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Andrew Wyeth, “On the Edge,” 2001, tempera on panel.

(Photos courtesy Bank of America Collection, copyright 2020 Andrew Wyeth/Artists Rights Society, New York)

Three Generations Tucson Museum of Art celebrates the Wyeth family

BY LAURA LATZKO

themed works.

Arthur was known for American realOften, artistic talent runs in families.

This is the case for the Wyeths, a prom- ist paintings done with watercolor, dryinent family of artists who have found brush and tempera techniques, and Jasuccess within their own individual medi- mie often represents people, animals and landscapes in his Americana-themed oil ums and styles.

From January 21 to May 9, the Tucson paintings and mixed-media work.

The Wyeths’ paintings were often inMuseum of Art will showcase the work of three artists from the Wyeth family—N.C. spired by Maine and Pennsylvania, where Wyeth, his son Arthur Wyeth, and his the family lived. grandson Jamie Wyeth.

Christine Brindza, senior curator and The Wyeth exhibit features around 80 James and Louise Glasser curator of Art pieces from the three prominent Wyeths. of the American West, says the exhibition showcases the connection between the artists but also highlights how they are different.

“They all have perspectives of the American experience.

They have different styles.

They have different views of the world, but they each reflect aspects of American tradition and American experience,” Brindza says.

“You can look at them as a unit and see them as almost a group, but they each have their own techniques, their own styles, their own media that makes them stand apart.

N.C. Wyeth, “Untitled landscape,” 1923, oil on linen.

They each stand on their own N.C. was an illustrator who worked with and reflect ideas of their own lives, their authors such as Robert Louis Stevenson own homes, their own landscapes.”

The exhibition is comprised of paintand Washington Irving. He also painted landscapes, seascapes and historically ings, illustrations and equipment used for

printing, such as zinc plates.

The section on N.C. includes illustrations and scenes of hunting, fishing and tapping maples from trees. The area focused on Arthur has outdoor scenes, stilllife paintings and portraits, while Jamie’s part has pumpkin-head self-portraits as well as animal-themed works.

Jamie Wyeth, “Patriot’s Barn,” 2001, mixed media on toned board.

Brindza says Arthur’s work often had a contemplative quality, and Jamie brings a sense of humor to his pieces.

The exhibit touches upon what makes each artist distinctive.

“You have these unique highlights of these artists’ careers in the show,” Brindza says.

The exhibition also has pieces from other family members, including portraits and still-life paintings from N.C.’s oldest daughter, Henriette Wyeth Hurd.

Other members of the family, including another of N.C.’s sons and his daughter, N.C. Wyeth, “Eight Bells (Clyde, Stanley and Andrew Wyeth aboard Eight Bells),” 1937, oil on hardboard. www.LovinLife.com

were also artists.

Henriette’s husband, Peter Hurd, was a student of N.C.’s and did landscape paintings of New Mexico.

Arthur’s granddaughter, Victoria Wyeth, is helping to keep the family history alive.

Brindza says that in researching the Wyeths for the exhibition, she was surprised by just how many artists there are in the family.

“I just find that interesting how deeply that ability is in that family. It is a deeply ingrained talent that goes from generation to generation. … They are such a powerful artistic family that signifies American art,” Brindza says.

The museum already had a previous connection to the Wyeth family, as it has pieces by Jamie, Andrew, Henriette and her son Michael Hurd in its collection.

The exhibition is part of Bank of America’s Art in Our Communities Program.

The museum last exhibited a Bank of America collection in 2014, when it featured “Miradas: Ancient Roots in Modern and Contemporary Mexican Art.”

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What: The Wyeths: Three Generations When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursdays to Sundays, January 21 to May 9 Where: Tucson Museum of Art, 140 N. Main Avenue Cost: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors 65 and older, $7 for students and teens 13 to 17, free for children 12 and under, veterans and active military Info: 624-2333, tucsonmuseumofart.org JANUARY 2021

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Adapting to COVID-19 Lucky Cat Social Art brings mobile painting to small groups

BY LAURA LATZKO Being adaptable during the COVID-19 pandemic has been important for local businesses. For Lucky Cat Social Art, this has meant providing new options with its mobile painting and crafting parties.

With the pandemic, people can’t gather in large groups. Tucson-based Lucky Cat has responded to this by allowing for smaller groups to book painting and crafting parties.

The company has waived its requirement of 10 participants, allowing smaller groupings of people to get together for birthdays, baby or bridal showers, date nights, anniversaries, ladies nights and other special occasions.

Lucky Cat also does customized teambuilding activities for corporate clients.

“We realize that people have things they still want to celebrate. You can’t do that in big groups these days, so we try to help people to still be able to despite COVID,” says owner Michelle Schloss.

The company offers more traditional painting parties, where participants recreate a work of art, as well as crafting activities, like Southwest ornament making.

Although Lucky Cat has a catalog of possible art projects, many clients ask for customized sessions.

For corporate clients, the studio offers paintings of symbolic objects, such as a bird that represents shared team goals.

The company has also created projects customized to organizations’ missions, such as paintings with firefighter themes.

Schloss says it is important that the craft-making or painting experience and the pieces created have meaning for participants.

“We try to keep it as a keepsake ornament, not something you will toss but something you will keep for years and years,” Schloss says.

Right: Lucky Cat Social Art offers mobile crafting and painting parties for various occasions. Below: Skilled instructors lead crafting and painting activities during Lucky Cat Social Art mobile parties.

(Photos courtesy Michelle Schloss)

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The sessions are led by skilled instructors who have backgrounds as teachers and/or artists. Schloss used to be a high school teacher.

“We pride ourselves because we have instructors who are educators as well, so they really know how to teach. We can take anybody step by step through a process, and they’ll end up with something that they are really happy with at the end,” Schloss says.

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her staff of instructors to three from eight. Although her company has continued mobile parties, this is only a part of what it normally does.

During mobile parties, Lucky Cat often provides all of the supplies needed, including food and seating.

For some of the crafts, Schloss and her staff will get creative with the materials they use. They have incorporated unconventional materials such as tree trimmings from local tree farms or sticks from the Arizona desert.

Lucky Cat is often hired to lead crafting activities or create pieces for festivals and charity events. Over the years, they have worked closely with charities such as the March of Dimes.

The company also collaborates with the Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance (SAACA) on special events, such as food and wine gatherings.

Schloss says that despite challenges, she is appreciative that she has been able to keep working during this time.

“I’m so grateful for the relationships and the people who are continuing to support us, because I don’t know how we would do it without them. Their generosity, thinking of us during this time and finding ways to hire us, has been so touching,” Schloss says.

