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The creosote bush, which is found in the southwestern region of North America and most commonly in the Sonoran, Mojave and Chihuahuan deserts, is also known as greasewood or chaparral. Creosote is often credited for the earthy fragrance that emits during monsoon season. Its also been said to have existed since the beginning of time, according to the Tohono O’odham creation story.

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onsoon season in Tucson, lasting from midJune to late September, is a special time for locals.

It provides desert dwellers with the euphoric sense of biophilia, or an innate instinct to connect with the natural world around them.

“The theory is that when you’re looking at these beautiful views

and plants, you’re giving yourself a shot of feel-good molecules,” said Dr. Esther Sternberg, a University of Arizona researcher who studies the mind-body interaction with its natural and built environments.

The rains can trigger a relaxation response and reduce stress hormones. Integrative health practices, such as walking outside and inhaling the creosote bush, are believed to encourage anti-stress brain pathways.

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ignificant damage was reported at Salpointe Catholic High School, after a fire broke out on Sunday, July 17.

The Tucson Fire Department was dispatched at 8:09 p.m. to the southeast corner of the school, and arrived on scene by 8:13 p.m.

Units from Station 5 observed “heavy smoke and flames,” TFD wrote on Twitter.

A second alarm was called shortly after, fighting the fire defensively and controlling the two-alarm fire by 9:12 p.m.

The fire began in the attic space in the 700 English wing, on the southeast corner of campus.

Smoke and water damage were also found throughout the 300 and 400 wings, along North Cherry Avenue, on the northeast side of campus.

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Music in the Mountains Concert Series Pack your picnic chairs and head over to Catalina State Park for their Music in the Mountains Concert Series with Rene Taylor on Saturday, Aug. 6. The event begins at 6 p.m. and is included in the purchase of an all-day park admission pass of $7 per vehicle, up to four adults. For over 20 years, vocalist Rene Taylor captivated audiences with her “rhythmic poise” and soulful voice. Catalina State Park is located at 1150

N. Oracle Road. For more information about Catalina State Park visit, azstateparks. com/catalina.

Chillin’ at the Chul Come on down to Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens & Galleries’ summer series Chillin’ at the Chul on Friday, Aug. 5, or Saturday, Aug. 6. The botanical gardens offers visitors a chance to cool down on the grounds after-hours and free admission from 5 to 8 p.m.

Enjoy beats by DJ Halsero on Friday or music from Tuc-

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son’s community radio station KXCI on Saturday. The Garden Bistro will be open for service, offering light bites and refreshments like Sonoran hot-dogs and prickly pear margaritas. The series runs Fridays and Saturdays through Sept. 3 in partnership with the Children’s Museum of Oro Valley. Tohono Chul, 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte. tohonochul.org.

Oro Valley Farmers Market Come to the Oro Valley Farmers Market at the historic Steam Pump Ranch on Saturday, Aug. 6, to support your local farmers, ranchers and small food purveyors offering their seasonal produce, farm-fresh eggs, meats and other goods. Operating every Saturday, year-round, the farmers market runs from 8 a.m. to noon. Attendance is free, but money is required for shopping. Steam

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Creosote

Continued from P1 According to the O’odham, shegoi was the first plant “Tcuwut Makai,” the Earth-Maker, created.

“It is the greatest, highest, most-sacred plant we have that inspires the strongest medicine,” said Camillus Lopez, senior cultural mentor at Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC).

Lopez, who teaches Tohono O’odham studies courses, is on the Himdag Committee that oversees TOCC students’ growth in cultural knowledge.

The plant has been historically linked to a variety of homeopathic remedies for various ailments, such as chest infections, intestinal discomfort, venereal diseases and more. There are even claims it treats cancer. While it has been advised the plant

should not be consumed for extended periods of time, its antibacterial properties have found their place in homeopathic remedies.

Local business owner and herbalist-in-training Rosie Crocker, founder of Sonoran Rosie, noticed an absence of desert plants in the herbalism world. An essentially “white-washed” European field, she noticed the lack of natural products sourced from the Sonoran Desert and decided to create sustainable herbal beauty products of her own.

“I want to be respectful to the heritage of the plants that are here,” Crocker said. “I use them in ways that have never been used before.”

Her products use desert herbs for aromatherapy and wellness purposes.

“Although I believe that plants are autonomous, I believe that just like food we

The creosote bush produces an earthy smell whenever it rains, creating a calming feeling to anyone who gets a whiff. (Stock image) can all participate in a relationship with plants,” Crocker said. “It’s always good to be respectful of people’s culture and not just try to capitalize off of a traditional way of making something.”

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ucts smell like rain.

Creosote is one of her primary ingredients. She said it has a calming, grounding and protective effect.

“They have traced back a root system to (about) 11,000 years old, and to me that feels like it has that energy of being ancient, tenacious and super healing,” Crocker said.

According to researchers, the volatile organic compounds found in desert plants are good for our health.

Gary Nabhan, a research social scientist at the University of Arizona, said the oils desert plants exude as chemical defense systems are highly potent, like a “symphony orchestra of fragrances.”

Nabhan, who recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of his book “The Desert Smells Like Rain,” has a background in agricultural ecology and ethnobotany.

