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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Records - Miscellaneous (118)All around town Im ove ents set pr i lilhbDrhODdDL Four Tucson neighborhoods will be getting street, side- walk and curb improvements soon unless more than half the residents of the areas protest. The improvements were approved by the City Council last week, and notices were posted in those areas on Tuesday. Residents, who will be assessed for the improvements based on property frontage, have 15 days to file protests. The proposed improvements include adding two cul-de- sacs to the Richland Heights neighborhood — on Lind and Greenlee roads, just east of Campbell Avenue. The cost is estimated at $25,000. The other improvements primarily involve an area south of Broadway on portions of 12th and 13th streets and Fre- mont and Santa Rita avenues. Also included are improve- ments to Grant Road Drive — a short stretch west of Treat Avenue and north of Grant Road — and the paving of an alley in the American Villa subdivision, near Olsen and Plumer avenues and 12th and 13th streets. The cost is estimated at $75,000. Residents will receive estimated assessments by mail,and have until Sept. 26 to file protests with the city clerk. The improvements and any protests will be considered again by the City Council, probably in October. 'N oa Ar a date in ucson If you feel akin to a coyote or related to a river, then Tucson's first All Species Day Parade may be what you've been waiting for. The costume parade, scheduled Sept. 23, will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Armory Park and will proceed to El Presidio Park, where parade organizers promise a small fiesta. The purpose of the parade "is to celebrate the ties between all the creatures of the planet Earth," ac- cording to Mahina Drees, parade committee chair- man, "though anyone can come as anything." Drees carie up with the idea of holding a parade in Tucson after watching an All Species Day Parade in San Francisco last year. She and a man named Pon- derosa Pine — a San Francisco parade veteran — convinced a group of her friends that a Noah's Ark processional through Tucson would be fun. Drees, who plans to march in the parade as a coyote, urges everyone to attend. There will even be special costume workshops. For further information, contact Drees at Route 15, Box 269, Tucson 55717. Pair wins essay honor ZI Tucsonans Sarah Nichols and Thomas Watson, both 12, have won first place in the 21 Days of America essay compe- tition. They were selected for their 50 -word essays describing what they found to be the most moving segment of a 21 -part television series that gave an evolutionary account of the nation and flag. Nichols and Watson will receive weekend accommoda- tions for themselves and two family members in Washing- ton, D.C., and a three-day tour of the capital. Ballroom, dancing at center Ballroom dancing for adults 50 and older will be held on Thursdays starting Sept. 27 at the Verde Meadows Senior Center, 1360 E. Irvington Road. The dance, from S to 10:30 p.m., sponsored by the city Parks and Recreation Department, will feature music by Tainy Hill and his orchestra. A $1 donation is requested. Amphi OKs funds to buy land The Amphitheater School Board voted Tuesday night to spend an undisclosed amount of money to complete the purchase of land for a storage warehouse. Construction of the warehouse has already begun on four acres at 200 E. Roger Road, said Leslie Follett, associate superintendent for business and finance. THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR PAGE EIGHT —SECTION D TUCSON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1979 _CHECK OUR L OW COOLER -PRICES', OUR PRICE 2000 Side Draft ..... . 125m7O \ 3010IO Side Draft . . . . . • 208m65 4000 Side Draft ......)5)nFI5. 2 5500 Side .. ....... . ALL "RLERS � COMFIFTE WITH Built for many years of low cost service FLOAT SUMP, MOTOR, etcz- Other sizes at Similar Reductions ENYE • 1920 M Call 624=5541 OPEN SUNDAY 10-3 I Her diamond year. An unpleasant encounter x �: g'i .... . . with bedbugs started it all in 1901, and, thanks to {}>dFf< -Name{ Of his many face lifts and lots of friends, the Santa Rita ¢ Hotel is 75 years old and still going strong. All � � � { game is big around town, Page 2D.:..: { For Dr. Donald Schmitz, e:. who has taken hunting safaris a Taken the lun e. "Flt c -r" Saunders es t` { to Kenya, South Africa and 9 pp Russia, `Hunting is partici- 4 learning to scuba dive, and she hP 8 one whale of a tin in the lives of the ani - reason in mind. In fact, it's been her reason for s mal you stalk. �� • living as long as she can rememper• Neighbors Y Neighbors East, Page 7D. North, Page 6D. 'j 1IIIc jj�tj � � TUCSON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 1979 PAGE ONE Don't blink, or you'll miss 'it - if you don't know it's there, you might miss the Cortaro General Store, top right, and post office, left. However, inside the general store, above, it's friendly business as usual for customer Michael O'Connell, left, and Chuck Shinberg, owner. (Star photos by Art Grasberger) t o ron new .:Tro 'ier Progress means ig changes for dot on S E statement should sink clearly into the heads of all those real-estate agents whose offers he is likely to refuse, he There is a wooden mom-and-pop market and there's a U.S. NOW10 Post Office ... and a yellow icebox, a bunch of neon beer signs and fliers promoting everything from bake sales to Shinberg owns the building and the land on Which the market stands. other than his home down the road, he owns ON HEAVY no other property. This is Cortaro. DUTY Some might think it is best described by an old-timer Cement, road -construction crews and retirees, who would TOPQUALITY rather travel a half -mile to Shinberg's store to buy the COOLERS!- newspaper than subscribe.' Whatever the 4 -mile -square Cortaro area really is, some- Shinberg talks about his enterprise: "My store is open 96 OUR PRICE 2000 Side Draft ..... . 