tubac villager january 2006

January2006

Santa CruzCounty Updateby Kathleen Vandervoet

TubacHistoryby Mary Bingham

TubacMAP

Arizona Nativeby Roseann & Jonathan Hanson

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 !

Artist Profi le PainterTom Hillby JosephBirkett

TCA Home TourSwiggett Homeby Maggie Milinovitch

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Tubac Event CalendarTubac Villager

is based in Tubac and published monthly to provide a communication resource for all who wish to participate.Opinions expressed do not necessarily refl ect those of the advertisers or the publishers. All articles are the property of the writer named and may not be reproduced without permission of the author.Th e Villager is distributed to over 190 Tucson locations and provided free of charge at locations in Tubac, Tumacacori, Carmen, Green Valley, Patagonia, Nogales, Rio Rico, Amado and Arivaca, AZ. Th e Tubac Villager is made possible through the support of our advertisers... please visit their unique businesses and let them know where you saw their ad.

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Write: P.O. Box 4018 Tubac, AZ 85646

Phone: 520-398-3980 or

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Find Tom Hill’s book,”Travels With My Paintbrush”

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J a n u a r y 2 0 0 6C o v e r A r t

Kathleen Vandervoet

Publishers/Editors:Maggie Milinovitch

Joseph Birkett

Map drawing by Bruce Pheneger, architect.

Mary BinghamJonathan &

Roseann HansonMeg KeoppenRuth Papini

Carol St. John

Contributors:

County Update Editor

January 6 - 5-7 pm – Opening reception of the Members’ Juried Exhibitiion 2006, Tubac Center of the Arts. Exhibit runs through February 12th.

January 2, 9, 16, 23 - 9 am-1:00 pm. Studio Art Workshop – Pastels with Jean Ranstrom. All levels. Cost $150 (non-member $165) Call Tubac Center of the Arts 398-2371 for details.

January 13 – Southern Arizona Artist Show & Brunch at Cobalt Fine Arts Gallery. Gourmet brunch - Limited seating - 398-1200

January 14 - 4TH ANNUAL TUBAC HOME TOUR 10a – 4p- six Tubac residences will open to the public for the 4th Annual Tubac Home Tour, 10 am – 4 pm. A plein-air artist with easel will be painting at each home. The First Annual Tubac Paint-Out and Auction will accompany the Home Tour event. For ticket information call 398-2371

January 19 - 9:30-3:00. 5-Ring Circus of Art Extravaganza - for art lovers and artists of all levels of interest and experience. Artists Hugh Beykirch, Ann Over, Jean Makela, Carol St. John, Jean Ranstrom, Beth Ray and Barbara Reeves - all-day event of fun and learning from working artists about composition, color and various media. Lunch will be catered.

January 21st – 10am - 12th Annual Tubac Car Show - More than 500 collector cars, trucks & motorcycles. Awards presented at 3pm. Spectator parking $2 per car. Spectator entry fee $2/person. Kids under 12 free. Rain date is January 28. Sponsored by the Santa Cruz Valley Car Nuts.

January 25 - Live Theatre Performance - The explosively funny Dearly Departed produced by Live Theatre Workshop of Tucson will be presented on the Tubac Center’s stage. Tickets on sale now. Call Tubac Center of the Arts 398-2371 for details.

Mondays, Feb. 6, 13, 20 at 10am-noon. Interior Design Workshop - Basics of interior design – the use of light, color and balance. Field trip to a nearby residence to see a personal style of decorating. Instructor Laurine Morrison Meyer, author of Sacred Home: Creating Shelter for Your Soul. Call Tubac Center of the Arts 398-2371 for details.

February 8-12 - TUBAC FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS - 10 am to 5 pm

Arizona’s longest running art festival, the 47th Annual Tubac Festival of the Arts showcases the work of hundreds of visiting artists, craft persons and musicians from around the country and as far away as Canada and Chile.

Feb 10th - The Fabulous Chinese Acrobats, sponsored by Young Audiences of Santa Cruz County. James K. Clark Performing Arts Center at Nogales High School. Tickets $10 Adults & $5 Children & Students. For info, call 520-397-7914 or send email [email protected].

Feb 20-23, 10 am – 2 pm Studio Art Workshop – Abstracts in Acrylics with Linda Ging. All levels. Cost $375 (non-member $400) Call Tubac Center of the Arts 398-2371 for details.

March 25-26, 2006 – Artwalk – local artist show

April 8, 2006 – Taste of Tubac – A tasting of savory cuisine and wine – entertainment, door prizes, silent auction. Sponsored by the Tubac Rotary. Ticket information – 398-3998

Mar 6, 13, 20, 27. 10am-noon, 1-2 pm Studio Art Workshop Oil Painting with Ines Pastor Leonard All levels. 12-12:30pm: Questions/discussion; bring bag lunch. Cost $150 (non-member $165) Call Tubac Center of the Arts 398-2371 for details.

Wednesdays at the Center Join us for a fascinating, informal, intimate series of talks as artists reflect upon art, their own work and artistic creation. The artists donate their time, energy and talent in support of our youth programs. Call Tubac Center of the Arts 398-2371 for details.

Wed, Jan 11. Ines Pastor Leonard, Painter. 5:30-6:30 pmWed, Feb 15. Nicholas Wilson, Painter. 5:30-6:30 pmWed, March 29. Jim Fergus, Writer. 5:30-6:30 pm

ON-GOING – Farmer’s Market – Thursdays 10a – 2p – Plaza de Anza in Barrio de Tubac – food, music, arts & crafts.

ON-GOING - Tubac Presidio State Historic Park - 520.398.2252

Nature Walks every Tues. Call for details.

Sundays Oct-Mar - Los Tubaquenos Living History Program - costumed volunteers engage park visitors in the daily lives of people who lived in or around the Spanish garrison. 1-4pm.

