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The only way to effectively treat chronic pain and/or peripheral neuropathy is by targeting the source, which is the result of nerve damage owing to inadequate blood flow to the nerves in the hands and feet. This often causes weakness, numbness, balance problems. A lack of nutrients causes the nerves degenerate – an insidious

cannot survive, and thus, slowly die. This leads to those painful and frustrating consequences we were talking about earlier, like weakness, numbness, tingling, balance issues, and perhaps even a burning sensation.

The drugs your doctor might prescribe will temporarily conceal the problems, putting a “Band-Aid” over a situation that will only continue to deteriorate without further action.

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Leibo At Large 2 Tempe incidents illustrate anti-cop bias

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ

Two recent news stories illustrate how wretched it is to serve as a police o cer in the 21st century, a time of rampant negativity, social media virality and naked hostility toward law enforcement.

Both stories occurred in Tempe, along Town Lake. Both involve men who entered that lake of their own accord.

One story ended in tragedy. The other ended in a save. You can guess which one you likely never heard about.

First, a disclaimer. By day, I am a public relations consultant. Among my clients: the Tempe O cers Association. I represent a number of other public safety organizations, so I am absolutely biased in favor of the cops.

With that said, my clients have not paid me to write this. I’m doing so because I believe it needs to be said.

The tragedy centers on Sean Bickings, 34, a longtime presence in Tempe nicknamed “Madrox.” Bickings by all accounts was a “big teddy bear,” joking, friendly, even as he and his wife struggled to nd shelter on a consistent basis.

On May 28, Tempe police received a 911 call reporting a disturbance between the couple. Body camera footage shows a long conversation between Bickings, his wife and the o cers. Then Bickings decides to climb over a 4-foot fence and enter Town Lake.

sensation, covered by the networks and splashed across social media, with many commenters noting that Bickings was Black and accusing the cops of racism.

I’m a realist, a guy who has spent 30 years covering news professionally. I understand why this story got the coverage and commentary it did.

Still, I wish the hubbub had also included some vital context — about police policy, training, and the fact that the o cers had not been provided with equipment to save potential drowning victims. The city has changed all of that in the past few weeks, providing training and throw bags to o cers. That’s a good thing, as the events of September 20 prove.

This story didn’t go national, nor did it make a ripple on Twitter or TikTok.

It began as an indecent exposure call. Police arrived and found a naked man in the lake. O cers threw him a water rescue device multiple times, but he refused to grab it.

“He was pulled into the police boat without incident and turned over to (Tempe Fire),” KTAR radio reported. “He was transported to a hospital for evaluation.”

All told, three news outlets covered this story, a few hundred words total.

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One of the o cers tells Bickings, “OK, I’m not jumping in after you.” Bickings is encouraged to swim to safety, but he can’t. He disappears beneath the water, gone.

What I know in my heart is that no person on earth wanted this story so awfully, including the o cers on scene.

I also know that the cops followed their training, which did not include water rescue, and city policy, which was not to enter the lake, but instead to get the Tempe police boat (check) and summon Tempe Fire (check).

Even so, the story became a national

Again, I’m a realist. News involves conict, mayhem and gotcha moments. Happy endings aren’t the stu of headlines and clicks.

But I wonder how the rest of us would feel working in a job where to do good is to be invisible while to make a mistake is to be damned? A job where you’re expected to risk your life for people who despise you, and where you’d best be perfect, because keyboard warriors are lying in wait to pass judgment.

That’s policing in 2022. I mourn that fact just as I feel for the loved ones of Sean Bickings. Everyone loses in stories like this.

David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995.

Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

Around the Bluhmin’ Town Friendship can happen anywhere at any time

BY JUDY BLUHM

My colleague reluctantly moved to a new city to be closer to her daughter. She is shy and worriedly asked, “Where can I meet friends?”

Friendships can form, mysteriously, against all odds. A 12-year-old boy with autism, Kyle, was asked by his 74-yearold neighbor, Mr. Brown, if he could help do some odd jobs. What started out as a few mundane weekly chores, like pulling the garbage can in and out, gradually grew to something else.

Kyle did not talk much, had few friends and often slapped himself repeatedly in the head. He lived with his single mom and was an only child. Mr. Brown was a widower and loved to play chess. He also loved to cook. Eventually, Mr. Brown got Kyle interested in the game of chess. And life changed for both of them.

After school, Kyle would go over to Mr. Brown’s house. Together they played chess and ate dinner. Kyle learned how to play a game, sit still and eventually stop hitting himself. He was able to hold a conversation. Mr. Brown found a kind and curious companion, and Kyle found a best friend that he never had. Friendship has no age restrictions and can be entirely unexpected.

My young horse, Sedona, became gravely ill and was placed on stall rest. Two large ravens often sat on her fence rail, sometimes pacing back and forth. I was surprised at the antics of these two huge birds. They would sit for long periods of time, while Sedona was lying down. Sometimes she would get up to

greet them. A routine was established. Every morning and evening the two ravens spent time with my sick horse. One day I watched one of the ravens pick up little bits of apple that had fallen from our tree and y over the barn, dropping them in Sedona’s stall. A bird bringing my horse a treat? Friends y to any heights to give us encouragement.

As Kyle prepared for college, he wrote in his admission letter that Mr. Brown showed him that he was “more” than just autism. Kyle began to believe in himself. After Sedona died, two grieving ravens sat in the Cottonwood trees by the barn and would squawk, “Caw, caw, caw.” For ve days they made their sorrowful cry for their friend.

Time, kindness and attention are the currency of friendship, which are small treasures bestowed upon us that make life worth living. To witness friendship is as joyful as watching ravens communicate with a horse and as sorrowful as hearing their plaintive call when she is gone. It is as special as watching an elderly man see the future potential in a young boy.

I am no expert on friendship. But to my colleague who just moved, I’d say if nding a friend can take place in a barn, helping a neighbor with a garbage can or while learning to play chess, it can happen anywhere. Keep the faith and be open. The possibilities are endless. The results are outstanding.

Judy Bluhm is a writer and a local Realtor. Have a comment or a story? Email her at judy@judybluhm.com.

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Portrait gallery gala honors women over 50 Women WISE

BY SUMMER AGUIRRE

Local women older than 50 will be hon ored by the unveiling of an empowering project celebrating their stories and wis dom.

The first Wise Women: 50 Over 50 Ex perience is coming to Tucson, thanks to Michelle Beaumont Owens, owner of Arti fact Photography Studio. As the project’s photographer, stylist and interviewer, her vision is to spotlight 50 local women over the age of 50 and recognize their experi ence, individuality and power through a collection of creative portraits.

The gallery of their photographs will be unveiled at the Wise Women: 50 Over 50 Portrait Gala from 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, October 13, alongside the release of a portrait magazine featuring each partici pant’s individual story.

“Women at our age are stepping into our own power, and we’re doing things in our community and in our personal

lives to really change the lives of people around us,” Owens said.

“I wanted to capture that and really shine a spotlight on these women and talk about the amazing things that they are doing, and also find out what their aspirations are, what’s left on their bucket list, and what else they would like to ac complish in the second half of their lives.”

The Wise Women: 50 Over 50 Portrait Gala will be held at Savoy Opera House at 6541 E. Tanque Verde Road in Tucson. Por traits will be illuminated and displayed on easels with the women in attendance to mingle and chat.

The event will feature a buffet dinner; dessert; and a no-host bar with cocktails, wine, beer and nonalcoholic beverages.

Entertainment includes dance music by DJ Jonas Hunter and magic by master il lusionist Rodney Housley. There will also be a special raffle for a makeover, photo shoot and portrait portfolio with Owens

valued at $1,200.

Tickets to the gala are available on eventbrite. com.

The Wise Women: 50 Over 50 Experience is one of many events across the world influ enced by Forbes Maga zine’s 2021 national list spearheaded by Mika Brzezinski, Morning Joe co-host. It highlighted 50 influential women over the age of 50 who defy the idea that their golden years are behind them.

Owens was inspired to undertake a project in Tucson by her own life-chang ing experience opening her photography studio when she was 50. When photo graphing other women in their 50s and older, she met many in the midst of dra matically changing their lives and wanted to explore that common theme.

Through networking and many refer rals, she gathered women from all over Southern Arizona, including Tucson, Oro Valley, Vail, Benson and Bisbee. One par ticipant is Carlotta Flores, chef of the El Charro Restaurant Group in Tucson, who was on Forbes’ 2021 Vision List.

