Summer is coming and with it Patagonia Volunteer Fire & Rescue (PVFR) swings into peak season. Residents should trim around homes and clean up yards before the heat sets in. There will not be a town cleanup day this year, but trimmings can be dropped across from the high school to be chipped by town personnel. […]
April 2019
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Letters to the Editor – April 2019
Judges Need to Follow State Rules While your article, ‘What’s Next for Keith Barth” did an enviable job of covering most of the facts, there are significant parts of the formal state judicial complaint that I feel need further discussion. While the underlying judicial political violations might appear trite to the untutored eye, this is […]
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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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Abbie Zeltzer Retires
Abbie Zeltzer has handed over the reins at the Patagonia Library after earning the library national recognition. Photo by Kate Kozlowski Peake After working for several decades to usher Patagonia Library into the 21st century, while preserving its local heritage and meeting community needs, Abbie Zeltzer has retired. But not before helping the library earn national attention […]
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Jim Koweek – Sowing the Seeds of Traditional Music
Jim Koweek entertains at the Cafe in Sonoita on Thursday evenings. Photo by Bob Brandt Musicians of Note recognizes individuals and groups who have crafted the rich and vibrant musical tapestry of Eastern Santa Cruz County. Grass is big in Jim Koweek’s world. He plants it, studies it and writes about it. He even sings and […]
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CERT Team Trains for Disasters
Santa Cruz County Emergency Management Director Ray Sayre demonstrated the Simtable, a disaster simulation tool for the Patagonia Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) at the team’s monthly meeting held March 6 in the Patagonia Town Council chambers. Sayre noted that only about 15 of these devices are currently in use in the U.S.. The system […]
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Annexation Being Explored by Legislators
Establishment of a Legislative Study Committee was presented in the State House of Representatives to evaluate and report on fiscal and related impacts should a change in the county boundary line between Cochise and Santa Cruz counties be made. HB 2486 passed a roll-call vote in the House and is now in the Rules and […]
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South32 Seeks Use Permit From Town
On January 11, 2019 the Town of Patagonia received an Application for Use Permit from Red Mountain Ranch LLC, a subsidiary of the mining company South 32. Red Mountain Ranch owns a 27-acre property off Harshaw road, and proposes to build a concrete parking lot, mobile (non-permanent) restrooms and a guard shack. The proposal is […]
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Council Notes – April 2019
At the Feb. 27 Council meeting, Mayor Andy Wood delivered an apology to 12-year-old reporter Hilde Lysiak for Marshal Joe Patterson’s handling of their February 18 encounter that subsequently went viral on the internet. “The governing body of the town of Patagonia would like to apologize for the first amendment rights violation upon Hilde Lysiak, […]
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Lions Still a Presence in Patagonia
A mountain lion relaxes under a house in Patagonia. When Justin McEldowney pointed his flashlight up in the trees at his home in Red Rock Canyon on January 24, the light was reflected in the eyes of a mountain lion staring down at him. McEldowney had been woken up around midnight by the sound of his […]