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Celebrating the Art of Living in Southern Arizona 

February 2009 

Vol. IIII No. 4

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About this month’s cover 

Paintings of Tumacacori Mission 

National Park by Michael Gibbons 

will be the featured subject of his work 

at the Tubac Art Exchange, 2243 East 

Frontage Road, Tubac, Arizona (next 

building located south of the Gas 

Station near the Clinic). 

Michael has often worked on the 

grounds of the Mission with resulting 

paintings in oil portraying the very 

essence of the old Southwest settlers 

area. His painting entitled “VIEW 

BEHIND THE MISSION”, oil, 15”x 

21”, (pictured below right) was chosen 

by a nationally recognized jury panel to 

be included in the 2007 Paint the Parks 

Top 100 and that painting has just 

returned from a year tour around the 

USA. Along with the original, Michael 

will have Giclee reproductions of this 

image on White Archival Enhanced 

Matte Stock available. Michael and his 

wife Judith maintained a winter studio/gallery and residence 

in Tubac from 1997 until mid-2006 when they returned to 

Oregon’s familial and creative roots. He has returned each 

year since, to the Tubac area to paint and is delighted 

to participate in the 

50th Anniversary of 

the Tubac Festival 

of the Arts at the 

Tubac Art Exchange. 

Michael will check 

in each day of the 

Festival at the gallery 

and he plans on 

spending all day 

Saturday greeting 

friends and showing 

his work. For more 

information please 

call the Tubac 

Art Exchange, 

(520) 398-9156 or 

(520)398-9156. 

A native Oregonian, born and raised 

in Portland, Gibbons demonstrated 

an extraordinary gift for perception 

and visual expression from the time 

he could grasp a crayon. Winning 

top awards in competitions as varied 

as county fairs to the regional and 

national Scholastic Art Awards 

helped solidify a future in the realm 

of visual expression. 

At age twenty fi ve he left his 

position as designer of specialty 

automotive accessories for a small 

manufacturing fi rm in Portland to 

pursue painting full time. Fifteen 

years later and after a decade of 

acceptance into juried exhibitions 

at the Portland Art Museum, the 

American Artists Professional 

League; Allied Artists of America; 

and the Salmagundi Club, he was 

invited to full membership in Allied 

Artists of America. Twenty years later he is still a member 

plus he holds Signature Membership in Oil Painters of 

America and Past member of the Copely Society. 

“VIEW BEHIND THE MISSION”, oil, 15”x 21” 

WHERE ART AND HISTORY MEET - plan time to visit the Tubac Presidio State Historical Park and the Tumacácori Mission. 

Tumacácori Mission 1896 E Frontage Rd, Tumacácori I-19 Exit 29 520-398-9038 Tubac Presidio 1 Burruel Street, Tubac 520-398-2252 

Pg 5 Tubac Event Calendar 

Pg 6 New Places - TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coff ee 

by Maggie Milinovitch 

Pg 8 New Places - Grumpy Gringo 

by Alfred Griffin 

Pg 11 Didier Masson & El Biplano Sonora 

by Mary Bingham 

Pg 12 Gallery Feature - Graham Bell Gallery 

by Joseph Birkett 

Pg 14 Santa Cruz County Update 

by Kathleen Vandervoet 

Pg 16 Art, History & the Foods of Colonial Tubac 

by Shaw Kinsley 

Pg 16 A Very Rare Book 


Pg 20 Tubac Map 

Pg 23 The Borderlands Photographer 

by Murray Bolesta 

Pg 24 Festival Was “Quaint” in Its Early Years 

by Kathleen Vandervoet 

Pg 26 Letters 

Pg 30 Italy - Land of Wine Values 

by Bernard Berlin 

Pg 32 Tibetan Monks Make Special Visit to Tubac 

by Ginger Applegarth 

Pg 36 Tubac Experience - Tubac Olive Oil Co. 

by Ellen Sussman 

Pg 37 Remnants from Ruth - recipes 

Pg 38 Try Try Again 

by Carol St. John 

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February Circulation: 13,000. The Villager is made 

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locations, and off ered free of charge at locations in 

Tubac, Tumacacori, Carmen, Green Valley, Nogales, Rio 

Rico, Amado and Arivaca, Arizona. 

Publishers/Editors: Joseph & Hallie Birkett 

Many thanks to the excellent 

contributions from: 

Bernard Berlin 

Mary Bingham 

Joseph Birkett 

Murray Bolesta 

Zack Gallardo 

Michael Gibbons 

Alfred Griffi n 

Tubac Villager Map: 

Roberta Rogers 

February 2009 

Shaw Kinsley 

Maggie Milinovitch 

Ruthie 

Carol St. John 

Ellen Sussman 

Kathleen Vandervoet 

County Update Editor: 

Kathleen Vandervoet 

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Write: P.O. Box 4018 

Tubac, AZ 85646 

Phone: 

520-398-3980

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food, entertainment, dining furniture 

beauty living

Thursdays - Farmers Market at the Plaza de 

Anza from 10am to 2pm. 

Fridays- Live Music at Wisdom’s Cafe. 

Saturdays & Sunday, now thru April 26th 

- River Walks at the Tumacácori National 

Historical Park. The walks will be led by a 

park ranger or volunteer every Saturday and 

Sunday beginning 

at 9:30am. The 

River Walks will 

last 1 ½ hours, 

returning to the 

park in time for 

the 11am tour 

of the mission 

grounds. The 

walks begin at 

the park’s Visitor 

Center and follow 

a section of the 

Juan Bautista de 

Anza National 

Historic Trail for 

about half a mile, 

to the river’s edge. 

The trail is fl at 

and easy to walk. 

Participants will 

need comfortable 

shoes and water. 

Discussions 

during the walks 

may include 

several themes, 

including the 

O’Odham people, 

missions and 

settlement, 

plant and animal 

identifi cation, 

the mesquitebosque 

(forest) 

and riparian environments, and current 

issues related to the Santa Cruz River. The 

Santa Cruz River is an excellent example 

of the endangered southwestern riparian 

environment. Not only is the Santa Cruz a 

beautiful oasis for nature-lovers, it provides 

a critical habitat for abundant wildlife that 

live in, and migrate through, the Santa 

Cruz Valley. Although the guided walk will 

return to the mission by 11, participants 

may chose to continue on their own along 

the Anza Trail, which continues north for 

four miles to Tubac. The walk closely follows 

the river and crosses in three places on 

narrow bridges. However the trail is level, 

and walking, although sandy, is relatively 

easy. Because the area is rich in wildlife, 

particularly birds, binoculars are useful. For 

information about the guided walks, call 

Tumacácori National Historical Park at 520- 

398-2341, ext. 0. 

Wed thru 

Sunday, 

Feb 4th to 

8th - 

50th 

Annual 

Tubac 

Festival 

of the Arts. 

(for more 

detailed 

information see 

page 25) 

Wed thru Sun, 

Feb 4th to 8th 

- Artists Carlos 

Lopez, Diego, 

and Gustavo 

Olivas working 

at Tubac 

Territory. 1 Calle 

Baca. 

Wed thru Sun, 

Feb 4th to 8th - 

Together Rising: 

A Sculpture 

Event at the K. 

Newby Gallery, 

19 Tubac Rd.. 

Scheduled to 

attend: Star York, Mark White, David Unger, 

Rebecca Tobey, Gary Lee Price, Pokey Park, 

James G. Moore, Jim Eppler, Jim Budish, 

Esther Benedict, and John Arenskov. Please 

Join Us for Artist Led Tours - their own works 

in their own words. In the sculpture garden. 

Fri: 1pm - Pokey Park, 1:45pm - Mark White, 

2:30pm - David Unger, 3:15pm - Jim Eppler. 

Sat 1pm - Rebecca Tobey, 1:45pm - Gary 

Lee Price, 2:30pm - Jim Budish, 3:15pm 

- Star Liana York. Sun: 1pm - James G. 

Moore, 1:45pm - John Arenskov, 2:30pm 

Above, the bold, stylized image of St. Ann’s Church in Old 

Town, by Tubac artist Virginia Hall from the Tubac Festival 

poster of 1983. Virginal Hall will be having an opening 

reception for her joint show next month with Tubac 

sculptor, Mike Taylor, “Sensei Chic and the Seven Deadly 

Sins.” Show runs March 8th to 29th in at Taylor Hall in Old 

Town Tubac. For more info www.taylorhalltubac.com. 

Where Art and History Truly Meet 

celebrating the art of living in southern arizona 

- Esther Benedict. Meet at the Gazebo in the 

sculpture garden at the appointed time for 

the tour. www.NewbyGallery.com. 

Thurs, Feb 5th - Joel Bernstein, the 

author of “Wild Ride: The History and 

Lore of Rodeo” will speak at the Patagonia 

Woman’s Club at 2 pm in Cady Hall, 342 

Duquesne Ave. This event is free and 

open to the public. Joel rodeoed for seven 

years as a bareback rider so he personally 

experienced the rodeo life, as well as 

studying its history from the Wild West 

shows, the organization of the Cowboys’ 

Turtle Association to today’s Professional 

Rodeo Cowboys Association to write his 

book, Wild Ride: The History and Lore of 

Rodeo. He will talk about the cowboys 

and cowgirls who infl uenced the history 

of rodeo from the vaqueros in Mexico to 

the heros in the multi million dollar sport 

we follow today. Joel will be available 

to autograph his book. Questions about 

speaker or Patagonia Woman’s Club call 

Anne Hummel. Call 394-2532. 

Fri, Feb 6th - artist Trudi Theisen 

demonstrates at the Tubac Center of the 

Arts. 

Fri, Feb 6th - Classix presents “The Mosaics 

of Love” remembering loves won and lost, 

past, present and future, real and imaginary. 

Let this cappella sextet intrigue you with 

An investment in fi ne art is a rewarding 

experience from the very moment of discovery, 

continuing throughout your life, refl ecting your 

individual tastes and interests in excellence. 

Come and see the work of American Master 

Painter, Hugh Cabot and experience the 

selection of investment quality art by one of 

the American West’s foremost painters. 

Visit our HISTORIC ADOBE in Old Town 

Tubac, across the street from St. Ann’s Church. 

520-398-2721. 

their rich blend of voices in close harmony. 

At the Community Performing Arts Center, 

1250 W Continental Rd, in Green Valley 

at 7pm. Cost $5. For more info www. 

perforningartscenter.org. 

Fri, Feb 6th - First Fridays at Wisdoms’ Café 

with Eduardo Valencia and fi sh and chips. 

From 5 to 9pm. 

Fri and Sat, Feb 6th and 7th - Plein Air 

Artist Darcie Peet and Sculptor Fritz White 

demonstrate at the Big Horn Gallery at 37 

Tubac Rd. 

Sat, Feb 7th - Rio Rico High School 

Band 1st Annual Golf Tournament. The 

Challenge will take place at the Rio Rico 

Country Club with a 1pm Shotgun Start. 

Registration for individuals is $80. Prizes will 

include “Longest Drive,” “Closest to Pin,” “Top 

Teams,” and Door Prizes. The Golf Challenge 

is a fundraiser to benefi t the RRHS Band and 

help all 60 musicians pay for their upcoming 

trip to perform in San Antonio, TX. For more 

information or to register, please call (520) 

980-1631 or (520) 980-1891, visit the band 

website: www.santacruz.k12.az.us/band/ 

rrhs 

Sat, Feb 7th - This month’s cover artist 

Michael Gibbons will present at the Tubac 

Art Exchange, 2243 E Frontage Rd. Tubac. 

S t u d i o s a n d G a l l e r y 

5 

continued on page 7... 

Also: original Hugh Cabot 

sketches, high quality 

giclee reproductions, and 

Hugh Cabot cards.

6 

opening 

by Maggie Milinovitch 

When approaching Tubac’s new bookstore, 

T.J.’s Tortuga Books and Coff ee Beans, 

you fi rst meet “T.J.” (Tubac Jack), a large 

jackrabbit sculpture by Nicholas Wilson. 

T.J. is posed for munching on the potted 

plants. Th e store’s location is the same as 

the previous Tortuga Books – but has a 

new concept and design, which is both 

charming and welcoming. 

Debbe Wilson and her sister Tedde 

Scharf have been working for many 

months to bring their project together. 

When they fi rst decided to buy the 

bookstore, they thought they would 

be taking over a running business and 

slowly learn the many facets of the book 

business as they arose. Th at wasn’t to 

be. As it worked out, they had to start 

from scratch – new inventory, complete 

redecoration – painting, lighting, carpet, 

ordering and assembly of new bookshelves, 

new anthology pos/computer system 

– everything had to be reworked before 

opening the doors. But they will open in 

February. 

However, with those demands came 

the opportunity to do it their way – to 

create a new atmosphere. And, it is very 

diff erent. Th e new shelving allows for 

many thousands of titles and yet helps 

create a more spacious feeling. Th ere is 

a comfortable reading area with leather 

furniture where customers can sit and 

read. Another change is the espresso bar. 

Custom-made for the shop, they will 

serve lattes and such, hot chocolate, 

Italian sodas and tea along with specialty 

chocolate items. Soon there will be 

Bistro tables on the porch for people to 

sit and enjoy their coff ee. 

Debbe and Tedde have also selected 

a wonderful variety of greeting cards 

from talented artists, small gifts, gift 

bags and wrap. Th ey will off er Nicholas 

Wilson prints and 

cards, with Nick’s 

original works 

shown close-by 

at Karin Newby 

Gallery. 

Nick will be 

involved parttime 

as bookseller, 

greeter and 

“designated 

handyman.” He 

designed their 

tortoise and hare 

logo. Debbe and 

Tedde’s mother, 

Ethel Kast, has 

pitched in to help 

unpack and shelve 

dozens upon dozen of boxes of books. 

Friends, neighbors and members of the 

Church of Tubac, have all helped with 

projects like putting together bookshelves 

and unpacking boxes. 

Besides 

off ering 

“core” books, 

including 

Southwest 

regional 

books, they 

plan on 

hosting book 

signings, 

readings. 

informal 

fi reside chats 

on topics of 

local interest, music and poetry evenings, 

perhaps a book club and a monthly 

children’s evening to promote reading. 

Debbe said that people can sign-up to 

receive the New York Times Sunday edition 

Festival of Arts 

Tubac, Arizona 

For more 

information 

please contact: 

BIG HORN 

GALLERIES 

37 Tubac Rd. 

Tubac, Arizona 85646 

Phone (520) 398-9209 

bighorngalleries.com 

Darcie Peet 

P lease join us during 

Tubac’s Annual Festival 

of Arts (February 4-8) 

for a showing of new 

works by Tucson Plein Air 

Artist Darcie Peet and 

CA sculptor Fritz White. 

Darcie will be demonstrating 

Friday and Saturday. 

February 4 – 8, 2009 

Darcie Peet “January Desert Moon” Oil 30”h x 40”w 

Fritz White 

and they will facilitate that. For rare book 

collectors, T.J’s has a section devoted to 

the John Houghton Allen library’s fi nelybound, 

rare and antique books, which are 

curated by local archivist Shaw Kinsley. 

Both Debbe and Tedde are thoroughly 

enjoying the challenges and creative 

aspects of the bookstore. Both are very 

grateful for all the help they have received 

from the book community, vendors and 

their volunteers. 

TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coff ee Beans is 

located at 19 Tubac Rd. in the Mercado de 

Baca. 

Th e bookstore will be open 

MON-SAT 10-5, SUN 1-5 and will be 

open later in February. 520-398-8109 

or visit www.tjstortugabooks.com. 

Fritz White, CA “Grandmother’s Joy” 

Bronze Ed. of 16 35”h x 10 ½ ”w x 19”d

...continued from page 5 

Sat, Feb 7th 

- Mata Ortiz fi ring 

demonstration at 

the Tubac Center 

of the Arts. One 

of the fi nest Mata 

Ortiz artisans, Cesar 

Dominquez and his 

wife Gaby will bring 

pots for sale and will 

set up a kiln for a 

fi ring at 2pm. 

Sun, Feb 8th - Your 

Camera - A Tool for 

Self- Awareness 

workshop at 

Illuminations 

Gallery, 10 Tubac Rd. 

$35. 398-8028. From 4 to 5:30pm. 