He said he was inspired by a young O’odham student who identified the paradox of the desert’s perfume.

He set out on a scientific mission to address why the desert smells the way it does.

The debate on this topic has gone on since the 1930s between scientists.

While geologists felt the soil crust on the surface of the desert made up of fun-

gi, algae and cyanobacteria emitted fragrances when it rains, botanists have argued the creosote bush is responsible. Botanists used its 35 potent volatile oils as evidence.

“The kinds of hazes and desert mirages we see when we look across large distances of the desert are from one of those volatile chemicals and creosote bush called isoprene,” Nabhan said.

Nabhan and his collaborators identified 115 volatile organic compounds in at least 60 plant species in the Sonoran Desert that are released when it rains. At least 15 have been found to offer “tangible” health benefits like improved sleep, heightened mental clarity or stabilized emotional hormones.

Evidence also showed some of these compounds are released at the onset of rain, when there’s an increase in humidity or stronger winds. Once released into the atmosphere, the compounds travel into our lungs and enter the bloodstream.

“When we get a summer monsoon rainstorm, we have a barometric pressure change, a change in wind speed and ferocity (and) sometimes wind direction changes that make us more receptive to these things because our senses are hypersensitive to ozone changes,” Nabhan said.

“Even when it’s not raining, on a hot day in June the creosote are giving off a gas,” said Perry Grissom, a restoration ecologist at Saguaro National Park. “You can smell them before the rain comes.”

Traditional ecological knowledge

While scientists and indigenous practitioners have known the health benefits of ingestion or even absorption of Sonoran Desert flora,

other integrative practices such as forest bathing have become mainstream.

“It’s immersion,” Grissom said. “Stopping, smelling, seeing, letting the desert wash over (you).”

Practitioners like Dr. Lee Ann Woolery, an interdisciplinary educator, researcher and artist, developed the practice of art-based perceptual ecology. Woolery held workshops teaching the traditional Japanese practice of “shinrin-yoku,” or “forest bathing,” among the giant saguaros.

“This fact that we’re out breathing good air, the same air that the cactus are (transpiring) can be a health benefit,” Woolery said. “Coming to be one with the landscape is one of the ways I describe it.”

Her work blended art and ecology and connected people to the environment. Using her uniquely developed methodologies, the core of Woolery’s work exists at the intersection of art and natural science research.

“We’re engaging in multimodal knowledge systems, (which) means there are many ways of knowing our local habitat, plants, herbs or whatever you’re studying,” Woolery said. She said she feels like her methodologies align more with traditional ecological knowledge than Western science.

Traditional ecological knowledge is the ongoing practice or learning of the relationships between living beings in a specific ecosystem, commonly acquired by indigenous people over time.

A similar practice can be seen in TOCC’s Himdag curriculum, which teaches students the Tohono O’odham culture, values and way of life. The tribal college requires students to learn See Creosote P5

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Creosote

Continued from P4 some of the language, history and culture from the “beginning” to the 1980s. Certain events at the college revolve around the O’odham seasonal calendar.

The old way of the calendar, according to Lopez, would follow the sun, moon and stars’ placements in the sky. For centuries O’odham people could predict the weather or know when to harvest crops with this knowledge.

For example, “Jukiabig,” or July, is the month of big rains.

Months, which are considered to be more like seasons, follow cactus growth.

“In the traditional myth, there’s a story about how the cactus was born,” Lopez said.

Depending on the watershed area and when cactus flowers begin to bloom and gather fruit, or “bahidaj,” marks the beginning of a new season and new year.

“The saguaro cactus fruit used to be the foremost thing in our culture, to make ‘bahidaj’ and to make ‘navai’t’ (cactus wine), because they wanted rain,” Lopez said.

“Life centered around the saguaro fruit.”

“Juk,” or rain, is the most sacred thing in the desert. It is a cause for celebration for other cultures as well. Annually in Tucson, locals who live in the Menlo Park neighborhood host the Dia de San

Juan Fiesta, or feast day for Saint John the Baptist, on June 24. The celebration has occurred by the Santa Cruz River for at least 25 years.

Liza Grant, the program’s coordinator, took over the celebration after her mother passed.

“Without water that area could not be ‘the birthplace of Tucson’,” Grant said in an email. “The (celebration) honors the 4,000 years of continuous habitation along the river and the food raised by each culture.”

The tradition marks the beginning of monsoon season.

Protecting native species

Grissom, who studies invasive plant species in the

Rincon District of Saguaro National Park, said certain plants come out of their dormant state during monsoon season faster than native plants, stealing their water supply.

Places such as “A” Mountain have been overrun by buffelgrass. This invasive species pose a fire risk and completely demolished the saguaro population, except for about six of them, Grissom said. “You can see the future if you don’t do anything.”

Saguaro National Park hosts ongoing volunteer buffelgrass removal parties such as Second Saturday in the Rincon District or Fourth Saturdays in the Tucson Mountain District, which

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incentivize parkgoers with one-day passes for helping.

The Weed Free Trails Program teaches volunteers a variety of skills, and Wilderness Volunteers invites visitors to camp at the park for a week. The park will also launch its Adopt-an-Area program this fall and will install boot brush stations with signs at trailheads over the next couple years.

