Explorer, Sept. 8, 2021

EXPLORER The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson

Sept 8, 2021

Volume 28 • Number 36

Local Flavors

Oct. 7, 2020

Sonoran Restaurant Week highlights the importance of local foods | Page 13

Sports wagering begins this week

INSIDE

Our Town

OV Council return to live meetings | Page 5

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National Preparedness Month | Page 6

2021 ranks among top three rainiest monsoons on record

Sports & Rec Baseball Fiesta returns to Kino | Page 17 $

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After record-breaking heat and pitiful rainfall last summer, this year’s monsoon is making up for lost time—and then some. According to the

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rainfall Tucson receives between June 15 and the end of September. The greater Tucson area sees an average of 5.69 inches of rain during these three and a half months. Last year, we only saw 1.62 inches, See MONSOON, P8

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While national mobile sportsbooks like Draft Kings, FanDuel and BetMGM are set to start taking bets Thursday, local tribal casinos still are in the process of getting their mobile and on-site sportsbooks operational.

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Return to Woodstock: The Tributaries. I think we can all agree with Garfield that Mondays are rough. So, thank goodness we have the Gaslight Theatre’s Monday night concert series to take the edge off a little bit. This particular Monday is basically a highlight reel of Woodstock—you’ll get all the peace, love and hits packed into just two hours, without any of the waiting around or getting too high. Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, Janis Joplin, CCR and plenty more.

They’ll even give you some background about the artists and songs! 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 13.

Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd. $15 to $27.

Tucson Pops Orchestra. This week’s concert in the park features guest conductor Toru Tagawa, as well as guest artist David Morgan on the tuba. Tagawa, originally from Japan, started playing the violin at age 6 and has now been the music director and conductor of the Tucson Repertory Orchestra since 2011.

Morgan has been the principal tuba of the Tucson Symphony Orchestra since 2010. And you’ll hear a variety of pieces, from Verdi, Beethoven and Berlioz to a Beatles medley. Of course, Morgan will be playing the Washington Post March on the tuba as well. 7 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 12. DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center at Reid Park, 900 S. Randolph Way. Free.

Second Saturdays at Steam Pump Ranch. It’s time for another day of tours, displays and themed presentations at Steam Pump Ranch! They’re kicking off this second-Saturday series this month, and, in this cycle, they’ll celebrate a different theme each month. This week is Hispanic Heritage Month, to honor a culture that is deeply entwined with the history of Oro Valley.

Enjoy the Farmers Market and antique fair while also expanding your cultural knowledge. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 11.

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BUSINESS CALENDAR Thursday, Sept. 9 • The Greater Oro Valley Chamber of Commerce holds a customer development mixer.

Details: 5-7 p.m.; Hilton El Conquistador Resort, 10000 N. Oracle Rd.; $10, $5 members; 297-2191 or orovalleychamber.com.

Tuesday, Sept. 14 • The Rotary Club of Marana meets (weekly).

Details: 7 a.m.; Northwest Fire Dept., 5125 W. Camino de Fuego (in person first 3 Tuesdays of the month); via Zoom (first 4 Tuesdays of the month); maranarotary.org or text 520-909-9162 for virtual

meeting information.

• SCORE offers a webinar on Franchise Creator presented by Thrive Profit Engineer Erica Sanchez.

Details: 1 p.m.; 505-3636 or southernarizona.score.org.

• SCORE offers a webinar on Lead Generation and Sales Funnels presented by Gary Wagnon of Ninja Marketing. Details: 4 p.m.; 505-3636 or southernarizona.score.org.

Wednesday, Sept. 15 • SCORE offers a webinar Connect with Customers and Manage Your Business Remotely presented

by SCORE Chapter Chair Armando Ojeda. Details: 10 a.m.; 505-3636 or

southernarizona.score.org.

Thursday, Sept. 16 • The Tucson LGBT Chamber holds a monthly breakfast. Details: 8-9:30 a.m.; online Zoom; $10 suggested donation to benefit the non-profit of the month; tucsonlgbtchamber.org.

• SCORE offers a webinar Marketing 101 – Create Your Roadmap to Success presented by Patty Ross from California Wine Marketing. Details: 9:30 a.m.; 505-3636 or southernarizona.score.org.

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OUR TOWN

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Town Council resumes in-person Oracle Road meetings this week paving work done, for now

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ro Valley Town Council meetings will return in person starting Wednesday, Sept. 8, with live streaming available on the government website. Meetings will be held inside the council chambers at 11000 N. La Canada Drive at 6 p.m.

