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Saguaro National Park biologist Don Swann looks at saguaro blooms in the Sonoran Desert on Thursday, June 3. Swann takes pictures of 55 saguaros six days a week for the “Saguaro Flower Project.” The cacti are exhibiting irregular ‘‘side blooms’’ this year. Read more below.

Our Town

Former police chief seeks mayor’s office | Page 5

Photo by Katya Mendoza

Town Talk

Irregular ‘side blooms’ on saguaros signify a parched desert

Safety ahead of this year’s monsoon | Page 7

Katya Mendoza

Special to Tucson Local Media

Sports and Rec Local coach of the year | Page 9

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The blooms, which serve as a “little oasis” for insects and bats, have been increasing their flowering, leading to increased visitation and pollination according to Benjamin Wilder, director of the University of Arizona’s Desert

Lab on Tumamoc Hill.

“Last August, many of the saguaros got tricked into flowering again, many of those flower buds aborted, they just terminated, the black tissue stayed on the cactus for a month,” Wilder said.

This irregularity can be seen both in and out of Tucson.

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he metro area is expected to continue to see record-breaking temperatures as a heat wave pummels Southern Arizona.

The National Weather Service issued an excessive heat warning through at least 9 p.m. Saturday, June 19, with “dangerously hot conditions” and afternoon temperatures from 109 to 115.

“Extreme heat will significantly increase the potential for heat-related illnesses, particularly for those working or participating in outdoor activities,” the Weather Service warned on Monday, June 14. “Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors.”

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Saguaros: “Side blooms” may result from last year’s miserable monsoon Continued from P1

The saguaros, a Sonoran Desert icon, exist along the southern corridor of the Arizona-California border, western Arizona and western Sonora, Mexico. Although they are the most studied desert plant in the world to ecologists, biologists and botanists, these side blooms have caught the eye of local residents.

Theresa Crimmins, director of the USA National Phenology Network and professor at the UA’s School of Renewable and Natural Resources, stated that desert plants are cued to moisture availability, meaning these plants are well adapted to the environmental variability of dryness.

Phenology is the study of seasonal events in plants and animals. The local phenology program, in collaboration with USA-NPN’s Nature’s Notebook project put on by citizen scientists, has found random saguaro blooms throughout the year. While the saguaro may be an “opportunistic plant,” these side blooms are not necessarily anomalous.

Researchers at Saguaro National Park, which is home to more than 21,000 saguaros, has been tracking irregularities such as these side blooms for the past year. The Saguaro Flower Project, which began back in 2017, targets a specific plot of 55

saguaros just outside of the Red Hills West Visitor’s Center. Park biologist Don Swann and biological science technician Drew Jackson picked this plot due to its diverse saguaro population, offering them an opportunity to track the different life stages by meticulously taking photographs of each individual cactus in order to track flower and fruit blooms, wildlife interference and environmental changes.

“The rain we get, the weather we’re seeing, the climate we’re seeing affects how these plants are flowering and maybe we’ll figure out [that] there’s something to this ‘side bloom’ based on precipitation [or] temperatures,” Jackson said.

Generally speaking, blooming or flowering occurs on the “crown” (or top) of the cactus, where new tissue growth has occurred. These side blooms may signify a lack of growth, suggesting that old tissue has simply been reactivated, allowing the cacti to slough off what was supposed to bloom and grow last year.

This year in particular, many more side blooms have occurred, according to photo evidence of Swann and Jackson’s project. While some columnar cacti such as organ pipes, silver torches or cardones are known to have side blooms, this recent widespread occurrence is unusual for the saguaro cacti and may be related to environmental conditions

that haven’t been fully understood yet, according to Swann. One of the working theories points to last year’s record-breaking drought, with only 4.17 inches of rainfall, according to Tucson International Airport. A weak monsoon led to a stunted growth of new tissue and spines on the saguaros, “cooking” the newer ones.

According to the National Weather Service, 2020 was the second driest monsoon ever recorded, with only 1.62 inches of rain. A normal monsoon sees 5.69 inches of rain.

The year’s extreme heat and dryness may have led to some changes in saguaro flowering. Though Swann says side blooms have been seen before in the park, he’s never seen them at this scale.

“The challenge for us ecologists is to try and separate the natural cycle of changes from the longterm trends,” Swann said.

Saguaros are naturally resistant to the droughts which inevitably occur in the desert climate, but some fear that these extreme conditions may continue or worsen, bringing on other changes to the saguaro population. Swann is worried about the future of young saguaros, which only establish themselves episodically.