ON-GOING –

Jan 15, ‘05 - March 27, Tumacacori National Park – Santa Cruz River Walks – Sat & Sun mornings 10 am. 1 ½ hour walks start at the Visitor Center. 520-398-2341, ext 0

Tours of Calabazas & Guevavi Missions – Tumacacori National Park – Wednesdays 9am – Oct though March. Reservations required – 520-398-2341 ext. 0, Cost $10pp

ÎTo post your Tubac Event,

e-mail your concise information to Maggie

at: [email protected]

We welcome your letters and input.

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Around our place, certain birds have really become more active than usual—the woodpeckers (or maybe in our area, more appropriately the cactuspeckers).Their flight pattern is a vertiginous display typical of woodpeckers—a combination half flapping, half free-falling swoop that creates a wild multi-arced trajectory, like a child’s drawing of a tempestuous ocean. A distinctive black and white ladder-backed pattern and the male’s red cap identifies the Gila woodpecker, a year-round resident of southern Arizona, as it hangs on the side of a saguaro or telephone pole.Finding Gila woodpeckers is never a problem. Ignoring them—now that’s a problem. That piercing EEK!EEK!EEK! or churr!churr! is a constant reminder of their presence for a hiker in the desertscrub. And many a city dweller spends several weeks in early spring waking at dawn to the machine gun rattle of a woodpecker hammering away on a vent pipe on the roof, not, as some suppose, looking for nonexistent ferrous insects, but advertising his territory with the handiest amplifier he can find.That cleverness extends to the Gila woodpecker’s choice of housing as well. This species was acquainted with the concepts of insulation and thermal mass eons before humans began constructing energy-efficient homes.The Gila woodpecker usually excavates its nest hole in the fleshy trunk of the saguaro cactus. The bird bores into the moist tissue and then down, creating a safe hollow. The cactus exudes a hard coating that seals the lining of the nest—and creates the “saguaro boots”

that collectors love, which endure long after the rest of the cactus has died and disintegrated. The thick walls of the nest provide a thermal buffer which attenuates the temperature swings of the outside air. For example, at 3 p.m.on a 104-degree June day the temperature at the bottom of the hole might be 10 degrees lower, while at three the next morning, when the outside temperature is 80 degrees, the nest interior might be 88 or 89. Extremes of winter cold are dampened as well.You won’t see the woodpeckers drilling nest holes before the nesting season, but afterwards. Why? Because the saguaro takes several months to coat the freshly excavated hole with its callous lining. So the nest the woodpecker builds this year is actually an investment in next year’s housing. Another kind of woodpecker—the northern flicker—also excavates nests in saguaros, but there is a vital difference between the two. The Gila woodpecker bores into the thick, lower part of the trunk and the resulting hole does not penetrate the woody skeleton of the cactus. The flicker, on the other hand, uses the top part of the trunk, where the flesh is thinner, and often chisels right through the ribs into the heart of the plant. This can severely weaken the structure—so much so, in fact, that the uppermost portion can topple. The resulting open wound leaves the saguaro vulnerable to bacterial necrosis, a fatal affliction. It is unclear how the flicker developed its potentially destructive habit, or what the long-term effects might be on a saguaro population that is beginning to face many other threats.

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Th e woodpeckers’ holes benefi t many other species. Since woodpeckers construct new holes each year, the old ones are adopted by a variety of freeloaders: elf

and screech owls, kestrels, cactus wrens, doves and other birds, and sometimes mice and lizards.Th e female Gila woodpecker lays two to four eggs in February or March. Th e eggs hatch in about two weeks, after which both parents take turns in foraging for food, including insects, insect larvae and cactus fruit pulp. Th e young are fed for a time even after they are fl edged and able to fl y.

* * * *Arizona Native is a regular feature in the Tubac Villager, about the natural world that surrounds us, and about humans who live it and love it, from ranchers to hunters to conservationists. Send us ideas and suggestions!Jonathan & Roseann Hanson are native southern Arizonans and authors of a dozen nature books, including Southern Arizona Nature Almanac. Jonathan is a contributor to Outside Magazine, writes for hunting conservation magazines, and recently authored Th ere’s a Bobcat In My Backyard! about living with and enjoying urban wildlife. Roseann is director of the African Conservation Fund, based

in the U.S. and East Africa. She is also a silversmith and lapidary, and a member of the Tubac Center of the Arts.

NativeArizonaand screech owls, kestrels, cactus wrens, doves and other birds, and sometimes mice and lizards.Th e female Gila woodpecker lays two to four eggs in February or March. Th e eggs hatch in about two weeks, after which both parents take turns in foraging for food, including insects, insect larvae and cactus fruit pulp. Th e young are fed for a time even after they are fl edged and able to fl y.

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us, and about humans who live it and love it, from ranchers to hunters to conservationists. Send us ideas and suggestions!Jonathan & Roseann Hanson are native southern Arizonans and authors of a dozen nature books, including Nature Almanacto conservation magazines, and recently authored Th ere’s a Bobcat In My Backyard! with and enjoying urban wildlife. Roseann is director of the African Conservation Fund, based

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Plaza Iguala . 12 Plaza Rd #A . Tubac

Come by & book your Holiday Party with us.