The organization also accepts donations of items such as magazines, rocks and toilet paper rolls.

Early in the pandemic, Lucky Cat created videos with DIY home projects, such as making picture frames and bookmarks from items at home.

Lucky Cat observes COVID-19 guidelines, requiring staff to wear masks and do regular temperature screenings as well as sanitizing art supplies in between uses.

Lucky Cat has gone virtual, too, hosting Zoom parties this year.

For these sessions, instructors try to provide extra help to participants if they don’t have the same exact supplies on hand at home.

At Lucky Cat Social Art parties, participants can make crafts such as ornaments around the holidays as well as Southwestern-themed painting and crafting activities.

“If you’ve got a brush that’s not like everybody else’s brush, we can let you know you might want to hold it like this or use it in this way to achieve the same effect,” Schloss says.

Schloss says the biggest challenge with Zoom meetings can be keeping viewers’ attention.

“We try to make it as fun as you can make it. We’ll have questions in between.

It’s very interactive. You’ll have one person leading the class, and then we’ve got another person that moderates and tries to infuse some fun into it,” Schloss says.

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Encouraging Artistic Collaboration SAACA brings creativity with Catalyst Arts and Maker Space

BY LAURA LATZKO The Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance has long been dedicated to promoting and preserving the arts, as well as encouraging artist collaboration.

With its new Catalyst Arts and Maker Space, the organization is continuing in this mission by offering a space for artistic, musical, culinary and scientific endeavors.

Found inside of the Tucson Mall, the 14,000-square-foot facility was designed to accommodate many events and projects.

SAACA is working under a phased reopening plan for Catalyst, which isn’t open to the public at the moment. Private groups and organizations as well as artists can rent the space for smaller gatherings and projects.

SAACA also puts on culinary, arts, cultural and car festivals, as well as live concerts, art illustrations and gallery shows.

The Catalyst space is new to Tucson. It only opened its doors in December 2019 and closed temporarily in March.

SAACA Executive Director Kate Marquez says COVID-19 has altered plans for the space but also shown some surprising uses for it.

“We had to cancel hundreds of events that we had booked over the course of March through the summer,” Marquez says. “Everything, of course, slowed down, but we know that Catalyst will

The Catalyst Arts and Maker Space offers spaces for different types of projects, including the creation of new artwork.

(Photos by David Seeber)

serve many different purposes in the future. The good thing about it is we are open to what the changing needs of the community are going to be. The space was meant to be a flexible-use space, and it will continue to be that.”

The space offers classrooms/meeting rooms with digital streaming and recording technologies and a performance floor for events.

The classrooms were designed to be used as a teaching kitchen, a robotics and engineering lab, or a music or arts studio.

When it first opened, Catalyst was used more by business partners for employee training, meetings, educational seminars and holiday parties and by performing arts organizations for classes.

For a time early on in the pandemic, one community organization produced masks in the space.

In recent months, Catalyst has mainly been used by artists to create new works.

Muralists, visual artists, a spice artist and

an architect have worked on projects in the space.

Marquez says that this use of the space to create artwork over weeks or months wasn’t expected but is welcome. An artist spent two months in the space.

A number of local organizations have The Catalyst Arts and Maker Space was designed to accommodate different types of endeavors, including robotics and engineering projects. www.LovinLife.com

done livestream concerts from Catalyst, and the Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra has used it for rehearsals and livestreams.

Marquez says Catalyst follows social distancing guidelines.

“All of those projects just have one artist working in a room by themselves. For the concerts, the only one that would have had more than two people was the symphony, and they had 10 on our large floor,” Marquez says.

For Veterans Day, SACCA hosted a special tribute concert in the space with music from local artists. They were kept distanced in different rooms when they weren’t performing.

Many of the organizations and artists using the space had collaborated with SAACA in the past. The space offers a new way to work with them.

“One of the great things about being a collaborative community organization is being able to expand partnerships,” Marquez says. “All of our partnerships prior to COVID and before Catalyst opening were primarily focused on our external festivals, events and opportunities. They were really the inspiration of how we continue that work that is happening at an event one weekend and make that more evergreen and continuous.”

Even in times of social distancing, the space promotes collaboration. Just recently, two artists and a filmmaker met in the space and began working on a project together.

Marquez says the space is meant to bring people from various disciplines together.

“That is what inspired Catalyst—how we could put that all under one roof and start seeing chefs start collaborating with engineers in the robotics and engineering studio or visual artists start working with musicians on creative projects. So, the whole idea of collaboration was foundationally built into the whole design of the space,” Marquez says.

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Fun Greetings

Lisa Sturz of Red Herring Puppets holds Rowby, an alien puppet she has worked with for 30 years.

(Photo by Theo Livingston Sturz)

Red Herring Puppets offers e-cards for many occasions

BY LAURA LATZKO

she is able to reach audiences in a differContinuing to work and reach audienc- ent way than if she tried to communicate es has been difficult for many performing with them as herself.

“Puppets somehow can communiarts organizations, including puppetry organizations. Tucson-based Red Herring cate in a way that people can’t. It would Puppets has been engaging audiences in be offensive if I was to say something to different ways, including e-cards featur- people, but when Rowby says it and it’s innocent and disarming, he can do it with ing alien puppet Rowby.

The e-cards can be personalized with kindness and curiosity,” Sturz says.

Through Rowby, Sturz has been able to special pictures and messages.

Red Herring offers greetings for birth- introduce her troupe to new audiences in days, anniversaries, baby showers and Tucson.

Sturz, who moved to Tucson a little births, weddings and get-well wishes.

The e-cards vary in price from $15 to over a year ago, was building an audience $150 and offer options like personalized locally before the COVID-19 pandemic hit.

She started Red Herring in Los Angeles songs or poems. Viewers receive files they are able to download and view as and later moved the troupe to Asheville, North Carolina, where they developed a many times as they wish.

Rowby is a longtime staple of Red Her- following. ring. Founder, artistic director and puppeteer Lisa Sturz has been working with him for 30 years.

There have been three versions of Rowby over the years.

Sturz built the first Rowby for her good friend Rowby Goren while working with Comedy Central. She decided to name the puppet after the writer.

She modeled her puppet’s sense of humor after Goren’s.

“When we worked together on set, we were always joking Red Herring Puppets puts on local shows and tours of productions such as “Aesop’s Fables.” (Photo by Barbara Browning) with each other,” Sturz says.

Red Herring started doing shows in She says that Rowby has always been Tucson before the pandemic and has special to her.