Grissom has been at the park since 2006. He said his favorite-smelling desert plants are odoras, desert lavender and dalea, to name a few. When the winds are thrashing about the desert, he said it smells like a “savory stew.”

“Currently we have that smell when it rains in the

Fire

Continued from P1 There were no injuries reported, and the cause of the fire is still unknown.

Fire safety assessment personnel and building safety experts were on campus Monday, July 18, to investigate.

All activities scheduled on

the high school campus are back on after the school announced Monday, July 18, it was closed until further notice.

TFD spokesman Michael Colaianni said the investigation is still underway, as samples will be taken for analysis.

Tucson Fire Department said the cause of the fire is still under investigation. (Tucson Fire Department/Submitted)

desert, but it doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to be that way in the future,” Grissom said.

The truth can be found on “A” Mountain, where the existing plant population has been reduced to about six saguaros, “a few scraggly plants of some kind” and buffelgrass, which gives off a different smell than the “desert rain” most admire. “(The desert) is not guaranteed to be here,” Grissom said. “I just don’t want to be the guy on duty when the saguaros get wiped out at Saguaro National Park.”

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BUSINESS Win for Mental Wellness Local mental health organizations get help from Blue Cross Blue Shield

By Katya Mendoza Tucson Local Media

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he Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Foundation for Community and Health Advancement awarded more than $1.3 million to 19 organizations across Arizona that offer mental health services.

Of the 19 organizations, six are located in Pima County: The Arizona’s Children Association, El Rio Health Center Foundation, HealthCorps Inc., San Miguel High School, Teen Lifeline, Tucson Medical Center, the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona and Interfaith Community Services.

Arizona-based nonprofit organizations or academic institutions that wanted to expand publicly-available resources, increase systems-level capacity or had a “measurable impact” were eligible to apply.

Applicants were required to have programs that addressed one of the four major categories such as chronic health conditions, health equity, mental health and substance use to receive funding.

The Foundation is dedicated to advancing Arizona’s communities by amplifying cross-sector health care partnerships and assist programs that offer services to

address suicide prevention, youth mental health, addiction and COVID-19 effects.

“We are glad to be a part of the solution and are proud of these grantees that are raising awareness, increasing access and eliminating barriers for mental health across the state,” Dr. Christine Wiggs, foundation president and board chair, said in a press release.

The Foundation had two types of grants, discretionary and competitive. Those who received competitive grant funding were organizations that specifically provided mental health services. Applicants could receive up to $125,000.

The Arizona’s Children Association received a competitive grant of $106,200 for their Transition Age Youth Program Support. The project will ensure young adults’ access to high quality behavioral health support, expand an existing youth support program by hiring more staff and provide resources to prepare them for adulthood. The funds will be dispersed statewide.

HealthCorps, Inc. intends to distribute $102,682 to 12 school sites across six counties, and two tribal communities, Sacaton-Gila River Indian Community and the Pascua Pueblo Yaqui Reservation. The Teens Make Health Happen program will provide middle and high school students with

mentors, leadership and community-service focused training. The funds will serve 10,000 people.

El Rio Health Center Foundation plans to increase staffing for their Hope New Youth Mental Health Project. The $50,000 grant will fund staff hiring, training, space rental and community outreach. It will establish comprehensive services dedicated to health care access, equity, mental health and medical outcomes for underserved youth.

“This support will assist us to meet the community need to provide mental health and substance use services for our adolescents and their families seeking these services due to increased stressors, especially over the last few years,” Regional Director of Behavioral Health Operations for El Rio Health Vanessa Seaney said in a press release.

San Miguel High School in Tucson received $25,000 for their Social-Emotional Counseling Program that will provide free on-site mental health care to 350 students and 40 parents.

Different services will be provided such as group counseling, support groups, private counseling, mentoring, yoga, meditation or a speaker series.

“These funds will help San Miguel High School continue its Social-Emotional Pro-

El Rio staff at the 2022 AZ Community Health Worker Conference in Phoenix. (Left to right) Maria Velasco, community health advisor; Vanessa Seaney, regional director of behavioral health operations; Lorena Verdugo, community health coordinator; Ernie Perez, program coordinator; and Christian Ortiz, pediatric behavioral health program manager. Seaney and Ortiz presented on youth mental health.

(El Rio Health Center Foundation/Submitted)

gram to respond to student mental health issues, have a safe place for them to talk to a trained counselor and learn coping skills for today and their future,” Vice President of Advancement Paloma L. Santiago said in an email.

The Tucson Medical Center Foundation’s Tucson Collaborative Community Care will receive $82,000 to fund the salary of a behavioral health navigator (BHN) for one whole year.

The BHN will ease the burden of first responders, oversee mental health screenings for about 450 individuals and help administer the Client Assistance Fund which was also supported by this grant.

Of the discretionary grant cycle, applicants had diverse

focus areas that addressed issues such as chronic health conditions, health equity, mental health or substance abuse disorder. The funding cap was $25,000 and there was an opportunity to apply to three different grant cycles.

The Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central and Northern Arizona sought funding for health equity services and was awarded $15,000 for their Keeping Families Together Program for cities in each county in Arizona. The program provides access to specialized medical care for families experiencing a pediatric health crisis. With the award, it will expand its services to an additional 700 people.