Tues, Feb 10th - Poetry Reading in Old 

Town, Tubac from 5 to 8pm at Aldea de 

Artisticas, 14 Calle Iglesia. First part is 

happy hour, you are welcome to bring or 

share the refreshment of the evening. We 

will spend the remaining part of the time 

having an open forum to read, recite and 

receive feedback from our fellow artists that 

attend. It is an open forum which means, 

you are encouraged to participate with 

an original piece of your work, another piece 

from another artist that you are inspired by. 

We then will take turns discussing our 

work amongst the group. For more 

information, email Maritamfoss@yahoo.com. 

Celebrating our 

12th Year! 

Wed, Feb 11th thru 

Feb 17th - Pastel 

and Oil Painting 

Workshops with Jean 

Ranstrom—Twoday 

skill building 

workshops focusing 

on composition, 

color, depth of fi eld 

to capture nature’s 

landscapes, fl owers 

and wildlife for 

students at all skill 

levels held in an 

inspirational historic 

setting. Aldea de 

Artisticas, Historic 

Lowe House, 14 Calle 

Iglesia, Old Town 

Tubac. For more information and availability, 

contact Jean Ranstrom at jeanandfrye@ 

wiktel.com or 218-965-4161. 

Thurs, Feb 12th - “Rock Art of Our Ancient 

Peoples” at Tubac/SCC AAS Chapter 

Program. Jane Kolber, a retired art teacher 

turned world acclaimed rock-art specialist 

will share her fi ndings of rock-art of the 

ancient peoples of the Southern Arizona. 

While teaching on Navajo Indian Nation in 

the 1970s, Kolber’s rock-art fi ndings were 

an inspiration for her and her students and 

was the beginning of a crusade to conserve 

and preserve rock-art worldwide. Kolber 

is founder and director of the Arizona 

Archaeological Society’s Rock Art Recording 

Enjoy our other fine selections 

’ Fresh Salads 

’ Chef’s Special Soups 

’ Gourment Sandwiches 

’ Pizza ’ Pasta 

’ Fresh Seafood 

’ Beef, Pork & Poultry 

’ Beer, Wine & Spirits 

Lunch 7 Days 11-4:00pm 

Happy Hour Wed.- Sat. 4pm-6pm 

Early Bird Menu 

Wed. - Sat. 4:30-6:00pm 

Dinner 

Wed-Sat 5pm-9pm 


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MLS#s 105779 & 39602. Call Gina at (520) 

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Magnifi cent Nogales Estate 

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2 car garage. Hilltop property 

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Beautifully detailed with lots of 

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2358 W. Frontage Road 

7 Camino Otero 

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Terry Kirkpatrick sits comfortably outside his newly opened 

cigar shop on Camino Otero. Smoking halfway through a 

Cusano 18 cigar, he is cordial and relaxed, since his retirement 

from being a special agent with U.S. customs. “Th e Grumpy 

Gringo” opened its doors on December 1st, where Terry is living 

his dream of owning his very own cigar shop. 

“San Francisco Bay” written by Jesse Fuller and performed by 

Eric Clapton is playing from the loudspeakers. In the room 

to the left is a poker table, where Terry is looking for willing 

patrons to utilize the art of the card game, once a month. To 

the right, a lounge area where attractive leather bound chairs 

sit stoically diagonal from each other near a fi ve person couch 

and coff ee table, piled neatly with publications of various cigar 

periodicals. Opposite the wall is a series of lockers where regulars 

can leave their belongings for the next time they come back to 

smoke cigars in the aesthetics of relaxation. 

I ask Terry to recommend a good cigar for a novice such as 

myself to smoke. He walks me to the humidifi ed room, where 

he carefully surveys the collection of cigars. He reaches to the 

bottom right hand side of the shelf and picks out a Java, which is 

a mild class cigar made by Drew Estate. He clips the end off and 

lights the tip. He tells me, “...your palette, the fl avor is like a fi ne 

wine and each cigar holds a diff erent taste.” 

To the wall behind 

us, decorated with 

plaques surveying 

his governmental 

achievements, he tells 

me his defi nition 

between a cigar and 

a cigarette. “People 

don’t smoke cigars like 

a nervous habit, as 

one would do with a 

cigarette. People come 

in here to smoke a 

cigar for about forty 

minutes or so and 

ponder life, or ponder nothing at all and fall into a relaxation.” 

Cigars are rated by their taste, the shape, if it burns evenly and 

then of course the texture. Any cigar with an over 90 rating is a 

good cigar. As of yet, no cigar ever received a 100 rating. Some 

of the Cuban cigars will score a 95 or a 96 rating. Cigars from 

Nicaragua, the Dominican Republic and Honduras will rate 

around 90 to 92. Th e Cusano 18 Terry is smoking has been aged 

for fi ve years and received a 91 rating. Terry says he smokes 

around two to three cigars a day. 

Th e most expensive cigar he has off ered at the 

Grumpy Gringo is a La Aurora Sapphire, from 

the Dominican Republic, priced at 

$17.50. “A great cigar does not have 

to cost a lot of money.” Terry said 

through a cloud of smoke. “A great 

cigar could cost four dollars and still 

get a 91 rating, though the price will go 

up after a year or so.” 

Terry has traveled all over the world 

to educate himself in the culture 

of cigars. Among the numerous 

places he has visited are Mexico, 

Above, Terry Kirkpatrick and guest enjoy their cigars on the Grumpy Gringo’s open air lounging court. 

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Canada, New York, Miami, Los Angeles, Bolivia, Columbia and 

Russia. He feels one must have a full understanding of cigars if 

one wants to be an expert. Th ere are many aspects in which a 

non-tobacconist may have some misconceptions in regards to 

cigars. “Someone should not smoke a full body cigar the fi rst 

thing in the morning,” according to Terry. “Th at full body cigar 

would be great after a steak dinner or with a cognac. If you go 

to an expensive restaurant, the waiter is not going to give you 

any which wine. You need to choose the wine that suits you. Th e 

same can be said for cigars.” 

When tobacco is picked from the fi eld, the loose tobacco is 

heated, which burns all the chemicals out of a good cigar. Th e 

tobacco is put into an aging room. It stays there from 90 days to 

a year. (Th e better cigar is aged 5 to 10 years) When the tobacco 

is removed from the aging room, the tobacco is very brittle. 

Eventually the humidity is put back into the cigar. Th en the cigar 

gets its shape in a cigar press. Th e outer leaf is put around the 

tobacco and then stored in a Spanish cedar room to age before 

they hit the market. 

Temperature has everything 

to do with the cigar. Every 

year has diff erent outcomes 

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with tobacco growth, based on the amount of 

sunshine and rainfall, and the richness of the 

soil. Each crop will be diff erent based on the 

climate. “Lately,” Terry said, “Cigar tobacco has 

been blended with Brazilian, Nicaraguan, and 

Dominican tobacco making a very unique cigar.” 

To preserve cigars, a humidifi er must be kept at 

70 degrees. Terry has three humidifi ers running 

at all times. 

Terry stated that people should not inhale cigar 

smoke in the same way that one would smoke 

cigarette. He also pointed out that cigarette 

smoke is forbidden in Th e Grumpy Gringo. 

Speaking to the health concerns of smoking, 

Terry quoted George Burns when asked what 

his doctors thought about him smoking cigars at 

the age of 92: “I don’t know, they’re all dead.” 

Th e Grumpy Gringo is open from 10:00 am 

to 6:00 pm, Tuesday through Sunday. Th e 

atmosphere is intended for men and women 

to have an escape, and though the cigar shop 

diff ers vastly from the bar scene, the shop off ers 

an area of serenity. Th e objective is not to forget 

life, but maybe postpone it in the amount of 

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a cigar. When asked as 

to why he chose Tubac 

for the opening of this 

establishment, he said, 

“Tubac has the quaint 

charm of artists, CEO’s, 

golf and the weather like 

we are having now. Th ere 

is not the hustle and bustle 

of traffi c here. You can go 

to any cigar shop around 

the world. It doesn’t matter 

if you are sitting with 

doctors, lawyers, ditch 

diggers, or busboys, you 

will always fi nd good conversation. Its like a 

social club where we can talk about everything 

and anything.” 

Th e garden patio lounge is very much like that of 

a Cuban café. Th ere is a barbeque in the center 

of a square table. Eighteen men came here last 

week to barbeque and enjoy the camaraderie of 

a descent cigar. Right above the wooden door is 

engraved a quote from Mark Twain: “If I can’t 

smoke in heaven, I won’t go.” Terry pointed out 

that the original quote is, “…I shall not go,” 

although Terry informed me that he did not 

have the room for the entire quote to fi t it in. 

A customer strolled in, saying that he could not 

resist the aroma. Terry does have a purifi cation 

system, but the Grumpy Gringo emanates the 

scent of class. Terry approached the gentleman 

saying, “If there is a cigar you need, I’ll carry it.” 

I was sifting through the comment book on the 

front counter, while he assisted the customer. 

Someone wrote next to their name, “What a 

smokin’ idea.” 

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Friend Delia Medina Salinas recently brought this bit of early 

20th century history to my attention. Delia has ties to the 

Tubac-Tucson area through her ancestor Lieutenant Colonel 

and Adjutant Inspector of the Internal Provinces of New Spain, 

Don Roque de Medina. Th at was way back when the Internal 

Provinces included present-day Southern Arizona and Northern 

Sonora, Mexico. 

However, this story begins in California, probably in early 

March or April of 1913. Delia’s grandfather Juan Pablo Medina 

and his daughter, María Medina, participated in a most unusual 

historic event – the fi rst aerial bombing of navel vessels in 

North America. Señor Medina was an astute businessman from 

Cananea, Sonora, and María a student attending college in 

California. She was fl uent in English and French, which was 

vital to the success of their mission. 

On February 18, 1913, Mexico once again became a state 

in turmoil when General Victoriano Huerta overthrew the 

Constitutionalist government of President Francisco I. Madero. 

President Madero and Vice President José María Pino Suárez 

were seized in the National Palace of Mexico City, the offi cial 

seat of government, and placed under arrest. Four days later 

on February 22nd the two were assassinated in what Huerta 

claimed was “crossfi re between Madero’s captors and would-be 

rescuers.” 

General Álvaro Obregón, a loyal supporter of Madero, dismissed 

Huerta’s ridiculous claim and dedicated himself to taking 

Mexico back from the ruthless dictator. Señor Medina and 

María felt the same. At Obregón’s request, two trusted military 

offi cials, Colonel Santiago Camberos and Captain Joaquín 

Bauche Alcalde accompanied by Señor Medina traveled to 

California to purchase an aeroplane. Medina arranged for María 

to join them and act as translator. 

Th e “hero” of this tale is French-born aviator Didier Masson. 

Born in Asnières, France on February 23, 1886, he apprenticed 

as a jeweler, but became a magneto repairman while serving in 

the French military. Louis Paulhan, one of France’s early aviators, 

hired Masson as a mechanic in 1909 when he returned to civilian 

life. Masson quickly learned to fl y and soloed that same year. 

Paulhan and Masson decided to travel to America where 

aviation was growing at an incredible pace. Masson sailed for 

America arriving on December 27, 1909, followed by Paulhan 

and his family who arrived on January 3, 1910. Both participated 

in air shows and early barnstorming events. 

Masson caught the eye of Ivan R. Gates, owner of the fl edgling 

Gates Flying Circus in 1912. When Gates was injured in an auto 

accident, he hired Masson to fulfi ll his show contracts. Masson 

quickly became a sensation. Later that year, he was hired by 

Glenn Martin as an instructor at Th e Glenn Martin Flying 

School and ironically received his fi rst pilot’s license, #202 issued 

by the Aero Club of America. 

Th e school was a part of the California division of the Glenn 

L. Martin Company established in 1912 at Dominguez 

Field near Los Angeles. It was here that Camberos, Alcalde, 

and the Medinas met the dashing Frenchman. Masson was 

immediately smitten by the beautiful María and took her for 

a demonstration ride. After the ride, María translated for the 

Some historians identify the plane fl own by Masson as a 

Martin Pusher, while others say it was a Curtiss Pusher. 

A pusher type aircraft has its engine and propeller located 

to the rear of the pilot, as in this painting by Tubac Artist 

Walter Wilson, courtesy of the Tubac Art Exchange. 

offi cials outlining their plans to purchase an aeroplane that could 

provide intelligence on enemy troop movements and ultimately 

bomb Huerta’s navel ships at the port of Guaymas on the Sea of 

Cortez. 

Masson was intrigued at the prospect of bombing a ship from 

the air. He was sure that it had never been done before. He was 

also intrigued by the beautiful, French speaking, María! Masson 

took the visitors across the airfi eld to see Martin, and a biplane 

known as a Martin Pusher was quickly purchased with the 

deal to include Martin’s top pilot, Masson, and top mechanic, 

Australian born Th omas James Dean. Both were to be paid well 

for their services with a salary of $300 per month, plus $50 for 

each exploratory fl ight and $250 for each bombing raid. Th e 

Martin biplane reportedly cost $5000, which Delia believes was 

fi nanced by her grandfather. 

Th ere is much confusion over the manufacturer of the biplane. 

Some historians identify the plane as a Martin Pusher, while 

others say it was a Curtiss Pusher. Both manufactures were 

located in Southern California and designing similar aircraft 

at the time. Th e Curtiss facility was located in San Diego with 

seaplane operations at Corona del Mar, while Martin had 

facilities near Los Angeles and seaplane operations at Balboa 

Island in Newport. It is possible that the Mexican offi cials visited 

both builders. 

A couple of historians have even identifi ed the biplane as a 

Martin Pusher with a Curtiss engine. Photographs of Masson 

and the biplane can be found on the Internet. To this writer’s 

untrained eye, it looks like a Martin Pusher. Perhaps a Curtiss 

replacement engine was used at a later date. Th e biplane that 

many described as looking like a mosquito, was quickly dubbed 

“El Biplano Sonora” named for the Mexican state of Sonora. 

Hermosillo, Sonora would be its fi rst destination. 

Now the problem was how to smuggle the biplane into Mexico 

without either U.S. or Mexican authorities intercepting it. Th e 

U.S. had placed an embargo on war materials headed to Mexico, 

and aircraft of any type were considered weapons of war. Wells 

Fargo crated the plane in fi ve crates and shipped it to Tucson 

via train. Masson and Dean arranged for wagons and mules and 

began the trip south that would take them through Tubac and 

past the old Tumacacori Mission en route Nogales. Th ere wasn’t 

much else in between Tucson and Nogales back then. 

May 9th the Casa Grande Dispatch datelined Los Angeles 

reported that Didier Masson and his mechanic, Th omas Dean 

had been arrested and charged with violation of neutrality laws 

the previous day. An unnamed U.S. district attorney was quoted 

as saying, “the plans were known since the Mexicans opened 

negotiations to purchase fl ying machines for use in the war 

against Huerta.” 

Meanwhile the New York Times for the same date reported that 

a Deputy Marshal Johnson at Pike’s Ranch, twenty miles south 

of Tucson had captured a war aeroplane. Masson and Dean 

claimed they were merely planning to test the machine and were 

looking for a good place to do so. Th e name of the arresting 

offi cer may be incorrect as there is no record of a U. S. Deputy 

Marshal named Johnson in Arizona in 1913. Th e most likely 

arresting offi cer was U. S. Deputy Marshal Arthur A. Hopkins 

who shows up later in the story. Haven’t been able to pinpoint 

the Pike Ranch either, but 20 miles south using the Old Nogales 

Highway would have put it right around the current border 

between Sahuarita and Green Valley. Perhaps near the new Wal- 

Mart on Duval Mine Road. 

By May 10th, Th e Ogden Examiner headline proclaimed: 

UNCLE SAM SEEKS BIRD MEN WHO FLEE COUNT. 

Th e story goes on to say Masson and Dean were reported to have 

crossed the border at Nogales wearing constitutionalist army 

uniforms. 

May 11th, the Galveston Daily News with a Nogales, Ariz., 

dateline reported: 

Evidencing that still another war aeroplane is being smuggled 

over the border to assist in the attack on Guaymas, a huge roll 

was received by express today at Nogales, Sonora. It was claimed 

by Didier Masson, the French aviator, who narrowly escaped 

arrest below Tucson, Ariz., where his aeroplane was held by 

United States federal authorities. 

Masson said the packages contained the vital parts of an 

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It is diffi cult for an artist foreign to any 

subject to capture and translate their interest 

convincingly, but for those who live their 

subject, for their opportunity and fi rsthand 

knowledge, there is an unmistakable and innate 

naturalness in the product which is as intangible 

as emotion, and when assembled and presented 

at once, conveys the continuity of authenticity 

craved by collectors. Lovers of the West can fi nd 

it at the Graham Bell Gallery. 