Owens began photoshoots in January 2020, with the final interview wrapping up in September 2022.

“There’s this myth that once we’re over 50, we’re kind of over the hill,” she said. “These women are fun. They are making differences in our communities. Some of them have started nonprofit organiza tions, others are working on their own businesses. Some are retired and are tak ing up art projects and doing other things with their free time.

“I really wanted to show the vibrancy of these women and how much more we

all are ready to give and are giving at this time in our lives.”

The 50 Over 50 Experience is not a “cookie-cutter project.” To capture their true selves, Owens allowed each wom an to drive her photoshoot and explore different sides of her character through clothing, makeup and accessories.

The resulting gallery features a unique representation of each woman. Some in corporated their pets, careers, hobbies or meaningful treasures into their portraits. Others requested their photos to be en hanced with digital art — one woman even portrayed a phoenix rising from flames.

“There are layers of meaning in these photographs that make them deeply per sonal to these women, and I think that will also show and exhibit,” Owens said. “I think viewers will be able to see that and pick up on it.”

She also said she believes that the photographs are “legacy images” for the women and that the following genera tions in their families will be able to feel connected and see their personalities.

“I want to capture images that we put time, effort and attention to detail into so they do stand the test of time and they are a part of our legacy that we leave be

Chef Carlotta Flores and styleographer Michelle Owens pose for a quick capture together during the project’s 50th photoshoot. (Michelle Beaumont Owens/Submitted)

(Left) Dr. Nicole Myers is an acupuncturist and owner of A Peek Within PLLC and co-founder of Violet Leaf Skincare. (Right) Melissa Perillo is an RN, as well as a rescue palliative caregiver for aging dogs.

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hind,” Owens said.

Jan Froeschle is a ballroom dancer and healthy lifestyle advocate. (Below) Podcast host Jennifer Davis-Paige of Boom Goddess Radio is an on-air host at 3:30 p.m. Sundays on KXCI.

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The project received rave reviews from its participants, which were accompanied by significant interest in Owens tackling another 50 Over 50 collection of local women. As a result, she is pondering the idea of transforming it into an annual event.

She plans to create a group offering outings, get-togethers and other events throughout the year as opportunities for women over 50 to connect and build a community.

Owens hopes that the group will attract a younger crowd to attend, as she feels that they would benefit from socializing with accomplished, driven women.

Wise Women:

50 Over 50 Portrait Gala

WHEN: 5 to 9 p.m. Thursday, October 13

WHERE: Savoy Opera House, 6541

E. Tanque Verde Road, Tucson

COST: Tickets start at $45

INFO: the50over50experience.com

BY HOPE PETERS

Some want to dance, but these women just want to write.

It’s clear with their website, writerswrites.com.

Authors Jackie Collins, Diana Kinared and Sally Showalter set off on a journey spanning 24 years, and they published their book “Telling Tales and Sharing Secrets” on September 6 on Atmosphere Press.

“We met at a six-week workshop by Rita Magdaleno, who is a well-known poet here in town,” Showalter says. “The workshop had to do with writing stories from family photos.”

“We would take the photos to class and look at them,” says Kinared, who lives in Oro Valley. “And then we made up stories about them.”

Magdaleno wrote a book of poetry on her research and family photos.

“At the end of the class, Rita really encouraged us to form a writers group,”

Showalter says.

Magdaleno told them if they wanted to form a writer’s group to give her their contact information to share.

“That’s how we got each other’s names,” Kinared adds.

Kinared and Showalter met at the workshop, on November 12, 1997; and

that date has since been celebrated annually.

Collins joined the group in 1999, and that kick-started their long, tedious journey to finish the book.

“When we first started (the book) in 2005, I was 45,” Showalter says. “And Diana was 52. When we picked it up again in 2009, I was 58 and Diana was 65.” Collins was 59 years old at that time.

Fast forward to 2017 and the authors, a bit older, continue to write the book with the same passion they had in 2005.

In 2005, the authors worked on the book weekly at each other’s homes. In January 2009, they moved their weekly meetings to the Oro Valley Library. That fall, Collins moved to Colorado, halting the collaboration until 2017, when they could get together on Zoom. Showalter says they really worked their “fingernails off ” to get the book finished.

The book starts with how the trio met.

“The first chapter is how we met and how we got together,” Kinared says. “Because we didn’t have any goals at the time, other than just getting together and writing … and eating.”

They started by giving each other prompts to help those participating in the writers’ group.

“One person in the group would say, ‘This is the prompt for next week,’” Kinared explains. “So, we would all write to that to share next week and also we would write our own stuff. And if we needed feedback, we’d say, ‘This is what I’ve been working on. Can I share this with you?’”

Showalter adds, “Then we would make copies and pass them around for the next week, then next week we would talk about it and say, ‘I like this part. This is what I thought was missing, something I’d like to know more about.’”

The book pulls back the curtain on a quarter-century bond between three women whose first love is writing. In “Telling Tales and Sharing Secrets,” Collins, Kinared and Showalter provide a treasure trove for writers at any stage. This unique collection is at once a how-to guide for conducting a successful writers’ workshop; a meticulously organized catalog of writing prompts, and an exquisite array of stories and essays from each.

They describe it eloquently on their website:

“Herein is the arc of our journey as a writers’ group. Our narrative is spiced with glimpses of the things we learned as we explored the craft of storytelling, character development, poetry, memoir, and freeing our minds to follow inspiration. We ventured away from our desks to explore diverse styles with teachers in various places throughout the West, from Washington State to Mexico. We attended classes as a group and individually and shared those lessons with each other. We learned the art of critiquing to provide support for each other’s developing

ideas. We hope you enjoy our writing journey as much as we enjoyed putting our discoveries on the page.”

Then, chapter two discusses their courage to step it up and their quest in taking semester classes and doing workshops.

“What’s in here is our story, but interwoven are things we learned,” Kinared says. “So, we have prompts in there and then we have what we wrote to those prompts.”

Showalter adds, “We have a narrative that threads the whole story together, in and out. Our narrative, our thoughts, critiquing, our experiences that we have and the different things we have learned from our instructors, so we have a lot. The narrative is the thread to the book that weaves it together. And in between are the prompts, our writing from it, our discussion about it; we discuss our fears and challenges.”

Collins recounts the book’s journey.

“During COVID, we meet every week on Zoom, once a week, two times a week, even three times a week,” Collins says.

“And the Zooms would last for a couple hours, because we had to go through the manuscript with each other. So, we would help critique it together, so yes, we did a lot of Zooming.”

Collins made trips down from Colorado to Tucson before the pandemic hit as well.

Their only deadlines were per chapter.

“We would work and work,” Collins says. “You’d think when I came down and I would see them, that we would do something else. We did not. We would be exhausted, maybe go out and get a hamburger.”

To meet them in person, the authors will have a table/booth set up at the Tucson Festival of Books, Where Words and Imagination Come to Life, held on Saturday, March 4, at the University of Arizona Campus.

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Fall Arts Preview

Tucson awaiting a plethora of productions

BY BRIDGETTE REDMAN

In a world where little has seemed normal, Tucson arts organizations are preparing their fall seasons with a good, solid mix of music, comedy, drama, new works and familiar tales.

While some organizations are still working on the upcoming season and have not yet made announcements, oth ers are ready to share all that they are working on.

