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DESERT TIMES The Voice of Southwest Tucson

Volume 34 • Number 12

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Holiday events and gifts to look for across town this season | Page 7

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum combines art, conservation in new book

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Desert To-Dos Art and music around town | Page 3

Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

Marana Holiday Festival promises holly, jolly fun Staff Report Tucson Local Media

Puzzle Page Crossword and horoscope | Page 16

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arana is once again celebrating the most wonderful time of the year with a Holiday Festival and Christmas Tree Lighting on Saturday, Dec. 4.

And unlike 2020’s drive-thru event, this year’s festival includes a variety vendors and food trucks.

The free annual event will include appearances by Santa and Mrs.

Claus along with live music, snacks and drinks, games and the lighting of a 25-foot-tall Christmas tree just after sunset.

Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive at 3 p.m. accompanied by the Marana High marching band and Marana cheerleaders.

Dozens of vendors will also be on hand for a holiday artisan marketplace, making it an ideal opportunity to support local artists while whittling away at your gift-buying list.

The performance schedule includes the Marana Children’s Choir, Desert Dance Collective, Kevin Pakulis, Marana High School Chamber Orchestra, Mountain View High School Dance and more. That way, there’s music and entertainment for every taste.

There will also be plenty for kids to do, besides presenting their wish list to Santa. Lucky Cat Social Art will help kids create ornaments for the Christmas tree.

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art museum, part zoo, part art studio, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has brought Tucson residents closer to desert wildlife for more than 60 years. Beyond an appreciation for the beauty of our surrounding landscape, the Desert Museum aims to help visitors understand and connect with nature through live animal demonstrations, classes and community events. “Treasured Legacies,” a new book from the Desert Museum, traces Tucson conservation efforts within a crossroads of art and education.

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Desert To-Dos DeGrazia Recycled and Dinner with DeGrazia. The beloved DeGrazia Gallery in the Sun is bringing out new paintings for their rotating collection. Gallery in the Sun celebrates the life and work of Ted DeGrazia, one of Arizona’s most famous and recognizable painters.

“DeGrazia Recycled” features construction scraps that DeGrazia repurposed into oil paintings. “Dinner with DeGrazia” features a series of drawings and paintings depicting regional foods of the desert southwest. Both exhibits will be open through Jan. 26, 2022. 6300 N. Swan Road. Open daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Masks are required.

BrewLights 2021. The Reid Park Zoo is hosting the hoppiest event of the holiday season. The zoo is teaming up with local craft breweries so you can enjoy the flavors of Tucson while taking in holiday lights and faux-snow. Participating breweries include Barrio Brewing, Catalina Brewing, BlackRock Brewers, Copper Mine Brewing and more. The evening will also feature musical entertainment from the After 7 Band. There will also be carousel rides, hot chocolate (with or without holiday spirits), and more than one million twinkling lights and lighted animals displays.

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Court. $35 for adult tickets with beer tastings. $11 for adults without beer tastings. $7 for children. reidparkzoo.org/event/ brewlights-2021 Tamal Festival. Casino del Sol is hosting the 16th annual Tucson Tamal & Heritage Festival, which celebrates “the rich tastes, smells and variation of tamales from the Southwest and Mexico.” In addition to a tamale contest, there will also be artisan vendors and live music. Contest categories are for traditional red tamales, green corn tamales, gourmet tamales, and sweet tamales. Contestants will compete for a $750 prize for all around best tamale, as well as multiple smaller prizes. 10 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 4 at the AVA Amphitheater at Casino del Sol. 5655 W. Valencia Road. Free and open to the public.

Mercado Holiday Bazaar. The MSA Annex is hosting their annual holiday market, where more than 50 local artists and artisans are selling their goods in the open air. This is a great way to get a lot of holiday shopping done while also supporting local creators.

And because it takes place at the MSA Annex, you can also enjoy food and drinks as you stroll through the stalls. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 17 through 19. 100 S Avenida del Convento.

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Desert Museum: Art meets nature

Continued from P1 The book features large, vibrant scratchboard illustrations from local artist Priscilla Baldwin, as well as archival photographs, interviews with local biologists, and a history of the museum.

All of the illustrated animals in the book are native to the Sonoran Desert and are either currently or formerly housed at the Desert Museum. Many of the animals were previously featured in “Desert Ark,” an outreach program started in the 1950s where Desert Museum member Hal Gras brought animals into schools and clubs to give residents in-person education about desert animals.