Serving daily Lunch 11-3 & Dinner 5-9Wed - Italian Night • Thurs - Pizza & Pasta Night • Dinner Specials Every Night

•Steak • Fresh Seafood • The Freshest Produce & Salads •Wine & Spirits • Catering Services • Culinary Classes

Should Tubac incorporate?Tubac is an unincorporated area. If residents want to incorporate, some government would occur at the local level, such as a town council, a police department and a planning commission.It’s a controversial issue with strong opinions both pro and con.Members of the Santa Cruz Valley

Citizens Council voted to pay a consultant, Tanis Salant, to prepare a report on the topic. As of the end of December, she was still completing the project..Gary Brasher, president of the citizens council, pointed out at the group’s Dec. 19 meeting that the council does not have a position on the issue but rather that it makes sense that the organization be the one that helps get the idea out to the public.Th e council plans to hold one or more public town halls on incorporation. Brasher said that he expects those won’t begin until February. He said he hopes to announce the date of the fi rst town hall at the Monday, Jan. 16, meeting of the council.

Commercial project stalledCalling it a “dilemma,” the Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission delayed a decision about a 39-acre development on the west side of Tubac just south of Interstate 19’s Exit 34.Tubac resident Roy Ross has proposed building a small shopping center for retail stores and an area of 70 duplexes and triplexes.Th e land already has business zoning but county guidelines don’t allow for residences there.About 20 individuals attended a public hearing held in Nogales on Dec. 8 and 10 speakers said they opposed the change Ross was requesting.Concerns centered on the topography – the buildable area is between two hills and there are fl ooding worries; and on the high density in an area where homes are on one acre, fi ve acres and even larger plots.Ross asked for what the county calls a “minor change to the Santa Cruz County Comprehensive Plan,” which entailed changing the area designation from ranch to multi-family.Community Development Director Mary Dahl told those at the meeting that there are two required steps. Ross

must fi rst be successful in having the ranch designation changed to mixed use before he can apply for rezoning in a separate action.Commission members Bill Branan and Ron Fish asked that Ross hold meetings with Tubac residents to come up with a compromise plan. Member Lil Hunsacker agreed to act as a neutral facilitator.Th e board voted to table action until the Th ursday, Feb. 10, meeting. Th at meeting will be open to the public. Call Dahl at 520-375-7930 for information.

Aliso Springs homes move ahead

In other action at the Dec. 8 meeting, the Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission voted to approve the tentative plat for Phase 2 of Th e Ranch at Aliso Springs residential development. It is located west of I-19 just south of Tubac.Th e property owner, Tony Freeland, had been asked to develop a detailed plan for revegetation and salvaging of plants on all the land cleared by grading, and that was submitted.Phase 2 includes 39 homes on 167 acres of land.

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Session on Sopori Ranch homes

Th e Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to discuss a proposed new residential area at the Sopori Ranch west of Interstate 19 in Tubac.Th e meeting will be Th ursday, Jan. 26, at the county complex in Nogales. Th e regular meeting starts at 2 p.m. and when business is completed, the board will convene in a study session to review the project.Th e 326-home development is proposed to be west of Interstate 19 and north of the Palo Parado Estates residential area.Section 1 is planned for about 260 homes on smaller lots while Section 11 is planned for about 66 homes on 4-acre lots.A website at www.arizonaland.com/html/sopori contains information.Th e public is welcome to attend the commission meeting. For information, call Community Development Director Mary Dahl at 520-325-7930.

Membership open on historic zone board

Applications are being accepted for three positions on the Tubac Historic Zone Advisory Board. Th e board gives recommendations to the Santa Cruz County Planning and Zoning Commission about new construction, modifi cations or demolition within the commercial area of Tubac.Actions by the board are based on guidelines adopted by the Board of Supervisors to assure that the historic aspects of Tubac are displayed in any building construction.In general, buildings are supposed to refl ect Territorial or Spanish-infl uenced

design of the past.Th e six members of the board are Chairman Bruce Pheneger, Jan Munger, “Bunny” Hanson, David Yubeta, Lee Blackwell and James “Buck” Clark. Th ere is no salary for board members.Th e terms of Hanson, Yubeta and Clark end in February. Th ey can apply again if they choose to.Th e board does not have a regular meeting day. Pheneger said it meets in response to requests by building owners for review. Its meetings are public and agendas are posted at the Tubac Post Offi ce in advance.For information about applying, contact Director Mary Dahl, Santa Cruz County Department of Community Development, at 520-375-7930. Th e deadline to submit a letter of interest is Friday, Jan. 13.

Keeping streets saferOn eight Tubac village streets, 37 encroachments on the county’s right of way were found in June 2005 when an engineering fi rm did a study for the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.As of last month, nearly all had been removed or modifi ed as required.A Sept. 22 public meeting was held in Tubac and then letters were given to those business owners who had encroachments.Encroachment is the name used when a sign, utility pole, tree, landscaping such as perimeter rocks, a wall, or other objects come too close to a public roadway and could cause traffi c danger.“I had excellent compliance,” said county Public Works Director Victor Gabilondo when contacted by the Tubac Villager.As of Dec. 30, there were still about seven locations at which property

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Tubac . AZ 85646Phone: 520.398.2962

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This is a charmingly furnished town-house in a great location. Two

bedroom, two bath central unit with lots of light because of multiple skylights; near community pool and club house, nestled in the mesquites and close to the Village of Tubac in the Barrio de Tubac area. Priced at $335,000. MLS#100125 & 32359.

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A period of fi ve years of peace with the Chiricahua Apache Indians came to an end in 1881 when Geronimo and Chief Juh with a band of renegades escaped from the San Carlos Reservation and began to terrorize both sides of the border. Recaptured a year later, Geronimo again fl ed from San Carlos in 1885.

April 27, 1886, Geronimo and his band raided the ranch of Al Peck located in present day Peck Canyon south of Tubac. Peck’s friend Charlie Owens who was helping him to doctor cattle was killed before his eyes. Peck was spared but when he returned home he found his wife and son brutally murdered, the baby his wife was

carrying cut from her womb and his wife’s niece Trinidad gone--kidnapped!