“Rowby is my favorite. Don’t let the done a few virtual and socially distanced others know that,” Sturz says. “He’s real- performances over the last few months.

Her troupe recently took part in a virly bonded with my personality. He’s my alter ego. I’ve certainly performed many tual tree-lighting ceremony in Oro Valley, performing a series of vignettes, with other characters, but he’s my go-to.”

The idea for the e-cards developed af- Rowby serving as the host.

Sturz says Rowby is an easy puppet to ter Sturz worked with the Arizona Simulation Technology and Education Center fit into different environments and situaat UA on broadcasts educating children tions.

“He can be curious,” Sturz says. “It gives about COVID-19.

“Rowby started creating a bunch of it a nice outsider way to ask questions. It’s little episodes that were based on ques- also fun when I interact with kids in live tions that kids asked about COVID-19,” shows. Something I will do is that they know more than I do because they are Sturz says.

Red Herring recently worked with the from here. It really empowers them.”

The troupe has also staged outdoor Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance, creating special thank-you messag- shows at the Tucson Mall, where their studio is located, and at the Yume Japanese es for Veterans Day. Sturz says with puppets like Rowby, Gardens.

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In December, Red Herring presented the holiday-themed show “The Legend of La Befana” inside the Catalyst Arts and Maker Space for a small crowd.

For a time during the start of the pandemic, the troupe used its studio to make masks for the charity organization Mending Souls.

Red Herring is known for doing children’s and adult shows for local audiences and for tours. Shows include “Adventures in Folklore,” “Hansel and Gretel,” “Aesop’s Fables” and “Chicken and Egg.” The show “My Grandfather’s Prayers” tells the story of Sturz’s grandfather Izso Glickstein, an opera singer and cantor who served as a mentor for Leonard Bernstein.

Sturz says it is important for her to bring shows that are entertaining and educational.

“I try to do shows that are about something. Content is really important to me,” Sturz says.

Most of the shows are designed for two to three puppeteers, including Sturz. She works regularly with two other local puppeteers.

Sturz has 40 years of experience working in the puppet industry, building, performing, staging and directing puppet productions for film, TV, opera, theater and the symphony.

She creates her own puppets for her troupe, for other puppeteers and for organizations such as museums, aquariums and theme parks. She recently built a giant scorpion and milk bottle puppets for the Children’s Museum Tucson.

Sturz has worked with a number of companies, including Jim Henson Productions, Lucasfilm and Walt Disney Imagineering. She also had a chance to build and manipulate a puppet for the Academy Awards.

Her expansive repertoire includes work on the films “Howard the Duck,” “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III,”“RoboCop 2,” “Batman Returns,” “The Flintstones” and

“Who Framed Roger Rabbit?”

Sturz says having a background in TV and film has helped her with doing the Rowby e-cards.

“Working on camera is very different from working live, especially with puppets,” she says. “When I am on camera, I use a monitor, so I see what the camera sees, so I can play to the camera. I’m using blue screen, so I can put in different backgrounds and have him appear in different places. It’s fun, but it’s definitely a very technical kind of performing. My job as the puppeteer is to make it personable and engaging and stay within frame.”

Working to train other puppeteers and build an audience during a pandemic hasn’t been easy. This is why Sturz has tried to reach audiences in different ways, including the e-cards.

The virtual cards have not only given her company a way to raise funds, but they have also brought smiles during a hard time. Sturz plans to continue the e-cards, even when she returns to live productions and tours—when it’s safe to do so.

She says that kids especially have responded positively to the Rowby messages.

“I’ve heard that they watch it hundreds of times. It’s personal messages to them, with their names and pictures of them.

They love it,” Sturz says.

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A Family Spirit Los Esplifs brings a Tucson vibe and sound to the stage

BY LAURA LATZKO Los Esplifs, a psychedelic cumbia group, has tried to carry on the tradition of other Arizona groups who have carved their own path.

On January 29, the Tucson act will perform an outdoor concert at the Herberger Theater Center in Phoenix. Los Esplifs will be joined by opening act Salvador Duran.

The band, which was formed in 2018

by Saul Millan (accordion, organ, synthesizer) and percussionist Caleb Michel, is comprised of established Arizona musicians.

“It is a family of people,” Millan says. “I help them with their records, and they help me with mine. It is a family of individuals working toward Arizona music. I think that’s what I really love about Arizona, is that I can be a member of all of these groups. All of these groups are different genres and different vibes, but everything is about recording the music and getting a good product out there.”

Millan has performed with the Mexican Institute of Sound, Calexico and Orkesta Mendoza, and Michel got his start with the Afro-Cuban All Stars.

Hailing from Nogales, Millan has a jazz studies degree from the University of Arizona. In college, he specialized in the trombone, but he switched to other instruments when he became interested in composition.

Raised in Phoenix, Michel grew up playing music in the church.

Both Millan and Michel grew up playing music since they were around 10 and started professionally around age 14.

The band is also influenced by the Tucson sound, which Millan says is centered around the “textural feeling of the desert.”

“Caleb and I were really into psychedelic music,” Millan says. “We really wanted to include that texture, even from punk music from the ’70s, all of the stuff that we really like from Arizona, which is the Sun City Girls and the huge punk revolution from the ’80s in Phoenix. We also wanted to include that attitude of punk and psychedelic music in our music.”

In 2020, the band was busy working on new music and doing livestream concerts, the latter of which was a perforwww.LovinLife.com

mance sponsored by the Kennedy Center as part of its Arts Across America video series.

That livestream concert took place inside of a recording studio.

Along with livestream concerts, the group has been working on a new album called “¡ESTRAIK BACK!,” which it plans to release this year.

Millan, who is a first-generation Mexican American, and Michel, who is a first-generation Dominican American, grew up speaking English and Spanish.

With their band name and their upcoming album, they thought it was important to combine the two languages.

“The whole basis of Los Esplifs is we are this hybridized being, where we can exist in two spaces. Spanglish is that language that exists in both spaces,” Millan says.

During their concerts, the group members sing in Spanish but often talk to audiences in English.

Millan says the group is able to connect to people on different levels.

“Not everybody has to understand the lyrics of the concert. They can all react in a positive way by incorporating dance, the music going inside of their body and reacting to it,” Millan says.

Millan says they want to reach audiences of different ages and backgrounds while staying true to their roots.

“We are trying to have an inclusive environment where our music and our culture is accepted the way it should be and the way it is,” Millan says.

The group recorded most of its newest album in late February and early March in Phoenix’s Coronado Neighborhood using a recording-to-tape method.

Millan says this technique was challenging because of social distancing.