“We’ve been in a period now of more than 25 years where we’ve had very low survival of young saguaros in the park,” Swann said.

The park experienced a growth “surge” in the saguaro population from the ’70s to the mid-’90s, with young saguaros surviving

similar extreme conditions. Although this particular saguaro population is reaching a reproductive age, if these present-day conditions continue, there might be a decline in the overall population.

According to the World Meteorological Organization’s oceanic and atmospheric indicators, this past May closed out the 2020-2021 La Niña event, which may have explained the warmer and drier climate conditions. The lack of rain this past spring was very predictable, suggesting more neutral conditions in the coming months.

“This is abnormal but not unprecedented,” Wilder said. “It’s very important that we are attentive but not necessarily alarmed.

They are very long-lived

individuals and we need to listen to what they are telling us and what we’ve observed.”

While Saguaro National Park works towards the conservation of this plant through education on water usage and volunteer efforts such as “Save the Saguaros,” in order to reduce invasive grass species, lessons can be learned by the Tohono O’odham people, who have preserved their symbiotic relationship with the saguaros for thousands of years, maintaining centuries of practice of “subsistence, religion and reaffirmation of their relationship with their traditional environment,” according to the National Park Services.

Photo by Don Swann

Don Swann taking images of the side blooms at Saguaro National Park.

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OUR TOWN

BRIEFLY

Congressman opens office on Former police chief seeks OV mayor’s office northwest side Christina Duran Tucson Local Media

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ongressman Tom O’Halleran (AZ-01) opened a new office on Thursday, June

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The office is located within his district in Oro Valley at 200 W Magee Road, suite 140. The previous office was located in northwest Tucson, just outside of his district.

In 2017, O’Halleran had requested permission from then Rep. Martha McSally as the office was located within her district, the second congressional district.

According to O’Halleran, the first time they had trouble finding a location due to the demand in the area and the second time they searched for an office within the district they could not find an office within their price range.

“Now finally we have this great office here to serve the constituents of the entire southern part of the district,” said O’Halleran after the small ribbon cutting ceremony along with his Washington, DC and Arizona staff. Spanning about 56,000 square miles, Arizona’s First Congressional District is the eleventh largest in the nation, ending at the edge of Oro Valley. It also includes Marana, Flagstaff, Northern Arizona tribal nations, and much of rural eastern Arizona, but the district’s future boundaries have yet to be determined. Arizona’s Independent Redistricting Commission has recently started the process of redrawing the district lines for the 2022 election cycle.

O’Halleran hopes his constituents will come visit his office once it is fully operational at the

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D beginning of July, but asks his constituents to call before visiting and to wear a mask if unvaccinated. He believes it’s well positioned as the population center between Marana, Oracle and SaddleBrooke.

“This is where we belong. So I’m anticipating that once people find out about it, they will come here, our veterans, the elderly, different groups,” said O’Halleran. “We’ll be able to talk a lot more about the issues that they all face.”

aniel Sharp, retired Oro Valley Chief of Police, announced his 2022 candidacy for Oro Valley mayor, stating that he’s concerned about the direction of the town under current Mayor Joe Winfield.

“I am concerned about maintaining the quality of life we’ve come to know in Oro Valley,” Sharp said.

“Our community will be negatively affected if the businesses our residents support are not provided an environment to be successful. Their success provides the Town the ability to offer the services that maintain the quality of life we desire, as well as attract employment opportunities right here in our town.”

Winfield is in his first term after unseating

two-term mayor Satish Hiremath in 2018.

Sharp retired from the Oro Valley Police Department in February 2020 after 20 years leading the department. He served as interim Town Manager for a year and a half from June 2016 to Sept. 2017.

Sharp said he would spend his time between now and next year’s August primary spending time meeting with citizens.

“My goal is to meet with our residents and business leaders, so that we might have an open and in-depth dialogue and generate solutions to the challenges we face,” Sharp said.

“I believe my leadership as mayor will instill and restore the confidence in local government that our community deserves, so that we can move forward toward a bright future together.”

OV POLICE CONDUCTING HIGH INTENSITY PATROLS IN JUNE You’ll want to be extra cautious while driving along Oracle Road this month.

The Oro Valley Police Department will be conducting High Visibility Enforcement efforts in June, according to a news release.

The focus will be along Oracle Road near First Avenue.