THEATER

Arizona Rose Theatre

4500 N. Oracle Road, Suite 329 520-888-0509 arizonarosetheatre.com

“The Broadway Experience: New Beginnings,” October 1 and October 2 (new dates)

Arizona Theatre Company

343 S. Scott Avenue

atc.org

“The Lion,” to October 15

Broadway in Tucson

Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Boulevard 520-903-2929 broadwayintucson.com

• “Six the Musical,” October 11 to October 16

• “Cats,” October 20 to October 23

Gaslight Theatre

7010 E. Broadway Boulevard 520-886-9428 thegaslighttheatre.com

“The Wizard of the Rings,” to November 6

Rogue Theatre

300 E. University Boulevard, Suite 150 520-551-2053 theroguetheatre.org

“Great Expectations” by Charles Dickens,

Invisible Theatre

1400 N. First Avenue, 520-884-0672 invisibletheatre.com

“Red Hot Patriot: The Kick Ass Wit of Molly Ivins,” by Margaret Engel and Allison Engel, November 2 to November 13

Live Theatre Workshop

3322 E. Fort Lowell Road 520-327-4242 livetheatreworkshop.org Mainstage:

October 13 to November 19

Children’s Theatre:

• “Dia De Los Muertos the Musical,” by Michael Martinez, October 29 to November 13

Scoundrel & Scamp

738 N. Fifth Avenue, Suite 131 520-448-3300 scoundrelandscamp.org

“Faustus: That Damned Woman,” by Chris Bush, October 13 to October 30

University of Arizona, School of Theatre, Film & Television

1025 N. Olive Road, Suite 239 520-621-7008 theatre.arizona.edu

• Arizona Repertory Theatre’s “Legally Blonde,” October 2 to October 16

• Arizona Repertory Theatre’s “Polaroid Stories,” October 23 to November 6

MUSIC

True Concord Voices and Orchestra P.O. Box 64912 520-401-2651

Fall Arts...continues on page 13

trueconcord.org

“Timothy Takach: Helios,” to October 2

Fox Tucson Theatre

17 W. Congress Street

520-624-1515

foxtucson.com

• The Passing Zone, October 1

• Zucchero, October 2

• Footprints and the Fox, October 7

• Clint Black, October 9

• The Wallflowers, October 11

• “Sexualities,” October 12, October 19, October 26, November 1

• The Righteous Brothers, October 13

• “Cry-Baby” and “Polyester”: John Waters double feature, October 14

• “False Negative”: An Evening with John Waters, October 15

• Aida Cuevas and Mariachi Aztlan, October 16

• Graham Nash: “An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories,” October 18

• The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute, October 21

• Ronstadt Family in Concert, October 23

• Wicked Wurlitzer, October 30

• “The Phantom of the Opera” with live Wurlitzer organ accompaniment, October 30

• Curious Conversations: Inspired by the Fox’s Mighty Wurlitzer Organ, November 1

• “Viva Dia de Los Muertos,” November 4

• “Cirque Mechanics: Zephyr,” November 6

• Ryan Adams, November 8

• United States Air Force Airmen of Note, November 12

• Curious Conversations: Inspired by the Irish Music at the Fox, November 15

• Shemekia Copeland and Sugaray Rayford, November 18

• Altan, November 19

• Brian Regan, November 20

• Jake Shimabukuro: Christmas in Hawaii, November 27

The Rialto Theatre

318 E. Congress Street

520-740-1000

rialtotheatre.com

• Manchester Orchestra, October 2

• Kevin Morby, October 3

• Too Many Zooz, October 4

• Dirty Honey, Dorothy, Mac Saturn, October 5

• The Midnight, October 6

• DEHD, Exum, October 7

• Matisyahu, Cydeways, October 9

• Dayglow: People in Motion Tour, October 10

• The Front Bottoms, The Joy Formidable and Mobley, October 11

• Bonobo: Fragments Live, October 12

• The War on Drugs, Adam Miller and Inner Magic, October 13

• The Black Moods, The Jons, October 14

• Damien Escobar, October 15

• Rob Schneider: I Have Issues Tour, October 16

• Teddy Swims and Sherwyn, October 18

• Action Bronson and Mayhem Lauren, October 19

• Parade of Lasers featuring Ghengar with Tynan, October 10

• Vir Das’ Wanted World Tour, October 21

• Yes: Close to the Edge 50th Anniversary Tour, October 23

• Black Jacket Symphony, October 26

• Bright Eyes, October 27

• Max and Iggor Cavalera Return: Beneath Arise, October 28

• Dia De Las Luchas and Psycho 78: A Misfits Tribute, October 29

• Steve Lacy, October 30

• The Magic of Rob Lake, November 2

• Phantogram and Glu, November 6

• Snail Mail, November 9

• Bad Suns, Lost Dinosaurs and Quarters of Change, November 11

• Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore, November 12

• Big Head Todd and the Monsters and The Jons, November 17

• Lainey Wilson, November 19

• Brincos Dieras, November 20

• Enanitos Verdes, November 22

• Gasolina Reggaeton Dance Party, November 25

• AFI and Drag Majesty, November 26

• The Iron Maidens and The Jack, November 27

Tucson Symphony Orchestra tucsonsymphony.org

• The Four Seasons, Reimagined, October 8 and October 9

• Fairy Tales and Firebirds, October 14 and October 16

• Revolution: The Music of the Beatles, October 22 and October 23

• Coco in Concert: Live to Film, October 29 and October 30

• Up Close with Francisco Fullana, November 5 and November

• Rachmaninoff, November 11 and

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ABSENCE: Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective & Turtle Island Quartet Dee Dee Bridgewater, Kurt Elling, & More in Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour Pink Martini featuring China Forbes with the Tucson Symphony Orchestra Pedrito Martinez and Alfredo Rodriguez • Samara Joy Matthew Whitaker Quintet • Arturo O'Farril Quintet

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TJF JAZZ JAM with The Heavy Hitters, Elliot Mason, Howard Alden, Diego Figueiredo, & Ken Peplowski

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• Celebrating Women in Music, November 19 and November 20

DANCE

Ballet Tucson

200 S. Tucson Boulevard 520-903-1445 ballettucson.org

“Footprints at the Fox,” October 7

VISUAL ARTS

Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery

2202 W. Anklam Road, Tucson 520-206-6986 pima.edu/arts

• “A Tribute to Clay,” to October 7

• ”Invisible Borders: Women Photographers from Fotógrafas del Norte and MAPA, Mexico City, and BorderLens Southwest,” October 24 to December 9

Contreras Gallery

110 E. Sixth Street, Tucson 520-398-6557 contrerashousefineart.com

Fine art prints show with the likes of Jo Andersen, Julia Andres, David Andres, Neda Contreras and Glory Tacheenie Campoy, to October 22

Etherton Gallery

340 S. Convent Avenue, Tucson 520-624-7370 ethertongallery.com

“Sueños, Simbolos, y Narración (Dreams, Symbols and Storytelling),” including “Mujer Angel, Desierto de Sonora,” to November 26

Everybody Gallery

437 E. Grant Road, Tucson everybody.gallery

“Flor: Kiki — A Sky of Changing Lights,” October 15 to November 19

Madaras Gallery

3035 N. Swan Road, Tucson 520-615-3001 madaras.com

Hosts special events throughout the

year. See website for information.

Philabaum Glass Gallery

711 S. Sixth Avenue, Tucson 520-884-7404 philabaumglass.com Philabaum Glass Gallery 40th Anniversary, Saturday, October 15

Raices Taller 222 Art Gallery & Workshop

218 E. Sixth Street, Tucson 520-881-5335

raicestaller222.com

“Papel,” to October 15

Andrew Smith Gallery Arizona

330 S. Convent Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701 505-984-1234 andrewsmithgallery.com

Daniel Cheek, “Where We Go,” to November 15

Tohono Chul 7366 Paseo del Norte, Tucson 520-742-6455 tohonochul.org

“The Elements: Fire,” to November 9

MUSEUMS

Tucson Museum of Art 140 N. Main Avenue, Tucson 520-624-2333 tucsonmuseumofart.org

• “Monica Aissa Martinez,” to April 23

• “The Story of Painting: Jose Gil de Castro’s Carlota Caspe y Rodriguez,” July 23

• “The Sacred and the Profane,” June 2

The Center of Creative Photography 1030 N. Olive Road, Tucson 520-621-7968 ccp.arizona.edu

Alanna Airitam: “The Golden Age,” to October 29.

Museum of Contemporary Art 265 S. Church Avenue, Tucson 520-624-5019 moca-tucson.org

Grace Rosario Perkins, to October 16

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Covered in full after applicable copayments/coinsurance.

$0 Preventative Screenings. $0 copay for PCP and $15 for specialist. ER Copay $90, waived if admitted, DME 20%. Ambulance - air and land copay $250. Outpatient surgery at hospital/$225 and outpatient surgery at ASC/$125. Lab copay $0. Xray copay $15. Copays and coinsurance count toward the out of pocket max of $2,400.

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Outpatient Prescription Drugs

Renewability of Contract

Travel Restrictions Out of Area

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NONE

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$275.00 days 1-7

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Maximum Period of Coverage for Any One Benefit

Skilled Nursing Facility

Medical Coverage for Part B

Outpatient Care

Physician care for hospital or office services, surgery, anesthesia, X-ray, laboratory, injections, splints, casts, dressings, physical and speech therapy, radiology, ambulance, prosthetics, etc.