Although COVID cases are rising across the state of Arizona, the Pima County Health Department shows 68% to 79% of residents in all four Oro Valley zip codes are fully vaccinated.

The Town asks in-person attendees to wear a mask at all times, regardless of vaccination status.

“I welcome the opportunity to return to in-person meetings in our newly renovated Council Chambers,” said Oro Valley Mayor Joe Winfield. “Our new

chambers will allow greater in-person participation as well as provide livestreamed viewing for those that would like to view Council meetings from the comfort of their homes.

If residents are apprehensive about attending in-person council meetings, a livestream will be available through a link on the website. Click the Town council regular session event listing under the meetings and agendas tab for livestream access.

Public comment will no longer be taken online since the livestream program won’t have interactive tools. However, when the council conducts a formal public hearing, speakers will be allowed to weigh in via Zoom. Attendees who wish to make a comment during a public hearing should fill out a virtual speaker card 24 hours before the meeting.

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“I welcome the opportunity to return to in-person meetings in our newly renovated Council Chambers,” said Oro Valley Mayor Joe Winfield.

In-person attendees can fill out a blue speaker card to comment on any agenda item or email the Town Clerk ahead of the meeting.

The Sept. 8 agenda includes discussion and pos-

sible action on proposed amendments to the town code regarding potential restrictions on water use should a water shortage be declared in the town as well as potential prohibitions on wasting water.

he Arizona Department of Transportation has completed improvement work on Oracle Road between Magee Road and Calle Concordia.

The work, which was done during the night hours, was completed between July 26 and Aug. 27.

The project is part of a larger plan to improve Oracle Road between Calle Concordia and Miracle Mile, as well as improvements on Miracle Mile between Oracle Road and Interstate 10. The total project is expected to take two years to complete.

As part of the project, Oracle Road will be reconstructed and/or repaved

with lighting improvements, ADA-approved sidewalks and ramps, and a new drainage system.

Because Oracle Road, aka State Route 77, is a state highway, the $34 million project is the responsibility of the Arizona Department of Transportation.

Crews have started to grade for curb, gutter and sidewalk work on the west side of Oracle between Magee and Ina, according to ADOT spokesperson Joanna Bradley. She said she did not yet have a timeline for when that stretch of road would be paved.

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TOWN TALK

Get prepped for future emergencies during National Preparedness Month

Chief Randy Karrer, Golder Ranch Fire District Special to Tucson Local Media

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have worked in the fire service in Southern Arizona for over 40 years.

In that time, I have had the privilege to help people in their time of need. I have also observed many emergency situations that were mitigated by people’s efforts to be prepared. In some instances, emergencies are completely avoided because people took

the proper steps to be informed and take action.

Their preparedness made all the difference.

September is National Preparedness Month.

Are you and your family prepared for a major disaster? There are many ways that you and your family can be better prepared for emergencies, but most people still confess that they have not taken the necessary steps to empower themselves with the essential materials needed to survive for

up to 72 hours. Golder Ranch Fire District would like to charge the public with the task of creating a 72-hour preparedness kit for their families.

Items to pack in your 72-hour preparedness kit: • Water (3 gallons per person to last 72 hours) • Food (e.g. ready-toeat canned meats, fruits, vegetables, infant food, pet food, etc.)

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• Tools and supplies (e.g. cups, plates, plastic utensils, battery powered radio and extra batteries, flashlight with extra batteries, scissors, etc.)

• Sanitation items (e.g. soap, toilet paper, garbage bags) • Clothing and bedding (e.g. rain gear, hats and gloves, etc.)

• Baby items (e.g. formula, diapers, bottles,

etc.)

In addition to creating a 72-hour preparedness kit, you can also do some additional tasks that will reduce your risk for injury or fire in your home.

You should change your smoke detector batteries annually in every unit in your home. Smoke detectors are like your personal firefighter in your home, alerting you to the early stages of a fire so that you and your family can get out safely. The entire smoke detector device

should be replaced every 10 years. Also, practice a home fire escape plan.

This is something that you should do with every member of your household and make sure to include your pets as well.

The home fire escape plan should involve a conversation about what steps you need to take if a fire occurs in the home, including staying low to the ground, crawling to a safe exit and getting out of the home and to a designated meeting place where

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you can call 911 and wait safely for first responders.