The goal is to increase awareness and reduce collisions related to speed, inattention, following too closely and failing to yield to other drivers by using the emergency lane to drive around traffic, according to the release.

OVPD will deploy motorcycle and patrol officers from 7 to 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 16, Tuesday, June 22 and Wednesday, June 30.

Motorists are asked to be aware of the additional enforcement activity and drive safely.

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Heat Wave: Last weekend’s 112 degrees breaks weather records Continued from P1

“Young children and pets should never be left unattended in vehicles under any circumstances,” weather officials added.

“Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when possible.”

Last weekend saw temps as high as 112 degrees on Sunday, June 13, breaking the previous record of 110 degrees set in 1924. The normal high for June 13 is 101 degrees.

County officials advised people to stay indoors during the hottest times of the day, drink more water than usual and avoid alcohol, caffeinated beverages or high-sugar drinks and watch for signs of heat illness, such as muscle cramps, weakness, fatigue, dizziness, blurred vision, nausea, fainting, chills and confusion. Heat illnesses, which include heat exhaus-

tion and heat stroke, occur when a person’s body temperature rises rapidly. Serious heat illnesses can lead to brain or organ damage without medical treatment, according to Pima County officials.

Last weekend saw temps as high as 112 degrees on Sunday, June 13, breaking the previous record of 110 degrees set in 1924. The normal high for June 13 is 101 degrees.

In particular, people 65 and older, children under the age of 4 and people who are overweight, with heart disease or high-blood pressure or who drink alcohol should be especially careful in extreme heat, according to county officials.

Officials with the Pima Animal Care Center warned that pets need shade, shelter, food and plenty of water. Signs of heat stroke in pets include excessive panting, increased heart rate, confusion, vomiting, diarrhea, bright red gums, a body temperature higher than 104 degrees, collapsing, seizure or coma.

HIGHER TEMPS FORCE CHANGES TO COVID VACCINATION CLINICS The increased temperatures forced the county to adjust the operating hours of some local COVID vaccination sites to keep clients, workers and volunteers safe, according to a news release from Pima County.

Last weekend, sites at Rillito Race Track, 4502 N. First Avenue, and Curtis Park, 2110 W. Curtis Road, operated from 7 to 11 a.m. and 7 to 10 p.m. County officials said as high temperatures continue, other sites are being moved indoors.

Some area vaccination

sites are still offering lottery tickets as incentives for those who have not yet been vaccinated, including upcoming clinics at the Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Court, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, June 19; Gallego Intermediate Fine Arts Magnet School, 3700 E. Alvord Road, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, June 19; St. Francis Cabrini Catholic Church, 3201 E. Presidio Road, from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 23; and Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 2331 E. Adams St., from 9 a.m. to noon Wednesday, June 23.

Other sites offering lottery tickets to people who get vaccinated include: • El Pueblo Library, 101 W. Irvington Road, which operates Monday/Wednesday/Friday from 4 to 8 p.m.

• Kino Event Center, 2805 E. Ajo Way, which operates from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Other vaccination sites include: • A Tucson Medical Center clinic at Morris K. Udall Center, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road, which operates Monday/Wednes-

day/Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

• Tucson Mall, in the former Justice store on the second floor between Dillards and Sears (4500 N. Oracle Road), which operates Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

• A state-run vaccine center in the Gittings Building on the UA cam-

pus, which is offering second shots only. That site, which will close June 25, is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Vaccines can also be found at pharmacies and various other clinics, along with pop-up locations. Visit pima.gov/covid19vaccines for more details.

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Town Talk: Monsoon season is on the horizon, so here’s some safety tips John Spiker

Special to Tucson Local Media

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he summer rainy season will soon be here, and the Town of Oro Valley Stormwater Utility would like to remind everyone to stay monsoon aware and monsoon safe. These intense summer rainstorms are an enjoyable break from the heat, but they do contain heavy rain, powerful lightning, strong winds and dust, potentially causing dangerous flash floods. If you’ve lived in Arizona for a while, it’s likely you’ve heard the saying “Turn around; don’t drown.”

Those words could save your life, because flash floods are the number one weather-related cause of death in the United States, with nearly half of those fatalities being vehicle related.

Here are some suggestions that will help make this summer rainy season enjoyable and safe for all.

• Never drive around a road closure barricade. Driving around barricades is illegal and dangerous. As little as 10

inches of water can float average-sized cars, minivans, SUVs and trucks.

• Do not let children play near storm drains or washes.

• Shelter your pets in your home during storm events.