125m7O \ 3010IO Side Draft . . . . . • 208m65 4000 Side Draft ......)5)nFI5. 2 5500 Side .. ....... . ALL "RLERS � COMFIFTE WITH Built for many years of low cost service FLOAT SUMP, MOTOR, etcz- Other sizes at Similar Reductions ENYE • 1920 M Call 624=5541 OPEN SUNDAY 10-3 I Her diamond year. An unpleasant encounter x �: g'i .... . . with bedbugs started it all in 1901, and, thanks to {}>dFf< -Name{ Of his many face lifts and lots of friends, the Santa Rita ¢ Hotel is 75 years old and still going strong. All � � � { game is big around town, Page 2D.:..: { For Dr. Donald Schmitz, e:. who has taken hunting safaris a Taken the lun e. "Flt c -r" Saunders es t` { to Kenya, South Africa and 9 pp Russia, `Hunting is partici- 4 learning to scuba dive, and she hP 8 one whale of a tin in the lives of the ani - reason in mind. In fact, it's been her reason for s mal you stalk. �� • living as long as she can rememper• Neighbors Y Neighbors East, Page 7D. North, Page 6D. 'j 1IIIc jj�tj � � TUCSON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 1979 PAGE ONE Don't blink, or you'll miss 'it - if you don't know it's there, you might miss the Cortaro General Store, top right, and post office, left. However, inside the general store, above, it's friendly business as usual for customer Michael O'Connell, left, and Chuck Shinberg, owner. (Star photos by Art Grasberger) t o ron new .:Tro 'ier Progress means ig changes for dot on By AL ARIAV The Arizona Daily Star statement should sink clearly into the heads of all those real-estate agents whose offers he is likely to refuse, he There is a wooden mom-and-pop market and there's a U.S. says. Post Office ... and a yellow icebox, a bunch of neon beer signs and fliers promoting everything from bake sales to Shinberg owns the building and the land on Which the market stands. other than his home down the road, he owns barbecues. no other property. This is Cortaro. His customers include employees of Arizona Portland Some might think it is best described by an old-timer Cement, road -construction crews and retirees, who would guzzling Coors in front of Cortaro General Store: "This rather travel a half -mile to Shinberg's store to buy the place is a `zit' on the (expletive deleted) of Pima County." newspaper than subscribe.' Whatever the 4 -mile -square Cortaro area really is, some- Shinberg talks about his enterprise: "My store is open 96 thing is almost certain according to land developers and hours a week. This is like a community center. Everyone speculators: It probably is the next frontier in residential knows everyone else, their kids, where they work. development. "A large-scale development can only help my business, Cortaro General Store has been owned the past five years but I understand why many people in Cortaro would be by Chuck Shinberg, a resident of the area for against any subdivisions. 19 years. The building that houses the post office next door is owned "They came here in hopes of avoiding the hustle and bustle of city life, because they want nothing to do with by a former lettuce -box repairman named Lew S. McGinnis, now known for his success in real estate. rush-hour traffic and impersonal service at stores," Shin - berg says. What McGinnis, a Tucson investor and developer, has planned for Cortaro Farms is unknown. However, he con- "Let's face it; this is a little grocerystore. I sell the a er p p ' cedes his office is drafting plans for a large industrial -rest- dential development on the 2,800 McGinnis -owned acres, some beer, some sour pickles. A big development will mean a 7 -Eleven or Circle K here. Then it's time to move." which stretch along Interstate 10 and Silverbell Road for Cortaro General Store has been the name of the business 41/2 miles. The land is north of Ina Road.. McGinnis said 1,200 acres are being used to grow cotton. since it opened 25 years ago. It still sells "unbreakable" "Liberal combs, and displays such signs as: credit extended McGinnis bought the property for $5.4 million last year to persons over 80 when accompanied by their parents." from Dow Chemical Co., whose original plans called for a community of 15,000. But it seemed the time had not yet The people who shop there after work mostly p p p st y area resi- come to develop that area, and the Dow plans were dents employed in Tucson, are uneasy discussing Cortaro shelved. Farms future. If the McGinnis land is developed, they say, Shinberg's goal is no secret: His store is not for sale. That the value of their homes will skyrocket. But the price they (See ST®RE, Fage i`aD} a CUI-tmumre cruises on, usical 1w,61ote By AL ARIAV The Arizona Daily Star Latin America came to Fitt Peak National Observatory reticently — via a "Fiesta de Musica." The five members of "Bwiya-Toii" — Yaqui Indian. for "creators of music" — strummed their guitars and blew into &£inamboo" flutes for members of Fitt Peak's Employees Association and their guests. The musicians learned to play the handmade instruments primarily through trial and error, said band member Anto- Wo Pazos, 26. Four of them live on the westside. The group, which practices three times a week at El Rio Neighborhood Center on the city's westside, plays songs from Chile, Bolivia, Puerto Rico and Mexico. "We want to educate people about `;he Latin American Culture and make them aware of our musical background," azos said. "The group really enjoys playing before strangers be- cause we offer alternatives to commercial rock.." However, Pazos said, the band has never played before •Yaquis. "That's what we'd really like to do soon, to bring the T iusic to the people who know more about it than anyone," lie said. In Yaqui legend, the Bwiya-Toli were two children who first brought music to a fiesta. Yaqui legend has it that long ago, before the tribe knew of music, an old Yaqui man heard strange noises in the desert, Pazos said. The old