Outpatient Prescription Drugs

Days 1-6 $250 per day

364 days in a calendar year

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Days 21-40 $196/Day

Days 41-100 $0/day

Covered in full after applicable copayments/coinsurance

$0 Primary Care, $35 Specialist Copay, $35 Urgent care, $20 Copay Physical/ Speech/ Occupational Therapy, $0 Lab copay, $20 most x-rays, $200 ASC, $275 Ground Ambulance

T1 Preferred Generic $0, T2 Generic $9

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364 days in a calendar year

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Covered in full after applicable copayments/coinsurance

$0 Primary Care, $25 Specialist Copay, $25 Urgent care, $10 Copay Physical/ Speech/ Occupational Therapy, $0 Lab copay, $10 most x-rays, $150 ASC, $275 Ground Ambulance

T1 Preferred Generic $0, T2 Generic $9 Extended Day supply for T1/ T2 100 days for one copay; T3 Preferred Brand $ 47; T4 Non Preferred Brand $100; T5 Speciality 33% ; T6 Part D Vaccines $0 Network Pharmacies nationwide.

Renewability of Contract Renewable annually Renewable annually

Travel Restrictions

Out of Area

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Covered in full after applicable copayments/coinsurance

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The Good Husband

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

Graham Nash listens to his wife, photographer Amy Grantham.

When she suggested he perform his first two solo albums, “Songs for Beginners” and “Wild Tales,” in their entirety, he did it — and released it as “Graham Nash: Live.”

“I’d always loved those two albums,” he says. “I play ‘Songs for Beginners’ from start to finish and then do ‘Wild Tales’ from start to finish. It was my wife who said, ‘I would love to see that show. Why don’t you do it?’”

He’ll bring “An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories with Graham Nash” to the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix on Sunday, October 16, and the Fox Tucson Theatre on Tuesday, October 18.

He has fond memories of being in Tucson in 1966 with fellow Hollies member

Allan Clarke.

“When the Hollies played in Tucson, Allan and I went to a gun store and bought two 45s, antique guns, and we took them back to England in our luggage,” he says with a laugh. “It isn’t like it is today. So, Tucson is where I bought a gun.”

He no longer has the firearm.

In Phoenix and Tucson this time around, he will cover his career from the Hollies through Crosby, Stills & Nash and his solo career, while weaving anecdotes and tales from his career.

“There are two things I want my fans to know,” he says. “The first thing is I really want to be there making music for them. I’m not going to phone it in. I perform them with the same passion that I wrote them with.

“Secondly, I’m very grateful that some of them saved their tickets from two

years ago when the show was canceled.”

At the shows, Nash will be accompanied by his longtime collaborator and “This Path Tonight” producer Shane Fontayne on guitars and vocals, and former CSN keyboard player and vocalist Todd Caldwell.

While the tracks on “Songs for Beginners” and “Wild Tales” are largely autobiographical — dissecting Nash’s relationship and subsequent breakup with Joni Mitchell, recalling his 3,000-mile sea voyage with David Crosby from Florida to San Francisco by way of the Panama Canal, and remembering his parents — they also show the depth and breadth of Nash’s songwriting and storytelling, chronicling society’s frayed edges during the Vietnam era, championing the defense of free speech, calling for prison reform as well as political reform, and more.

“I’ve had an incredible life,” he says. “My audience knows every word, I mean, every word that I think. They’re loving the tour and all the songs that I’m bringing. I’ve written a lot of music in my life. I’m going to be playing music from the Hollies to the songs I’m writing today.”

Performing since 1958, Nash quickly answers what keeps him passionate after more than 64 years.

“Curiosity about life itself,” he says. “I once visited the church where King Ar-

thur’s roundtable is on the wall. I realized that it might not be King Arthur’s actual roundtable, but it’s been on that wall for over 400 years.

“I was approaching the church when I saw a beefeater. He had a tray in his hand, and he said, ‘Here you go.’ Quite frankly, I was on LSD. I said, ‘I’m sorry. What do you mean?’ He pushed the tray toward me and said every traveler on this road for the last few hundred years has been entitled to a bread and a drink of water. I looked at him, not quite understanding what was going on. He said, ‘Well, don’t you know it’s just OK to be?’ I thought that was one of the heaviest things that’s ever been said to me.”

“An Intimate Evening of Songs and Stories with Graham Nash”

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Sunday, October 16

WHERE: Celebrity Theatre, 440 N. 32nd Street, Phoenix COST: Tickets start at $36 INFO: celebritytheatre.com

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, October 18 WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, Tucson COST: Tickets start at $41 INFO: foxtucson.com

Graham

Graham Nash once bought an antique gun in Tucson, but he no longer has the firearm. He comes to Phoenix and Tucson in October. (Sacks & Co./Submitted)

Calendar of Events

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1

The Passing Zone, 7:30 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $27.50, foxtucson.com

Bonnie Raitt, 8 p.m., The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall (formerly Tucson Music Hall), 260 S. Church Avenue, Tucson, tickets start at $59, tucsonmusichall.org

“The Wizard of the Rings,” various times through November 6, The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, $27, thegaslighttheatre.com

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

Zucchero, 7 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $25, foxtucson.com

MONDAY, OCTOBER 3

Strait Country, with Jim Keleher & the Strait Country Band, 8 p.m., The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, Tucson, visit website for ticket information, gaslighttheatre.com

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4

Yom Kippur begins

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 5

A Matter of Balance, various dates throughout October, Posada Life Community Services, 780 S. Park Centre Avenue, Green Valley, $30, pcoa.org

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6

October Tucson Art Walk, 4 to 7 p.m., Wilde Meyer Gallery, 2890 E. Skyline Drive, Suite 170, Tucson, free, 520-615-5222, wildemeyer.com, info@wildemeyer.com. Wilde Meyer Gallery will have art, light refreshments and live music

from Vanessa Myers. Artists will be featured, including fine jewelers Lucine Dirtadian and Ursula Rodgers, Stephanie Paige, Connie R. Townsend and Ron Russon.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7

Footprints at the Fox, 7 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $30, foxtucson.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 8

Tip your carrier: It’s International Newspaper Carrier Day!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9

Clint Black, 7 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $55, foxtucson. com

MONDAY, OCTOBER 10

The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Association, Chapter 55 Annual Picnic, 11 a.m., Reid Park Ramada No. 1, call for charge, 520-747-3114. Follow the NARFE signs. Current and retired federal employees, their spouses, guests and visitors are welcome.

Mariachi Extravaganza, 6 p.m., The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, Tucson, visit website for ticket information, gaslighttheatre.com

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 11

The Wallflowers, 7:30 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $42.50, foxtucson.com

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12

“Sexualities,” 6 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, free, foxtucson.com

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13

“Boston Marriage” by David Mamet various times through November 19, Live Theatre Workshop, 3322 E. Fort Lowell, Tucson, various pricing, 520-327-4242, livetheatreworkshop.org

The Righteous Brothers, 7:30 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $47, foxtucson.com

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14

“Cry-Baby” and “Polyester,” a John Waters Double Feature, 6 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $6, foxtucson.com

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 15

Organic Garden Fair and Plant Sale, 9 a.m. to 1 pm., St. Mark’s Church’s north parking lot, 3809 E. Third Street, Tucson, free admission, tucsonorganicgardeners.org. Features locally grown organic veggie and herb starts, ornamentals, trees and seeds, as well as gardening supplies, tools, compost and fertilizers. Proceeds benefit Tucson Organic Gardeners, a nonprofit organization.

“False Negative”: An Evening with John Waters, 7:30 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $37.50, foxtucson.com

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16

Tucson Coin Club’s Coin and Stamp Show, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Tucson Woman’s Club, 6245 E. Bellevue Street, Tucson, free admission and parking, tucsoncoinclub.com

Aida Cuevas and Mariachi Aztlan, 7 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $37.50, foxtucson.com

MONDAY, OCTOBER 17

Your Cheatin’ Heart: Tribute to Hank Williams, 6 p.m., The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, Tucson, visit website for ticket information, gaslighttheatre.com

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18

Graham Nash, 7:30 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $41, foxtucson.com

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19

“Sexualities,” 6 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, free, foxtucson.com

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20

Tucson Handweavers & Spinners Guild’s Embellishment Techniques, 9 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Weeks Room, Grace Street St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams Street, Tucson, $155 members, $200 nonmembers, thsg.org

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21

The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute, 7:30 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $32.50, foxtucson.com

Tucson Great Decisions Association talk with former ambassador David Dunford, “Divisive Politics and American Diplomacy,” 2 p.m., via Zoom, $10, tgda.org/ events

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 22

Madaras Gallery Presents the 2022 Annual Show “Journey,” various times through November 6, Madaras Gallery, 3035 N. Swan Road, Tucson, free admission, 520-615-3001, madaras.com. Meet and greet with Diana Madaras from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, October 23.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23

The Ronstadt Family in Concert, 4 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $46, foxtucson.com

MONDAY, OCTOBER 24

Super Songs of the ’60s: The Tributaries, 6 p.m., The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, Tucson, visit website for ticket information, gaslighttheatre.com

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25

Skin Care for Healthy Aging, 2 p.m., TMC Health, 2695 N. Craycroft Road, Tucson, free, reservations required, confirm location, 520324-1960

Singing the Blues Festival offers a variety of music genres

BY LAURA LATZKO

Through blues, musicians share their sorrows, hopes, dreams and life experi ences.