This home safety drill is important for children so that they won’t hide or attempt to go back into the home for any of their prized possessions or pets.

There are steps you can take to increase the safety for the exterior of your home as well. You should clean roofs and gutters of dead leaves and debris that could catch embers and replace or repair any loose or missing shingles or roof tiles to prevent ember penetration. You can also reduce embers that could pass through vents in the eaves by installing metal mesh screening.

Move any flammable material away from wall

exteriors such as mulch, flammable plants, leaves, firewood piles—anything that can burn. If you live in an area that is adjacent to wildland/ open space, make sure you create a defensible space of at least 30 feet.

A defensible space is where vegetation is kept to a minimum combustible mass. A guideline for this can be described as “low, lean and green.”

Lastly, remove anything stored underneath decks or porches.

One final word of advice: Be sure to stay informed about emergency events happening in your neighborhood by signing up community emergency alert systems. For Oro Valley alerts, visit orovalleyaz.gov and search for

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Golder Ranch Fire District would like to charge the public with the task of creating a 72-hour preparedness kit for their families.

CODE RED. For Marana alerts, visit maranaaz.gov and search for ALERTS. For Pima County alerts, visit pima.gov and search for MYALERTS.

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making 2020 the second driest monsoon ever recorded since 1895. This year, we’ve already received more than 12 inches. The all-time monsoonal rainfall record was set in 1964, with 13.84 inches.

“Depending on how the rain develops over the next month, I think the record is within reach. With all of September left to go, we only have two inches to beat,” said John Glueck, senior forecaster for the National Weather Service in Tucson. “For the most part, this was not expected. There was a prediction

for it, because of the relatively dry winter we had…

The early season forecasts had us with a probability of above normal rainfall.

But that didn’t quantify the amount of rain we were going to get, just the odds that it would be wetter than normal.”

The major downpours brought wildflower blooms and turned the flanks of the Catalinas green. However, they’ve also wreaked their share of havoc. Local fire departments like Tucson Fire and Northwest Fire District have conducted multiple swift-water rescues over the summer, assisting motorists trapped

in flash flood conditions.

In addition, trees, roofs and walls across town have also toppled under the deluge.

Although 2021 hasn’t yet seen the rainiest monsoon ever, it is still a record-breaking year for weather. This July was the rainiest July on record, with nearly four times as much rain as normal.

(Tucson usually sees 2.21 inches of rain in July. This year, the region got 8.06 inches of rain.) Not only was this the rainiest July, but it was also the only month ever recorded to see 8 inches of rain in Tucson.

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This year, we’ve already received more than 12 inches of rain. The all-time monsoonal rainfall record was set in 1964, with 13.84 inches. measured from the Tucson Airport. Glueck acknowledges the difficulty in measuring monsoon rain equally across the Tucson area, and says the chances of precipitation increase as you get closer to the mountains.

“We all know the monsoon can be finicky; one side of the road can get rain and the other won’t.

It really depends on where the rain falls for a given monsoon,” Glueck said.

“Last year was horrible, we all know that. And statistically speaking, we also knew we would have a better season this year.

When you look back at the historical record, you don’t see two really bad years back-to-back. But I don’t think there’s anyone out there who could have

said we’d have this strong of a monsoon.”

However, don’t let the green trails and thunderstorms make you forget about the other weather records broken this year.

Mid June, Tucson sweltered under a heat wave (one of many for the Western United States this year) that broke multiple daily heat records. While we never quite beat the alltime high of 117 degrees measured in 1990, parts of Tucson saw upwards of 113 and 115 in June.

With a warming climate, increased heat is easier to predict as it has a more linear rise. Monsoonal rainfall can be a bit more difficult, changing due to El Nino, winter rains and pressure variants.

“I think everyone’s

happy with what transpired this monsoon, but hopefully they don’t expect it every monsoon because we can flip back to a dry one next year,” Glueck said. “And when you look at studies, especially the latest [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report, we’re going to much more extremes with the monsoon. We’re warmer, and a warmer atmosphere holds more water, so we may see more extreme rain events than we’ve had in the past.

But we’ll also probably see a lot of down monsoons, too. So the idea of normal is just a word. There’s not too much normal anymore. I think what normal is going to be in the future, is the extremes.”

