Portal, AZ - Rodeo, NM
Serving The Communities Of Portal and Rodeo (www.portal-rodeo.com)
Serving The Communities Of Portal and Rodeo (www.portal-rodeo.com)
Portal Rescue Sept. 17 Meeting Agenda
New Website Page: Well-Owner’s Toolkit
Chiricahua Regional Council - Update
Chiricahua Regional Council - August Newsletter
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Sep 15 Chiricahua Run Club 8:00 am (AZ)
Meet: Silver Peak Parking Lot. All activity levels are welcome!
A social, low-impact gathering, and beginners are encouraged
to join. Whether you’re an experienced runner, just getting
started, or simply looking for a fun way to ge outside and meet
others. Call or text 520-345-0846 with any questions!
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Sep 15 Medical Clinic Frances Grill, FNP-C. 8:30 am - 12:00 pm
2362 S. Rock House Road, Portal.
Call the Willcox office to schedule a visit: 520-766-5000
Local number during business hours:520-558-5000
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Sep 15 Hatha Yoga Foundations 5:00 - 6:15 pm (NM)
Rodeo Community Center. $15.00/class. $50.00 for 4 classes
Contact Anna For Details. 520-934-4453. Meets Tuesdays
Bring a yoga mat and something comfortable too sit on
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Sep 16 Portal / Rodeo / Animas Mens Service Group (MSG) 8:00 am (NM)
Rodeo Grocery & Café Weekly Meeting
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Sep 16 Sew What? Club Program 11:00 am (AZ)
“The Blues Knocked Me Out”
Speaker: Gary Sipperley, member of the Black-tailed Blues Band.
Location: Southwestern Research Station – room adjoining cafeteria.
Program is open to the community. Potluck luncheon follows.
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Sep 17 Hiking Club - To Be Determined At Our Meeting
Meet: Silver Peak Trailhead 8:00 a.m. AZ, 9:00 a.m. NM.
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Sep 17 Red Cross Blood Drive 10:00 am - 3:00 pm (AZ)
Sep 17 Medical Clinic Frances Grill, FNP-C. 1:30 pm - 5:00 pm (AZ)
2362 S. Rock House Road, Portal
Call Willcox office to schedule a visit: 520-766-5000
Local number :520-558-5000
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Sep 17 Exploring Meditation 2:00 - 3:15 pm (AZ)
Myrtle Kraft Library - Portal Meets every Thursday
Contact: Steve at sherablt@gmail.com
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Sep 17 Game Night At The Sky Islands Grill & Grocery 5:00 - 7:00 pm (NM)
Every Thursday Evening. Join the fun. Choose from existing games or
bring your own. We will have drink specials and our complete menu.
Let’s have some fun. For more information - call: (575) 557-1234.
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Sep 17 Portal Rescue Board Meeting 6:00 pm
Portal Rescue Classroom The Community Is Welcome
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Sep 18 Medical Clinic Frances Grill, FNP-C. 1:00 - 2:30 pm (AZ)
2362 S. Rock House Road, Portal.
Call the Willcox office to schedule a visit: 520-766-5000
Local number during business hours:520-558-5000 _____________________________________________________________________
Sep 19 Portal Community Farmer’s Market 9:00 am - 11:00 noon (AZ)
Downtown Portal - Lots of vendors - Every Saturday
Including Wind Dancer Farm - Order HERE
And… a great place to meet your neighbors
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Sep 19-20 Heritage Days 2026
Geronimo Event Center - Rodeo
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Sep 19 Open Mic Music Night At The Sky Island Grill
5:00 - 7:00 pm (NM)
Call to reserve a table
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Sep 20 Church Services In Rodeo
The Rodeo Baptist Church has a food pantry for anyone needing food items.
Stop by any Sunday or call Gail Wolf at 520-587-0081
or Pat Crowley at 575-590-0839.
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Sep 23 Celebration Of Chiricahua Land Conservancy 5:30 pm (AZ)
Location: Home of Paul Hirt & Linda Jaksie
Live music by The Shaelyn Band. Minimum suggested donation: $25.00
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Sep 24-27 Haiku Arizona: An Immersive Workshop
Cave Creek Ranch Fee $115. Meal plans available through Sun
breakfast.
Questions/Brochure: Deborah Bowman dbowmanphd@gmail.com
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Sep 25 Malpai Borderlands Group Annual Science Conference 10:00 am (NM)
Geronimo Event Center
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Sep 25 Live Music At The Portal Café 6:00 pm (AZ)
Featuring: The Shaelyn Band Cover charge: $15.00
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Sep 26 Opening Of Apache Wars Artifact Collection 11:00 am - 4:00 pm (AZ)
Chiricahua Regional Museum - Wilcox Free to the community
Sponsor: Cochise County Historical Society
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Sep 27 Nature Journaling 9:00 am - 11:30 (AZ)
Cave Creek Ranch Classroom Please join us to explore Cave Creek
Canyon through focused attention and journaling.
