Explorer News 05/31/2023

Foothills Mall reimagined as urban village

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tucson Local Media Sta

ourn Companies has revealed its “radical redevelopment” plan for Foothills Mall, which will evolve into a high-density urban village.

Dubbed “Uptown,” the 2 million square foot, $500 million project will feature a modern mixed-use environment with high-end residences, entertainment, hotel, retail, office space and restaurants.

“We’re very excited to be bringing this to the Northwest side and the region,” said Dillon

Local caregiver named best in the west

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Tucson Local Media Staff

Tabitha Miller grew up in a family of caregivers, as her grandmother and aunt owned an adult care home.

She fell in love with it.

“My grandmother would pick me up from elementary school and we’d go straight to the adult care home,” she said. “I was surrounded by the older folks. It was just normal to me. When I became of age, it roped me in.”

Walker with Bourn Companies marketing team.

“We’re breaking ground on the first building in August. We began demolition in February.”

On the 51-acre site, Pima County OK’d up to 10-story buildings.

The initial build-out plan calls for more than 350 residential units, 425,000 retail square footage, three outdoor environments, over 10 food and beverage concepts, 230 hotel rooms and a public market.

The completed project will boast more than 1,000 residential units, 500,000 retail square

Now a staffer at Right at Home in Tucson, Miller was named the organization’s 2023 West Region Caregiver of the Year.

“I think she won this great award because of her loyalty to clients, her dedication to the continuity of care for each client and for making her clients and herself successful,” said Karen Kochhar, Right at Home Tucson owner.

“She works in a facility where she tends to a lot of people for a short period of time. That connection to people is key. She’s very good at it. She uses her sense of humor to her advantage. She genuine-

Foothills Mall will be an urban village boasting more than 1,000 residential units and much more. ( Submitted)

Marana Unified School District is also pleased to announce top three placement for the following categories:

BEST SCHOOL LEADER / PRINCIPAL

Dondi Luce, Twin Peaks K-8 School

Caitlyn Kauffman, Marana High School

Matt Uden, Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary

BEST TEACHER

Marana Unified School District Superintendent, Dan Streeter

Valerie Ramirez, Rattlesnake Ridge Elementary

Jessica White, Twin Peaks K-8 School

Kelly McGarity, Dove Mountain CSTEM K-8

Marana High School Tigers

LIVING LIFE AFTER COVID

LIVING LIFE AFTER COVID

"Covid was rough on everybody, but I was one of those unlucky ones and my cough caused me to tear muscles in my chest and side. I've pulled muscles before, but never had I been in so much pain, and the area was really swollen. Obviously I kept coughing, so I imagine that didn't help because long after my Covid symptoms disappeared, I was still in pain. Months went by and I wasn't healing, how do you rest an area that you use to breathe?"-

"Covid was rough on everybody, but I was one of those unlucky ones and my cough caused me to tear muscles in my chest and side. I've pulled muscles before, but never had I been in so much pain, and the area was really swollen. Obviously I kept coughing, so I imagine that didn't help because long after my Covid symptoms disappeared, I was still in pain. Months went by and I wasn't healing, how do you rest an area that you use to breathe?"-

Joseph M.

Joseph M.

Kari Hahn, L.Ac. at Oro Valley Acupuncture has been successfully treating Covid "long-haulers" since the early days of the pandemic.

Kari Hahn, L.Ac. at Oro Valley Acupuncture has been successfully treating Covid "long-haulers" since the early days of the pandemic.

"I have protocols for headaches, fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, and other symptoms associated with long-haulers syndrome. In addition to acupuncture, I use adjunct therapies to help combat lasting effects of Covid. Joseph was the first person I saw whose infection caused a severe injury," shares Kari Hahn, L.Ac. "Normally with acute injuries, I instruct my patients to rest, take ibuprofen, and come see me if the pain persists for more than a week or two. Joseph had been suffering for months, his body simply refused to heal."

The human body is a self-healing organism. When you scrape your knee, your blood will quickly

The human body is a self-healing organism. When you scrape your knee, your blood will quickly

work to clot and scab. Your liver has a unique ability to regenerate after injury. If you break a bone, there are specific cells that immediately begin to knit the edges back together.

work to clot and scab. Your liver has a unique ability to regenerate after injury. If you break a bone, there are specific cells that immediately begin to knit the edges back together. Unfortunately, there are also a number of factors that inhibit those regenerative cells from completing the tasks they were designed to do including stress, age, not getting enough quality sleep, and suffering from serious infection or disease.

"I have protocols for headaches, fatigue, brain fog, shortness of breath, and other symptoms associated with long-haulers syndrome. In addition to acupuncture, I use adjunct therapies to help combat lasting effects of Covid. Joseph was the first person I saw whose infection caused a severe injury," shares Kari Hahn, L.Ac. "Normally with acute injuries, I instruct my patients to rest, take ibuprofen, and come see me if the pain persists for more than a week or two. Joseph had been suffering for months, his body simply refused to heal."

Unfortunately, there are also a number of factors that inhibit those regenerative cells from completing the tasks they were designed to do including stress, age, not getting enough quality sleep, and suffering from serious infection or disease.

Kari Hahn shares her expertise. "In Joseph's case, his battle with Covid really afftected his muscle tissues and their ability to heal and repair. Beyond the body just being terribly fatigued from fighting a very challenging infection, his cells were nearly depleted of oxygen. At Oro Valley Acupuncture, I have several cutting edge solutions that I use to treat injuries of this nature and at the forefront is O3 Regenerative Therapy™."

Having used acupuncture to heal her own longtime ailments of asthma and fatigue, she saw the power that this ancient medicine has on many issues that people are told they "just have to live with".

Kari Hahn shares her expertise. "In Joseph's case, his battle with Covid really afftected his muscle tissues and their ability to heal and repair. Beyond the body just being terribly fatigued from fighting a very challenging infection, his cells were nearly depleted of oxygen. At Oro Valley Acupuncture, I have several cutting edge solutions that I use to treat injuries of this nature and at the forefront is O3 Regenerative Therapy™."

"I'll be honest, I was skeptical at first," said Joseph. "But I was out of options and too many people have had such incredible success at her hand that I just couldn't say no. With each treatment I felt better and better. It wasn't 2 weeks into treatment before I was once again playing pickle ball!"

"I'll be honest, I was skeptical at first," said Joseph. "But I was out of options and too many people have had such incredible success at her hand that I just couldn't say no. With each treatment I felt better and better. It wasn't 2 weeks into treatment before I was once again playing pickle ball!"

Kari Hahn has been treating complex, chronic conditions in Tucson for nearly two decades.

Kari Hahn has been treating complex, chronic conditions in Tucson for nearly two decades.

Having used acupuncture to heal her own longtime ailments of asthma and fatigue, she saw the power that this ancient medicine has on many issues that people are told they "just have to live with".

At Oro Valley Acupuncture, Kari uses acupuncture in combination with adjunct therapies to break through the patterns in longstanding chronic issues. "Those conditions that Western medicine professionals deem 'untreatable,' and then send you on your way with a prescription in hand - that's where we do our best work." There are real solutions to your suffering. Kari Hahn works to create those solutions based on the successful treatment of seemingly chronic cases over the years.

"I've seen Kari Hahn for almost every ailment and condition since, " tells Joseph. "Now I check in every few weeks for maintenance. I know I make it sound like changing the oil in your car, but that's exactly what it is. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of ordering custom new parts for my body, so I plan on taking good care of the one I've got!".

At Oro Valley Acupuncture, Kari uses acupuncture in combination with adjunct therapies to break through the patterns in longstanding chronic issues. "Those conditions that Western medicine professionals deem 'untreatable,' and then send you on your way with a prescription in hand - that's where we do our best work." There are real solutions to your suffering. Kari Hahn works to create those solutions based on the successful treatment of seemingly chronic cases over the years.

"I've seen Kari Hahn for almost every ailment and condition since, " tells Joseph. "Now I check in every few weeks for maintenance. I know I make it sound like changing the oil in your car, but that's exactly what it is. Unfortunately I don't have the luxury of ordering custom new parts for my body, so I plan on taking good care of the one I've got!".

If you have any questions or if you would like to schedule a new patient consultation, please call. Mention this ad for a consult fee of $30 for our New Patient Offer.

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“Reverence” THROUGH JUNE 10

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Photographer Laurie Lambrecht chooses abstract motifs from her photography then embroiders them with pigment on linen. The media creates fascinating effects unique to her work. Wendi Schneider’s work captures fleeting moments of beauty in the grace of trees and bare branches, gilding them and pairing them with antique frames. Alongside “Reverence” hangs “In The Cases,” a collection of works by Claire A. Warden from her series, “99 Moons.”.

