PVFR Is Ready to Pump and Roll
Patagonia Volunteer Fire & Rescue’s new 20-ton, custom-built $390,000 fire engine has arrived and is already in use. It’s outfitted with state-of-the-art special features.
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WHAT’S NEW?
Participate in SCC’s Short Online Survey on Economic Development Strategy
A 10-minute online survey has been developed to gather feedback about the business and community environment in the county. Here’s how to participate.
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SEFD Board Looks at 2023-2024 Budget Proposal
The $1.66 million budget reflects an increase in expenses and revenues, and no change in the district’s tax rate.
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LOCAL NEWS
Significant Developments for South32’s Hermosa Project
The Biden Administration is fast-tracking the permitting process for the mining project. Also, South32 has released its traffic study for the Cross Creek Connector access route.
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Be Firewise
Wildfire preparation makes a difference, says SEFD Chief Marc Meredith. Here’s how you can do your part.
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New BRN Director Takes Over
“There is not a place I would rather be right now doing this work,” said Dr. Rodrigo Sierra-Corona.
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Adios, Container Wall
More than two dozen people, including Sheriff David Hathaway, gathered on April 2 to commemorate the removal of the shipping container border wall they had successfully organized against last winter.
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Friends of Sonoita Creek Hold Annual Meeting
FOSC leadership offered a review of the last year, along with news of what’s to come.
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COMMUNITY
Food Bank Moves to New Location
The newly remodeled facility on Harshaw Road, paid for by South32 and leased to the Food Bank for $1/year, will help volunteers meet increasing demand.
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A Heritage Plant for Our Time: Gary Nabhan Discusses His New Book on Agaves
The celebrated ethnobotanist talks about agave’s history in our region — and its possible future role as a profitable agricultural crop on our arid lands.
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Sanctuary Provides a Forever Home
Toni Leo’s love of horses has landed her in the Canelo Hills as caretaker of over 40 horses, donkeys, a couple of mules, geese, cats and a rather elderly goat.
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Finding the Old Road: The 1913 Tucson to Huachuca Roadway
The author wanted to find where the actual roadway route went through our area. Here’s what he figured out.
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A Passion for Dog Rescue
Sue Bergier’s nonprofit rescues and fosters dogs no one wants. “You have to put your heart in it, trying to help discarded animals,” she says.
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ARTS & CULTURE
Patagonia Tribal Elders Meet Art Class Muralists to Talk Town History
Senior citizens who grew up in Patagonia shared stories with Cassina Farley’s PUHS art class.
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Patagonia Artist Opens New Museum in Nogales
A large crowd showed up for the opening of the new Paula Wittner Museum on April 29. The artist also played harmonica during a performance by Pop Goes the Weasel.
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“We Are Artists” Opens in Nogales
The new documentary film chronicles a local art program for adults with intellectual disabilities.
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Book Review: An 800-Mile Journey Across Arizona
Author Tom Zoellner’s hike across Arizona gives him a chance to explore the social, cultural, environmental, and political history of Arizona — including Patagonia and the Canelo Hills.
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Immersion in Color: Famed Zapotec Textile Artist Visits Sonoita
Textile artist and dyer Porfirio Gutierrez’s trunk show was a smash success, as were his talks discussing his technique and the artform’s cultural history. “It was a gift to us to have him out here,” said organizer Jeanne Peterson.
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SCHOOL NEWS
Senior Spotlights – May 2023
Ayssa Barajas, Abelina Valeria Soto-Murrietta, Liam Young, Christian Tadeo Ibarra Valencia and Joshua Michael Spurr profile themselves.
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Senior Spotlights – April 2023
Meet PUHS graduating seniors Olivia Caroline Marianne Blystone, Nicholas Dekhtyar, Alec Axel Escoboza and Rebecca Ford.
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Senior Spotlights – March 2023
Profiles of PUHS seniors Jose Manuel Beltran, Oskar M. Gomez, Isaias Gonzalez and Elizabeth Urias.
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COLUMNS
Nature Journeys: May’s Roasting Reptiles
As temperatures head into the 90s, reptiles are on the rise in the Sky Islands. Here’s a few to look for.
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Walking and Working With Your Dog
Walking your dog is a great way for both of you to get some exercise—and to work on some simple drills.
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Let’s Go Get Stones: Beyond Alto
Some adventures can be started and completed within the same day. Some, like this one, can take decades to come to fruition.
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Starstruck: The Whirlpool Galaxy
I wish I could find the words to define just what I’m really feeling when I say I’m in awe.
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OPINION
County Needs to Make More of an Effort to Inform
A recent attempt at revising the County zoning code is an example of overreach by County officials and the importance of public participation in the County’s meetings.
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Arizona: First in Choice, Last in Funding
The 2022 “Empowerment Scholarship Account” law has created over 50,000 mini school districts with virtually no fiscal or operational oversight.
Read more…For Jaxon and the Class of 2023
Here’s some advice and guidance to the new crop of young adults heading out into this uncertain world, advice I wish I would have gotten.
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Letters to the Editor – May 2023
The individuals who reside in Lochiel and have for many of years should have input into what happens at the San Rafael Ranch House, writes Deborah De La Ossa.
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OBITUARIES
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FROM THE PRT ARCHIVES…
For the Love of Making Music
Every Wednesday night, a ragtag group of local musicians gather in Dick and Phyllis Klosterman’s living room for an evening of musical adventures.
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The Day the Water Died
My perspective on life changed when our well went dry. I’d never taken water for granted, but now it was an expensive commodity that affected my life day in and day out.
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Mickey Ginsburg: AZ’s Oldest Pharmacist
Musician, horseman, pharmacist and the oldest working pharmacy owner in Arizona, Myron (Mickey) Ginsburg, at 88, is still working at his drug store in Sonoita.
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