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Senate approves plan for $150m in tax credits to film movies in Arizona Gloria Gomez

UA School of Journalism Don Bolles Fellow

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add some spice in Oro Valley.

“We had more single-family permits last fiscal year than in any time in the last 15 years,” said Dave Perry, president and CEO of the Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce.

“It’s easier to do business in the winter because there are more people. The hard thing is to

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Proponents argue it will foster jobs, infrastructure and tourism. They say the benefits include construction of filming locations and hotels to meet new demand, hiring locals, keeping production jobs in-state, and attracting out-of-state tourists and industry professionals.

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Friday Night Concerts at Steam Pump Ranch. Oro Valley continues their monthly music series at Steam Pump Ranch off of Oracle Road.

This week, local rock band Element 119 are covering a variety of classic rock songs.

The five-piece previously performed at Steam Pump Ranch last year, offering a combination of mellow vocals, groovy instrumental jams, swirling organ and guitar solos. The concert take place on the wide expanse of the lawn at Steam Pump Ranch (be sure to bring your own chair or blanket). Food trucks, beer, wine, soda and water will be available for purchase. No outside alcohol will be allowed, but feel free to bring in your own food. 7 to 9:30 p.m. Friday, March 4. Steam Pump Ranch, 10901 N. Oracle Road. Free.

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Arts patron Robert Weede dies at 93

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ro Valley resident Robert Weede lived a full and adventurous life that left a major impact on Oro Valley. He passed away on Feb. 4, at 93.

Bob was a man of great passion and integrity, as well as an inspiration to both those in his personal life and in his professional career.

His devotion to the arts was demonstrated by thousands of hours of volunteer service. He and his wife, Vivian Weede, also provided vital financial support

for Tucson Symphony Orchestra in Oro Valley over a 12-year period.

All of Weede’s sons said they were inspired by their father’s devotion to their mother, with Weede’s eldest son, Robert, saying that his father “was a role model to myself and to my two brothers in our lives and with our marriages.”

Weede was a people person and enjoyed getting out on the town to learn more about the community of Oro Valley.

“I never heard my father say an unkind word about anybody, which is, I wish I

could say that myself,” his son John said, “And he just was the kind of understanding person who wanted to help other people. And he worked very hard to raise us up and support our family.”

All three sons said they were proud of his creation of the popular Oro Valley Fourth of July live symphonic outdoor concert in Riverfront Park. It is the region’s only live Independence Day concert.

He also started the organization that has grown into the nonprofit Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance. SAACA’s CAT-

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“The one thing that separated Bob from all the others is that he had started the organization, co-founded it, as a volunteer many years prior,” said SAACA Executive Director Kate Marquez. “He was a doer. He wasn’t the one who ever wanted any recognition for anything he ever did. It always was about the work.”

Marquez, who was just starting her career when she met Weede, said he was a role model.

Bob Weede’s father, Robert Weede, was a professional opera singer and so was the love of his life, Vivian Weede. He was not only a representative of the arts but was deeply rooted into the arts his whole life.

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throughout the years, and Weede changed with it. He cared about people of all ages. In his “Concert of All Ages,” folks of all generations were able to creatively come together in a space to perform live on stage.

Weede teamed up with Richard Eggerding to help pass an Oro Valley public art ordinance that requires commercial developers to set aside 1% of their project costs for public art in Oro Valley in 1997, which has led to an investment of more than $50 million dollars in public art in the years since.

“It’s been a hole in my heart since he passed away,” Eggerding said. “He was the most decent honorable man I have ever met, and I consider him my best friend. He was an extraordinary man, and it is a loss, a real loss for the community and for me personally.”

Weede’s youngest son Tom admired how much his father cared about the children of the community, especially his children and his brothers’ children.

“He was a wonderful father and role model for me in my life and was just devoted to his grandkids,” said Tom. Bob help create the Musical Gold in the Morning program, which is a primary and secondary school music learning program that had been adopted by 17 schools throughout Southern Arizona.

“He believed in the power of arts to make a community a better place to live and in helping the next generations thrive,” Tom said.

Bob’s Celebration of life will be on Saturday March 12, 2022. For more information, visit https://everloved. com/life-of/robert-weede-jr/

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Arizona Film: Bolstering tourism, or choosing Hollywood over AZ? Continued from P1

Critics counter that the tax credits would be a waste of money that wouldn’t create permanent or high-paying jobs, and would amount to the government choosing Hollywood over small Arizona businesses.

Senate Bill 1708 would create the Arizona Motion Picture Production Program, which would hand out up to $150 million in individual and corporate tax credits each year for movie projects produced in Arizona or that use a local production facility. Movies that

include on-site filming would be required to primarily film in the state. A film project could receive a credit for up to 27.5% of production costs if the company spends more than $35 million in Arizona and meets a bevy of other requirements.

The bill is the latest attempt to revive a film tax credit program that ended more than a decade ago. The Arizona Motion Picture Production and Infrastructure Credit awarded $22.5 million between 2005 and 2010 to 56 projects. Just last year, a House proposal to offer production companies with tax reimbursements

for everything from hotel rentals to catering services was killed in committee.