Th e following day, the same band attacked Yank Bartlett’s ranch in nearby Bear Valley south of Oro Blanco. Mortally wounded in the attack was neighbor John Shannahan who was driving his wagon past the Bartlett place on his way home. Bartlett, winged in the shoulder, put up a good fi ght while he sent his nine-year-old son, Johnny, to Oro Blanco for help. Ten-year-old Phil Shannahan was dispatched home to warn his mother and sister to head for the hills. Within a short time, the Shannahan home was raided and totally destroyed. Geronimo’s fi nal raids in Arizona had

a major aff ect on Tubac. Local ranchers were losing livestock right and left and

were constantly on guard. Families began to move to Tucson or south of the border, many never to return. “Work at Salero Mine was temporarily discontinued and normal business was paralyzed throughout the area.”* Lieutenant John Bigelow, Jr. of the U. S. Cavalry visited Tubac on May 17, 1886 to provide assistance is setting up a local home guard. On June 2nd, under the leadership of Tubac businessman T. Lillie Mercer, the Tubac Scouts were formed. Captain Mercer headed up the group of fi fty-four men including First Lieutenant H. W. Lowe, and Second Lieutenant Ramón Sardina. Each

T . L I L L I E M E R C E R & T H E T U B A C S C O U T Scarrying cut from her womb and his wife’s niece Trinidad gone--kidnapped!

a major aff ect on Tubac. Local ranchers were losing livestock right and left and

T. Lillie and Isabelle Mercer with children Pauline Emma, baby Barclay Newton, Lillie Belle and Irene Arizona, c. 1892. Photo from: Th ey Lived in Tubac by Elizabeth R. Brownell.

by Mary Bingham

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member furnished his own horse, as it was to be an all mounted group. Two weeks later, Capt. Mercer requisitioned supplies from Fort Lowell in Tucson, receiving fi fty stands of rifl es and 1000 cartridges. “Trouble had become so menacing that the stage from [Arivaca] Junction to Nogales was to be discontinued the following week, and general travel along the highway was undertaken only by armed groups.”*Meanwhile General Nelson A. Miles with 5000 American troops, 400 Apache scouts, and the support of the Mexican army chased Geronimo through the Sierra Madre Mountains of Sonora throughout the summer. On September 4, 1886 Geronimo surrendered in Skeleton Canyon, Arizona. Th e Tubac Scouts were never called to action, but the all-volunteer organization was ready to defend Tubac and the Santa Cruz Valley if needed.For at least ten years, Mercer was the major mover and shaker in Tubac. He was the fi nancial and political force behind the establishment of Tubac as a townsite beginning in 1882 and succeeding on October 5, 1886. Th e Tubac Schoolhouse primarily funded Mercer and Sabino Otero was completed in 1885.

As early as 1877 Mercer in partnership with a man name McGovern operated the Miner’s Hotel. He also purchased Otero’s old store, which he continued to run and dabbled in mining, purchasing the Berthe Louise in the Tyndall district of the Santa Ritas. He twice served as postmaster.Th is all came to an end on the night of March 4, 1887. Th e Mercer store and post offi ce were blown up destroying everything in the building. His home and all the contents also burned to the ground with the family barely escaping. Th e who and why of this dastardly act against Mercer were never explained. Within a year, Mercer moved his family to Nogales. Financially he was ruined. He died at age fi fty on May 3, 1894 leaving his wife Isabelle, daughters Lillie Belle, Pauline Emma, Irene Arizona and son Barclay Newton. Th is English immigrant gave his all for Tubac and his adopted country.

Sources:In the Memory of a Man by Al Peck, Jr.Ruby, Arizona: Mining, Mayhem and Murder by Bob Ring, Al Ring & Tallia Pfrimmer Cahoon.*Th e History of Tubac, 1752-1948 by Doris Bents.Th ey Lived in Tubac by Elizabeth R. Brownell.

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Th e Tubac Home Tour will be January 14th. Th is is always a very special event because of the many beautiful homes Tubac has to showcase. Among the six on the tour this year is a house

designed and built for its setting. Located high in the foothills of the Tumacacori Mountains with 360 degree views, it is the home of Jim and Carol Swiggett.

Th e Swiggetts fi rst saw their house when hiking Cerro Pelon in the Tumacacoris. Th ey had been coming to Tubac in the winter for 15 years

and had a Villa at the Resort. When they decided on a larger home, they felt the house they had seen on their hikes would be perfect. Th e house was not on the market at the time, but they approached the owners, talked it over and now they have their ideal home. Ideal for them because of their love of open spaces and wildlife. Th e home off ers wonderful views from almost every room. In the back, with nothing between the house and the mountains, they have a wildlife watering hole and feeding stations for birds. Carol’s offi ce is situated with a view of the watering hole and from there she can watch without disturbing the javelina, birds and other visitors to the area. Carol loves to cook, so spending time in the kitchen is enhanced by the window wall that aff ords views across the entire valley. To complete their perfect home they have added a swimming pool. When deciding on a site, they took into consideration the wind and, wanting to have year around use of the pool, located it off the hill where the house is

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situated. Stairs lead down into a walled pool area with a fi replace and seating at one end. Th eir Santa Fe style home has a patio that circles the house and they have expanded a portion of the patio to better accommodate outdoor dining and entertaining. Carol said that coming from the East, it took her a while to get used to the home’s desert landscaping but now appreciates the beauty and the benefi ts of xeroscape plants.Th e Swiggetts lived on Long Island, New York

all their lives but decided to make their permanent home in Tubac 3 ½ years ago when they bought the house. Th eir children already had moved on to diff erent parts of the country, so relocating was an easy transition. However, when they need a “salt-water fi x” they travel to their summer home. Located on an island off the coast of Maine, where their children also have homes, they spend time with their family and go sailing. Jim and Carol enjoy golf, hiking and travel. Carol is an artist working primarily in watercolors and acrylics and enjoys taking art workshops. Th e Swiggett home is fi lled with wonderful art. Many of the paintings are by Tubac’s fi ne artists. Art objects from their travels and a wonderful display of family pictures also grace the décor giving the home an elegant but very comfortable, welcoming feel. To tour this and the other fi ve homes, contact the Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Rd, Tubac, 520/398-2371. Proceeds