Cartney Retrospective comes to the University of Arizona Center for Creative Photography, now through Friday, Aug. 4. Spanning McCartney’s entire career from 1965 to 1997, this exhibition features 176 photographs and archival materials, including Polaroid images and presents three sections such as family life, photographic experimentation and artists. The exhibit will recur weekly from Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. The exhibition will also feature various community events inspired by the collection.

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Etherton Gallery, 340 S. Convent Avenue, Tucson, free, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday, ethertongallery.com

Intro to Glass Cutting JUNE 10

Scoring, breaking and nipping are skills essential to many forms of glass art, including fused and stained glass and mosaics. This workshop provides an overview of glass-cutting tools and their functions, as well as hands-on practice using the Morton System for straight cuts; a glass square; and circle and lens cutters.

Sonoran Glass School, 633 W. 18th Street, Tucson, $50, 1 to 4 p.m., 520-8847814, sonoranglass.org

Linda McCartney Retrospective TO AUG. 4

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Pandemic isolation inspired artist, graphic designer and former Arizona State Sen. Steve Farley to explore childhood memories through a series of miniatures. They’re artifacts of his Ontario, California home, but their resonance with childhood reveries is universal. Farley’s youth included a fondness for building miniature models. As an adult, he’s an artist and graphic designer renowned for public murals. He found that creating these tiny structures helped to ground him in the social and emotional upheaval that accompanied our months in lockdown.

Mini Time Machine Museum of Miniatures, 4455 E. Camp Lowell Drive, tickets start at $8, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesdays to Thursdays, theminitimemachine.org

MUSIC

Yachtley Crue JUNE 3

The Ventura, California-based band plays “soft rock”—or “yacht rock”—tracks, coupled with a stellar live presence, on-stage banter and antics.

Rialto Theatre, 318 Congress Street, Tucson, tickets start at $30, 9 p.m. rialtotheatre.com

SPECIAL EVENTS

Biosphere 2 DAILY

We may have experienced an earlier iteration of the Biosphere as something like a passive “zoo” of biomes, but now the focus is on climate change and sustainability research. Interdisciplinary scientists from all over are finding ways to “increase resilience and sustainability of Earth systems and human quality of life.” Ecosystems under glass include the world’s largest controlled tropical rain forest, desert, savanna, mangrove, and ocean biomes. Eye-popping fact: 7.2 million cubic feet are sealed within 6,500 windows. Those systems have now seen 30 years of evolution.

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, Biosphere 2, 32540 S. Biosphere Road biosphere2.org/visit/visit-biosphere-2, $25, reservation recommended, find a virtual tour on the site

Dog Days of Summer

JUNE 1 TO SEPT. 30

Guests can take their dogs to Tucson Botanical Gardens June 1 through Sept. 30.

Imagine the smells they’ll enjoy and the fun of exploring new trails, most shaded by the gardens’ old-growth trees. No doubt they’d also welcome a bite from whatever you order from Edna’s Eatery on site. It’s run by Westward Look Resort.

Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way, Tucson, tickets start at $15 with discounts available, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., tucsonbotanical.org

Sci-Fi Slumber Party!

JUNE 3 TO JUNE 4

The party starts at 7 p.m. Saturday with a 35th anniversary screening of “They Live,” and wraps up with a 5 a.m. screening of an uncut and unrated 35 mm print of “Lifeforce.” In between, guests will see “Blade Runner 2049” (featuring Ryan Gosling in search of Harrison Ford), “Johnny Mnemonic” (crazy cyberpunk), “Matango: Attack of the Mushroom People” and “The Last Starfighter.” Enjoy the sustenance of The Loft’s exceptional locally made snacks and brews or visit the Under Pressure food truck parked outside.

Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard, Tucson, $20, $17 members, 7 p.m. to 7 a.m., loftcinema.org

Reisen Winery Tour (Sonoita-Benson) THROUGH JUNE 3

Owned and operated by a third-generation Tucsonan, Reisen tours are laced with inside knowledge and informed by decades of family memories. Sonoita is rolling and wheat-colored this time of year. Its terrain eases the way of the desert into the surrounding high country. The land and climate are ideal for boutique wineries. Taste wines at four of them on Reisen’s six-hour winery tour itinerary.

Start times vary Saturdays through June 3, reisenarizona.com/#day-tours, $175, pickup is in Tucson, lunch is included

“Tombstone” 30th Cast Reunion

JUNE 23 TO JUNE 25

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of the film “Tombstone” with special guests, including Michael Biehn (Johnny Ringo); Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Mattie Earp); Joanna Pacula (Kate); Christopher Mitchum (Hooker’s Ranch foreman); John Philbin and Robert Burke (Tom and Frank McLaury) and Peter Sherayko (Jack Vermillion). Selection of free and ticketed events throughout Tombstone.

Tombstone, see website for locations, ticket prices and times, tombstone30th.com

PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY AND CHRONIC PAIN TREATMENTS NOT WORKING!!

Tucson, AZ - When it comes to chronic pain and/ or neuropathy, the most common doctor-prescribed treatment is drugs like Gabapentin, Lyrica, Cymbalta, and Neurontin. The problem with anti-depressants or anti-seizure medications like these is that they offer purely symptomatic relief, as opposed to targeting and treating the root of the problem. Worse, these drugs o en trigger an onset of uncomfortable, painful, and sometimes harmful side effects.

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 o en causes weakness and numbness.

As displayed in figure 1 above, the nerves are surrounded by diseased, withered blood vessels. A lack of sufficient nutrients means the nerves 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 “BandAid” over a situation that will only continue to deteriorate without further action.

(above 95% nerve loss is rarely treatable)

3. The amount of treatment required for the patient’s unique condition

Arrowhead Physical Medicine in Tuscon, AZ uses a state-of-the-art electric cell signaling systems worth $100,000.00. This ground-breaking treatment is engineered to achieve the following, accompanied by advanced diagnostics and a basic skin biopsy to accurately analyze results:

1. Increases blood flow

2. Stimulates and strengthens small fiber nerves

3. Improves brain-based pain

The treatment works by delivering energy to the affected area(s) at varying wavelengths, from low- to middle-frequency signals, while also using Amplitude Modulated (AM) and Frequency Modulated (FM) signaling.

It’s completely painless!

THE GREAT NEWS IS THAT THIS TREATMENT IS COVERED BY MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND MOST INSURANCES!!

Depending on your coverage, your peripheral neuropathy treatment could cost almost nothing – or be absolutely free.

The number of treatments required varies from patient to patient, and can only be determined following an in-depth neurological and vascular examination. As long as you have less them 95% nerve damage, there is hope!

Thankfully, Tuscon is the birthplace of a brand new facility that sheds light on this pressing problem of peripheral neuropathy and chronic pain. The company is trailblazing the medical industry by replacing outdated drugs and symptomatic reprieves with an advanced machine that targets the root of the problem at hand.

Effective neuropathy treatment relies on the following three factors:

1. Finding the underlying cause

2. Determining the extent of the nerve damage

Arrowhead Physical Medicine begins by analyzing the extent of the nerve damage – a complimentary service for your friends and family. Each exam comprises a detailed sensory evaluation, extensive peripheral vascular testing, and comprehensive analysis of neuropathy findings.

Arrowhead Physical Medicine will be offering this free chronic pain and neuropathy severity evaluation will be available until June 30th, 2023. Call (520) 934-0130 to make an appointment.

Due to our very busy office schedule, we are limiting this offer to the first 10 callers. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO SUFFER ANOTHER MINUTE, CALL (520) 934-0130...NOW!!

We are extremely busy, so we are unavailable, please leave a voice message and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

ly loves them and loves what she does.”

Right at Home is a national in-home care company that hires staff and caregivers to provide service to seniors and adults with disabilities.

“Right at Home has been an in-home care company since 1995,” Kochhar said. “I opened the Tucson office 10 years ago, in 2013. We have in-home care, anything from helping somebody prepare meals, to transportation, to companionship, to safety supervision for people with Alzheimer’s or dementia.”

They also dress, bathe and help clients with mobility issues, and handle end-oflife care.

“With a service like Right at Home, we can emulate assisted living in your own home,” Kochhar said. “We give everybody a choice and let them make their decisions and age where they want to.”

Miller accomplishes these tasks with a sense of humor, which, Kochhar said,

MALL

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footage, six outdoor environments, more than 25 food and beverage concepts, 500 hotel rooms and the public market.