Located in the very heart of the Tubac Village, 

the Gallery is nestled in the northeastern 

corner of the Tubac Plaza, at the head of Will 

Rogers Lane. In the shade of great trees, large 

wooden gates are open, inviting visitors into the 

property’s courtyards and gallery. 

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Th e trees’ shadows play on the earthen 

walls in the long light of afternoon 

and the main courtyard and its central 

fountain glow in the sun’s warmth with 

benches, shrubs, and rustic accents 

thoughtfully arranged on the perimeter 

of the courtyard’s path, which connects 

the Tubac Plaza with Plaza Road 

through the Graham Bells’ walled 

grounds. 

Native Arizonans, members of historical 

Southern Arizona ranch families, and current 

co-owners of the ZZ Ranch near Nogales, Tom 

& Charlotte Bell opened the Gallery in 1999 

to feature the photography work of their son, 

Scott. Th e gallery also showcases interesting and 

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Memorabilia from places distant as Mustang, 

Nepal, where the Graham Bells have funded a 

school building, are featured. 

Manager Pema Bista, admired throughout 

Tubac for her friendly gracefulness, greets 

visitors and attends to the displays which fl ow 

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Above: Th e gallery courtyard invites visitors to stop sit and 

take things and also provides a convenient path between the 

Tubac Plaza and the north part of the Village. 

Above Left: Charlotte and Tom Graham Bell and gallery 

manager Pema Bista with Abby and Matisse at the Plaza 

entrance on Will Rogers Lane. 

Inset: Leather and antique items are displayed throughout 

the gallery in attractive rustic arrangements. 

out from the gallery onto the fi rst courtyard, 

where a seated person beckons your second 

glance to see that it is not human after all, but is 

one of many whimsical, stuff ed people dressed 

in denim. 

Pema is native to Mustang, Nepal and guest 

of the Bells to Tubac for four years now. (See 

Buddhist Monks Visit Tubac article on page 32.) 

Unusual, antique and exotic bells, spurs, chaps, 

stirrups, copper plates and milk cans line 

the walls amidst sundry western and eclectic 

animal items and sculptures, jackets, shawls, 

purses, hats, cowhide pillows and choice 

western music. Also available in the gallery is 

handsome leatherwork, handmade by one of the 

working hands at the ZZ Ranch. It’s a complete 

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presentation, and as Charlotte says, tucked away as it is, it takes 

some time for people to fi nd the gallery, but once they’ve found 

it, they come back. 

Charlotte is the main decorator for all the displays. 

Charlotte’s family were true pioneers. “My grandmother, whose 

father was a Southern cavalryman, was born in old Fort Lowell, 

Tucson, where she died about 1955,” Charlotte explains, “she was 

born in the late 1800’s, and she used to tell me stories of how the 

Indians would come and steal bread from an open window sill.” 

Th e east walls of the gallery display the photography of Louise 

L. Serpa, the fi rst woman photographer allowed in the rodeo 

arena to photograph bull and bronc riding. Th ese astonishing 

rodeo photographs reveal all the impossible force and speedy 

momentum of bucking broncs, contorting cowboys and bulls 

chasing clowns right into your lap. Quoting the New Yorker, 

writing in regard of Serpas’s images, “It’s hard to believe your eyes 

when you fi rst see how wild in form her pictures are - both the horses 

and the cowboys take on shapes so free from gravity that if you didn’t 

know better you’d think they were made of rubber or were products of 

trick photography.” 

Now 83, Serpa is highly regarded in the photography and rodeo 

world and her life’s work has been recognized by the National 

Cowboy Museum. Charlotte knew Louise back in her own rodeo 

days of barrel-racing and calf-tying and the Bells feel honored to 

carry her spectacular images. Charlotte, Tucson rodeo queen and 

Miss Rodeo AZ in 1963, competed in rodeo at the college level 

for the University of Arizona. 

Most of the images in the gallery are by Scott Graham Bell. 

He received formal training and graduated from Th e Brooks 

Institute of Photography in California. For 18 years, Scott 

has been working on the family’s ZZ Cattle Ranch while also 

recording the images of the lives of the cowboys he works with. 

He currently lives at the ranch with his wife and two children. 

Scott Bell’s artist statement reads: 

I have lived, worked, photographed and experienced cattle ranching 

near the Mexican border. Th e cowboys I work with are older, wiser 

and much more experienced than I am. Th e cowboys have a rich 

knowledge of the ranching life and of the natural world in general. 

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I feel honored to have had them accept me 

and my camera into their realm. I hope 

this collection of photographs adequately 

expresses the deep respect I have for the 

individuals and traditions that are part of 

the cattle ranching experience in Southern 

Arizona.” 

Th e images are of real moments on the 

ranch. Cowboys under trees on a real day 

of real cowboy work, which these days 

is rare, but continues on at the ZZ with 

cowboys of experience enough to earn the 

admiration and respect of others who work 

cattle. 

An image of cowboys on horseback in 

silhouette takes on a new meaning when 

you know that a cowboy took it at the 

moment before sunrise. Th e genuineness 

of the images is unmistakable. If you want 

to know Southern Arizona ranch life, 

Bell’s images do it with a dignifi ed subtlety 

that seems almost reluctant. It’s good stuff , 

recording a way of life that is disappearing 

elsewhere but thrives along the border. 

Similar to Edward Curtis’s intentions of capturing the vanishing 

ways of life of Native Americans, Scott Graham Bell’s work 

could be said to be preserving the heritage and culture of the 

cowboy, but diff erent from the Curtis’s vintage photogravures, 

also available on the Graham Bell Gallery’s back wall, much 

of Scott Bell’s work appears focused on candid and unposed 

moments, capturing instead of creating. 

Th e Graham Bell’s ZZ Ranch runs a large cow calf operation, 

employing 4 permanent cowboys and hiring on extra cowboys 

as needed from all around Santa Cruz County for round-ups. 

In operation since 1938, the ranch belongs to the two Graham 

Bell families of Tom and his brother George and consists of 

approximately 100 sq miles along the border of Mexico, from 

Nogales to Bear Valley. Th e land is some of the most beautiful 

and rugged terrain you can imagine, where a couple head of 

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Th e ZZ Ranch House. Photograph by Scott Graham Bell. 

cattle headed the wrong way up a canyon can cost you all day 

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You can get a feel for the ranch’s coverage by driving the Ruby 

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the desert night. 

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A development of 28 residential lots on 

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received preliminary approval at the Jan. 

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commission voted unanimously, 5-0, to 

approve the request for a Planned Area 

Development, or PAD. Th ree commission 

members did not attend and there was one 

vacancy at the time of the meeting. 

Th e land is being developed by Winston 

Chappell and Rick Burns of Sustainable 

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of three additional lots, however. Th e 

property is about a mile south of Exit 34 

of Interstate 19, and about 1.5 miles west 

of the West Frontage Road. 

According to a report from the county’s 

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Property owner Linda Ellinor is planning 

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It was purchased with existing structures 

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and six small pools for hydrotherapy, she 

said at the Jan. 15 Board of Adjustment 

District 3 meeting. 

Th e property has the required zoning 

already to operate as an inn. Ellinor 

asked for variances to reduce the required 

setback from the property line in the 

front yard; to allow a small structure in 

the front yard for the pool equipment; to 

reduce the number of parking spaces from 

25 to 17; and to pave the parking areas 

with a permeable substance to allow water 

to fl ow underground rather than with 

asphalt. 

Th e board voted unanimously to approve 

the four variances. Members include 

Chairman Earl Wilson, Ron Campana 

and Charlotte Brown. Member Arturo 

Vásquez did not attend. 

Latest on water rate increases 

A small group of individuals is working 

to combat proposed water rate increases, 

which Tubac resident Jim Patterson said 

could be 200 percent. 

Patterson gave a report at the Jan. 19 

meeting of the Santa Cruz Valley Citizens 

Council in Tubac. 

He and several others are trying to reduce 

the rate proposed by Arizona American 

Water Co. for its 532 customers in Tubac. 

If it’s approved by a state commission, it 

could take eff ect near the end of 2009. 

Th e strategies include submitting a 

request for fi nancial assistance to the 

federal infrastructure package; trying to 

resurrect a bill submitted to the House 

of Representatives in 2004 which would 

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urging that Arizona American adopt 

system consolidation so the increases are 

spread among more rate payers; and the 

consideration of point of use (at a sink) 

water treatment to reduce the amount of 

arsenic in residential water. 

During the meeting, Tubac resident 

Marshall Magruder suggested that the 

council invite the Arizona Corporation 

Commission, based in Phoenix, to hold a 

public hearing in Tubac on the issue. 

4-year wait for fire station 

A new three-building Tubac fi re 

station which will include training and 

administration spaces likely won’t be 

built for about four years, said Fire Chief 

Kevin Keeley. Th e station is scheduled 

to be constructed on a four-acre piece 

of land southwest of the Chavez Siding 

interchange of Interstate 19. 

Voters in the Tubac Fire District, which 

also includes all Rio Rico areas north 

of Camino Ramanote, approved a $15million 

bond election held Nov. 4, 2008. 

Th e fi rst projects will be to build two fi re 

stations in northeast Rio Rico, Keeley said. 

In addition to Station No. 1 in Tubac 

on the east frontage road just north of 

the village entrance, the district also 

operates Station 2 in Rio Rico southwest 

of the Peck Canyon and Interstate 19 

interchange. It was opened in 1997. 

What about a possible merger of the 

Tubac district with the Rio Rico fi re 

district, which was discussed at a Tubac 

fi re district board meeting in March 

2008? Keeley said he “thinks it’s a good 

idea.” However, it’s in the best interests 

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of taxpayers, he said, to wait until both 

districts have spent the bond money for 

new buildings. “If the merger occurred 

before then, any bonds unsold can’t be 

sold,” Keeley said. 

Chamber of commerce board 

chosen 

Members of the Tubac Chamber of 

Commerce elected new board members 

at the Jan. 21 annual meeting. Board 

members serve for a two-year term. 

New members are Candace Harmon, 

Tubac Embarcadero; Garry Hembree, 

Old Presidio Traders; Kelly Jones, Big 

Horn Galleries; Terry E. Kirkpatrick, 

Grumpy Gringo Cigars; Brent Land, 

Purcell Galleries of Fine Art; Polly 

Schlitz, Walter Wilson Gallery/Tubac 

Art Exchange; BenDameean Steinhardt, 

Out of the Way Galleria; and Mike 

Quigley, Sky Island Alliance. 

Th ere are a total of 13 board members 

on the Tubac Chamber Board. Th e 

four incumbents who were not up 

for re-election are: Susan Buchanan, 

Tubac Historical Society; Roberta 

Rogers, Roberta Rogers Watercolors; 

Larry Robertson, Lawrence Robertson, 

Attorney; and Susan Walsh, Tubac 

Territory. 

Executive Director Carol Cullen said the 

chamber has 83 members. 

Th e regular monthly meetings are held 

on the third Wednesday of each month 

at 8 a.m. at the Tubac Community 

Center and the public can attend. 

Raises for elected officials 

County elected offi cials have received 

raises for the current year, as specifi ed 

under Arizona law. Th e three Santa Cruz 

County supervisors, John Maynard, Rudy 

Molera and Manuel Ruiz, are now being 

paid $63,800 a year, up from $56,500. 

Sheriff Antonio Estrada’s salary increased 

from $89,225 to $100,824. County 

Attorney George Silva’s pay went from 

$109,450 to $123,678. 

Also at the same pay level as the Board of 

Supervisors are County Assessor Felipe 

Fuentes, County Recorder Suzanne 

Sainz, Treasurer Caesar Ramirez, Clerk 

of Superior Court Juan Pablo Guzman 

and Schools Superintendent Alfredo 

Velasquez. 

Th e last time other county employees 

received a raise was in November 2007, 

when the county gave the equivalent of 

a 4 percent increase. With those raises, 

County Manager Greg Lucero earns 

$145,725 a year. 

(For comments or questions, contact the 

writer at kathleenvan@msn.com or call 

520-398-2089.) 

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ART, HISTORY AND THE FOODS OF COLONIAL TUBAC 


Th ese three topics will come eloquently 

together when the Tubac Historical Society 

holds its March 18, 2009 program at the 

Tubac Center of the Arts at 10:00 am. 

Jesús García, an education specialist at 

the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum, 

will present a program entitled, “Foods of 

Colonial Tubac : Tantalizing Touch and 

Taste,” that explores the ecological tapestry 

that made up colonial Tubac. What better 

way to ponder local ecology than to eat its 

riches? 

Jesús will introduce us to several of the Native 

American groups of the Sonoran Desert 

region including the Seri, the Yaqui, and the 

Tohono O’odham, describe their traditional 

homelands, and tell us how they employed 

the area’s natural resources and how the 

Europeans used and adapted these techniques 

to survive. Jesús is the principal investigator 

on a talented team of researchers working to 


Tubac has long attracted excellent people, and with excellent 

people come excellent collections. I had the pleasure of 

looking through a collection of books recently, and found 

one that tells a remarkable story. Th e book is Th e Voyages 

and Travels of Sir John Mandeville, Knight : wherein is set 

down the way to the Holy Land, and to Jerusalem : as also 

to the lands of the great Kahn and of Prester John : to India 

and diverse other countries : together with many and strange 

marvels therein. Th is book, which was purportedly written in 

1357, is “one of the most popular and widely circulated books 

produced 

re-establish the historic mission orchards at 

Tumacácori National Historic Park, and he’ll 

describe what is happening with the Kino 

Heritage Fruit Trees Project. Th is ambitious 

project seeks to identify fruit trees from the 

Spanish Mission Era by examining Father 

Kino’s own accounts, Forty-niner documents 

and journals, and the work of contemporary 

local ethnobotanists and horticulturalists to 

trace the legacy of these fruit trees. So far, 

research indicates that the trees included 

peach, quince, pear, apple, pecan, walnut, 

fi g, and pomegranate. Together, they made 

up a portion of the mission community’s 

agricultural livelihood that also depended 

upon grape vineyards, grain fi elds, vegetable 

and pharmacy gardens, as well as livestock. 

Th e program will run about 90 minutes and 

is hands-on. Participants will experience the 

tastes of the actual foods enjoyed by historic 

Tubacans and Native Americans alike. Your 

appetite is sure to be whetted, and you might 

like to have a bite of lunch in one of the area 

restaurants after the program. 

Jesús Manuel García was born and raised 

in Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, México. 

He completed a degree in Elementary 

Education, (Escuela Normal del Estado) 

in Hermosillo, Sonora, and then moved to 

Tucson and graduated from the University of 

Arizona with a Bachelor degree in Ecology 

and Evolutionary Biology, with a minor 

in cultural Anthropology. Jesús has been 

associated with the Arizona-Sonoran Desert 

Museum since 1991. Currently, in his role 

as an education specialist, he teaches natural 

history programs to the Hispanic community 

of the Tucson area schools as well as in 

the border region of the state of Sonora, 

Mexico. Jesús has many interests including 

conservation biology, cultural ecology, 

languages, music, gardening, and art. 

Th is program is free to members of the Tubac 

anywhere in Europe before the advent of printing and one of 

the few such books to have had an almost continuous afterlife 

in print,” according to Th e Dictionary of Literary Biography. 

Presented as the author’s own travel experiences of thirtyfi 

ve years, in which he claims to have set out from St. Albans 

in 1322 and to have visited the Middle East and Palestine, 

continuing on to India, Tibet, China, Java, and Sumatra, the 

work was actually compiled from a number of written sources 

in what scholars believe to be a monastic library in Liège, 

Belgium. 