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all their lives but decided to make their permanent home in Tubac 3 ½ years ago when they bought the house. Th eir children already had moved on to diff erent parts of the country, so relocating was an easy transition. However, when they need a “salt-water fi x” they travel to their summer home. Located on an island off the coast of Maine, where their children also have homes, they spend time with their family and go sailing. Jim and Carol enjoy golf, hiking and travel. Carol is an artist working primarily in watercolors and acrylics and enjoys taking art workshops. Th e Swiggett home is fi lled with wonderful art. Many of the paintings are by Tubac’s fi ne artists. Art objects from their travels and a wonderful display of family pictures also grace the décor giving the home an elegant but very comfortable, welcoming feel. To tour this and the other fi ve homes, contact the Tubac Center of the Arts, 9 Plaza Rd, Tubac, 520/398-2371. Proceeds

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Tubac resident Tom Hill has lived a diverse and successful, self-guided career and life. His determined work ethic, gifted eye, and classically educated art skills have taken him to over 50 countries to share his knowledge with students, while creating vibrant paintings of the people, landscapes and architecture of our world. His paintings have won prizes and exhibited in dozens of one-man, group and juried shows in such places as the Academy of Arts, Honolulu; the Los Angeles Artists’ Association; the Art Institute of Chicago; the National Academy in New York; Gilcrease Museum in Tulsa, the National Cowboy Hall of Fame (which is currently working to archive some of Tom’s things) and the Tucson Museum of Art. He is an elected member of the American Watercolor Academy and National Academy of Design, has authored 5 books on color and watercolor painting, and created an expansive body of fully-formed works of art, which he has carefully documented and archived in slide form, now numbering at over 1,600. Tom invited me into his beautiful Tubac home and studio, nestled against the Tumacacori Mountains. He designed the house for himself and his wife, fellow painter, Barbara Hill. Th e walls are lined with the Hills’ paintings and selected

pieces from other celebrated artists such as members of the prestigious, tight-knit group of artist/friends, the Tucson Seven, to which Tom belongs. Tom is a charming man, dignifi ed and purposeful in conversation, and he kindly

shared with me some memories of the process of his becoming an artist.He was born in Texas and grew up in Southern California. A prolifi c sketcher, Tom says he can remember drawing from as far back as 6 years old, when he would lay on the fl oor by his mother’s desk to draw on the backs of envelopes. After high school, he landed a scholarship to the Art Center Collage of Design, but it was no free ride. Tom had to work for the school, cleaning bathrooms and handling other chores before the classes started in return for his education. He used that education and later expanded on it at the Art Institute of Chicago, but more important in his training, Tom says, were the lessons learned in the variety of

art jobs he held. From his time painting training aids in the US Navy to working in Hollywood as an artist for Universal Studios, there was a lot for a young artist to fi gure out. Th en there was that position he had as staff artist assigned to the Sunday editor of the Chicago Tribune, when the paper sent him off on assignments around the world, including the front lines in Korea. He picked up plenty of technique during his free-lancing days as an illustrator and graphic designer in New York, too. And, of course, traveling the globe, teaching hundreds of art classes in the world’s most beautiful places will add to one’s purview. Th ose experiences helped Tom become a full Academician of the National Academy.

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Th e span of his career is hard to fully comprehend for its vast and varied nature, but what is apparent is that Tom has crafted a unique and rich life for himself from his highly trained ability to translate complex information into a more understandable form. His success as an illustrator led to artistic independence, which he has used to continue a form of visual communication that is classical in

nature, unlike the more prevalent psychological exercises of modern and contemporary art. He says, “My goal in painting is that if you look at my painting, you’ll know just how I feel about my subject-even if you don’t know me at all.”

Tom continues to share his sense of place in paint from domestic and exotic locales. He has a deep appreciation for architecture and renders it often. He drafts boats too. And seascapes. Chinese fi shing vessels being repaired. Mediterranean villas, Venetian canals, colorful markets of people and fruit, silent, deteriorating wagons, stout trees and Spanish Missions.... Subjects of the real world.Today, Tom paints from his home in his studio adjacent to Barbara’s, their drawing boards aligned through the doorway. On Barbara’s upright table are colorful studies of a donkey. She is known for her animals and Tom absolutely loves her work. He

says that he and Barbara agree about art. Reference cards organized in drawers assist us in selecting pieces from the immense number of Tom’s quality slides. Each card contains accurate thumbnail sketches of the corresponding artwork and the painting’s general information... testament to the business of management, an essential but seldom mentioned artist virtue, which Tom mastered early enough to have been his own boss since he was 25 years old. His studio is clean and organized, there are photo references on the walls and some frames on the fl oor, the large window next to his seat fl oods the room in clean, north light and Tom looks out at the desert while we talk... To get a feel for that conversation, look at his paintings.If you are a student of art looking to better draw the world around you, you would do well to pick up one of his books. Pay attention to his impeccable perspective and color harmonies, his refl ected light, volume, composition, control, and his freedom. Tom Hill’s form is as fundamentally solid as it gets. A classical artist’s artist.You can pick up Tom’s latest book, “Travels With My Paintbox” at the Tubac Center of the Arts (398-2371). It presents a large collection of paintings Tom created from around the globe, with his accompanying comments and forward by Harley Brown.