Each year, the Blues Heritage Festi val brings together these musicians and those from other genres for a day filled with tunes.

This year, the event will be held in a new venue, the Steam Pump Ranch in Oro Valley on Saturday, October 29.

The event is hosted by the nonprofit Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foun dation, which is dedicated to promoting blues music, supporting musicians, and raising awareness about the genre and culture.

The Blues Heritage Festival also serves as a fundraiser. Gary Bagnoche, president of the Southern Arizona Blues Heritage Foundation, says the organization faced financial struggles because of COVID-19. It is supported through grants, donations and fundraisers.

“We need to get financially back on our feet, like a lot of nonprofits,” Bagnoche says.

The festival has a long history in Tuc son. Debuting in 1983, it has been held in different venues throughout the years, including Reed Park’s DeMeester Out door Performance Center and the Rillito Racetrack.

The organization paused the festival for a year during COVID-19 but held a smaller version in 2021 at the MSA Annex.

The festival this year will be return to a full lineup of musicians.

Festival guests are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs and prepare for a full day of music at the historic ranch, which will also host a farmers market. Barbecue and pizza food trucks will sell food.

The headliners are the wife-and-hus band team of blues/soul singer Annika Chambers and blues rocker Paul DesLau riers. Chambers won the Blues Music Awards prize for Soul Blues Female Artist of the Year in 2019 and 2022.

A Houston native, the singer got her start singing in the church and has per formed for troops during two U.S. Army tours. DesLauriers is a virtuoso guitar player, vocalist and songwriter who hails from Canada.

He has taken second place in the Inter national Blues Challenge and won many Canadian Maple Blues Awards over the years.

This year’s Blues Heritage Festival line up also features the Carvin Jones Band, the Sugar Thieves, Tom Walbank and the Ambassadors, and the Coolers.

“We think it’s better for everybody to bring in new talent, to bring in older tal ent who people haven’t seen in a long time,” he says.

“We try to keep the lineup something that both blues aficionados and other people will want to see,” Bagnoche says.

The festival brings in music listeners of all ages.

Bagnoche says that while they are there to see their favorite bands, audience members often discover other groups.

“There will be also sorts of music played during the day. All six bands are something different,” Bagnoche said.

The event will often have bands from other genres. In the past, the foundation has hosted the Chicano rock group Los Lobos, the cumbia rock group Xixa and “indie mambo” artist Sergio Mendoza.

The organization also tries to expose audiences to the styles of blues, includ ing Delta and Mississippi variations.

An important part of the foundation’s mission is education, which includes its efforts to expand on young people’s knowledge of blues.

The organization invites touring pro fessional artists to lead master classes for high school students.

They also bring in local musicians to teach classes focused on instruments such as the trumpet, guitar, bass or drums.

Each year, the organization offers chances for high school bands to perform at the festival. Z Nora will open this year.

In the past, the foundation has sent contestants to the International Blues Challenge, a competition for blues bands, solo artists and duos. Bagnoche says they hope to do this again in the near future.

Along with its annual festival, the blues foundation hosts Sunday afternoon shows at Hotel Congress. They also an assistance fund, which was used to help artists during the height of COVID-19.

The heritage foundation’s volun teer-run board is made up of full-time musicians as well as longtime blues fans.

Bagnoche said different occupations and personalities are represented on the board. He became interested in blues music while was stationed in Mississippi while in the U.S. Navy.

“Doing an occasion beer run on coun try roads, I ran across some people play ing music. I thought, ‘What is this?’” Bag noche says.

“Back then — this was in the ’70s — we would flip a coin and either go to New Or leans, Atlanta, Memphis or Nashville be cause they were all close. We would take the music in from all of those. Greens boro, Mississippi, is the center of the blues universe. So, it hit me early, and it hit me hard.”

Through the festival, Bagnoche has gotten to meet artists that he admires, such as Elvin Bishop, David Hidalgo from Los Lobos and Pinetop Perkins.

“(Pinetop Perkins) was just an engaging gentleman who shared stories with me

Blues Heritage Festival

WHEN: Gates open 10 a.m.; performances 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday, October 29

WHERE: Steam Pump Ranch, 10901 N. Oracle Road, Oro Valley COST: $30 advanced tickets, $35 at the gate, $5 discount for members, 18 and younger free INFO: azblues.org

that I will never forget,” Bagnoche says.

“I treasure the experience of getting to talk with him. He was a great piano play er, and I’m not saying just a great blues piano player. He was just a great piano player and vocalist and knew how to grab an audience and make them his.”

Calendar of Events continued from page 19

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26

“Sexualities,” 6 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, free, foxtucson.com

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27

It’s National Potato Day!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28

Medicare Counseling, 10 a.m., 11 a.m. and noon, TMC Health, 2695 N. Craycroft Road, Tucson, free, appointments required, 520-3241960

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29

It’s National Cat Day!

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30

Wicked Wurlitzer Halloween Organ Concert, 3:30 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $15, foxtucson.com

The Phantom of the Opera with Live Wurlitzer Organ Accompaniment, 7 p.m., Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, tickets start at $12.50, foxtucson.com

MONDAY, OCTOBER 31

Blueberry Hill: Mr. Boogie Woogie, 6 p.m., The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Boulevard, Tucson, visit website for ticket information, gaslighttheatre.com

Paul DesLauriers and Annika Chambers, a husband-and-wife team, will perform at the Blues Heri tage Festival in Oro Valley. (James McNamara/Submitted)

Family Affair

The Ronstadts get together to celebrate rich musical history

BY JONATHAN FRAHM

From “You’re No Good” and “Blue Bayou” to the traditional mariachi and ranchera of 1987’s “Canciones de Mi Padre,” chances are that if you know 20th century hits, you know Linda Ronstadt.

Still one of Tucson’s brightest stars, she has celebrated an illustrious career that spans decades of worldwide acclaim. Most recently, she returned to the Old Pueblo to celebrate the naming of The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall.

The Ronstadt family began sinking their roots in Tucson nearly a century before Linda’s mainstream breakout. In 1880, Federico Ronstadt founded the Club Filarmónico de Tucson, one of the region’s first social orchestras. Luisa Espinel, his daughter, would become known for her glamorous performances as a singer, dancer and actress.

Today, a slew of Ronstadts is still committed to a life enveloped in the arts. Several of them pay homage to their musical roots as songwriters and bandleaders in their own rights.

This October, Tucsonans have a unique, potentially once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to watch many of them perform at the same show. On Sunday, October 23, the Fox Theatre hosts “The Ronstadt Family in Concert: An Evening Celebrating a Musical Dynasty.” Presented by the Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona, proceeds from this concert help to fund their mission of bringing critical community services to people across different backgrounds and belief systems.

The show will feature several Ronstadt family acts, with a special welcome message from Linda to kick things off. Performers include: Kiko Jácome Trio, Mindy Ronstadt and the One-Bill Band, the Ronstadt Brothers, PD Ronstadt & the Company and Never on Time. Toward the end of the show, Ronstadt family members will flood the stage to perform together.

Local pianist, accordionist and singer-songwriter Bobby Ronstadt is fronting the charge on making this special show happen.

“This whole thing is derived from our family get-togethers from over the many years and many generations,” Bobby says.

“I have old recordings of my aunts and

uncles gathering and singing traditional Mexican songs that my grandfather, Federico, brought to all of us. At the concert, we’ll be doing one of his favorite Mexican songs and one of Michael J. Ronstadt’s original songs.”

Affectionately called “Papa Mike” by many, Michael J. died in 2016 at 62 years old. Linda’s younger brother, Mike was a prominent member of several bands throughout a long-spanning career. Most recently, he fronted Ronstadt Generations y Los Tucsonenses. It was a multigenerational family band that also featured his sons, Peter Dalton Ronstadt and Michael Gilbert Ronstadt, and accomplished musicians such as Alex Flores, Sam Eagon and Aaron Emery.