“Many adults today will tell the tale of Hal coming to their classroom and as they were leaving the exhibition, all the students would reach out and touch the animals he brought, like a snake. And for some of them, that was the first time they touched a snake,” said Anne Warner, who co-authored the book and is a longtime supporter

of the Desert Museum.

The book also highlights the Desert Museum’s ongoing “Raptor Free Flight” program, where birds like falcons, ravens and owls fly over visitors.

However, the book is based around Baldwin’s scratchboard art: a unique form of “subtractive art” where bits of colored clay are sliced off to reveal different colors beneath. Baldwin’s incredibly detailed art is almost photorealistic, such as depicting the individual hairs of a sleeping mountain lion on the book’s cover.

“Priscilla Baldwin was the muse behind the book,” Warner said. “She’s a very talented scratchboard artist, and she became a co-founder of the Art Institute at the Desert Museum. Priscilla, in her work, became fascinated with the conservation work of Hal Gras and the Desert Ark from way back at the beginning of the museum. She really wanted to capture the conservation message it epitomized.”

So the story goes, Baldwin’s friends wanted to see a collection of her work.

The idea gradually grew,

and soon the Desert Museum staff decided to put together a book that captured several elements of the museum, such as historic conservation, art, and modern conservation efforts.

“We realized we didn’t just want to look at the history of the museum and conservation at the museum, but we wanted to look at what the museum and other museums might face as challenges in the future,” Warner said, who worked on the book for roughly two years. “The museum does have a loyal following, and we want to foster that support for the museum and conservation efforts. But having said that, we also hope new readers and visitors will be drawn into the amazingly graphic art of Priscilla, and also the conservation efforts.”

Other conservation efforts from the Desert Museum include a captive breeding program for the Mexican wolf to reintroduce them to their natural habitats, the Save Our Saguaros campaign to fight invasive grasses in the Sonoran Desert, and a program to sup-

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port migratory pollinators.

“We want to give people a feel for what conservation can look like. And that’s one of the things the Art Institute does so well,” Warner said. “Because you can take a class at the Art Institute and watch a live animal interact with its keeper. Once you begin to look at the way nature expresses itself, you have the opportunity to be drawn in more and more.”

Warner says Baldwin serves as the ultimate example of this transforma-

tion. In the book, Baldwin explains how she came to a realization while doing a botanical illustration—a realization that would eventually lead her to co-found the Desert Museum’s Art Institute with her husband in 1998.

“She was always interested in conservation, but it was more in the back of her mind,” Warner said. “But then she began to take art classes and watched a wasp interact with a flower, and she told me a lightbulb went

off. She said, ‘This is the gift of life that I want to convey.’”

Other contributors for “Treasured Legacies” are Desert Museum librarian and archivist Peggy Larson, executive director Craig Ivanyi, and former executive director Bob Edison.

“Treasured Legacies: Conservation, Art, Education, and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum” is currently available at Des e r tMu s e umAr ts . com / treasured-legacies-book

Holiday Festival Continued from P1 Those 10 and under can hit a bounce zone, while those 10 and over can have fun at an inflatable zone. In addition, there will games, a holiday kiddie train and a foam snow dance party (which will leave the kids wet, so bring a change of clothes). How lucky are we in Southern Arizona, that winter snow is a treat, not a hassle.

Family Joint Pizzeria, Jake’s Donuts, Tucson Kona Ice, Meatball Madness, Smokin’ Monster and dozens of other food trucks will be on hand.

The festival kicks off at 3 p.m. in downtown Marana at 11555 W. Civic Center Drive. The tree will light up at 6 p.m.

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Parking is in all the surrounding lots (MMC and MHC Healthcare), including marked dirt lots. The tree show plays every night, Dec 5-31, on the hour every hour from 5 to 8 p.m.

This weekend will also see the Oro Valley Festival of the Arts & Holiday Tree Lighting.

The event, sponsored by the Town of Oro Valley and the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, is a two-day holiday festival that will allow people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds to celebrate the arts.

The festival includes a variety of arts, live performances and a tree lighting celebration. Starting on Saturday, Dec. 4, the festival will have food trucks, photos with Santa and the Golder

Ranch Fire Truck, caroling, and local artists selling their crafts.

