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February 2021

All the Single Ladies

Art museum offers glimpse into the lives of women in the West

Staying Focused

‘Extreme’ Ramen

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Game and Fish photographer George Andrejko wins award ‘Detroit Stories’

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Upfront

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All the Single Ladies

Staying Focused

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Mixed Media

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Always Evolving

Game and Fish photographer George Andrejko wins award

The Eye of the Needle

Exhibition highlights micro miniatures

by Flor Carvajal

Art museum offers glimpse into the lives of women in the West Artist Ignacio Garcia continues to evolve Rock and R&B group Miss Olivia and the Interlopers shares music in different ways

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Staying Focused Game and Fish photographer George Andrejko wins award

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Arizona Game and Fish Department photographer George Andrejko has been in his position for more than 31 years. The three decades have gone by quickly.

“When you find something you love to do, time flies,” the Surprise resident says.

The 66-year-old photographer won the International Regional Magazine Association’s 2020 photographer of the year for magazines of 35,000 or less, which is the silver category. The judges said Andrejko’s work in Arizona Game and Fish’s Arizona Wildlife Views Magazine has “very special moments captured by a dedicated, smart and patient photographer. The love for what he does comes through in each photograph.”

“It’s nice to be recognized,” says Andrejko, who works out of the Carefree Highway office in North Phoenix. “It was a surprise because my boss put it in without my knowledge.

The major part of Andrejko’s work is wildlife photography. Arizona Game and Fish manages 800-plus species in the state, so he never has a lack of subjects to photograph. He tends to gravitate toward birds.

“Birds have so many different species, sizes, colors and shapes,” he says. “It’s really a challenge to get a good picture.”

Andrejko was born and raised in Chicago, where his wildlife watching was limited to Cubs, Bears and Blackhawks, he says with a laugh. Still, he was an “outdoors kind of kid.”

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“I daydreamed in school about getting outdoors,” he says. “Chicago’s set up with neighborhoods, and each neighborhood has a park district. Little did I know, our park, Riis Park, was named after a photographer, Jacob Riis. He was instrumental in New York City during the late 1800s in exposing the way the other half lived, so to speak.”

Riis photographed children working in factories and subsequently shows showed his photos to Congress and discussed child labor laws.

“I didn’t know I grew up in Riis Park that he was a photographer,” Andrejko says.

“Our park was on a hill. They claim Lake Michigan came up to where we lived and that’s why it was kind of bilevel. We had a lot of great outdoor experiences in the winter. We had a lot of snow back then.”

His senior year of high school, Andrejko was asked to tell his counselor the line of work he wanted to pursue. His stepfather said to say a photographer.

“I figured, OK. I have nothing to lose. I had nothing else to say,” he says. “I was laughed at. All the guys on the school yearbook said, ‘You don’t know a thing about photography.’

“I said, ‘I don’t, but I’m going to.’”

Andrejko, his siblings and mom changed climates and moved to Tempe before he attended New Mexico State University. The more he learned about photography, the more it paid off. He did well in his photography classes, where his photos were frequently used as exam-

Arizona Game and Fish Department photographer George Andrejko recently won the International Regional Magazine Association’s 2020 photographer of the year for magazines of 35,000 or less, which is the silver category. The judges said Andrejko’s work in Arizona Game and Fish’s Arizona Wildlife Views Magazine has “very special moments captured by a dedicated, smart and patient photographer. The love for what he does comes through in each photograph.”

(Photos courtesy Arizona Game and Fish)

ples. Andrejko joined the yearbook staff as a photographer.

“It became the No. 1 thing in my life,” he says. “I had keys to the dark room for the newspaper and yearbook. When I didn’t have film to develop or images to print, I’d be in the library all night studying compositions and colors. That became a passion.”

He entered Kodak contests and won numerous awards. The daily paper in Las Cruces, New Mexico, noticed his talents and offered him a photojournalist position. He covered everything from peewee sports and university sports to musicians who came to town.

“I really enjoyed the entertainment side,” he says. “I got to cover just about anybody who came through, like Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, when they were doing their reunion tour. Heart was another one. I covered them when they first came out. I covered Prince.

“We had a meet and greet with Prince, and his people said Prince doesn’t want to see any cameras. If he saw any of us with a camera, they were going to throw us out. In the other breath, they said if we got some good pictures, Prince would like to see them.”

He traveled to El Paso, where he met Willie Nelson and Jack Nicholson, the latIn the winter, George Andrejko’s favorite place to be is Willcox, when the sandhill cranes start arriving. By late December/early January, more than 45,000 cranes spend time in the area.

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ter of whom was filming a movie.

“I got to photograph all the top bands in the ’70s and ’80s.”

One day, his brother brought him a newspaper clipping that said Arizona Game and Fish was looking for photographers.

“He said, ‘You might want to look into this,’” Andrejko recalled. “I pursued it and got the job at Game and Fish.”

In the winter, his favorite place to be is Willcox, when the sandhill cranes begin to arrive. By late December/early January, more than 45,000 cranes spend time in the area.

“You should arrive before sunrise,” he says. “Park on Davis Road and you can just watch the birds lift off from the water or fly off on first light. They take off and the only thing I can say is it looks like a World War II bomber, or the ‘The Wizard of Oz’ with the monkeys flying. Their sounds are just phenomenal.

“When they come back to roost at night, their cooing is so pleasant.”

Arizona Game and Fish boasts 600-plus employees but only one Andrejko.

“I cover all the photography that we do, which makes it interesting,” he says.

“With my 30-years plus, I’ve covered all the reintroductions and recovery efforts the department has done. It’s very rewarding.”

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The Eye of the Needle Exhibition highlights micro miniatures by Flor Carvajal

BY LAURA LATZKO Working in small scale with miniatures is a difficult process, but micro miniatures take this to the next level.

The Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures will showcase micro miniatures by Colombian artist Flor Carvajal, who develops pieces so tiny that they fit within the eye of a needle or on the head of a pin.

“In the Eye of a Needle: Micro Miniatures by Flor Carvajal” runs from February 23 to June 27. It features more than 20 pieces from Carvajal’s collection, including micro miniatures inspired by her religion, culture and “Looney Tunes” characters such as the Wile E. Coyote.

This is Carvajal’s first show in the United States. Lisa Hastreiter-Lamb, the museum’s executive director and curator, says spotlighting artists like Carvajal is part of a larger effort to highlight miniatures from around the world.

“We are interested in showing the diversity of different cultures and religions around the world and how miniatures are used by different cultures and represent different cultures,” Hastreiter-Lamb says.

Micro miniatures are specialized, as more artists tend to work in larger scales such as 1/2 inch rather than 1/4 inch. Creating miniatures on the eye of a needle is even more niche.

The museum previously had a micro miniature exhibition featuring sculptures on the tips of led pencils. Carvajal’s pieces will be displayed with magnifiers and

on frames and pedestals to better allow viewers to see them.

The pieces will offer a glimpse into Carvajal’s work and personal life.

“The work that we are exhibiting demonstrates not just the skill of the artist but also tells stories about what is important to her, in terms of her culture, her life in Colombia and the values of her people,” Hastreiter-Lamb says.

The artist has been interested in arts and crafts, poetry and theater since a child and started her miniatures journey by creating a manger out of Styrofoam.

She eventually switched to using synthetic resin when she challenged herself to make the smallest mangers in the world on a lentil, grain of rice and the heads of a nail and pin. Now her pieces take two to 15 days to create, depending on the required details.

The artist uses very few tools when working on her micro miniatures. She mainly relies on her hands, a magnifier and needles.

“Over time, she has learned the best materials to use and has continued to make pieces in the eye of the needle, on the side of the needle and on the tins of pinheads,” Hastreiter-Lamb says.

“It doesn’t require a lot of tools to make something so small. It’s important because I think the assumption is that you have to have specialty tools. But really, it’s somebody being focused

and steady, letting go of trying to control the material and just allowing the process to happen.”

Hastreiter-Lamb says while micro miniatures aren’t as detailed as larger miniatures, artists such as Carvajal are able to use intricate details in their pieces.

“I think there’s a limit to how detailed you can get on that scale, but at the same time, she is putting in details like eyes,” Hastreiter-Lamb says.

For the Carvajal exhibition, a Phoenix couple, David and Claudia Cook, have been assisting the museum. Many of the pieces on display are from their personal collection. The pair are longtime supporters of the artist. Claudia is from Colombia, and the couple often travels to South America to see her family.

“It was through visiting her family that they happened to discover Flor’s work,” says Hastreiter-Lamb. “They loved it and got to know her. They started to collect a few pieces of their own and then decided that they wanted to help her get her work out into the United States.”

Through May 2, the museum is also exhibiting “Tom Del Giorno: Itty Bitty Backlots of the Boroughs” in its Community Corner section, as he’s from Sahuarita.

For the display, the artist created miniatures inspired by neighborhoods and

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What: “In the Eye of a Needle: Micro Miniatures” by Flor Carvajal When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Sundays, February 23-June 27 What: “Tom Del Giorno: Itty Bitty Backlots of the Boroughs” When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Sundays through May 2 Where: Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive Cost: $10.50 for adults, $8.50 for seniors 65 and older, $7 for youth ages 4 to 17, free for children 3 and younger Info: 881-0606, theminitimemachine.org boroughs in New York City in the 1950s through 1970s.

The museum is operating under social distancing guidelines.

Timed-entry tickets are required to visit the facility, and guests and staff are required to wear face masks.

For its newest exhibition, Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures will display pieces by Flor Cavajal such as “La Independencia de Cartagena.”

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All the Single Ladies Art museum offers glimpse into the lives of women in the West

BY LAURA LATZKO Women in the West often didn’t fit the stereotypes of the saloon girl or wholesome wife. They were much more complicated than that.

A new exhibition at the Tucson Desert Art Museum explores how single women were able to make great strides and determine their own fate during the 19th century. “All the Single Ladies: Women Pioneers of the American West” will run through December 31.

The exhibition is broken down into sections about prostitutes, entrepreneurs, homesteaders, Harvey Girls waitresses, and nuns and missionaries.

“We are exploring some of the different ways that single women experienced life in the West and were pioneers,” says curator Alyssa Travis.

Women in the West became single for various reasons, including being widowed or orphaned. Women also chose not to marry, because they wanted to retain their independence.

Travis says these single women in the West were able to overcome obstacles to run their own businesses, build fortunes and help to make their communities better.

“There are all these amazing stories of their resilience, despite the difficulties of being a woman in the U.S. during that period,” Travis says.

The exhibition will highlight 18 single women — of various races and ethnicities — who made an impact. Some of them worked in Arizona, like gold prospector, philanthropist and restaurant owner Nellie Cashman; famous Tombstone prostitute Mary Katherine Horony; and Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, an architect who worked with the Fred Harvey Company on hotels, restaurants and structures at the Grand Canyon.

Travis says women in the west held a variety of occupations, including physicians, authors, miners, madams and business owners. Some of

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these women held different positions during their lifetimes.

Ex-slave Mary Fields managed the day-to-day operations at an abbey and later delivered mail by horseback after moving out West.

“I guess she was a rough-andtough woman. She was 6 feet tall and 200 pounds, swore like a sailor, and smoked and drank all the time,” Travis says.

Many of the featured women fought for larger causes.

Teresa Urrea was a Mexican folk healer who pushed for social reforms and inspired others to rebel against the Mexican government.

After being deported, she lived in Arizona on and off throughout her life.

Donaldina Cameron, an immigrant from New Zealand who lived in California, helped to educate, free and fight for the rights of Chinese girls who were

forced to come to the United States to serve as prostitutes.