Questions? Contact FoCCCeducation@gmail.com
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Oct 3 Portal Rescue Annual Fall Recruiting Community Event 2:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Rescue Classroom Details coming
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Oct 3 Portal Rescue Community Learning Day 2:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Rescue Classroom. EMTs and Firefighters will provide life-saving
information.
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Oct 6 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Library Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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Oct 7 Meeting Of The Rodeo Community Association 5:30 pm (NM)
Rodeo Community Center
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Oct 9 Sew What Forum 7:00 pm (AZ)
Birds, Wildlife And Impressions Of South Africa
Speakers: Kathleen & Scott Huber Portal Rescue Classroom
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Oct 10 Second Saturday - Community Farmer’s Market 9:00 am -11:00 am (AZ)
Downtown Portal - Lots of vendors - Community Organizations
Including Wind Dancer Farm - Order HERE
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Oct 10 Greg’s Last Dance: A Celebration Of Greg Yates 4:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Café. Music by Blacktail Blues Band + Tom Shield
Dance: 4:30 - 7:00 pm
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Oct 11 Quarterly Chiricahua Peloncillo Historical Society Meeting 2:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Rescue Classroomn
Karen Walker will share memories of growing up in Paradise and visiting her
Father, Tim Walker, at the Silverpeak Fire Lookout station.
Board meeting to follow.
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Oct 13 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Rodeo Community Center Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
Kathline at: tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location.
Bring a yoga mat.
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Oct 14 Sew What? Club Program 11:00am (AZ)
“Introduction to the Milky Way”
Speaker: Dr. Rick Lasher, resident of Sky Village.
Location: Portal Rescue Classroom.
Program is open to the community. Potluck luncheon follows.
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Oct 16 Movie Night - With Snacks 6:00 pm (NM)
Rodeo Community Center
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Oct 18 Pancake - Waffle Breakfast 9:00 am - 12:00 noon (NM)
Rodeo Community Center
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Oct 19 Circuit Writers Group Meeting 9:00 am (AZ)
Location to be announced.
Contact Debb at: dalderjohnson@gmail.com or 520-558-3266.
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Oct 20 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Portal Rescue Classroom Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location. Bring a yoga mat.
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Oct 23 Sew What Forum 7:00 pm (AZ)
Repeat Photography And Post-Horseshoe II Vegetation Change In The
Chiricahua Mountains
Speaker: Dr. Jim Malusa Portal Rescue Classroom
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Oct 24 70th Birthday Party For Scott Huber Time to be announced
Geronimo Event Center Food, Music, Refreshments
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Oct 27 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Rodeo Community Center Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
Kathline at: tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location.
Bring a yoga mat.
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Oct 30 Hidden Visitors: What eDNA Reveals About Portal’s Nectar Bats 12:00 noon (AZ)
ZOOM presentation by Dr. Kristen Lear, Agave Restoration Initiative Director,
Bat Conservation International
Link:https://us06web.zoom.us/j/810703
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Oct 31 Oktoberfest - Rummage & Bake Sale - Brat Café 9:00 am - Noon (AZ)
Downtown Portal
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Nov 4 Meeting Of The Rodeo Community Association 5:30 pm
Rodeo Community Center
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Nov 6 Sew What Forum 7:00 pm (AZ)
How Global Heating is Changing the Arizona Monsoon
Speaker: Mike Leuthold Portal Rescue Classroom
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Nov 10 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Portal Rescue Classroom Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location. Bring a yoga mat.
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Nov 10 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm
Portal Library Ten Birds That Changed the World by Stephen Moss
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Nov 11 Sew What? Club Program 11:00am (AZ)
“AI: What It Is, How It Works, and How It Can Help You”
Speaker Carvin Wilson. Location: Portal Rescue Classroom
Program is open to the community. Potluck luncheon follows.
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Nov 11 Veterans Day Lunch 11:00 am
Rodeo Community Center FREE FOR VETERANS
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Nov 12 Red Cross Blood Drive 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Nov 14 Craft Fair 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Rodeo Community Center
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Nov 14 Client & Neighbor Appreciation Party
Sky Island Grill & Grocery Hosted by Penni Parrish
Music - Food - Dancing - Games
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Nov 17 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Rodeo Community Center Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
Kathline at: tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location.
Bring a yoga mat.
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Nov 20 Chiricahua Gallery Holiday Show 4:00 - 6:00 pm (NM)
Members Only Reception
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Nov 21 Chiricahua Gallery Holiday Show 9:00 am - 5:00 pm (NM)
Open To The Community
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Nov 24 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Portal Rescue Classroom Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location. Bring a yoga mat.