Performers on the main stage at the Oro Valley Marketplace include Oro Valley Team Dance, the Ironwood Ridge High School Jazz Band, the Wilson Elementary Choir, Saguaro Stompers Clog Dance Company, DJs playing holiday favorites, Cross Middle School Jazz Combo and more. The mission of the Festival of the Arts is to “connect art and the community by presenting an annual arts festival and by promoting the arts in the Southern Arizona community,” according to Oro Valley officials.

The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday Dec. 4, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at 12155 N. Oracle Road. Admission is free.

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Gift Guide Continued from P7

Rescue Me Marana. Tucson Premium Outlets, 6401 W. Marana Center Blvd. If you’re looking for a new pet for the family, you should check out Rescue Me Marana, a new shop dedicated to finding new homes for stray and unwanted pets. You’ll find all you need to bring a new family member into your home, including the necessary accessories to make sure their lives are happy ones.

Blue Willow, 2626 N. Campbell Ave. The tiny gift shop at Blue Willow features one-of-a-kind

gifts for all ages alongside a fantastic selection of cards. Best of all, while you’re shopping there, you can take a break and enjoy breakfast or lunch on the gorgeous patio.

Philabaum Glass Gallery, 711 S. Sixth Ave. Glassmaker extraordinaire Tom Philabaum may have retired, but the gallery that bears his name is still going strong. You’ll find fabulous works of glass art here that will dazzle any friend or family member.

Harlow Gardens, 5620 E. Pima St. Do you know any plant lovers? Or maybe just someone who you think needs to learn a lit-

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tle bit about responsibility and caring for a low-stakes living thing? Give the gift of plants! A living pot of flowers lasts so much longer than a bouquet, herbs make a perfect companion for the blossoming chef in your life, and a cactus is the perfect choice for a low-maintenance friend looking for a low-maintenance com-

E. Speedway Blvd. If you have someone on your list who likes cooking, or just likes food, then it’s worth taking a trip to Babylon Market to see what you can find. For a last-minute treat to bring to a party, you can’t go wrong with their fresh baklava. Their tea selection is enough to make the loose leaf enthusiast in your life sing.

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your holiday shopping— or want to get away for a day trip if you’re lucky enough to have some time off—Tubac offers a wonderful getaway. With a huge collection of artist studios and shops, you’ll find all manner of unique The Ninth House, 2563 gifts, as well as a terrific E. Fort Lowell Road. Got Tubac Center of the Arts. state park and more. someone in your family 9 Plaza Road, Tubac. If into all things tarot, crystal, you’re into a road trip for Babylon Market, 3954 panion. Honestly, just taking someone to Harlow Gardens—a colorful wonderland of plants, pottery and garden art—would be a great gift in and of itself.

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The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Unfortunately, you probably can’t actually buy your beloved (or your mom or your uncle or your best friend) the entire Loft Cinema this year—and we wouldn’t want you to, anyway! It’s a place that’s meant to be shared by the community.

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Season’s Meetings: Holiday events abound across the community Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

Holiday shows at the Fox Theatre. The “crown jewel of downtown” is hosting a variety of themed shows this holiday season. On Friday, Dec. 10, An Irish Christmas will blend old ways and new with dancing, singing, and traditional Irish music.

Finally, on Saturday, Dec. 18, the Fox is hosting a holiday music spectacular.

“In the Christmas Mood” features Tucson’s top performers including Katherine Byrnes, Brian Levario, Chach Snook and Crystal Stark singing Christmas standards. 17 W. Congress St. www.foxtucson.com

Winterhaven Festival of Lights. After a dark and quiet 2020, the beloved Winterhaven Festival of Lights is back on this year.

For the holidays, Tucson’s coziest neighborhood fills itself with lights, festivities and plenty of holiday cheer. The public can stroll through the Winterhaven neighborhood and enjoy a major amount of Christmas lights, as well as caroling, hot chocolate, hay rides and letters to Santa.

“Although it is still possible that our local government may restrict events such as these in the future, at this time, we are going ahead with all planning for the event,” wrote festival chair John Lansdale. Really, no Christmas in Tucson is

complete without the Winterhaven Festival of Lights.

6 to 10 p.m. every day from Saturday, Dec. 11 to Sunday, Dec. 26. Based around Christmas Ave.

Family Day at TMA. There will be children’s activities, a holiday performance and a special visit from Santa.