Mandeville’s book is made up of two parts: 

the fi rst is a guide to the Holy Land and 

describes a number of routes to it. Some 

scholars suggest that the book was merely 

propaganda to inspire a new crusade to 

retake the Holy Land, but others feel it was 

one of the earliest examples of the travel 

genre, one so detailed in description that 

readers couldn’t get enough of it, in spite 

of the fact that the author was extremely 

economical with the truth. Mandeville talks 

at length of saints and relics in Part I and 

includes Biblical stories along with stories 

that are decidedly secular. Th e second part 

of the book takes the reader to the Far 

East where the author’s imagination has 

full rein. Here he writes of ‘men whose 

heads do grow beneath their shoulders,’ 

of men whose feet are used to shield them 

from the sun, of men with horns, and men 

with the heads of dogs. He describes the 

Speaker Jesús García Speaks at the TCA March 18 

Historical Society. Non-members will be 

charged $5 to attend. Reservations are a 

must because space is limited, so call the 

Society today at (520) 398 – 2020 to 

secure your place. 

empire of Prester John (reportedly a descendant of one of the 

Th ree Magi, Prester John was said to preside over a Christian 

realm full of riches and strange creatures. His kingdom 

contained such marvels as the Gates of Alexander and the 

Fountain of Youth, and even bordered the Earthly Paradise) 

in preposterously fabulous terms. His imaginative narrative 

inspired artists and illustrators to make images to compliment 

the text, and the combination of text and image likely account 

for the book’s uncanny popularity. 

Although there are 31 surviving early manuscripts of the 

work in French, the earliest of which was made in 1371, more 

than 300 other manuscripts exist in Latin, English, Czech, 

Danish, Dutch, German, Irish, and Spanish. Printed versions 

date from 1496 and run all the way down to the 20th century. 

Th e copy I saw in Tubac was produced in London in 1677, 

and research showed this to be an extremely rare edition: only 

three examples are known in Britain and the only one known 

in the United Sates is held by the Huntington Library in San 

Marino, California. 

If you are interested in learning more about Mandeville, 

his book, and the various controversies that have raged 

through the centuries, this Wikipedia entry on the Internet 

at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mandeville might be 

interesting. I was both delighted and amazed to fi nd such 

an extraordinary book in our little village. But I shouldn’t 

have been, for Tubac has long attracted excellent people, and 

excellent people have excellent collections. 

Writer and archivist Shaw Kinsley can be contacted at mailto: 

sdk878@earthlink. 

From the University of Texas Press: A searing documentary of the largest single transnational migration in history. 

Words by 

Charles Bowden 

Photographs by 

Julián Cardona 

Exodus 

11.75 x 9.5 in. 

295 pp., 115 duotones 

in four sections 

ISBN: 978-0-292-71814-2 

$50.00, hardcover 

with dust jacket

Tubac Historical Society Board of Directors 

Two longtime stalwarts on the THS Board 

of Directors are taking their leave this 

year. Eloise “Sandy” Johnson has served as 

Treasurer since 1994 with only one year 

off when she moved from Tubac to Green 

Valley. Sandy designed the fi nancial forms 

used by the Society and keeps tabs on the 

dedicated funds which the Society oversees. 

Th ere is no way to adequately express the 

thanks Sandy deserves for her years of 

patient, thoughtful service! 

Barbara Ruppman has served on the THS 

Board twice. Th e fi rst time was as a member 

in 1998 when THS was trying to acquire 

the Barrio de Tubac archaeological site; the 

second was during the last two years when 

she served as Vice President. Barbara shares 

her understanding of our area’s history, 

particularly the archaeological aspects, in 

the walking tours she gives of the Barrio de 

Tubac archaeological site. 

Jerry Ochs stepped in as President to serve 

out the remainder of Victoria Sikora’s 

term when she left for the East coast. He 

has agreed to remain as President for his 

own term. Jerry’s long term view, strategic 

thinking, and knowledge of dynamic 

speakers will provide energy and growth to 

THS. 

Susan Buchanan became involved with 

THS in 2003 and came on the Board at her 

fi rst meeting in 2004. She was enticed into 

being Secretary at that time and has been 

taking the Minutes and seeing to the offi cial 

duties ever since. Th e Tubac Historical 

Society is lucky to have such a devoted 

Secretary. 

Two present Board members have agreed 

to step into the vacancies created by 

the deaprtures of Sandy and Barb. Sam 

Chilcote will serve as Vice President and 

Shaw Kinsley will assume the duties of 

Treasurer. Sam has been on the THS Board 

since 2003 and provides sharp strategic 

thinking as well as a deep involvement in 

the annual picnics held at area ranches. 

Shaw joined the Board in 2004 and has 

edited the Society’s Newsletter since that 

time. 

Th ree new faces will be confi rmed at our 

annual meeting next month. Barbara Blake 

has agreed to join the Board and brings vast 

fund raising and event planning experience 

as well as grace and beauty to THS. Don 

Davidson, who has been extremely helpful 

in organizing the THS Map Collection, 

has agreed to join the Board and will apply 

his enthusiasm and knowledge to other 

aspects of THS’s role in the community. 

Ken Veal, a relatively new Tubacan having 

moved from Ft Collins, Colorado, has also 

agreed to become part of THS’s Board. Ken 

is enjoying learning about our area’s history 

and is helping assert some intellectual 

and physical control over the Photograph 

Collection. 

Th ey join continuing THS Board members 

Loretta Lewis, Bruce Pheneger, Irene 

Deaton (who also serves as Executive 

Director), Gary Brasher, Karen Lang, 

Regina Ford, and Larry Robertson. Th e 

changes were approved by the Board and 

affi rmed by the membership at the THS 

Annual Meeting on January 19. 

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• Carol Curry Studio & Gallery 

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• Casa Fina de Tubac 

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• Chios 

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• Commerce Bank of Arizona 

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• Cowboy’s Sweetheart 

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• Damian Koorey Designs 

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• KB Rock’n 

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• Misco Market 

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• Olive Oil Gallery 

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• Renee Taylor Gallery 

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• The Snack Bar Gallery 

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Map # Business Name Phone # 

1 Anza arketplace M 

520-398-1010 

84 The Artist’s Daughter 520-398-9525 

5 The Artist’s Palate 520-398-3333 

50 Beads of Tubac 520-398-2070 

86 Big Horn Gallery 520-398-9209 

60 Brasher Real Estate, Inc. 

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520-398-2506 

17 Bruce Baughman Gallery 520-398-3098 

3 Café residiio P 

520-398-8503 

95 Carol St. John 520-398-8574 

15 Casa Fina de Tubac 520-398-8620 

65, 48 Casa Maya de Mexico 520-398-3933 

2 The hef’s Table C 

520-398-8501 

10 Chios 520-398-8596 

68 Cloud ancer D 

520-398-2546 

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Cowboy’s Sweetheart 520-398-0400 

90 Cowgirl gly U 

520-398-9415 

11 Damian Koorey Designs 520-398-8360 

7 Emmy’s Pilates Studio 520-275-3323 

21 Feminine Mystique 520-398-0473 

83 Galleria Tubac 520-398-9088 

53 Graham Bell Gallery 520-398-2558 

32 Grumpy Gringo Fine Cigars 520-980-5177 

85 Hal Empie Gallery 520-398-2811 

40 Heir Looms 520-398-2369 

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Hugh Cabot Gallery 520-398-2721 

63 Illuminations 520-398-8028 

33 James Culver Studio 

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520-398-1841 

51 Jane’s Attic 520-398-9301 

6 Josef’s alon S 

520-398-0900 

77 Karin Newby Gallery 520-398-9662 

21 Dr. Brian Kniff , DDS 520-398-8408 

99 La Paloma de Tubac 520-398-9231 

35 Lavender Bay Antiques 520-870-8332 

46 La Viña 520-398-8142 

64 Long Realty 520-398-2962 

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The Old Book Shop 520-393-1415 

82 Old Presidio Traders 520-398-9333 

52 Out of the Way Galleria 520-398-9409 

38 Quilts Ltd. 800-255-2306 

36 Roberta Rogers Studio 520-979-4122 

45 Rogoway allery G 

520-398-2041 

78 Shelby’s istro B 

520-398-8075 

76 Sole Shoes 520-398-2201 

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Sunrise Jewelers 520-398-1121 

75 TJ’s Tortuga Books & Coff ee Beans 520-398-8109 

41 Tubac Center of the Arts 520-398-2371 

10 Tubac Olive Oil Company 520-398-3366 

37 Tubac Online Sales 520-398-2437 

4 Tubac Ranch 520-398-8381 

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42 Tubac Territory 520-398-2913 

98 Tubac Villager 520-398-3980 

23 Tumacookery 520-398-9497 

22 Yardwoman 520-398-9565 

18 ZForrest Gallery 520-398-9009 

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48 Casa Maya de Mexico 

40 Heir Looms 

46 La Viña 

41 Tubac Center of the Arts 

42 Tubac Territory 

Camino Otero 

32 Grumpy Gringo Fine Cigars 

33 James Culver Leather Studio 

35 Lavender Bay Antiques 

34 Peter Chope 

38 Quilts Ltd. 

36 Roberta Rogers Studio 

37 Tubac Online Sales 

Calle Baca 

45 Rogoway’s Gallery 

La Entrada 

17 Bruce Baughman Gallery 

15 Casa Fina de Tubac 

10 Chios 

19 Cowboy’s Sweetheart 

11 Damian Koorey Designs 

21 Dr. Brian Kniff , DDS 

21 Feminine Mystique 

10 Tubac Olive Oil Co. 

23 Tumacookery 

24 Visitor’s Center 

22 Yard Woman 

18 ZForrest 

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96 Hugh Cabot Gallery 

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86 Big Horn Gallery 

60 Brasher Real Estate, Inc. 

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68 Cloud Dancer 

83 Galleria Tubac 

85 Hal Empie Gallery 

63 Illuminations 

64 Long Realty 

61 Th e Old Book Shop 

82 Old Presidio Traders 

70 Sunrise Jewelers 

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78 Shelby’s Bistro 

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First United Realty 800-726-0100 

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Follow Through Guys, Home Repair 520-351-2031 

Ken Michael, Art Framing 520-398-2214 

Powell’s Pet Sitting 520-377-8484 

Steve the Handy Guy 520-841-0277 

Think Bob, Graphic Design 520-762-0447 

Tubac Chamber of Commerce 520-398-2704 

Tubac Embarcadero 520-398-9670 

Village Counseling 520-820-1678 

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Central Pet 520-398-8661 

Crista’s Fitness at Sunset Ranch 520-398-9940 

Dos Silos Mexican Cuisine 520-398-3787 

Pancho’s (at the Tubac Golf Resort) 520-398-0003 

Realty Executives, Bill Mack 520-398-2770 

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Realty Executives, Charlie Meaker 520-237-2414 

Tubac Art Exchange 

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Stables Ranch Grille 520-398-2678 

Tubac Golf Resort and Spa 520-398-3545 

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Lily’s 520-398-3134 

Santa Cruz Chili Co 520-398-2591 

Wisdom’s Café 520-398-2397 

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Amado RV & Self Storage 520-398-8003 

Kristofer’s Bistro 520-625-0331 

Long Realty, Cha Cha Donau 520-591-4982 

Long Realty, Heidi Baldwin 520-907-9682 

Lordex Spine Center 520-207-9345 

Poco Cayuse, interior design 520-398-9793 

Quick Custom Metals 520-888-7313 

Ventana Mortgage 520-885-9594 

Tubac Villager Advertiser Map drawing 

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Provided as a courtesy by the Tubac Villager. 

Information edited by the Tubac Villager. 

This map is an artistic rendering of the Village of 

Tubac and Tubac Villager supporting advertisers 

of Feb 09 Unlisted map structures may be active 

businesses. 

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Top Left: A Queen butterfl y, a cottonwood leaf, 

and an ear of a Santa Rita prickly pear cactus 

can each deliver fi tting visual symbolism. 

Bottom Left: Love in the desert, here in 

Mexico, can occasionally be witnessed as literal. 

Th e Borderlands Photographer 

Love in the Desert 

Text and Photos by Murray Bolesta 

Valentine’s Day can inspire even the most grizzled 

borderlands photographer to refl ect on the gentle topic 

of love, becoming mawkish with sentimentality. 

I won’t claim a romantic mastery of this topic, and there isn’t 

exactly a shortage of discussion of love, even by photographers 

who are customarily mute and surly. But we’re in the season, and 

in the mood, so why not go for it. 

Th e task of capturing love in the desert with a lens can take 

the borderlands photographer into fanciful fl ights of lyrical 

abstraction and visual symbolism. 

Literally fi nding love, as in two potential soul-mates (both with 

Nikons) stumbling across each other in some remote canyon, is 

not necessarily what I mean in this article. (However, serendipity 

of this sort is not outside the realm of possibility, so don’t give 

up hope. My luck, though, would be to encounter a well-armed 

border agent on patrol.) 

Instead, the nature photographer’s task is to capture the pastoral 

equivalent of an urban romance, to record a backcountry symbol 

or token of the act or existence of love. Mother Nature gives us 

so many examples. 

It’s motherly love in the extreme. 

Th e borderlands photographer’s Valentine mixture of outdoor 

photos should include images reminiscent of love, tugging on the 

heartstrings of the viewer and creating a vivid and compelling 

picture. 

Th ese include symbols reminiscent of a heart. Th ere are lots of 

these to be found in nature, from cacti to leaves to shadows. 

Symbolic also, are intertwined vines and closely-matched pairs 

of just about anything. 

For the photographer, pairs of critters are a bit fewer and 

farther-between than a single one. A compelling photo of a 

solo animal, whether a bird or a mammal, is often hard enough 

to achieve. But from time to time a photographer will catch a 

pair close enough together to suggest aff ection in their behavior. 

Togetherness between any critters, displayed peacefully, is almost 

always a Valentine winner in photography. 

Th e true emotion of love between critters is a notion I’ll leave 

to be pondered by others, but an instinctive appearance of such 

behavior, or an imitation of love, especially in the wild, is a goal of 

many nature photographers. Th e “aww” factor rises exponentially 

for any wildlife photo depicting tenderness or intimacy. 

Taking the study a bit further afi eld, and still in our glorious 

borderlands outdoors, one can explore abstracted tangents of 

love, such as the pastoral nurturing of the land by a gardener 

tilling a row of heritage crops at Tumacácori Mission, or the 

compassion symbolized by a barrel of water left in the Ironwood 

Forest by humanitarians to aid desperate migrants. 

Further, the painstaking stabilization of a crumbling adobe 

structure is a depiction of love for our borderland cultural 

heritage. Mother Nature’s monsoon rainfall to replenish a 

parched desert landscape is also a powerful nurturing symbol. 

For you, the lonely photographer wandering from mountain 

to valley, discovering these actions and symbols and recording 

them via the camera, can help replenish your own spirit and all 

those who share your love of borderland imagery. 

Murray Bolesta’s CactusHuggers Photography specializes in 

borderland images and supports the preservation of southern Arizona’s 

natural, rural, and cultural heritage. Murray’s home gallery in 

Green Valley can be visited by appointment and he can be reached at 

www.CactusHuggers.com. 

Images 

Top Right: With not too much imagination, 

even the lowly pincushion cactus, in the correct 

position, can suggest the charm of a motherchild 

pairing. 

Mid Right: My “Deer Crossing” photo from 

Buenos Aires N.W.R. conveys impressions of 

intertwined friendship. 

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Lower Right: Th e male jackrabbit, like human 

males, displays much silliness within the mating 

ritual as a queenly female feigns disinterest. 

Botom Right: A love bite implies aff ection

y Kathleen Vandervoet 

Th e Tubac Festival of the Arts is expected to draw about 80,000 

people to the community, weather cooperating. Th at’s in high 

contrast to the early years, when visitors were counted in the 

dozens. Th is is the 50th year for the festival, scheduled Wednesday, 

Feb. 4, through Sunday, Feb. 8. 

Village streets, closed to vehicles, will be packed thick with 

pedestrians and parking will be tough to fi nd. But there will be 

lots of music, food, art work, clothing and the atmosphere will be 

electric. 

Tumacácori resident Bunny Hanson participated in the fi rst 

festival held in 1959 when there were about 10 galleries and shops 

in the entire village. She said artist Jean Wilson was one of the 

main organizers, and the festival “was kind of quaint. Th ere were 

little tables with red checked tablecloths set out. But there wasn’t 

any publicity and nobody came.” Even so, the gallery owners, 

artists and local residents “had a great time,” she fondly recalled. 

Hanson was a co-owner of the El Sapo shop on Camino Otero 

for 30 years. It was sold two years ago and is now the Tohono 

Village Trading Post. 

For many years the annual art festival was nine days long, spanning 

two weekends and the week in between. Since 2004, the shorter 

version has been in place. 

Garry Hembree, owner of Old Presidio Traders on Tubac Road, 

opened his business in February, 27 years ago, just before that 

year’s festival started. As to how many people visited, he said, “I 

remember it was quite a bit smaller.” Most of the booths were on 

Tubac Road and he said the Tubac Chamber of Commerce, where 

he’s president of the board, has since made sure that booths are on 

all the village streets. 

