This year’s Patagonia Fall Festival on October 10, 11, and 12 will bring as many as 16,000 people to town. There will be more than a hundred booths, 14 food vendors, and three full days of entertainment. The popular and highly reputed festival features arts and crafts from all over the southwest. For the last […]
Donna Reibslager
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A Short History of Dogs in Patagonia
Patagonia is a dog-walking town. It is also a town that doesn’t much care for regulation. When it comes to dogs, some folks feel that—just as was the case 50 years ago—they should be able to let their dogs roam freely and should not be burdened with the bureaucracy of licensing or I.D. tags. Dogs […]
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New Karate Class in Patagonia
Karate classes are now available for children and adults at the Krikorian Institute of Kenpo Karate in Patagonia. Instructor Jared Krikorian describes the training as a combination of exercises for mind and body, utilizing the techniques of Karate, Judo, Jujitsu, Eskrima, and Kenpo. Krikorian, who was born and raised in Rhode Island, began his training […]
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Youth Center Is Thriving
The seeds that were sown by Anna Coleman and have been cultivated with her care have blossomed into a youth center that is thriving. Patagonia Youth Enrichment Center (PYEC) seems to be fulfilling its intended purpose: to provide a supportive, safe environment where teens and preteens can feel at home. Although average daily attendance is […]
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Monsoon Season Arrives
The wash that crosses Sonoita Avenue in Patagonia became a fast-moving stream at least 20 feet across after a downpour on July 15, 2014.
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Community Pride Day: All in a Day’s Work
An estimated 100 tons of trash and debris were collected by the crew of volunteers who participated in Patagonia Community Pride Day on June 7. If you’re trying to imagine the volume of such a haul, think of a football field piled six feet high. That’s how it looked at the town dump site, and […]
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Shirt Sale Spreads Island Fever
Jan Herron and Judy Mills One day, about a year ago, Jan Herron was in a thrift store and saw some colorful Hawaiian-style shirts on the rack. They made her think of the annual KPUP Luau. The wheels in her head began turning, and she conceived the idea of using a sale of such shirts […]
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On Editing
Sometimes at PRT, we hear that a writer—who may have spent a good deal of time preparing an article for this newspaper—is irritated by the editing that’s been done to his or her writing. We can all appreciate proofing for grammar errors and typos. But what about when someone changes our carefully chosen wording? Maybe […]
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Water Etiquette
Patagonia’s Forth of July parade always draws a crowd. It’s truly a hometown parade, with sirens, flag-bearing veterans, kids walking goats, and car after car honoring the community’s VIPs and supporting its causes. And it’s an interactive parade. By July, temperatures are usually in the 90s. The viewers lining the street know that unless they […]
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School District Honors Two Legends
Old Main Elementary School Members of the Patagonia Schools and the community joined on May 17 at Old Main School to honor Kate Musick, who is retiring from teaching after 41 years, and Old Main itself, which is closing after 100 years as Patagonia’s elementary school. In her opening comments, Patagonia School Superintendent Denise Blake […]