Editor's note: This story is excerpted from Arizona Highways' fifth annual guide to the state's best weekend adventures and road trips, which ran in the magazine's January issue.

Sonoita sculptor Deborah Copenhaver Fellows never met the late Arizona senator and former presidential candidate Barry Goldwater - but she feels as though she's gotten to know him over the past few months.

A southern Arizona wildfire is 60 percent contained according to Coronado National Forest Service officials. The Hilton fire has been burning since Saturday afternoon in the Empire Hills north of Sonoita.

TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona wildfire has burned 533 acres south of Tucson. The U.S. Forest Service said Monday about 130 firefighters are continuing to work the Hilton fire in the Empire Hills north of Sonoita.

A wildfire that has burned 533 acres south of Tucson is expected to be almost fully contained soon.

A southern Arizona wildfire is 60 percent contained according to Coronado National Forest Service officials. The Hilton fire has been burning since Saturday afternoon in the Empire Hills north of Sonoita.

An artist from Sonoita has been selected to create a statue of the late Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater that will be kept at the U.S. Capitol.

A former Bigfork resident living in Sonoita, Ariz. will sculpt a statue of Barry M. Goldwater for display in National Statuary Hall, part of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

The human-caused fire is burning in grass and brush and some structures are threatened, a spokeswoman said.

Attorneys for the suspect in the Tucson shooting that wounded then-U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords are objecting to prosecutors receiving a prison psychologist's personal notes on their client.