• Be cautious at night as flood dangers are much more difficult to see in the dark.

• If flooding occurs, get to higher ground.

Get out of areas subject to flooding. This includes dips, low spots, canyons, washes, etc.

• Roadbeds may be washed out under floodwaters. Never drive through flooded roadways.

• If your vehicle is suddenly caught in rising water, leave it immediately and seek higher ground.

Protecting your property during the summer rainy season is also a critical part of staying monsoon aware and monsoon safe. This can involve a variety of actions ranging from inspecting and maintaining your home, to installation of protective measures. Here are some flash flood safety tips for homeowners.

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• First off, know the floodplain status of your property. It’s important for owners to know if their property is in or very near a flood prone area.

• If you live in a flood prone area, have an evacuation plan.

• Store materials like sandbags, plywood, plastic sheeting and lumber for protection from floodwaters and to make quick repairs after a severe storm.

• Store materials above flood levels.

• Secure items to prevent them from floating away.

• Learn where to find high ground that is safe from flooding. In

a flash flood, seek high ground quickly.

• Contact an insurance agent to discuss flood insurance coverage.

Flood losses are not covered under normal homeowners’ insurance policies.

Flood insurance is available through the National Flood Insurance Program.

Get coverage early, as there is a waiting period before it takes effect.

In addition to taking protective measures for your home and family, there is another way you can help keep Oro Valley safe: the prevention of stormwater pollution. Preventing pollution and preserving stormwater quality during the summer rainy

season is another facet of the Town of Oro Valley Stormwater Utility program. The Town is mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Arizona Department of Environmental Quality to protect the environment through the prevention of pollutants entering stormwater runoff. Runoff comes from the places where we live, work and play. Pollutants can be discharged during storm events and degrade stormwater quality, which is often released back into the environment. Here are a few tips to help in the prevention of pollution: • When draining your pool or spa water into the adjoining paved street, make sure the water is clear (not green or brown), pH neutral (6.0 to 8.0) and has chlorine less than one part per million. You may also drain without restriction to the sanitary sewer or onto your own property.

• Pick up your pet waste and dispose of it in the garbage.

• Keep the lid on your trash container closed when not in use to keep rainwater out.

• Limit the use of pesticides and herbicides. When using these chemicals, always follow the manufacturer’s instructions.

• Regularly check your vehicle for leaks.

Have any leaks repaired as soon as possible.

Lastly, the Town has implemented an emergency notification service for our residents called CodeRED. Once registered, the CodeRED system will notify you via phone calls, text messages, emails and social media of local events that may immediately impact your safety. To learn more about how to register for safety alerts and how you can prepare for this year’s monsoon, visit orovalleyaz.gov and type MONSOON in the search bar.

The Town of Oro Valley Stormwater Utility encourages you to be monsoon aware and monsoon safe so that this year’s monsoon season is enjoyable for all.

John Spiker is the Town of Oro Valley Stormwater Utility division manager.

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Sunday, July 4 • Celebrate the 4th of July with fireworks, food vendors, music and a splash pad for the kids at the Marana Star Spangled Spectacular. Details: 5-9:30 p.m.; Crossroads at Silverbell Park, 7548 N. Silverbell Rd.; free admission; maranaaz. gov.

Saturdays through Aug. 14 • Bring the kids to Summer Safari Nights at Reid Park Zoo and enjoy the cooler evening temperatures, games and wildlife activities and music

from local bands with this week’s theme “Large and in Charge” celebrating sizable species such as elephants, rhinos and giraffes. Details: 5:30-8:30 p.m.; 3400 E. Zoo Ct.; $10.50, $6.50 children; 791-3204.

Through Sept. 6 • Take advantage of an annual tradition at the Blue Star Museums program with the National Endowment for the Arts and Blue Star Families offering free admission to active-duty military personnel (including National Guard and Reserve) and their families from Armed Forces Day to Labor Day. Details: arts.gov/ bluestarmuseums Through Sept. 30 • Bring your furry friends to walk around the Tucson Botanical Gardens and beat

the heat in the shade at the Dog Days of Summer by adding a dog to your current membership. Details: Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 N. Alvernon Way; 326-9686 or tucsonbotanical.org.

CLASSES AND PROGRAMS Friday, June 18 • Take a closer look at some remarkable insects with a bad reputation for stinging and biting but are absolutely essential in our lives for pollination or control of many insect pests at the class Bees, Wasps, and Ants presented by Tucson Botanical Gardens with instructor naturalist Jeff Babson. Details: 10 a.m.-noon; online with Zoom link provided; $30; 326-9686 or tucsonbotanical.org.