man couldn't find the source of the noise, and returned to the village. He kept returning to the desert, but never succeeded in finding the noisemaker. So the old man sent his two children, and urged them to be careful. On the first day, the children asked a pack rat if he knew where the sounds originated. According to the legend, the rat said, "Sure, come with me, but I have to take you into my hole." After objecting at first, the children followed the rat into his underground home, where he played the flute and drum for them. "This is the music," the rat explained. And he gave the youngsters the instruments, urging them to play when they returned home They did so at a fiesta, and the youngsters were called this creators of music. To parallel tate centuries-old Yaqui legend, the modern- day Bwiya-Toli play at parties and fiestas around Tucson, "Making people happy, getting them to sing and clap, is what we do best,,, said Pazos. They have Played at 20 occasions, including events at the University of Ai izona's Student Union and mall, and Chicano music festivals in Nogales and Phoenix. The group's main instrument is the "kena," or a "mam- boo" flute froom the Andes, which produces seven notes. They also rely heavily on a "bombo," an Argentine drum. The other rn-.mbers are Javier Peru, 24; Alonso Vidal, 23; Rebeca Bannis't.er, 32; and Pazo's sister, Lorena, i9. All have Yaqui or Pim��, Indian backgrounds, and all were born in Mexico except Bannister, a native of Chile, who attended the music college at the University of Chile at Santiago. The Santa Rita Hotel in downtown Tucson is 75 years old, night when local and Mexican dignitaries will be entertained H. Manning. During the next three years, the City Council �nnd still youthful — thanks to the dedication of many fans at an anniversary party. provided a portion of the land, and Col. Epes Randolph and rind to the successes of numerous face lifts.Actually, the anniversary dates to Feb. 1, 1904, when it Fred Ronstadt joined with Manning to build the first wing of Longtime Tucsonans relate the history of the Santa Rita was reported that 2,000 people turned out for the opening- the hotel, which was completed in 1904. iii terms of a cast of characters: movie stars, sports figures, night festivities. " cowboys and visitors from Mexico. Side plots include fre- But if the story is told accurately, it should begin in 1901 During the next 30 years, the hotel experienced same ups as the building was enlarged, and many downs in the form of quant changes of ownership, some mishaps, bountiful galas with the unhappy encounters between a visitor from Los and extensive remodelings, including demolition and recon- Angeles named L.V. Raphael and Tucson bedbugs. weary of budget deficits, The downward path was altered in 1934 �truction in 1972, the pests in Tucson lodging places, Raphael took his idea for when Barney +�oodman of Kansas City bought the Santa P Rita and brought Nick Hall into the operation. The story of the Santa Rita will be the theme Saturday a modern hotel to one of Tucson's leading citizens, Gen. Levi _ .♦ a .\ . '! `\' .1a ee � -Ca . ♦ ,? `\e .; .... ..... \•[ \\. .♦.... \ ,. � ..° ; .,Ser,.... .: ...: "• - h ., 'y1 .. .. 4 . . we X11 r: tag a `-\\ a •� .•' �es The Goodmah-Hall combination brought success to the hotel, first with the a original team and later joined b Good- � Y man's son, Jack, and Hall's nephew, George. The Santa Rita grew in popularity and took on its western motif. Movie stars filming at Old Tucson made it their headquarters. Livestock associations met there, and visiting sports figures were frequent guests. The hotel also began to draw a following from Mexico. Livestock shows and horse sales were held in the lobby. The Mountain Oyster Club was born there, the Tucson Press Club used it as a meeting place, and performances of Corral Theatre were presented in the Rendezvous Room. Skipping over several owners and much activity, includ- � T ing a collapsed ceiling in 1962 the next major event in its history was the demolition of most of the old building and reconstruction in 1972. 4.\ The most recant sale of theroPertY was in March of this , r v P Year --a a month after the 75th anniversary date — when Humberto Schultz Lopez, a t of • ,- .. .. _ •. tis �- L ... � .: ;t � � r�' � } °\ �� ` Properties of Pasadena Calif. Arizonan ht the hotel Not wanting the anniversary year to go by without observance Star phots by .tack W. Sheaffer ' Lopez will be the host at the belated festivities Saturday The Santa Rita Hotel in the 1940s night. PAGE TWO -- SECTION D THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR TUCSON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1979 A& East Neig, h bo rs East Hoo- ked on - whales TO i sea y world i's goal of Tucson's Flipper By ANNA SIMONS The Arizona Daily Star If you tell Phyllis Saunders she's crazy, she won't dis- aree. She is crazy — about whales. "People always kid me. They always say, `you're from Tucson, and you want to train whales? You must be jok- ing.' " But, she isn't. The 19 -year-old Saunders is determined. Tucson aside, she Means to train whales. She even has her future employer picked out — Sea world in San Diego. "I've loved whales since I was about this high," she said, ising her hand about 2 feet off the ground, though she gomits to liking dolphins even more. "I don't know what it is, but they've always fascinated ne. They're so amazing — their sonar, and how they com- I1unicate, also just the fact that dolphins might be smarter t1an humans," she said. "In school, whenever we had to do reports, I always did teem on whales or dolphins." That, and her love for water, earned her a high-school nickname — Flipper. Not that Saunders resembles the dolphin of television gme. She merely does some of the same tricks. She dived gud swam on school teams, and she water-skis whenever .; .;he has the chance. She also is learning how to scuba dive — since Sea