Wayne Coates Wayne Coates, a onetime resident of Elgin, was sentenced to 18 months in the state prison system for multiple charges stemming back at least to 2007. Judge Monica Stauffer passed sentence on May 15 in Santa Cruz County Superior Court in Nogales. Coates had previously been convicted of harassment and interfering with judicial […]
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Art Is a Way of Life for Deborah Copenhaver Fellows
What can you do with a camera, clay, wax, sandblaster, welding torch, and a mixture of copper, lead, and zinc? If you are Deborah Copenhaver Fellows, you can create a world famous bronze monument.
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Sonoita-Elgin Celebrates 30 Years as Certified Winegrowing Area
Foster Drummond, wine salesman for Sonoita Vineyards. “Entering Wine Country” is a green and white sign found on all highways leading into the Sonoita-Elgin area. Wine has been grown in the area since 1690, when the Jesuits and Franciscans planted Listan Prieto grapes in the area missions. Arizona had a booming wine grape industry before […]
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Elgin Students Plan Trip to Catalina Island
Students from last year’s trip go eeling. A week on Catalina Island studying marine biology begins May 12 for 13 graduating eighth graders from Elgin School in Sonoita. After several years of preparation, studying, and fundraising, the students are reaping the rewards of their efforts. They have had to maintain excellent grade point averages and […]
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Quilts of Valor
This Memorial Day, local artist Phyllis Klosterman will celebrate by finishing another of the 30 quilts a year she makes for wounded soldiers. Since 2005 she has sent her output to the Quilts of Valor Foundation, which at first distributed them to the victims of Hurricane Katrina and since then has given them to returning […]
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76th Annual Sonoita Quarter Horse Show
The 76th annual Sonoita Quarter Horse Show, which runs from Friday, May 9 through Sunday, May 11, is the oldest running Quarter Horse Show in the United States and in the world. Held at the Sonoita Fairgrounds, the show opens at 8 a.m. and there’s no gate fee. Events include horses working cattle, team roping, […]
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It’s a Team Effort
Both Kathryn Pena and Priscilla Perez are EMTs and firefighters with the Sonoita-Elgin Fire District. Did you know that every time a resident of Patagonia has a medical emergency and calls the local medic team to their home for help, an ambulance and two EMTs from Sonoita arrive about 12 minutes later, in addition to […]