Bobby recounts that Mike was the first to champion this vision of a “Ronstadt Family Concert.”

“He had tried to put this together with the Ronstadt Generations project,” Bobby says.

“He brought me in and asked if I could talk to my side of the family. When he passed away, I wanted to model this show after the idea that he had for it 10 years ago.”

This family concert finally coming together was nothing short of serendipity for Bobby. Previous plans were snuffed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but JFCS kept the Ronstadts in mind for when venues reopened. Despite a cancer diagnosis this last November, Bobby has since been hard at work to gather his family and make the show happen.

After some shuffling of the backroom planning — like availability schedules for featured artists — the concert as it is being presented was born at last.

Regarding the Ronstadts’ rich family history, Bobby admits with a chuckle, “It’s not a family tree. It’s a family forest. The family here in Tucson are basically all the descendants of the four sons from Federico’s second family. Gilbert Ronstadt and my dad both wound up running the Ronstadt Hardware Store in the ’40s.”

Before ACE Hardware and Home Depot built across the country en masse, the Ronstadt Hardware Store was a Downtown Tucson establishment. It would be run by Papa Mike through the 1980s, clos-

ing in 1986 just before the store’s 100th anniversary. Besides the history, Tucson is still rife with current Ronstadt family landmarks like the aforementioned music hall, the Downtown Ronstadt Center and Jácome Park.

The hardware company was one part of the F. Ronstadt Co., founded by Federico in 1886.

“The store had a number of locations over the years, and its last location was where the transit center is now,” Bobby says.

“My great-grandfather, Frederick August, brought Federico to Tucson in 1882 to apprentice under the wagonmakers Dalton and Vasquez. After opening the F. Ronstadt Co. at the age of 18, he had gotten all of the merchants around Tucson together and they all got instruments. He taught some of these guys how to play.”

They would become the Club Filarmónico de Tucson.

“This was one of the first philharmonic bands in Tucson,” Bobby says. “It’s like a marching band-type thing. They toured the West Coast and played anything and everything here in Tucson through the late 1800s and early 1900s.”

Bobby was taught by his Uncle Alfred to play the piano.

“He played it like a madman with one arm that he had lost in a hunting accident. One day I was tinkling with the piano, and he comes over and kind of pushes me off the bench and says, ‘This is the way you play.’”

“He started playing really impressive ragtime stuff with one hand, and I was amazed.”

More recently, Bobby put out a CD of original music called “Out of the Blue”. He

calls the release “fulfilling” and finds that his next steps might well be forming another band of his own once more of his health returns.

In the meantime, he will be celebrating the Ronstadts’ rich musical history on-stage at the Fox. Each act on-stage is a descendant of Gilbert and Edward Ronstadt, two of Federico’s sons.

“We’ll have a short introduction with a little audiovisual history lesson. Then, each artist will play four songs with history — Kiko and his trio, Mindy with Bill Martin, the Ronstadt Brothers, the Company, then my little brother Tim’s band, Never on Time. At the very end, we’re inviting our siblings up and we’re going to sing as a family.”

Teasing a bit more of what will be performed at the show, Bobby says, “You know we’re going to have to honor Linda with a couple of her songs through the evening. We’ll be doing one of Petie’s songs that he wrote with Michael J., too.”

“This will probably be a one in a lifetime journey, since we all have our own lives — busy lives, at that. If you’ve got time, come on and check us out. The Ronstadt family is getting together to entertain.”

Ronstadt Family in Concert – Presented by the Jewish Family & Children’s Services of Southern Arizona

WHEN: 4 p.m. Sunday, October 23

WHERE: Fox Tucson Theatre, 17 W. Congress Street, Tucson

COST: Tickets start at $46

INFO: foxtucson.com

Featuring several acts, the Ronstadt musical dynasty will be celebrated this October at the Fox Theatre. (Jonathan Frahm/Submitted)

King Crossword Puzzles

ACROSS

1 Piratic quaffs

605, in old Rome

8 Last write-up

12 Like some vaccines

Ecol. watchdog

Stratagem

Turkey’s most populous city

17 Actress Falco

18 Second of two

Church keyboards

21 Six, in Sicily

22 Harvest

23 Fireplace residue

26 Society newbie

28 Golf great Sam

31 Coach Ewbank

33 Passing craze

35 Capital on a fjord

36 Cardiff’s country

38 “Uh-huh”

40 Kids’ game

41 Antitoxins

French article

Juan’s pals

Cease-fires

Track assignment

Brazil’s most populous city

Karaoke prop

Brit. record label

Bridal cover

Writer Kingsley

Wee bit

Old U.S. gas brand

1 Stir up

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Bed boards

5 Question after a mission

PC’s brain

Bravery

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populous city

10 “The doctor --”

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“How adorable!”

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GO FIGURE!

by Linda Thistle

The idea of Go Figure is to arrive at the figures given at the bottom and right-hand columns of the diagram by following the arithmetic signs in the order they are given (that is, from left to right and top to bottom). Use only the numbers below the diagram to complete its blank squares and use each of the nine numbers only once.

SUDOKU

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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EVEN EXCHANGE

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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!

Casinos

‘Wheel of Fortune’

Game show hits the stage with trips, cash

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

Clay Aiken wasn’t overly sold when he was approached to host the “Wheel of Fortune Live” tour.

“I wasn’t skeptical, I’d say,” Aiken explains.

“‘Wheel of Fortune’ is legendary, and there’s no game show that’s more popular in the America, etc. How to make it work live was something I was very curious about, and — holy crap — it does work. It really does.”

The tour comes to the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, formerly the Tucson Music Hall, on Thursday, November 3, and Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino on Friday, November 4, and Saturday, November 5, with Aiken as host.

During “Wheel of Fortune Live,” guests can audition to go onstage and feel like they stepped into the game show. Randomly selected players will have the chance to spin a replica of the iconic wheel and solve the puzzles to win prizes, including up to $10,000 in cash and trips to the likes of Paris and Hawaii at every show. Additionally, hundreds of audience members can win cash and prizes.

“It’s so fun,” he says. “Audiences lose their absolute minds. I’ve been on tour 11 times on my own with my own shows. In all the years I’ve been touring, I wish I had audiences who were that fun, but I’m not giving away trips to Paris at my concerts. They have a reason to be more excited about ‘Wheel of Fortune.’ It’s really fun to watch.”

Aiken recently starred on Broadway, alongside Ruben Studdard, in “Ruben & Clay’s First Annual Christmas Carol Family Fun Pageant Spectacular Reunion Show” at the Imperial Theater.

This came 10 years after Aiken’s Broad-

way debut in Monty Python’s “Spamalot.” On the heels of “American Idol,” he became the rst artist to have his rst single debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.

His subsequent album, “Measure of a Man,” also debuted at No. 1 with the highest rst-week sales by a debut artist. His 2004 holiday release, “Merry Christmas with Love,” set a record for the fastest-selling holiday album of the SoundScan era and remains tied for the highest-charting debut of a holiday album.

The father to son Parker, Aiken served nine years as a UNICEF ambassador and in 2003 co-founded, with Diane Bubel, what is now the National Inclusion Project to advocate and increase opportunities for children with disabilities to be included in extracurricular activities (such as summer camps and after-school programs) with their nondisabled peers.

Aiken is looking forward to bringing “Wheel of Fortune” back to Arizona.

“Everyone in America is a fan of ‘Wheel of Fortune,’” he says. “It’s been on for 40 years. Even if you’re not a nightly viewer, you’ve seen clips on YouTube. Holy crap. It’s the game that more people play in their living room than anything else.

“‘Jeopardy’ is wonderful, sure. There’s only a subset of people who are smart enough for that. ‘Wheel of Fortune’ is the most accessible and approachable game show. We can all sit at home and play it. To do that in person and get to spin the wheel, I’m surprised it took this long.”

