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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Records - Miscellaneous (117)Page 8 Tucson Citizen By CLYDE E. ARNETT I don't believe everything I hear It seems to me that people get carried away sometimes when they talk, and they tend to end up many times in a slight fog where things be- come misty and un- real. They begin to sound like con- gressmen. ilr- Be that as it may, this fellow told a very convincing enttale. On his way to the bank, he almost ran over a bottle of (00t whiskey at the en- trance to the bank parking lot. He got out of his car to re- move the bottle from the roadway, but after picking it up, he was in a quan- dary as to what to do with it. The bottle had been opened, but it was more than half full. He didn't want the whiskey, certainly, but he didn't want to Readers I page Tips to maybe • or maybe not save on -power By BONNIE J. MILLER Maybe it was the night lights that did it. when we started our electricity -saving experiment last month, I couldn't get anyone to give up those precious four -watt bulbs. But whatever it was, our electric bill didn't shrink at all during our "good old days" conservation program. (I'll have to get Tucson Electric Power to explain that one ! ) That's not to say our experiment was a failure. The rules we set up at our kitchen table discussion brought with them some unexpected benefits. Rule Number One stated "no lights during daylight hours." That was the easiest rule to follow and only re- quired a few gentle reminders. The kids discovered the sun really does provide enough light for assembling puz- zles, reading and coloring innumerable "Farm Friends" picture books. Rule Number Two -- "no more dishwasher." This one affected me the most, or at least part of me, my hands. "No air conditioning at all and no swamp cooler during the day," Rule Number Three, was the healthiest rule of all. Spending a major part of the day in the pool did have us all looking a little like prunes, but it provided more exercise than Hubby and I have had in a long time. The best and worst of this entire experiment surfaced in connection with Rule Number Five -- "no television except during the hours of 7 and 11 p.m." Yes, Virginia, there are withdrawal symptoms. I didn't realize how stagnant the young mind becomes when ex- posed to hours of TV, Daughters One and Two become instant enemies, seemingly with nothing better to do than to argue with each other. But within a few days I noticed their minds clearing. And they discovered the joy of using their imaginations. Hours were spent playing school with their numerous dolls and stuffed animals. Not only were they quiet, but they learned something. But Hubby and I learned the most important lesson of all during our 30 -day electrical abstinence program. Our daughters have minds, intelligent ones. They are capable of carrying on an intelligent conversation with an adult. There is still such a thing as family togetherness and communication. Maybe that's what Grandma really meant by the "good old days." Bonnie J. Miller, the ,mother of two girls, has written freelance articles and a .book of children's poetry. Shocked by their summer electricity bills, she and her family began an energy-saving, experiment in August. put it down where some kids might find it. Also, he didn't want to break the bottle on the roadway or empty the whiskey there. Then it occurred to him that he didn't want anyone, particularly any friends or acquaintances, to see him standing in the -road with a large, open bottle of booze in his hands. Forced to make a quick deci- sion, he opened the gas cap on his car, emptied the bottle into the tank and tossed the empty bottle into a near -by hedge. When he got back in his car, the vehicle seemed to shudder slightly and the head- lights came on. He was not at all startled, however, because the car was old and it sometimes behaved strangely. He drove into the parking lot and turned off the ignition. The motor kept running, but it sometimes did this on hot days, so he left the car and went into the bank. When he came back to the car 15 min- utes later, the motor still was running, but the piston slap was gone, the tappets were quiet and the motor seemed to be hum- ming smoothly to itself. He put the car in gear and it sprang forward a few feet, settled down on its springs and surged into the street. Thursday, September 13,1979 When