He said business owners in the early 1980s, such as himself, were 

happy to have the festival because it brought in a lot of business to 

what many saw as a sleepy, low-key village. Hanson agreed that the 

festival brought in business but at the same time, it was tiring for 

shop owners. “We kind of got sick of it, but we had a good time,” 

she said with a laugh. 

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Jan Munger, who with her family owns Th e Country 

Shop on Tubac Road, was the entertainment coordinator 

in the early 1980s, and also helped with booth placement. 

She said among the acts were ballet performances from 

local students, classical music, and songs by a band called 

“Beaver’s Band Box.” For that group, she said, “We gave 

them lunch, but I don’t know that we paid them.” 

She recalls the festivals as much smaller when she arrived 

in 1977. “Th ere was no police directing traffi c and 

there was no charge for parking. It was kind of a local 

program.” 

But the nine-day festival was tiring and she wouldn’t 

want to see it return. “I think the fi ve-day festival is 

much more enjoyable and realistic.” 

Kim Roseman, owner of the K. Newby Gallery and Sculpture 

Garden, has been in business in Tubac for just six years, and has 

embraced the festival as an integral part of her off erings. “Th ese 

are the fi ve busiest days of the year. We probably see more people 

during that time than during all summer long,” she said. 

From Feb. 6-8, the K. Newby Gallery will host 14 acclaimed 

sculptors from across the United States whose work is on view in 

the garden, and they’ll give tours and talk about their pieces. 

Th e fi rst Tubac Festival of the Arts was held in 1959 in a gallery 

building on Tubac Road that now houses Cloud Dancer Jewelry, 

according to the book “Th ey Lived in Tubac,” By Elizabeth R. 

Brownell. 

During the fourth annual Tubac Festival in 1964, the new $60,000 

museum of the Tubac Presidio State Historic Park was dedicated, 

Brownell wrote. 

Th e Santa Cruz Valley Art Association, the parent organization 

of the Tubac Center of the Arts, ran the festival for 20 years 

until about 1979, when the Tubac Village Council took over. Th e 

Tubac Village Council in 1986 had a name change to the Tubac 

Chamber of Commerce and the chamber has been the organizer 

since then. 

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Silkscreened fabric banners for each Festival of the Arts were 

made for many years by the shop owned by Harwood and Sophie 

Steiger, who opened their specialty store in Tubac in 1956. 

Th ere weren’t many food booths at the festival in the earlier years. 

Munger said the food booths were set up by people who lived 

close by or in southern Arizona and featured “regional foods.” But 

in the past 20 years, there has been a food court as mobile food 

vendors set up in the plaza between Tubac Road and Plaza Road. 

A tradition Munger recalled in years past was that a local artist 

was chosen to be the honoree and information about the person 

was printed in the festival’s program. Among those names listed 

in old newspaper articles were 1980, Marjorie Nichols; 1982, 

Mortimer Wilson Jr.; 1984 Earl Dravis; 1985, Maxine Guy; 1986, 

Marcia Palmer; 1991, Alfonso Flores. 

Roseman of the K. Newby Gallery said she loves the festival 

because “there’s such energy in the air, it just vibrates. Th ere’s so 

much going on.” 

Introducing people to Tubac is one of the main reasons for the 

festival, Hembree said. “It’s to showcase the village and let people 

know what is here, and then to have them come back and shop 

some more.” 

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Tubac Festival of the Arts celebrates 50 years 

Th e 50th Annual Tubac Festival of the Arts will be held 

Feb. 4-8, 2009. Arizona’s longest running art festival, this 

juried show will feature the work of 170 visiting artists, 

craft persons and musicians from around the country. 

Festival booths will line the village streets, mixed among 

the 100 year-round shops, fi ne art galleries and working 

artists’ studios. Horse-drawn trolleys will shuttle visitors 

around the historic village, said a spokeswoman for the 

Tubac Chamber of Commerce. 

An eclectic variety of arts will be showcased including 

watercolors, oil paintings, pottery, jewelry, sculpture, music, 

gourd art, photography, leather crafts, glass, clothing and 

wood. 

Th e entertainment lineup includes ongoing art 

demonstrations, Azteca folk dancing, and a variety of 

music performances. Th e Global Change Music record 

label will present “Th e Starseed Acoustic Ensemble” with 

their all original, high-energy, inter-universal folk rock 

music, and “Th e Change Agents Band” expressing their 

social concerns with an exciting world-beat approach. La 

Entrada de Tubac will feature acoustic music by singer 

Becky Reyes and old-time western songs by guitarist 

William Mack. 

Th e K. Newby Gallery Sculpture Garden will host the 

“Together Rising Sculpture Event” on Feb. 6-8, featuring 

the top sculptors working in Southwestern art. Visitors 

will enjoy demonstrations, talks and sculpture garden tours 

conducted by the artists themselves. Artists scheduled to 

attend include Star York, Bill Worrell, Mark White, David 

Unger, Rebecca Tobey, Gary Lee Price, Pokey Park, James 

G. Moore, Connie Hendrix, Jim Eppler, Esther Benedict, 

and John Arenskov. 

Celebrating 50 Years! 

FEBRUARY 4-8 

170 Visiting Juried Artist Booths, 

Food Court, Horse-Drawn Trolleys, 

Artist Demos, Music & More! 

10am to 5pm Daily 

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Nationally-recognized Native American artist Amado 

Peña designed the 50th anniversary commemorative poster 

and will be in attendance throughout the festival to meet 

guests and sign posters. Peña is widely known for his use 

of vibrant colors and bold lines. His work pays homage to 

the enduring landscapes and people of the Southwest. 

Th e Festival Food Court will off er a variety of ethnic foods 

including Greek, Th ai, Chinese, Mexican, barbecue and 

southwestern fare, the chamber spokeswoman said. Th ere 

will be All-American favorites like burgers, chili dogs, 

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coff ee, jams and jellies. 

Parking in several lots will be available for $6. Th ere is no 

entry fee for the festival. Th e Tubac Festival of the Arts 

is sponsored by the Tubac Chamber of Commerce with 

support from Commerce Bank of Arizona. For more 

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Hosted by the Tubac Rotary Club 

A Celebration of Fine Wine, Savory Cuisine 

and a Silent Auction 

Entertainment: All Bill Band 

with Mindy Ronstadt 

Saturday April 4th, 5 - 8 p.m. 

Held at Tubac Presidio State Park 

Burruel Street, Tubac, Arizona 85646 

Tickets On Sale Now!! 

TICKETS ARE LIMITED 

Advanced Ticket Sales Only - $35 per person 

Send checks to: Tubac Rotary - Taste of Tubac 

P.O. Box 4564, Tubac AZ 85646 

Also available at Wisdom’s Cafe, Kristofer’s, Green Valley 

Chamber of Commerce, Tubac Visitor Center, Yard Woman, 

Jane’s Attic, & Artist’s Daughter 

For More Information Call 

(520) 398-9371, 398-1913, 398-8603 

Proceeds benefi t the 

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LAST YEAR’S EVENT SOLD OUT. 

SO BE SURE TO PURCHASE YOUR TICKETS EARLY! 

I N M E M O R Y 

Philip Price Sharples 12/29/19-12/24/08 

Philip Price Sharples died peacefully at home on December 

24, 2008 in Tubac, Arizona. Th e cause of death was prostate 

cancer, a disease he had researched and fought successfully 

for more than 16 years. 

He was born at home in Haverford, Pennsylvania on 

December 29, 1919 to Edith and Philip Triest Sharples. A 

plain speaking member of the religious society of Friends 

(Quaker), with a lively sense of humor and penchant for 

high speed, classic race boats and cars, he came from a Quaker 

family that emigrated from England to America in 1682 

with William Penn. 

As child he attended the Friends School Haverford, Th e 

Episcopal Academy, and Saint George’s Boarding school. He 

graduated from Harvard in 1942 and served as a Naval 

lieutenant in World War II. He ran his own company, 

Sunday 

January 18,2009 

Today the Obamas threw a 

party for America in front 

of the Lincoln Memorial, 

400,000 Americans took 

up the invite and enjoyed 

some of the best musical 

entertainment the country 

could off er. A vast sea of 

humanity attended from all 

walks of life, the day was 

brisk and cold 27 degrees, 

many arrived early and 

were dressed appropriately. 

All were jubilant and up 

for a good time. It was if 

we were all teenagers who 

for the last eight years were visiting with 

a dull, creepy uninspired cousin who was 

a complete downer and so straight laced 

he didn’t have a clue as to how to throw a 

cool party. 

Garth Brooks’ rendition of “we shall be 

free”, brought all 400,000 of us to our 

feet releasing all the pent up frustration 

disappointment and tension that the last 

eight years had built up. It was a great 

party. 

Tuesday 

January 20, 2009 

America returned the favor today by 

throwing the biggest party ever thrown in 

this country, an estimated 2 million people 

turned up for the inauguration of our 44th 

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L E T T E R S 

Th e 44th United States Presidential Inauguration 

Franklin Electronics, where he developed the fi rst high speed 

printer. Th e machine received publicity for printing the fi rst 

images of Mars sent back by the Mariner 4 probe. 

Philip Sharples was a lifelong yachting and boat racing 

enthusiast who set a world’s record in the boat Bombita in 

1947. He continued to participate in antique boat and car 

racing up to 2007. 

He is survived by a son, Philip Hathaway Sharples, by his 

fi rst wife and three children by Grace Felt Russell (deceased), 

Martha Brinton Sharples, Grace Sharples Cooke and Russell 

Price Sharples. He is also survived by his wife, Joanna 

Corrigan, and two former wives Jane Loew Sharples and 

Georgiana Pratt. He has seven grandchildren; Nathan 

Sharples, David Sharples, William Sharples, Caroline 

Daniels, Allston Daniels, Todd Cooke and Philip Cooke. 

President, over a billion saw the event 

around the world. Th e entire planet sends 

messages of hope and goodwill. Everyone 

wanted a glimpse of this young, vital, sexy 

American who promised change and hope. 

Many claimed it was the most diverse 

crowd ever to assemble, many tears were 

shed, words like “amazing”, “incredible”, 

“historic” were uttered, “thanks to god,” 

many were swept away with joy, and 

enthusiasm, “a glorious new beginning”; a 

time to remember America for the better 

once again. Accolades poured in from 

around the world, “Let the remaking of 

America begin”. 

How many many black women “put on 

the dog” as they say struck me. PETA was 

no where to be found as a vast array of fur 

was promantley displayed. Sable, mink, 

chinchilla and other varieties were worn 

with ethnic pride, and let’s 

not forget the “hat”, when 

Aretha Franklin emerged 

to sing “My country tis of 

thee”, the crowd roared with 

approval of her amazing hat, 

not even the queen noted for 

her headgear could compete 

with this extravaganza! 

President Obama, President 

Obama, just saying those 

words is thrilling. President 

Obama’s speech was sobering, 

honest, and truth telling to 

all of us for a change, for too 

long we have been given half 

truths, deceptions, and out 

right lies from our president. 

Th is new administration 

began its fi rst day with truth telling. 

Th e call for common purpose, personal 

responsibility, and the notion that “we are 

all in this together”, we are one, we are 

all Americans, time for the bickering and 

partisanship to end, we have hard work to 

do, it will take all of us to get the job done. 

Mutual self interest and mutual respect 

was the clear message of the speech, to our 

adversaries he was clear that we wanted 

to establish a new way of doing business 

thru diplomacy rather than thru war, his 

fi rst executive order was to close down 

Guantanamo. 

It is good to have our country back again, 

God Bless America. 

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y Carol E. St. John 

While I listened I did not hear 

Madoff apologize, 

Or Skillings or Ken Lay either, 

Nor a grand farewell from Cheney’s 

sneering lips 

His pockets stuff ed with 

Halliburton loot. 

I did not hear Henry Paulson’s 

truth or 

“W”s lame excuses. 

I only heard the silence of 4,000 

men, the tears of their children, 

And saw Cindy Sheehan shift 

slightly from her fetal position 

As she considered her son and his 

sacrifi ce. 

I watched breathlessly while the 

crowd 

Multiplied along the mighty Mall 

Like a tide pulled up by joy, 

glittering in the sun 

Warmed by sheer numbers 

breathing life into the frost 

Waving tiny fl ags of hope their 

hearts fl uttering side by side 

Celebrating a revolution of colors 

blending and a hero shared. 

Yes, America sang today. It was a 

new song. 

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To follow the leader that was sent 

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When defeat and shame almost 

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And reclaim what is ours, the gift 

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Who harvested the crops that fed 

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aeroplane, but no engine. Th en, with his 

mechanic, he departed tonight for the south, 

taking the mysterious package with him. It was 

intimated that the packages held below Tucson 

are dummies. 

May 12th, Th e Ogden Standard dateline Nogales, 

Ariz., reported that Cal Wright, City Marshal 

of Nogales, Arizona, two U.S. soldiers and a 

Nogales bartender named Jack Wilson were 

arrested for smuggling a shipment of 125,000 

cartridges across the border with the intent 

of selling to the insurgent Sonora state troops 

(Obregón’s forces). Hmmm, Wright certainly 

had an interesting title! 

Th e same article continued: 

It also is said that the remaining parts of an 

aeroplane, completing the portions secured last 

week at Nogales, Sonora, were slipped through 

the border patrol. Aviator Didier Masson 

and his mechanician, who, on the receipt of 

some aeroplane parts on Sunday, were said to 

have departed for the south, reappeared in the 

Mexican town [?] and departed on a special 

train which came from the east early today, 

then proceeded to the insurgent front above 

Guaymas. 

A couple of days later on the 19th, the New York 

Times reported: 

“Th e war aeroplane which crossed into Mexico 

near Naco last night was the same fl ying 

machine confi scated by United States offi cials 

two weeks ago. Th e machine has disappeared 

from a ranch between Tucson and this point. 

With it disappeared Reuben Hopkins, a 

United States deputy marshal of Tucson, who 

was left to guard the crates.” 

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the number of aeroplanes being smuggled across 

the border and where. 

By May 23rd, Th e Yuma Examiner ran the 

following story: 

Tucson, May 22, Th at “Rube” Hopkins, 

United States deputy, marshal, who 

disappeared simultaneously with the capture 

of the Masson aeroplane from Pike’s ranch by 

American agents of the Sonora forces has been 

seen on the streets of Hermosillo, is stated in 

advices received in Tucson on Wednesday. He 

is said to be working for the Southern Pacifi c 

of Mexico, though the railroad company head 

quarters here have no information on that 

subject. 

Hopkins, being a one legged man and of a 

striking personality other wise, should be 

easily recognizable it is thought and the belief 

is that no mistake was made. 

It was at fi rst reported that Hopkins, who 

was stationed at Pike’s ranch to guard the 

aeroplane of the U. S. government, was 

apprehended by the federalists. Th is was then 

thrown open to doubt. 

Arthur Alva “Rube” Hopkins played an 

interesting part in the story. A month earlier on 

April 16th, Th e Yuma Examiner reported U.S. 

Deputy Marshal A. A. Hopkins seized part 

of a shipment of 52 cases of ammunition two 

days earlier at Naco, Arizona. Naco is located 

on the border west of Bisbee, Arizona. Huerta’s 

general, Pedro Ojeda, and his troops were 

battling Obregón’s troops in Naco, Sonora at 

the time. With bullets fl ying over the border, 

the Southern Pacifi c engineer pulled out of 

Naco heading for Benson and Tucson before 

Hopkins could unload the entire shipment. 

Hopkins quickly telegraphed U.S. Marshal 

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there were 17 more cases to confi scate. 

“El Biplano Sonora” 

El Biplano Sonora probably made it across 

the border around May 18th to 20th and 

was taken to Hermosillo to be reassembled. 

Several test fi ghts over several days were made 

around Hermosillo before attempting a run to 

Guaymas. Th e Salt Lake Tribune published the 

following story with a Mexican byline: 

International News Service, Guaymas, Mex., 

May 27: Th e lives of scores of Americans are 

in grave peril in this city as a result of a fi erce 

battle which is raging between the federal 

army, encamped here, and the rebel forces, 

which began the attack this morning. 

Didier Masson, the French aviator, during 

the day circled about the city’s roofs in his 

aeroplane dropping bombs. A number of 

these dropped in the principal business streets 

doing great damage to property and causing 

considerable loss of life. 