Opponents say spending money to attract film companies from regions with infrastructure developed and established over decades makes little economic sense, and that there isn’t a return on investment for the state.

A 2009 report by the Arizona Department of Commerce on film industry tax credits found that only $2.3 million was gained the previous year, in comparison to $8.6 million spent by the program. The massive loss to the state general fund of

more than $6.3 million, which was a large part of the reason the credit program was shut down. The same report estimated that 62% of film company budgets were spent outside the state.

Some legislative supporters said filming in Arizona would serve as a magnet for tourists following the path of star-studded movie projects who would invariably stop over at interesting Arizona sights. Sen. Christine Marsh, D-Paradise Valley, said her own family was not immune to seeing such sights while traveling.

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Sen. Rosanna Gabaldon agreed, saying Arizona has a lot to offer tourists.

She recalled the success of Old Tucson Studios in drawing tourists who would eventually visit other sights. “(They) were visiting the state of Arizona and found even more riches, besides the film industry.

They were able to go to the Arizona trail or the Grand Canyon,” she said.

But any such gains won’t outweigh the costs, said Sen. Warren Petersen, who vehemently opposed taxpayers footing the bill.

“This is just a totally bogus thing. Let’s leave

the money in the pockets of our taxpayers, because taxpayers know how to use their money best,” he said.

The Gilbert Republican questioned whether the bill was the result of negotiations with Hollywood executives throwing their weight around.

Petersen argued that incentivizing powerful industries disadvantages smaller ones.

“This is a shift from small business owners — people working their butts off — to super wealthy people,” he said.

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Arizona Film Continued from P5

Trying to use financial bait to lure movie producers to Arizona is unnecessary, said Sen. Michelle Ugenti-Rita, R-Scottsdale.

Arizona has done nothing to prevent the film industry from choosing to film in the state, and yet they haven’t arrived, she said.

“The last thing we should be doing is passing out other people’s money to incentivize a trillion-dollar industry that has no barriers to entry in this state,” Ugenti-Rita said.

California and New Mexico are among the top film locations because they have versatile landscapes, she claimed.

In fact, both states offer their own tax credit programs. New Mexico has a refundable tax credit up to 35% of production costs, while California budgets up to $330 million a year to help eligible projects.

Ugenti-Rita disputed the idea that movie pro-

ductions would contribute to job growth. The jobs they create are often short-term and low-paying, she said, not the jobs that Arizona should be chasing. Most high-paying jobs are imported: experts travel from movie hubs like California or New York. A 2000 Michigan State University analysis of tax credit incentives in Michigan found that locals were generally hired for the duration of the shoot, which averaged 23 days.

The bill’s sponsor, Sen. David Gowan, R-Sierra Vista, took affront to Petersen’s accusation that he championed the bill at the behest of the film industry. He said he received several entreaties from Arizonans employed in the film industry who were tired of leaving home to work. Still, film production companies have embraced the bill and showed up to support it when the Senate Appropriations Committee, which Gowan chairs, debated the proposal.

Job creation is guaranteed by this bill, Gowan said. Film projects hire hundreds of helping hands, and service and construction industry growth follows to accommodate their needs.

He assured fellow legislators that taxpayers are protected by the bill’s many caveats. To qualify for funding, film projects must either use an Arizona studio or produce and film the project primarily in Arizona and do the editing at an instate studio. In addition, full-time production labor positions — camera operators, technicians, and sound and editing workers, among others — must be kept in-state.

“You have to have infrastructure done here, have to have the jobs here, you have to produce the film here. They cannot move off anywhere else out of this state and receive this aid,” he promised.

SB1708 passed the Senate on a bipartisan 21-7 vote. It next goes to the state House of Representatives for consideration.

Gloria Gomez is a senior at the University of Arizona and the 2022 UA School of Journalism’s Don Bolles Fellow. The UA School of Journalism started the fellowship in 1977 to honor Don Bolles, an Arizona Republic reporter killed in a 1976 car bombing. This article originally appeared in the Arizona Mirror, an online nonprofit news agency.

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Tucson Rotary donates more than $450,000 to PimaJTED Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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he Rotary Club of Tucson recently delivered a check that was 100 years in the making. As part of their centennial celebration, Tucson Rotary donated more than $450,000 to the Pima Joint Technical Education District, which educates Southern Arizona students in career and technical skills with no tuition costs.

The donation supports PimaJTED’s new Innovative Learning Center at the University of Arizona’s tech park The Bridges. Additional funds support PimaJTED’s classes that enable high school students to earn industry credentials, such as nursing assistant, HVAC and drone operator licenses.

PimaJTED was named the sole beneficiary of the funds after competing among other local nonprofits. PimaJTED initially applied for the Rotary Club’s Dream Big Centennial Project when it was first announced in 2018.

Rotary’s donation goal was originally set at $250,000, but they far exceeded that number throughout 2021.

“When we found out that we were the recipient, we were ecstatic,” said PimaJTED superintendent

Kathy Prather.

Rotary Club of Tucson Foundation president Joni Condit said 37 nonprofits applied for the grant.

“We have a grant committee to identify projects that would be of good value to the community,” Condit said. “And we knew the idea of the centennial project was going to be bigger than previous years’ commitments… We like what JTED does, especially now when so many are reliant on nurses and caregivers.