“It was very difficult for us to go and produce the album during these times because we had to be in the physical space where the tape machine was, and those tape machines are very rare and very old,” Millan says.

The group first experimented with using a reel-to-reel machine with the single “La Peligrosa,” which was released last January.

“All of music that we like is from the 1960s to the ’80s,” Millan says. “Those re-

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In Los Esplifs, Saul Millan, left, plays the accordion, synthesizer and organ and Caleb Michel is the percussionist.

(Photos by Valence Heartlock)

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Los Esplifs...continued from page 9 cording processes are very different than how we record music now. We’ve always been obsessed with that era of music, of New York City in the ’70s. Caleb’s dad was actually a part of that movement in the ’70s. So, he always points us to the coolest-sounding records.

“Our music has been historically recorded through these machines. We wanted to be included in that canon of composition.”

Millan says “¡ESTRAIK BACK!” speaks to the experience of living in 2020 as a Latino individual.

“The album is a reflection of what we were going through this last year. That doesn’t have to do with the pandemic itself but more of the social revolution that was occurring during pandemic times.

The whole album is trying to recreate the mind of an individual living in this space,” Millan says.

The group performed new songs during the Arizona Arts Live concert and plans to do it during the Herberger concert as well.

The group has been busy in the last few years making music.

In 2020, the band has also worked on

albums with a pop star Neon Indian and Good Boy Inc. In 2019, Los Esplifs released a self-titled EP, which was made in Mexico.

Millan says one song from the EP, “De Rodillas en el Altar” (“On My Knees at the Altar”), speaks to the Arizona experience of living in the desert.

“I really want kids in Arizona to listen to that and feel special,” Millan says.

“Whenever I travel to anywhere in the world, when I say I’m from Arizona, people get really interested because we have a world that nobody else has. It’s really interesting and unique. That song was to say thanks to the desert and the way the desert makes me feel.”

The group has also had its music played on other platforms.

The song “Gaimboiz” was featured on the Netflix show “Desenfrenadas” (“Unstoppable”), and other music was used in

used the group’s music in ads.

Millan says that it is important that the music continues to reach Arizonans in different ways.

“People in Arizona are finding our music inspiring to tell their story or just to sound track their ad. I think it’s amazing. To me, it shows that the music is getting represented and is getting the representation that I wanted, which is Arizona people listening to something that is truly culturally theirs. Not culturally in a sense of Latino, white or Black, but culturally Arizona music,” Millan says.

Thus far, Los Esplifs has mainly performed locally in Arizona in bigger venues to house shows, with the excepWith Los Esplifs, founders Caleb Michel, left, and Saul Millan wanted to tion of a festival in Mexico in blend cumbia with different genres, December 2019. The band including psychedelic rock. hopes to continue to build on this, performing in other states a voting registration video produced by and countries when it is safe to do so.

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Through digital content, the group has Local Arizona companies have also been able to reach audiences in Mexico, Colombia and parts of Europe. It plans to continue to build on this, developing more of a global following.

“I’m liking that all of these people in different demographics, different places, different social classes and different ages are enjoying the music in different spaces,” Millan says.

Millan says this year has really shown the important of online platforms. Los Esplifs plans to continue to use them in the near future, while also playing live for audiences.

“The pandemic has informed us how we get ready in these digital spaces, in these new spaces that are getting carved into this new culture, and we are getting ready to go back to playing live, which is what our strength is,” Millan says.

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BY SHELLEY GIORDANO Excerpt from What’s the Deal with Reverse Mortgages?, 2nd Edition Rethink Press, 2019 Some people have heard that a reverse mortgage is a scheme or a scam perpetrated on helpless seniors. Others may consider a reverse mortgage a welfare handout. Many are surprised to learn that the 100th U.S. Congress initiated the modern reverse mortgage with the 1987 Housing and Community Development Act and that it was signed

by President Ronald Reagan in February 1988. The U.S. Congress tasked the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) with designing a reverse mortgage that protected the elderly but would encourage lending in the private sector as well.

In December of 1988, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) published a notice asking potential mortgage lenders to participate in a demonstration program that “will insure up to 2,500 reverse mortgages on the homes of elderly homeowners, enabling them to turn their equity into cash.” Under the HECM Insurance Demonstration, the modern reverse mortgage was born.

In this way, the FHA solved the problem of protecting both the homeowner and the lender. It modified the existing FHA insurance program to fit reverse lending. Understanding how the FHA operates in traditional lending provides a helpful comparison. Created in 1934, as part of the National Housing Act, the FHA provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders throughout the United States and its territories. The FHA insures mortgages on single-family and multi-family homes, including manufactured homes and hospitals. It is the largest insurer of mortgages in the world, insuring over 34 million properties since its inception. In 1965 the FHA became a part of HUD. At the height of the Depression, Congress and President Franklin Roosevelt created an incentive for lenders to provide financing for certain higher-risk borrow-

ers by protecting the lenders from loss.

FHA insurance premiums were assessed on these loans and provided the funds to insure against loss. In traditional FHA loans, homeowners pay upfront and monthly insurance premiums that provide lenders with protection against losses should the homeowner default.

The FHA lenders bear less risk because the FHA will pay a claim to the lender in the event of a homeowner’s default. To qualify for insurance protection these loans must meet specific requirements established by the FHA.1 As we know, insurance is predicated on the participation of the many to cover the losses of the few. In other words, the participants pool funds (via paying premiums). These funds in turn transfer risk to the insurance entity. Ingeniously, the new reverse mortgage, the HECM, adopted the FHA insurance concept but tinkered with it in the following ways in order to adapt to reverse mortgage needs: 1. Insurance premiums are not paid monthly but are added to the loan balance.

2. The homeowner/estate is released from liability should the loan balance exceed the home value.

3. If the home value does not cover the loan balance, the lender is protected by the FHA.

As you can see, the FHA solved the problem. The resulting HECM, which includes FHA insurance, is designed to encourage lenders to finance cash disbursals, but should circumstances not go as anticipated, the lenders cannot lose on the money they have financed. Additionally, the HECM protects the homeowner (and his or her estate) from loss should the homeowner live so long that the loan balance grows beyond the home value. The consumer safeguards are substantial and are becoming progressively better both for the individual borrower and the taxpayer. Unfortunately, these HECM consumer safeguards seem to elude the financial press and many of the financial advisers on whom many Americans rely for accurate information on their retirement options.

Even with HUD’s continued efforts to refine the program, over time program weaknesses emerged. Especially during the housing bubble years, the HECM was used to bail out hopeless situations.