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Ins, Outs and Monsoon Clouds Overhead

Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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e here at Tucson Local Media are saying goodbye to yet another colleague. Christina Duran, who came aboard as a reporter in February, is following her bliss and heading to Boston to pursue a master’s degree. Christina did a lot in her short time here, delivering regular updates on the COVID pandemic

and its impact on schools, hospitals, housing and more. But she really excelled at personality profiles, business, political reporting and more. We’ll miss her relentless pursuit of her stories and the way she always said, “Sure, no problem,” whenever we asked her to chase down another lead.

Coming on board to take her place is Alexandra Pere. Alexandra bounced around the South while growing up and earned her under-

grad and master’s degrees at the UA School of Journalism. She says she got interested in reporting because she “always loved talking to people and journalism allowed me to talk to a lot of different people, and they had to talk back to me. I love telling their stories.”

If you’ve got a story to tell, reach out to Alexandra at apere@timespublications.com. You already know she’s gonna love talking to you and I bet you’re gonna love talking

to her.

This week, Alexandra tells you a few stories: Oro Valley is going back to live meetings this week; downtown music venues are moving forward with plans to require proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test; and a UA professor may have found a breakthough treatment for COVID patients.

Elsewhere in the paper this week, contributor Austin Counts tells you about how you can now bet on sports; Golder

Ranch Fire Chief Randy Karrer talks about steps to prepare for emergencies; health columnist Mia Smitt wonders if it’s time to add some insects to your diet; sports columnist Tom Danehy previews the upcoming Mexican Baseball Fiesta and introduces you to our athlete of the week; food writer Matt Russell talks about the burgers at The Landing; and I share a preview of Sonoran Restaurant Week, where dozens of local restau-

rants are cooking up specialty dishes to highlight what makes Southern Arizona so tasty.

The song of the week is “Move It On Over” by Hank Williams.

Finally: We want your letters! Our mailbox has been empty lately and we miss hearing what you have to say. Send your letters to the editor to jeff@ tucsonlocalmedia.com

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Gambling: Local casinos updating to new state laws

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ago trying to figure out what we needed to do,” Yucupicio said. “Once all the tribes sat down with the governor and hammered out all the benefits, not only to us but to the state, the process went pretty quickly.”

The amended compact continues to follow the same profit-sharing model employed by earlier versions of the agreement, but the state is betting they’ll increase their revenue from tribal gaming if these table games are a hit with casino patrons.

Under the compact, tribes operating casinos are on a sliding scale of 1 to 8% of their yearly gaming revenue to be shared with the state and surrounding municipalities, according to the Arizona Department of Gaming.

Around 12% of that revenue goes to community service and public safety programs of cities and towns chosen by individual tribes, while the other 88% goes into the Arizona Benefits Fund.

In addition to a new

craps table, Casino Del Sol also added a new roulette table and two mini-baccarat tables to their gaming floor. Yucupicio said he did not know offhand what the estimated yearly revenue gaming tables could generate for his tribe, but said he believes the new games will benefit not only the Pascua Yaqui community but other tribes in the state and the nation trying to expand gaming operations.

“We are hoping this is very successful and helps our tribe and all of the other tribes throughout the country who are doing this now or are trying to.

We fought for our right to have table games,” Yucupicio said. “I think people don’t understand a lot of this benefits our people.

We can educate more and help seniors who suffered through the pandemic. I think it’s a blessing how we can provide more.”

The chairman said there’s a good chance Casino Del Sol will add more craps, roulette and

mini-baccarat tables in the future if they prove popular with the public.

Desert Diamond Casinos also opened a mini-baccarat table at their Sahuarita location on Monday and expects to open a second table at their Tucson location in the near future, according to Treena Parvello, director of government and public relations for the Tohono O’odham Gaming Enterprise. That casino is in the process of expanding its facilities statewide to make room for more tables and machines while it finalizes tests for craps and roulette, said Parvello.

“At our Tucson and Sahuarita properties, 70 brand-new gaming machines have already been installed and more than 140 additional gaming machines are coming, including many that will only be found in our casinos in Arizona,” Parvello said. “To accommodate all the new options coming to Tucson, we have completely converted our

Monsoon Nightclub into a gaming area.”

Fry’s Food and Drug employee John Taylor was Casino Del Sol’s first patron to shoot craps at their new table. Taylor and his spouse typically enjoy rolling the dice while vacationing in Las Vegas, but now they won’t have to travel so far to try their luck.

“This has been a long time coming. I’m excited about it,” Taylor said.

“I’ve been playing craps for many years. We used to play in casinos in California, but they use cards.

This is actual dice.”

