Firefighter Isaksen Awarded for His Commitment Ike Isaksen, an EMT and firefighter who has long served with the Patagonia Fire Department, was awarded this year’s Emergency Medical Service award for Santa Cruz County. The theme for this year’s award was “commitment.” Representatives of the Tucson Medical Center, the medical control through which Patagonia’s fire and […]
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Do You Luau?
Why is KPUP’s Annual Luau so popular? It’s one the first warm nights of the year. You get to dress in colorful tropical gear and adorn yourself with flowers. If you’re Zach Farley, you bring your ukulele. This year’s event drew a record crowd of over 200 people, and served 150 dinners. Children were entranced […]
Congratulations to PUHS Class of 2014
Joshua de la Ossa, a 1994 graduate of PUHS, was the commencement speaker at the PUHS Graduation ceremony on May 23. He told the audience that he grew up in an adobe house without heating or air conditioning in Lochiel, built by his grandfather. It was a 45-minute bus ride to school. He spoke of […]
Council Notes
Clean Up Day Planned At the April 9 meeting of the Town Council, Charlie Montoy reported that he and a committee of citizens were organizing a “Community Pride” town-wide clean up day, scheduled for June 7. The committee, consisting of Charley Montoy, Ray Klein, Chuck Blair and Kaytie King, have already enlisted the help of […]
Candidates Wanted: A PRT Staff Editorial
Candidates wanted: must work nights (and days), read a lot of briefing papers, balance a budget without enough money, make hard decisions that affect people’s lives, and learn how to cooperate and compromise with peers; may be confronted by angry constituents; and will never be able to make everyone happy. There is no pay. Described […]
Community News Items
For those readers who doubted the credibility of PRT’s front page article last month (Fowl Idea Comes Home to Roost), we offer the above, posted at High Noon Feed and Tack in Sonoita. Janie and Clint Trafton celebrate their one year wedding anniversary at a reception they hosted at Cady Hall on April 26. Fourth […]
PUHS Tennis Season Ends on a High Note
Danny Schrimpf Both the boys and the girls’ teams finished this season with wins in their final matches at Valley Union High School in Elfrida on April 22. The girls totaled four wins and nine losses. And the boys had seven wins and six losses. Felix Wharton Senior Felix Wharton participated in the 1A School […]
An Eventful Day in Patagonia
The crowd watches as Anna Coleman gets ready to cut the ribbon. Leticia Novais sells vegetable starts from the Community Garden Locals and out-of-towners braved the gusting winds on Saturday, April 26, to attend Earthfest and other activities in Patagonia. Earthfest offered a workshop in the park on native trees, a tree planting, a bike […]
Community News Items
Friends and family gathered to release balloons on February 12, in memory of Patagonia resident Jacob Dodson, who was killed on that date two years ago. Baseball Season and Interactive TV at PUHS The playing fields and tennis courts at Patagonia Union High School are back in action. The once untended fields were reseeded and […]