Some people took reverse mortgages but did not take seriously the requirement that they keep up to date on tax and insurance obligations. In other cases, a number of younger spouses not on title were displaced when the borrower died. And finally, some borrowers used the HECM irresponsibly by drawing down their entire initial credit limits at closing, leaving no cushion for falling home values. These were serious problems and jeopardized the program and its reputation. In response, the 113th Congress passed the Reverse Mortgage Stabilization Act of 2013. It was enacted in order to protect not only the non-borrowing spouses but to restore financial health to the FHA Mutual Mortgage In-

surance Fund. Over the years, the HECM program has been self-sustaining; the insurance pool was never intended to be a taxpayer bailout. When the housing bubble collapsed, however, the fund’s solvency was in jeopardy. HUD responded by changing lending standards, and the HECM, in particular, was altered significantly. As a result, the fund’s economic strength is improving.2 Financial assessments are now a basis for HECM loan approval. To counteract the effects of potential tax and insurance defaults, there are formulas to set aside equity to assure that tax and insurance costs are paid. These set-asides are required for those who cannot establish willingness and capacity to meet these basic housing obligations. To bolster program safety, limits have been placed on how much equity can be drawn early in the loan. Finally, a non-borrowing spouse (NBS) status was created to allow a younger spouse not old enough to borrow (62 years old is the minimum borrowing age) to remain in the home if the actual borrower dies. So rather than being a fraudulent scheme designed to fleece seniors, the modern reverse mortgage, aka the HECM, is a program put in place by the government of the United States. As FHA Commissioner Brian Montgomery is fond of saying, the HECM is the “law of the land.” Admittedly the HECM was not perfect at inception.

But like many financial products, the program has evolved. HUD continues to fine-tune the program to provide better consumer safety as well as improved risk management for the insurance pool.

A reverse mortgage is neither bad nor good in and of itself. Its value lies in how the borrower uses it.

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Like so many people with hearing loss, Rizzi used to rely on others when she needed to make a phone call.

“It’s made me be independent, and I think that’s what everyone wants. To be independent,” Rizzi continues.

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It lets people enjoy phone conversations again, knowing they will catch every word.

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Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment is playing it safe with the health of guests at all three of its Southern Arizona locations.

Already known as a long-time leader in entertainment, Desert Diamond Casinos now also tops the list in safety—both for guests and its team members.

The best part? The excitement and fun-filled experiences go hand in hand with the new policies. You can continue to play big, dine scrumptiously and celebrate, all while knowing that your health is a priority.

After initially closing its doors last spring to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, Desert Diamond Casinos sprang into action, overhauling its operation and developing a comprehensive approach to improve safety and satisfaction.

With recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention serving as the guiding principle for these changes—and a keen focus on the local community’s health—Desert Diamond Casinos has served as an example of what businesses can and should do during these unprecedented times.

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With those two steps complete, guests will enjoy the same quality entertainment options as they always have—just a little more spread out.

Signage and team members will be on hand to help guests follow social distancing measures. And with reduced capacity at all three locations, guests will have more elbow room to safely enjoy favorite games.

Peruse the gaming floor that keeps players safe by disabling every other slot machine or having barriers secured between games, ensuring everyone feels comfortable.

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Guests will see these in a variety of areas throughout the gaming floor, including where guests and team members may have to interact more closely.

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Pima County administers 6,500 COVID-19 vaccinations

Tucson Metro Chamber receives COVID-19 response grant

Tucson Medical Center and Banner– University Medicine on December 17 began vaccinations for health care workers in priority group 1A, which includes those who have the highest-risk exposure to COVID-19.

Pima County has received 28,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine—11,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 17,000 doses of the Moderna product. The Moderna allocation arrived on December 22 and was delivered, in part, to several pre-enrolled community hospitals and clinics. That expanded the county’s network of vaccinators beyond TMC and Banner, which are uniquely equipped to handle the Pfizer vaccine that must be stored at a much colder temperature.

The Moderna vaccine can be stored in standard laboratory freezers.

CVS and Walgreens are receiving the Moderna vaccination directly from the federal government and were expected to provide on-site vaccinations to residents and staff at long-term care facilities starting December 28.

There are about 67,000 front-line health care workers eligible in the Phase 1A group.

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The Tucson Metro Chamber is one of 28 chambers throughout the state to receive a grant from the Chamber of Commerce COVID-19 Response Grant Program, established last month by Gov. Doug Ducey. Chambers of commerce submitted proposals to the grant program to implement, or expand, any initiatives that support local businesses and accelerate local economic recovery related to COVID-19.

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A commemorative ceremony will take place January 8, dedicating a memorial at the Historic County Courthouse created for the victims, survivors and first responders of the Tucson shooting that claimed six lives.

Because of the ongoing pandemic, only a handful of people will gather shortly before 10 a.m. January 8 for the ceremony, which will be livestreamed via a pool camera provided by KVOA-Channel 4. The ceremony, which will not be open to the public, may be viewed on Pima County’s Facebook page. Several local television stations, including KVOA, are expected to broadcast the ceremony.

The dedication will include: • Presentation of flags from an honor guard comprising representatives from the Northwest Fire District, Pima County Sheriff’s Department and other first responders.

• Opening prayer offered by the Rev. Joe Fitzgerald, Banner University Medical Center chaplain.

• Remarks from Ron Barber, president of the January 8th Memorial Foundation’s Board of Directors who was wounded in the attack.

• Bell ringing at exactly 10:10 a.m. to coincide with when the first shots were fired.

The ceremony will then segue into an 8-minute video produced by Pima County’s Communications Office reviewing some of the events of the day, an introduction to the memorial, how it came together, and the reactions of some of the survivors and family members of victims who have toured it.

The memorial, which is located just west of the Historic Courthouse in El Presidio Park and called “Embrace,” tells the story of the lives lost and people wounded at the hand of a gunman on January 8, 2011, at Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ “Congress on Your Corner” event in Tucson. It features sloping walls that depict symbols embodying the values and interests held by each of the six people who died and the 13 survivors.

In addition, the memorial showcases symbols dedicated to the community of first responders, Tucson’s history, and the aspirations of the community for the future. The memorial also features gardens named for each of the six victims.

Tucson’s January 8th Memorial Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3), which was organized to fund and build a permanent memorial commemorating the January 8 shootings. The firm Chee Salette, founded in 2009 by Tina Chee and Marc Salette, created the January 8th Memorial Foundation following a national design competition.

County officials hope to have the memorial open to the public by early February, depending on the status of the COVID-19 public health emergency.

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Unbottling a Dream George Wine Shop showcases small and sustainable wineries

BY VALERIE VINYARD Sometimes it takes a pandemic to live out a dream.