Most of the mall has been demolished, but the AMC Theatres, Applebee’s, AT& T, Bath & Body Works, Destination Tan, Kinko’s/FedEx Store, GameStop, Outback Steakhouse, Pappoule’s Restaurant, Sushi Garden, Uniform Destination, VN Nails and Whiskey Roads remain. The Barnes & Noble building will become the public market, while the bookseller will move to a smaller space.

“We’re demolishing about 65% to 75% of the mall,” he said. “The reason we chose to do that is we can then build really dense buildings. Zoning allows us to build tall buildings. All the buildings will be five stories tall, providing a really unique opportunity for the area and for Tucson in general to be looking at something dense outside of Downtown. That’s why we called it Uptown.”

The Bourn Companies owned the mall in the early 1990s but sold it. Due to the shifting retail dynamic, the mall was returned to the market and reacquired by the Bourn Companies in 2016.

From 2016 until the COVID-19 pandemic, Bourn Companies worked “diligently” to figure out a plan for the property.

pleases her clients. She starts her day with medication reminders followed by

getting folks dressed for the day, starting laundry or running to the grocery store. Every day is different for Miller.

“I take care of my clients and my main thing is making sure they have a smile on their face at the end of the day,” Miller said.

“I do everything I can to make their day a little brighter. I come in joking with them — just any kind of interaction. Even their family members love it. It’s my home away from home.”

With Right at Home for eight years, Miller understands the importance of her position.

“I know they need these services,” she said. “It might just seem like something minor to most people, but getting up from bed and getting going is important. They can move on to their day from there. The smallest things mean the most to them.”

Kochhar — who owns Right at Home Tucson with her husband, Sunir — was an electrical engineer before taking time

off to raise her children. When she wanted to return to the workforce, she purposely chose Right at Home.

“I had just been through aging with my grandparents and they lived to be 94 and 95 in their own home,” Kochhar said.

“I saw the need for the help for vulnerable people. Families like ours needed help as well. I felt it was a worthy endeavor to do this kind of work the right way. If it’s not done the right way, you’re not helping.

“The second part of how I chose Right at Home was to make a big difference, be an employer of choice and make a difference in my employees’ lives. I wanted to change the trajectory of their lives and their children’s lives. With my first career, I worked only with men. This is one way for me to give back to women in particular and make a difference in their lives and get them where they want to go. It’s a good way to fulfill their desire to improve somebody’s life.”

“The beauty of (the pandemic) was we had time to refine and be able to plan something that we think is going to be fantastic,” he said. “It’s not a mystery anymore. We know what we’re building. We’re building out a dense urban village on the 51 acres.”

The full build-out plan is still being tweaked and finalized, Walker said, adding the timeline isn’t complete. When finished, Uptown will be a “little dense neighborhood.”

“We like to think of ourselves as integrative and holistic as developers,”

Walker said.

“We wanted to bring something fantastic to the site. In 2016, there was an opportunity to redevelop the actual mall building, use some of it and build around it. We took a hard look at that and through the challenges of COVID, we homed in on this vision.”

A Tucson native, Tabitha Miller has been with Right at Home Tucson for eight years. (Tabitha Miller/Submitted)

Some of the Foothills Mall will remain but Bourn Companies envisions building upwards and creating a "dense urban village on the 51 acres." (Submitted)

AGING WELL

The Spirit of Service: Splendido Veterans

A sense of purpose, camaraderie, continual learning, and helping others—these are all keys to Aging Well. Residents at Splendido, a Life Plan Community for those 55 and better in Oro Valley, enjoy access to all of these, in part due to the e orts of a dedicatedVeterans Committee.

In a population of approximately 400 residents at Splendido, more than 100 are veterans. This sizeable percentage represents five branches of the US armed forces, and includes combat experience extending from World War II to Vietnam. This diverse group is well represented by a seven-member Veterans Committee.

Sense of Purpose

It seems natural for military veterans to have a strong sense of purpose—which research shows can support better psychological health, cognitive function, and overall well-being.Members of

Splendido’s Veterans Committee arranges for the community’s veterans—including Scott Bauman, shown waving—to sign up for a ride in an open-cockpit biplane through Dream Flights.

the Veterans Committee are dedicated to supporting all veterans in the community, and more: “Our mission is to celebrate Veterans Day and Memorial Day, and to provide residents with veteran-related historical and informational programs,” explains Richard Brinkley, the Residents Council liaison to the committee who served in the Army in Korean DMZ and Vietnam.

“In addition, the committee provides assistance to veteran agencies in the local area, as well as resident veterans’ projects.”

Camaraderie &Education

The Veterans Committee’s strong focus on camaraderie and education support residents’ social and intellectual wellness. “Every March, we invite the American Legion

o cers over for an annual social gathering, as well as all veterans at Splendido and their spouses,” says Richard. The committee members also put together educational programs and impressive ceremonies each Veterans Day and Memorial Day for all Splendido residents.

A unique opportunity that the Veterans Committee supports is Splendido residents’

participation in Dream Flights. Dream Flights is a nonprofit organization dedicated to honoring military veterans with the adventure of a lifetime: a ride in a two-seater open- cockpit Boeing Red Stearman biplane. “This is the same aircraft used to train military aviators during World War II,” says Veterans Committee member Scott Bauman, an Air Force veteran. The committee has coordinated several rounds of Dream Flights for Splendido, o ering veterans and their spouses – and even Splendido employees who are veterans, the opportunity to take flight from Marana Regional Airport. “It’s the experience of a lifetime,” says Scott. “It’s a very smooth flight.”

Charitable Work

Volunteering and doing good works are beneficial for one’s physical and mental well-being, and the Veterans Committee gets all of Splendido involved in an annual

clothing drive for veterans in need. Residents donate clothes and unopened toiletries and otherpersonal e ects—typically filling a U-Haul truck with items each year. “We team up with local American Legion post 132 for this drive, and this year was even more productive than previous years,” says Scott. In March 2023, they filled a 20-foot trailer with donated clothing and personal items as part of the annual “Stand Down” event. “The entire group of veterans at Splendido is just amazing,” says Nancy Boyle, community relations manager at Splendido. “They are so involved in educating residents, supporting each other, and doing charitable work—they are just such an inspiring group that embodies the spirit of service.”

Interested in learning more about Splendido? For floor plans, photos, and information on upcoming events, visit splendidotucson.com.

Nonprofit plans Pallet shelters to address homeless population

BY JACINDA PALOMO Cronkite News

For years, J. Kristin Olson-Garewal was getting increasingly concerned about the growing number of homeless people walking Tucson’s streets and sitting in its parks.

Her son, Raj Garewal, worked in a homeless service center in Los Angeles, dealing with an even more overwhelming homelessness problem. But where Tucson seemed to have no answers, Garewal showed his mom a video of tiny houses that could be set up in only 45 minutes and were starting to address homelessness in California cities.

After watching this video, Olson-Garewal, who is also a physician, realized that this straightforward method of assembling houses — called Pallet shelters — could be a solution to a problem that she sees as inhumane and only getting worse.

“We talked to people who were working with homelessness and city officials. No one was doing anything, and nothing was being done on the scale needed to correct the enormous housing shortage, so we simply decided to do this,” Olson-Garewal said.

In August 2021, Olson-Garewal and her son started The Homing Project. The organization plans to construct a small village of 64- or 100-square-foot shelters that can be assembled in a matter of hours.

The Homing Project is one of two nonprofit organizations in Tucson trying to address a growing unhoused population that is affecting cities across the state. Arizona’s homeless population grew 23.4% between 2020 and 2022, according to a 2022 report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Arizona’s homeless population in 2022 was estimated to be 13,553 — 59.2% of whom were unsheltered.

In Pima County, which includes Tucson, the overall number of people experiencing homelessness on a single given night rose by 21%, from 1,372 in 2019 to 1,660 in 2020, according to tucsonaz.gov.

Olson-Garewal said The Homing Project plans to house 20 people at first, mostly individuals, as a trial to work out any bugs and get data about costs and any other problems, should they arise.

Each of the shelters will have heating, cooling, insulation, one or two beds in single units, windows, a self-contained solar energy system and a secure locking door. Shared facilities in the yet-to-be-constructed shelter village will include dining, laundry and bathrooms; and the community will be gated. If ever a house is not needed, it can be disassembled and flat-packed for storage.

Olson-Garewal said the project is being funded entirely through private donations and foundation grants.

“The land is a free-long term lease,” she explained. “Our projected budget is $1.4 million to start and run the trial village for a year. We rely on volunteers a lot; we currently have over 100, of which about 40 are very involved.”

Currently, the organization plans to focus solely on Tucson, but hopes to keep opening sites as resources allow, with the most being about 100 units. Not only do they plan on creating housing for the homeless, they plan on providing other services as well.