World requires scuba -diving certification Sea World means more than just a job to Saunders. It has been her "reason for being" for almost as long as she can remember. However, if her family hadn't visited the aquatic wonderland I to 12 years ago, Saunders might not have been hooked. Sea World's where she first encountered the monsters of the deep. It's also where she went recently to find out how she can qualify as a whale and dolphin trainer. Despite the fact that she doesn't have a degree in marine biology or animal training, Saunders, who graduated from high school last spring, is confident Sea World will accept her. She's had experience with animals --- she has owned and trained her own horses, and was a volunteer at the Reid Park Zoo. She's also fond of performing in front of large audiences. "In diving, you're the sole source of attention. I've always liked that," she said. After her last visit to Sea world, Saunders is more opti- mistic than ever. She feels she impressed personnel officers there with her knowledge about the animals, and erased any misgivings they may have had about her. Still, Saunders feels Sea World is at least a year or so away. She is working as a blueprint manager for an engi- neering firm, saving money to pay off her car and taking night courses in animal behavior at Pima Community Col- lege. Though the wait isn't easy, Saunders knows how to make it less difficult. She continues to do what she has done in the past — dream about the streamlined creatures of the deep and the day she'll be handling them in front of crowds of curious onlookers. Westward, stroke —Phyllis Saunders, an eastsider who wants to go West — all the way to Sea world in an Diego as a whale trainer — works out before her scuba -diving Mass at the Dennis Weaver Pool. (Star photo by Art Grasberger) - By AL ARIAV mittee on school buses, which reports to the tjobs. They simply move people to different Another idea Goss had — this o.:ie has The Arizona Daily Star governor. departments," he said. become a reality — was to buy more diesel Before the Marana School District could try to save time and money by using John "don't Many people understand how use- "For example, a person who kept records P P P buses, which get 3 miles per gallon more than gasoline -powered ones And when a g po . Goss' idea, it would need some money right ful a computer would be to help in running buses efficiently," Goss said. "They figure m manually would be pushing buttons when a computer was bought. Computers still need district spends 50 cents a mile to run each awa Y � that if they don't need one to run their cars', human beings to program them. school bus, that's a" sound idea, he said. Diesel buses also last about 18 years or And that's what is keeping his idea for then why do 114 vehicles require one?" Marana's school buses travel "coast -to- 300,000 miles, he said. computer-assisted school transport system • coast" daily — 3,000 miles in the 550 -square - from becoming a reality. Marana school officials have been recap- mile district. Retired from the Air Force in 1976, Goss No, the computer wouldn't drive the buses tive to the computer idea, but a lack of money is preventing the district from using "Those yellow monsters travel more joined the Marana School District in 1977. He and vans, said Goss, director of the district's transportation and buildings operations. a computer for this purpose, he said. Nei- miles and carry more passengers than all commercial buses," Goss said. was a chief master sergeant in the Air Force, ther school officials nor Goss knows how But it would keep track of how many miles each bus travels, how long it is driven much the conversion to a computer system would cost, Electronic device to thwart library book thefts between oil changes, when it last hada , tuneup, and how many miles per gallon it During his 25 years in the Air Force as a Flowing wells Junior- High School has be- book is taken out the door, a district spokes - gets — sort of a "Big Brother" to make sure transportation director, Goss assisted in the come the first school in the district to use woman said. the buses are maintained and operated effi- creation of such a computer system to keepP an electronic "checkpoint" device to re - The machine is being used on atrial g basis, cientl . Y tabs on a variety of military equipment. The y ry eq p vent book thefts from the library. and similar lar devices probably will be pur- Goss is in charge of a 120 -vehicle -and- g computer would dispense information after chased for other Flowing wells schools if it equipment fleet, including 64 buses,. which its operator either fed tapes into it or The device, which cost about $4,000, can proves successful, she said. costs nearly $1 million a year to operate. He punched a keyboard, according to Goss. save the school an estimated $4,700 a year by The University of Arizona Main Library also is a member of a state advisory com- Machines dont do away with human triggering an alarm whenever an unchecked uses such a machine. TUCSON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER. 13, 1979° THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR SECTION D — PAGE SEVEN z North No rt N e I h b o rs G uns and. safaris- ■ are, th Is. docItor, s- s taalk t i n rade By AL ARIAV The Arizona Daily Star Those who think safaris attract only pretend hunters, who are escorted into deep African jungles in helicopters with guides aboard, should meet Dr. Donald Schmitz. Safaris are for anyone who appreciates big -game hunt- ing, its challenges and life -or -death risks, he said. Mounted animals are only a small part of the adventure, said Schmitz, a Tucson orthodontist, whose northside waiting room dis- plays his many big -game trophies. Schmitz has been on three safaris — in Kenya, South Africa and Russia — in 1961, 1975 and 1977, respectively. He was escorted by a rifle -toting professional hunter who served as a guide and a backup