The document is a newspaper containing local weather forecasts, obituaries, and news briefs from Sierra Vista, Arizona. It includes the day's weather forecasts for cities in Arizona and around the world, as well as historical facts and short articles about a local art gallery closing due to censorship of nude artwork deemed inappropriate by one of the building owners.

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Today is Thursday, Nov. 19.
On this date in 1887, a boiler exploded in a
Prescott sawmill, killing six workmen.
On this date in 1929, by a vote of more than 2 to
1, Cochise County residents elected to move the
county seat from Tombstone to Bisbee.
On this date in 1929, a party of surveyors from
the Pima County engineers office left for the Ajo-
Sonoyta road project site to begin preliminary
surveying.
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marshal of Willcox, and grandfather of movie and
recording star Rex Allen, died.
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S i e r r a V i s t a
On this date
or how to cover, We
all understand the art
side of this,” also from
Michael.
M e g g e n i n v i t e d
bui ldi ng co - ow ner
Scott Ries to the meet-
ing thinking he would
be supportive because
he was at the opening
for the entire evening
and spent time talking
to artist Eric Kasper.
“He never said any-
thing negative to us
when talking about the
art,” Eric Meyer said
of Ries.
The couple went to
the meeting think-
ing they were going to
discuss a single piece
of art — a painting
by Eric Kasper titled
“Photograph.”
During their discus-
sions, Eric Meyer sug-
gested a compromise.
“We were willing
to switch that piece,
which was front and
center, with another
piece, and cover that
section with a banner
so that it was more
shielded f rom t he
public but still in the
show,” Meggen said.
“Michael was willing
to have that discussion
but Scott was not.”
“Then I came up
with another sugges-
tion,” Eric said, “of
putting up curtains
and actually priva-
tizing that part of
the show and so that
people could choose
whether or not to enter
that area, and you
couldn’t see that art
without entering it,”
he said. “Michael was
excited about that and
even made an analogy
to other galleries that
did just that.”
But Meggen wasn’t
crazy about that idea.
“I was concerned
about creating an in-
terpretation for the art
before the viewer had
a chance to interpret
it on their own,” she
said.
The final suggestion,
from Ries, was to put
a sheet or a board in
front of all of the piec-
es of art he deemed “of-
fensive” — all seven of
them — and then have
them replaced as soon
as possible with other
art that he approved
of.
“All of the controver-
sy was nudity,” Eric
said. “He said it was
pornographic.”
“I said to Scott that
was his own interpre-
tation of the art,” said
Meggen.
Some of the paint-
ings show horse pe-
nises. Others are par-
tial nudes that show
breasts and a man’s
penis.
In the end, the cou-
ple decided not to bow
down to censorship
and opted instead to
close the gallery.
“The gallery was a
collaboration between
us and the building,”
Meggen said. “We
were the curators/
operators. The build-
ing owners were re-
a l ly suppor tive in
the beginning and
the gallery wouldn’t
have looked as great
as it did without the
graphic design skills
of Michael Page. I don’t
have any animosity to-
wards them. They of-
fered us the chance
to have a really cool
gallery, but I’m not
going to run a gal-
lery if you are going
to come in and tell me
what I can put up and
not put up,” she said.
“There is no point to
spending my time and
money. I wanted to do
a show about how it
feels to live on the bor-
der. That could be very
political.”
Meggen is also clos-
ing her original, hand-
made clothing store,
Mag netic Threads,
which has been in the
Convention Center for
the past four years.
Her designs have gar-
nered her invitations
to participate in New
York Fashion Week
shows and been includ-
ed in the Latin Gram-
my Gift Bags, she says.
“I was really excited
about the gallery and
that was my motiva-
tion and now I don’t
have the desire to stay
open,” she said of her
store.
Ries, who is presi-
dent of Border City
La nd Cor poration,
which owns the build-
ing and is a partner-
ship between him and
the Page family, said
he did not feel the type
of art that was in the
exhibit was appropri-
ate for the market of
the building.
“I really appreci-
ate Meggen and Eric,”
Ries said. “They are
a great young couple
that have done busi-
ness in our building.
I appreciate their ef-
forts to operate a gal-
lery. We simply had an
artistic disagreement
and then Meggen and
Eric then chose to ter-
minate our agreement
to operate the gallery. I
respect what they want
to accomplish but I do
not want this form of
art in my building. It’s
a family building, pure
and simple. The paint-
ings were not appro-
priate for youngsters
in particular, and the
complaints came from
adults.”
At the opening, Ries
said he didn’t look
that closely at the art,
and didn’t until the
next — after he got the
complaints.
“If you don’t focus on
it, you can miss it,” he
said. “The one with the
children was sexual
and pornographic. You
almost had to get down
on your knees to see it
because it was at the
bottom of the frame.”