“Our onsite partner, Catalytic Health Partners, will focus on treating any condition holding them (residents) back and will help people get job skills, which will equip

years.”

Another organization in Tucson that is focusing on helping the homeless community is the Casa Maria Soup Kitchen, which is part of the Catholic Worker Community founded in the city in 1983. Brian Flagg, community worker for Casa Maria, has been a part of the soup kitchen since its founding.

“We think the key to doing social justice is community organizing — getting to know the people that are affected in your part of the world and talking to them,” Flagg said. “So our thing is to organize among the people we serve and in the neighborhood we live in, and right now it’s to deal with the housing crisis and the gentrification of downtown neighborhoods in Tucson.”

Flagg said the organization relies entirely on private donations. It has started a campaign to raise $7 million to buy half a dozen Tucson motels that it plans on turning into 350 units for people in need.

So far, Casa Maria has purchased one 20unit hotel known as the El Camino.

them to earn a living wage so that they will not be living paycheck-to-paycheck, one emergency away from missing the rent payment,” Olson-Garewal said. “Eventually, we may start a second phase of truly tiny homes or apartments.”

The organization is aware of other cities and states utilizing this method of housing, and Olson-Garewal has even visited some of them. Pallet, based in Washington state, boasts it has deployed its team to construct 3,800 cabins — comprising more than 100 shelter villages in 21 states and more than 85 cities. Many of the villages are in California, but the company lists Pallet villages in states as wide ranging as Wisconsin, South Carolina and Vermont. Pallet does not yet have any shelters in Arizona.

“We visited a few of them in California, and there found that the biggest problems are not addiction and/or mental illness but simply lack of housing. When they set up their programs in California, they planned a three- to six-months stay to treat any condition, help each resident get a job and then permanent housing,” Olson-Garewal said. “But then they found there was no housing to transfer them to. So we are starting this project anticipating that people may be in this housing for two to four

“It’s at the absolute low end of the rental market in South Tucson, and Tucson too, so really the whole metropolitan area,” Flagg said. “It’s like the lowest rung of affordable housing, and it’s going to remain, those 20 units, and we’d really like to add to it.”

The immediate plan is to make improvements to the hotel, which includes adding kitchenettes into the units. Flagg said the main focus is to lower the rate of homelessness in Tucson.

The Arizona Department of Economic Security said that of the 13,553 homeless persons counted in the state in January 2022, there were 2,227 in Pima County, or 16.4% of the state total.

Flagg sees the problem of homelessness only getting worse, especially in Tucson.

“It can be traced to rents; rents have gone up,” Flagg said. “What’s really needed in Tucson — and I assume the whole state of Arizona — is rent control.”

In the community where the soup kitchen is located, there’s a medical clinic that also operates from within the kitchen as well as a county center located across the street that aims to provide aid for those in the homeless community.

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Pallet has constructed more than 100 shelter villages in 21 states and more than 85 cities, including these in Vermont. (Todd Beltz Photography LLC/Contributor)

PBS to air documentary of Tucson filmmaker

BY LAURA LATZKO

Tucson Local Media Sta

With his film “Feelings are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer,” Tucson’s Jack Walsh wanted viewers to learn about the postmodern choreographer who contributed to dance throughout her life. His documentary will be broadcast on PBS 6 Plus at 8 p.m. Friday, June 9, and on PBS World at 7 p.m. Friday, June 30, as part of Pride Month.

The film was produced by Walsh and Christine Murray and directed by Walsh. Walsh has directed nine films in the experimental and documentary genres. Among the Emmy Award-winning producer’s work are, “And Then One Night: The Making of Dead Man Walking,” and “Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’s Cafeteria.”

He has taken home three Golden Gate Awards from the San Francisco International Film Festival.

Within his work, he often explores cultur-

al icons and social justice and sexual identity topics.

He finished the Rainer documentary in 2015 and was shown at more than 60 film festivals worldwide. It was also distributed to over 125 colleges and universities, to be added to their collections.

Walsh knew Rainer. He ran a small cinema in Manhattan called the Collective for Living Cinema in the late 1980s, and Rainer was on the board.

“I knew her then, and we remained friendly over the years,” Walsh said.

“And then she wrote a memoir…The title of the film is also the title of her memoir. I read it and was really fascinated. I didn’t know about this whole dance background. I knew that she had returned to dance because Baryshnikov had brought that whole group of Judson artists back into dance,” Walsh said, referring to Judson Dance Theater.

“So, I approached her about it. She turned Jack

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Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing O er Resources, Support for Seniors with Hearing Loss

BY SHERRI COLLINS

Most of us know someone who has hearing loss. Some of you may be experiencing hearing loss yourself. Oftentimes people dismiss signs of hearing loss as “no big deal.” In reality, hearing loss is a very big deal. Hearing loss can impact all the areas of your life, including relationships, health, and safety. It can also be linked to depression and memory loss, an early indicator of dementia.

While the likelihood of developing dementia exists, there are ways to prevent hearing loss:

• Protect your ears. Keep music or TV volumes low, especially when wearing headphones. If you have headphones on and someone else can hear it, the volume is too high.

• Don’t ignore your hearing loss. If

you are experiencing any symptoms of hearing loss, see a hearing healthcare professional right away to start combating the symptoms.

• Tackle the hearing loss head on. Don’t assume hearing loss will go away on its own. e sooner you get assistance with your hearing loss, the more likely you are to possibly prevent early dementia.

• Utilize technology. If you have a hearing aid, wear it as much as possible. You can also consider other hearing interventions including cochlear implants, assistive listening devices, ampli ed telephones, or captioning.

Access to Resources

As you begin to age, access to valuable resources is critically important. However, an Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard

of Hearing (ACDHH) survey found that older adults report that they are concerned with where to nd these resources. Survey respondents indicated that they need information on general health and wellness as well as information on memory loss and dementia, pharmacy bene ts and access to mental health services. Other important resources mentioned included assistance with maintaining their independence, access to caregivers uent in American Sign Language (ASL), and access to attorneys and estate planners.

As such, ACDHH is launching its Age of Access initiative designed to be a one-stop destination for resources, information and programming for Arizona’s older adults who are deaf or experiencing hearing

loss. An online survey is in the eld right now to gain additional information regarding the needs of the community and how best to provide access to these resources. Take it here: https://bit.ly/acdhhsenior Respondents that participated in preliminary research conducted by Gallaudet University indicated that there is a lack of access to home health care aides (caregivers) that can sign or have awareness about deaf people’s needs. erefore, in the fall of 2023, ACDHH, in partnership with the University, will conduct focus groups on this as well. Sherri Collins is the executive director for the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing. www.acdhh.org

Walsh’s documentary on Yvonne Rainer features archival footage. (Peter Moore, Performance view of “Continuous Project-Altered Daily. © Barbara Moore/Licensed by VAGA, New York, New York)

Pima college’s Sandscript returns

BY LAURA LATZKO

Tucson Local Media Sta

Since it started 31 years ago, the Sandscript student-run literary magazine has highlighted the visual arts, prose and poetry of Pima Community College students.

The nationally recognized publication, which has won multiple awards from the Community College Humanities Association, has developed a reputation for showcasing high-quality work.

This year’s print and digital editions of Sandscript were launched during an unveiling event on May 15 at the Pima Community College West Campus’ Proscenium Theatre.

Sandscript faced tough times during the height of COVID-19, with fewer submissions, but it is coming back strong this year.

Raiden Lopez has served as editor in chief for the last three editions. She has watched the magazine survive and take on different formats.

“The process alone has just been very different, going from completely digital, and then the next year, I was able to do print and digital. And then this year, again. The shift has been so significant from the pandemic to now,” Lopez said.

For the second year, a 360 virtual gallery will highlight the work of other artists as well as some additional pieces by those featured in this year’s publication.

The museum allows for the display of visual pieces that do not translate as well to a 2-dimensional photographic display.

The literary publication is produced during the spring WRT 162 Literary Magazine Workshop, which is part of the English and creative writing major.

During the class, students become part of the editorial team, in roles such as poetry or prose editors, art directors and social media managers.

The top three winners in the visual arts, poetry and prose categories are decided by judges, who work in corresponding fields.

Submissions first go through the editorial staff, who decide who will be in the publication. They use a blind judging process.

Mariah Young, the faculty adviser for Sandscript, said that judging criteria is determined early, with the help of subject matter experts.

Young said the editorial staff is looking for written and visual arts pieces that stand out and have larger messages.

“A lot of that can be technical, but it also has to do with what we call ‘the lingering effect.’ What were the pieces that really made us linger and made us think? Also, what were the pieces that we had a lot of discussions about?” Young said. “A lot of how we are looking at these pieces are from that technical perspective but also from a sense of what does it say about our time and community as Pima students?”