the green light came on at the first traffic light, the car peeled rubber for 200 feet before it could be brought under control. when it overtook a Porsche, the front bumper rocked back and forth and the transmission growled softly. A plume of green smoke shot out of the exhaust pipe, and two following Chevrolets wa- vered and ran off the road. Finally home and safe in the garage, the car eventually subsided and became quiet. The next morning, the front wheels were splayed out, the camber was gone and the caster was shot. The headlights drooped. The car leaned against the side of the ga- rage and wouldn't start. This fellow said he ran all the way back to the bank parking lot to find the empty whiskey bottle. He couldn't remember the brand. The bottle was gone. He swears he will remember some day. I hope he can. Clyde E. Arnett is a retired Army offi- cer who limes in Tucson and writes for fun. Silver-tongued- orators You can say that • again.' By KEN J. TORGERSON teachers mad as wet hens. My English teacher was as homely as a mud fence, Don't those people who use cliches all and when she got mad you were really up the time drive you up a wall? I suppose, a tree. But I wouldn't trade the world for though, they are happy as larks and think what she taught me. everything they say is cute as a bug's ear. But those people who use those worn, Really, I don't give a tinker's damn threadbare, stale, musty wordages make what they do, come hell or high water. I me sick as the devil. guess they'll stick with their hackneyed phrases until they're pushing up daisies. I'm like the little boy who did it over the "A edge of the Grand Canyon ... little of Sometimes I get mad as a hornet when I that goes a long way." hear them say, "It costs a pretty penny." That musty saying is as old as the hills. .den J Torgerson v; a Tucson freelance I'11, bet those people made their English writer. 1*xooding 10 U d s Eulice Burnett caught these storm clouds gath- ering one late afternoon over the Catalina Moun- tains. Burnett, who be- longs to the Photographic Society of America, won first place for this photo in a society "print of the month" competition. He has been a member of the Tucson Camera Club for 13 years. Dear reader This is your page. If you have an interesting story to tell or have taken an informative picture, just send it to Old Pueblo Editor, Tuc- son Citizen, P.O. Box 26767, Tucson 65726. 4 it 4 .� v ...... 1 ..... k- �\ 4 it Page 2 Tucson Citizen Thursday, September 13 1979 Thursday, September 13 1979 Tucson Citizen Page 7: Davi4_ B. Udall of Tucson into fellowship. The organiza- tion aims to improve the ethics of trial lawyers. Ura*ersity of Arizona astronomer George V. Coyne has t'eal's ofeI'VICe y = X{ s' f t been named director of the Vatican Observatory in Italy. ` The 4esuit priest who joined the UA faculty in 1968 re - There were times Myrtle B haer didn't get to sleep centl was made acting director of the university's Stew - until very late after some school board meetings. and Observatory. Not only did she have to attend all the meetings, but she da „e E. Stolka has been named Southern Arizona pro - had to k alert and take notes as well. cep Then she would _ 1 director for the Dairy Council of Arizona. She will go home and transcribe her shorthand on the typewriter. in charge of the council's g councils program of nutrition educa 41, tion. Now she can relax. Last week, Mrs. Buchner, the secre- tary for the Tucson Unified School District board, retired after 26 years of service. Teen of the Year award "The best part about my job was meeting people and: Ellis Lodge No. 385 is takingapplications for its Junior working with various board members, Mrs. Buchner = Teen and Teen of the Month contest to honor young men said. The worst part, well, this is going to sound corny, _ - and Y g women for community service. but there was no worst part.""A = The monthly winners will be eligible for the Elks' Teen Mrs. Buchner, who said she is 39 years old and holding, of the Year award. The contests are open to junior high has worked with 21 school board members. She has said and . she hates to see board elections because she's afraid the _ high school students. Darrell Gilman is in charge of y the pf-ogram for the Elks. For further information, call will break up her family." Emerm 622-281)1. When Mrs. Buchner moved to Tucson from Chicago she wasn't interested in a full-time job. She agreed to fill in Soldier of the month for the district's secretary, but the job grew just as the "I'll be available to the board, though, if it really needs district did over the years. me," she said. SPe-i'. 