The Interfaith Commu-

nity Services (ICS) received $25,000 for equal distribution between both health equity and chronic health conditions budgets. ICS will use the grant to address the growing food insecurity crisis in Pima County by expanding access to nutritious food in low-income areas and connecting clients to emergency financial assistance.

“We’ve always had a strong commitment to improving the health of Arizonans, and the Foundation is the framework that will allow us to take that commitment one step further,” Wiggs said in a press release.

The Foundation will commit $5 million over three years to continue to address a wide range of mental health issues in Arizona.

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PandemiDiarios: Tales of Southern Arizonans survival

By Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

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n archive in the University of Arizona Library Special Collections holds the PandemiDiarios, a collection of artifacts created by people from across Southern Arizona who endured the last three years of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The UA’s Confluencenter for Creative Inquiry gave a total of $16,000 in artistic mini-grants to 35 artists, Tucsonans and people from across the borderlands. A single mini-grant was $500 and gave the awardee an opportunity to tell their experience of living through the pandemic.

“In the first competition, there was a lot of hope expressed for the projects. In the second competition, we decided to focus on the border region,” said Dr. Javier Duran, director of the Confluencenter and professor of Latin American & Border Studies.

The project was split into two cohorts. The first cohort competition took place in 2020 with a focus on students, academic professionals and community-based artists.

Submissions for both competitions came in diverse formats that included virtual dance pieces, calligraphy, photography, mixed media and more. The pieces are interpretive diary entries, as the project name would suggest. Each submission was a personal recount of a moment in time, a moment in which many of the artists experienced alone.

Peaceful blessings

Dr. Jinhui Wu, an artist

from the first competition, incorporated her culture into the project. Wu graduated from the UA with a doctorate in East Asian studies.

“Part of my research was suspended because I was not able to return to China,” Wu wrote in an email to the Weekly. “I could not visit my parents or friends.”

Wu stayed home like many of us because of the pandemic, but also due to racism.

“I had people shout at me with curse words against Asians,” Wu said. “It was a very depressing period of time.”

Unfortunately, Wu’s experience is not isolated. The Federal Bureau of Investigation found anti-Asian incidents increased by 77% from 2019 to 2020.

While in the safety of her home, Wu said she meditated, gardened and practiced calligraphy.

“My work ‘Medicine Buddha Mantra in Calligraphy’ is a creative artwork that reflects my everyday life during the crisis,” Wu said.

The Medicine Buddha Mantra is a popular mantra in East Asia, according to Wu. Buddhists chant this mantra to ask for assistance from the Medicine Buddha on behalf of their sick family member or to purify their karma.

Wu said she scripted the mantra on fine paper with traditional Chinese brush pens. The combination of the characters portrays a wooden fish, a percussion tool used during Buddhist rituals.

She then took the project a step further by incorporating a desert plant into her ink.

“I added drops of cactus from my garden in the hopes of enhancing the magic power of the mantra to heal the

Tucson locals,” Wu said.

Wu said she hoped sharing this art with the Confluencenter and the public would bring attention to East Asian art while also contradicting the racism she experienced during the pandemic.

“I wish to show my disapproval of those actions taken against Asians during the pandemic by a very opposite action of peaceful blessings,” Wu said.

Borderlands

The second phase of the PandemiDiarios competition focused on people’s connection to the U.S.-Mexico border. Sara Hubbs submitted her mixed-media project “Pandemic Mother Map” after seeing her friends participate in the first round on Instagram.

“I just had, because of COVID, such a personal connection and desire and almost like a need to make the work,” Hubbs said.

Hubbs normally does glass work when it comes to her chosen art medium, but this project took her outside her comfort zone.

Hubbs’ work is an abstract visual timeline of generations of mothers from her family that endured pandemics during their lifetimes.

“All of the migration and experience of pandemic that happened within my family all happened within the Sonoran Desert,” Hubbs said.

For the base of her art map, she photocopied a multitude of images of her family and herself over and over until the ink began to fade in some areas. She said this technique reminded her of the fading of family memories as the generations progressed. There is also a shape in the background of the Sonoran Des-

ert, reminding the audience of where the timeline is geographically located.

On the left side of the map, Hubbs depicted her greatg re at - g r a n d mother and great-grandfather. From 1892 to 1893, Hubbs’ g r e a t - g r e a t - Jinhui Wu produced the Medicine Buddha Mantra calligraphy art piece in the hopes g randmot her of bringing healing to Tucson locals during the pandemic. (UA Library Special Collections, Confluencenter) emigrated from Sonora to Phoenix after los- because the story first broke in my life, and she was just so ing her husband and a son headlines in Madrid news strong,” Hubbs said. to smallpox. Hubbs said she’s media. However, the 1918 flu Hubbs’ mother survived not 100% certain if it was did not originate from Spain. and she wanted to commemfrom smallpox or the “RusHubbs said going back into orate her mother and the sian Flu.” From 1889 to 1894, her family history helped her mothers before her through records indicate a disease understand how to deal with the PandemiDiarios project. called the “Russian Flu” was the current pandemic.