“Wheel of Fortune Live”

WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 3

WHERE: The Linda Ronstadt Music Hall, formerly the Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Avenue, Tucson COST: Tickets start at $38

INFO: 520-791-4101, tucsonmusichall.org

WHEN: 8 p.m. Friday, November 4, and Saturday, November 5

WHERE: Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, 15406 Maricopa Road, Maricopa COST: Tickets start at $38.50

INFO: caesars.com/harrahs-ak-chin/ shows

Clay Aiken is looking forward to bringing “Wheel of Fortune” back to Arizona Thursday, November 3. (Submitted)

Casino Calendar

Prince Again:

A Tribute to Prince

7:30 p.m. Saturday, October 1, Casino Arizona, 524 N. 92nd Street, Scottsdale, tickets start at $10, 480-850-7777, casinoarizona.com

Bayou Bandits

8 p.m. Saturday, October 1, WKP Sports & Entertainment, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, free, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort.com

Pick Your Poison:

Poison Tribute

7:30 p.m. Friday, October 7, and Saturday, October 8, Casino Arizona, 524 N. 92nd Street, Scottsdale, tickets start at $15, 480-850-7777, casinoarizona.com

Tina Bailey Band

8 p.m. Friday, October 7, Poolside, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, free, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort.com

Los Huracanes del Norte w/Banda La Prendida

7:30 p.m. Friday, October 7, Desert Diamond Sahuarita Diamond Center, 1100 W. Pima Mine Road, Sahuarita, tickets start at $30, ddcaz.com

Average White Band

8 p.m. Friday, October 7, Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, 5040 Wild Horse Pass Boulevard, Chandler, tickets start at $25, 1-800-WIN-GILA, playatgila.com

Mike Reeves Band

9 p.m. Friday, October 7, and Saturday, October 8, Cli Castle Casino, 555 W. Middle Verde Road, Camp Verde, free, cli castlecasinohotel.com

Str8 Up Band

8 p.m. Saturday, October 8, WKP Sports & Entertainment, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, free, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort.com

Chris Tucker

7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Saturday, October 8, Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, 5040 Wild Horse Pass Boulevard, Chandler, tickets start at $49, 1-800-WIN-GILA, playatgila.com

Blue Öyster Cult

8 p.m. Saturday, October 8, Talking Stick Resort’s The Showroom, 9800 E. Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale, tickets

start at $30, 480-850-7777, talkingstickresort.com

Bill Engvall

8 p.m. Sunday, October 9, Talking Stick Resort’s Salt River Grand Ballroom, 9833 E. Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale, tickets start at $55, 480-850-7777, talkingstickresort.com

Arizona Blacktop

8 p.m. Friday, October 14, WKP Sports & Entertainment, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, free, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort. com

Aravaipa

9 p.m. Friday, October 14, and Saturday, October 15, Cli Castle Casino, 555 W. Middle Verde Road, Camp Verde, free, cli castlecasinohotel.com

Priminition

8 p.m. Saturday, October 15, WKP Sports & Entertainment, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, free, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort.com

Elton: The Early Years

7:30 p.m. Friday, October 21, and Saturday, October 22, Casino Arizona, 524 N. 92nd Street, Scottsdale, tickets start at $15, 480.850.7777, casinoarizona.com

Precaucion Nortena

9 p.m. Friday, October 21, and Saturday, October 22, Cli Castle Casino, 555 W. Middle Verde Road, Camp Verde, free, cli castlecasinohotel.com

I Am King: The Michael Jackson Experience

8 p.m. Friday, October 21, and Saturday, October 22, Conference Center Ballroom, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, tickets start at $39, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort.com

Superhero

8 p.m. Friday, October 21, WKP Sports & Entertainment, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, free, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort. com

Shine on Floyd: Tribute to Pink Floyd

8 p.m. Saturday, October 22, Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino, 5040 Wild Horse Pass Boulevard, Chandler, $25, 1-800-WIN-GILA, playatgila.com

George Lopez

Thaddeus Rose

8 p.m. Saturday, October 22, WKP Sports & Entertainment, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, free, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort.com

Billy Ocean and the Commodores

8 p.m. Thursday, October 27, Casino Del Sol’s AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Road, Tucson, tickets start at $30, 1-855-765-7829, casinodelsol.com

Bruno & the Hooligans

7:30 p.m. Friday, October 28, and Saturday, October 29, Casino Arizona, 524 N. 92nd Street, Scottsdale, tickets start at $15, 480-850-7777, casinoarizona.com

Let’s Just Play

9 p.m. Friday, October 28, and Saturday, October 29, Cli Castle Casino, 555 W. Middle Verde Road, Camp Verde, free, cli castlecasinohotel.com

Andrea & Gemini

8 p.m. Friday, October 28, WKP Sports & Entertainment, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, free, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort. com

Harry Luge: Halloween Party

8 p.m. Saturday, October 29, WKP Sports & Entertainment, We-Ko-Pa Casino Resort, 10438 Wekopa Way, Fort McDowell, free, 480-789-4957, wekopacasinoresort.com

Wicked Ball: Never After

8 p.m. Saturday, October 22, Casino Del Sol’s AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Road, Tucson, tickets start at $30, 1-855-765-7829, casinodelsol.com

9 p.m. Saturday, October 29, Talking Stick Resort’s Salt River Grand Ballroom, 9833 E. Talking Stick Way, Scottsdale, tickets start at $60, 480-850-7777, talkingstickresort.com

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When Marjorie and Steve were young, they didn’t think about owning a home, let alone retirement!

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Now nearing retirement age, they are looking forward to enjoying what they earned. Marjorie and Steve couldn’t wait to sit back and relax and enjoy the fruits of their labor. But even with all their careful planning, unforeseen events and unexpected expenses diminished the assets they set aside for their retirement. The only realistic option they could see was to sell their retirement home in Sun Lakes. It felt like an impossible task.

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What’s Cooking?

Queen Creek Olive Mill Spinach Salad

BY JAN D’ATRI

Some things are worth the trip. Especially when they’re handcrafted food products that are local, organic and gourmet.

Yes, it’s worth the drive out to Queen Creek to visit the Queen Creek Olive Mill, where you can take in a factory tour or stroll the orchard, savor gourmet olives, sample g or pomegranate white balsamic vinegars, try tasty tapenades and take home fresh pressed extra virgin olive oils infused with chocolate, white tru es, bacon, roasted garlic, Meyer lemon or blood orange.

Then there’s the Tuscan-inspired eatery, wine tastings, music and dancing. The Queen Creek Olive Mill is Agritourism at its best, and the booming town of Queen Creek has had Arizona’s only olive working farm and mill all to itself for the last 17 years.

If Queen Creek is too far of a trek, you can visit Queen Creek’s Oils and Olives at Kierland Commons in Scottsdale. But the Olive Mill is certainly worth the drive.

Owner Perry Rea started with 10 acres, 1,000 olive trees and a retired career in the automotive industry. Now with 25 acres, 16 varieties of olives and 40 products under the Queen Creek label, many

of us are happy that Rea switched from motor oil to olive oil.

At the heart of everything that Rea does is creating a fun, friendly atmosphere where families can gather around the table and enjoy good food, whether it’s at the olive mill or in your own home. So that brings me to my new favorite product from QCOM — bacon-infused extra virgin olive oil. What that means is you now get all the tantalizing avor of bacon without any of the bacon fat. What better way to enjoy this dynamic duo of olive oil and bacon than with a good old fashioned spinach salad with warm bacon dressing, the avor richly enhanced by full-bodied Queen Creek g balsamic vinegar? This recipe was created just for you by Perry — for olive us to enjoy!

Queen Creek Olive Mill Spinach Salad

Servings: 4

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 tablespoons Queen

balsamic

• 3 tablespoons Queen Creek

bacon olive

• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice

• 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds

• 6 cups baby spinach

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• 4 green onions with tops, thinly sliced

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If sesame seeds are not toasted, in a small dry skillet, toast sesame seed over medium high heat until golden brown in color. Set aside to cool. In a skillet, add vinegar, bacon olive oil, lemon juice and sesame seeds. Stir to combine over medium heat until hot. In a large bowl, combine the spinach and green onions. Add the warm dressing and toss to evenly coat. Sprinkle with Gorgonzola cheese and serve. Serves 4.

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Ask the Expert

5 ways to lower the risk of heart problems

BY TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER

As the saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

While not all heart conditions can be prevented, controlling risk factors can go a long way to staying healthy, says Dr. Raj Bose, cardiothoracic surgeon at Tucson Medical Center.

Bose specializes in surgical procedures of the heart, lungs and other organs in the chest with the goal of giving patients a longer life with better quality.

Managing your risks

The Healthy Geezer Anesthesia is risky, but safe for all ages

BY FRED CICETTI

Heart disease refers to several types of heart conditions such as coronary artery disease, heart valve disease, aortic aneurysm and others. The one thing these conditions have in common is you can often reduce your risk with lifestyle changes.