Young said the students take on an active role in every step of the process.

“The magazine is really theirs. I just get to hang out with the cool kids while they are having these conversations. They set up the criteria. They vet, discuss and vote on all of the submissions, and they work in concert with the design editor to manifest the edition,” Young said.

The cover art chosen each year represents major themes within the publication.

In 2021, an image of a flower was chosen to represent the theme of hope.

Young said this year, the image is a painting of a human form covered in disparate brush strokes, which represents the dichotomy of uniformity and chaos.

For the 2023 edition, there were over 400 submissions, of which 186 were chosen from 85 student contributors in the prose, poetry and visual arts categories.

The only requirement to submit is to be an enrolled student at Pima Community College.

Lopez said for many students, getting published is Sandscript is meaningful because it is the first time having their work in print.

“It’s a very big deal. The pride is real. The fact that they can see this as their first publication and grow from there is very amazing,” Lopez said.

Contributors range from experienced writers and artists to those working on their first pieces.

Some students have had their work in Sandscript multiple times throughout their academic careers.

Contributors come from a range of different backgrounds and experiences. This year, there were several bilingual submissions.

The visual arts category is open to different types of art. In the past, artists have sub-

mitted photographs of sculptures and woodwork pieces for consideration.

Major themes in each edition vary from year to year.

Recently, individuals have been looking inward and creating works about their own personal experiences and their families.

Lopez has noticed the difference in subject matter over the last three years.

“When I started with the 2021 edition, we saw a lot of the pandemic, the tragedies. We felt that in a lot of the stories… Jump forward to 2022, in that edition, we see more coming out, branching into what life can be, normalcy after the pandemic but still having to deal with masks and everything. Then jump again to 2023, where a lot of those mandates are now gone, but we still have that lingering effect of a lot of people lost a lot of things. A lot of people are now trying to figure out what they were versus who they are now. It’s so much of a difference from 2021 to 2023 in the hope, vision and light that you see,” Lopez said.

Often, work featured in Sandscript will

have life afterward.

Some prose writers have turned their short stories into novels, and visual arts pieces have later been featured in museums and galleries.

Lopez said students will give them updates on their successes.

“We get a lot of those where they are very proud and want to share that they have gone onto further things,” Lopez said.

The publication is read by Pima students and their family members and friends, but there is a wider reach in the community.

There are faculty members and staff at various Pima Community College campuses, as well as community members, who collect editions of the magazine.

“I have a colleague at my home campus of Desert Vista. She has a copy of every Sandscript for the past 15 or 16 editions…There are people in the community that have been published in it, and also their family members have been published in it, so it’s definitely got a reach that has surprised me,” Young said.

The staff of the 2023 edition of Sandscript literary magazine. (Isaac Zierenberg/Contributor)

me down a few times, but I finally persuaded her. My desire in making the film, as well as my co-producer Christine Murray’s, was really just to bring her story to a larger audience. She was so important in the dance world, like with the dance, ‘Trio A.’ She was working in a very radical way, and it was overlooked for many decades.”

The film highlights key moments from throughout Rainer’s life and career. Rainer, who was a MacArthur “Genius Grant” recipient and breast cancer survivor, was part of a collective of cutting-edge choreographers known as the Judson Dance Theater.

She emerged in the 1960s as a protégé of John Cage and Merce Cunningham.

Rainer and her contemporaries incorporated everyday movements such as running and walking into their performances. They also featured screaming and yelling and average clothing and sneakers in their pieces.

Rainer’s work, which is given labels such as “feminist,” “conceptual,” “postmodern” and “political,” often crossed boundaries.

In the movie, she talks about how she didn’t have a conventional dancer body or movement style, so she had to carve her own path.

“I think that’s what many of those artists at Judson Dance did. They wanted to make something different. They had the advantage of being able to live on very little money back then and survive,” Walsh said.

The film delves into various eras of Rainer’s life, including how she came out at age 50. Viewers also get a glimpse into Rainer’s early family life.

The film has a wide appeal — for those within and outside of the dance world. He said her story resonates with people of all backgrounds.

“It’s a story of Yvonne’s life and what she went through, being put in foster care, and

then she emerges as this dancer in her late 20s. She didn’t take a dance class until she was 25 and then had such an impact on contemporary dance. And then, it’s also the story of a woman driven by her creative passions, who lived her life that way,” Walsh said.

In the film, viewers get a chance to see some of Rainer’s iconic works, such as, “Trio A,” as well as two new dances she was creating over the course of the film.

“We were committed to showing longer segments of dance. A lot of times, you will have the talking heads and 15 seconds of dance. We were committed to showing when Yvonne is dancing ‘Trio A.’ We don’t show the whole thing, but we were committed to showing a minute of it… We were committed to giving some of that essence of the actual dance,” Walsh said.

The film was made in seven and a half years, while Rainer was living in San Francisco.

Finding funding for the film was a challenge. Walsh said his team had to find creative ways to raise money, such as a crowdfunding campaign.

“I think we are sadly at a time when finding resources to make art in general is difficult. To make films about artists is even more difficult… I came of age in the late ’60s and early ’70s when there were public television shows about art and artists because they were funding those. Those things have sadly disappeared. I think that it’s a disservice to younger people. For me, it was my exposure to art and a different world,” Walsh said.

The documentary uses archival and contemporary dance footage and clips from Rainer’s short and feature-length films to help tell her story.

Walsh’s team used footage of recreated dances filmed by the Dia Art Foundation.

“When she returned to dance in 2000, a lot of people were eager to see those earlier pieces, so there was a whole interest with her

teaching new dancers those pieces,” Walsh said.

One of the challenges in making the film was editing dance footage from the 1960s containing nudity. In the original version, the nudity was left in the film, but it had to be blurred for PBS.

In many of these sequences, the dancers are performing regular dance movements while nude.

“At that point, she was very interested in how the body moves and how movement works. It just followed completely with her line of thinking at the time,” Walsh said.

For the project, Walsh researched postmodern dance and the art movement of the ’60s.

“I had to come into interviewing these dancers like I knew something. To me, that was the most exciting thing because I got to learn so much. That’s often the thing that excites me most about a project is what I have to learn to begin to start engaging with these people as subjects,” Walsh said.

Along with Rainer, Walsh interviewed her niece and friends, choreographers she worked with, dancers, writers and filmmak-

ers.

The film includes Lucinda Childs, another notable postmodern choreographer, as well as Carolee Schneemann, who died in 2019.

“We have some important footage of a certain generation of artists,” Walsh said.

In the film, Walsh explores how dancers like Walsh survived in the 1960s. He includes details such as how one dancer worked as an extra in porn films and taught Sunday school.

For interviews, Walsh and his team traveled to Los Angeles, New York, Boston and rural Vermont. They also filmed in San Francisco, where Rainer was born and raised.

The documentary delves into different aspects of Rainer’s career, including her time as a filmmaker.

From the early 1970s to about 2000, Rainer’s focus shifted to avant-garde films, which often combined humor, storytelling and theory. She made seven independent features exploring topics such as politics, lesbian sexuality and breast cancer.

She returned to choreographing when commissioned to do a work for Mikhail Baryshnikov’s White Oak Dance Project. She created her own works.

The film highlights how, in her 80s, Rainer has continued to create work that challenges assumptions about the constructs of art and performance.

“The one other thing that I think the film is trying to bring to light is that people remain very active throughout their lives. We live in a culture where older people’s worth is often thrown aside or not respected… That was another motivator for us in making the film was to show people who are active and very engaged creatively,” Walsh said.

“Feelings

Documentary filmmaker Jack Walsh produced a documentary on Yvonne Rainer, which will appear on PBS 6 Plus and PBS World in June. (Andy Moore/Contributor)

‘Tombstone’ reunion brings ‘SVU’ ‘bad guy’ to town

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

Tucson Local Media Sta

Robert John Burke has starred in “Law & Order: SVU,” “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” and a slew of other productions.

But he is excited to return to Arizona to promote the 30th anniversary of the film “Tombstone,” in which he starred as Frank McLaury. McLaury and his brother, Tom, owned a ranch outside of Tombstone, Arizona Territory during the 1880s. He had ongoing conflicts with Wyatt, Virgil and Morgan Earp.

The “Tombstone” 30th cast reunion is Friday, June 23, to Sunday, June 25, throughout Tombstone. Besides Burke, among those scheduled to appear are Michael Biehn (Johnny Ringo); Dana Wheeler-Nicholson (Mattie Earp); Joanna Pacula (Kate); Christopher Mitchum (Hooker’s Ranch foreman); John Philbin (Tom McLaury) and Peter Sherayko (Texas Jack Vermillion).