To reinforce the symbolwidely reported and killed an “The way that you find ism of motherhood, Hubbs estimated one million people strength is you look to these inserted pictures of saguaro worldwide at the time, ac- other stories and you find it blossoms into the tapestry of cording to a study by Profes- in the people that have come images. Saguaro’s take many sor Emeritus Patrick Berche before because you’ve come years to grow and the blosfrom the University of Paris. from a long line of people soms usually grow under a Either way, the timeline of who have weathered these nurse plant. She said mothers Hubbs’s project begins after things in order for you to be are like those nurse plants, her great-great-grandmother here,” Hubbs said. helping the young bud grow. immigrated to Phoenix.

Hubbs found comfort in Hubbs said she also wanted In the next panel, Hubbs looking to her ancestors for to incorporate the blossoms depicts her family members guidance during her own to remind herself of the old that lived together in Phoenix pandemic. Hubbs’ mother saguaros who have probably during the 1918 flu pandem- was sick at the beginning watched her family evolve ic. Hubbs’ great-great-grand- of the pandemic in 2019. over the past 130 years in the mother, great-grandfather, Hubbs said she prayed for Sonoran Desert. and grandmother all lived in her mother and envisioned “I think we kind of felt the same household during talking to her grandmother. adrift in this pandemic expethe “Spanish Flu.” “I was thinking about rience and it felt really good The 1918 flu pandemic is pandemics and I’m thinking to feel that there was conticonsidered to be the dead- about all of the things that nuity with something, with liest strain of influenza in she had been through and people, with a place,” Hubbs history. According to the she was such a big role model said.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the strain PandemiDiarios killed approximately 50 milView the PandemiDiarios collection online or by appointment at the lion people worldwide. It UA Library of Special Collections. Open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday is estimated to have killed through Friday. more or equal to the number of World War I casualties, https://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/online-exhibits/exhibits/ depending on the source. It show/community-preservation-archive/pandemidiarios was labeled the “Spanish Flu”

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Teck Talk: The Big Freeze and planetary flight

By Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

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ith a major research university right in our backyard, a strong military presence and innovative companies throughout the metro region, there’s often a plethora of interesting science, medical and technology news to be found in Southern Arizona. Here’s a breakdown of the most interesting recent developments.

Ice age answers

The last ice age was more than 100,000 years ago. This pivotal era changed the Northern Hemisphere’s geology and biodiversity. It’s also very mysterious. For decades scientists wondered how the

ice sheets formed and what sped up their formation. A new study from the University of Arizona provides an answer to how the ice may have formed at the rate and in areas it did. A longstanding theory to explain the ice age is a “wobbling” theory in which Earth’s orbit may have “wobbled” during its path around the Sun, causing cooler temperatures. However, the theory doesn’t fully explain how the ice sheets covered much of Scandinavia and northern Europe.

“The problem is we don’t know where those ice sheets (in Scandinavia) came from and what caused them to expand in such a short amount of time,” Marcus Lofverstrom said in a press release.

Lofverstrom is the lead au-

thor on the study titled “The importance of Canadian Arctic Archipelago gateways for glacial expansion in Scandinavia.” Lofverstrom is an assistant professor of geosciences and head of the UA Earth System Dynamics Lab. Scandinavian ice sheets are puzzling to scientists because the region is warmed by the

North Atlantic Current. In order to look into the ice age mystery, Lofverstrom created an Earth-systems model called the Community Earth System Model for the study.

The model could be used to test different geological and climate scenarios. The first experiment with this model did not provide any answer, but the second experiment managed to explain why Scandinavia could have frozen over. “Using both climate model simulations and marine sediment analysis, we show that ice forming in Northern Canada can obstruct ocean gateways and divert water transport from the Arctic into the North Atlantic,” Lofverstrom said in a press release. “That in turn

leads to a weakened ocean circulation and cold conditions off the coast of Scandinavia, which is sufficient to start growing ice in that region.” Diane Thompson, assistant professor in the UA department of geosciences, said the marine sediment records from the North Atlantic show evidence of glaciers in Northern Canada thousands of years before the European side. “It is possible that the mechanisms we identified here apply to every glacial period, not just the most recent one,” Lofverstrom said.

Better batteries

University of Arizona researchers have developed a metal-free electrolyte and hope to use it to create nontoxic batteries with lots of storage power. This feat is the latest movement toward solving renewable energy problems as the economy slowly shifts in the direction of renewable energy. The team of researchers launched a startup called CarbeniumTec LLC to get this technology off the ground. “We strive to develop a sustainable, metal-free and environmen-

tally friendly solution that addresses the increasing demand for electricity storage,” co-inventor and cofounder Thomas Gianetti said in a press release. Gianetti, the assistant professor in the department of chemistry and biochemistry, is working with CarbeniumTec cofounder and Chief Technology Officer Jules Moutet to get this technology to the public.

Sailing around Mars

Research scientist Alexandre Kling in NASA’s Mars climate modeling center is teaming up with University of Arizona engineers to design a motorless sailplane to fly on the surface of Mars.

The plane will rely solely on Martian wind to sail while capturing data during its flight with temperature and gas sensors, as well as cameras. Mars’ atmosphere is quite thin, making it difficult to fly. But these sailplanes are designed to fly for days on Mars’ surface. “With this platform, you could just fly around and access those really interesting, really cool places,” Kling said.