With the exhibition, Travis wanted to show the various paths for female pioneers. Some single women from the West, for example, made a difference while living in eastern states.

“Usually when you think The Tucson Desert of a pioneer, you have this Art Museum’s “All white Swedish woman in the Single Ladies: your mind that you see on a Women Pioneers of homestead, maybe in fields the American West” exhibit will highlight of wheat. I wanted to break the accomplishments that stereotype and redeof single women in fine the idea of a pioneer,” the West such as mail carrier Mary Fields.

Travis says.

She says women in the West often had freedoms their counterparts in the eastern states didn’t have.

“In the cities back cast, there were Victorian social norms that really did limit a woman’s flexibility to go into different roles. If you were of a certain income level, you were expected to be a wife and a mother and take care of your children.

If you were lower class, you probably did work, but you also had those requirements at home, too,” Travis says.

“But in the West, there was a shortage of women in the mid-1800s and earlier, as people were moving

The Tucson Desert Art Museum’s exhibition “All the Single Ladies: Women Pioneers of the American West” spotlights single women in the West, such as Calamity Jane.

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West. So, women did have more economic opportunities. Usually, laws in the West were more pro-woman. It was easier to get divorced. There were property rights for women, which was revolutionary.

Women got to vote earlier in the West.”

Travis says women were also able to earn better salaries in domestic roles in the West and secure loans for businesses such as boarding houses.

Travis did six months of research, using books, newspapers and scholarly articles to put together the exhibition.

The biggest challenge was finding information on the featured women. Occasionally, she found an interesting woman but there wasn’t enough information to include her.

Many of the women featured in the display weren’t single all of their lives,

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Ladies...continued from page 6 as they either had been married or had remarried. Travis tried to focus on periods in their lives when they were making strides on their own.

“Men were a part of these women’s stories, but I really tried to highlight women who had that independent drive and really felt like their own people,” Travis says.

The single women of the West exhibition ties into the museum’s mission of telling the stories of people from different backgrounds.

“Since I’ve been working at the museum for the last six years, we’ve always tried to highlight minority groups and different perspectives that might not be amplified in mainstream culture,” Travis says.

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Tucson artist Ignacio Garcia’s “Iggi Pop” collection features representations of pop culture figures.

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Mixed Media Artist Ignacio Garcia continues to evolve

BY LAURA LATZKO For Tucson artist Ignacio Garcia, art is not limited to one medium or topic.

Throughout his career, he has created different types of work — and he’s continuing to do so.

Recently, the Democratic Party in Phoenix and the Biden campaign asked him to develop murals for Latino voters.

He received attention for his mural of basketball announcer Bill Walsh riding a jackalope.

Tucson residents driving on Speedway Boulevard may have seen his work on the Fangamer building. He created a video game-inspired UFO mural on it.

In his work, he often explores topics relating to the Southwest and pop culture.

He’s inspired by street-style art because he was exposed to it growing up.

“I was involved with that movement in LA,” he says. “I’m trying to bring that to Tucson but with more of a Sonoran style.”

Garcia is developing his “Sonoran Street Art” collection, made up of graffiti-style wooden panels exploring what life is like in Southwest and Mexican border towns.

“It is all the border towns on both sides.

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It’s that culture, from Tijuana all the way to El Paso, to Laredo and to Nogales. It’s all that same mindset,” Garcia says.

He’s taking on Mexican candy art on wooden panels as well. They reflect the treats he had as a child visiting his family in Mexico. They’re made from spices like chili and tamarin.

“That is cool to reflect on that, the ingredients and colors behind Mexican candy,” Garcia says.

Garcia says working with the wood panels allows him to create different effects than he can on traditional canvases.

“I put a lot of texture into it, and I put a lot of grind into it. I need to have a hard surface to give it that effect, compared to a canvas, which is just too floppy,” Garcia says. “It’s completely unique. It’s not your traditional painting.”

Garcia became interested in art at a young age — at 4, drawing pictures of Spider-Man. He grew up in a family of artists. His grandfather was a carpenter and woodworker, and his uncle was a designer, event planner and wedding cakemaker.

For 18 years, Garcia has worked as a muralist. When he started his career, he

created Tuscan-style murals on ceilings of homes. The artist lived in the Phoenix area from age 13 to 19, attending Chandler High School as a teen.

After that, he lived in Tucson and then LA. He spent about a decade in LA before returning to the Tucson area with his family.

He says his time in LA was memorable and valuable to his growth as an artist, but here, he’s able to focus more on himself.

Garcia feels a special connection to the city.

“I love the diversity here in Tucson and how it’s being embraced and valued,” Garcia says. “The scenery as well. You go into these neighborhoods and barrios that have their own little history.”

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Garcia has been working on murals for and producing his own work inside of the Catalyst Collaborative Arts and Maker Space, which is in the Tucson Mall.

He has created murals of a mesquite tree with agave, javelinas, robotic arms and transparent hands in different colors for the multifunctional space.

“It was from the very beginning trying to think about all of the different ways to separate each room and make each one its own,” Garcia says. “We are trying to make it universal, with all different styles and different types of work.”

While working in the space, he can avoid distractions at home, share his work with the public and make others more aware of Catalyst and its possibilities.

“For me to paint in that space, I just really step up my game. I really want to promote it. This space is really beneficial for artists that want to expand their work,” Garcia says.

Garcia’s 10-year-old son, Valente, has also worked in the space on film projects.

Catalyst has inspired Garcia in different ways, including leading him to work with new techniques.

Recently, he collaborated with spice artist Amanda Margaretha, which has led him to use spices such as chile powder, salt and sugar into his work.

Garcia has delved into different subject matter throughout his career as an artist.

For his “Iggi Pop” collection, he developed pop culture pieces inspired by Skeletor from “He Man and the Masters of the Universe,” Tony the Tiger, Beetlejuice, the Pink Panther, Elvira, Michael Jackson and Salvador Dali.