man in emergencies. A member of Safari Club International — a Tucson -based association of big -game hunters with 48 U.S. chapters — Schmitz has bagged about 50 species of wild game includ- ing the "Big 5" — lion, leopard, elephant, cape buffalo and rhino. He killed the lion in 1975, "and that was definitely the highlight of the safari," he said. s, On his month-long safaris, he stalked animals `from sun- rise to sunset, sometimes forgetting to rest or eat lunch. Each safari took more than a year's planning, he said. Schmitz, like the Safari Club, takes exception to some of the wildlife -control laws, saying some of the animals on the Fish and Wildlife Service's Endangered Species List are not endangered at all. He cites the zebra as an "unendangered" species. "All those do-gooders who make up hunting laws know nothing about the sport," Schmitz said. "We (big -game hunters) are not a bunch of maniacs who kill young animals. We shoot only animals past their prime. That's the name of the game. "Stalking the animal is the thrill, because you stand your ground. You can't chicken out. You just get the job done." The job, according to various animal-rights groups, is degrading. A spokesman for the Animal Defense Council said the organization opposes the Safari Club's stands. In April, Animal Defense members picketed Safari Club's headquarters in opposition to the club's planned 40 -acre museum of preserved animals. Oro Valley fires Morse as clerk The Oro Valley Town Council last week dismissed Dotti Morse, who had served as town clerk since late 1976. Morse was fired for allegedly not per- forming all her duties and for a high absen- teeism record, said Councilman James Kriegh. He said the council had warned Morse in the past about her alleged poor performance. Morse, the fourth clerk in the five years of the town, was replaced by Patricia No- land, formerly the clerk for Casa Grande. Unit's officers re-elected to planning, zoning panel The three officers of the Oro Valley Plan- ning and Zoning Commission were re- elected last week. . Sharon Chessen remains as chairman, Dorothy Montgomery as vice chairman and Maja Stewart as secretary. PAGE SIX — SECTION D * "One of Safari Cl mals. We also help i "Millions of dollars hunters pay in fees buy feed for starving, so-called endangered animals. These animals would die slowly and painfully if not for dedicated hunt- ers." The Safari Club is the most progressive hunting organi- zation in the country, according to Schmitz. The Safari Club and federal agencies have been debating in court in recent years over which animals are really endangered. Big -game hunters know more about endangered animals than bureaucrats, Schmitz said. A part of hunting, which he calls "hot, dirty, smelly work," involves learning about big game, he said. The endangered -list controversy is "more than just a pro -gun, anti -gun fight," the dentist said. "It's an infringe- ment of hunters' rights when they cannot participate in the process which selects the animals that are called endan- gered." Star photo by Art Grasberger Dr. Donald Schmitz and one of his big -game trophies P ub's main goals is conservation of ani- Schmitz said he has been hunting since childhood, and his n enforcing game laws," Schmitz said. children are learning to hunt. Learning seeks council seat George F. Learning, Marana's A resident of Marana for six planning and zoning administra- years, Learning was active in the for and chairman of the board of movement to incorporate the directors of its community clinic, community in late 1976. The town has filed papers as a write-in incorporated in early 1977, and candidate for City Council in Learning has been drafting its Marana's general election, which annual budgets since. is scheduled Tuesday. Learning is a professional man - Learning, an economist and agement and economics consult - publisher of The Marana Messen- ant . ger, a weekly, also, serves on the The names of 13 candidates Marana School Board. will appear on the ballot. Rideoff to pick march royalty A horseback "rideoff" to at the roping arena behind the choose a king and queen for the B -Lazy -L Restaurant at Sanders third annual Marana Founders' and Grier roads. Day parade will be held Saturday , at 10 a.m. in Marana. Winners of the rideoff will be The event, sponsored by the named king and queen of the Marana Lions Club, will be held Oct. 6 parade. THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR To the "shoot -pictures -not -wildlife" philosophy, Schmitz said: "Bull. The challenge is not there; being 30 yards from an elephant is more exciting than looking through a tele- photo lense hundreds of yards away." "Exciting," he said, is firing only one shot at an animal, knowing there is no second chance — a miss means the, beast Probably will charge toward the hunter at full speed. And "exciting" also means seeing antelopes, sables, gre`iter kudus and gazelles roam free in the African wild, according to Schmitz. "f unting is a thrill that can't be appreciated by non -hunt- ers because it's difficult to realize it means more than shooting. Television really misrepresents hunters many times. Hunting, in my opinion, is participating in the life of the animals you stalk," he said. Store serves as hub of community life (Continued from Page 1D) have to pay for more valuable property — increased traffic and population — may be too high, some add. Then there are those who favor development at all costs, such as 71 -year-old Beecher Terrell, who says, "At my age, a person can't' wait too long for his property value to in- crea=se." The paradox in Cortaro, an unincorporated community of mainly cotton farms, is that only a handful of individuals farm. Under long -postponed development plans, 1,600 acres being used to grow cotton by three persons would be taken out 0f cultivation, McGinnis says. Only five persons reside on the McGinnis property, which the investor has said would be developed in accord- ance with the Santa Cruz Narrows Area Plan to include single-family residences, townhouses and industrial users. The other Cortaro Farms residents are congregated in two mobile -home parks and in spread -out homes along the freeway. Meanwhile, as McGinnis talks of the area's future, the cash register keeps ringing at Cortaro General Store beside the flurry of interstate traffic. TUCSON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1979 ' •-may C' ' 'eti 1 ' 'lti.