Bomb threat thwarted at University of Arizona

By Karen Schaffner Tucson Local Media

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omb-sniffing dog cleared the building.

An afternoon bomb threat forced an evacuation of the College of Nursing building at the Uni-

versity of Arizona last Tuesday, July 19, according to University of Arizona Police Sergeant Sean Shields. People in nearby buildings were asked to shelter in place.

However, by about 4:30 p.m. bomb technician Lauren Connell and her

bomb-sniffing dog, Skip, cleared the building and people were allowed back.

No bombs were found.

“It was a hoax,” Shields said, “It didn’t turn out to be anything.”

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SPORTS EXTRA POINT &RECREATION WITH TOM DANEHY Charles White remains USC’s all-time leading rusher

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football team (it was called the B team).

long, long time ago, before I came to Arizona (the state, not the university) on a basketball scholarship, I was playing a year of football and baseball at Cal StateNorthridge. I had a part-time job at the high school from which I had graduated, doing an assortment of things in and around the gym.

Through a truly odd set of circumstances, I found myself coaching the lower-level

Our quarterback was one of the most spectacular athletes I’ve ever known. But because the varsity team was loaded with running backs, it was decided he would play on the B team rather than ride the varsity bench. We went undefeated, and he was just ridiculously good.

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He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns but was released after four years of subpar production. It probably had something to do with the fact that he had become a raging drug addict by that time. He had started with marijuana in high school, then moved on to cocaine near the end of his college years and then finally to crack.

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Big 12 Conference remains open for expansion

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sked about possible expansion from the addition of Pac-12 schools recently, incoming Big 12 Commissioner Brett Yormark left “no doubt” his conference is “open for business.”

“We will leave no stone unturned to drive value for the conference,” Yormark said during the recent Big 12 Media Days. “All in an effort to position the conference in a way that not only grows the Big 12 brand and business but makes us a bit more contemporary.”

At the time, Yormark’s declaration signaled the conference realignment dominoes were likely to continue falling,

but speculation surrounding a new potential superconference ended as swiftly as it started. Discussions about a partnership between the Big 12 and Pac-12 came to an end last week “for a multitude of reasons,” ESPN reported.

Both sides determined a deal would not have returned revenue or value, according to the report.

The latest development puts a dent in Yormark’s expansion plans, at least for now. The Big 12 managed to weather the departure of Texas and the University of Oklahoma to the SEC late last summer when outgoing Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby announced BYU, Cincinnati, Central Florida and Houston will join the conference on July 1, 2023.

On June 30, two days after the Big 12 announced Yormark as the new commissioner, USC and UCLA announced they will leave the Pac-12 conference for the Big Ten. Quite the introduction to his new job, Yormark said he was excited about the news.

“I was excited by (the news of USC and UCLA leaving the Pac-12) because I saw there was opportunity,” Yormark said recently. “I’ve received a lot of phone calls (with) a lot of interest, and we’re exploring those levels of interest.”

Added Bowlsby: “The seismic shifts are continuing in collegiate athletics.”

Not only will the shifts lead to a change in the format of conference championships

but also potentially how fans watch teams compete for the title. As media rights continue to drive revenue in college football, Kliavkoff and Yormark will need to work strategically to keep their conferences afloat in the swiftly changing landscape. Establishing partnerships is one of many ideas on the table.

Pac-12 Commissioner George Kliavkoff was reportedly authorized to “immediately begin” media rights negotiations in early July, while Yormark said upcoming negotiations for a new media rights deal in 2025 remain top of list. The Big 12’s media rights deal can’t be negotiated until 2024.

Both conferences could use some momentum in negotiations, and it would be

advantageous for either conference to expand by finding alternatives to poach from other conferences after each lost two blue blood members within the last year.

“There is no higher priority than to be in the best position the Big 12 for its upcoming multimedia rights negotiations,” Yormark said. “Everything we do must create momentum for these negotiations, as well as building the value of the Big 12 brand and business.”

The Pacific Coast Conference added USC and UCLA in 1922 and 1928, respectively, before evolving into the Pac-12. Texas and Oklahoma had been members of the Big 12 since the conference’s formation in 1996. Prior to joining, Oklahoma was a member

of the Big Six, which began in 1928 and added Colorado in 1948, Oklahoma State in 1959 and the four Texas schools (Texas, Texas Tech, Texas A&M and Baylor) in 1996.

There’s no doubt all eyes will be on the next move for the Big 12 and the Pac-12 — and that the failed negotiations between the two Power Five conferences serves as only the starting point of what’s to come.

And certainly, by all accounts at Big 12 Media Days, the conference will remain “open for business” for the next wave of schools to join the bargaining table.

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• Huge savings — Patients are saving up to 70% more than in U.S. dentist offices.

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• Cleanliness — Dental offices in Mexico have the same level of cleanliness you would expect in a U.S. office.