In 2011, he took part in an exhibition called “Narco-Nation,” which focused on drug-trafficking culture.

Along with his work as an artist, Garcia also has a background in graphic design, celebrity and musician portraits, DJing and tattooing, the latter of which he retired after 20 years.

He says applying similar techniques, such as layering, has allowed him to be able to transition from one art form to another.

Garcia has for many years with street and abstract styles — ’80s and ’90s bubble letters and techniques such as paint chip, rustic and resin effect.

He tries to stay up on trends, from which he draws inspiration.

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Always Evolving Rock and R&B group Miss Olivia and the Interlopers shares music in different ways

Miss Olivia and the Interlopers has been sharing music via livestream due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Submitted photo)

BY LAURA LATZKO Miss Olivia and the Interlopers is known for its “mixtape” sound, switching from one genre to another with its original music.

Miss Olivia and the Interlopers — singer Olivia Reardon, bassist David Hostetler, guitarist Mike Sydloski and drummer Morgan Schlaline — has won its fair share of awards. On hiatus for a point in 2020, the musicians have reunited.

Having to scale back on live performances due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the band has been sharing its music through livestreams.

“The music scene is suffering all over,” Reardon says. “We are all trying to figure out how to stay relevant, how to get ourselves out there safely and how to continue to make music.”

Past livestreams have taken place at WaveLab Recording Studio and St. Charles Tavern and have drawn audiences of anywhere from 50 to a few hundred people.

Reardon says, for her, music has a therapeutic quality, so not having that outlet has been a challenge.

“Performing, writing or playing music for an artist, that is like going to the gym,” Reardon says. “That’s our yoga, our release. I can sing in the shower, but it’s like doing yoga in your living room.

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it feels better to do it around people. It’s the same thing with music. Performing is such a give-and-take, sharing and receiving. It’s hard to do it by myself in the shower.”

Along with livestreams, the band also released an EP in 2020.

The EP “Tiny Tales” features the songs “Royal Jelly,” “Blacklisted” and “Leaving You Behind.” “Blacklisted” was also featured on the compilation “The Tucson Vibe.”

Miss Olivia and the Interlopers planned to do a full-length album but had to change its plans due to COVID-19. Reardon says, as an artist, she has continued to evolve.

“My songs now are better than they ever were because of growth and understanding,” Reardon says. “A lot of times when you are growing and learning as a human, you don’t see things from other people’s perspectives as much as you should. As you are older, you realize it’s not just me out here. My writing and how I approach music is so much better now.”

Miss Olivia and the Interlopers has been a staple of the Tucson music scene since 2017. Before starting the group, Hostetler and Sydloski played together in the Pink Floyd cover band Atom Heart Mother.

Reardon sang backup for them. While Atom Heart Mother was on breath, they decided to start their own group.

“None of us wanted to stop playing,” Reardon says.

“I was working at St. Charles, and the owner of St. Charles said, ‘Why don’t you throw some covers together and start playing here?’ We played one night. It was packed. You couldn’t get inside. And then a week later, we packed Che’s. Then, a week later, the Rialto called. It took on life.

I’m so glad it did, because it went from this fun night at St. Charles to a beautiful band,” Reardon says.

Soon after those early gigs, the group began to write its own original music.

Reardon says writing original music was a turning point for the group.

“That helped us to realize that we could do this as a band — not just play covers and enjoy great music, but we could actually create,” Reardon says.

Songwriting has been a collaborative process for the group. Reardon says she is a perfectionist with writing music.

“Songwriting is not easy,” Reardon says.

“Some people write songs every day, all day long. I write all the time, yes, but to have it be great or something that you are really proud of that you want to push people to listen to is a really hard thing to do. These guys made it easy.”

During its in-person shows and livestreams, the group often plays a mixture of originals and covers. Although it will sometimes perform more popular covers

of songs by groups such as Led Zeppelin, the musicians try to dig deeper.

“It will not only open our audience’s eyes to those people and their stuff but also give us a bit more of a range in interpretation,” Reardon says.

Reardon grew up in a family of singers, who sang harmonies together during the holidays. From Ohio, Reardon has a career in music that spans more than 20 years. She started in LA, performing with different bands and musicians and did voiceover work for Disney.

One of her first jobs was at the Baked Potato jazz club, where rockers would often perform when they weren’t on tour.

“I was lucky enough to be asked to come and sing. I sang ‘Proud Mary’ with Slash, and then from that point on, I was invited more often,” Reardon says.

Reardon’s time in LA shaped her into the musician she has become. The biggest challenge in LA was being pigeonholed. She tried to resist this because she has always embraced different styles of music.

With her current band, she performs a diverse selection of music.

“I’m so grateful with the way our society is moving,” Reardon says. “That hindered me because I couldn’t pick a side. I think it’s crappy that we do that to people on so many levels. I like that this band lets me play rock and lets me play R&B.” Reardon moved to Tucson to be closer to her son’s father. Although she wasn’t sure what to expect at first, Reardon has found a home in Tucson. The supportive music community has embraced her band and acts like a family.

“I think a lot of us came from bigger cities,” Reardon says. “Being a small fish in a big city, it is hard. It’s a struggle. If you maintain and survive that, and you come to a smaller place, we all know that pain and that struggle. It’s easy to put yourself in that other person’s place.”

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News Briefs

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

COVID-19 outbreak forces county attorney’s office to telecommute After several employees tested positive for COVID-19 in early January, the Pima County Attorney’s Office, housed at the Legal Services Building (32 N. Stone Avenue) in Downtown Tucson, was closed to PCAO employees and the public on Jan. 11 and Jan. 12.