•. ;f \ 1 .. eighbors South ........... .'sSouth--M Washout ® Ed Behrendt stands across the Santa Cruz River from his property, which gradually has been washed away. In an at- tempt to protect his home from the river, Behrendt has reinforced the bank with old cars, boulders, logs and fenc- ing. (Star photo by Art Grasberger) I f ■ or ears, e s ou a osin a e wi a, river By PETER F. JOHNSON Behrendt contends the city should cut the river straight The Arizona Daily Star through that land, and fill in the bay to protect wells and For almost 25 years, Ed and Genevieve Behrendt have houses. watched the water take, and take and take, while the exis- tence of their red -brick home has become intertwined with the changing fortunes of the Santa Cruz River. Their tin fence stops abruptly where the river cut it off in 1977, when the water roared past at a depth of 25 feet. And they talk fondly of the big mesquite trees that once lined the bank. The river took them, too. As it heads north from Irvington Road to Ajo Way, the Santa Cruz bends east and then northwest, cutting a half- moon bay that has edged uncomfortably close to city wells and the Behrendts' property, the first in a line of homes stretching north to Ajo Way. a river has cut 14 feet into his land over the years, Behrendt estimated, and time and again he has gathered men, materials and machines to shore up the bank. Decaying cars lie cabled together in the sand amid chunks of concrete, asphalt, boulders, logs, rusting pipes and fenc- ing from earlier efforts to contain the river. Where the river turns at his property, Behrendt has filled the most recent cut with similar materials and surrounded the whole business with fencing. It held the last time the river ran high, and he prays it will hold again. But his preservation efforts have been stymied by van- dals who cut loose the car bodies, and scavengers searching for pipe and fencing, Behrendt said. City officials have sanctioned his efforts over the years ---� "They let me do what I want" --- but recent dumping by the city to protect the 40 or more wells along the river made people think it was OK to dump trash anywhere in the area, he said. "You should have seen the pile of junk and dead dogs after the city started dumping," Behrendt said. And on top of that, "They're putting stuff in where it should be taken out." Assistant City Manager Bill Mills said Behrendt "may get his wish," although it is too soon to say what the city will do with that stretch of the river. Behrendt would like the city to post signs indicating where to dump, in order to curb erosion. "It wouldn't be that much of a project. If they'll dump it in the right place, I'll push it down. I'll take a week off if they'll give me some equipment," he said. In the meantime, Behrendt keeps cable, tractors and a small earthmover on hand, just in case. But he isn't optimis- tic. "It (the river) just eats and eats, and I've held it. But I'm just one man, and I'm just about to give up." Sunnyside bonds due audit Oct. 1 An audit of Sunnyside School District bond funds is scheduled to begin Oct. 1, but the findings won't be available for at least a month after the district's Oct. 16 bond elec- tion. Tuesday night, the school board briefly discussed postponing the election, but took no action. Trustee Al Arellano said, "By postponing the election, we would be admit- ting that we have something to hide." Superintendent Lew Sorensen, reading a letter from the state Auditor General's Of- fice, told the board a shortage of manpower will prevent that office from completing the audit before the $6.2 million bond election. The audit was requested by Sorensen, and endorsed by the board after Camilo Cas- trillo, board president, accused two district officials of mismanaging bond funds. The bonds were approved in December 1977. Castrillo has asked that Elizabeth Krebs, assistant superintendent, and James Irwin, business -affairs director, resign. He ac- cused them of "incompetence in fiscal man- agement." At Tuesday's meeting, trustee Nancy Stinson vowed to resign if the audit shows mismanagement. "If the special audit finds any evidence of mismanagement, I will resign," she said, adding that she signed every voucher and is "equally responsible (for how the money was spent)." TUCSON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1979 THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR * SECTION D --�- PAGE THREE Star photo kry Art Grasberger Cruz offers a combination of `liberation' and Spanish-language publications ksto th soul ■ • b I• Chicanos sold on this oo re wi By LINDA ROACH MONROE They use her store to keep in touch with Mexi- She also learned much about the Mexican peo- The Arizona Daily Star can events through daily issues of El Imparcial ple, she said. "I did not know that villages like "Hi, Margo y Milton, said Jane Cruz as two of of Hermosillo, Son. Also, they can find one of the that existed in the 20th century. I had never been few newspapers to offer Spanish-language ac- exposed to the type of living conditions they had, a slow but steady stream of customers entered happy y counts of major U.S. and world news — La Opin- and yet how generous and ha the were." the cool semidarkness of her store, Campana ion of Los Angeles. Books. After that, she was hooked, eventually return - As Margo and Milton browsed, Cruz talked Cruz says she enjoys being able to provide ing to Mexico to live in Taxco, Guerrero, in 1967 about