Taylor said they don’t often make the trip out to the casino on Valencia Road unless there is a show at AVA Amphitheater that catches the couple’s eye. However, he said he expects to be a regular at Casino Del Sol now that one of his favorite games of chance is open for business.

By the end of his inaugural run on the new craps table, Taylor was up by $40.

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UA prof exploring promising new COVID treatment Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

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niversity of Arizona Professor Dr. Floyd Chilton is on the precipice of finding a new treatment for patients suffering from severe COVID-19 symptoms that commonly lead to death.

Chilton is the senior author of a recently published study correlating the sPLA2-IIA enzyme to COVID severity and death. sPLA2-IIA is a protective enzyme that typically protects our bodies from pathogens by identifying bacteria membranes and ripping them apart. However, according to the study, higher levels of the enzyme are associated with severe COVID symptoms such as

organ failure.

“We know this enzyme will begin to recognize the organ or the tissue as being foreign and begin to wipe it out,” said Chilton. In short, too much of a good thing (sPLA2-IIA) leads to a bad outcome.

Chilton’s study compared blood samples from patients with mild symptoms and severe symptoms as well as patients who died from COVID. The initial sample size of the study is small, so Chilton cautioned “to get to causality as opposed to a bystander effect, we need more sophisticated samples.” Chilton’s study had one cohort of 127 samples and a second with 154 samples. After the initial results, Chilton’s acquired another

cohort of around 300 samples. Chilton said they are now in contact with global organizations that have access to larger sample sizes.

These global organizations have an interest in Chilton’s study because combating the sPLA2-IIA enzyme in COVID patients could be a viable treatment for preventing COVID deaths.

Inhibitors for the sPLA2-IIA enzyme were in light clinical trials in the early 2000s, according to Chilton. Inhibitors of the enzyme are also being tested to counteract rattlesnake venom. Chilton expressed excitement for the possibility of repurposing these inhibitors to treat severe COVID patients.

“We’re not talking about

years to come up with an inhibitor to block this enzyme. We just need a large multicenter clinical trial to test the efficacy of these utilizing a precision medicine approach that was outlined in the paper,” Chilton said.

To strengthen Chilton’s findings, the team used machine learning programs at UA to create an unbiased prediction of what perpetuated the most severe symptoms in COVID patients.

On three separate machine learning algorithms, Chilton could test his hypothesis without human biases.

“We fed these levels of this enzyme, along with all other clinical parameters that we could get our hands on, into artificial intelligence, machine-learning algorithms, and those ma-

chine learning models kept saying that this enzyme was the primary cause of mortality,” Chilton said.

Chilton’s samples were taken before the release of the COVID vaccines and the rise of the Delta variant.

Chilton believes inhibitors would work regardless of which variant the patient had contracted.

“I think it’s incredibly important that we move to the other end of the research, which focuses on specific therapies that are likely not to care what variant it is because these are probably the common death mechanisms that lead to late-stage organ failure,” Chilton said.

As a medical treatment for severe COVID symptoms, inhibitors would be

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a useful tool for doctors or nurses who may be treating vaccine-hesitant patients.

Chilton said we need to begin focusing on treatments that will help all patients survive a COVID infection as more vaccine-hesitant patients are hospitalized for COVID. Chief Clinical Officer at Banner Health Dr. Marjorie Bessel said this past week that 90% of all COVID patients at Banner hospitals were unvaccinated.

“This is many, many times more important than anything I’ve ever done. To say I’m excited would be an understatement,” Chilton said. “I’m honored and humbled that I might have a chance to somehow help in the treatment of this disease.”

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

Bugs for Dinner, Anyone?

Mia Smitt

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ill our diets include bugs in the foreseeable future?

Anthony Bourdain, the late TV chef, would eat anything, but how about the rest of us?

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a report in May 2013 extolling the value of eating insects as a “healthy, nutritious alternatives to mainstream staples such as chicken, pork, beef and even fish.” The FAO has been extolling entomophagy— “ento” means “insects” and “phagy” means “to eat”— as a healthy, sustainable, and environmentally sound practice.

Many insects are high in protein, calcium, iron and zinc and in many cultures worldwide, insects are big part of the daily diet. More

than 3,000 ethnic groups in Asian, African and Latin American countries consider insects as part of a normal diet and they eat insects at various stages of the bugs’ lives, from eggs to adults.

More than two billion people in the world eat insects, but most Western consumers have yet to adopt “eating bugs” as a culinary practice.