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Dec 1 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Rodeo Community Center Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
Kathline at: tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location.
Bring a yoga mat.
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Dec 2 Meeting Of The Rodeo Community Association 4:30 pm
Rodeo Community Center
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Dec 4 Sew What Forum 7:00 pm (AZ)
Twelve Cultures: A Lifetime of Experiences
Speaker: Rod Rylander Portal Rescue Classroom
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Dec 8 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Portal Rescue Classroom Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location. Bring a yoga mat.
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Dec 8 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm
Portal Library Caleb's Crossing: A Novel by Geraldine Brooks
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Dec 10 Portal Rescue Board Meeting 6:00 pm
Portal Rescue Classroom The Community Is Welcome
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Dec 12 Community Holiday Dinner 5:00 pm
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Dec 15 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Rodeo Community Center Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
Kathline at: tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location.
Bring a yoga mat.
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Dec 18 Game Night & Cookie Exchange 4:00 pm
Rodeo Community Center
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Dec 22 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Portal Rescue Classroom Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location. Bring a yoga mat.
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Dec 29 Exercise Class 10:00 am (AZ)
Rodeo Community Center Cost: $12.00/class RSVP with a reply to
Kathline at: tonopawbabe@gmail.com and specify class location.
Bring a yoga mat.
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Jan 5 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm
Portal Library Poetry Night
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Jan 15 Sew What Forum 7:00 pm (AZ)
Weaving the World: Nets, Knots, Fiber and Fabric
Speaker: Dr. Jeanne Simonelli Portal Rescue Classroom
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Jan 20 Sew What? Club Program 11:00am (AZ)
Observing and Photographing Water Bird Behavior along the U.S. Gulf
Coast - Chapter Two”
Location: Portal Rescue Classroom. Speaker Dr. Chris Cunningham
Program is open to the community. Potluck luncheon follows.
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Jan 27 Heart Of Haiku 2:00 pm
Free at the Portal Library. Four sessions in January* with Deborah. Open to new &
returning students. Each year we study new themes and selections of haiku to
better appreciate the genre.
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Feb 2 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm
Portal Library A Sand Country Almanac by Aldo Leopold
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Feb 17 Sew What? Club Program 11:00am (AZ)
“Trophic Cascades — Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Conservation”
Speaker: Kim Vacariu. Location: Portal Rescue Classroom.
Program is open to the community. Potluck luncheon follows.
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Feb 19 Sew What Forum 7:00 pm (AZ)
The Nakasendo: Trail of Shoguns, Samurai, Poets & Monks
Speakers: Deborah Bowman and Steve Burden Portal Rescue Classroom
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Mar 2 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Library The Correspondent: A Novel by Virginia Evans
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Mar 17 Sew What? Club Program 11:00am (AZ)
“Arizona Boots and Burgers: A Guide for Hungry Hikers - Eat and Hike with
Roger Naylor” Speaker: Roger Naylor, “the dean of Arizona travel writers”.
Location: Portal Rescue Classroom.
Program is open to the community. Potluck luncheon follows.
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Mar 19 Sew What Forum 7:00 pm (AZ)
NASA’s Pluto Flyby: Love at First Mission
Speaker: Laurie Cantillo Portal Rescue Classroom
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Apr 6 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Library Island at the Edge of the World: The Forgotten History of
Easter Island – A Provocative Archaeological Study of Colonial Legacy,
Indigenous Reclamation, and the Collapse Myth by Mike Pitts
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Apr 9 Sew What Forum 7:00 pm (AZ)
The Foods We Eat: Where Our Calories Come From & The Pollution Created
by What’s on Our Tables Speaker: Dr. Tom Morris Portal Rescue Classroom
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Apr 21 Sew What? Club Program 11:00am (AZ)
“The Private Lives of Atlantic Puffins and Common Murres”
Speaker Dr. Anne Storey, Memorial University in Newfoundland.
Location: Portal Rescue Classroom.
Program is open to the community. Potluck luncheon follows.
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May 4 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Library A Siege of Bitterns: A Birder Murder Mystery by Steve Burrows
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May 7 Sew What Forum 7:00 pm (AZ)
A Visual Tour of Chiricahua Plants: A Sample of its Extreme Biodiversity
Speaker: Dr. Mark Dimmitt Portal Rescue Classroom
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May 19 Sew What? Club Program 11:00am (AZ)
“Writings from the Circuit Writers”. Location: Debb Johnson’s home in Portal.
Program is open to Sew What? Club Members only. Potluck luncheon follows.
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Jun 1 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Library The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
by Richard Dawkins
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Jul 6 Book Discussion Group 7:00 pm (AZ)
Portal Library Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
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