I’ve been thinking about vastness. It started in those early weeks of the hunt for Malaysian Airlines flight 370. Day after day they tried to figure out where it might be in the vastness. Amazing how long it took to find the hundreds of square miles of ocean where it probably crashed, and then how […]
Ann Katzenbach
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Noted Conservative Revisits His American Roots
Dinesh D’Souza, who graduated from Patagonia District High School in 1979, was in town recently to film a conversation with Posey Piper, his high school English teacher, for a new film. He recalled his year in Patagonia with fondness.
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Four Patagonia School Staff Start New Ventures
Kate Musick with her first grade class. As the school year winds down, three Patagonia staff members are retiring, and one is moving to another continent. Kate Musick has spent 41 years teaching Patagonia students, most of that time in elementary classrooms at the hill campus. A gardener, a seamstress, and a woman with “family […]
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Patagonia Pet Supply to Open Soon
Ever wished you could pick up more birdseed without driving to Nogales or Sonoita? A big bag of dog food? A hummingbird feeder? Well, that wish is about to be granted by Steve and Carol Schmitt, owners of High Noon Feed and Tack in Sonoita. Sometime around the middle of May, they plan to open […]
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Lights Out for a Murder Mystery
The cast takes a bow after their performance. The Patagonia Players performed to a sold-out house on Friday, April 11, through Sunday, April 13. However, the Saturday performance of And Then There Were None, could have also been titled, And Then There Were No Lights. Whatever the electrical malfunction was, it kept the audience waiting […]
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Community Center Bids to Do Food Prep on Site
A nutritious, home-cooked lunch is served each weekday at noon at the Community Center. Historically, lunches at the Patagonia Senior Center have been brought to town each day from a kitchen in Nogales supported by funds from the Santa Cruz Council on Aging, as part of a contract with the Southeastern Arizona Governments Organization (SEAGO). […]
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Coins for the Kennel
The goal of new dog kennels for Patagonia moves a little closer with each fundraiser. Sandy Young, of Patagonia Animal Lovers (PALS), says that PALS is working hard to make this a reality. She reports that a yard sale held on April 19 brought in $490 and there have been donations trickling into town hall– […]
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I Remember Nora
I feel bad that Nora Ephron is no longer with us. I miss her spunk, her humor, and her style. I miss her honesty, and her outspoken feminist point of view. Although she’s been dead for nearly two years, I have been visiting her thanks to the recently published, The Most of Nora Ephron, a […]
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Taking Care of Business
When the town of Patagonia’s garbage truck broke down earlier this winter, Francisco (“Poncho”) Valenzuela and Everardo (“Pio”) Gonzalez used their own pickup trucks and trailer to do the twice-weekly trash pickup along with their third man, Manuel Cardenas.
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Slowing It Down on Naugle
Marshal Joe Patterson talks to a driver who was speeding. The Patagonia Regional Times recently received a letter from an irate driver who said he had driven through Patagonia and received a speeding ticket when he wasn’t speeding. He claimed that Patagonia was a speed trap, giving out tickets to line the town’s coffers. His […]