills east of Nogaleson the road to Patagonia.

In 1932 when the Sisters ofMercy had to leave Nogales, theysold St. Joseph’s Hospital to theMinim Sisters whom they had be-friended for a few years.

In February, 1933, Sister Con-stanza Rivera professed as a MinimSister and on that day began her min-istry at St. Joseph’s Hospital. In 1950,after receiving her nursing degreefrom St. Mary’s Hospital in Tucson,she became the hospital’s administra-tor. In the ensuing ten years, SisterConstanza and her fellow Minim Sis-ters worked tirelessly with the No-gales community to build a new

hospital under the same name whichwas opened on March 19, 1960. Theland at the end of Western Avenue(now Target Range Road) for the newhospital was obtained from localrancher, William Harrison, who atthat time was developing a portion ofhis Mariposa Ranch with a housingdevelopment (Harrison Estates).

In 1981, the Minim Sisterstransferred the administration of thehospital to the Sisters of St. Joseph ofCarondelet. The name of the hospi-tal was changed to Holy Cross Hos-pital. In the decades that followed,the hospital has expanded to include anew emergency room, intake/lobbyarea, a geriatric ward and nursinghome thanks to the community andits many contributors and the tirelessefforts of the Minim order.

On April 7th, 2011, Sister Con-stanza celebrated her 100th birthdaywith a party at the Holy Cross Nurs-ing Home where she resided. Shewas serenaded by her Minim Sisterswith birthday songs sung in the duallanguages of the border: “HappyBirthday!” and “Las Mananitas”. Sis-ter Constanza Rivera died shortlyafter her centennial celebration.


THE BINDING BONDSOF PURPOSE COLLIDEDr. William Chenoweth, the Minim Sisters of the Sacred Heart, and the Seven

Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet

Postcard of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Nogales from around the 1920s.


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Dr. William F. Chenoweth

For over 35 years, St. Andrew’sChildren’s Clinic, a non-denomina-tional, non-profit organization, hasprovided free, specialized medicalcare to children living inMexico whocannot obtain or afford the care theyneed in their home country. Medicalservices are provided by volunteers.

Then. . .:The birth of Raymond Romero

in 1973, son of Coca Romero whowould later become the Patient Co-ordinator of the Clinic, began a cata-lyst for reaching out to other motherswith disabled children who wanted tolearn how to help their children. Aspeech therapist in Tucson was in-

vited to help the mothers work onlanguage skills with their children inthe Romero home.

The therapist saw children whocould be helped by orthopedic sur-gery. She invited Dr.Mark Frankel,Tucson orthopedic surgeon, to jointhe group and assess children for sur-gery. He brought along colleagues:another surgeon, a physical therapist,an orthotist to make braces, and otherspecialists.

Word of the group spread andsoon the home setting was too small.The groupmoved to a local Catholicorphanage and a working clinic wasestablished. Dr. Frankel recalls climb-ing over the nuns’ beds to see pa-tients.

In 1976, Dr. Frankel told theparents that he was concerned that

American doctors were practicingmedicine inMexico while being li-censed to practice only in the UnitedStates. Attention turned to finding alocation inNogales, Arizona wherethe small clinic could practice and,hopefully, continue to grow. St. An-drew’s Episcopal Church had avail-able space. The Church and itsparishioners opened their arms andhearts to the Clinic and a relationshipwas forged that continues today.

. . . and Now:A shortage of volunteer ortho-

pedic surgeons in the late 1990s re-sulted in children waiting for neededsurgeries. The Clinic reached out toShriners Hospitals for Children toprovide free medical services. Thefirst children traveled to Shriners

Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah forsurgery in 1998. Since then, a doctorand nurse from either ShrinersSpokane or Shriners Northern Cali-fornia have come to each Clinic Dayto assess children for surgery and todo follow-up examinations.

Although surgeries andmedicalservices at Shriners Hospitals are pro-vided free, the Clinic must providetransportation for the patient and oneparent to Shriners Hospitals.

Today, volunteers have pro-vided clothing for distribution, gamesand arts and crafts for patients andfamilies as they await services as wellas a sack lunch. Borderland FoodBank of Nogales provides producefor each family to take home.Wood-workers of Green Valley makewooden trucks, planes, and cars forthe boys and doll beds, complete withcloth dolls, for the girls during theChristmas Clinic.