• Safe and secure — The border towns offer safe, tourist-friendly streets. Plus, if you’re still uneasy your first time going, many offices will offer to have a staff member meet you at the border and escort you to their office. You’ll quickly discover you do not need the help.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) How you see the other person is a direct reflection of how you see yourself. This will be true when you experience someone as the hero and just as true when they're the villain. With a curious mind and in the spirit of nonjudgment, you'll find insight in the fascinating way your nuanced opinions reflect your psyche.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) To live and love freely, there's someone you still need to forgive. If you're not there yet, or you're not into forgiveness as a concept, don't worry.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) It is said that the world is a picture of what you want it to be, but had you painted this view with your own brush, you certainly would have left out certain things and added others. You're even more creative than usual this week and will figure out a way to realize certain additions and subtractions to your scene.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21) The space between a private and public self is personal.

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CANCER (June 22-July 22) Practice radical self-acceptance and watch how your energy frees up and you become more capable and powerful in your daily life. Think of yourself as completely ready and ideally suited to the challenges of the week. Nothing about you requires improvement. All efforts are optional and for your own delight.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) You've demanded more of your performance than is reasonable or kind. What's really needed is more practice. How can you arrange this?

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You have style and it shines through all the time, but those close to you have gotten used to it. They don't take you for granted because they are horrible people; they take you for granted because it's human nature. This week, you'll spend time in a new environment and love all the props and attention you get there.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) What stands between you and what you want may seem like a lot — people, rules, power structures, physical barriers, detritus — and yet when you move forward, you'll find your energy disperses in such a way as to flow softly past all obstacles. True to your water sign nature, you will find the path of least resistance.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You do the hard things when they come along, and you're grateful for the opportunity that lives inside a challenge. Even so, it would be foolish to seek out trouble or create problems where they don't already exist. Not everything in life is easy, but certainly a lot of it should be!

Seek ease this week.

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6 tips to mitigate mental health risks for youth

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ids are experiencing unprecedented levels of stress and anxiety at home, at school and in their communities. The COVID-19 pandemic, which affected kids in all those places, only exacerbated the problem.

The surgeon general issued an Advisory on the Youth Mental Health Crisis to highlight the urgent need to address the growing concern.

“It is normal for children to experience emotional distress as they develop and mature,” said Vivek Murthy, U.S. surgeon general.

“However, the number of youth struggling with feelings of anxiety, depression and thoughts of suicide over the past decade have increased. The future well-being of our country depends on how we support and invest in the next generation.”

Even pre-pandemic, mental health challenges were the leading cause of disability and poor life outcomes in young people, with up to 1 in 5 children ages 3 to 17 in the United States having a mental, emotional, developmental or behavioral disorder, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“The pandemic has been incredibly disrup-

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Robyn Knecht is director of counseling for St. Joseph’s Indian School. (St. Joseph’s Indian School/Submitted) tive for youth since it has affected routines, access to social activities and virtually every aspect of their lives,” said Robyn Knecht, director of counseling for St. Joseph’s Indian School, a Native American residential school that helps students move beyond the cycle of poverty, addiction and mental illness with an education and opportunities for a brighter future.

“Offsetting those impacts requires an active response from trusted adults that promote healthy development and well-being.”

If you’re concerned about your children or another child close to you, consider these tips from Knecht and St. Joseph’s.

ior directly and indirectly. Each child needs a team of actively involved adults at home, school and within the community leading by example and encouraging success. Similarly, encouraging friendships with peers who demonstrate positive habits and good decision-making skills provides a sense of connectivity and beneficial peer pressure.

Encourage academic achievement and aspirations

Not every student is destined to be valedictorian, but every student can give their best effort. Encourage and recognize effort in studies, be conscious of struggles, and work with educators to find additional support when needed. Talk about the future and impress upon your child many careers require further training through college, trade school or another form of advanced education. Talk with your child about setting academic goals and equip him or her with the tools necessary to achieve them. Find things your child is passionate about and encourage participation in activities that foster development.

Set clear expectations for behaviors and values

Although it’s natural to test limits, kids need clear boundaries. Consistently communicating your expectations for behavior and values sets a bar for your child and demonstrates your care and commitment to their success.

Backing up your expectations with reasonThe people sur- able consequences when your child falls short rounding youth in- teaches responsibility and accountability. fluence their behav-

Create a support system of family, peers and teachers

Teach coping and problem-solving skills

How your child responds to and navigates challenges is as important as the outcome. Teaching your child how to accept disappointment, navigate conflict and be solution oriented in the face of adversity can serve him or her throughout life.

Promote involvement in social activities

A sense of connectivity is important for humans at any age. Encouraging participation in group activities creates opportunities to form bonds with other children whose families share similar values and interests. Examples include sports teams and religious groups, as well as age-appropriate jobs where teens interact with other kids learning the value of hard work.

Don’t be afraid to seek outside help

If you notice changes in your child’s behavior or routine, be inquisitive and partner with him or her to work through them. If your child doesn’t open up, it’s OK to find another trusted adult he or she can connect with.

Ask your child if there is someone he or she would feel comfortable talking to and look into counseling services in your community.

Additionally, mentor and social service programs help support your child’s journey and foster a supportive network.

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dkey Inc. Family of K-12 Schools, also known as Sequoia Schools, earned system accreditation by Cognia, a nonprofit that provides quality assurance for schools, school districts and education service providers.