5 Harold Epperson is the Ft. Huachuca Septem- As board secretary, she alerted board members to ber Pest Soldier of the Month. meetings, prepared agendas, wrote the minutes and even Recognition .. Ep�rson, 23, an administrative specialist with Head - came up with a cake once for a board member's birth quart§rs Co., U.S. Army Communications Electronics In - day. Adelene Smith of Tucson has been appointed national stallation Battalion, has just signed for another 3 -year "I'm going to take it easy and enjoy life," Mrs. leadership development chairman of the American Le-. hitch ih the Army. Bion Auxiliary. Mrs. Smith has been active in the auxil- Buchner said of her retirement. She also plans to continue iary since 19&2. The award carries with it $800 in gifts, use of a luxury her work with the Daughters of the Nile and Eastern Star car from a car dealer, a $25 U.S. savings bond and ex - women's groups. The American College of Trial Lawyers has inducted emption from roster -type duties for a month. town TUCSON 791. = be held at 3 p.m. Sunday in Room 146 of Acti V1= (602)748-8800 - ti the UA Music Building. - g i.aBelle's Pharmacy Mexican Independence Da Y _ . Magic, ventriloquism The 16th of September is M Mexican Inde--- - P�ndence Da and the Tucson community �= - - `� �' pendence Y tY - - - A The magic show of the Chump Brothers 1. - _ celebrates it in force each year. = _ = _ continues in its second month with a 3 p.m. _ -- R - show aturd a at Himmel Branch Library. Mariachi Cobre Ballet Folklorico In e The children's show with Larry Sakin Jr., fantil and various other individual singers : Adam Graham and Clark Moses is in im- and entertainers will perform Saturday _r. _ t �- � - k --` -' - -- � provistional theater style. and Sunda at Southgate ShoppingCenter,,�I k1 South S' Avenue and I-10, where clubs = _ and groups will set up booths to sell food, Teatro Libertad tL _ drinks and crafts from 1.0 a.m. to 6 p.m. >_ _ � At Kennedy Park, West Ajo Way and Although the place and time of day have yet to be decided, the Spanish-language _ - South Mission Road, the celebrating will = __ -" Teat Libertad troupe plan to present ro s crit begin at 5 p.m. tomorrow with booths, '461.,a Jefita Sept. 2.2. Call 884-0443 for in - craft displays, pony rides for the kids and formation. continuous entertainment by Ballet Fol- j korico, from San Luis Rio Colorado of Son- Monte Carlo a la St. Mary's 1,t', ora Mariachi 2a from Chihuahua C and Los Dorados de Chihauhua, Conjunta = It's a sure thin that Monte Carlo Night :: ' g gh El Desierto, Ballet Folklorico Corazones _ rti. put on by St. Mary's Hospital and Heath de oro and Ballet Folklorico Infantil. At 10 : _ - - Center will be a success ... for raising p.m. tomorrow Irma Herrera will be a. funds to buy an aortic balloon pump. The crowned queen of the Fiestas Patrias. Sat- _ r �. Oct. 6 event, sponsored by the hospital urday's festivities run from 10 a.m. to 1 - � '� auxiliary, features prizes and games. No- a.m. Sunday and will be highlighted by the h host cocktails begin at 6:30 p.m., and din- "Grito de Dolores" at 11 p.m. Sunday's ner follows. The festivities will be held at events are scheduled forn 10 a.m. to 10 - the Ramada Inn at a cost of $15 per person p.m. - or $5 for just the games, no dinner. Call = F 622-5833 for reservation information. F - Mercado downtown - Constitution Week with D.A. R. -Tucson's open air market, the Down- owm town Mercado, also will celebrate Mexican Independence Day Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. with the Mariachi Cobre, Lietica's Folklorlca Dancers and Uchi Hernandez. The market opens at 7 a.m. and runs to 2 p.m. on Saturdays and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays. It is in International Alley behind Jacome's department store. The artists of Oracle Oracle Heights Recreation Association is sponsoring an artisans' and craft - makers' show and sale Saturday from 3 to 6 p.m. at the association center on Omar Drive just east of La Cholla Boulevard across from Donaldson School. Chai singles of J.C.C. A dance will be held at 8 p.m. Saturday for Jewish singles between the ages of 23 and 38.