the store at 601 S. Fifth Ave., which she those things for neighborhood residents. But the and 1968. She earned 40 cents 1i day making calls "m soul." mainstay of the business is its status as a "job- jewelry, lived in a tenement and was known as Y Juanita to her neighbors. her" bookstore for libraries and school districts g Cruz's "soul" is a combination of "liberation" in search of Spanish-language and Chicano ma- writin s Spanish-language comic books and lit- terials. "I have people call from all over Arizona When Cruz returned to the Univ States to go gp p to college in New Orleans, she weighed erature, posters of people familiar to only the and New Mexico," she said. 75 pounds. "I was real) most ardent activists, Chicano magazines and Y hungam= she said. books, and bilingual teaching tools. Those libraries don't have time to keep track Two years later she came to the University of "Free Lolita Lebrdn," says one poster, ex- of the myriad Chicano publications issued by Arizona. In Tucson, she met and married plaining in small type that Lebrun and other small publishing houses, Cruz said. So she does it Ronaldo Cruz and began teachig at Salpointe armed Puerto Rican freedom fighters staged an for them, and fills orders regularly. High School, where she eventually developed a attack on Congress one day in 1954.its itself. I don't Mexican bilingual -bicultural program before That s how the store supports leaving in 1976. Elsewhere are the definitely apolitical "foto- get any bread and butter from it. If there's any novelas," romantic. comic -book type publica- surplus, I put it back into books," she says. Cruz said she first fell in love with Campana tions popular in Mexico. Books when she and her husband moved into the teachers can survey what Or she puts the surplus into projects such as neighborhood in 1973. She used it as a source of In yet another spot, Y Nuestro Vida, a magazine published in June Cruz says is one of the most comprehensive "low -riders" — low -slung, custo- books in setting up the bilingual program, she collections of bilingual teaching tools in the about Tucson's g' said. mized automobiles. Southwest. Then, more than a year ago, she saw one of the It's all part of a 6 -year-old neighborhood book- It's obvious from the first conversation with owners at a grocery store and lea reed they were store, which Cruz, 31, is proud of having operated the Oklahoma native that she loves the Mexican going to retire and close the Wokstore. Cruz for the last 14 months: "I know most of the culture in which she has immersed herself. offered to buy it instead. people who come in here. I call them by name — Her first contact with it came in 1966, when a "It was an instant decision," she said. Anxious and there's a pride in that." group of Christian doctors and dentists asked the to keep the store alive, the former owners sold If she has to stayhome sick a day or two, and 18 -year-old to act as an interpreter on a two-week it for $1,000 to Cruz and her husband. "It's under Cruz both of our names, but it's my bookstore," she the customers find the little bookstore closed, "I mission to treat poor Mexican villagers. know that they'll come back," she said. "I've was unsure how much good her high school said of the division of labor. had a guy walk all the way from A -Mountain to Spanish would be, but she went anyway. Now Cruz is concentrating on building up her come here." "That first day we worked 17 hours," she said. stock of bilingual teaching books, and hopes to But man of her customers especially the She had to interpret for 13 Americans, and neves,- put together a catalog of the titles she offers. She y y sit taught her what her Spanish dictionary also has just,become a student in a UA master's native Spanish speakers, come from the neigh- Y g p � borhood south of downtown in which the store is didn't: "I learned more Spanish that day than degree program in library science for Spanish I' er learned " speakers. Neighbors x°� Central Like clockwork •restores- -profession a ire onore� omin By PETER F. JOHNSON "The early methods of regulating clocks he quickly realized he knew nothing about The Arizona Daily Star were very interesting," he said, stressing the insides of timepieces. In 1797after Parliament instituted a tax the distinction between clucks, �` which tell So he took the clock to a jeweler, reler, who told , on timepieces, an enterprising Chauncey you the time, and timepieces, which you him to throw it out. Not quite ready to give Jerome sent shiploads of clocks from the have to look at. up, Breyfogle cleaned the macWnery in sol - United States to be sold clandestinely in `pendulums were invented in the 1600s, vent and oiled it. Britain. but they didn't know to hang them on a "It ran," he said. For about a year, Jerome and Parliament spring, so there were different times around the world. A pendulum has to move in a After that, he acquired tools, books and played a game of cat and mouse — the lawmaking body confiscated the clocks circle that coincides with the movement of other clocks. I did restorations for a little money, but usually just for spare pans." when it could find them, and for their return, Jerome usually paid the tax, which was re- the Earth," he said. The handiwork of yesterday's clock- Even now, Breyfogle buys most of his pealed in 1798. makers fills him with admiration, he said: tools with money earned through repairs, he Later, during the Germans' World War II blitz on London, the British found a ware- "They came up with ways to get mobile clocks to run efficient) in the 1600s. And the said. Today, he is "into restoration. I did one house full of Jerome's clocks, which sell for firstclock which was made in Genoa in from 1776 that had fallen over. I thoroughly $300 to $400 today, if you can find one, ac- 1328, .struck each hour from 1 to 24." enjoy it — it fascinates me. You do the best cording to A. Bruce Breyfogle, owner of the 1ey