Cognia, formerly AdvancED, nationally recognizes districts and charter school support organizations that meet rigorous standards focusing on productive learning environments, equitable resource allocation that meet the needs of learners, and effective leadership.

Earning accreditation from the Cognia Global Accreditation Commission means that the system and all of its schools are accredited and that Edkey is recognized across the nation as a school system that meets Cognia Standards of Quality and maintains a commitment to continuous improvement.

“Systems accreditation as conferred by the Cognia Global Accreditation Commission provides Edkey and each of our schools a nationally recognized mark of quality,” said Mark Plitzuweit, Edkey chief executive officer

and president.

“It demonstrates to our communities our commitment to excellence, our openness to external review and feedback, and our desire to be the best we can be on behalf of the students we serve.”

To earn accreditation from Cognia, a school district or charter school support organization must also implement a continuous process of improvement and submit to internal and external reviews. School systems in good standing can maintain their accreditation for a five-year term.

Dr. Mark A. Elgart, president and chief executive officer of Cognia, said, “Cognia System Accreditation is a rigorous process that focuses the entire school system and its community on the primary goal of preparing lifelong learners in engaging environments where all students can flourish. The Edkey Family of K-12 Schools is to be commended for demonstrating that it has met high standards and is making progress on key indicators that impact student learning.”

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MUSD students to receive backpacks, school supplies

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They work with individual donors, neighborhoods, businessarana Unified School District will es, foundations and community give more than 1,000 students new partners to help students be sucbackpacks filled with school sup- cessful.

In 2021, YES collected cash, plies, thanks to the Youth Educabackpacks and school supplies tion Supporters (YES).

Nearly 100 community members donated valued at over $30,000 to supover $14,000 to buy 1,100 backpacks, which port over 1,200 students as they will be distributed to students from 7 a.m. to headed off to school.

“The number of busi6 p.m. Thursday, July 21, and 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. partnering Friday, July 22, at Thornydale Elementary nesses with us is growing, School, 7651 Old Father Road.

“A lot of people may not realize that some- which is wonderful,” one on their own street might need help,” Santy said. “We reached out to private individuals said Dot Santy, team lead for YES. “We think poverty is going on in some and churches, and really other country, half a world away, but really anybody in Marana, because it’s going on right here. The goal is to help we feel it takes a village to raise those kids, because we really believe educa- a child and provide a good education.” tion is their future.”

The Marana Police DepartYES is a volunteer group partnered with Marana Unified School District to organize ment has played an integral role in contribYES formed in 2019 when an increase of projects to support students who need finan- uting to the school district, most recently student poverty was noticed within the comwith the backpack donations. cial assistance. munity.

It first raised money for Success of Students (SOS), a school district fund to help students in need receive necessary items, like prescription glasses or field trip fees. This is a fund within the student services department that relies on charitable donations.

Many of those who donated toward the backpacks directed their donations to SOS. • 2 to 5 days per week • Preschool Along with this, YES has been a part of • Small Class Size • Pre-K, Advanced Pre-K other charitable events such as Holiday Share, a program that aims to provide a • Individual Attention • All Day Kindergarten Thanksgiving or Christmas meal to every • Extended hours until 5:30pm needy family in the district.

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“With what’s happening today, with the rising prices and gas going up, there’s a lot of families that are barely making it, living paycheck to paycheck. The cost of school supplies is just too much for them,” Santy said.

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ecause most colleges and universities require applicants to submit ACT or SAT results as part of admissions consideration, prepping for the test can be a critical component of that process.

While it can oftentimes be hard to deal with the anxiety that comes with a rigorous test meant to show your mastery of certain subjects and concepts, such as reading and mathematics, consider these test prep tips to help boost your score while simultaneously lowering stress.

Register early

To allow yourself as much flexibility as possible, taking college entrance exams during your junior year of high school is encouraged.

If you don’t get an ideal score, you can refine your approach and retake the exam with a better idea of what to expect.

Take a practice test

Any test prep plan should start with a practice SAT or ACT exam. Taking practice tests under realistic conditions can help you gain a better understanding of the content of the test, improve your time management and help combat test anxiety. You can use your practice test as a baseline to set goals and focus the rest of your prep on areas you would like to improve before the real thing.

Sign up for a prep course

If you find studying on your own difficult or not as successful as you’d hoped, a prep

course can put you through the paces and hold you accountable. Complete with homework and in-class practice, prep classes can range from small groups to larger classes taught by test experts. Some school districts even offer after-school programs dedicated to ACT or SAT prep.

Gather supplies

To help reduce test-day stress, gather everything you’ll need the night before.

Check the list of banned items — cellphones aren’t permitted — to make sure you don’t accidentally bring something you’re not allowed to have. Ensure your bag is packed with your admission ticket, valid photo identification, several sharpened pencils with erasers, an approved calculator (with fresh batteries) and a watch (if allowed).

Get a good night’s sleep and eat breakfast

While it can be tempting to stay up late the night before the test to cram, you’re likely to perform better with a full night’s sleep. Sleep is important for retention, and eating a balanced breakfast before heading out the door can aid in your ability to focus. To make your morning easier, prep breakfast before bed to keep an early morning from starting even earlier.

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An Open and Affirming Congregation of the UCC

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