- The theme will be the "fantastic '50s and '60s." It will be in the Tucson Jewish Community Center, 102 N. Plumer Ave., and admission will be per person. Opera puppets The successful promotion of the Arizona Opera Company, the opera puppets, will iitino Photo Dancers in traditional celebration of Mexican Independence Day introduce the upcoming production of Verdi's heavy `'Macbeth" in as l i ght a way as possible for adults and children at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday at El .Pueblo Branch Li- brary. Recordings by opera stars will be used for the musical excerpts of the drama and the straight speaking parts will be done by the company's puppeteers. Welcome, newcomers Tucson Citizen garden colu nnict Dayna Fried will speak at the first luncheon meeting of the Welcome Wagon Club Noreast of Tucson Tuesday at the Arizona Inn. The club serves the areas of town with the zip codes of 85715 and 85710, btit anyone interested may attend. Call Cheryl Chadwick at 749-- or Kate Mitchell at 749-4236 for reservation information today. Flutes Salute seniors Several ensembles from the Tucson Flute Club will perform at the Hill Haven Hospice and the Valley House Nursing Home Sept. 21 at 6:30 p.m. for members and families of members of the two homes. Also, the first meeting of the area club will e ucson c apter o t e Daughters of the American Revolution will observe Con- stitution Week tomorrow through Sept. 23 with a tea Sept. 20 at the Tucson Woman's Club, 6245 E. Bellevue Ave., from 2 to 4 p.m. Guest speaker will be G. Kenneth Reiblich, a specialist in constitutional law. Music will be provided by Katheryn Boone. Prospective members will be wel- comed. R On the cover Jerelene Lucas, right, and "little sister" Melissa share a smile and a fountain -side seat during an excur- sion to El Con Mall. More on Tuc- son's Big Brothers and Big Sisters programs, pages 4 and 5. Cover photo by Eugene Louie; design by Paul Krause. Old Pueblo is the Tucson Citizen's weekly supplement for local and neighborhood news. If you know of a person or activity that merits cover- age, we'd like to hear from you. Call 294-4433, ext. 203. Gas station *t Pareliting L *brary secun system P"J% my s owt for students saves FW iuO in book, loss c a s4w vw zn) e t Flowing Wells trustees learned at Flowing Wells High School for the The art of good rent -child relation- Marana High School seniors will be run- Tuesday night that the new library 1980-51 school year. � ning their own gas station beginning Sept. security system at Flowing Wells Ju- ships will be the subject of University of 24 as part of a new work-study program Arizona night classes beginning Sept. 26. given the o -ahead this week. pior ,High School has saved the dis- District officials are asking fami- g f rict about $4,700 in lost books. lies eligible for the free and reduced- "Parenting: Parent Survival — Oppor- District trustees Tuesday night ap- Superintentent William K. Poston price meals and free milk programs tunities for Family Counseling" will be raved the lease of a Chevron station, offto pick up application forms from held from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays with an 1 X5,500 in books each year before the 10 at the Marana exit. .aid the school lost from to their children's principal's office. hour of lecture and an hour demonstration each session. Among the areas to be co- Marana Superintendent Nels H. Havens t►ew magnetically based system School officials have adopted a vered are misbehavior by children, the ef- said auto mechanics students will serve went into effect last year. scale based an familythat id bf thincome fect of the birth order, the child in school, customers and do minor repair work, Poston said of success will be used to determine if a child is communication with children, parents' while business students will handle the fi- pf the trial year, the district will in- eligible for the federally funded pro- rights and the parent's role as a leader. nancial end of the station. Two adult su- pervisors also will be hired to manage the :tall another "Checkpoint" system grams. Cost of the 10 -session course is $40. For station, he said. registration information contact the UA "I really think this is quite a boost in the Division of Continuing Education, Suite1201, 1717 E. Speedway Blvd., Tucson area of occupational training," Havens s 85719. said. "The big problem of Marana has been that we are so far from any work a erwi c al s sc oo areas, we can't use them for