We also like that they’re working to hopefully keep young people in our community, and training them for important jobs.”

The funds for the donation came from the proceeds of the Tucson Classics Car Show. For more than a decade, the Tucson Classics Car Show has gathered hundreds of classic cars for a single-day event. Although the 14th annual car show was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic, sales of raffle tickets continued. In total, Rotary raised nearly $75,000 from raffle ticket sales that year.

“We knew that to reach our full commitment, we had to do some big things in 2021,” Condit said.

Then in 2021, the 15th annual car show continued in person. Rotary reports the show was a huge success, with 38,000 raffle

tickets sold. Other funds came from entry tickets and local sponsors like Jim Click. They far exceeded their goal, and raised roughly $382,000 for the 2021 show. Both of these years’ proceeds were donated to PimaJTED, totaling $456,646.56.

“They looked shocked,” Condit said. “We told them that the Car Show had a great outcome and that we’d met the $250,000 goal, but when we told them the total, they were just stunned. We were so happy to help them realize their vision.”

As a result of the donation, PimaJTED’s Innovative Learning Center now sports the Rotary emblem on its facade. The Innovative Learning Center, which opened in 2021, is a two-story, 50,000 squarefoot building that houses a number of medical and technical programs. Classes at the center include cybersecurity, business entrepreneurship, engineering, nursing, pharmacy and virtual reality.

Aside from the building itself, Rotary’s donation also funded specific instructional tools. For instance, PimaJTED is purchasing a state-ofthe-art medical dummy for students, which can be connected with augmented reality for a more realistic medical

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learning experience.

“We would not be able to afford this kind of educational tool without this support from the Rotary,” Prather said.

PimaJTED works with 14 public school districts throughout Southern Arizona, including TUSD, Amphitheater, Catalina Foothills and Marana. Although it is called PimaJTED, the district also works with students in the Mammoth-San Manuel and Nogales school districts.

While they work with many public school districts, PimaJTED’s educational services are also available to students in private and charter schools, as well as home-schooled

students. PimaJTED programs range from aviation technology to cosmetology to construction, graphic design, HVAC, agriscience, music production and more.

Although the pandemic has majorly impacted public schools, PimaJTED has actually expanded over the past two years. In addition to opening the Innovative Learning Center, PimaJTED has also opened new educational tracks in the healthcare field.

“We’ve seen increases in enrollment during the pandemic, which is unusual, especially compared to some of our member districts,” Prather said. “The pandemic has shown that

students are choosing this type of education, and we are looking to expand to meet that demand.”

Since its creation in 1921, the Rotary Club of Tucson has donated nearly $5,000,000 to Southern Arizona nonprofits. Over its 15-year history, the Tucson Classics Car Show has garnered more than $2,200,000 for the community. The next Tucson Classics Car Show takes place on Saturday, Oct. 15, at The Gregory School.

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UA science lecture series puts minerals under a microscope Cameron Jobson

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he University of Arizona College of Science is hosting its 17th annual lecture series, exploring the significance of minerals in mankind and our daily lives.

Over the next five weeks, distinguished UA faculty members will present on a variety of topics, from their cosmic origins to their function in smartphones.

Each year, the series is centered around a unique theme that attracts a couple thousand people to Centennial Hall. Southern Arizona has a large community that is interested in the sciences, and with the recent Tucson Gem and Mineral Show, this year’s topic is expected to bring in crowds.

“This year’s topic plays very hand-in-hand with the mineral show,” Scott Coleman, the college’s marketing and communications director said. “So anyone that is interested can come on by and learn a few things.”

The lectures are free to the public and open to everyone. But if attending in-person doesn’t work, the

college will be livestreaming the presentations on their YouTube channel, with closed captioned Spanish subtitles available.

The college is constantly looking to engage more viewers and highlight diverse topics in science.

“It’s a great opportunity for the college to have some outreach,” Coleman said. “And hopefully visitors will learn and enjoy the presentations.”

Carmie Garzione, the new dean of the college, played a big role in choosing this year’s topic. She is an esteemed earth scientist, and earned her doctorate in geosciences from the University of Arizona. She thought minerals would be a great fit to make her first year memorable.

Bob Downs will kick off the series on March 3, as he talks about the vital role of minerals in our daily lives.

He will summarize a timeline of minerals, starting from their origin and working his way through their evolution on the geologic time scale.

A week later on March 10, Mauricio Ibañez-Mejia will tackle the question that has been researched for cen-

turies: How old is the earth?

He will explore how minerals can act as time capsules that are rich in history and can be dated to reconstruct the chronology of our planet. They are storytellers that give insight into terrestrial and cosmic evolution.

Ananya Mallik will follow up on March 17, discussing how gems provide even more understanding into the planet’s inner layers and the history. Aside from the natural beauty of gems, diamonds, and rubies, they can also be studied in depth to understand the evolution of earth and the formation of landforms.

On March 31, Isabel Barton will center her presentation on Arizona, bringing local interest to minerals.

She will talk about the abundance of copper, along with other critical minerals that have been found in Arizona.

Metals and minerals are the backbone of technology and are needed to support the constant advancements.