Masson also made several fl ights out over the 

harbor, where he dropped bombs on the deck of 

the federal warship Guerrero, lying at anchor. 

Th e main portion of the rebel forces is now less 

than ten miles from Guaymas and advancing 

rapidly. Fierce fi ghting was in progress this 

evening between the federals and the advance 

guard of the rebels. 

Guaymas is in a state of siege. Th ere is a large 

American colony in the heart of the city, which 

may be wiped out at any moment. 

It appears the above article was pure fi ction 

as that fi rst “bombing run” over the city of 

Guaymas was to drop warning pamphlets not 

bombs. It took place on or about May 29th with 

Capt. Alcalde as the copilot and bombardier. 

Th is seems to be born out by an article in Th e 

Salt Lake Tribune on June 3rd: 

NOGALES, Ariz., June 2.— ... Didier 

Masson, the French aviator, so far has failed 

to make any showing with his aeroplane from 

which it was planned to drop shells on the 

Mexican gunboats Morelos and Guerrero, 

lying in Guaymas harbor. He has failed to 

make a single successful fl ight against the 

advancing federals’ column, nor has General 

Alvaro Obregon been able to force the land 

fi ghting. Ojeda is pursuing the same tactics of 

advance and retreat he used so successfully in 

defending Naco. 

A few days later: 

NOGALES, Ariz., June 10... Didier Masson 

is reported to have repaired his war aeroplano, 

and again will attempt to drop bombs on 

the heads of the federals. An aeroplane 

manufactured in Douglas, Ariz., by an 

amateur inventor is known to have crossed 

last night into Mexico and was taken to Naco, 

Sonora, under an escort of fi fty soldiers. From 

Naco it will be hurried by rail to the front. 

Th e New York Times published this tidbit: 

DOUGLAS, Ariz., June 21.—Didier 

Masson, in his war aeroplane, forced the 

gunboats Guerrero and Tampico to steam 

out to sea from Guaymas harbor late today, 

according to reports received by the 

Constitutionalists Committee here, which 

asserted also that Gen. Ojeda’s Federals were 

being held by the State troops in the fi ghting 

several miles north of the California gulf port. 

Th e French aviator was accompanied on his 

fl ights by Capt. Manuel D. Alcaldo, [more 

likely Captain Joaquín Bauche Alcalde] who 

assisted in dropping bombs upon the town 

and driving the Mexican gunboats out of the 

harbor. Just before dusk Masson landed to get 

more ammunition. 

With mechanic Tommy Dean as copilot and 

bombardier, Masson began to work on a means 

of more accurately dropping bombs on the navel 

ships. Th e Nevada State Journal reported: 

NOGALES, Ariz., July 13.—Th e French 

aviator, Didier Masosn, has invented an 

apparatus to carry twelve bombs on each 

fl ight, together with a sighting system for 

dropping bombs from his aeroplane. He says 

that within a few days he will attempt again 

to sink the federal gunboats lying in Guaymas 

harbor. 

July 30th seems to confi rm that Masson and 

Dean were improving. Th e New York Times 

reported: 

AT THE FRONT, ABOVE GUAYMAS, 

MEXICO. July 28 (Delayed in 

transmission.)—Didier Masson, from his big 

biplane, dropped bombs this afternoon around 

the gunboat Tampico, lying in Guaymas 

harbor. Four bombs were dropped, one striking 

within a few feet of the Federal gunboat. Th is 

probably gave rise to the report that the boat 

had been struck. 

Th e French aviator operated under heavy fi re 

as he circled over the town. 

One fi nal article from the New York Times 

mentioning Masson reported: 

NOGALES, Ariz., Aug. 10.—An unexpected 

bombardment of Empalme was occasioned 

early to-day by an accident to Didier Masson’s 

aeroplane. Th e engine suddenly stopped when 

the aviator was fl ying over Guaymas harbor. 

Masson volplaned to shore, landing in the 

Mexican section of the American railroad 

settlement. 

Th e French aviator was caught on land 

within reach of the Federal cannon for the fi rst 

time since he began dropping bombs around 

the gunboats Guerrero and Tampico. For an 

hour and a half shrapnel was scattered over 

Empalme, the gunboats being joined by the 

Federal shore batteries. Th e general offi ces of 

the Southern Pacifi c Railway of Mexico, other 

railroad property, and many private building 

were damaged.


All non-combatants fl ed to the hills. Masson 

was believed to-night to have escaped, and 

no foreigners were reported injured in offi cial 

advices received from Empalme. 

It was about this time that Masson and Dean 

decided they had had enough and decided to 

quit. Th ey claimed that they had not been paid 

for several months. However, both remained in 

Mexico in an unoffi cial capacity. Masson trained 

a highly respected Mexican aviation engineer 

named Captain Gustavo Salinas Camiña to pilot 

Sonora. Salinas was a graduate of the Moisant 

Aviation School in New York and merely need 

to be checked on the Martin Pusher, an aircraft 

that he had never fl own before. 

Most aviation historians agree that Masson 

failed to hit anything with bombs dropped from 

Sonora. He came close, but no direct strikes. It 

would be a year before Salinas, piloting Sonora, 

would win fame as the fi rst North American 

pilot to successfully make a bombing run on an 

enemy ship forcing it out to sea on April 14, 

1914. 

“Rube Hopkins” made the papers once again. 

Th e Yuma Examiner reported: 

FORMER DEPUTY “RUBE” HOPKINS 

IS ARESTED IN NOGALES, SON. 

Nogales Sept. 27—Reuben Hopkins, former 

deputy United States marshal who is alleged to 

have aided in smuggling the Masson aeroplane 

into Mexico and later became a major in 

the Constitutionalist army, was arrested in 

Nogales, Sonora today as a fugitive from 

the United States. He will not appeal to the 

American consul. 

As for Didier Masson, with the outbreak of 

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World War I, he returned to France and soon 

became a member of the Lafayette Escadrille. 

After the war he came back the United States, 

and ran the Hotel Potter in Santa Barbara, 

California in the 1920s until it burned to 

the ground. Next he lived in Mexico and 

British Honduras operating an import-export 

business. He was also the station manager for 

Pan American World Airways in Belize, and 

managed the Iris hotel in Chetumel, Mexico. 

He died June 2, 1950 in Merida, Mexico. 

Sources: 

- “Didier Masson 1886-1950.” http://www.earlyaviators. 

com/emasson.htm 

- El Biplano “Sonora.” Cronicas Difusor de la Microhistoria 

Sonorense, Junio 1998, Ano. 3, No.6 

- Greenwood, James R. “Air Warriors for Hire.” Tubac Historical 

Society Monthly Meeting - November 2, 2006. 

- Grover, David H. “Pioneering Air-Sea Engagement.” http:// 

www.earlyaviators.com/egrovmas.htm 

- Medina Salinas, Delia, personal notes. 

- Romero, Manuel Ruiz, “The World’s First Air Combat.” http:// 

www.mexicanaviationhistory.com/noticias/noticia.php?id=8 

- Sánchez Aguilar, M. C. Cuauhtémoc, “The First Air-naval 

Combat in history, First part.” http://www.mazatlaninteractivo. 

com.mx/new/en/2008/edition/38_historia-2/ 

- “The Aerodrome Forum.” http://www.theaerodrome.com/ 

forum/pioneer-aviation/24884-where-didier-masson.html 

- Tuck, Jim, “The Dark Shadow of Victoriano Huerta.” http:// 

www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history/jtuck/jtvhuerta.html 

- Newspapers from April - October 1913: The New York Times, 

Casa Grande Dispatch, The Ogden Examiner, The Ogden 

Standard, The Yuma Examiner, The Salt Lake Tribune and the 

Galveston Daily News. 

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Italian wines are wonderful and at the 

same time maddening. Many of the wine 

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grape varietals, giving them a “sameness” 

that makes it diffi cult to diff erentiate 

the regions by taste. Still, no matter 

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Th e colonizing Greeks called Italy 

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On this peninsular, caressed by the balmy 

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sunshine, sloping hillsides and a temperate 

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the topography is for viticulture; much 

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most fi nicky grape vines. With seemingly 

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of its wines. However, if there is one 

constant about wines from Italy, it is that 

Italian winemakers produce good wines, 

sometimes great wines but almost always 

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Most wines made in a country will 

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pizza. It is always a wine from Italy with 

just the right amount of fruit and acids 

to intermingle with the tomato sauce 

clinging to my pasta or to wash down, 

but not overpower the melted mozzarella 

cheese and pizza crust. Italian wines were 

made to compliment Italian food but they 

are also perfect partners for similar dishes 

that are not necessarily Italian. 

A PATCHWORK OF 

DENOMINATION OF ORIGINS 

Italy’s numerous wine regions and 

designations of origination are of minimal 

value in determining a specifi c taste 

because of their overlapping borders and 

also many regions use the very same grapes 

in their wine. Th ere are twenty offi cial 

wine growing regions in Italy. Within 

these twenty “offi cial” regions, there are 

thirty-six DOCG’s (denomination origins 

of control guaranteed) with an additional 

and overlapping twenty-one DOC’s, 

which do not have the word “guaranteed” 

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categories, VDT (Vino da Tavola) and 

IGT (Indicazione Georgraphica Tipica) 

which in some instances are expanded 

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DOCGs. 

Italy “boasts” three hundred and fi fty 

varietals grown throughout the country, 

some of the same grapes are used to 

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Unfortunately, because of this the DOCs 

and DOCGs lose their signifi cance. 

For example, the Sangiovese grape is 

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wine in these regions, such as Tuscany, 

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diff erences in the wines from these regions 

will be in their “regional style” and also 

in how much of the Sangiovese grape 

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no matter what the DOC or DOCG. 

Fortunately we do not need to work our 

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fi nd very good and aff ordable wines from 

Italy. Let us visit three wines regions with 

very good wine values. 

ABRUZZI 

Th e fi rst region is Abruzzi, situated 

southeast of Rome on the coast of the 

Adriatic Sea. Outside of the tiny city 

of Vasto Italy, population approximately 

36,000 lays the DOCG, Montepulciano 

d’Abruzzi. Th is wine is named for 

its grape, Montepulciano and its wine 

growing region of Abruzzi. Most of the 

wines here are fruity bargains, selling for 

about eight dollars a bottle and up. Like 

most wines in this price category, they 

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vary from bottle to bottle. However, these 

wines are invariable well worth the money 

for simple, everyday table wines. (A word 

of caution, do not confuse this wine with 

Vino Di Montepulciano from Tuscany, 

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Sangiovese.) 

TUSCANY 

Traveling northwest from Abruzzi we 

come to the romantic region of Tuscany, 

home of Chianti and one of Italy’s most 

abundant grapes, Sangiovese. Chianti, 

like most of the wines from Tuscany is 

made from mostly, if not all Sangiovese. 

Th e better Chiantis are labeled Chianti 

Classico, the classical or original Chianti 

area, as opposed to simply Chianti, which 

is the new and expanded Chianti zone. 

Generally, Chianti will have more body 

than Montepulciano d’Abruzzi and will 

not be as fruity.

CHIANTI FAVORITES 

My two favorite Chiantis are both from 

the Chianti Classico DOCG and are 

labeled “Riservas”, which guarantee a 

minimum of barrel aging depending on 

the producer; usually it is twelve months 

or more. Nozzole Chianti Classico is 

one hundred percent Sangiovese, wood 

barrel aged for twelve months and sells 

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years. It is medium bodied, soft to 

moderate tannins with a long spicy 

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less spicy fi nish. It sells for about the 

same price as Nozzole, under $25.00 a 

bottle, depending on the merchant. Both 

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VENETO 

Next we travel north to the verdant hills 

of the Veneto wine region, where we will 

fi nd the DOCG, Valpolicella. Of all 

of the wines in Italy (except for Barolo 

from Piedmont and Amarone from this 

same region, both of which have become 

far too expensive to enjoy casually) this 

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MY FAVORITE VALPOLICELLA 

Valpolicella is a blend of indigenous 

regional grapes, mostly Corvina 

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Th is process ferments the wine a second 

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and very well balanced, with soft tannins, 

moderate acids and fl avors reminiscent 

of dried prunes—a fl avor that comes 

from the grape skins used in making 

Amarone. A good example of a tasty, 

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Th ere have been many fi rsts in the long and 

storied history of Tubac. However, few are as 

unusual as the recent sight of two red-robed 

Tibetan monks walking slowly along its 

streets, meeting and greeting residents and 

visitors alike. 

Khenpo Kunga Tenzin and Lama Tersing 

Dorje visited Tubac in late November. 

Khenpo Kunga Tenzin is the Abbot, and 

Lama Tersing Dorje is the head teacher, at 

the famous Lo Monthang monastery in the 

province of Mustang, Nepal. Indra Bista 

accompanied the monks while visiting his 

sister, current Tubac resident and manager at 

the Graham Bell Gallery, Pema Bista. 

Th e Tubac Buddhist Meditation Center 

has a strong connection with the monastery 

through its ongoing fi nancial support of 

the monastery school and construction of a 

medical clinic for the community at large. 

Khenpo and Lama had a great desire to meet 

and thank the members of the TBMC. Th ey 

stayed at the Center at 14 Placita de Anza 

and attended the regular Sunday meditation 

service, during which Khenpo gave a special 

teaching. Afterwards, Khenpo and Lama 

gave a white khatah (ceremonial scarf ) to 

everyone in the audience and presented the 

Center with a beautiful embroidered Tibetan 

wall hanging. 

Th e monks were actively involved in the 

community as well. Th ey had dinner at the 

homes of several local residents, including 

Virginia Hall, Ginger Applegarth and 

Alan Delman, Karen and Al Topping, and 

Charlotte and Tom Bell. Local shoppers at 

Tubac Old World Imports, Tubac Country 

(Nizhoni is Navajo for Beautiful) 

Inn and Peter Chope Gallery were both 

fascinated and respectful as Khenpo and 

Lama blessed the businesses at their owners’ 

requests. Although this was the monks’ 

fi rst visit to the United States, they quickly 

adapted to a new culture and surroundings. 

A TBMC Board member arranged for 

Khenpo and Lama to visit San Xavier del 

Bac because it has a special connection 

with their own monastery. Lo Monthang 

Monastery’s extraordinary 15th-century 

frescoes were dangerously close to collapse. 

PBS’ NOVA program documented its 

restoration by a team of international 

experts. Th is same team has restored San 

Xavier’s interior. San Xavier del Bac’s pastor, 

Father Stephen Bamufsky, gave Khenpo 

and Lama a special tour. Th e monks were 

moved by the experience, and also were 

very amused by the startled reaction of 

mission visitors who never expected to see 

two Tibetan monks and a Catholic priest 

engrossed in conversation inside the church. 

Th e Lo Monthang monks’ visit marked 

the fi rst of two special visits to the Tubac 

Buddhist Meditation Center by Tibetan 

Buddhist teachers. In December, Th e 

Center also welcomed Phagyab Rinpoche, 

an extraordinary lama who was imprisoned 

and severely tortured in Chinese-occupied 

Tibet because of his Buddhist teachings. 

He escaped and came to the United 

States in 2003. Phagyab Rinpoche has 

worked tirelessly to spread his message 

of compassion to groups ranging from 

maximum-security prisoners to corporate 

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study group is the convergence of Buddhism 

and Western science. A Tibetan prophecy 

from the 8th century states, “When the 

iron bird fl ies, and horses ride on wheels, 

Buddhism will come to the West.” 2009 

marks the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s fi rst 

use of the telescope. Th e Dalai Lama credits 

using a small telescope in the Potola Palace 

for his introduction to Western science. 

Th erefore, the study group’s fi rst book is Th e 

Universe in a Single Atom, by His Holiness 

the Dalai Lama. 

Left to Right: Khenpo Kunga Tenzin, Virginia Hall, and 

Lama Tersing Dorje. Photo by Zack Gallardo 

“after 

shopping throughout 

the Southwest, I found the 

selection and pricing at La Paloma 

to be the best of the shops I have visited” 

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Due to interest generated by its meditation 

retreats and classes (last year’s one-day 

meditation retreat at Rex Ranch was 

attended by more than 40 people), there are 

plans to off er similar programs in 2009. Th e 

Center has also scheduled its Second Annual 

“Unattachment” Yard Sale for Saturday, 

April 25th. 

Th e mission of the Tubac Buddhist 

Meditation Center is to provide a place 

for Buddhist meditation, practice and 

study. Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike 

are welcome. For more information about 

TBMC, log on to www.Tubacmeditation.org 

or call 398-1108. 