work-study." Students will be paid minimum wage for The Tanque Verde School District Board The board also scheduled a discussion their work at the station, which will be of Trustees looks like its preparing to on the possibility of a district high school open six days a week, 16 hours a day. gambe on the word of a dowser that for its regular meeting Sept. 25. Fallgarden Havens said the program is designed to there'N water under the grounds of Emily , be self-sufficient, so that the revenues will Gray Junior High School. Cannon said the board is updating a fea- essio � equal the rental costs and wages. The district administration is preparing sibility study prepared three years ago by Superintendent Raymond Haugen, "No expense from the station should go a feasibility study on drilling a well to the districtscheduled back to the taypayers," he said. west of the Emily Gray classrooms, said Tanque Verde district's high school stu- board President Jerry Cannon. Cannon dents, who have increased in number this The superintendent said the station has said water witch Jack Wilson Sr., hired year, attend either Sabino or Sahuaro High A free demonstration on how to plant a adequate gas allocations. He added that two weeks ago to examine the, districts Schools. colorful autumn garden of annuals and pe - the prices will be comparable to those at prope�ies, believes a well dug on the rennials will be presented by the Tucson other Chevron stations. Emily Gray site would produce 330 gallons The district reported an increase in total Garden Center at the YMCA, 401 S. Pru - enrollment this year from 1,569 to 1,576 dence Road Wednesday at 9 a.m. In other action, the board granted a of water a minute. Y P - _ contract to the architectural firm of Fried- In other business at its Tuesday night students. Total enrollment in Tanque On Sept. 26 the Garden Center will show man, Jobusch, Keim and McFerron to meeting, the board voted to honor Mar- Verde Elementary School, however, is how to plant a winter lawn. Classes con - begin work on replacing 10 temporary jorie Neil, recently retired from a 28 -year down from 756 in June to 719 this month, cerned with other timely Orojects will be classrooms at Th6mydale Elementary teaching position at Tanque Verde Ele- but Cannon said he expects the elementary held throughout the fall each Wednesday School with permanent ones by next sum- mentary School, by installing her picture school enrollment to increase by the end of at 9 a.m. For detailed information call 882 - mer. and a plaque in the school. the academic year. 5628. Rte= 2/u She pares good through September 17,19790 We reserve the right to limit quantities sold at these sale prices. TUCSON TUCSON 5441 E 22nd St 3202 N. Oracle Rd. (602)748-8800 (602)888-7700 laBelie's Pharmacy i.aBelle's Pharmacy (602)790-3088 (602)88&2822 - M. public L Fch out it these hearing 50-0023 SHOWROOM HO(JRS: Weekdays: 10-0 catalog showrooms Saturday: 10-6. Sunday: 1 l -5 i {VISA � Page 6 A growi*ng art form Tucson Citizen !A Thursday, September 13, 1979 C I 1 -ha P aAft t n 0 th ft h14L,1 ain 99 e 91 o (Ta411 - f r erations to come By THOM WALKER It's that degree of durability that espe- Citizen Staff Writer cially appeals to her. "These are the heir- -In a world of hard knocks, it's a special looms of the future," she says, leading the kind of optimist who believes that some- way around her gallery and the display of thing timeless can be created out of some- work by students as well as masters. thing breakable. "There's no doubt that a lot of these Kay Klepfer is that -kind of optimist. things we're painting are going to be here NEW STORE long after we're gone," she -says. Mrs. Klepfer runs the Pima Porcelain Gallery, 3844 E. Pima Sit., and is one of , China painting dates as far back as 6000 Tucson's leading exponents of the ancient B.C. in the Near East. From there -it spread to China, Greece and Mesopota- art of china painting. mia. Porcelain was developed in China, Around 60 students, from beginner to and the rare pieces transported by camel advanced, attend classes in porcelain art across Asia baffled Europeans, who tried taught by Mrs. Klepfer at her gallery. for four centuries to duplicate the for - Mrs. Klepfer describes china painting by mula. first defining what it's not. In the roughly China painting enjoyed its greatest 8,000 years it's been around, the art, form boom around the end of the 1800s — not in has