Sunday, June 27 and Tuesday, June 29 • Spend the morning gathering and preparing saguaro fruit in the O’odham manner and learn the different ways that the fruit is preserved and prepared at Saguaro Fruit Harvest.

Details: 7-11 a.m.; Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, 2021 N. Kinney Road; $55, $50 members; 883-2702.

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SPORTS &RECREATION

Coach of the year: Ironwood Ridge girls’ golf coach Doug Kautz Tom Danehy

Special to Tucson Local Media

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o one was really sure how it would turn out or even whether there would be an “it.” Every high-school sports year is full of hopes and dreams, but this past sports year was more one of fear and disappointment. In the end, we got through it in pretty decent shape, although, for the schools in the northwest part of Tucson, there was an extra muted feeling to it. The schools in the area—Amphi, Canyon Del Oro, Flowing Wells, Ironwood Ridge, Marana, Mountain View, and Pusch Ridge—are usually good for a few state championships in various sports each year. But this year, the year of COVID, turned out to be not as good as we had hoped, not as bad as we

had feared.

There was but one state championship and it was basically the first one of the year. Back in November, with everything having been pushed back from the initial starting times in a fever-dream hope that the pandemic would magically subside, the Ironwood Ridge girls’ golf team won the state championship by a razor-thin margin. It would turn out to be the only state title won by a northwest school this year.

Partly (but not entirely) because of that, we are naming Nighthawks girls’ golf coach Doug Kautz as our 2020-21 Coach of the Year. He was also named the National Federation of High Schools Arizona Golf Coach of the Year in 2019-20. (Our award, obviously, is much cooler.)

Kautz is a non-stop whirlwind of activity. Be-

sides being the Chair of the Math Department at Ironwood Ridge (one of the classes he teaches is Sports Statistics), he pretty much coaches year-round. In his 31 years as a teacher, he figures (see that…figures) that he has coached at least 70 teams. He has coached football, baseball and, of course, golf at the highschool level. He has also coached middle-school track and field, baseball, basketball, and softball.

This past year, with the pandemic raging, Amphitheater School District Athletic Director Armando Soto was having trouble finding someone to coach the seventh grade girls’ basketball team at Coronado Middle School in Catalina. He called Kautz, who started at Coronado just a couple days after the golf championship. It was somewhat strange what

with all the COVID protocols, but the team had a good time.

He should be up for a few more awards in the future. His entire starting squad is back next season from last year’s championship team. He thinks they should do okay.

Also receiving strong consideration this year were: • Amphi football coach Jorge Mendivil (who is also a math teacher).

Mendivil had the Panthers rolling, going 4-0 before the season was stopped right before Thanksgiving.

• Canyon Del Oro girls’ cross country and track & field coach Michelle Gerard, who guided both teams through the pandemic while keeping an eye on her former sprinter Jaide Stepter, who has a great shot at making the U.S. Olympic team as a sprinter.

• Flowing Wells girls’

basketball coach Michael Perkins, who took the Cabs to the 5A state championship game and has much of that squad returning next year.

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t was the 1993-94 school year and Arizona Wildcat sports fans were flying high. Three giants of the Arizona coaching ranks each had one of his greatest seasons ever, with conference and national championships abounding. Two of those legends have since passed away; one was actually fired from his position at the UA while the other left under extremely messy circumstances. The third managed to hang on for another quarter-century, winning many more titles and cementing his legacy as truly the Greatest Of All Time in his chosen endeavor before gracefully retiring just last week.

That football season started off rather shakily, had a couple stumbles along the way, but ended with a bang. The Cats started off the season by beat-

ing horrible UTEP, then squeaking by equally-horrible Pacific, 16-13, and so-so Illinois, 16-14. They then reeled off four straight wins to start the conference season, although the final two of those four wins were three-point wins at home (27-24 over Stanford and— ugh!—9-6 over Washington State).

The Wildcats, by then ranked No. 7 in the country, then stumbled at 15thranked UCLA. But all Arizona had to do was win out against a trio of Pac-10 foes that would finish the conference season with a combined record of 10-14 and they would be Rose Bowlbound. They easily handled Oregon and Arizona State, but they suffered one of the most-infuriating losses in Wildcat history, falling to the Cal Bears, 24-20, after having led 20-0 at the half!