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Edna San Miguel is woman of many talents and interests and a welcome addition to Tubac’s art community. Recently she moved to Tubac and has opened a gallery/studio in the El Presidito complex on Calle Iglesia where she will produce and show her art and give private art lessons to children.Edna is a sixth generation Arizonan. Her half Mexican and half Jewish grandmother arrived in Tucson in 1864. Edna’s mother is from the Canary Islands. Th is mix of cultures and heritage is often expressed in Edna’s art. A graduate of the University of Arizona with a Fine Arts degree, she is also certifi ed in Art Education. A mother of four, she has two children at the U of A and two still at home. She has recently worked with children at the Montessori school in Tubac where she was a reading specialist using the arts to teach.Edna was involved in the restoration work at San Xavier Mission. She is the illustrator of a children’s book published by the Desert Museum called, “My Nana’s Remedies,” the fi rst children’s book with a medicinal plant glossary. Edna plans another children’s book about the mission restoration. Among her talents: she off ers clients faux wall fi nishing, color matching the personality of the client, also she paints wall murals. She also hand paints furniture, made by her father, a retired Tucson school administrator. She enjoys sculpting in clay.Edna wishes to thank the community for the warm welcome she has received. She can be contacted at 398-3060 or visit her studio, Miss Edna’s.

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owners had not yet removed their encroachments on the county’s right of way. Th ree of those are large encroachments and four are small.Gabilondo mailed certifi ed letters in December to each owner to remind them of their obligation. An extended deadline of Jan. 20 was imposed, he said.Streets aff ected include Tubac Road, Burruel Street, Calle Iglesia, Bridge Road, Calle Solares, Plaza Road, Camino Otero and Calle Baca.Call Gabilondo at 520-375-7830 for information.

Collecting taxes to be easier

To improve property tax collections, County Treasurer Caesar Ramirez received approval to buy a new computer software package for $40,000 at the Board of Supervisors Dec. 7 meeting.Ramirez was appreciative. “We are so backlogged and antiquated,” he said. County Manager Greg Lucero agreed: “It’s something urgently needed.”Th e computer software, titled “Active Data Tax (ADT),” comes from Navajo County, which developed a system consistent with state regulations. Six of Arizona’s 15 counties are using the tax system.It will take until July 1, 2006, to have it in use. Ramirez said all data has to be transferred and then there will be

a testing period.

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Cynthia Downs is an artist represented by the Rosso & Russ Gallery. A metalsmith creating wonderful jewelry by weaving fi ne silver and gold wire, her work has been featured in a number of publications. She has been accepted into many juried exhibitions and has received Best of Show in Jewelry at the Beverly Hills Aff aire in the Gardens, the Sedona and the Durango Festival of the Arts.Cynthia had been working in the corporate world in Boston but found the greatest rewards for her came from creating her art. She credits the continuing education programs that she attended in Massachusetts for inspiring her creativity. Her passion for metalsmithing led to her decision to pursue her art full time. For Cynthia the process of weaving and shaping gold and silver is a peaceful, meditative process. Th e result is jewelry that has a fl ow and texture, an unusual blend of fi ber techniques done in precious metals. Some pieces are free form while others have a complex pattern and rhythm. Often precious stones are integrated into a piece. Th e Rosso & Russ Gallery is located at #8 Burruel Street and also features of work of jewelry/sculpture Jim Potts and the paintings of Michael Jayme.

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Tubac Ironworks is handling a new line of women’s clothing that represents the ideal in foreign-made clothing. Silk jackets, colorful hemp and cotton clothing with tribal designs and other items designed by Catherina “Cat” Bernstein are created using natural fi bers because of their comfort and they allow the body to breathe but also because they are environmentally and socially sustainable. Working in the environment and ethic of fair trade, she does not work with manufacturers but works directly with the village women that produce the clothing for her. Th is clothing is produced in small hill communities in the Golden Triangle area of Th ailand. Cat’s designs are not imposed upon the workers but rather are adaptations of their own traditional designs. She feels it is important not to alter their culture but to work within it to everyone’s advantage. Fair trading is a process of accessing foreign markets without taking economic advantage of the people who produce the goods. Exploitative middlemen are bypassed and in that way costs are kept comparable and return a greater percentage of the retail price to the producers. Often

in large-scale product manufacture sweatshop conditions are prevalent and unprotected workers earn below minimum wage and most of the profi ts fl ow to foreign investors who have little interest in ensuring the long term health of the communities. In Fair Trade, relationships are established with small businesses, worker-owned and democratically run cooperatives that benefi t the workers and their communities. By banding together, workers are able to access credit, reduce raw material costs and establish higher and more just prices for their products.

Profi ts are then reinvested in community projects such as health clinics, child care, education and literacy training. Safe and healthy working conditions are possible; sustainable use of resources is important to their long-term success and, with Fair Trade producers, have decision making power over their local resources.Each of us now has the opportunity to check that our purchases are fair traded products. We can be supportive of living wages with our decisions and avoid purchases, which may seem like a bargain, but have hidden human and

environmental costs. Fair Trade items range from clothing to coff ee beans and are labeled as such.You can see Catherina Bernstein’s line of clothing at Tubac Ironworks, 217 Plaza Road. 398-2163

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Th e historic adobe home across from Tumacacori National Historical Park burned and was declared a complete loss. No one was injured. Th e home owner, Dave Yubeta, works for Tumacacori NHP and his wife, Kim is a well known jeweler.Th e bead inventory and paintings by mother-in-law, Susie Hesselbarth were destroyed as well as all the family possessions. Friends of the Yubetas have responded with donations of furniture, clothing and other immediate needs. Th ey will be living in park housing while they start to rebuild. Th e Yubetas

have insurance but it will not cover their total losses. If you would like to help, donations of money are needed to get them back on their feet and get Kim’s inventory rebuilt.Please send checks made out to Yubeta Family Fund to Wells Fargo Bank, Rio Rico Plaza, 1060 Yavapai Drive #4A, Rio Rico, AZ 85648. Make sure you indicate that it is a donation and list the account number 5508198198.Messages can be sent to David c/o Tumacacori NHP, Box 67, Tumacacori, AZ 85640

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Th e Tubac Singers, a 40-member volunteer chorus, will present its annual winter concert on Sunday, January 29, at 3:00 at the Tubac Center of the Arts. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $3.00.