attracted a heavy baggage of miscon- Europe, but in the U.S. It faded briefly due ceptions. to a shortage of supplies, then rebounded First, porcelain art is not ceramics,- after World War 11. Mrs. Klepfer explAins. A china painter A misconception Mrs. Klepfer would like begins with a piece of finished porcelain — to dispel is that china painting is strictly vases, plates, jewelry, plaques and even for "little old ladies" meticulously de - porcelain bathroom fixtures — glazed and corating tea cups. The art attracts men fired and ready for painting. and women of all ages, and the range of From a palette of mineral paints, an ar- subject matter is unlimited, she says. tist creates everything from landscapes Mrs. Klepfer has been teaching china and portraits to abstract designs. painting since 1967 and recently has been A piece of porcelain art is fired between working on a 12 -square -foot outdoor mural paintings up to eight times in a kiln at of Our Lady of Guadelupe for St. Helen's temperatures of 1,100 to 1,600 degrees Cen- Catholic Church in Oracle. tigrade. The intense heat makes the paint She's been painting all her life, Mrs. part of the glaze and once fired, the design Klepfer says, and she considers porcelain will endure just about anything. art the most challenging. Many vases survived the burning of "It's painting for posterity," she says. Rome, Mrs. Klepfer says. "It's here and it's going to be here." AYLESS- POOL SUPPLIES HO�V... 2 LOCATIONS TO SERVE YOU 261 W. FT* LOWELL WILMOT & 22ND OPEN SUN -DAYS 10 'til 3 ORACLE & FT. LOWELL PH 790=8700 WILMOT STORE ONLY I PH 623=8572 Raises Pool0 Temperature up t015 LIMITED QUANTITIES �� -- 12"x24' . . .$125-95 �► 15'x30` . . .$189.95 NORTHSIDERS gE SURE AND16lx32' Herreras and Hubbard were the architect and contractor, respec- thick and 6 feet high, guarded the ...$216.95 16'x40` ...$265.95 VISIT OUR �' � 181x321 :::s242.9518'1x36'; 264.95 NEW STORE b JUL 20'x36' ...$291.95 181x40` . ..$291-95 aT 261 WE heats your pool with solar energy & maintains pool heat 'Pays * FT. 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ST 7 #la WWI- Fucson, Arizona 85711 �� S�S FSUC� (602 ) 7451114 SAVINGS and Loan Association Thu rWiay,Septen.,!ba-r _13];�02,7q, M., 4 Tucson Citizen 01 Page 3 4_ J_ The historic Fish House as it looks today ; exterior and interior views By KURT PFITZER Heavy rains during the winter of to make adobe bricks in his back - Citizen Staff Writer 1977-78 left gaping holes in the walls. Yard as a boy, has built many homes From 1.775 to the middle of the The foundation wobbled uncertainly. in and around Tucson. IMs, Tues 9 _pA',_Presidio, a 14 -acre fort bordered'by an Mob�lwafi 2 feet. Termites had eaten through many of the saguaro ribs and support beams. Herreras and Hubbard were the architect and contractor, respec- thick and 6 feet high, guarded the Then the Tucson Heritage Foun- tively, for the Fremont and La Casa colonists of Spain and Mexico dation secured a $38,000 giant from Cordova restorations. A few months against attack by Indians. the state Parks Services to preserve ago, they - reassumed those titles Soldiers, priests and farmers lived the residence. The Foundation, and, with a crew of four -carpenters- and adobe masons, began the com- in one -room dwellings inside the compound. Sentries posted in two- which raised the funds to restore the Casa Del Gobernador (John C. Fre- plicated task of replacing saguaro story towers and atop nearby Senti- mont House) in 1975, has been in- ribs and rebuilding much of the foundation of the Fish House. ' nel ('A') Mountain scanned the des- terested for 14 years in the Fish ert for clouds of dust that would House and its framework, which is "Mr. Herreras and Mr. Hubbard warn them of approaching Apaches. believed_ to contain the oldest Span- are among the few people who know Time and the elements had re- ish masonry in Tucson. the kind of reconstruction methods doted the fortress to piles of rubble by 1868, when Edward Nye Fish built % To "stabilize" the Fish House, the used in the San Xavier restoration,," said Ann Johnson, president of the his four-bedroom home on a portion his -hired two veterans of the F-iremont project, two Tucson na- Heritage Foundation and a class - of its foundation at the comer of West Alameda Street and North tives whose names have been synon- mate of Hubbards 64 years ago at Holliday and Roskruge schools. Main Avenue. vTnous with