Arizona had to settle for a berth in the Fiesta Bowl, but the Cats at least came

out smelling like Roses as they throttled national powerhouse Miami, 29-0.

The Wildcat men’s basketball team was coming off back-to-back years of flaming out in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, once to a Santa Clara team led by a skinny Canadian named Steve Nash. But this team started on a roll and just stayed there all season.

They won their first eight games, lost by one point to fifth-ranked Kentucky, then started another winning streak. The Cats won the Pac-10 title and went into the NCAA Tournament with a No. 2 seed.

They played (and won) their first four games all in the state of California, hammering top-seeded Missouri by 20 to reach the Final Four. The Cats finally met their match, losing to the Arkansas Razorbacks and their legendary “40 Minutes of Hell” defense.

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softball team went 64-3.

Yes, three. They also went 23-1 in Pac-10 play. (That one loss must haunt them.)

They won a second consecutive national championship and third of what would become eight national titles.

It was an incredible year and all three coaches— Dick Tomey, Lute Olson and Mike Candrea—were at the top of their respective professions. Each would surpass that which he had accomplished in 1994. Dick Tomey’s 1998 team would go 12-1 (STILL not making it to the Rose Bowl), beating Nebraska in the Holiday Bowl and finishing the season ranked fourth in the nation.

After his teams went a combined 11-12 the next two seasons, Tomey was unceremoniously fired. It was a dumb decision.

Lute Olson made it back to the Final Four a couple more times, winning a

surprising title in 1997 and losing to Duke in 2001. His departure from Arizona came as a shock and the details of the situation remain shrouded in mystery to this day.

And then there’s Mike Candrea, probably the greatest Arizona coach of all time. In the seven years following that 64-3 team, the Wildcats won more than 64 games in a season three times, culminating each of those seasons with another national title.

That’s crazy.

There’s this (mis)quote that’s attributed to Plutarch: “When Alexander (the Great) saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer.” Mike Candrea can look out over the 2021 world of college softball and realize that there are lots of worlds to conquer and he is pretty much responsible for all of them being there.

When Candrea started

winning at Arizona (which was immediately), the Cats played on this raggedy old field and “fans” could watch playoff games for free. As his teams steamrolled all comers, a funny thing happened. Other schools in the West and South upped their games considerably.

Veritable softball palaces, with seating for thousands, have sprung up all over the country. At many schools, softball has supplanted baseball as the Spring sport of choice.

Candrea is retiring with a staggering 1,674 victories, averaging more than 50 wins a season, an absolutely ridiculous accomplishment.

And so now, the University of Arizona goes into the 2021-22 school year with new coaches in football, men’s basketball and softball. Wouldn’t it be great if someday, we can party like it’s 1994?

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). How much emotion should you use in decision-making? That depends on the decision. If it will affect what you’ll experience daily, then it’s only wise to push your feelings into it and get a sense of what you’re in for. But with “set it and forget it” decisions (especially financial), analyze and reason your way through.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). A small perspective shift will mightily impact your destiny. Just as a slight alteration of an eyeglass prescription can change how a person operates in the world, a new vantage will lend results incommensurate with efforts required. A fresh plan and trajectory will land you somewhere entirely different.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Even though you are concerned with the comfort of others and are known to go out of your way to help the people around you feel at ease, this will be best accomplished by enjoying yourself and even putting yourself first. As you extract what joy and interest you can get from the moment, you set a tone all can relax to.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Striving for happiness diminishes it. Even looking at happiness diminishes it. When pursued, happiness, like a butterfly, flits off. The best you can do is to cultivate a garden that ingratiates the winged beauties. Stop the chase. Fall in love with the work of creating environments for happiness to land in and stay a while.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’ll get faster at decoding people. Someone will pique your curiosity this week, and the casual questions you come up with can also be applied in future interactions as you enter this highly social cycle.

Understanding the motivations of others is not only an interest of yours but also a kind of superpower.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). People like you.

It’s not just because you help them reach their goals, though that certainly contributes to their affinity for you this week. It’s not hard for you to give yourself over to helping others handle their top priorities, especially once you realize that this almost always results in you achieving yours, too.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Being fascinated with others can create problems if this powerful energy is focused in a dangerous way. Compare, envy, aspire and desire at your own risk. These actions whip up trouble from thin air. Replace them with appreciation, enjoyment, gratitude and the cultivation of new pleasure and life gets suddenly wonderful.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Simple social skills give you the world. For instance, if you find out what others are thinking and inquire about their experiences before sharing your own, you’ll have every advantage. This includes the advantage of having more information, the perk of standing out from an incurious crowd and the boon of being liked.