Because of this pandemic, native Tucsonan George Bon now is living his dream of owning a wine shop.

When Bon was furloughed in March from as banquet manager at the Omni Tucson National Resort, he took action.

As a long-time wine lover, he decided to create a shop that focused on smaller, family-run wineries.

So, he opened the 900-square-foot George Wine Shop on October 1 in Williams Center next to Monkey Burger. Located in the former Jones Photo Shop, the renovations took about three months to complete. Now it’s an open, well-lit room lined with shelves of wines that are separated in categories such as “Special Occasion,” “Burgers and BBQ” and “Crowd Pleasers.” R&B and soul music emanates from the speakers.

When you wander inside, you’ll get an enthusiastic welcome from 46-year-old Bon. With smiling eyes above his mask, Bon will provide advice and flavor profiles, stories about specific wineries and sometimes even a taste from an open bottle.

You’ll probably be unfamiliar with the majority of wines offered, which is a relief for wine lovers who are tired of seeing the same wines over and over.

Though Bon has worked in the hospitality industry for years, including a stint as banquet manager at the Westin La Paloma, he became interested in wine while living in San Francisco in the early 2000s.

“Ever since then, it’s been more of a personal passion,” he says. “In my mind, On a recent visit, there was a $13 bottle of 2019 Honoro Vera Garnacha as well as a $128 bottle of 2016 Cain Five, which is a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, malbec and petit verdot.

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I always wanted to start a wine-related business.”

Then COVID-19 hit. And Bon began chasing his dream. He found a spot in Williams Center, near his wife’s bridal shop.

Gigi Bon has owned GiGi Bridal Boutique in the same plaza for 10 years.

“I couldn’t imagine another time in my life when I’d have the opportunity,” he says.

George’s 300 or so varieties span four continents and include a range of grapes, styles and prices. On a recent visit, there was a $13 bottle of 2019 Honoro Vera Garnacha as well as a $128 bottle of 2016 Cain Five, which is a blend of cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, malbec and petit verdot.

“We like to support wines that have good farming practices,” says Bon, noting he features wineries that practice organic farming or at least use sustainable practices.

Bon offers wines from a variety of distributors, including Phoenix-based Stem Wine Company, a company whose employees dedicate their lives “to the wines, people, shared experiences, places, histo-

ry, romance, science, art and mystery that matter to us.”

“The greatest thing about George’s Wine Shop is George,” says Donald Davis, a longtime wine representative and goodwill ambassador for Stem.

“You’ll understand when you meet him.”

Besides offering wines you don’t find in most other shops, Bon focuses on giving a personal touch.

He’s available to conduct wine tastings at people’s homes, and he even offers free delivery to Tuc- George Bon opened the 900-square-foot George Wine Shop, which features wines by smaller, family-run wineries. sonans.

(Photos courtesy George Bon) Though there aren’t gatherings inside the shop for now, the wines featured cost more when purBon hopes to offer events after things be- chased individually.

Besides wine, George Wine Shop ofcome safer.

“This space lends itself to fers a variety of wine paraphernalia that that,” he says. “Obviously, spans the practical and the whimsical. now that’s not happening, His $11 metal wine openers get the job but it’s something we look done, while the $79 handmade cutting boards from a local artisan and $59 to forward to in the future.”

To introduce wine lovers $63 wine glasses of Austrian crystal are to different styles, Bon of- splurge-worthy buys. Hand-blown defers a membership to his canters range from $114 to $134, and monthly Farmer Wine Club. $16 black T-shirts emblazoned with the Bon thought of the name shop’s logo are offered in small to double because the Greek name extra-large sizes.

“We’ve had great feedback from the Georgios is derived from the Greek word georgos mean- neighborhood,” Bon says. “It seems like our customers really were looking for a ing “farmer, earthworker.”

Every month, the shop will place like this. I think people really want feature a different region of to learn what’s out there outside their the world. The $38 monthly normal grocery store.” subscription includes two bottles of wine, a brief deGeorge Wine Shop scription of the region, infor5350 E. Broadway Boulevard, mation on how the wine is Suite 134 made, and a fun fact or two 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through to share with your friends.

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The Bold and the Beautiful Big reds for cool winter nights

BY ALISON BAILIN BATZ Though red, white and pink wines can be enjoyed anytime, there is something to be said for the pairing of big, bold varietals when there is a chill in the air. Here are some that please the palate while warming the body and soul.

L’Ecole No. 41, 2018 Frenchtown Ironically, Frenchtown is all American! It was Walla Walla Valley’s (now one of Washington’s top wine regions) first settlement in the early 1800s. The French Canadians who founded it were making wine by the 1860s here, and this offering is both homage and all its own. Enjoy wild berries and black cherry here before buckling in for a flavor adventure courtesy of dried sage and thyme, tobacco and sweet leather notes. $21

Page Springs Vino de la Familia Rojo Produced by the local and award-winning Page Springs Cellars in northern Arizona, which also happens to be 100% solar powered and is working to protect the Southwest’s rivers through wine sales and advocacy, this smooth, subtle sipper is a red cherry and berry blast. $26

2017 Silver Spur Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon This limited-edition wine honors the legendary experience of the Ryder Cup. Aromas of black cherry, blackberry and toasted oak delight the senses. Soft, well-integrated tannins lead to a long, lingering finish filled with savory spices. This wine is balanced, bold and elegant. $35

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wine is rich. However, it is exceptionally accessible as well. There is a really vibrant acidity here before luscious berry flavors take over, primarily comforting strawberry and ripe raspberries. The arguably best part comes when the cherry comes in, and then just a touch of minerality to balance it all out. $40

Canvasback, 2017 Red Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon Given the way the flavors in this Washington State wine glide across one’s palate, it’s no wonder it was named after Canvasback duck, which is native to the Pacific Flyway and glides across Red Mountain. Strap in and enjoy the high-flying ride, as it has layers of ripe strawberry, damson plum and grenadine before offering a pop of cinnamon. $42

2017 Estate Zinfandel – Spencer’s Hill Zinfandel Spencer’s Hill is one of the iconic Dry Creek Vineyard’s most beautiful spots, and it creates varietals just as lovely.