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OF LATIN AMERICAN 

FOLK ART IN ARIZONA

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Field School and Recording Sessions coorganizing 

and directing projects with 

Mexico’s Instituto National de Antropologia 

y Historia. The public is welcome to attend 

Kolber’s program to be held at the Tubac 

Presidio State Historic Park in Old Town 

Tubac as well as the potluck preceding it 

beginning at 5pm free of charge. Donations 

are appreciated. For more information 

about the Tubac/SCC AAS Chapter and its 

activities, call Nancy Valentine at 520-245- 

9222 or inquire via e-mail at tubacval@msn. 

com. 

Thurs, Feb 12th - Music “Cheap Dates” at 

Cafe Presidio. 

Fri, Feb 13th - Paradisa! A piano, cello and 

fl ute trio at 7:30 pm at the Tubac Center of 

the Arts. For tickets ($20) call TCA 520-398- 

2371. 

Sat, Feb 14th - Open House at Sunset 

Ranch, celebrating Crista’s Totally Fit’s 5th 

Anniversary, from 10 to 2pm. Call 398-9940 

for more info. The LIFE NET Helicopter Base 

at the ranch will also participate in the 

Open House with base tour and sitting in 

the helicopter. 

Sat, Feb 14th - 6th Annual Writers’ Round- 

Up ‘09 at Cady Hall, 342 Duquesne Ave in 

Patagonia from 10am to 3pm. Twenty-fi ve 

of the area’s fi nest writers will be present 

to meet readers and sign copies of their 

books. Readings will start at 11am and 

continue each hour until 3pm. Proceeds 

of the event benefi t the Patagonia Library. 

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the event includes Betty Barr, Elizabeth 

Bernays, J. Carson Black, JPS Brown, Philip 

Caputo, Laura Chester, Steven Cox, Carolyn 

O/Bagy Davis, Jane Eppinga, Jim Griffi th, 

Elizabeth Gunn, Roseann and Jonathan 

Hanson, Bill Holm, Juanita Havill, Susan 

Lowell, Marci Martin, Patricia Preciado 

Martin, Susan Cummins Miller, Tom Miller, 

Roni Capin Rivera-Ashford, Stephen 

Strom, Betsy Thornton, and Nancy Turner. 

For further information and times of the 

readings, please call the Library at 520- 

394-2010 or check its website at www. 

patagoniapubliclibrary.org. 

Sun, Feb 15th - “Nature’s Little Jewels— 

Jean Ranstrom’s Impressions” The small 

and large of pastel and oil painter Jean 

Ranstrom’s view of nature will be featured 

during a meet-the-artist reception from 1- 

4pm. Aldea de Artisticas—Working Artists’ 

Village in Old Town Tubac. Historic Lowe 

House, 14 Calle Iglesia, Old Town Tubac. 

520-245-9222. 

Sun, Feb 15th - Tumacookery Expansion 

Party from 2 to 6pm. Celebrating our new 

Test Kitchen. 

Sun, Feb 15th - Your Camera - Translating 

Emotions into Images at Illuminations 

Gallery, 10 Tubac Rd. $35. 398-8028. From 4 

to 5:30pm. 

Mon, Feb 16th - Cribbage in Tubac at Café 

Presidio from 9:30 to 11am. First and third 

Mondays of the month, bring a board or 

come to learn how to play. Questions 398- 

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Tom and Charlotte share some 

memories and we discuss the rich history 

of the Santa Cruz Valley area, of which 

they are very knowledgeable. Speaking 

to the way of life Southern Arizona, 

they remember the valley from Tucson 

to Nogales when it was mostly ranches 

and everyone met for picnic swims at the 

lake that used to exist just outside the 

Cow Palace formerly known as Kinsley’s 

ranch. Tom mentions how he used to 

ride through the canyon which is now 

Peña Blanca Lake and remembers the 

white bluff s before it was dammed. 

Th ese days, Charlotte and Tom spend 

their days operating various duties 

between home, gallery and ranch. In 

writing this article, if the phone rings at 

7:03 a.m., I know it is Charlotte calling, 

as her day starts early when she is off to 

the ranch to tend to the animals, then to 

the gallery for opening and such, and off 

to the ranch again for feeding at the end 

of the day. Charlotte has a mustang that 

she recently adopted through the Bureau 

of Land Mangement along with three 

BLM burros which she is very fond of. 

Having grown up here in Southern 

Arizona with a burro myself, I know the 

gentle and inquisitive companionship the 

long-eared animals are capable of, and 

the fun of having a hoofed friend follow 

you around the property like a loyal dog. 

Charlotte lights up at the very mention 

of her burros. Learn more about the 

Wild Mustang and Burro Adoption at: 

www.blm.gov/wo/st/en/prog/wild_horse_and_burro.html. 

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Above: Rough terrain where the ZZ Ranch has operated since 1938 - vew from the south 

shoulder of Atascosa, on the Ruby Road looking over Bear Valley and not too distant Mexico. 

Right: Th e gallery features large images and collections by the Graham Bells. 

Right bottom: Th e Graham Bell Gallery has 2 entrances which connect the Tubac Plaza with Plaza Road through the grounds. 

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Th ose of you who remember the Burro 

Inn which operated where Crista’s 

Fitness at Sunsent Ranch now is, must 

remember Louie and Andrew, the two 

burros who stood out front and greeted 

visitors. Th e Graham Bells took the 

burros to their ranch for the burros’ 

retirement. Andrew passed 2 years ago, 

but Louie, 27 now, is well and Charlotte 

enjoys caring for her. 

Photos of the burros by Scott Bell hang 

on the south wall of the gallery. 

On the days not tending to the ranch’s 

hands-on requirements down near 

Nogales, Tom runs his part of the 

business as Chairman of the Board from 

his home-offi ce next to the gallery, his 

brother, George, CEO, operates from his 

home in Nogales, and Scott and Daniel 

Graham Bell, the sons of Tom and 

George respectively, operate the ranch. 

Originally schooled at the University 

of Arizona with experience from 

universities around the country, Tom 

possesses a DVM and Ph.D. and a full 

career of practice and teaching that 

included extensive university research 

and employment in industries and 

government. Sharing the usefulness 

of his veterinary knowledge, Tom is 

currently on the Board of Trustees at the 

Arizona - Sonora Desert Museum where 

he provides advice on various aspects of 

the live animal exhibits there. 

Tom’s offi ce opens to the spacious 

courtyard, separated from the central 

courtyard by a fence of laced mesquite. 

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“People really love to stop and relax in 

the courtyard...” Charlotte says. With 

seating and excellent views, the space 

provides tranquil respite for travelers to 

slow down a bit and take it all in. 

Th e home and gallery properties were 

formerly that of Will Rogers, Jr. who 

passed away in Tubac in 1993. Th e 

spirit of the West is tastefully displayed 

in both buildings and the interesting 

items of working animals collected 

from around the world by Charlotte 

are arranged on shelves - each item a 

potent vessel of the individual artistic 

ingenuity of the culture which devised 

and maintained it. 

Th ere are two entrances to the Graham 

Bell Gallery, one from Tubac Plaza, 

the other, from the lower Plaza Road, 

near their red, 1958 Chevy truck, also 

with seated fi gure in denim, inviting 

you to ascend a tiled staircase into the 

courtyard, the gallery and to the Plaza 

- in the heart of Tubac. 

Th e Graham Bell Family feels 

fortunate to have been able to occupy 

the historic Will Roger’s, Jr. home near 

the Country Store and Munger’s home, 

among the oldest establishments in 

Tubac. 

Visit the Graham Bell Gallery 

1 Will Rogers Lane, Tubac 

520-398-9111 

online at: 

www.cowboyartexchange.net 

North Amado 

Chavez Siding Exit 

CRISTA’S 

East Frontage Rd. 

T U B A C ’ S C O M P L E T E F I T N E S S F A C I L I T Y 

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YOU ARE INVITED TO 

CELEBRATE! 

OUR 5TH ANNIVERSARY AT 

SUNSET RANCH 

Join us for an 

Open House Feb 14th 10am-2pm 

in celebration of our 

5th Year Anniversary 

Enjoy Refreshments, review our Facilities 

and learn about our New Classes. 

Th e LIFE NET 

Helicopter Base at 

the ranch will also 

participate in the 

Open House with 

base tour and sitting 

in the helicopter. 

Call for more info: 520-398-9940

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Mon, Feb 16th - painting demonstration 

by Tubac Center of the Arts’ Arizona 

Aqueous exhibition juror, Christopher 

Schink, at 6pm. Celebrated artist, juror 

and instructor, Schink said, “This year’s 

entries were excellent —a great variety 

of styles and approaches, the best of 

water media.” The demonstration is free 

to members, $5 to non-members. Call the 

Tubac Center of the Arts to sign up or for 

more information: 520-398-2371. 

Tues, Feb 17th - Tubac Tuesday Morning 

Breakfast Forum presents psychotherapist 

Barbara Findeisen speaking on “The 

Unconscious Roots of Violence”. Forum 

meets at Plaza de Anza - Artist’s Palate 

Restaurant, 40 Avenida Goya, Tubac at 8am. 

Tickets can be purchased in advance by 

calling 398-3333 for $10.00 or for $12.00 at 

the door. The Breakfast forum is the fi rst and 

third Tuesday of the month. 

Tues thru Thurs, Feb 17th to 19th - 

painting workshop with Christopher 

Schink at the Tubac Center of the Arts 

from 9am to 4:30pm. “My goal is to help 

each painter fi nd a personally satisfying 

way to paint. We have a terrifi c time in 

my workshops. My workshops teach you 

how to be the best painter you can be.” 

The workshop will be held in the spacious 

Lee Blackwell studio across the street from 

TCA and within easy walking distance 

of village eateries and shopping. $295. 

Members may take a $25 discount on one 

workshop per year. Call the Tubac Center of 

the Arts to sign up or for more 

information: 520-398-2371. 

Wed - February 18, 5-9pm. 

BBQ NIGHT AT WISDOM’S 

CAFE. Chef Arturo’s famous 

pulled pork, baby back ribs 

and brisket served with all 

the fi xin’s. 398-2397 

Thurs, Feb 19th - Music 

- “Lucky Nevada” at Cafe 

Presidio. 

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Fri, Feb 20th - Opening Reception for The 

Arizona Aqueous 39th Annual Exhibition 

at the Tubac Center of the Arts from 5 to 

7pm. 

Fri, Feb 20th - Electrify Your Strings 

performance at the James K. Clark Auditorium 

at the Nogales High School at 7pm. 

International recording artist Mark Wood, one 

of the original members of the multiplatinum 

selling Trans-Siberian Orchestra and creator 

of the revolutionary Viper electric violin, is 

performing with young local string 

players from Santa Cruz County schools, 

over 200 students in total. To prepare for this 

concert, Mark will be teaching the students 

improvisation, composition, and personal 

expression on their violins, violas, cellos 

and basses. Adult tickets are $10; $15 at 

the door, and student pricing is $5. Tickets 

are available at Michelle’s Gallery in Tubac, 

Mariposa Books and More in Patagonia, and 

Harriett’s Incredible Edibles in Nogales; or can 

be purchased through any Young Audiences 

board member. Information can be acquired 

at 520-397-7922 or 520-397-7914. 

Fri, Feb 20th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” at 

Cafe Presidio. 

Sat, Feb 21st - Black Tie and Boots Gala 

Benefi t party with dining, dancing and 

great fun. Talk with your friends to put a 

table together and enjoy this gala evening 

with cocktails, dinner by Shelby’s Bistro and 

dancing with “Tucson Swings”. Reserve your 

tickets by February 10th. Call the Tubac 

Center of the Arts 520-398-2371. 

Sat, Feb 21st - Karaoke Night at Cafe 

Presidio. 

Sun, Feb 22nd - Global Change Music 

presents the fi rst of an upcoming free 

concert entertainment series for the whole 

family, called Tubac Plaza World Music 

Days. The concerts will be held from 11am 

to 4pm at the stage next to the Out Of The 

Way Galleria in Tubac Plaza. The street will 

be blocked off from cars to create a festive 

atmosphere. The featured performance 

is a 7-piece traditional Italian folk group 

called Newpoli with members from Italy 

and the U.S. The group consists of two 


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Right at the entrance to Tubac Village 

tempting tastes of balsamic and fl avorful 

olive oils await shoppers who enjoy 

sampling new tastes. One of Tubac’s newest 

shops, it’s owned by Sunil Patel and his 

wife Rocio, who also own Chios, the 

adjoining Fresh Produce clothing shop. 

As Rocio tells, they have a friend who 

owns an olive oil sampling shop in 

Michigan. Th ey tried to coerce him to 

move to Tubac and run the business 

locally, but he declined. Instead he taught the Patels 

how to run such a tasting shop—and here it is! 

Th ere are fl avored olive oils and olive oils from around 

the world—as close as from California and as distant as 

from Spain, Italy, Greece and Australia. “Th e textures 

and fl avors vary; we have 

30 diff erent kinds of 

fl avored and unfl avored 

oils to sample and buy,” 

Rocio said. Sampling is 

easy. Counters are lined 

with fustis, large stainless 

steel drums with spigots 

designed specifi cally for 

storing olive oil. Using 

a small plastic sampling 

cup, shoppers sample the 

olive and balsamic oils 

that sound appealing to 

them. 

“Since opening, people 

love the sampling 

experience. Th ey return and bring their friends in to try 

the diff erent oils. People can taste the balsamics direct, 

but to sample an olive oil we give small squares of bread 

to dip into the sample cup,” Rocio explained. 

Th e variety of fl avored olive oils is oh-so tempting! 

Th ere’s chipotle, basil, lemon, roasted walnut, Persian 

lime—and garlic olive oil that she said is great for 

cooking. 

For the balsamics, there’s 18-year Traditional Balsamic 

Sunil & Rocio Patel invite you to sample the many 

varieties of olive oil and vinegar at their store 

located in the La Entrada, at the entrance of Tubac. 

30 Mountain View Lane 

that’s aged just like wine. For those who enjoy a 

fruity taste, there’s black currant, fi g, peach, pineapple, 

pomegranate, strawberry and tangerine to tempt the 

palate. 

“Th e Organic Extra Virgin olive oil is very popular, 

especially with vegetarians. When customers return to 

buy more, they bring 

recipes using our oils; I’m 

going to put the recipes 

on our website so anyone 

can try what others are 

raving about,” Rocio said. 

Oils are bottled on site; 

they’re fi lled, corked, 

encapsulated (sealed) 

and labeled and both 

olive oils and balsamics 

will last two years if not 

exposed to sunlight. 

More than tasty olive 

oils and balsamics, the 

Patels feature jars of pasta 

sauces, salsas, olives and 

tapenades—plus olive oil soap that’s excellent for dry 

skin. 

“It’s a simple concept; we’re trying to complement 

everything around olive oil,” Rocio said. “Come taste 

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Valentine’s Day is a mix of fondness, humor, thoughtfulness 

and kindness, sort of a potpourri that all boils down to love. 

Let’s take it from the boiling point and simmer this mixture 

for awhile, then serve it to everyone we meet. Th is way we’ll 

all have a cup that runneth over with love! 

Happy♥Day TALE OF STRANGE PEOPLE AND A BIRD 

Among our wonderful birds is one called a Pyrrhuloxia, it 

resembles a Cardinal, but has a stubby yellow bill, not so 

much red, rather a pale fare, also called the ‘Gray Cardinal.’ 

Found in New Mexico, Southern Texas and Arizona. 

My friend of over 50 years, Rose Whyte and I, moved from 

Arkansas about 15 years ago, she to Glenbeulah, Wisconsin, 

me to Tubac, Arizona. We keep in touch weekly, her cold 

weather, my lovely days, our comings and goings, our ailments. 

Both of us live in small towns, her postmaster is Mike, as mine are Gayle and Pat, they don’t 

miss much and we love ‘em for it! So helpful. 

Rose sent me a picture of a Pyrrhuloxia from her calendar. I wrote on the back of my 

envelope of my return letter, “I have Pyrrhuloxia.” When the letter arrived Rose showed it 

to Mike and said, “I wonder what Ruthie has now, I hope it’s not serious!” 

Mike said he’d look it up in his medical book. Next day when he told Rose he couldn’t fi nd 

it, she said she’d call her doctor. She called me before she called her doctor, after explaining 

about the birds and much laughter, Rose and Mike are so relieved, I still love Pyrrhuloxia 

and I’m so happy it’s not fatal! 