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You’ll interact with analytical and skeptical types who take a long time to notice the mental state of others, admit mistakes or apologize.

Your patience will be a small but meaningful contribution to world peace.

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You’ll concoct the recipe this week as you come across an endeavor that seems worthy of the effort.

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Pandemic changed needs for seniors Local services are adapting to the new normal Christina Duran Tucson Local Media

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by COVID-19. Despite the higher rate of infection for individuals below age 65, those 65 and older had the greatest number of deaths due to COVID-19. While the threat of the virus may have somewhat subsided as about 75% of those 65 and older are fully vaccinated in the nation, other pre-pandemic issues continue to pose concerns for

the aging population.

Even before the pandemic, those in the caregiving professions knew a shortage in workers would occur. The pandemic only exacerbated the problem, said Homewatch CareGivers of Tucson president Margie Lannon.

“We are also taking care of the baby boomers, and there are a lot more baby boomers and we knew a long time ago that this was going to happen,” said Lannon. “Granted the pandemic and the pay rates have made things a little bit more difficult with

the surplus money that they’ve been getting for staying home, but it’s also the generational gap that we have right now.”

The pandemic only caused a greater shortage as individuals felt fear of contracting COVID-19 or infecting someone else.

Particularly in Green Valley, where many of Lannon’s in-home care workers are retirees, she said many of them resigned during the pandemic and about half have returned.

Like Lannon, Pima Council on Aging President W. Mark Clark said

they knew long before the pandemic that they faced problems with that workforce. While there is a general labor shortage in the nation, he admits direct care work “tends to be challenging, and doesn’t pay very well.”

Clark said part of the problem is balancing the workers’ wages with the costs to people who need the in-home care services.

He said the only public support for that non-medical in-home care is the state Medicaid program, AHCCCS, which offers the Arizona Long-Term

Care System for individuals who are age 65 or older, or who have a disability, and require nursing facility level of care.

“Some people think Medicaid pays for long term care, it does not. it pays for a limited amount of skilled rehab care, but not what we call non-medical in-home care. It does pay for long-term like skilled care or residential assisted living or those sorts of things,” said Clark.

“So people are having to pay for much of that care out of pocket and so as we see significant wage pres-

sure, which we know we’re going to see.”

With a shortage of workers and some workers getting sick, Lannon implemented what she calls the “caregiver shuffle.”

“An employee would get exposed to somebody with COVID, so then they couldn’t work for 14 days.

So that caregiver might have taken care of five different clients that week, but I had to find another caregiver that could go in and take care of her five clients for two weeks,” said Lannon. “It’s not like we can plan ahead for a vaca-

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tion...This was you know like five people calling and saying, ‘I’ve got exposed.’”

At the start of the pandemic Lannon had about 20 clients who went on hold because they were not receiving services they deemed necessary.

“We were just helping make their lives a little bit easier by grocery shopping and things like that,” said Lannon. “The people who didn’t feel it was a necessity, they did stop as soon as the pandemic really hit, and all of those people are now back, I think, except for one.”

During the pandemic, Lannon notes demand for their in-home care services fluctuated from month-to-month.

“One month I would have a ton of people who needed help, and then the next month it was quiet as a bee. I mean, there was really no rhyme or reason, I couldn’t make any sense of it,” said Lannon.

Prior to the pandemic, Lannon said they traditionally ran at about 125 employees and have about 91 caregivers at the moment.

As the number of workers climbs back up, Lannon faces increased demand and finds herself

having to refer clients to other agencies, turning away and sending about 10 clients to other agencies in the last two weeks.

“It breaks my heart when people are calling and I can’t help them. It’s probably the worst feeling in the whole wide world,” said Lannon.

According to Clark, the Pima Council on Aging has about 180 people on a waiting list that they have approved for services, but their 13 providers are unable to find a person to work in those people’s homes.

“They’re not waiting for what we would call authorization or service approval. It’s now just a matter of trying to figure out how one of our providers can find somebody to actually go in their house, help them with bathing, help them with laundry, light housekeeping, linen changes. The kind of really important caring work, those direct care workers do on a regular basis,” said Clark.

Lannon had not necessarily prepared for the shortage, but made it her motto to always care for her employees.

“Yes, I own the company. Yes, I’m the adminis-

trator but the person who really is my company is my employees that are out there with their faces,” said Lannon.