Expect boysenberry, blackberry and dried raspberry here, and then fine leather, nutmeg and sweet pipe tobacco. Oh, but that’s not all. Also expect hints of caramel intermingled with cocoa powder, espresso and baking spices. $44

2016 Mullan Road Cellars Red Blend This Bordeaux-style blend of cabernet, merlot, cabernet franc and malbec somehow manages aromas of black cherry, cassis, vanilla bean and juniper berry at the same time. Then, the flavors of sweet black cherry pie, blackcurrant and a touch of spice come forward, making this a party in one’s mouth and the perfect pairing with charcuterie. $45

2018 Smith & Hook Reserve This truly magical cabernet starts with an explosion of black and blue fruits, followed by a bounty of berries. Then, all at once, there is a pop of sweet cherry candy and then earthy dried herbs. The wine is in constant motion, playfully dancing across the palate until it dissolves into dusty, fine tannins. $45

Lucienne Pinot Noir Doctor’s Vineyard 2018 Just what the doctor ordered!

This robust pinot noir from the Santa Lucia Highlands it at first an explosion of blackberry and cherry on the nose before offering more rustic aromas of sagebrush and clover as it comes to the lips. Smooth and bright to the taste before progressing to a velvety finish, each sip has exceptional structure and balance. $50

Baileyana S-Bar Pinot Noir Though from Edna Valley in California, this coveted wine will remind oenophiles (aka connoisseurs—or really just big lovers—of wine) of an elegant, French-style pinot noir. It is aged for nine months in 30% new French oak and is the best of the vineyard’s grapes. It leads with dark berry and raspberry, but then the nutmeg, clove and cinnamon take center stage for a warming finish. $60

lowed by graphite and licorice. Plush and lush, it ends with striking allspice, pepper and incense as well as an enchanting, exotic smokiness. $65

Bouchaine 2018 Pommard Clone, Estate Pinot Noir The dark fruit, acid and spice explosion here will have you sure the above is a typo and that this is a Napa Valley cabernet. But, this is— indeed—a pinot noir. Thanks to being grown on the southern border of the Carneros District overlooking the San Francisco Bay, the grapes were subjected to fog, wind and other extreme elements that gave it true character and depth. $65

Darioush 2018 Duel Cabernet Sauvignon/ Shiraz This is a match made in heaven. Deeply satisfying in every sip, the cabernet provides an earthiness while the shiraz the spice. The result is a dizzying array of blackberry, fig and crème de cassis, folJANUARY 2021

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The Best Advice Giovani Francois’ goduncle, Mike Tomlin, is his mentor

BY KENDALL ROOKER Giovani Francois, Tucson Sugar Skulls’ new pass rusher, has the best in advice.

He’s the godnephew of Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin.

“It is amazing (being related to Tomlin),” Francois says. “The experiences and one-on-one talks I get with him, those are priceless. Sometimes we talk football, but we have conversations for a few hours catching up to one another. Those are invaluable.”

One thing resonates with him the most.

“The best advice he’s given me is perseverance,” Francois says. “The big thing with the Steelers is to persevere no matter the situation. As long as you’re working hard the rest will work itself out.”

Francois is looking forward to imparting his advice on Sugar Skulls players. He’s looking to player a leadership role on the team. The last time he played was 2018,

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on the Indoor Football League champions Iowa Barnstormers.

“With my experience of being an Indoor Champion, I feel like I can contribute by knowing how to win,” he says.

“I can be a leader to the younger guys.

Anytime we face adversity or any obstacle with my experience I’ll be able to give somebody a word of encouragement.”

Last season Tucson had an early playoff exit in a close game to Sioux Falls Storm 47-50. The Storm went on to win the United Bowl.

Francois looks to build on what they accomplished last year and make a deeper playoff run this upcoming season. He looks to accomplish two things as a team for this season.

“It will be something to build on,” Francois says. “Having that experience going deep in the playoffs will be something invaluable to us. It will be the thing that

Tucson Sugar Skulls tucsonsugarskulls.com Giovani Francois is the Tucson Sugar Skulls’ new pass rusher. The best advice his goduncle, Mike Tomlin, gave him was to persevere no matter the situation. (Photo courtesy Tucson Sugar Skulls)

will put us over the hump. Instead of an early exit, it will be a long fun run in the playoffs. It will be championship or nothing day one.

“Winning a championship, playing for coach (Dixie) Wooten is the best experience I have ever had in the league. Leading the No. 1 defense in the league was great.”

As to Arizona, it is exciting to Francois, who hasn’t lived in the western United States. He heard Arizona has two things he loves—history and nature.

He takes pride in his pass rushing ability and looks to give his all for Tucson this upcoming season, which begins on Saturday, April 3, on the road against the Northern Arizona Wranglers in Prescott Valley.

“I take pride in my pass rush ability. I want to get the sack numbers up. Chris Martin and I could be two of the top guys in the league,” Francois says. “Tucson is getting a ferocious pit bull who is going to give it my all every single play. I’m relentless and someone who is going to over-

prepare. There are plays to be made and times to be had. We’ll make the least mistakes possible, and we’re going to win.”

Not only is Francois a defensive end, but he is also a flexible player. When he played for Iowa, he was on special teams. Special teams are just as important if not more important than playing on defense or offense, he says. Especially for a player of his size. He’s 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds.

“My speed and my athleticism and agility does not match guys my size,” he says.

“I have the ability to play D end, D tackle, linebacker. I feel like I can be a captain on special teams and the ability to play three different positions on defense.”

He has a message to football fans around the country.

“My passion for football is through the roof, even though the last time I played was 2018,” he says. “I have this burning desire that I cannot wait to add fuel come April. People back at home have nothing else to do, so why not watch the Indoor Football League this year?”

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Celebrating a ‘Hero’

David Bowie’s longtime keyboardist, Mike Garson, is preparing for a “monstrous” livestream Friday, January 8 that will feature at least 31 fellow alumni and 25 singers.

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David Bowie’s music resurrected for massive livestream

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI David Bowie’s longtime keyboardist, Mike Garson, is preparing for a “monstrous” livestream that will feature at least 31 fellow alumni and 25 singers.

Ian Astbury of The Cult; William Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins; Joe Elliott of Def Leppard; Perry Farrell of Jane’s Addiction; Corey Glover of Living Color; Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails and Gavin Rossdale of Bush are among the guest vocalists who signed on for the Friday, January 8, “Mike Garson’s A Bowie Celebration.”

“Every day, more singers and musicians keep coming on board because it’s an easy ask during the pandemic,” Garson says. “Nobody’s doing anything.”

Bush’s latest album, “The Kingdom: Deluxe Edition,” features a cover of Bowie’s “Heroes” with Garson on piano.

“It began with a track I did for him for MusiCares,” Rossdale says. “He rang me up a couple weeks ago and asked me to perform for the five-year anniversary of David’s death. There are going to be several singers.

To play with Bowie’s band again is going to be great.

I played with them when

David died. I love it. It’s a real honor.”