The Clinic’s Cleft PalateMis-sion medical team, partnering withChildren’s Surgery International, aMinnesota-based non-profit volun-teer organization, performs the sur-geries at CIMAHospital inHermosillo with Clinic staff andCIMA volunteers. Approximately 30-35 cleft palate/cleft lip patients havehad surgery each year since.

Throughout the history of theClinic, the one binding factor is love:The love of the parents who bringtheir children to the Clinic for a mir-acle is overwhelming. They tenderlycare for their disabled children, carrythem even when their size is burden-some, and faithfully teach their chil-dren at home, whether it is practicingspeech patterns or exercising muscles.The love of the volunteers is evidentas they faithfully return eachmonthto help patients. The Clinic has vol-unteers who have served it for 30-35years.

The public is welcome to seethe love at the Clinic by visiting onClinic Day. Call the Clinic office toschedule a tour (520) 648-3242 oremail at [email protected]

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ST. ANDREW’SCHILDREN’S CLINIC

Over 35 years of amazing service-A Story of Love

María Luz “Coca” Romero, Patient Co-ordinator, above left, and Laura Romero,Executive Director, above right.


PHOTOS | EDGARDO MUNOZ LAFUENTE

Las Lagunas de Anza in No-gales, Arizona will be the site of a cel-ebration honoring AmericanWetlands Month and InternationalMigratory Bird Day. This event willbe held on May 14, 2011 from 10 amto 4 pm and includes exhibitors,

demonstrators, vendors, food ven-dors, speakers, music, birding toursand tours of the wetlands. Las Lagu-nas de Anza is one of three remaininglarge wetlands in Arizona and hasbeen the site of much work over thelast year. With the help of NogalesHigh School Science Club, State andFederal Grants as well as many vol-unteers, this cattail invested wetlandshas now become a jewel for 106species of birds and the citizens of

Nogales. Located in northern No-gales off Grand Avenue (Exit # 8 onI19) on Country Club Drive, there ispeace and tranquility in the midst ofthe hustle and bustle of everyday life.In addition to its natural beauty, thishistoric site was the first campsite inwhat is now the United States duringthe 1775-76 Anza Expedition ofcolonists on their way to settle thearea now known as San Francisco,California.

Although privately held, LasLagunas de Anza has been designedas an outdoor classroom for the chil-dren of Nogales to learn about theirpast, the natural beauty of theirhometown and science of a wetlands.

This event is free and open tothe public. There will be picnic ta-bles if you wish to make a day of itand bring your own refreshments.Additional information may be ob-tain at [email protected]

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Las Lagunas to celebrate

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INMATES TRANSFERRED

Sheri#’sdepartmentrelocationa success

Recently the Nogales Police Department,through the Arizona Office of Economic Recoveryand Border Security Enhancement Program grantsprogram, purchased new computer systems and as-sociated peripherals for their patrol cars. These sys-tems will be linked to the police department recordsmanagement system and also state of Arizona data-bases which will allow officers to make queries to getup to the minute information on vehicles, persons,and places.

Being able to access data quickly is essential toproviding efficient services and is vital to officers as itprovides them with information that is beneficial fortheir and the public’s safety.

The grant money is provided through federalgovernment programs formulated to assist in the re-duction of illegal activity associated with border is-sues. These funds will greatly support lawenforcements efforts.

For additional information please visit ourwebsite www.nogalesaz.gov/police-department oremail us at [email protected].

NOGALES POLICE DEPARTMENT

NPD GETSNEWCOMPUTER SYSTEMS

FOR PATROL CARS

PHOTOSCOURTESYOFDETECTIVEOSCARM. PENA,SANTACRUZCOUNTYSHERIFF’SDEPARTMENTBorder Echo May 201118

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Kindergarten GraduationA.J. Mitchell ElementaryMay 25 9:00amBracker ElementaryMay 25 1:00pmChallenger ElementaryMay 23 9:00amLincoln ElementaryMay 25 8:30amLittle Red ElementaryMay 24 6:30pmMary L.Welty ElementaryMay 24 8:00amMexicayotl ElementaryMay 23 6:00pmPatagonia Elementary June 1 6:00pmPena Blanca ElementaryMay 18 9:00am and 1:00pmSMARTKidsMay 24 5:00pmSonoita ElementaryMay 25 1:30pm

Elementary TransitionA.J. Mitchell ElementaryMay 26 8:30amBracker ElementaryMay 24 1:00pmChallenger ElementaryMay 25 9:00amLincoln ElementaryMay 19 5:00pmMary L.Welty ElementaryMay 24 10:00amMontessori de Santa Cruz June 3 9:30amMountain View ElementaryMay 18 9:00amPena Blanca ElementaryMay 6 12:00pmSan Cayetano ElementaryMay 13 1:00pm