The cast will sign autographs and greet fans from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, June 24, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, June 25, inside Wyatt Earp’s Oriental Saloon. Biehn will be at Vintage Cowgirls. Entrance is free to the public, although the cast will charge for autographs and photographs.

Other activities include: “Mescal Movie Set” discussion with Mark Sankey from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, June 23; followed by the “Birth of the Buckaroos” behind-thescenes history of “Tombstone” with Sherayko; from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 24, is the actors symposium, when the cast will share their stories and answer audience questions.

He's hoping there’s much less drama than during the filming of “Tombstone.” Writer/producer/director Kevin Jarre was fired a month into shooting and replaced by George P. Cosmatos.

“There’s a lot of consternation about the way it was being shot, initially,” Burke said. “The conflict was that they were not happy with Kevin Jarre, who was the writer/ producer/director. It was his project. Ultimately, the studio wasn’t happy with the way it was turning out and decided to make a change.

“That was very difficult for all of us. It was his creation. They brought in George

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Cosmatos. As one of the actors said, ‘It’s bad news that Kevin won’t be with us, but we’re going to continue to tell his story.’ That was some type of redemption.”

Jarre recruited Burke for “Tombstone.”

The two discussed the film over lunch in LA. The first thing Jarre asked Burke was if he could ride a horse.

“‘Like the wind,’ I said, which was true,” Burke recalled. “He had spent some time in Ireland and my family is all there. We had a common subject of conversation. He told me a little about his project and should one of the actor’s pilots be picked up, I would step into that role.

“I was Frank McLaury and we had an awesome amount of fun. It was hot, sweaty and itchy. We understood why cowboys were so crazy. It’s not like they could go into an air-conditioned bar and get a cold drink. I understood why people were so sensitive.”

The “Tombstone” anniversary is Burke’s second fan event. He’s definitely appreciative of those who come out.

“At a certain point in one’s work career, you understand that, without them, you don’t really have anything going on,” he said. “I think a lot of other actors and

and tools to firehouses and departments across the country.

Leary started the foundation in 2000 in response to a fire in Worcester, Massachusetts, that claimed the lives of his cousin, a childhood friend and four firefighters.

“At the event, they couple executives and celebrities with firefighters to go through a lot of the tasks that firefighters in New York City go through each day — rappelling, searching rooms, hose handling, car fires, vehicle extrication.”

Hargitay was determined to get through the exercises, despite the hardware she has in her ankle, he said. She fractured her right ankle in three places in a fall in July 2021.

“She’s got ACE Hardware in that ankle of hers,” Burke said with a laugh. “I was a little reluctant to have her participating, but she’s one of those, ‘Hold my beer’ people. She rappelled down a six-story building and made it look easy.”

He’s impressed by Leary’s dedication to firefighters.

performers or sports figures, or what have you, meet the fans and give back to them.”

He has kind words for the “Tombstone” 30th anniversary event producer, Gordon Anderson, too.

“Gordon’s been earnest, genuine and authentic in his communication. He’s a tough guy to say no to,” he said with a laugh.

Tough guy himself

Burke starred as hard-nosed, uncompromising Internal Affairs Capt. Ed Tucker on “Law & Order: SVU.” In season 17, Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) started seeing Tucker, but their relationship falls apart after he suggests she retire with him.

“I was with my friends recently at the fire department of New York training facility and Mariska and Christopher (Meloni, ‘Law & Order’s’ Elliot Stabler) joined us,” said Burke, a 22-year firefighter as well.

They were there as part of the fundraising Leary Firefighter Challenge, an event hosted by actor Denis Leary’s The Leary Firefighters Foundation. The foundation helps firefighters by building state-of-theart training facilities, buying cutting-edge vehicles and supplying modern technology

“Everybody thinks the fire department gets everything they absolutely need,” he said. “Nothing could be further from the truth. We’ve helped over 100 different fire departments with ropes, thermal imaging cameras, the list is endless of the materials we’ve provided. With Denis, it’s one thing for somebody to write the check, but it’s another thing to crawl through a burning room. You have a little more skin in the game.”

Updates

Burke, who played Smitty in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” recently starred as Eddie Holland in Hulu’s “Boston Strangler” with Keira Knightley.

“I thought Keira Knightley was brilliant in the role of a Boston journalist, Loretta McLaughlin, trying to solve the case,” he said. “She’s helping the Boston Police Department, who just seemed bereft in the tasks.

“Not only was she a woman bucking the glass ceiling, but she was also leaving her home at night to report on the crime. Women were taking karate classes, buying guard dogs. The city of Boston was ter-

Robert John Burke starred as Internal Affairs Capt. Ed Tucker on “Law & Order: SVU.” He’ll travel to Tombstone in late June to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the western with the same name. (Michael

rorized for quite a few years. But Loretta, who went from writing lifestyle pieces to the crime desk, insisted upon it. The thing about Loretta is when you read her reporting, she was gifted. The descriptive narrative, the style of her writing was potent and informative.”

Between “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever,” “Law & Order: SVU” and “Tombstone,” Burke has played a variety of characters, although he does tend to be pigeonholed.

“My career has been like a pinball machine,” he added. “People have said I’ve been typecast a lot as a detective or federal agent. I always tell people, ‘I don’t care if I’m typecast as long as I’m cast.’ One of my favorite things to do was be the bad guy on ‘SVU.’ I’ve often said, nobody wants to play the good guy. When I was told I was going to be Mariska’s love interest the next season, I said, ‘I’m the most hated guy on the show.’ She told me it would work. I love her desperately. Acting with her was one of the highlights of my work experience of my 33-year career. She’s just the best person in the whole wide world.”

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Robert John Burke’s character on “Law & Order: SVU,” Capt. Ed Tucker, romanced Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay). Burke calls it a highlight of his career. (Michael Parmalee/NBC)

Valley Feed & Supply celebrates success in first year

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI

Tucson Local Media Sta

Customer service is key to John and Sally Burke’s Valley Feed & Supply.

John puts it simply: “This isn’t our store. This is your store.”

“It’s the truth, right?” he asks rhetorically.

The store is open seven days a week, but the staff is eager to take care of customers — even those running a little late.

“When a customer asks how late we’re going to be open, I ask them ‘What do you need? I’ll be here for you. Don’t hurry because I don’t want to hear you got into a wreck,’” he said.

“We know about animals. We have a number of animals ourselves. The community is great.”

Valley Feed & Supply impresses its vendors, too, as it is the Pima County supplier of Awesome Super Feed, which is manufactured in Colorado. The store stocks Awesome Super Feed for a variety of animals.

“This feed line just took off huge,” Sally said. “I probably go through 4 tons a month. It’s just an amazing seed. It has everything combined into one feed. You don’t have to buy six bags of feed. People walk in the door and say, ‘My chickens look so healthy.’

“I honestly can’t keep it in stock. It just flies off the shelves. I stumbled across it last year. The owners are devoted to keeping us the only dealer down here in Pima County for now.

The Burkes use it themselves for their 12 horses, chickens, goat, dogs and cats on their small ranch in Picture Rocks.

Valley Feed & Supply will celebrate its one-year anniversary in mid-June. Visit its Facebook page for information; search Valley Feed & Supply. Sally said she’s surprised by the success.

“The growth has been great,” she said. “You know you’re doing well when you’re outgrowing your building. We keep seeing repeat customers come through the door. You get to know them by name.”

The Valley Feed & Supply — which the Burkes purchased in late 2021 and opened May 22, 2022 — is more than an outlet for pet and animal needs. It’s a community gathering place.

With its 1800s western general store feel, customers come not only to pick up their feed, but they socialize with ranchers, farmers and other residents living in Picture Rocks. They gather at the store to share their stories.

“People came in and prayed,” Sally said. “It’s a little community store and a landmark.”

When they purchased the store, it was a rental in poor condition. The dilapidated building was close to demolition. Rats were living there so, Sally said, so crews sealed the store and installed new drywall, walls, concrete and solid doors. It was closed for five months during the renovation. The challenge was keeping the historical integrity of the building, which was important to the Burkes.

“The rats basically lived in the building, and they would come up through the floor,” she said. “We had to jackhammer out that

concrete floor. We had years of mice that lived in the store. Customers walk in the door and just stand there. We ask if they’re OK and they say, ‘We’re in shock because of the way it used to look. It’s a special place.

“It’s (the feed store) such a need in the community. I saw the potential. This is my passion; a full-service feed store. Before they were predominantly selling hay, it was a hay store. Now, this is a full-blown, full-service feed store. If we don’t have it, we will get it.”

Recently, the Burkes diversified and now sell a full line of dog and cat food.