Th e chorus, founded by the late Miriam Sobel of Tubac, has been singing together for 23 years. Now directed by Marty Schuyler and accompanied by Lois Sprague, the January concert will continue a tradition of mixing folk songs, Broadway hits, songs from the 30’s along with some perennial favorites like “What Shall We Do

with a Drunken Sailor?” Th is same mix can be found on the group’s CD, “Por Los Ninos” which will be available for $12 at the concert. All proceeds from the sale of the CD go to the St. Andrew’s Children’s Clinic that assists indigent children with severe physical handicaps.

Th e Tubac Singers, along with the 5-concert Evening Series that runs from November to April, are the permanent parts of the performing arts programming at the Tubac Center of the Arts. Call 398-2371 for more details.

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March 13-17 Lian Zhen Watercolor, studio2-days of chinese techniques and 3-days of Lian’s “color pouring & blending” techniques to create dynamic watercolor paintings. $600

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March 27-31 Lois Griffel Oil/Pastel plein airPaint in Tubac with the author of “Painting the Impressionist Landscape” Learn to see & paint the color of light. Rich beautiful unmuddied color. $500

April 3-7 Kristy Kutch Colored Pencil, studioJoin author Kristy Kutch in a venture with colored pencil painting on a wide variety of surfaces using both traditional and watercolor pencils. $600April 10-14 Ron Ranson WatercolorHaving just arrived from England, author, artist, teacher, Ron Ranson joins our roster. Handling brushes, design, techniques with many demo’s and one-on-one instruction. $675

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Th e Tubac Fire District is happy to announce it will be providing monthly C.P.R. classes. Th e class will be, “Heartsaver C.P.R. with A.E.D.” It will be held on the third Saturday of the month (subject to change) from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 2:00 p.m. Th e class will be at St.2, located at 1360 W. Frontage Rd. (by Rio Rico High School). Th e cost is $35.00 and must be paid one week in advance. For information or to register please contact Rick Kemp @ 761-1065.

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At the market I look for beauty and color, hues of the earth. I want full rich colors and textures with warm aromas that promise then deliver bona fi de fl avors and nutrients. Variety pleases me: sound winter squash in every shape with intensely orange fl esh, fi rm vine ripened tomatoes with interesting colorations, spicy chiles in a range of ‘heat’ values, fresh aromatic herbs, crisp greens, spuds in several colors with some dirt still on them, deep red beets, carrots with their green tops, orchard fruits with old fashioned fl avor, local honey, goat cheeses, free-range chicken and grass fed red meats, whole grain artisan bread, fresh brown eggs, regional specialties and wild harvested foods that speak of cultures still alive and thriving. Meeting the folks who bring us this beauty and matching faces of the producers with the products of their labor is part of the joy of the

market. I believe that eating local and in-season food is

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that appears too perfect or unblemished, that ‘holds’ too long on the shelf or comes from unknown sources. Often, the biggest and the brightest are without discernable fl avor and probably lack nutrients as well. And don’t even get me started about McJunk meals. Too many disappointments have made me very picky about my food selections.Th e best way to fi nd what I’m after is to go to the source; straight to the grower, or to grow it myself – organically of course. Th at way I know what I’m getting while supporting local

agriculturists and keeping my money circulating in the local economy. It’s even better when I can arrange a trade: my stuff for their stuff . Th ere is, in fact, a world wide movement of this sort called Slow Food that has been gaining momentum since it’s founding in 1986.Th e stated aim of this organized eff ort is to “protect the pleasures of the table from the homogenization of modern fast food and life.” It promotes gastronomic culture, taste education, conserves biodiversity in agriculture, protects traditional foods at risk of extinction, and they claim 80,000 members in 100 countries. (see slowfood.com)Slow Foodists are co-producers with small scale agriculturists which makes them active rather than passive participants in their food story. Th ey don’t just sit at the table accepting whatever the food industry sets in front of them, they raise the standards and create a better system with higher quality results. Th ey will have us all “eat locally, think globally”. Closer to home, Dr. Gary Nabhan and collaborators have long been at work to conserve as many traditional heirloom seeds, crops and farming

methods of the southwest as they can fi nd among the gardens and fi elds of Mexico, Arizona, and New Mexico. Th ey have done this through collecting, growing, and promoting native food crops and educating people to the uses and tastes of these foods. Th eir initial eff orts soon grew into an organization called Native Seed SEARCH which is based in Tucson. (see nativeseeds.org) Dr. Nabhan is also director of the Center for Sustainable Environments

at NAU. CSE brings together the talents and expertise of community members to seek creative solutions to environmental problems. One of his recent projects in promoting the

heritage value of traditional foods of the southwest borderlands was the publication of “Linking Arizona’s Sense of Place to a Sense of Taste”, coauthored with Patty West. Th is book—a call to action—describes the traditional foods and recommends how they can be better marketed to the benefi t of local farmers and the people whose traditions developed these regional delicacies. “Anyone who eats in Arizona, or who has reason to think about eating here, should read this book”. Visit their website at www.environment.nau.edu.