Copper is used in wiring electronics and batteries, creating a high demand.

To wrap up the lecture series, Raina Maier will touch on the future of mining on April 7. She will underline

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Minerals at the University of Arizona’s new Alfie Norville Gem & Mineral Museum downtown.

the importance of “mining in a greener future,” explaining environmentally friendly approaches that are more sustainable and manageable in the long run.

Our dependence on metals and minerals is essentially inevitable. With the latest TVs, phone updates and expanding roads, the demand is always growing.

Mining minerals provides the resources that make

our computers, cars, roads, furniture, electronics and even toothpaste. They play a huge role in our daily lives and are responsible for power growth and energy generation.

“When people first think of minerals, their mind goes to pretty gems and rubies,” Coleman said. “But minerals are more than just pretty things to look at.

They are the foundational

part of civilization.”

Coleman hopes that the five lectures will resonate with Southern Arizonans.

Along with a small committee in the college, the five faculty members created a complete story line throughout the presentations. As experts in their field, they will display both the history and the future of minerals.

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Restaurants: Multiple restaurants opening new locations in Oro Valley Continued from P1

do business in the summer. If we increase that year-round residential population, that helps business go a little bit better in the slow times.

That is a factor—I can promise you—in [businesses] deciding to locate here.”

Hector and Marnel Martinez are spouses and the co-owners of The Hoppy Vine, a craft beer and wine taproom and bottle shop coming to the Oro Valley Marketplace in May. Hector previously owned Old Pueblo Brew Tours where he would guide groups to various breweries around Tucson.

Forced to close the business due to the pandemic, they searched for a vessel in which to start a new business revolving around their enthusiasm for craft beer and wine.

As residents of Oro Valley, Hector and Marnel felt there was a lack of bottle shops in the northern area. After checking

out a location available in the Oro Valley Marketplace, they decided it would be the perfect location for a new bottle shop. Thus, The Hoppy Vine was born.

“The point is to produce and have a space where community members from all walks of life can come in to celebrate, unwind or just simply connect with other people,” Hector said.

Marnel currently works as a realtor, and Hector works in outside sales for ADP. Both feel they have flexible enough schedules to balance their work obligations with those of the new taproom.

The Hoppy Vine will have 20 beers and eight wines on tap with non-alcoholic selections available, as well. There will be temperature-controlled coolers for to-go beverages, keeping beer and red and white wines at optimal temperatures.

The drinks on tap will be a mix of local, regional, national, and international varieties. They will

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also offer light snacks and charcuterie boards, but patrons are welcome to bring or order food to the taproom to enjoy a meal there.

“I think the first time we look around and see people drinking and having fun will be the best moment ever,” Marnel said. “This has been one of the riskiest and most stressful things we have ever done. I’m not a big crier, but when we went and saw the ground-breaking and could see the actual work being done, I completely cried. Now that it’s all happening, we just can’t wait for it to be done.”

Josh Bishop is the general manager at The Keg Steakhouse and Bar. He has worked in that position for 10 years but has been with the company for 15 years overall.

In July 2019, Bishop started his own enterprise by opening the Fork & Fire food truck with his brother Jason and their friend Brent.

The food truck serves barbecue classics, from pulled pork sandwiches and chili cheese dogs to loaded mac and cheese and smoked beef sausages.

Although they had gained popularity for their barbecue, the Fork & Fire owners noticed a need in Oro Valley for something different from what they were serving.

After being approached by an investor, Wildfire

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“The point is to produce and have a space where community members from all walks of life can come in to celebrate, unwind or just simply connect with other people,” said The Hoppy Vine co-founder Hector Martinez.

Wing Company on Oracle Road got its start this January.

“It grew relatively quickly,” Bishop said.

“What started off as a small side project became a full-fledged business as it became more in demand and people started to really enjoy it. We were recently approached by the owner of the building in Oro Valley Marketplace and asked if we’d like to expand our brand and open up a barbecue restaurant.”

The tentative name for Bishop’s second brickand-mortar location is Fork & Fire Smokehouse and Taproom and will occupy the space previously housing Salted Pig. They’re aiming for their location to combine a

smokehouse atmosphere with a backyard barbecue and will open in the middle of March.

Sausages, briskets, ribs, pulled pork, burnt ends and chicken will all be smoked in-house and served up on a plate with sides or in a sandwich.

“When you cook, you put your heart, your soul, your effort, and your mind into creating something good,” Bishop said. “When someone appreciates that, I have to imagine it’s something like being an artist when someone loves your art.

It’s a really cool, very fulfilling thing to do and, at the same time, you get to nourish people and help people have good times and enjoy themselves. It’s a passion project more than anything else.”

As passion continues to develop in business owners and restaurateurs, Oro Valley has become a growing consideration for them to open new locations. Through assistance by the Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce, new business owners like Hector and Marnel Martinez and Josh Bishop feel poised to bring their new concepts to market.

“We try to create an opportunity for people to do business,” Perry said. “If the community is thriving, and we’ve done our small part, restaurants and other businesses will see opportunities here.”

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RIP Sam McClung: First a mentor, always a friend Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

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am McClung was far from selfish.