Closing the building is unprecedented but necessary “in order to keep operations going and to make sure that we don’t hit that brick wall of not having enough healthy staff,” says Pima County Attorney Laura Conover. The closure allowed PCAO employees time to obtain a COVID-19 test and to receive results. Employees telecommuted from home while the building was cleaned and sanitized.

Conover experienced mild COVID-19 symptoms since potentially being exposed in early January.

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The Latino Leaders Network honored Tucson Mayor Regina Romero with the Antonio Villaraigosa Leadership Award at the 34th Tribute to Mayors in late January.

The Tribute to Mayors convenes elected officials from across the country to honor a mayor who has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to bringing diverse communities together.

“It is an honor to receive the Antonio Villaraigosa Leadership Award from the Latino Leaders Network,” Romero says.

“Although this year has presented its fair share of challenges, we’ve proven our resilience and positioned ourselves to return stronger than ever here in Tucson.

I extend my sincere gratitude to Mickey Ibarra for his continued leadership in ensuring Latino issues and stories have a national platform to be heard.”

Program participants included Latino Leaders Network Chairman Mickey Ibarra, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, former Los Angeles Mayor Hon. Antonio Villaraigosa, award-winning journalist Maria Elena Salinas and UnidosUS President and CEO Janet Murguia.

“We are delighted to honor Mayor Regina Romero at our Tribute to Mayors for her outstanding leadership and commitment to making Tucson a better place for everyone,” Ibarra says. “Her powerful

personal story of obstacles overcome to achieve success is an inspiration we look forward to sharing with our national leader network of nearly 14,000 members.”

Mayor Regina Romero is the daughter of immigrants and was elected as the first woman and first Latino mayor of Tucson in November 2019. She is the only Latina mayor among the nation’s 50 largest cities.

Banner adds a pediatrician and children’s cardiac specialist Dr. Helene Felman — a pediatrician with experience in advocacy, well child care, and treating behavioral issues such as depression, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and anxiety — has joined the general pediatrics team as its division chief at Banner–University Medicine.

In addition, she serves as a clinical associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Arizona College of Medicine–Tucson, Department of Pediatrics.

Felman was most recently a clinical assistant professor at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.

As a pediatric generalist, Felman treats children ages birth to 18 years old. Her practice focuses on health maintenance for children to ensure the child is meeting or exceeding health benchmarks. In addition, she also treats children with common health issues such as asthma, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD, obesity, depression, simple infections, upper respiratory illness, pneumonia and ear infections.

Felman sees patients at Banner–University Medical Center Tucson, 1625 N. Campbell, and Banner University Medical Group Children’s Multispecialty Services, 535 N. Wilmot Road, Suite 101.

To schedule an appointment with Felman, call 694-5437.

In other Banner news, Dr. Andrew Hoyer, a cardiologist and heart imaging expert for children, has joined Banner-University Medicine.

He specializes in fetal cardiology and pediatric echocardiography. Hoyer is experienced in the diagnosis and treatment of congenital heart disease and the heart-related imaging tests echocardiography and cardiac MRI for children. He is the first pediatric cardiologist in Southern Arizona with this expertise.

Hoyer treats children with heart murmurs, chest pain, palpitations and fainting and provides screenings for familial heart problems. He provides care for children from fetal life to adulthood.

“Complicated heart problems require a multidisciplinary approach, and I am one part of a great team delivering care at Banner–University Medicine,” Hoyer said.

To schedule an appointment with Hoyer, who sees children at various clinics, call 694-5437.

Mayor, council approve bond sale to fund pension obligation The Tucson mayor and council approved the sale of certificates of participation (COP) to fund the city’s growing obligation to the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System. The system funds the fire and police personnel pension program. The obligation stands at $1.5 billion and is projected to grow to a peak annual cost of $240 million to the city’s general fund.

Approved by the mayor and council, the strategy addresses the long-term system obligation by borrowing funding at unusually low interest rates and investing those funds. The investment earnings will be used to fund the pension obligation. This has the potential, over the 25year plan, to save the city more than $800 million, reducing future burdens to the general fund, preserving essential services, saving taxpayer dollars, and helping to stabilize the city’s financial future.

Mayor and council also created the Tucson Public Safety Pension Trust to manage, invest and safeguard the bond proceeds. In addition to the composition of the trustees, the trust will have an independent investment adviser and trust administrator. The trustees will adopt an investment policy and guide the investment of the funds. Additionally, the trust will be audited as part of the city’s annual audit.

“This is a historic, once-in-a-generation decision that puts Tucson at the forefront of our state and our nation, when it comes to securing our public safety pension system,” says Mayor Regina Romero.

“This move has the potential to save Tucsonans more than $800 million in taxpayer (monies) over the next few decades and ensure the retirement security of our first responders.”

—Executive Editor Christina Fuoco-Karasinski can be reached at christina@ timespublications.com. www.LovinLife.com

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9 Old CIA foe 12 Mentor 13 Err 14 Shoe width 15 Secondhand 16 Watch chains 17 Away from SSW 18 Slightly 19 And so on (Abbr.)

20 Tackles weeds 21 Longing 23 Hearty quaff 25 Ex-hausted 28 Castor’s twin 32 Silents star Mary 33 Country singer Shelton 34 Arrest 36 Dwellings 37 Meadow 38 Dancer Charisse 39 Rage

42 Trio after Q 44 Raw minerals 48 Exist 49 -- Domini 50 “Damn Yankees” vamp 51 Irate 52 Tale teller 53 Maui meal 54 Golfer Ernie 55 Track circuits 56 Holler DOWN 1 Oaxaca water 2 Reddish brown 3 Region 4 “That’ll Be the Day” singer 5 Insult 6 Coin aperture 7 Wheel cover 8 Six-pack muscles 9 Vegas game 10 Hereditary unit

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Place a number in the empty boxes in such a way that each row across, each column down and each small 9-box square contains all of the numbers from one to nine.

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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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Arts

‘What’s Up, Docs?’