Middle School TransitionCalabasas May 20 2:30pmRRHSCarpenterMay 24 6:00pmWCFieldCoatimundiMay 20 11:30amCoatimundiDesert ShadowsMay 25 6:00pmNHSHarvest ChristianMay 27 7:00pmLittle RedMay 25 6:30pmMexicayotl May 24 6:00pmPatagonia June 2 6:00pmSonoita May 25 6:00pmSacred Heart May 27 10:00am

High SchoolLourdes High School May 23 5:30 ChapelNogales High School May 26 6:00pmPatagonia UnionHigh School June 3 7:00pmPiersonHigh School May 23 6:00pmPrimeria Alta High School May 26 10:30amPinnacle High School May 25 6:00pmRio Rico High School May 19 7:00pm

CollegeRecognition Ceremony – Cochise CollegeMay 11 6:00pm

SANTA CRUZCOUNTY

GRADUATIONS

NUSDMay 9, 2011- Governing BoardMeetingMay 16, 2011- Governing BoardMeetingMay 26, 2011 - School for SeniorsMay 26, 2011 - Last day of SchoolMay 30, 2011-Memorial Day

SCVUSDMay 10, 2011- RRHS: JROTCAwards Ceremony

SCHOOL CALENDARS


NogalesTuesday, May 3 Micro Business Advancement Center - Finan-cial Projections 3:00pm – 5:00pmWednesday, May 4 Santa Cruz County Board of SupervisorsMeeting – 9:30amWednesday, May 4 City of Nogales Council MeetingTuesday, May 10 Micro Business Advancement Center - Pric-ing 3:00pm – 5:00pmWednesday, May 11 Santa Cruz County Board of SupervisorsMeeting – 9:30amTuesday, May 17 Micro Business Advancement Center – CashFlow 3:00pm – 5:00pmWednesday, May 18 Santa Cruz County Board of SupervisorsMeeting – 9:30amWednesday, May 25 Santa Cruz County Board of SupervisorsMeeting – 9:30am

Rio RicoThursday, May 12 5:30pm Town council meeting

TubacSunday, May 01 Tapestry Music EnsembleFriday, May 06 Street Rod Car ShowSaturday, May 07 Tubac Center of the Arts Garden Party andTourWednesday, May 11 Guided Tour of the Barrio de Tubac Ar-chaeological SiteSunday, May 15 Save the Presidio First Anniversary Celebra-tionWednesday, May 18 Board of Director’s MeetingThursday, May 19 Alan B. Davis Gallery TalkSaturday, May 21 - 22 Annual “Be Aware” FestivalThursday, May 26 “Dry River” Book EventSunday, May 29 Gary Farmer & The Troublemakers

Patagonia/Elgin/SonoitaThursday, May 5 Patagonia Women’s Club Meeting (Patago-nia)Every Sunday, 9am – 12pm Patagonia Farmers Market (Patag-onia)May 5 – 8 74th Annual Sonoita Quarter Horse Show (Sonoita)Saturday, May 7 Santa Cruz County Horse Races (Sonoita)

EVENTSCALENDAR


Mary Lou Sainz was named the Woman of Destinction for 2011 by the Nogales Womans Club.Woman of Destinction selected

Nogales Rotary Club inducted two new members this past month,David Ramirez Matus, CEO of Border Echo and Maria Castillo, SalesRepresentative for the Nogales International. Also this month PaulBracker, a rotary member, was guest speaker. Bracker spoke about thehistory of the Jewish community and the history of the Bracker fam-ily in Santa Cruz County.

Nogales Rotary ClubPHOTOS | EDGARDO MUNOZ LAFUENTE

PHOTO | DAVID RAMIREZ MATUS


The Santa Cruz County Foundationhosted a benefit recently at the historicWil-son Family Estate in downtownNogales.Guests were treated to transcendent art,music, food and fellowship.

A glamourous event with magnificententertainment drew a full house of the mostnotable names on both sides of the borderand across Santa Cruz County.

Contact info: 825 N. Grand Ave. Suite104B, Nogales, AZ, 85621 Phone: 761-4531Fax: (520) 761-4534 Email: [email protected].