• Coronary artery disease: This is the buildup of plaque in the arteries that supply oxygen-rich blood to your heart. Plaque causes blockage that can lead to heart attack. Symptoms include chest pain or discomfort and shortness of breath.

• Heart valve disease: In heart valve disease, one or more of the valves in your heart doesn’t work properly. This can cause the blood ow through your heart to your body to be disrupted.

Symptoms include fatigue, dizziness, irregular heartbeat, heart murmur and chest pain.

• Aortic aneurysm: This is a bubble that forms in the aorta. It can make the wall weak and prone to tears or ruptures.

Many patients don’t have symptoms, but if they do, a thoracic aortic aneurysm can cause pain in the jaw, neck or upper back and coughing. An abdominal aortic aneurysm can produce symptoms such as a tender mass felt by a physician or pain in the back, abdomen or groin that is not relieved

While some risk factors such as family history are out of your control, there are variables that you can control. “The most important thing is to assess your risks,” Bose said. “If you have family history or other risk factors, you should get a screening and try to modify your life.”

• Keep blood pressure in check: A normal blood pressure level is less than 120/80 mmHg. Keeping a healthy weight, exercising and eating lower-sodium foods are natural ways to lower blood pressure. Also, make sure to take medicines as prescribed by your doctor.

• Don’t smoke: Smoking can increase your heart rate, tighten major arteries and cause irregular heart rhythm, all of which make your heart work harder.

If you do smoke, talk to your doctor about ways to quit.

• Choose healthy foods: Limit foods that are high in saturated fats, trans fats, cholesterol, sodium and added sugar.

• Move your body: “You don’t have to have a gym membership,” Bose said. “Just don’t be sedentary. Do simple activities, such as going for a walk, every day.”

Visit tmcaz.com/medical-programs/ cardiac for more information on TMC’s cardiac program.

Q

I’m a senior who’s having surgery, and the one thing that scares me more than anything else is the anesthesia. Can you tell me anything to reduce my fear?

your memory of the surgery.

A

There are probably several sources for your fear. The rst is that you’re older and wonder if you’re at greater risk than someone younger. The second is that anesthesia can be dangerous to anyone. The third is that you’ll lose total control when you’re under. I hope some of the facts about anesthesia will help with all of your fears.

Anesthesia is risky, but today it is safer than ever for all age groups. Your age is not as important a risk factor as your medical condition and the type of surgery you are having.

Safer drugs and major advances in the monitoring equipment doctors use in surgery have reduced anesthesia complications. In the last decade alone, deaths caused by anesthesia have dropped 25fold, to 1 in 250,000.

In addition, shorter-acting drugs, more speci c drugs and new intravenous drugs can minimize the nausea and vomiting that sometimes occur after anesthesia.

There are three main types of anesthesia: general, regional and local.

General anesthesia makes a person unconscious so that the entire body is pain free. Regional anesthesia is used to block sensation in one area of your body. Local anesthesia numbs a small part of your body.

General anesthesia is used for extensive surgeries. The drugs used in general anesthesia are given intravenously or are inhaled. They act as hypnotics, painkillers and muscle relaxants, and they block

Regional anesthesia is injected around a single nerve or a network of nerves that branches out and serves an area. For example, spinal, epidural and caudal anesthesia are injected into or near the spinal uid, e ectively numbing nerves that serve the lower half of your body.

Local anesthesia may be used to numb only a small area of nerves at the site where the surgeon plans to operate, such as for cataract surgery. Local anesthesia is also used for minor procedures such as skin biopsies and stitching a cut.

During local and regional anesthesia, patients often receive intravenous drugs for sedation so they can be comfortably drowsy during surgery and remember little of their time in the operating room.

Before your surgery, you can also expect questions from your doctors regarding your anesthesia. The following have to be considered: medical problems you might have, medications you take, whether you smoke or drink alcohol, any allergies you have, previous negative experience with anesthesia, and adverse reactions to anesthesia by other family members.

The information collected by your doctors guides them in their treatment. For example, smoking or alcohol consumption can in uence the way an anesthetic works in your body during surgery. Knowing whether you smoke or drink alcohol allows your anesthesiologist to choose anesthetics that are suited to you.

And some anesthetics include components of certain foods, such as albumin from eggs. Discussing food and drug allergies beforehand helps your anesthesiologist make important drug choices.

Most people have heard the term “heart disease,” but what does that really mean?

with position change or medication.

Legacy Businesses

Setting up baby boomers for success

Representing a population of approximately 72 million people, baby boomers are expected to bequeath $10 trillion in assets over the next 20 years.

Today, they are retiring at record rates with about 10,000 baby boomers calling it quits each day. These individuals, born between 1946 and 1964, own about 40% of all small businesses or franchises. In Arizona, there are 50,400 small businesses owned by people 55 and older. These businesses employ nearly 600,000 people, generate a payroll of $22.3 billion and revenue of nearly $100 billion.

Yet, 60% of baby boomer business owners nationally do not have a plan to sell or transition their businesses once they retire. Legacy business owners seeking to take care of long-standing employees and provide a good living for the owner’s family would be wise to consider a succession plan now utilizing the right professionals to ensure a pro table and buttoned-up transition.

Those who prepare for their exit will have a better understanding of valuation factors that are in or out of their control. Understanding the legal, accounting and valuation variables will help reduce stress and anxiety while providing greater condence in a business transition.

Baby boomers planning to transition their businesses to family members or employees should view the transfer through the eyes of the buyer and consider issues such as ensuring critical contracts are signed, incentivizing key employees to stay in place after the sale, resolving business reputational issues, ensuring that the customer base is diverse and not focused on a single account, making sure contracts are assignable, protecting intellectual property, boosting pro tability and planning to minimize taxable capital gains ahead of the sale, among other considerations.

An exit plan will require a contract to de ne rights and obligations in any sale of a business. Therefore, understanding what options are available in terms of negotiation of both rights and obligations

under any sales contract is imperative. For example, if one is selling a business on terms, they will want to secure their right to step in and take back the business interests in case of a seller default.

The contract will de ne how the seller can secure their business interests and resume operations, if necessary. It can also de ne contingencies to be included to reduce the challenges and costs of doing so in case of a default.

Taking time to review and organize one’s accounting records will allow prospective buyers to complete their due diligence review faster and will save the seller time and money in the long run. Income statements, balance sheets and supporting documentation should be reviewed and organized in a way that allows a prospective buyer to understand the nancial details of the seller’s business quickly. The goal is to provide records that anticipate and answer frequently asked questions.

According to Inc. Magazine, the median sale price of a small business grew 16% over the last year while the revenue of a business that sold was up 9%. Understanding the market value of one’s business to ensure the highest sale price will require a fair amount of planning since an objective view of the business’ market value is needed. This should include hiring a valuation expert who is familiar with the business and can identify speci c factors that will make the business more or less valuable to prospective buyers.

Ideally, exit planning will focus on at-

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tracting a strategic buyer who is willing to pay more for your business because it provides them with a strategic market advantage. Finding a strategic buyer therefore requires the seller, and their representatives, to have a comprehensive understanding of the business’ value and broader trends in the business’ geographic location and industry.

Key steps to take in mind as one looks to transition out of your business:

1. Review accounting records and make sure that the bookkeeping is in order so that a third party will be able to review and understand them without needing to ask too many clarifying questions.

3. Hire a competent transactional lawyer who can explain legal rights and obligations in any future sale. Understanding the deal points that are negotiable and nonnegotiable for the seller and a prospective buyer before any sale will help keep the seller objective and less likely to make detrimental emotional decisions during negotiations.

4. The seller should be comfortable communicating with the exit planning professionals that they hire. Communication is hard, and a miscommunication in exit planning can lead to critical mistakes, wasted time and lost value.

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2. Find and interview valuation experts that are familiar with the business and who can help you understand what prospective buyers will nd attractive about the business. The valuation expert should be able to provide speci c advice on what accounting details will be important to a prospective buyer.

The success or failure of an exit plan will usually depend upon a business owners understanding of (1) the real market value of their business; (2) accurate accounting and tax records; and (3) understanding their contractual legal rights and obligations from any sale of their business.

David McCarville is a director at Fennemore and a member of the Trust, Estate and Wealth Preservation practice group. He is co-chair of the Arizona Banking Association Emerging Technology Committee. Reach McCarville at dmccarville@fennemorelaw.com.

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Christine Moussa, DO, Pima Dermatology

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