“We can get everything the big-box stores can get,” she said. “We all buy from the same suppliers.”

And customers are thankful, Sally said.

“People are the heart of this place,” she said. “People are so grateful that they don’t have to drive 8 miles or into town. A woman came in yesterday and bought a bag of

cat food. She said she was so glad she didn’t have to go over the hill. We’re all about convenience and customer service.”

John added he and Sally encourage customer feedback. If a product isn’t up to par, they won’t sell it any longer.

“If they don’t want it, I don’t want it either,” he said. “Our customers are the judges. We’re trying to make their animals happy, and so are they.”

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Valley Feed & Supply’s staff includes, in back row, Luis Perales, John Burke and Aleister Turney. In the front are Sally Burke and Cindy Beyer. (Noelle Haro-Gomez/ Contributor)

Help is available for aspiring poets and writers

BY KAREN SCHAFFNER Tucson Local Media Sta

If the thought of reading a volume of poetry seems like an exercise in frustration or just plain disagreeable, read on.

“Probably a lot of people do have this idea from English class, that (poetry) is something that has to be decoded,” published poet Gene Twaronite said. Maybe.

Twaronite, this summer’s writer-in-residence at Pima County Library, wants the public to feel that they, too, may join the ranks of poet, or at least the ranks of poetry reader.

He is hosting three free workshops this summer. The first one, “Demystifying Poetry,” is 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 7, at the Dusenberry-River Library.

Intended for adults, this workshop is “more of a conversation with a poet who’s been published,” Twaronite said. He does have four published collections under his belt, including, “Trash Picker on Mars” and “The Museum of Unwearable Shoes.”

He has also written and had published a picture book, young adult and middle-grade novels, essays and children’s stories.

Twaronite said he hopes that after a few minutes at one of his workshops participants will want to pick up a pen and give it a try. He’ll make it easy with writing prompts, including some he uses.

“I’m going to talk a little about poetry, what it’s not, what it is; give some examples, maybe one or two of my own poems, and then launch into an activity,” Twaronite

said. “I’m going to give (participants) some various prompts I’ve found successful.”

The intention is to help get participants to that first line of writing a poem.

“Discovering Yourself with Poetry (or How to Make Your Head Explode)” is a free workshop for teens and tweens only. It’s 2 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, June 24, at Oro Valley Public Library.

Twaronite said he hopes to lead his participants through a time of self-discovery.

“I want them to discover themselves through poetry,” Twaronite said. “I want to get to the emotional content. We’ll be talking about ways to get in touch with your emotions.

He added that poetry is “compressed emotion on the page but expressed in just the right way with precise language. I want to emphasize with them: to think about things they love or hate or really feel deeply about.”

The final workshop — Poetry Mania at MegaMania — is 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Pima Community College Downtown Campus. Twaronite said this is a time for costumes and props. All ages are welcome.

“It’s basically more of a literary cosplay, where people are encouraged to dress up as their favorite literary characters,” Twaronite said.

“I’m going to encourage (participants) not to just read the poem, no, but to perform the poem. Use props if you can. Dress up, perhaps. Just have some fun with it.”

Participation in all three workshops is free.

Besides the workshops, Twaronite re-

Poet and published writer Gene Twaronite is this season’s Pima County Library writer-in-residence. He is available for half-hour consultations with anyone who wants to discuss their writing. Reservations are required. (Gene Twaronite/Submitted)

cently began working with people to improve their writing. He will continue to be available twice a week for a half-hour consultation. He said anyone of any writing skill level may meet with him. He’s willing to chat with anyone who hasn’t written a word since high school all the way up to published authors.

“So many people, they want to be writers or they dream about it, but they don’t know how to go about it,” Twaronite said.

Then there are these others.

“I was just surprised by the variety of writers,” he said. “(There were) some poets, but some people have already written

a memoir or they’re talking about writing a memoir or they’ve gotten their novel (written).”

The sessions are free, but time slots are limited, and so participants must make a reservation by calling 520-594-5445. Appointments are available from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays every week until the end of July at Woods Memorial Library, 3455 N. First Street.

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Christina Fuoco-Karasinski at christina@timeslocalmedia.com

The kid’s not all right this graduation season

BY TOM DANEHY Tucson Local Media Columnist

Graduation week should be one of the happiest times of the year. Young women and men are reaching the culmination of a decade-plus-long journey full of academic challenges and extracurricular opportunities. Learning how to play a musical instrument or playing on a team. Running into the brick wall that is geometry and getting that first job. Learning how to drive, all the while figuring out how to negotiate the blind curve of adolescence.

On graduation night, young people can take pride in what they have accomplished (especially having lived through the bleak COVID-19 years) and graduation can mark a clearly delineated turning of a page in their lives. They are surrounded by friends and family and it can be a great, great night.

I know one kid for whom gradua-

tion was probably not so great. And it’s a shame because a year ago at this time, “the kid” had the world on a string. Some people in the local sports community know of whom I am writing, but I don’t want to identify the person nor even mention his/her gender. What’s important was what happened to “the kid” and how much of it was self-inflicted.

Heading into last summer, the possibilities were numerous and almost all of them were extremely positive. All “the kid” had to do was to stay focused on the goal and not get sidetracked by nonsense and/or hubris. But when you’re dealing with 17-year-olds with stars in their eyes, that’s easier said than done.

“The kid” was a member of a solid basketball program, a consistent winner who has made frequent trips to the state tournament over the past decade. Another solid year lay ahead, with a strong senior class leading the way.

Like a lot of one-sport athletes who get

pigeonholed and browbeaten into dropping all other interests and doing just one thing every day, “the kid” played on a club team.

As last summer progressed, somebody in the club system started using the word “better” with “the kid.” You’re better than your club teammates. You’re better than your high school teammates. You’re just…better.

And what do “better” ballers do these days? They turn their backs on their high school teammates, many of whom they have probably known since elementary school. They turn their backs on their club teammates. That’s actually not that hard, because club “teams” aren’t really teams; they’re just collections of kids whose parents are willing to spend lots of money.

And then they go to an “academy.”

This particular perversion of the English language is rich in irony. They are basically places where kids take a few online

courses (which are useless) and then play a lot of basketball all day. It sounded like a dream gig to “the kid” and away they went.

Alas, “the kid” wasn’t the only one who had been given the “better” talk. Lots and lots of “better” players gathered at the “academy,” each probably believing that the opportunity to play all that ball would allow them to rise to the top, perhaps further enhancing their chances for a college scholarship. (What’s sad is that “the kid” probably would have gotten a scholarship, anyway, just by playing the senior year with the high school team.)

Even under the best of circumstances (let’s assume that all of the players at the “academy” were indeed at the elite level), that kind of pressure cooker situation can have some bad (and unintended) results. It would be like dozens and dozens of high school valedictorians gathering for their freshman year at MIT. After having been the smartest person in the room for the past 13 years, all of a sudden, you’re not.

And that’s just the best-case scenario. Imagine that the people running the “academy” had something different in mind instead of straight-up competition. Perhaps they had an agenda or they played favorites or maybe they just weren’t that good at assessing talent. Suffice it to say that “the kid” learned some hard lessons in a relatively short time. When the “academy” began its season playing other “academies,” playing time was initially hard to come by and then dwindled from there. Frustration set in, followed by anger, and then despair.

“The kid” left the “academy” midseason with the unrealistic hope of perhaps rejoining the high school team. The Arizona Interscholastic Association (for sure) and the school (almost certainly) were having none of it and “the kid’s” prep basketball career was over. “The kid” didn’t even go back to the school, finishing up with online courses, instead. It’s a sad story and some adult(s) should pay a price for their part in it. But they won’t. As Bruce Hornsby and then Tupac said, that’s just the way it is.

We wish “the kid” well. We wish the academy system only the worst.

Athlete of the Week: Jessica Greene

BY TOM DANEHY Tucson Local Media Columnist

Jessica Greene, a state-level high school athlete at Marana High School, is 6-foot-2. She has to be a volleyball player, right?

“No, I was going to try volleyball for the first time back in the eighth grade, but then COVID hit and it wiped out the season. I never got around to trying it when I got to high school.”

Well then, certainly a basketball player.

“No, not really. I’ve been thinking about doing it next season, but it’s my senior year and I’ve never done it before…” What, then? Swimming? Cross country? Golf?

“I’m a thrower in track and field. I throw the shot and the discus.”

Of course you do. With that height, it should be easy to discern in which event she does better. The shot put is mostly a strength event and if a tall person can scrunch down enough and have an ex-

plosive motion coming out of the squat, the ball should go a decent distance. On the other hand, taller people often struggle with the discus. The key to a good discus launch is generating a lot of speed and torque in the small ring. Tall people, with all those legs and arms in that circle, tend to struggle in the event. So…

“Discus is my best event,” she said. “It’s what I went to state in.”