UA event showcases student-made documentaries

BY KRISTEN CASTILLO

dents) produce and getting to see the During a regular academic year, the stories from all around them,” says Jacob School of Theatre, Film & Television at the Bricca, associate professor and head of University of Arizona holds a screening of the UA production division.

He guided junior Bachelor of Fine Arts student-made documentaries every December at the Loft Cinema called “What’s students in production of their self-conceptualized documentaries during the Up, Docs?” fall semester. Though operating mostly online, he instructed students in planning their films, working with the equipment In just three seasons as head coach, former WNBA player Adia Barnes transformed the struggling and navigating through the post-produc- University of Arizona women’s basketball team into one of the top programs in the country. “Adia,” directed by Zoe Lambert, premieres at “What’s Up, Docs?” (Photos courtesy UA) tion process.

To adhere to COVID-19 guidelines ented ideas to spotlighting unique fea- ficult at times.”

Despite the difficulties of the online forduring production, students wore masks, tures of Tucson.

“I think this is a strange time where mat and stress from current events, stuconducted on-camera interviews in dents overcame adversities in outdoor settings or their creation process. through video chat, and “You have an idea, but then filmed on-site at their you approach things in the own level of comfort. real world and you’re subject “Everyone took a difto the whims of chance and ferent approach in makthe whims of how things turn ing the films and ended out,” Bricca says. up with a pretty varied A woman reflects on her failed attempt at “You pivot and you adapt. mending political division in the wake of the tu- and strong bunch of multuous 2020 presidential election in “Why? A work,” Bricca says. … I think there was a sense of Social Experiment,” directed by Sarah Cowherd. accomplishment that was felt With the assistance of collectively by the class by the However, due to the extraordinary cir- Bricca, students mainend — having overcome this cumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, tained full creative consituation and produced work the event will showcase 15 films and be trol over their projects that was personally fulfilling held on the theater’s online streaming and produced their docplatform from February 4 to February 17, umentaries either inde- On a rusty Washington farm, an ambitious teen reflects on the tiring but reward- in one way or another.” ing life of being a modern cowgirl in “The Crummy,” directed by Hunter Snider.

Though not the ideal outlet pendently or in groups free of charge.

“I’m looking forward to the communi- of two. The topics of the documentaries some people have, paradoxically, had ex- of showcasing the final documentaries, ty getting to see the work that (the stu- vary from exploring personal family-ori- perience of great intimacy or closeness,” Bricca is excited for his students’ work to Bricca says. “It’s also been a very isolating be shared with university alum and the time when you feel like things are oper- Tucson community.

“Our students are just begging and dyating at half energy or half speed. It feels ing for a physical audience for their work, like a bit of ghost town in some places.”

While they worked diligently to com- and this is not going to be it, but there plete their projects, Bricca met with stu- are some silver linings,” Bricca says. “We dents individually throughout their pro- have a larger community of alums who cess to offer advice and guidance over are always interested in what the current Zoom. However, as the semester contin- students are doing, and it’s a way for us ued, Bricca realized that the discussions to introduce them to our current students with students evolved from general doc- who will be graduating soon.”

While the main purpose of this screenumentary-making questions to dealing ing is to showcase students’ work, Bricca with the turmoil of the pandemic.

“Their families have had different ex- looks forward to sharing the many stories.

“There is a lot of very rich material that periences through the pandemic,” Bricca says. “They, themselves, experienced a lot is going on all around us, and I’m just exof stress. Politically, things are quite tense cited for people to see the work and see Three individuals speak about their experiences growing up Asian in America; their struggles with masculinity, identity and conformity; and the ways they reconnect and stay in touch with their cul- and (more) unusual than they were last the stories that are out there,” Bricca says. ture in “Asian and American,” directed by Andy Zhao. semester, and doing school like this is dif-

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Food & Wine

‘Extreme’ Ramen New noodle restaurant offers slow-simmered dishes

BY VALERIE VINYARD One of the meanings of the Japanese word “kiwami” is “extreme,” which is fitting, because new restaurant Kiwami Ramen is extremely tasty.

The outside of the building still harks back to its Jack in the Box days, but festive signage and tapestries label the new business.

When guests walk inside, they are treated to a stunning transformation from fast food to full-service restaurant. Stone-like and faux wood floors serve as a base to light-colored laminated tables. Servers bustle around, quick to offer suggestions and explain menu items.

Some might find the pulsating music a bit loud, but it gives off a hip vibe.

Artwork is abundant, including a giant bonsai sculpture on the community table in the center of the restaurant. A mix of booths, tables and spots at the sushi bar round out the indoor seating. A few outdoor tables are situated under cover from the sun’s rays.

The drive-thru window remains operational. Jack Sibley, a 32-year-old server, recently tried out Kiwami’s drive-thru.

Because he was in a hurry, he didn’t have a chance to check out the transformed interior.

“The wait time is a little longer than a traditional drive-thru,” he says. “It was worth it, because my food tasted a lot better than fast food. Next time I’ll probably go inside and eat.”

Sibley ordered the Kiwami Kuro, a $10.35 ramen with Kiwami’s signature pork broth and black garlic oil, scallion, kikurage mushroom, bamboo, bean sprout, seasoned egg, pork char siu and, of course, noodles.

Owner Amane Shakuchi called the Kiwami Shiro one of the restaurant’s most popular dishes. Shakuchi said the average drive-thru wait time at 5 minutes.

“I think we are the only (ramen drive-thru) in the world,” she says with a laugh.

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but she kept the drive-thru when she finally opened the restaurant November 8.

Kiwami’s menu features nine ramen varieties, including spicy curry tonkotsu ($11.95), a pork broth with sesame curry that comes with a variety of vegetables and spicy ground pork, sweet corn and wavy noodles, and poke ramen ($13.95), which comes with tuna, salmon, cucumber, mango, pineapple, cheese powder and kake noodles in a spicy sesame sauce. Kiwami also offers bowls ($5.95 to $9.95) and a dozen appetizers ($3.95 to $14.95).