emphasize that fate could you can to put it back the way it was Time Shop, 4404 E. Speedway. Then there was the timepiece made in the made." Breyfogle, in May � gle, 52, opened his shop, � Y 1720s for England's Charles I. It told the ` hours, minutes, high and low tides at Lan - For the first few months after opening his after selling the restaurant franchises he don, the phases of the moon, had an astrolog- shop, Breyfogle, who used to repair me - had owned here since 1962. But he is no new- ical calendar, and could tell the difference chanical objects for the, Salvation Army, comer to the world of timepieces, and he has . between mean and sidereal time had nothing to sell but whit I had on con - as many tales to tell about them as there are signment." clocks in his shop. "It was one-third of an inch in diameter, had 237 moving parts and was set in a ring." « But he's been repairing clocks for 10 or << Clockmak�ng was a dying art until Today, the clock is part of the crown jewels, 12 years now, variety his shop i�as a vaety of 10 years ago because of our plastic use -it -up, he said. new and used timepieces. throw -it -away society," he said. "It's a little frihtenin .Hardly any watches are made frightening. g g Breyfogle's interest in clocks began about nter- Breyfogle does his best to drum up inter- in this country anymore, because John Q Q. 25 years ago when his father, a chef who g est in time p laces: Public wants it cheap." made cabinets as a hobby, was given an old "Clocks are appreciating now. Once But clocks are coming back because nos- clock that was falling apart. they're gone, they're gone. People are into talgia has brought a renewed interest in old "It was in such bad shape he was going to I fix it, I old clocks because they've aesthetically There's something calming, relax - things, said Breyfogle, whose business cards throw it out. I bet him $10 could and pleasing. refer to him as "the tik-tok man." took it apart," Breyfogle said, adding that ing about a clock." Star photo by Art Grasberger Breyfogle checks the musical disc of an 1598 German clock - Coping with a workaday world pled aito help their lot ►NNY MADDUX The concept has been tried in many model pro- rizona Daily Star grams all over the country. The most successful ( while learning to live with a has been one in Berkeley, Calif., called the Cen- ging, but three persons at the ter for Independent Living. )na have ars idea for making The disabled have been flocking to the Berke - 'r• ley center for help in finding accessible housing, .n independent living center attendants and other support services. couneling, referrals for jobs, ant care, and training in some The center envisioned here would be available eeded to survive in the worka- to help those with a wide range of disabilities. ;t able -died individuals take Doss and Roberts, who are being helped in their project by Kathy Buss, also a student in x�king, counting money, driv- rehabilitation education, said they are gathering ends. research for their idea. They haven't started on quadriplegic who is a gradu- any details, however, nor are they certain where ng on his master's degree in they will get the money. What is needed most is :ation, and Sylvia Doss, who community support and realization of the con- ,,rn and is partially paralyzed, cept that the disabled can rejoin society, they rt for their idea of eventually said. rater. Doss, who has completed an internship in spe- �s 5p��=k ®f a "trial -and -error" cial services in the UA College of Education itation faced by newly Nandi- before going back to the University of Missouri, 1ey emphasize that fate could is partially paralyzed as a result of a stroke she bled. suffered when she was 18. Roberts, 30, has been -a quadriplegic since a 1968 automobile accident in Phoenix. He said one of the things that made it easier was having a father who was confined to a wheelchair. "It helped me surmount a lot of the barriers," he said. Roberts is just now learning to cook for him- self and to drive his van, which has special modi- fications. located. ve ev . THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR TUCSON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1979 PAGE FOUR — SECTION D � TUCSON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1979 . Chapter orme r ■ � for h9 ihold time Horologists — experts on timepieces — with time on their hands now have a chance - to put their extra stems and pieces to good use while learning more about what makes _ things tick — and tock. - A group of watch and clock fanciers has started a local chapter of the National Asso-- ciation of Watch and Clock Collectors of Columbia, Pa., according to A. Bruce Brey- fogle, president of the club. The club, which has been meeting in the Grace H. Flandrau Planetarium on the Uni- versity of Arizona campus the first Tuesday of each month, has about 50 members and welcomes anyone interested in clocks, watches and timekeeping, Breyfogle said. Ewen Whitaker, club vice president, said, "We study the history and development of the instruments — we don't do any tinker- ing. Then, once a year we have an exchange mart between members." Some members collect only certain kinds of clocks, Breyfogle said. "One collects water clocks," and another is partial to Vienna regulators, "a very pretty, graceful clock that is used for accuracy in repairs." Dues are $12 a year, but members of the local chapter must belong to the national group, too, Breyfogle said. National dues are $20. The national organization has 113 chap- ters and 40,000 members in this country and numerous chapters in other countries, in- cluding Japan, Canada, Great Britain and Australia, he said. Dues include a subscrip- tion to the group's bimonthly magazine and a bimonthly listing of timepieces for sale. Breyfogle, who has been a national mem- ber for 16 years, said, "This is a family -type club. Wives, husbands and children are wel- come.'' SECTION D—PAGE FIVE