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December events at Tucson Museum of Art. Ice skating in Tucson is no Downtown’s Tucson Mu- longer just a wild fantasy! seum of Art and Historic Rio Nuevo and the City Block is keeping a busy schedule throughout December, starting with their free first Thursday on Dec. 2, where the public can enjoy music, artmaking, a bar and take a look at what’s to come at the museum. TMA is also hosting two “trunk shows” on Dec. 4 and 12 with artists making and selling their crafts right in the museum.

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of Tucson are re-opening their outdoor ice rink downtown, which is currently open through Sunday, Jan. 9. Tickets can be purchased online and at the Tucson Convention Center ticket office. Each session will start at a designated time and last for 90 minutes. Skates are includ-

ed with the ticket price and begin at size 8 for children and run as large as men’s size 15. Socks are required, and gloves are highly recommended. 260 S. Church Ave. $17 for adults, $12 for children. tucsonaz.gov/ tucsonholidayice See HOLIDAY EVENTS, P14

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Elf’d. Eastside Tucson’s beloved Gaslight Theatre is getting into the holiday spirit with a parody musical of the Christmas film “Elf.” If you’ve never been to the Gaslight Theatre, here’s what to expect: parodies of classic songs, corny jokes, family friendly fun, endearing costumes and props, and a generally great time. Plus, diner food and drinks to enjoy while you watch the show. It’ll have holiday jokes, candy cane colors, fake snow and—just taking a guess here—Santa himself! The show is running most days of the week through the new year. 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. www.thegaslighttheatre.com

Marana Holiday Festival & Christmas Tree Lighting. The Town of Marana is kicking off the holiday season with a variety of events in the town center.

In addition to Santa and Mrs. Claus saying hi to the kids and a 25-foot Christmas tree lighting, there will be singing, dancing, country music and more.

The performance schedule includes the Marana Children’s Choir, Desert Dance Collective, Kevin Pakulis and his Band, Marana High School Chamber Orchestra, Mountain View High School Dance and more. The festival will also include more than 40 food trucks and a holiday artisan market. 3 to 8 p.m.

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Tchaikovsky and Carols. The Tucson Symphony Orchestra is celebrating the holidays with a pair of themed events. On Friday, Dec. 10, and Sunday, Dec. 12, they will be performing music from Tchaikovsky, the Russian composer famous for his Nutcracker Suite. Then, on Saturday, Dec. 18, and Sunday, Dec. 19, at Catalina Foothills High School, the Tucson Symphony Orchestra will host a “Messiah, Carols and Songs” performance, featuring the music of Bach, Handel and traditional carols. www.tucsonsymphony.org Jonathan’s Cork Food Drive. Jonathan’s Cork is launching a food drive for the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona to give

the community plenty of time to contribute. Last year, the drive brought in 2,000 pounds of food and more than $500 in cash donations in just over a month, and they’re looking forward to beating that this year, with an effort that runs all the way through Dec. 22. Canned and dry goods are welcome, and envelopes for cash donations will be available as well.

Items can be dropped off Mondays through Thursdays from 3 to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 3 to 10 p.m. (P.S.: They’ve got special cocktail pricing for those who bring food donations throughout the campaign.) 6320 E. Tanque Verde Road.

whole slew of country western musicians to belt out themed holiday tunes. The lineup includes SouthWestern Stars, Mamma Coal, Steff Koeppen, Hans Hutchison, Alvin Blaine, Thøger Lund and Les Merrihew.

The event will be held outdoors on the Congress plaza Country-Fried Christ- (or indoors if it’s too cold!) 7 mas. Downtown’s Hotel p.m. Thursday, Dec. 23. 311 Congress is gathering a E. Congress St. $15.

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Wanderland. One of our favorite holiday events around town, the Tucson Botanical Gardens’ Wanderland (formerly Luminaria Nights) lights up the garden with thousands of lanterns and lights. Take an evening stroll through the plants while enjoying festive holiday music, hundreds of poinsettias, and plenty of colorful

HoliDaze 2021 arrays. It’s easily one of the most photogenic events in Tucson every holiday season. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from Dec. 3 through Jan. 2. 2150 N. Alvernon Way. $15. Tucsonbotanical.org Victorian Christmas at the Lavender Farm. Talk about a pleasant-sounding time! Life Under the Oaks Lavender Farm in Oracle is hosting a unique way to celebrate the holidays. You’re invited to don your best Victorian attire and enjoy a three-course holiday dinner complete with the Scottsdale Dickens Carolers performing traditional holiday songs.