FOLKLORICO’ 11PHOTOS | LUIS F. GARCIA


A spotlight illuminated the night of April 2, 2011 whenLourdes Catholic School hosted its annual glamorous Las VegasNight. The event was hosted to generate funds in benefit of theschool and was organized by Susana Dabdoub, current presidentof the PTA.

The night began with a delicious dinner of chipotlechicken, rice and vegetables, followed by a delectable dessert.After dinner, guests enjoyed a variety of cocktails including atasty tamarindmargarita while they enjoyed live music in thelounge.

Chips were purchased to play poker at the large numberof tables provided and to use at the slot machines. Prizes wereoffered in trade for winning chips. The night concluded with asilent auction, capping off a great night of fundraising for Lour-des Catholic School.

Contact Information: 555 E. Patagonia Hwy., Nogales,Arizona, 85621

Phone (520) 287-5659 ext 2225website: www.lcsnogales.org


LAS VEGAS NIGHTAT LOURDES

The board of the LourdesCatholic PTA, right, take a

moment to pose for aphoto. Andres Ibarra,

Maria Ibarra, SusanaDab-doub, Luis FernandoDab-doub, JuanCarlos Ruiz,MiriamRuiz,Mariela

Valenzuela and FranciscoValenzuela.

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"Electrify your strings!” a concert-rock show put on byYoung Audiences of Santa Cruz County, did just that. Theevent packed the house at the James K. Clark PerformingArts Center this past April 21, 2011, featuring the music ofMark Wood, Laura Kaye and a group of local musicians andstudents.

The worlds of rock and orchestra collided with amaz-ing music and vibrant colors to showcase all the talentedmuscians to the entertainment of the local public. A true per-former, Mark Wood was natural and entertaining. "We playeverywhere around the world and we often get asked what isthe most unique place in the world to play, guess what it is?Nogales," said Mark Wood.

Music interpretations ranged from recording artistsand music legends Coldplay, Led Zeppelin, Queen and theRolling Stones. Music solos from the featured performersand local musicians kept the whole show rolling. At the peakof the show the music had the crowd standing and cheeringwith excitement and concluded with a special thank you to allthe organizers.

For more information about Young Audiences ofSanta Cruz County (Executive Director- Jeannie Perez, Pro-gram Director- Monica Silva, Administrative Assistant-Ramon Miranda) please call 520-397-7914.


CONCERTELECTRIFIESCROWD INNOGALES



TheNogales City RecreationCenter hosted a marvelous fashionshow on April 9, 2011. Many local chil-dren and young adults were featured infashionable spring and summer attiredespite the cold spell that weekend.The event also had raffles, food andmusic to accompany the show whichproceeds went to benefit the St. An-drew's Children’s Clinic in Nogales,AZ. As the event began, masters of cer-emonies, Salvador Diaz andMariaAmeliaMeléndez, presented St. An-drews’ representatives Coca Romeroand Laura Romero who said, "Wel-come to all the guests here tonight, andthank you.Many hours were investedinto making this fashion show a reality.[We] hope you all enjoy the beautifulshow," Romero concluded.

The show continued with color-ful fashions and clothing, includingdance numbers by VADance Studio ti-tled "Bailable Taitiano".

The event concluded at 9 p.m.with special guests, ClarisaMaria Silva(Princesa Fiestas deMayo 2009),Marissa Sihas Castillo (Reyna FiestasdeMayo 2010), Kariza Lizarraga, SaraSanchez (Debutante 2011), and AndreaGrambs Parra (Debutante 2011) on thecatwalk for the final time of the night.

Heartfelt appreciation was givento all the organizers and sponsors whomade the event possible. Sponsors in-cluded Cultural Arts Center, NUSD,Club de Oriundos Nogalenses, Con-sulado General deMexico enNogales,AZ., Charlie Bracker's, Stage, Kory's,D'Melly Clinica de Belleza, Bazar deMexico, Dalilah's Salon, RestauranteCocina La Ley, Java Jive Cafe, Elvira'sRestaurant, Nonna Vivi Pizzeria,NuevoDia, Nogales International,Mesquite Times, and El Diario.


"GRANDESFILEDEMODAS"


to benefit St. Andrew's Children’s Clinic

Organizer Amelia Melendez,above left, alongside María Luz “Coca” Romeroand Laura Romero of the St. Andrew’s Clinic.