“It was all ‘how are you doing? can I help you?’ that service-minded kind of a person, that he cared about you as an individual, what your heart and mind was thinking,” said his widow, Melissa McClung.

On December 15, 2021, the Oro Valley community lost a true trailblazer in education and on the hiking path.

McClung had lived in many places in the United States but he chose to set-

tle in Tucson and many are thankful he did. His selflessness was admired by many who knew him and this quality would make him the perfect individual to work in education. He became the first principal at Ironwood Ridge High School in the early 2000s, setting the tone for how a successful school administration should work.

Pima County Supervisor Rex Scott worked with McClung as the assistant principal for three years until McClung retired in 2007.

“The way that he worked with me when I was one of his assistant principals really was an

example for me in terms of how I worked with my own assistant principals at Catalina and Tortolita,” Scott said.

They worked well together and that relationship cemented a strong friendship. Scott would later say that McClung was first a mentor and always a friend. Scott and McClung shared many similarities, including their passion for the outdoors. They, along with Melissa, hiked the rim of the Grand Canyon.

The outdoors was a major part of Sam’s life.

Sam and Melissa had met through the Southern Arizona Hiking Club. Sam was the club’s president

from 2011 to 2013. Melissa fell for Sam’s ability to listen along with his endless sense of adventure. They were nature nerds and fellow camping buddies.

They would later marry at a picnic area in Sabino Canyon, the same place where they held Sam’s memorial this past January.

Even though Sam was retired, he returned to work because Melissa was unable to retire at the time. He waited for her.

Sam re-entered the workforce at Miles Exploratory Learning Center. Melissa recalled a fun memory Sam shared with his students at Miles.

“I’d shown him something on Facebook that somebody posted that jellyfish, like, have no brains and no heart and he loved that, so he called his kids jellyfish,” Melissa said.

The kids at Miles thought it hilarious, going as far as presenting him with a jellyfish inside an acrylic case when he left the school.

It’s obvious that McClung left an impression at every school he worked.

Back at Ironwood Ridge High School, McClung fully supported the football program and hired Gary Minor as head football coach.

“He gave me the opportunity to fuel the football program, and that is something that I would always always be thankful for him,” Minor said. “To put me in a situation which

Photo courtesy Rex Scott

Sam McClung (right) and Rex Scott hiking the Grand Canyon. was such a big part of my life.”

Minor coached at Ironwood for nine years and said McClung put a lot of effort into getting the school organized while also making the staff feel at home. McClung organized staff get togethers and barbecues before Ironwood opened. He wanted the staff to know he had their back, which he showed in action after the school opened.

“I was in a student-parent situation with a high-profile parent and I remember that Sam totally had my back,” Minor recalled.

Minor and McClung would stay friends but became closer towards the end of his life.

Supervisor Scott and McClung remained close friends until the day he died. Scott was pres-

ent when McClung succumbed to the effects of a stroke he had a day before.

Sam died at age 67, with Melissa and Scott next to him.

As any educator would, Scott reflected on his last moments with McClung by wondering what lessons could be learned from this experience. He said it was a privilege to have been there during his last moments.

Melissa asked Scott to read Sam’s eulogy at the memorial and he recited one of those lessons.

“The lessons that I should learn from being with Sam when he died is that we should always let the goodness in our hearts dictate our words and our actions because then we’re more likely to be helping others not ourselves,” Scott said. “He was certainly that, a very selfless guy.”

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GUEST COMMENTARY

The Oro Valley Marketplace deal: A missed opportunity

Don Cox

Special to Tucson Local Media

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ocally owned Town West Design Development proposed a $350 million revitalization of the Oro Valley Marketplace.

The new enterprise would be known as The Village Center. It was a dynamic, well-thought-out and comprehensive plan.

One of the issues that plagued the Marketplace since its inception is the lack of residents close to the center. There are virtually

no homes east of the center and no homes north of the center along Oracle until you get to Catalina. Here is a comparison. There are 13,500 homes within a 1.5mile radius of Oracle/Ina (Whole Foods), compared to only 6,000 homes within a mile-and-a-half radius around the Marketplace.

The closest Rancho Vistoso home is three-fourths of a mile northwest of the center.

One of the beauties of the proposed design was the plan to bring residents and visitors onto the property in condo-style apart-

ments ($1,300-$2,000 a month) and three hotels.

Another great plus is that the property is one of the lowest buildable points in Oro Valley. For instance, the intersections of Oracle and Tangerine and Rancho Vistoso and Tangerine are 100 feet above the Marketplace level. The result is that taller buildings present a far lower profile. All of the buildings proposed would be virtually the same height as the Oro Valley Hospital.

Traffic studies required of Town West were carefully studied by the Oro Valley

Traffic Management staff and found to be well within the capacity of Oracle (which is being resurfaced as we speak). The impact on Tangerine was negligible.

The fiscal impact of the new proposal is heavily weighted in favor of the Oro Valley General Fund.

For example, the construction sales tax on a $300 million project would alone be $1.2 million. The sales tax revenues would also be significant.

However, the narrow minded, anti-growth majority of Winfield/Barrett/

Nicholson/Bowen all argued against the project, and it had to be put on hold.