On a recent visit, we tried a variety of appetizers. The coating on the five extra-large shrimp tempura ($7.99) yielded a welcome crunch, and the side of flavorful tempura sauce rounded out the dish.

The pork gyoza ($5.95) were six plump,

Kiwami Ramen settled into a former Jack in the Box restaurant and underwent a transformation. Stone-like and faux wood floors serve as a base to light-colored, laminate tables. (Photo by Jonathan Revies)

fresh pot stickers that ranked higher in flavor and heft than the typical Asian pot sticker found in Tucson.

A mix of American and Japanese beers ($4.50) are available, including Asahi, Miller Lite and Sapporo Lite. Another Japanese beer, Orion, is brewed in Japan and shipped to the States.

On a recent weekday, Esmeralda Rodriguez was enjoying lunch with her friend.

“I like the vibe of this place,” says Rodriguez, a 44-year-old electrical engineer in Tucson. “The menu is really tasty, and the service is good.”

Shakuchi and her husband, Tani Takanobu, formerly owned three ramen shops in Houston, Corpus Christi and Tyler, Texas. They sold the restaurants and moved to Tucson.

“In the beginning we didn’t think about Arizona,” she says. “I came by to check out the market. Ramen in this place is popular; everybody knows about it.”

Shakuchi drew upon her architecture studies from a Tokyo university to transform the space into a sit-down restaurant.

“It was super, super hard,” she says.

“The building was so old.”

After almost 11 months and “a lot of permits,” Kiwami opened, with Takanobu serving as the restaurant’s chef.

Shakuchi is proud of Kiwami’s broth, which simmers for more than 10 hours and is “very healthy.”

“I like to mix the Japanese culture and the United States culture,” she says.

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Sweet Release Matthew Sweet straps on a guitar for his new album

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The pandemic has been hard on Sweet, who turned 56 on October 6. He considers himself to be high risk, so he’s been careful.

“My health isn’t fantastic,” he says. “I’m not in super great shape. It’s been a scary time. My wife was furloughed for a couple months early on. She went back to work in the summer.

“The lucky thing is in our city of Omaha, there’s been a mask mandate the whole time. Everyone, at least, wears a mask. But it’s scary now, especially, because it really seems to be ramping up again — especially around our area in the Midwest, which didn’t have it quite as bad in the earlier days.”

The quarantine wasn’t so bad, though.

Sweet says he considers himself a homebody — someone who doesn’t socialize much.

“In a weird way, it’s not that different,” he says. “It’s only different because I can’t work. I absorbed a whole lot of content and watched tons of movies and shows.

That’s filled a lot of my time.”

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Matthew Sweet admits it’s a little tough to release an album during a pandemic.

But he needed fans to hear his new album, “Catspaw,” which hit stores January 15 on Omnivore Recordings.

“I don’t like to wait a long time after I finish an album to release it,” Sweet says.

“It’s really finished for me when it gets manufactured and it’s out the door. That would give me weird feelings if it waited and waited.”

The album was wrapped up just before the world closed down, which is ironic because the guitar-driven “Catspaw” has a certain gloominess to it. To take out his frustration, Sweet plays lead, something he was hesitant to do previously.

“I had been talking about doing it for years,” he says. “But I had other people play lead. I’m not trained at it at all.

“I’ve been around enough great guitar players and played enough riffs that I could give it a go. I think it’s a pretty rock record for me. Some of the songs are doom related, so it fits well with the pandemic. I think it’s part of the function of being older and writing music. I’m going to fight against the onslaught of time. It has a consistency and tone to it. It does have a lot of different sentiments. I tried to not overwork it. I just went for it.”

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‘Detroit Stories’

Alice Cooper’s “Detroit Stories” is set to hit stores February 26.

(Photo by Jenny Risher)

Alice Cooper pays homage to his hometown on new album

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Alice Cooper and his longtime producer, Bob Ezrin, like to create conceptual albums. The topic of the original shock rocker’s forthcoming collection is something close to his heart — his hometown of Detroit.

“Detroit Stories” is set to hit stores February 26.

“It’s easier to write in concepts,” says Cooper, who lives in Scottsdale. “I didn’t want to just write 12 good, hard rock songs. I said, why don’t we dedicate it to the home of hard rock.

“We didn’t stop there. We wrote the album there with Detroiters and have the entire band from Detroit.”

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“Mark Farner, Wayne Kramer and Johnny Bee were great, and then we got some studio guys to play bass, keyboards and horns. The only guy who wasn’t from Detroit was Joe Bonamassa. I just thought he was good for the songs ‘Rock ‘n’ Roll’ and ‘Drunk and In Love.’

“I’ve known Wayne Kramer since the MC5 days. I think he’s playing better than he ever has. Johnny Bee is a premier drummer. Mark Farner is a modern guitarist from Grand Funk.”

Cooper didn’t anticipate the funk undercurrent of the songs. He listened back to the songs, and soul was revealed as well. Normally, he says, he would ask to remove it. But Detroit had such a great relationship with Motown that he asked to keep it in.

“When we played the Eastown back in those days, it was Alice Cooper, the Stooges and The Who and I’d see Smokey Robinson in the audience,” Cooper recalls about the east side Detroit club. “We’d see members of the Supremes and the Temp-

tations at hard rock shows. Back then, it was just music. It wasn’t something they were shocked by. They loved hard rock.

When they did shows at the Roostertail, we’d go there. There was nothing racial about it. You were part of the gang.”

That, Cooper adds, is the difference between Detroit and the rest of the world.

Music there is authentic and real.

“Bands playing Detroit had better be real,” he says. “What the Stooges did was the absolute beginnings of punk. It didn’t matter that they weren’t the greatest players.

“When they got on stage and did play, they never flinched about who they were.