Eat and be Merry (for tomorrow you must diet) 

Th ese dessert recipes are truly delicious, so easily put together, results will make you happy, oh, so happy! 

APPLE CRUMB 

5 large apples 

1 c. brown sugar 

1 c. fl our 

1 stick butter 

Mix sugar and fl our, add butter and mix 

well. Pare apples and cut into thin slices. 

Put apples in 8” x 8” greased baking dish, 

sprinkle sugar mixture over all. Bake at 350° 

(uncovered) for 45 min, till apples are soft. 

Good with ice cream. 

DREAM BARS 


1 c. fl our 

1/2 c. B. sugar 

Make crumbs of all ingredients, spread in 

small greased pan, bke at 350° for 10 min. 

Remove from oven and spread this mixture 

on top: 

1 c. brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 

2 eggs 

2 tbl. fl our 

1/4 t. salt 1/2 c. chopped 

1 1/2 c. coconut pecans 

Bake at 325° for 20 min. 

AFTERTHOUGHTS 

Yes, dear doggies, the dough for your bones must be baked! Place dough balls 

(pinch them) on cookie sheet and bake for 1 hour, till hard at 325°. 

Willie Armija, site manager of he Tubac Community Center says, “No news from the swallows, 

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Bake at 375° for 30 min. (uncovered). 

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I can’t write or draw. I can’t sing. I don’t mess with 

wool or wood. I never could, so say those who avoid 

testing new waters. 

What stops us? What tethers or chains do we wear 

to keep us from trying? How must it feel, always 

worrying about perfection? Who could begin 

anything new if excellence is the only goal? Does 

every rose on the bush open? Is every song a hit? 

Does every play make it to Broadway? Is every book 

we read equal to Anna Karenina? 

One of my favorite professors once said, “If your 

sights are too high, lower them!” It’s not just scores 

or grades or letters that inhibit the stuff of dreams, 

it’s also the imagined critics hissing at the edge of 

darkness. No one wants to play the fool. If we allow 

the weight of all pre-existing success to weigh on our 

shoulders, don’t we create hopelessness? What we 

should do is say, I want to do that. Or that. Or that, 

and begin. 

Infants have the advantage. Th eirs is a world of nearly 

total egocentricity. Th ese are the true adventurers, 

with trial and error their modus operandi. Ah look, 

an unknown creature. It moves. It has wings. I will 

try to catch it. Oh no, I can’t catch it. I will watch it 

do its tricks! It makes me giggle. It buzzes and digs 

for me. What a show off ! Hmmm. Look, over there. 

It’s a piece of something I can hold on to. It is hard, 

it doesn’t fl y away. Maybe it tastes good. No. Maybe 

it breaks? No. Maybe it wants a name. Nama. I 

like that name. Mommy says it’s a stone but I say it’s 

Nama and she’s mine. I will put her in my crib and see 

if she will talk to me. 

Th e young have lots of time and room for 

experimentation on their paths to learning. We know 

enough to try to stay out of their way. But notice what 

happens if we don’t, if we should inadvertently laugh 

at a child’s mistake. Th ey cry or run away or bury 

their shame in a pillow and we are wont to beg for 

forgiveness or convince them that our laughter was 

not aimed at them. 

Adults are delicate, too. We are tremulous enough 

without mockery, which unfortunately is the stuff of 

comedy. It is almost irresistible to keep from laughing 

at another’s faux pas, burps and blunders. Why else 

would American Idol be so popular in its early stages? 

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Th e Funniest Home Videos keep running? What 

would have Lucy and Desi’s destiny been without 

their pratfalls? From where could we pull our satires, 

spoofs and cartoons if our goof-ups weren’t so funny? 

Perhaps what is needed most is the lightness of being 

that comes from being able to laugh at ourselves 

while taking our risks seriously. I wish I could fi nd a 

wand to do that for people. When I teach, I know the 

vulnerability students feel within a group, their sense 

of exposure and imaginings of failure. What I love 

most is when that cloud of doubt and fear lifts, and 

another unique ray of light is exposed. 

My semi-retired brother sat down in my gallery a 

week ago and warmed a hunk of clay, rolling it and 

punching it and making it fl exible in his hands. 

Th ree years ago he declared he wanted to sculpt. He 

fearlessly started with clay in a museum class and then 

just as fearlessly went to stone. I watched with surprise 

at those fi rst eff orts, and saw how he celebrated each 

piece without apology. He embraced his work with 

the kind of wonder that made him excited to do more. 

He dove in, drawing upon his teachers and fellow 

sculptors to answer his questions and give him safe 

harbor. It has been fascinating to me to see someone 

who simply went for it after a lifetime of relegating 

art to the women in his family. But, then again, he 

was never one to see life as a series of obstacles. He 

has always just plowed ahead to discover what would 

come next. 

If we incorporate errors and frustrations as simply 

points along the way, we will soon see these points 

are lessons not failures; they are the proof positive of 

our journey. One must have patience. Pay attention. 

Build upon, around, over, and into perceived mistakes, 

turning them into opportunities. Post-Its were 

invented because the glue wasn’t strong enough, 

medical cures because of side eff ects. X-ray because 

images showed up on fi lm that weren’t supposed to. 

Most inventions have come out of so-called blunders. 

Draw, paint, sculpt, build, write, sing and when you 

hit a snag answer it with your own solution, fi nd 

your own voice. Give yourself the 10,000 hours 

that Malcolm Gladwell suggests in his best selling 

book, Outliers. In it he promises that anyone can be 

anything if they are willing to put forth the eff ort. 

Start today.


singers, Carmen Marsico and Angela 

Rossi; a Tamorra player (traditional 

Italian percussion), Fabio Pirozzolo; 

a percussionist, Mike Daillak; an 

accordion player, Roberto Cassan; 

a classical guitarist, Bjorn Wennas; 

a double bass player, Kendall Eddy; 

a fl ute player, Geni Skendo; and a 

violinist, Megumi Sasaki. Newpoli will 

take the stage at 2pm. From 11am to 

2pm there will be performances by 

three Global Change Music Nonprofi t 

Record Label. The Starseed Acoustic 

Ensemble’s all original, high-energy, 

spirit-fi lled folk rock music artfully 

entertains the hearts and edifi es the 

minds of their listeners. The group 

consists of fi ve musicians from around 

the U.S. and one from New Zealand. 

The Change Agents Band trio uses 

a variety of musical styles and vocal 

harmonies to express their social 

concerns and vision for building a 

brighter future for the generations 

to come. The Planetary Folk Group 

beautifully blends indigenous rhythms 

and melodies. Using a variety of earthy 

instruments, they take the traditional 

sounds of ancient cultures from around 

the world. For more information 

call (520) 398-9409 or go to www. 

GlobalChangeMusic.org. 

Sun, Feb 22nd - Your Camera - The 

Secrets of the Pros at Illuminations 

Gallery, 10 Tubac Rd. $35. 398-8028. 

From 4 to 5:30pm. 

Wed, Feb 25th - Heart of Art. Enjoy 

a glass of wine, hors d’oeuvres and a 

stimulating conversation with Sherri 

Pasternak at the Tubac Center of the 

Arts at 5 pm. Free for members and $5 

for nonmembers. 

Thurs, Feb 26th - Music - “Cheap 

Dates” at Cafe Presidio. 

Sat, Feb 28th - Harp Fusion at 7:30 

pm at the Tubac Center of the Arts. For 

tickets ($20) call the Tubac Center of 

the Arts at 520-398-2371 

Sun, Mar 1st - Photographic Field Trip 

to Saguaro National Park West with 

photographer Skip McDonald. 1pm 

to sunset. Call Illuminations Gallery at 

398-8028. 

Thurs, Mar 5th - Music - “Lucky 

Nevada” at Café Presidio. 

Fri, Mar 6th - Music - “Lucky Nevada” 

at Café Presidio. 

Sun, Mar 8th - The Original Wildcat 

Jass Band at 7:30pm at the Tubac Center 

of the Arts. $15 members, $18 nonmembers. 

Back by popular demand, 

this committed and energized group 

of talented jazz stylists off ers traditional 

New Orleans and Chicago jazz with spirit 

and style! $20 for non-members. Please 

call the Art Center at 398-2371 for more 

information. 

Sat, Mar 7th - Opening Reception for 

Sensei Chic and the Seven Deadly 

Sins Exhibit featuring Tubac Artists 

Virginia Hall and Mike Taylor. What 

happens when you pair the zen 

sensibility of master painter Virginia 

Hall and the raw ferocity of the earthly 

sculptor Mike Taylor? Magic and 

mystery. A unique and wonderful 

combination refl ecting the reality 

of our humanity - body and spirit 

- this reception is from 5 to 9pm at 14 

Placita de Anza in Old Town Tubac. 

The sensei is stylish, smooth and 

calm. The colors are rich, quiet and 

harmonious. The eff ect produces 

an exhale as the viewer enters mind 

space. The counterpoint to the elegant 

simplicity of Virginia Hall’s images are 

the sins. Big and greasy. Loud and 

frightening. Sculptor Mike Taylor’s 

vision of those deadly antagonists 

makes the viewer stop, look, listen 

and inhale. They’re a mesmerizing 

distraction those deadlies. Horrifying 

and interesting. Using found objects, 

metal and wood, Mr. Taylor creates an 

impressive display of sculptural objects 

to communicate violence, aggression, 

another aspect of self. Not to be 

missed, this collaboration is a fi rst for 

these two artisits. The lovely ground 

and residence of Ms. Hall will be open 

from 11am to 5pm Wednesday thru 

Sunday from March 8th to 29th and 

by appointment. For more info www. 

taylorhalltubac.com or 520-398-9234. 

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Fine Furnishings - Cantera - Design Services - Tile - Plants - Textiles - Window Coverings - Lighting 

520-398-0003 

At the Tubac Golf Resort 

Discover the life, times and art of 

an Arizona original, Tubac artist 

Hal Empie. Books available at the 

Hal Empie Studio Gallery on Tubac 

Road. Published by the Arizona 

Historical Foundation with forward 

by Sandra Day O’Connor. 

send your free or public event & photo to the Villager at 

tubacvillager@mac.com or PO Box 4018 Tubac 85646 

TUBAC ART CLASSES 

Adventures in Artistry 

Presented by Beads of Tubac 

Beads of Tubac is happy to present art 

classes and workshops in our studios! We 

have a diversity of talented and inspired 

instructors off ering workshops in many 

diff erent types of exciting art forms. If 

you’ve always wanted to learn how to make 

beautiful art, this is a wonderful and unique 

opportunity to learn from some of the best. 

Check out the schedule. Or, if you already 

know when your desired class is scheduled, 

call 520.398.2070 to sign up. You can also 

print out a sign up sheet and mail it with a 

check to: Beads of Tubac LLC, 

5 Hesselbarth Lane, Tubac, Arizona 85646. 

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Real Estate Market Regionalized 

For months now, we have all heard about the tough real estate market. Th e market certainly has taken a big hit to be sure, BUT, all states have 

not been aff ected by the real estate cycle in the same way. As you look at states hit the hardest, such as Florida, Nevada, California, and 

yes, Arizona, seems to top the list. However, within Arizona communities, such as Prescott, Sedona, Show Low and even Green Valley, 

Tubac and Rio Rico have not experienced nearly the drop in values as did the major metropolitan areas such as Phoenix, Scottsdale 

and Tucson. If you have held true to the most time honored fundamentals of Real Estate, HOLDING POWER, and have made your 

purchase in one of these smaller communities, you should be able to hold on and ride this out. However, if you do fi nd that you need 

the services of a Real Estate professional, please give Brasher Real Estate a call and talk to any one of our agents. We are ready and 

able to assist you with all of your real estate needs. 

~Gary Brasher 

906 LOMBARD WAY – TUBAC 

$320,000 

View the Panorama of the Santa Cruz River Valley 

from your Sky Terrace! One year HOA / Recreation 

Fees to Buyer. 3 bed/2.5 bath; completely furnished! 

Ready to move in and enjoy the Tubac lifestyle today! 

Call Jacque Brasher at 398-2506. 

65 ROSALIES COURT – TUBAC 

$859,000 

This 2248 sq. ft. Moderno Grande was a former TGR/ 

Sanctuary model & has 632 sq. ft. casita w/fi replace. 

Viking appl., wine cooler & wet bar, upgraded cabinetry, 

central vac, sky terrace, outdoor fi replace w/gorgeous golf 

& mtn. views. Furnishings avail. w/SBOS. 

Call Carey Daniel at 631-3058. 

MLS: 106745 

208 AVENIDA OSTION 

-Rio Rico 

$289,000 

1168 MORNING STAR DRIVE – TUBAC 

$1,475,000 

Elegant home in exclusive Morning Star Ranch. Lovely ranch style with covered patios, beautiful lap pool, horse 

facilities with fi ve stall barn and prepared arena. On 36 acres with four bedrooms, four baths, three fi replaces and 

only 20 minutes from Tubac. Underground utilities, including electric, water and phone, plus high speed internet. 

MLS: 107037 Call Fred Johnson at 275-7050 for more information. Call Cary Daniel - 520-631-3058 

Best buy in Rio Rico, situated up high with fantastic 

views overlooking the Santa Cruz River Valley! Great open 

fl oor plan! Owner is willing to do a Lease with Option to 

purchase. 

Call Christine at 520-841-3400 or 

Steve at 834-6392. MLS: 106673 

35 CAMINO COCINERO 

$619,000 -Tubac 

Unique 5+ AC mini ranch w/horse paddocks, riding 

arena and large storage bldg. w/2bays. 1100 sq. ft. 2BR, 

1BA guest house w/2 car garage. Mountain views. Guest 

quarters could provide income to owner. Great horse 

property! 

Call Carey Daniel at 631-3058. 

MLS: 106849. 

2547 CHANNING LOOP 

– GREEN VALLEY 

$450,000 

QUAIL CREEK CHARMER. 2BR/2BA, home offi ce/den, 

formal dining and living rooms, fi replace in family room. 

Upgraded appliances, shutters, grill and fi repit in rear 

expanded patio, many upgrades. 

Call Susan Ponce-Picot at 260-9149. 

MLS: 40834 

2340 CAMINO SHANGRILA 

- TUBAC 

$675,000 

Lovely burnt adobe territorial home on 2+ acres. 3,366 sf of 

wonderful living space. Separate guest area, swimming pool 

and more. Horse facilities, too! Priced below appraisal. 

Call Mindy Maddock at 247-8177. 

MLS: 105989 

Rentals Available 

Residential Property 

Management 

Building upon our fi ne reputation for exceptional service. 

Brasher Real Estate now provides: 

Residential Property Management and Leasing Services 

in Green Valley and the Tubac Valley. If you are an owner 

looking for property management or a prospective 

tenant looking to rent, we invite you to contact: 

Carol (C.J.) Kneisley 

520-398-2262 1800-700-2506 

propertymanagement@ 

brasherrealestate.com 

Learn more by visiting our offi ces in Tubac at 2 Tubac Road, just at the front of the Village. 

Or online at: www.brasherrealestate.com 

Phone: (520) 398-2506 Fax: (520) 398-2407 Toll Free: (800) 700-2506 E-mail: info@brasherrealestate.com 

1522 CIRCULO JACONA 

$619,000 -Rio Rico 

Custom built home with 360 degree views! Over 4,000 sq. 

ft. on over fi ve acres on its own Hilltop! This house has 4BD & 

3+ bath w/3 car gar. It is a one of a kind property! 

Call Christine at 520-841-3400 

or Steve at 834-6392. 

MLS: 106543 

122 PASEO SAN MIGUEL 

-Tubac 

$389,000 

Premium Patio Home on corner lot in Barrio de 

Tubac! Stunning 2 bed/2 bath; Light and spacious 

living space! Backs up to open space w/Tubac views! 

PRICED TO SELL. 

Call Jacque Brasher at 398-2506. 

TBD MOUNT WRIGHTSTON 

- AMADO 

$3,118,400 

Stunning 780 acre parcel of land located in the 

foothills of the Santa Rita Mtns. bordered by National 

Forest & State Land. Fenced on 3 sides w/rolling 

hills, fantastic views of the Santa Cruz River Valley. 

Call Carey Daniel or Jacque Brasher at 

398-2506. MLS: 106216

VIL feb 09 GRID.indd - Tubac Villager

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