There are environmental advantages to raising and eating insects. Livestock produce tremendous amounts of greenhouse gasses. Only few insect groups, such as cockroaches and termites, produce methane, a leading contributor to global warming. The ammonia emissions associated with raising insects is much lower than livestock such as pigs. Forests do not need to be cleared to raise insects.

Insects are very efficient at converting feed into protein. They are cold blooded and require much less food

themselves. For example, crickets need 12 times less feed than cattle, four times less feed than sheep and half as much as chickens and pigs to produce the same amount of protein. Insects also can live on organic waste.

Across the globe, there are economic advantages as well. Raising and/or harvesting insects can be a low tech and low capital investment that offers livelihood to even the poorest people including those with little land. It can also become a high tech and sophisticated business if the investment is there. And when the concept shows it to be lucrative, the investments will certainly come.

We tend to not think much about insects except when we are bothered by them. (Think mosquitoes on the patio and ants at a picnic!) Actually, insects are vital to our own human survival. Roughly 98% of more than 100,000 identified plant

pollinators are insects. They play an essential role in waste biodegradation. Flies, ants, dung beetles and termites (among others) break down organic matter such as dead plants, manure, and animal carcasses. The nutrients and minerals in the dead organism are then recycled into the soil for use by growing plants.

And they give us many other things we really do not think about. Bees give is about 1.2 million tons of honey per year, according to the FAO in a 2009 study.

Silkworms produce over 90,000 tins if silk every year.

Resilin, the most elastic material in nature, is a rubber-like protein that enables insects to jump. It’s used in medicine to repair arteries.

Though considered somewhat repugnant to many, maggots are sometimes used to clean the dead matter from infected wounds. Carmine is a red

dye produced by insects in the Hemitera order that is used to color textiles, foods and pharmaceuticals. Beeswax has many uses, including candle making, and is a base ingredient in many cosmetics.

An insect as food is not a new concept. Insects have been a staple in the diets of many for millennia. Beetles are the most common. (“Beetles” contain about 40 percent of all known insect species.) Caterpillars, bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, cicadas, locusts, crickets, termites and dragonflies, are commonly eaten in many parts of the world.

Most Westerners have yet to become accustomed to ingesting insects and have considered entomophagy a means of survival against starvation in Third World countries. This is not true— eating insects has been a healthy way of life in many places for many years.

The “disgust factor” needs to be overcome by the recognition of their high nutritional value and low environmental impact. Ar-

thropods such as shrimp, crab and lobster were once considered “a poor man’s food” and are now expensive delicacies.

Perhaps our feelings toward insects as food will evolve as well. The perception is showing signs of change in Europe. Noma, in Denmark, has been polled as the world’s best restaurant for three years and is famous for using ingredients like ants and fermented grasshoppers.

There are cookbooks devoted to insect gastronomy. “Creepy Crawly Cuisine” (1998) by Julieta Ramos-Elorduy and “EatA-Bug Cookbook” (2013)

by David George Gordon are both available through Amazon.

It may be a while before we embrace beetle burgers or grasshoppers in the pasta. But we ought to keep an open mind because entomophagy could be the future. Maybe at next year’s county fair, the culinary attraction will be deep-fried caterpillars on a stick!

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Sonoran Restaurant Week returns with renewed importance Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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s if it wasn’t difficult enough to choose between all the great places to eat across town, for this year’s Sonoran Restaurant Week, Tucson is just showing off. Sonoran Restaurant Week is a 10-day celebration of our local food culture, giving participating restaurants the opportunity to cook up special dishes highlighting the unique foods and flavors that make our corner of the world so delicious.

After the toughest year for restaurants in recent memory, this special Tucson holiday also serves as a celebration of our restaurants themselves and their roles in the community. The third annual Sonoran Restaurant Week has the most participants ever, with 50 restaurants, breweries and cafes across town serving up specialty options from Friday, Sept. 10 to Sunday, Sept. 19.

“The goal of this has stayed the same, but the importance of that goal is all the more apparent because of the pandemic,” said Laura Reese, co-creator of Sonoran Restaurant Week. “Our goal was always to get people to experience our local restaurants in Southern Arizona.

That was originally dining in, but we also encourage take out. It’s just to experience the foods and flavors that make our region so delicious.

The idea was always getting people inside restaurants, supporting them and trying something new.”

