From the Editor

The Wrong Statue? Or the Wrong Greenway? An Arizona History

May 16, 2012

By Susan Call In January the Arizona Daily Star announced in an article by Phil Villarreal that a sculptor in Sonoita was making a statue of Barry Goldwater. This would be placed in the Statuary Hall of the Capitol in Washington, D. C., replacing the statue there of John Greenway, Arizona businessman, engineer, miner and rancher. Shortly thereafter, the Nogales International newspaper article by Marion Vendituoli announced, “Local sculptor to create statue of Sen. Barry Goldwater for U.S. Capitol,” and stated that this would replace the statue of Isabella Greenway. Apparently the excitement of having a local artist create...

Aah, Springtime!

March 24, 2012

Boojums and Cardons in Baja, by Jerry Wheeler

By Susan Call Spring in the desert is always surprising, especially to those folks from other regions who look for the decrease in freezing days and the tentative bloom of trees and flowers. Since we are blessed with blue skies and warm days almost all year long (yes, I know, sometimes too warm!), we seek other signs that it is spring. These might be the near-perfect temperatures as well as the masses of wildflowers we are treated to if the weather has cooperated. But one of the most unique surprises of our springtime can only be enjoyed off the...

From the Editor: Civano Community News

March 24, 2012

By Susan Call Some happenings that everyone in Civano should be aware of include the creation of a new HOA committee: the CCAAC, which replaces the Rotunda Committee. This committee originally was created to care for the neighborhood center building, where the activities of the Civano Neighborhood Association typically take place. The committee serves as an interface between the neighborhood association and the home owners association, at least as I understand it. The CCAAC stands for Civano Common Area Assets Committee, so I guess the duties of the former Rotunda Committee have been expanded too. At any rate, some...

From the Editor: Trouble in Paradise?

November 11, 2011

By Susan Call, Editor Here in Civano we’ve just had a taste in September of the road construction to come on Houghton Road (that’s pronounced hoe… not how… according to that arbiter of information, the Arizona Daily Star). How do you think you’ll survive the next many months as the road progresses? Does it make it more tolerable to believe that we will end up with an attractively landscaped, divided four-lane roadway? Remember, the northern access to Civano Boulevard off Houghton is scheduled to be closed to southbound entering traffic. Otherwise, we hope and expect that the road will...

From the Editor: The Future of Books

September 18, 2011

By Susan Call The most meaningful conversation during the week-long writers conference that I attended in Squaw Valley, California, was one I had at a party after the conference ended. This occurred when I took my confidence in hand, along with a glass of wine, and approached Alan Cheuse (author, editor and NPR book champion) to ask what he thought of the demise of the literary book review in newspapers. At one of the talks during the previous week we learned that more books are being published, and more writers are producing them, keeping more readers enthralled, than ever...

From the Editor: Civano’s Dog Park Becoming a Reality

July 13, 2011

By Susan Call Civano is known as a pet-friendly community, as attested to by the number of dogs and their owners who daily parade on our sidewalks and tree-shaded pathways. For several years there has been an active program to develop a dog park for the community where dogs could be safely allowed off-leash. When I first moved into my new home in 2006, one of the first issues before the homeowners association was the creation of a dog park. Now it seems that this may actually be nearing existence. The plan has gone through several possible locations, until...

From the Editor: New Town Crier!

May 19, 2011

Welcome to the new, improved, greener The Town Crier! We hope this version will be well received; our small test audience so far seems quite pleased. Still, we want to receive your comments. Send them to me at towncrier@civanoneighbors.com. Our online survey conducted last month brought 30 responses, of which 93% said they do read The Town Crier. A couple of responses were received as emails. These indicated preferences for articles of personal interest, or about community residents, which is as it should be for a neighborhood newspaper. People want to know what’s going on. An interesting finding was...