He also said he did
not receive any com-
plaints from other ten-
ants in the building,
which houses several
other businesses, most
owned by the Page fam-
ily, who are also part
owners in the building.
Michael Page did not
return calls request-
ing a comment. But
at least one other ten-
ant in the building is
sorry to see the gallery
go. Carol Lokey, who
owns Bisbee Books and
Music with her part-
ner Robert Voss, said
she felt the gallery was
a great addition to the
building.
“It’s a loss to the
building,” she said of
the gallery’s closing.
And others in the
community are just
sorry to see the turn of
events.
“I think it’s very sad
that in 2015 we have
outdated puritanical
values that censor art,”
said Vincent Wicks,
who recently opened
Vincente’s Fine Art
Gallery, on Main St. in
Old Bisbee.
“I don’t think cen-
sorship has a place in
this society and the
art world,” said Bisbee
resident and former
arts professor Charles
Bethea. “If the people
who own the building
gave them the respon-
sibility to curate art
for that gallery then it
seems to me that they
should be supported.
I’m disturbed that
they weren’t. Let the
art show. Let people
complain. People com-
plain about art all the
time. Remember you
are looking at someone
else’s vision. Your reac-
tion can be your reac-
tion but that doesn’t
mean your reaction is
correct.”
Fellow artist in the
show, photographer Ty
McNeely said he was
also disappointed in the
outcome.
“I find it saddening
that a place like Bisbee
that is so open to free
thinkers and artistic
minds would so quickly
condemn artwork,” he
said.
The combat veter-
an said the reason he
got into photography
was in part to fight
censorship.
“ T hi n gs a re not
covered the way they
should be,” he said. “Ev-
erything is glossed over
and censored. I find it
disconcerting that this
show was only up for
two days before it was
condemned by people.
It’s censorship of art-
work and that’s surpris-
ing for Old Bisbee.”
As for artist Eric
Kasper, whose works
Ries found offensive,
he said those same
paintings were exhib-
ited in several other
galleries in the Phoe-
nix area without any
issues, and that thou-
sands of other famous
paintings show more
nudity that than some
of his.
“I just really want to
stress how proud I am
to be associated with
Meggen and Eric,” he
said. “They have this
unflinching nerve to
choose the progres-
sion of society over
their own livelihood. I
just think that is an in-
credible thing. We are
proud to know them
and to know that they
are doing this to fight
censorship. It speaks a
lot to their character.”
And as for the empty
space left by the va-
cated gallery, Ries said
he plans to make it an
extension of the Bis-
bee Coffee Company, a
Page family business,
and create a cyber cafe
following the instal-
lation of a high speed
fiber optic network,
which should be in-
stalled by the end of
the year. And on the
walls — their own se-
lected art.
Gallery: Rather than change the exhibit, couple closes gallery
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Obituary
Joseph F. Kuriger
January 9,1935—November14,2015
Joseph F. Kuriger, 80, passed away peacefully at
his Sierra Vista home with his family by his side.
Joe was born Jan. 9, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pa.,
to Joseph and Gertrude
Kuriger. He graduated
from Northeastern High
School in Philadelphia
and entered the United
States Air Force where
he served as an Airborne
Fire Control Systems
Technician. He also
served in the United
States Naval Reserves.
After an honorable
military discharge he
began work as a computer
programmer, where his
work took him to the Mt.
Lemmon Air Force Station in Tucson, Ariz. It
was here where he met Dorothy Nelson and they
were married June 4, 1961, in her hometown of
Lake Mills, Iowa. After they were married, Joe
and Dottie relocated to Savage, Md., where Joe
worked as a programmer and they started their
family. Their shared love of the desert southwest
brought them to Sierra Vista, Ariz., in 1975,
where they have lived ever since.
Joe is preceded in death by his parents and
by his wife of 46 years, Dottie. He is survived
by his daughter, Karen Magatagan (Mike) of
Sierra Vista, sons Kurt of Rockford, Ill., and
Kris of Sierra Vista. He is also survived by
grandchildren, Kelly, Amy, Ian, Kevin, Jene,
Whittney, Craig, Tyler, Lexi, Sam and Haley and
great-grandchildren Rebekah, Thomas, Jacob,
Cody, Makaela, Kevin, and Joleighn.
Our family would like to express their sincere
gratitude to the many friends who made it
possible for Joe to remain home during his final
days, especially Mike, Becky, Sarah, Paul and
Jason. Your kindness to our family can never be
repaid. A special thank you to Valor Hospice for
their caring, professional services.
A memorial service will be held Saturday, Nov.
21, at 2 p.m. at the Sierra Vista United Methodist
Church. Joe was a kind and generous man
who would give the shirt off his back or offer
a place to stay if one was needed. With that in
mind in lieu of flowers the family requests that
any donations be made in his name to the Good
Neighbor Alliance of Sierra Vista.
Arrangements are by Hatfield Funeral Home,
with online condolences at hatfieldfh.com.