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The quesabirria combo with a traditional Mexican stew at El Taco Rustico This year’s Sonoran Restaurant Week features local eateries and breweries each putting their own twist on local food culture: Borderlands Brewing Company is serving up a selection of tacos paired with desert-inspired craft beers; Commoner & Co. has a Sonoran corn carbonara with smoked bacon; and Flora’s Market Run is making a special Sonoran Mousse Tart for dessert with spiced mousse and a caramel churro.

Some of the participating restaurants are younger than Sonoran Restaurant Week itself, whereas El Charro also happens to be celebrating their 100th anniversary this year.

All of the Charro family is participating this year (El Charro, Charro Vida, Charro Steak & Del Rey and Barrio Charro), with each branch cooking up special dishes to highlight their dif-

ferent locations. At Charro Steak & Del Rey, you can get nopalitos with calabacitas, as well as mesquite-roasted quail enchiladas. The vegetarian-friendly Charro Vida features a plant-based ceviche. And the mainstay El Charro is cooking up quesabirria chimichangas.

“The whole menu is pretty Tucson’d up,” said Charro owner Ray Flores. “If you look at the City of Gastronomy certification, a lot of it has to do with certain local ingredients. For example, we’re using calabacitas because it’s one of the ‘Three Sisters,’ and we’re using the cactus nopal for the Sonoran profile. Cooking on mesquite is also a big part of it, especially roasting quail with it, because quail is a big part of Arizona protein cooking options.”

While their entrees feature some Arizona classics, the green chiles and mole

on their Sonoran Restaurant Week dishes are a more explicit nod to Mexican food culture. The Charro locations also work with other Tucson establishments with their food, such as using Barrio Bread’s grains for their cookies.

“We look at events like this as part of the fabric or community of Tucson.

I know people throw that around pretty lightly, but we don’t. We’ve been here for nearly 100 years, and it’s re-

ally important that we look at the bigger picture,” Flores said. “There’s been a lot of events where restaurants go to some other venue and bring their food. And while those events can be great, you don’t often get to put your best foot forward because you’re bringing your food into a different setting.

What I love about this is how it creates a marketing movement and traffic pattern to get people into restaurants.

For a community, restaurants are needed as places to gather and places to entertain. That’s part of what we want to provide for Tucson.”

The HUB Restaurant is featuring a variety of seafood mixed with borderlands flavors, including a shrimp elote pasta with sauteed vegetables, and fried calamari with spicy tomato aioli. El Taco Rustico is serving up their beloved tacos with a quesabirria twist, featuring a side of traditional Mexican stew, salsa and guacamole.

Reese says planning out this year’s Sonoran Restaurant Week included staying flexible for CDC guidelines and keeping an ear on the

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Fried Calamari at The HUB. community. While there was a Sonoran Restaurant Week in 2020, many restaurants were take-out only and some others weren’t open at all. Many participating restaurants are now fully dine-in, and plenty others are continuing their outdoor dining options.

“There’s a lot of enthusiasm. It’s not just about supporting these restaurants, but truly enjoying them, especially with a lot of people being vaccinated and all the safe dining options these restaurants have,” Reese said. “I know there’s a lot of restaurants that have taken the downtime of the past year to renovate and See RESTAURANT, P14

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revamp the menu. A lot of them are even using Sonoran Restaurant Week to debut these changes.”

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ne such renovation took place at the Hotel Congress’ Cup Café—it wouldn’t be a Tucson event if it didn’t include Hotel Congress, right? Over the summer, Hotel Congress updated its outdoor stage, Cup Cafe, and partner location Maynards Market. The updates changed the restaurant space, but also included additions to the menus.

“The role of restaurants in the community hasn’t necessarily changed, but the pandemic has given us a deeper appreciation of just what that role is,” said Hotel Congress marketing manager Jeaninne Kaufer. “Tucson has had to see the closure of many beloved restaurants over the course of the pandemic, and these have been very sad moments over the last year and a half... Restaurants are a place of gathering, sharing, enjoying the company of our friends and family, getting to know someone on

a first date. Restaurants give us the opportunity to discover something new, experience flavors from around the world and from our own backyard.”

The Cup Cafe is offering a special three-course menu for Sonoran Restaurant Week. First you can choose between a southwest salad with roasted corn, pico de gallo, tortilla strips and cilantro lime vinaigrette, or a Sonoran-style shrimp cocktail with pickled red onion and tortilla strips. The main course is a choice between Sonoran sopes or a Santa Cruz flank steak marinated with local honey plus chimichurri, calabacitas and crushed potatoes. Finally, they’re offering a slice of one of their scratch-made cakes or pies.