Under the helm of the Winfield led Town Council, our great community has started down the path of decline. Our Town’s contingency fund is $10 million lighter due to a reckless donation to a State pension fund. They have been put Oro Valley $52 million in debt, the greatest in Town history. We operate with about 18 fewer police officers than we should have (2.5 officers per 1000 population (47,000). The four

officers promised in 2019 have never been funded.

Remember when we were the Safest Town in Arizona?

That’s no longer true. The number of School Resource Officers at the two public high schools has been cut in half. We are on the verge of a 25% reduction is construction sales tax.

The typical year to year increases in the cost of government, combined with a double digit inflation rate, means that we can ill-afford to turn our back on intelligent growth projects like The Village Center.

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Tucson restaurants continue experiencing the ‘Fieri bump’ Matt Russell

Special to Tucson Local Media

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can always tell when the Food Network rebroadcasts a particular episode of Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives when texts from my friends across the country start blowing up my phone.

In early 2018, against the backdrop of bright lights, cameras, and other production gadgetry that transformed Inca’s Peruvian Cuisine into a makeshift soundstage, the show’s producers selected my wife and I to share our thoughts about the dinner we were enjoying with host Guy Fieri.

The episode aired several months later, commencing a series of “was that you?” inquiries that I get to this day whenever that old episode slides into prime time.

Curious to know if the restaurant experiences a boom in business tied to the re-runs, years after the episode first aired, I turned to proprietor Fatima Campos for her insights.

“We always know when that show airs because customers come in the next day and tell their servers,” said Campos, owner of Inca’s Peruvian Cuisine, 6878 E. Sunrise Drive. “We also see fans of the program across the nation come in who are on a Triple D Road Show and want to eat here,” she continued. “It was such

an honor to be part of the show; it was a pivotal moment in our business.”

Though there are many fan favorites on her menu, Campos and her crew have gotten used to a higher-volume level of production that’s required to meet the demands of those who want to eat exactly what Fieri ate.

In that episode, Fieri enjoyed the Seco de Carne, Angus beef and canary beans braised in a Peruvian sauce, and the Lomo Saltado, Angus beef marinated in Peruvian spices with tomatoes, onions, and potatoes.

“Guy loved the beans with the Seco and that’s what my servers recommend,” concluded Campos.

At Rocco’s Little Chicago, owner Rocco DiGrazia sees a similar boost whenever the network rebroadcasts the show when Fieri’s 1968 Camaro pulled into the pizzeria’s parking lot at 2707 E. Broadway Boulevard.

DiGrazia tells me that he typically gets a 10-20%

bump in business whenever that episode airs.

“It’s been said that restaurants may see up to a 40% bump, but I can’t fit an additional 40% in my restaurant,” he said.

To maximize his ability to meet growing demand, DiGrazia has since installed a double-stack oven in his kitchen and will soon announce that Rocco’s will be open seven days a week.

He regularly rolls out big numbers of those dishes that Fieri took down on that show, including the Spicy Hot Sticks, his Award-Winning Chicken Wings, and the Deep-Dish Kitchen Sink Pizza with pepperoni, sausage, green peppers, mushrooms, and red onions.

Like Campos, DiGrazia also welcomes what he calls “Food Network tourists,” those loyalists who travel the country in search of Triple D destinations. As he observes, “They all come in with their spiked hair and Guy Fieri visors and want to

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Inca’s Peruvian Cuisine’s Fatima Campos and Guy Fieri. eat what Guy ate.”

Though I don’t have much hair left to spike, I do have something new to add to my retirement list.

“I’d like to think that this episode is in permanent syndication,” said DiGrazia. “It’s a vastly popular show and definitely has legs.”

It’s nice to see these lo-

cally owned restaurants, and all the others which Fieri hit while he was in town, filling their dining rooms with each rebroadcast of these aging episodes. It’s also a reminder that I’d probably have a hard time finding a table at Inca’s the next time people ask if that was me they just saw, for three seconds, on national TV.

Contact Matt Russell, whose day job is CEO of Russell Public Communications, at mrussell@ russellpublic.com.

Russell is also the publisher of OnTheMenuLive.com as well as the host of the Friday Weekend Watch segment on the “Buckmaster Show” on KVOI 1030 AM.

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Rock band Birds and Arrows combine desert music with 70s production Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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hen Andrea and Pete Connolly moved from North Carolina to Tucson, their folk music roots quickly mixed with the desert rock of the Southwest.

Their band, Birds and Arrows, now wields a unique combination of psychedelic rock that still maintains a bluesy foundation. This style is even further developed on their forthcoming album, Electric Bones, which features a throwback ’70s sound thanks to a studio band style despite two years of isolation.

Although Electric Bones doesn’t officially release until this summer, Birds and Arrows recently performed the album in full at Hotel

Congress, and multiple singles are available to listen to online. They say the show and upcoming release help symbolize live music returning to a pre-COVID level in Tucson Recorded throughout the pandemic, Electric Bones was essentially recorded in two separate segments: half the songs in spring 2020 and the other half in fall 2021.

However, Andrea and Pete maintained their artistic momentum between the two periods by releasing videos, singles and participating in a compilation of Tucson musicians. Despite the time between the two halves, the album sounds cohesive in its blend of space and emotion.