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Oro Valley Festival of the Arts & Holiday Tree Lighting. The Town of Oro Valley is teaming up with the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance for a two-day holiday festival. The Oro Valley Festival of the Arts & Holiday Tree Lighting is available for people of all ages, cultures and backgrounds to celebrate the arts. The festival includes a variety of arts, live performances and a tree lighting celebration. Starting on Saturday, Dec. 4, the festival will have food trucks, photos with Santa and the Golder Ranch Fire Truck, caroling, and local artists selling their crafts. Performers on the main stage at the Oro Valley Marketplace include Oro Valley Team Dance, the Ironwood Ridge High School

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Jazz Band, the Wilson Elementary Choir, Saguaro Stompers Clog Dance Company, DJs playing holiday favorites, Cross Middle School Jazz Combo and more. According to the town, the mission of the Festival of the Arts is to “connect art and the com-

munity by presenting an annual arts festival and by promoting the arts in the Southern Arizona community.” Frankly, there is far too much happening at this festival to list here.

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The Old Pueblo Holiday Radio Show. Downtown’s Rialto Theatre is allowing the public to sit in on the taping of

an old-fashioned variety show. The Old Pueblo Holiday Radio Show will be broadcast on 89.1 FM on Christmas Eve, but you can watch it live on December 19. Produced and hosted

by Dave Fitzsimmons, this year’s annual non-profits fundraiser will feature the Arroyo Cafe Players, musical artists Brian Lopez, the Cadillacs, Marty Bishop, American Idol Finalist Crystal Stark, Katherine Byrnes and more. Funds benefit The Community Food Bank, The Humane Society of Southern Arizona, Emerge Domestic Violence Shelter, The Tucson Diaper Bank, Tu Nidito, No Mas Muertes and other local nonprofits. 1 p.m.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). When you build fun into your day, it’s better for everyone. It puts you in the mood to be your best self with people and contributes to your effectiveness with the serious work of the day. This week, fun will take planning, though. Put it in the schedule first and everything else will fit around it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s said you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have. In these times, when so many jobs can be done in bedroom slippers, the adage applies more to lifestyle than career. You’ll be defining yourself with style choices, at least on the surface, but it somehow changes how you feel and what you do.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There is much evidence to support a certain theory. It will be hard to reach any other conclusion than the obvious one, yet there is more that is true.

Continue the questioning and try to keep an open mind. You’ll save yourself from later trouble by getting a fuller understanding of this week’s problems and mysteries.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Memories will weigh heavily on your future action. You’ll busy yourself with doing what you can to create positive experiences that reinforce the person you want to be. You’ll set your environment and schedule up for success, and you’ll surround yourself with people who make it easier for you to do the right thing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll be hiring or choosing someone for a role. Base your choice on merit. You need someone with a very specific expertise, and swagger cannot stand in for skill. Give someone who is underconfident a chance. The others may have overlooked this person, but you are more attentive and observant.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Everyone wants something. You’ll apply social skills and intuition to figure out how people can help one another. You may not be able to solve your own problem, but you’ll solve someone else’s, and the karma will come full circle in a most delightful way, and when you need it most.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will work on a particular matter, turning it every which way to understand it from every angle. You’ll examine it from inside, outside, sideways, backward, historically, genetically and geographically. In the end, this diligence will serve you well, though you may not find a place for the information for some time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re being marketed to constantly by those who would like you to choose their product. The science employed works; why not use it to market to yourself? Surround yourself with symbols and messages about the wise, smart and lucrative behaviors you would like to choose as the best version of yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Success is a shapeshifter. It will come in an unexpected form. So, this week, don’t bother trying to define the win. There are creative forces at work weaving an intricate plan that will not adhere to your expectation. Defeat can give you power. Victory can deplete you. With an open mind, feel your way through.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll censor your words and cater your actions to fit the sensibility of others. In some cases, it’s just good manners, but you shouldn’t have to conform around everyone all the time. Consider your needs for self-expression and how they may be served better. You’ll get focused and attract new opportunities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The word “question” starts with a quest, and so will this week. The epic ask of your heart will send you gathering what you need from hospitable people in fruitful places. You’ll make progress on your own, though more when you enroll friends. Yours is an interesting challenge that will bring out the best in all.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Preparation has served you well in the past, but it’s not always possible or practical to ready yourself for every situation. This week brings instances in which a move must be made. Boldness will be rewarded over preparation. Take the lead.

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