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Eating locally grown organic food is best for a number of reasons. Superior fl avor and nutrition are the most obvious advantages to eating organically grown food. Flavorful ingredients do not require the addition of excessive sugars and salt, are more interesting and they satisfy our appetite more fully. Organically farmed soil is healthier and more fertile than chemically ‘enriched’ soil and there is no problem with toxic chemical runoff from organic farms. Due to the sustainable methods employed in the operation of organic farms, they tend to be more human and animal friendly. Th ey also tend to be more ‘intensive’ and so allow the smaller landholders/growers a share of the market. Native crops are adapted to local growing conditions and are easier to grow than many introduced crops. Th ese same small farms that grow and sell their crops in the ‘specialty’ markets are saving many of our nearly extinct heirloom varieties of fruits, vegetables, grains, and livestock. Another consideration in this quest for quality food in a sustainable world is that those who produce products make a living wage. Th e lament of small farmers worldwide is that market prices are lower than the cost to grow their crops.A growing model for more equitable conditions for agricultural workers and craftspeople is called Fair Trade.

Farmers/producers together with consumers insure fair wages, decent working conditions, and sustainable practices in producing products for market. Let’s look at coff ee as a prime example in fair trade. Coff ee is one of the world’s top selling agricultural products. Th e market price has been lower than the cost to grow it, which proved disastrous for the pickers and small farmers. Democratically run cooperatives were developed where workers earn a fair wage and the coff ee is sold more directly to the consumer. Fair trade farms are guaranteed about $1.50 per pound for green coff ee beans, (more for organic, the fastest growing segment of the market) where other producers get $.65 from middlemen. Th is provides the means for farmers to make enough money to support themselves while using the premiums to improve their standard of living. Now, expand this model to include all your food and perhaps your clothing, too. Sustainable agricultural practices and a living wage in growing tea, sugar, cocoa, chocolate, meat, milk, grains, vegetables, fruit….We really can improve the earth and our health one meal at a time and enjoy every bite.http://www.environment.nau.eduhttp://www.nativeseeds.org

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It all started with Ron Sisco’s hobby of wood turning and then someone suggested making a bread knife. Th e rest is, as they say, history. 15 years ago Ron and Christine sold their very popular bread knives at fl ea markets then juried festivals, including the Tubac Festival of the Arts. Th eir wood products are now sold in fi ne galleries across the country and have been featured in a number of magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens and Circle. Th eir work was selected by the Clinton White House where they attended a reception for selected artists. Ron and Christine moved to the Tubac area in 1987 buying an historic property on Santa Gertrudis Lane in Tumacacori. Ron, an aerospace engineer working for Boeing, continued commuting to California for fi ve years until he retired. But he returned each weekend and they built Treestump Woodcrafts into a going concern. Over the years they have added many new items to their line, which now includes wooden utensils of many types, wooden bowls, cutting boards and furniture. At one time the whole family was involved in the enterprise, Ron and Christine’s son Ron, who is still in the family business and their daughter Jenna who now runs a restaurant in Patagonia called Gathering Grounds. But when the business was growing, all four of them would head to diff erent parts of the country exhibiting their wares at craft shows. Christine is involved in all phases of the design and making of the utensils and furniture. Ron and she have mastered woodworking techniques unique to their products as well as

developing the method for inlaying the stone in the natural checks and cracks of the wood that not only makes the stone harder than it was before, but also will not dislodge through use. Th ey work with American hardwoods (mesquite, black walnut, cherry, and bird’s eye maple) are readily distinguished by the inlay of turquoise stone.

Th ree years ago the Siscos opened the Z-Forrest Gallery on Plaza Road in Tubac. (Th e name comes from their grandchildren Zowie and Forrest.). Th e gallery shows the works of many of the craftsmen and artists that the family met while traveling around the country attending craft shows. You can view the Cisco’s crafts at ZForrest Gallery (398-9009) in Tubac at 2 Plaza Road & the Tubac Golf Resort.

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In the event that you fi nd your family and friends focusing on all things boring or redundant, look to art for conversational opportunities. Th ere’s a motherload of diff erent viewpoints and no one has to be right or wrong they just need an opinion. Th at’s the fun of it.Try discussing the Mona Lisa for example. Th is homely girl with little aff ect is considered invaluable. But what does THAT mean? Does it mean there are not enough dollars to pay for her? No price tag too high? Does it mean she cannot be evaluated? Is she more than private property? I heard a question proposed in an aesthetics class a number of years ago.Th e Louvre is burning, and a drunken sot lies in a stupor at the foot of the Mona Lisa. You have

only two hands to make an heroic rescue. Which would you save? Th e drunk, or the painting? You may think the answer to this question is obvious, but play it out among some friends.How about ugliness and art? Is painting the ugly and discomforting, worthy?Who gets to call art ugly? Is it the artist or the viewer? When Van Gogh painted a pool hall, he said he tried to make it ugly to describe the terrible passions of humanity. Must we agree that it is ugly? If we agree it is ugly does that make it less valuable than other paintings he has done? Is beauty truly in the eyes of the beholder? Can you live with a sad picture or an ugly one? Would you want to own Edvard Munch’s, Th e Scream?

What other examples of ugliness can you recall in the art world? How about this one?Plato believed that art could not truly imitate and therefore could not provide intellectual or practical knowledge. Do you agree?Aristotle believed much could be learned by imitating and viewing an artist’s imitation of reality. How do you respond to art that is realistic? Is the most realistic art you have seen, the best? Was Picasso’s work better at sixteen than at sixty?

To understand a painting do we look inside ourselves or to the artist? Some study biographies, analyze the symbols, consider the title, and work hard to know the artist’s intentions. Others are happy to take it at face value and allow the work to exist on its own, taking from it or adding to it a purely emotional response.Th ere’s no subject like art for the dinner table. It beats gossip and grief over things beyond our grasp. Indulge yourselves in critical thinking instead of Bonbons and be healthier and happier for it.

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