“All of our records have sort of had different feels to them. There’s usually a bit of play where we don’t get stuck in the same sound. And I

think that worked in our favor,” Andrea said. “Since it was written during the pandemic, the lyrics naturally tell stories about it. For instance, the song ‘False Star’ was written during the heart of it and it represents how musicians were in a very depressed state about music.

But there is one thing we didn’t want to do: Popular music is already taking a dive into the bedroom pop world, with everyone recording at home and having electronic drums, so things sound very small. That’s why we waited it out to make sure we could have big production in-studio and live drums. Pete is such a great, groovy drummer, and to take that away is to take away half our sound.”

The core of the album is fairly straightforward rock songs with Andrea and Pete trading off singing, which is

often surrounded by walls of guitar and drums. What really sets the band apart isn’t the music structure, but the texture. Songs jump between intricately layered rock songs with synthesizers, moody nocturnes, and loud jams perfect for diving through the desert. Pete describes the large, colorful production as a “kind of protest” after years of pandemic quietness.

“Sometimes the production of the ’70s records is what we’re going for, less than maybe the instrumentation or songwriting,” Pete said.

“But there wasn’t a pressure to have a Southwestern feel.

It just naturally occurred. If you sense a Southwestern vibe, it was likely just by osmosis. It wasn’t something that was planned.”

The desert certainly has a presence on the album, from a saguaro on the album

cover, to the song “Truth or Consequences” named after the New Mexican town, to guest performances from Tucson rock band XIXA. “The ’70s sound, we really leaned into for production ideas. Certain things like builds and places where we wanted drums to be big,” Andrea said. “We’d seek through some of our old favorites for inspiration.”

An article about Birds and Arrows would be incomplete without mentioning the couple’s visual element. Both Andrea and Pete also work in the visual arts, and their music videos can be feasts for the eyes. The video for “Dark Watchers” is a sci-fi odyssey through the Sonoran Desert, opening with a title card: “Tucsonia, Pima District, 2064.”

With the album complete, Andrea and Pete

shopped their music around for a record label. While the release was delayed due to the pandemic, an additional delay comes with printing it on vinyl, set to complete in August.

“It was definitely a weird time to shop it around, because everyone was backed up with projects they meant to release two years ago. So that was a process, but we managed to have it going to be released by Hookworm Records in Tempe,” Andrea said. “We’re really excited about it, because they’ve only done compilations before. So we’re the first band to do a full album on the label. And it helps working with a label from the area, because they’ve seen us live and understand the whole feeling of our sound. That probably gave us a boost.”

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sic and lyrics featuring internationally acclaimed American soprano Patricia Racette. Details: 7:30 pm. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave.; $30-$125; azopera.org.

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THURSDAY TO SUNDAY THROUGH MARCH 19 • In a stage adaptation of the 1890 novella, Nancy Harris brings Leo Tolstoy’s wishes to fruition by presenting his story with Beethoven’s timeless music heightening the universal themes at The Kreutzer Sonata. Details: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m.; Live Theatre Workshop, 3322 E. Fort Lowell Road; $23; 520-327-4242.

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• Don your dancin’shoes for a special treat with the popular music of southern Louisiana combining French origin tunes and elements of Caribbean, blues, guitar, washboard and accordion at the Zydeco Boogaloo Dance Party with Dr. Mojo and the Zydeco Cannibals. Details: 7 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $20; 520-529-1000 or gaslightmusichall. com.

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• Plan to hear Michael Culloton conduct the 69-voice a cappella Concordia Choir in Tucson. Details: 4 p.m.; Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 N. Sunrise Drive; $20, $5 students; eventbrite.com.

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SPORTS EXTRA POINT WITH TOM DANEHY &RECREATION

Most parents are great, but a few need to learn how to behave in the stands Tom Danehy

Special to Tucson Local Media

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here is a middle-school sports league that includes several schools from the Marana, Amphi, and Flowing Wells Districts, as well as Esperero Canyon and Orange Grove from the Catalina Foothills School District. They offer year-round competition in a variety of sports.

And they flip-flop boys’ and girls’ seasons to help make the best use of limited indoor court space (e.g. the boys played basketball during the quarter leading up to winter break and the girls are playing now).

I went to see a game recently featuring girls’ teams from two of those schools. It was a really good game, spirited and well-played. But, during the game, I learned that

unruly middle-school parents are like unruly high-school parents on unruly steroids.

Let me state very clearly that the vast majority of parents do a great job of supporting their kids (and other people’s kids). They show up (which is 90% of the equation), they cheer for their teams, they say positive and encouraging things, and they stay off the refs and coaches.

On the other side of the spectrum is Embarrassing Parent. We’ve all seen him or her yelling at the refs, questioning why the coach put this kid in instead of that kid. And don’t forget that special category, the person who wants to coach a kid from the stands.

(I run into that occasionally as a high-school coach, but not very often.

I sometimes have to call a time-out to tell a kid,

“You’re going to have to listen to him in the car ride home, but right now, you have to listen to me.

And if you’re not going to listen to me, you can sit at the end of the bench and listen to him all night long.” I seriously hate having to do that, but it has to be done.)