It’s the same with the MC5 and us. We were theatrical hard rock bands, and we didn’t try to change for Detroit.”

That music is reflected in “Detroit Stories.” He calls “$1,000 High Heel Shoes” a Motown song. “Go Man Go” is rockabilly, and “Drunk and In Love” is blues.

“I tried to include every bit of Detroit kind of rock,” Cooper says.

The acknowledgments in the liner notes even reflect his love of the Motor City by thanking the likes of Creem Magazine, WABX, Soupy Sales, The Grande Ballroom, Al Kaline, Bobby Layne and Gordie Howe.

“They were our sports heroes,” Cooper says. “They were such a big part of my life when I was a little kid. The Tigers, Lions and Red Wings were the biggest things.

“We had a great time playing big arenas all over the world, but the coolest rock ‘n’ roll time was at the Grande and Eastown with Suzi Quatro and maybe Ted Nugent. You go and every one of these bands brought it every night. Nobody was up there going, ‘I hope you like us tonight.’ You grab them by the face and shake them.”

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Ask the Expert

Unveiling the hidden sugars

BY TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER Is hidden sugar adding inches to your waistline? Our registered dietitians share these four easy steps for reducing the added sugar in your diet:

1. Know where your sugars lurk

have all the negative impacts of sugar on your body. There are naturally occurring sugars in fruit, but they’re playing tag team with some essential nutrients like fiber and vitamins, so when you’ve got a hankering for something sweet, pick a fruit.

Sugar and its aliases Sure, you know candy and cakes have lots of sugar in them, but sugar can also be found lurking in salsas and sauces such as ketchup. Check those labels for sugar’s aliases dextrose, corn syrup, fructose, glucose, high-fructose corn syrup, malt syrup, maltose, molasses, nectar, syrup and sucrose.

2. Know your limit

Healthy sugar?

“I only eat healthy sugars, like agave syrup, local honey or brown raw syrup.”

Unfortunately, these are still sugars and

3. Check that serving size

The American Heart Association recommends limiting the amount of added sugars you eat and drink no more than 100 calories per day, or about 6 teaspoons of sugar for women. For men, it’s 150 calories per day, or about 9 teaspoons. So, check that microwave lunch or that soda drink for sugar.

Read the nutritional facts panel on packaged foods and remember to pay attention to the number of servings you

are actually eating.

4. Cut back where you can Here are some suggestions from the Center for Science in Public Interest • Cut back on soft drinks (liquid candy) and sweet tea. Try club soda, seltzer, unsweetened tea, low-fat milk or, better yet, water.

• Avoid fruit drinks, lemonades and cocktails. They’re basically soda pop without the carbonation. Sunny Delight, Fruitopia, etc., are only 5% to 10% fruit juice. If you want fruit juice, go for the real thing, but be careful of serving sizes, as this is still a sugar-heavy food.

• Limit candy, cookies, cakes, pies, doughnuts, granola bars, pastries and other sweet baked goods. Eat fruit and nuts

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BY GAYLE LAGMAN-CRESWICK Dear Gabby Gayle: I met a womGabby Gayle: The big holQ Dear Q an at church last year before the idays are over, and this widow made it through. I actually did well and stayed reasonably happy the whole time, even though I could not have the normal family get-togethers, due to the pandemic. The holiday that gives me sadness is Valentine’s Day. We always made it a big day. He sent me mushy cards, flowers and candy, and took me out to our special place. My second year without him is coming up. What can I do to keep from going into depression this Valentine’s Day? Signed, MM

pandemic began. I really liked this woman and was thinking about how I could get to know her better, then the pandemic hit, and we are doing virtual church now. I do know her number from our church directory, but I am reluctant to call her, partly because of the pandemic and partly because I am afraid she will think I am too forward. Any ideas to help me along?

Signed, A Bit Shy Shy: Call her! Tell her you A Dear miss seeing her at church and

MM: I suggest you schedule wonder if you could communicate online A Dear a nice dinner out with a girlfriend or on telephone. If she says yes, you have on that day. You are not alone. There are more widows than widowers.

Do something nice for yourself. Buy yourself a box of candy. Get a massage.

Have a facial. Treat yourself. Your husband would be proud of you! Choose to have a happy Valentine’s Day! Signed, GG

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Dear Gabby Gayle: I met this guy on a dating site. He lives in another city about 300 miles away. It just so happens that my son and wife live in his city. After visiting with this guy online for about three months, I decided to visit my son and invited my guy to meet up while I am there. He said he was sorry, but he had to be out of town on business during that time. Now I am a little suspicious that he may not be real. What do you think?

Signed, BAM

a way to get to know her better. If she says no, you will know she is not interested, right? Fear of rejection is a real thing, but missing out on a possibly good thing is even scarier to me! I’m betting that she will be delighted to hear from you.

Good luck! GG

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Gabby Gayle: I am writing Q Dear to tell you that I got brave and joined a dating site. After about a year of not finding anyone of interest, I finally met a wonderful guy. Our in-person meetings have been limited due to the pandemic; however, we are both looking forward to a long-term relationship. I did get scammed twice on the site, but thanks to you, I recognized it right away.

Signed, Dater Dater: I am happy to hear of A Dear your success. There are many oth-

BAM: Sounds to me as if he er good success stories. Two of my adult A Dear is a romantic scammer. My rule of children have met their mates there. While thumb with dating sites: Only communicate with guys in your town. Try to meet them for coffee as soon as possible. If they find excuses not to meet, they are probably a scammer. And above all, do not give them any personal info, such as address, Social Security, etc. Sorry, but I have even run into scammers on my Words with Friends game! They are everywhere.

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I have not met a serious relationship there, I have met two men who have become good friends — and you can’t have too many friends. Good luck to you and your dating-site friend.

Signed, GG Note to GS: Sometimes you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you meet your prince!

Then it is worth it!

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