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Nogales has an entry in the bid forMissArizona for the first time in twenty-fiveyears. Why our area has not had an entry

in a quarter of a century eludes since this area is abun-dant with beautiful history, locations and people. InNovember of this year, Nogales’ chance for the statecrown will lie on the shoulders of Nogales native, Na-talie Romo, who was crownedMiss Nogales on April9, 2011. To wear the crown ofMiss Nogales, MissRomo had to excel against competitors in beauty, per-sonality and character.

Romo grew up in Nogales and attendedNo-gales High School graduating in 2008. She continuedher education with Regency Beauty Institute andgraduated in 2009, one year early of her scheduledgraduation date. Her hard work and dedication to ed-ucation had her goal of early graduation and certifica-tion from the state of Arizona realized.

After graduation she worked in the field of cos-motology in Tucson, until realizing that her dream ofmodeling had not been accomplished, she packed upand moved down to her native Nogales to save themoney necessary to pursue her aspirations. Romotook the first step in realizing these aspirations by win-ning the title of Miss Nogales. In her preparations andcareer advancement she will be participating in manylocal city events and traveling to New York to advanceand advocate her bid.

Romo has also come on board with BorderEcho magazine as the official model for promotionalmaterial.

To stay up to date with Natalie’s bid for thecrown, check our website and publications for Natalieupdates, and friend her, Natalie Romo, on Facebook.


BEAUTYABUNDANT

Nogalian takes crown andstarts bid for Miss Arizonafor first time in 25 years

NOGALES NATIVE NATALIE ROMO PHOTO | LUIS F. GARCIA

Birthday party, reunion and family get-to-gether cuisine typically isn’t the pinnacle of culinarybliss and the usual pizza eatery patron is served aslice of uninspired pizza. The thought of a decentmeal isn’t normally part of the equation. EnterNonna Vivi Pizzeria quietly nestled in Rio Rico.Making a big noise when it comes to delivering highquality pizzas with fresh ingredients and great taste,Nonna Vivi is quickly becoming the pizza king of thearea.

As you pass through its doors, soft Latin rockplays comfortably in the background and the décor,service and delicious wafting aromas of Nonna Vivispeaks “comfortable relaxation”, a great contrastfrom the hurried crowds waiting for a quick pick-uppie at other eateries.

The menu is sharp and concise, making it easyto peruse, while offering a variety of options. Usually

server recommendations are a no-no in our book,but at Nonna Vivi the server is a great guide to assur-ing you get the pizza that’s right for you.

Our recommendation is the Quattro For-maggi which was a pizza topped with gorgonzola,fresh and smoked mozzarella and parmesan cheeses.As our server recommended, we added prosciuttowhich took our experience to another level. Adding asmall Caesar salad and a glass of your preferred winewill make you forget you are having pizza and won-der if, perhaps, you are enjoying pizza the way it wasintended.

The menu offers appetizers, salads, paninis,pastas and pizza so you are sure to find something toyour liking. More importantly is that the taste willbe far more delectable than that of a five dollar pizza.

Taste: 4 out of 5 stars, Price range$10-20,

Tues.-Fri 11am-9:30pm, Sat. 12am-9:30pm,Sun.-Mon. closed.

Located at 1060 Yavapai Drive, Suite 5, RioRico , AZ 85648 Phone: (520) 761-2825.

Website: www.nonnavivi.com

PIZZAPANACEANonna Vivi brings inspired taste to traditionalItalian American staple

NEW BUSINESS

Luis F. Garcia, born and raised in No-gales, Arizona has returned to the border toprovide his photography services, an accom-plished press photographer for over twodecades, has covered events both foreignand domestic for multiple organizations andpublications. He has led photography expe-ditions throughout China, Mongolia, Italy,Israel and a climb toMt. Fuji, Japan and hastraveled extensively across the United Statesfor American Image News Service.

An accomplished photographer LuisF. Garcia obtained his bachelor degree fromOur Lady of the Lake University San Anto-nio, Texas and his masters’ diploma from theInstitutes of American Image Press.

Luis also graduated fromTheNewYork Institute of Photography with a certifi-cate of Professional Photographer.

List of services• Photography coverage for weddings

and special events.• Studio photography for portraits,

commercial products, advertising and forthe maquiladora and produce industry.

• Publish/design and create books,magazines and calendars of documentaryand editorial assignments.

Border EchoGarcia has recently come on board

with Border EchoMagazine as its con-tracted photographer.

Phone: (520) 841-0370, Email:[email protected], Lo-cation: 538 N. Grand Ave., Nogales, AZ85621.

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Local returnsto open studio


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