The stands were almost packed at the game I attended. That was cool.

And the fans were almost universally enthusiastic and positive. There was one Coach/Dad who kept telling his daughter to guard somebody manto-man, even though her team was playing zone defense. This, of course, leaves her spot in the zone wide open and easy to attack.

There were also a few Ref Yellers and they made things exponentially worse for themselves (and everybody around them)

by arguing calls while not knowing the actual rules.

So, this one kid is dribbling down the court. She comes to a jump stop and tries to corral the ball with both hands, but it slips out of her grasp, bounces once on the floor and she picks it up.

Parent #1: “That’s traveling!”

Parent #2: “That’s double dribble!”

Parent #3: “C’mon, Blue! Call something!”

One of the parents looked at me and said, “You’re a coach. What’s the call?”

I said, “There should be no call. She didn’t do anything wrong. That falls under the category of ugly, but not illegal.”

Just so you can be the smartest person in the room, here’s the rule. If a player is dribbling the ball and comes to a legal stop, like the aforementioned

two-footed jump stop, and tries to gather the ball in but drops it straight down and then picks it up, that’s called a “legal fumble.” It’s in the rule book. The rule even allows the player to take a step or two to go retrieve the ball, as long as they don’t start dribbling again. It’s absolutely not a violation.

And also, “Blue” is a slang term (often used by “fans” in a derogatory manner), referring to baseball or softball umpires. Basketball refs are not “Blue.” Ever.

And later in the games there was this: A kid takes a shot that doesn’t hit anything (neither rim nor backboard).

She hustles after the ball and retrieves it before anybody else can get to it.

The entire place goes nuts.

Even the home team fans think it’s a traveling violation. In their defense, it

used to be a travel, but the rule has been changed.

Nowadays, if the ref thinks that it was a shot attempt, the shooter can get the rebound even if it doesn’t hit anything.

(It’s really weird. Almost all rule changes are made to make things easier for the refs and clearer for the players and fans.

In the old days, it had to hit something to be considered a shot. Now, it’s a judgment call for the refs. It’s one of the few rule changes I’ve ever seen that goes from clear-cut to nebulous judgment call.

But, it’s now the rule.)

Fortunately, it was a well-played, tight contest and the excitement of the game drowned out most of the nonsense, But in the future, here’s a modest starting point: If you’re going to yell about calls, you should at least learn the rules first.

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Editor’s note: We’re in a rare lull week of highschool sports. The girls’ basketball team from Flowing Wells played for the 5A State championship last night in Phoenix, bringing the winter season to a close. The spring sports—tennis, beach volleyball, baseball, track & field, and softball—will be starting up this week and will be in full swing by next week. So, we’ll take this opportunity to check in with last year’s Tucson Local Media Athlete of the Year, Isaiah Roebuck.

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God forbid, try to do all three. So, he settled on football, at which he is best, and baseball, which is his favorite.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You appreciate how things come together because you realize just how much can go into even the simplest of plans. A series of events and responses will unfold wondrously for you this week, involving instinct, thought, input and physicality, each gear turning the next in an interplay akin to a finely tuned machine.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Even though you can be exceptionally gifted at the art of compartmentalization, events echo one another.

Every experience is still in you somewhere and has bearing on the other experiences.

Your existence plays multiple notes at once.

To harmonize them, you have to be willing to listen to all the parts of you.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). When is it time to retire an interest? When it’s no longer interesting, of course! Feelings around letting go -- guilt, sentimentality, fear -- can be sticky, but that’s not an upbeat reason to continue.

When you finish with an endeavor, this will free you of a related clutter of material possessions, liberating new energy.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). What you read, watch and listen to matters. It’s not because others base their opinions of you on it -- they do, but that’s beside the point. While it doesn’t define you, media influences your thoughts, molds your mindset and messes with your appetites. You’ll choose your entertainment with great care.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There are some things you might prefer to do for free because it takes the pressure off. But even if you still think of yourself as an amateur, you should charge or at least trade something for your work. It makes the experience better for both parties.

People will value what they pay for even if they pay very little.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). It may feel as though you are not moving very quickly through a pursuit, but this is actually perfect.

You are accumulating a knowledge base. Later, some event or new piece of information will trigger the light switch, and you’ll see how it all fits together. Until that time, enjoy yourself.

Learning is a pleasure.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). No one is born knowing.

Awkward stages are an inevitability of growth.

Of course, if you’re going to feel inadequate, you’d prefer to feel it alone. Learning before an audience adds uncomfortable intensity. When it’s unavoidable, take heart. On the bright side, such an experience is a mighty strong bonding agent.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The people who want you to buy their products are constantly advertising to you. Why let them have all the attention? Use the power of marketing to sway your own choices. You’ll love what happens when you surround yourself with symbols and messages that encourage you to choose what’s best for you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Persistence and perseverance are more valuable commodities than talent. You want to work and play with people who can commit, follow through and stick with the mission. The attitude of determination is like a varnish that makes natural aptitudes shiny and tough.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Feeling drawn to someone doesn’t always mean that the person will be good for you. You learned this lesson through experience and now need only to remind yourself. Meanwhile, what starts as a mild attraction has potential to grow into something brilliant, strong and healthy.

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