When Lannon opened her company about 13 years ago, she conducted a SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis with all the other companies in town and found no one was offering employee health care benefits.

“I made that my personal goal to be able to do that and at this point right now, I pay 75% of my employees health care benefits to try to make it even more affordable for them because I want this to be a career for them. I don’t want this just to be a stepping stone,” said Lannon.

For the Pima Council on Aging, facing the shortage meant investing in those training the next generation of caregivers.

Last April, the Pima Council on Aging integrated the CareGiver Training Institute (CGTI) into their family of nonprofit companies as a subsidiary organization to keep it afloat. For more than 20 years, CGTI has provided certified nursing assistant, certified caregiver, and assisted living manager

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training.

“Those workers do not tend to be the folks doing that non-medical, inhome direct care work, but they’re the next rung up the ladder,” said Clark.

“Part of the way I think you get people to do the direct care work is by talking with them about how that work will allow them to move into higher level, better paying health-

care careers.”

However, CGTI also faced a decrease in students after they had to pause their programs in March for about three months as they planned their students’ return to a safer environment and changed their training to better prepare their students for their current reality.

They not only provided

remote learning, but also created 40 hours of clinical simulation for students approved by the Board of Nursing, as their clinical sites were no longer accepting nursing assistant students. This meant investing in PPE and more equipment, like mannequins to provide them that experience.

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Seniors: Caregiver difficulties after the pandemic Continued from P3

“Knowing that one of the reasons that people leave the healthcare industry in general, especially within the first year of employment, is that they didn’t feel prepared going into it. They faced circumstances and encounters that they didn’t feel that their training had prepared them for,” said PCOA Vice President of Population Health Initiatives Rebekah McGee. “We not only wanted to address that moving forward, and training on Caregiver Training Institute has always done a really great job at providing quality

training to students, but during this time we wanted to make sure that we were able to do that, especially considering the needs of healthcare workers in a pandemic. “ Once they opened back up, McGee said many students declined enrollment due to personal issues brought on by the pandemic.

“Job training programs saw a steep decline in student enrollment because priorities had to change.

Meeting their basic needs and taking care of kids being at home and lack of transportation, lack of childcare, lack of any other income made people

have to reevaluate, which is completely understandable,” said McGee. Since then, enrollment has increased with CGTI offering full classes, with waiting lists for would-be students. One of the benefits that McGee thinks draws students to enroll in CGTI is that they provide help overcoming barriers to enroll and also connect them with employers through their industry partner program. Those in training may go on to work for Casa de la Luz or other partners that provide care services for older adults.

“The people that are doing this work are just

wonderful. They have such big hearts, and they continue to do it during the pandemic just kind of talks about who they are,” said Lannon. “My office never shut down because of the pandemic, we were always there, we were always still working.”

While the shortage continues and Clark says they have a lot of work to do, he is reminded of the resilience of older adults. When checking in with their 75 and older clients, about 600 of them, nearly 40%, had already gotten vaccinated.

“They’d figured out how to find a friend who can navigate the registration system, the transportation

system, all of that stuff,” portant to remember, besaid Clark. “So that resil- cause sometimes we lose ience, I think, is very im- track of that.”

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Neighbors Care Alliance. pcoa.org. (520) 7907573 ext. 5062. The Neighbors Care Alliance is a network of neighborhood volunteer programs with a shared goal of helping older adults thrive safely in their homes for as long

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as possible while avoiding social isolation. Pima Council on Aging foresees and administers the program, providing tools for infrastructure and volunteer training. Volunteers support the aging community through a number of services including transportation, running errands, meal delivery, phone calls and visits, and caregiver respite. Neighbors connecting to neighbors reduces the social isolation many older adults face when attempting to meet their everyday needs.

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Interfaith Community Services. icstucson.org.

(520) 297-6049. ICS offers a variety of Caregiving Services that help registered ICS recipients who are frail, ill or disabled live independently in their own homes, without the need for institutional care. Volunteers provide essential support services that help accomplish this, while also providing important social contact that helps keep recipients healthy and connected. Programs offered include: transportation

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ARC. arc-az.org. (520) 623-9383. Services provided by the ARC include helping seniors escape abusive and life-threatening situations. Safe temporary housing acquire immediate medical care, and transition to longterm housing– is available through the ARC all free of charge. Professional Case Management Services is also offered to help navigating the justice system and acquiring appropriate legal and social services.

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