restoration here for the l -it half -century. an "This is really delicate work," But enough of the original Spanish masonry remained intact for Fish, Ed Herreras, 82, is a former Hubbard said., "and it has to be done piecemeal. When we uncovered the one of early Tucson's most suc- building inspector for the City of Tucson. Al Hubbard, 73, is a "re- beams, there was 10 inches of dirt cessful merchants, to incorporate it into the framework of his house. tired" contractor. Herreras, an over the saguaro ribs. Two-thirds of the beams were rotted through and American Institute of Architecture had to be reinforced or replaced Until recently, Fish's house fellow, helped save the towers of the with new beams." seemed destined for the disintegra- St. Augustine Cathedral. He also tion and oblivion that has overtaken worked 14 years restoring the San To make the house's new walls many of Tucson's historic buildings. Xavier Mission. Hubbard,, who used stronger, Herreras is replacing the vefina o vo e ut .L a The rocky road to completing Marana's second election_ since the town incorporated two years ago will come to an end Tuesday when voters go to the polls to choose seven councilmen out of 13 candidates on the ballot. Roughly half of Marana's 255 registered voters turned out at a primary election July 31, but the results of that election were nullified when it was found the council never had passed an ordinance establishing a formula for determining winners. One of the candidates, Arnold Paul Samuelson, later was disqualified because he had failed to register to vote in Marana. A primary election had been planned in April, but was postponed to the July date because former Mayor Don Frew forgot to give proper notification. The new councilmen will have to face, among other problems, the issues of local sales taxes and fire protec- tion. 0 0 it to S uAoqk mdfiLdd0LAAh e oing The candidates are almost equally divided on whether they should add a I to 2 percent local retail sales tax to the 4 percent state sales tax Marana consumers already pay- Marana is technically without fire protection, having neither a volunteer fire department of its own nor a sub- scription agreement with the Rural Metro Fire Depart- ment. Polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Marana Town Hall, 12775 N. Sanders Road, on Tuesday, Sept. 18. The incumbents seeking re-election are Ted A. De - Spain, Clifford Ray Honea, Gary Nesbitt and E. Lorraine Price. Other candidates are Eugene F. Garcia, Stan R. Glad- den, Clarence D. Gourley, J. D. Henly., Eddie R. Honea, John H. Mayo, Jose L. Sanchez, Billy Wayne Schisler and Mike Calvin. George F. Learning has filed as a write-in candidate. =3 old, crumbling adobe bricks with bricks that overlap. This staggering, or "bonding," he says, will "tie the walls together." "If the walls aren't tied together, it's easier for them to fall down," he said. "It'll take a cannonball to knock the new wall down." Original. materials are being used wherever possible,.said project coor- dinator Charles Blenman, -a retired U.S. Navy captain. Specially made adobe bricks are being purchased from Mexico and saguaro ribs for the ceiling are being supplied by the Papago Indian Reservation. Blenman said the Fish House should be completely repaired in six months, at which time it will be turned over to the Tucson Museum of Art, which rents the building from the city. The Art Museum will re- store the house into an art library. "Our goal is to give an adaptive use for every building we restore,", Mrs. Johnson said. The Heritage Foundation is. ac- cepting tax-deductible donations for the stabilization and restoration. Gifts may be mailed to the Founda- tion at P.O. Box 2268,, Tucson 85702. Marana gets help in Davina salaries Marana officials are resting, a little more easily after getting word last week they will receive more than $20,000 to help pay the salaries of some of the town's employes. Town officials were notified in July that Marana would lose $36,,000 in Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) funds. At that point, Marana was left with only $18,000 to pay the salaries of four full-time police -radio dispatchers and two members of a road crew. Now, however, the county will administer $20,000 in actual salaries and nearly $3,000 in benefits from CETA funds, said Tony Derbin, acting CETA administrator for Pima County. The funding should begin Oct. 1,, Derbin said.