We give up.

When asked if she also throws the javelin, she says, “No, I’ve tried it, but the motion puts a strain on my shoulder.” This is somewhat odd because she used to play softball and of the three throwing events, the javelin comes closest to a normal human throwing motion. She has also done herself a little bit of arm damage in the shot put event.

“When I first started doing the shot, I had trouble keeping the (ball) up tight against my neck in the proper throwing motion. I would bring it away from my

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body and almost try to throw it like a softball. That hurts.”

She works for the Marana Parks and Recreation Department, doing all sorts of different tasks. “One week, I was helping with youth soccer at Crossroads. The next week, I was at Dove Mountain and then Gladden Farms. It keeps things interesting.”

When asked to name their favorite class, the response of math will generate the strongest emotions, either positive or negative. Some kids will name a specific science (most often biology), but the most common response is English. So, naturally, Greene said hers is history.

“I loved my AP history class. It’s so amazing learning about things that actually happened. I like reading about history.”

She will be busy her senior year. While others will be playing volleyball in the fall, Greene will be spending her after-school hours serving as the manager for the boys’ football team. “Coach (Phillip Steward) is really cool and it’s fun being around the football team because they’re so good.”

She’s still undecided about basketball but really looks forward to another track season. “I really want to go to state again. It’s just the greatest experience.”

Lentils are the superfoods we all need

BY MIA SMITT Tucson Local Media Columnist

Lentils, those tiny flat legumes that look like pea “wannabes,” are a powerhouse of good nutrition.

They may be one of the first foods ever cultivated; 8,000-year-old lentil seeds have been found in Middle Eastern archeological sites. Lentils are mentioned in the Bible as something Esau traded for his birthright, and also as part of the bread the Jewish people ate during their time of Babylonian captivity.

Their use spread to Africa and Europe as people migrated and they were introduced to India in the first century A.D. where they remain a staple of Indian cuisine. Lentils are a dietary staple in many countries. Canada is the leading producer and exporter of lentils at 3.2 million tons per year. India is second and Australia is the third largest lentils grower.

Lentils are members of the legume family and grow in pods that contain one or two seeds. There are dozens of varieties of large and small size and a variety of colors. In the United States, we use mostly the green and brown but are finding more red lentils in nonspecialty supermarkets. There are also orange, yellow and black varieties and are found either whole or split. They are available year-round.

The health benefits of lentils are many. Like other legumes, lentils are rich in soluble and insoluble dietary fiber. The soluble fiber binds with bile and cholesterol in the intestines and they are excreted in the stool. Studies have shown that high fiber foods can lower total cholesterol and triglycerides significantly. The insoluble fiber increases bulk and helps to prevent constipation and may help to prevent such maladies as irritable bowel syndrome and diverticulosis. Insulin resistance or pre-diabetes, hypoglycemia, and diabetes can cause wild fluctuations in blood-sugar levels. The soluble fiber helps to regulate blood sugar and provide steady energy.

Research has shown that high fiber diets promote an overall lower level of glucose and insulin, improving glycemic control. Lentils can also increase energy levels by increasing the level of iron. Other iron rich foods such as red meat also carry a lot of fat and calories while lentils offer a lower

calorie and fat free alternative.

Lentils have a positive impact on heart health. The Archives of Internal Medicine published a study in 2001 showing that eating high fiber foods such as legumes (lentils) helps to prevent coronary heart disease. It reported 9,632 American adults were followed over 19 years. Those who ate legumes such as lentils four or more times per week had a 22% lower risk of developing heart disease.

Besides their fiber content, lentils have significant amounts of folate, lowering homocysteine which damages arterial walls. The high folate content is also very beneficial for pregnant women in that it helps

to prevent neural tube defects in their infants (severe birth defects of the brain or spine and spinal cord that occur in the first month of pregnancy). They are also rich in magnesium which naturally relaxes blood vessels improving blood, oxygen, and nutrients flow throughout the body.

Lentils are a low-calorie (239 calories per cup) source of molybdenum, an essential trace element for all forms of life in that it acts as a catalyst in chemical processes in the body. They also offer a rich supply of tryptophan, manganese, iron, protein, phosphorus, copper, potassium and thiamine.

There has been concern that lentils contain a high level of purines, naturally occurring substances that provide part of the chemical structure of genes in plants and animals. Purines are metabolized into uric acid which is an antioxidant that helps to protect the lining of blood vessels. When the kidneys cannot adequately keep uric acid levels balanced or there is an excessive breakdown of purines and accumulation of uric acid, these crystals can be deposited in kidneys, joints, tendons and other organs.

This is known as gout, a painful inflammatory illness that can be crippling though treated. Recent research has shown that animal purines clearly increase the risk of gout while plant purines do not. So, eating

lentils will not cause gout. Lentils can be found dried or canned — both have the same nutritional value (just watch for added salt or preservatives in the canned products). Stored in an airtight container, dried lentils will stay fresh for a year. They are easy to prepare by boiling one cup of lentils in three cups of water for 20 to 30 minutes. They can be served hot in soups, stews, and various ethnic dishes, and they will absorb the flavors of spices and herbs. They can be served cold in a variety of salads.

Sprouted lentils are another nutritional powerhouse. They can be found in some grocery stores but are easy to make at home. Soak dried lentils overnight, then drain and rinse them the next morning. Leave them in a jar with good air circulation and within 24 hours they should begin to sprout. Turn the jar and rinse the lentils a few times a day until fully sprouted. These are actually easier to digest and have more vitamins B and C and are great on salads, in sandwiches, or as a garnish. Do your waistline, heart, colon, and tastebuds a big favor and add some lentils to your diet.

Mia Smitt is a longtime nurse practitioner who writes a column for Tucson Local Media.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19)

You show up and offer what you have to the world, fully expecting that some will get it and others won't. Finding your people is always worth the awkwardness of weeding out the ones who aren't a match. You'll first serve a small group very well, then learn and grow from there.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)

People who aren't sure which direction to take will follow the confident walkers. Your passion and energy can inspire others to follow you even when you don't want them to. Consider exploring and experimenting solo to avoid the pressures of leadership before you want it. Give yourself a chance to fly and have fun on your own first.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21)

If what you really want seems expensive, consider that fit is much more important than luxury. An affordable suit with perfect tailoring cuts a sharper silhouette than an ill-fitting, expensive get-up. It's true for more than the wardrobe this week. In all things, seek an exceptional fit.

CANCER (June 22-July 22)

You've worked a certain angle or project for so long now, part of you has checked out of the process. You just want it to be done. Since you've made it this far, be sure to finish strong. Take a beat to catch your breath and get perspective. Do what it takes to bring this home in a way you'll be proud of.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)

Schooling isn't learning. The two may overlap this week but often will not. What you live will quickly become a part of you, and your experience will be a better predictor of success than any kind of formal education. Also note: You will not be satisfied with knowing what steps to take unless you also understand why.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

The beautiful, winding complexity of your life has led you to accept that others do not think, feel or believe as you do. Your work will be impactful for its sophistication. Whatever your task, you'll ask very early in the process, "Who's it for?" That is the magic question that will make all the difference.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23)

Though it's wise to repeat successful actions, repetition can also lead to stagnation. This is why breaks are important. Take plenty today and get the perspective you need. Other ways to keep it fresh: Unpredictable rewards and new ways to frame the game. Keep changing it up!

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21)

If you don't technically have a few hours of unstructured time to yourself, there will be a part of you that takes over and gives it to you anyway in the form of procrastination or indulgence in distraction. So, it's better to give yourself leisure and enjoy it than have to steal it from yourself and feel guilty about it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Don't worry too much about how people use what you give. Just give from the heart what you believe to be useful. Sometimes, one size really does fit all, but it won't fit all in the same way. It's tight for some, loose for others. For some it's a hat, and others it's an anklet.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Don't fret about change, which has many stages, none of which are better than any other. Before you can move forward with the building process, some degree of destruction needs to take place. You'll be clearing a space this week, which will allow you to begin your new construction.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

You're in a more powerful position than you think. Life may not reflect this right now, but give it a little more time. Don't underestimate the power of your ambition and imagination. You'll paint vividly in your mind first, and eventually, real life will catch up to reflect your artistry.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)

There's no need to go at things full force this week. It takes careful conservation of personal energy to run a long race. The first step in your success is realizing that this is a marathon, not a sprint. So, beyond the pride of personal accomplishment, there won't be a prize for miles and miles, but you can bet it's there in the end.

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