Garson says his Bowie tribute shows and this livestream are bittersweet.

“I’ve been traveling the last four years doing shows with alumni, playing David’s music,” he says. “I’ve done about 150 shows and about 100 singers have joined us on these tours.”

“Mike Garson’s A Bowie Celebration” will be available for 24 hours.

“It’s just a lot of work,” Garson says.

“I’m sure you can imagine because each person has their song they want to do,

and which musicians am I using on which song, who’s recording what and in what studio.”

Singers and performers are recording bits in Switzerland, Canada, Los Angeles, England and New York. Garson creates music for it for about 15 hours a day, seven days a week. The show is slated to be more than three hours. Livestreams, he says, are the new paradigm.

“It’s a new way of doing things,” Garson says. “It could turn out to be a financial disaster or it could turn out to be great or average.

Most importantly, I just want 100,000 people to see it because you’re never going to get this many stars in one show.”

The number of participants is really a testament

to Bowie’s ability to appeal to musicians and beyond.

“There’s been a lot of great, great artists over the years, but the influence that he’s had on other singers who came after him—in fashion and in acting—is the largest of any artists I’ve ever seen,” Garson says.

“He’s had the widest net. I’ve probably played for over 1,000 singers in my life as a performer and he’s, by far, the best. I hate to compare. He’s just such an artist. I was hired for eight weeks and I ended up doing 1,000 shows and 20 albums. I obviously liked it.”

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Husband doesn’t believe his wife is responsible

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In movement, anything is better than nothing

BY TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER With 2020 being so 2020, many of us may have been skipping our usual activity.

Don’t feel bad, though. You are definitely not alone. Being active is something that is easily put aside, especially when we are overwhelmed with so many other things happening in the world.

The thing is, staying active can help us combat many of the things that we are dealing with right now. Science shows that exercising is a very effective way to manage stress, anxiety and symptoms of depression.

With the start of a new year, it’s a great time to get back into the habit of moving your body.

Here are a few tips on how to kickstart your workouts and get back into a routine of being active from Mary Mellady, director of Connected Health and Wellness, TMC HealthCare.

Activity vs. exercise

nothing. The recommendation is to be active 30 minutes most days of the week.

Those 30 minutes can be broken up into 10-minute increments; we all can find 10 minutes throughout the day to be active.

Slow and steady to start Don’t overdo it when you are first getting back into your routine. Gradually increase your time and intensity.

Mix it up with a friend Mix up your routine to avoid boredom.

Try something new with a friend. You will both benefit and have some fun, too.

Fun with the family Combine exercising and family commitments. For example, taking kids or grandkids for a walk or hiking will provide exercise as well as quality time together.

Additionally, with so many kids homeschooling, being active will help with their energy levels and ability to concentrate.

Stop thinking of exercise as something you have to do and start focusing on activities that you get to do. Find things that you enjoy that also raise your heart rate a bit. For example, gardening can be a great form of activity.

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Plan to succeed

Try to schedule activity as one of the first things you do each day. People who exercise in the morning tend to be more consistent.

… or not; flexibility is key

Have a plan and a goal. It often helps to have something for which you are “training.” This could be a family hike or a virtual event.

The goal is to stay active. Be flexible and mix it up.

If you don’t like to exercise in the morning, be flexible. Instead of skipping your workout entirely, find a few minutes to do something; something is better than

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Dear Gabby Gayle: My daughter is so frustrated with her husband that I told her I was going to write for advice. They have four children under 8 years old. My daughter quit her teaching job to stay home. Two of the kids are doing virtual learning at home. Her husband makes a nice living so money is not an issue. My daughter is practically running all day helping with online learning and managing the two who are not in school.

She often doesn’t get the meal on time or get his favorite clothes washed and ironed. Her husband complains that she did better when she was working. When he comes home and sees the house in disarray he looks around and says, “What did you do all day?” She says it makes her so mad she wants to explode. Any advice?

Signed, Worried

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Dear Worried: Years ago, I was in your daughter’s spot. I had six children at home during the summer.

I spent quality time with my kids and my house was often in disarray. At that time, I saw a “Family Circus” cartoon by Bil Keane in which the husband always asked his wife what she had done all day.

So, she decided one day she wouldn’t do anything. When husband came home, the house and wife and kids were in total disarray. The kids and wife were still in their pajamas, dirty dishes everywhere, toys everywhere. Husband says in amazement: “What is going on?” Wife says, “You always ask me what I did all day. Well, today I didn’t do it.” I did this exact thing to my husband. He never again asked me what I did all day.

Tell your daughter to try it. She too will be amazed at just how much she does in a day!

Signed, GG

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BY GAYLE LAGMAN-CRESWICK

Dear Gabby Gayle: I am 80 years old and not in good health. My husband is in even worse shape than I. He has fallen several times and lately broke a hip. I am struggling to take care of him and myself and the house. My kids have

suggested alternative living arrangements. I am ready, but my husband says absolutely no. I can see this situation going downhill, but what can I do?

Signed, Help!

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Dear Help: This is a scenario that is playing itself out in many elderly households in the country. It is not always the man who rebels against giving up the family home. Sometimes it is the woman. My advice is to tell your husband that it is much better to shop around and find a place that meets their needs, and is a place they feel good about, than waiting till one of them has a health emergency that will require them to be “put” somewhere, not of their choosing. I don’t like the idea of being “put” somewhere, do you? I suggest you get some outside help for a few hours a day for now, while you look around from your armchair.

When most congregate-care facility residents and staff have been vaccinated against the virus, it will be safe to visit the places you have chosen from your armchair search. If he is still dead set against it, tell him you are going anyway! He will soon realize he wants to be with you.

Good luck, GG

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Dear Gabby Gayle: I am a 60-year-old widow who has fallen in love with a 70-year-old man who only winters in my city. In April, he will return to his northern city for six months. I never thought I would fall in love again but here I am. I am not willing to move for six months to his place because all my kids live here (not that he has asked me!). Neither do I cherish having a love affair for six months of the year. What would you do?

Signed, E.G.

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Dear EG: I would probably go wherever my man would go, if I were truly in love with him. In these last years I would treasure every moment of love. It is a gift!

Signed, GG If you have a question for Gabby Gayle, please send to: lagmancreswick@gmail.com

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Each numbered row contains two clues and two answers. The two answers differ from each other by only one letter, which has already been inserted. For example, if you exchange the A from MASTER for an I, you get MISTER. Do not change the order of the letters.

SCRAMBLERS Unscramble the letters within each rectangle to form four ordinary words.

Then rearrange the boxed letters to form the mystery word, which will complete the gag!

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