“Incorporating and highlighting native wild foods has become a central focus of both Cup Café and Maynards,” Kaufer said. “This supports local farms and producers while also highlighting the rich food history of our region... The Sonoran Desert has a deep culture and heritage surrounding food and agriculture. Tucson is the oldest continuously inhabited and cultivated area

in the southwest U.S. with an archaeological record of habitation and crop cultivation going back 4,000 years, plus a 300-year tradition of orchards, vineyards, and livestock ranching.”

Another renovated room at Hotel Congress will serve as a new venture for Sonoran Restaurant Week: the Sonoran Sip Room. Congress’ former Copper Hall space will turn into a tasting lounge featuring wines and liquors from throughout the borderlands region. This venture was made in partnership with the Agave Heritage Festival.

The Sonoran Sip Room will feature wines from Flying Leap Vineyards, Dos Cabezas, Callaghan Vineyards, Sonoran Wines and more. Their special agave distillates include Bacanora Mazot, LaMata, Racho Tepua Bacanora, Mezcal Vago, Sotol Por Siembre and more.

“Essentially it’s a consolidated tasting room. We’re going to have a lot of regional wines and agave spirits that are available for tasting. So it’s going to be a fun place to grab a sip downtown before or after going to a participating restaurant,” Reese said.

“I think it will be an exciting way to sip your way through the Sonoran Desert.”

Appetizers at the Sip

Room will be made with indigenous ingredients grown on the San Xavier Co-op Farm, which is this year’s Sonoran Restaurant Week non-profit community partner. Reese says a food-related nonprofit is always selected to maintain the week’s focus on everything from “food security to food access to cultivating local ingredients.” Sonoran Restaurant Week has previously selected the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona as their non-profit community partner.

The San Xavier Co-op Farm, run by members of the Tohono O’odham Nation, focuses on healthy farming practices and growing traditional Sonoran crops.

Among their tenets are sustainable use of land and water, respect for animals, and passing on traditional knowledge.

“I’ve been a fan of what they’ve been doing for so long, and I think their mission to continue cultivating and growing a lot of indigenous ingredients that make our region special is so important to support,” Reese said. “And the drought has been a huge challenge they’ve had to cope with, so I think supporting them by raising awareness and funds is what Sonoran Restaurant Week is all about.”

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lthough they’re not a Sonoran Restaurant Week participant, it should be noted this month is a special occasion for another popular Tucson eatery: eegee’s is celebrating their 50th anniversary concurrent with Sonoran Restaurant Week! If you’ve had enough fancy Sonoran cuisine at the end of the week and are in the mood for something quicker, you can enjoy some special eegee flavors this month. And Saturday, Sept. 18 is dubbed “National eegee’s Day” with special events to be announced across town.

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choose from this Sonoran Restaurant Week. You can visit the Sonoran Restaurant Week website to see the special offerings from the participating restaurants, or if you’re feeling more adventurous, take a walk through town and just see what local dishes grab your attention.

“Some people might be confused on the name because of the Mexican ‘Sonora,’ but the Sonoran Desert works almost as an extension or combination,” Flores said. “The culture prevails across the border, it doesn’t matter what side we’re on.

So therefore the food culture stretches across as well.”

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Mindy Ronstadt and the Tributaries.

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• Don’t miss the Chasing Rainbows Gala featuring Big Bad Voodoo Daddy with their vibrant fusion of classic American jazz, swing and Dixieland who have energized the Fox stage many times and appeared in films and television shows.

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raise awareness for the Community Food Bank. Details: 8-11 a.m.; $10-$25; • Spend An Evening with Jackson communityfoodbank.org/hungerwalk.

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Details: 8 Fest with musical artists Don McLean, Bennett featuring Monte Benjamin. p.m.; Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church the Gatlin Brothers, Keith Anderson Details: 7:30 p.m.; Coyote Trail Stage, Ave.; $35-$125; ticketmaster.com. and Trey Taylor, a beer garden, car show 8000 N. Silverbell Road; $10-$20, and other exciting events. Details: 10 $30/family; maranalaughs.com.

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A Tribute to Alan Jackson. Details: Thompson with a special appearance TUESDAY, SEPT. 21 Wednesday-Thursday, 6 and 8:30 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 of his wife Erin Thompson. Details: • Celebrate the inspiring female athletes p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 and 6 p.m.

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You’ll find some outrageous burgers alongside seafood at The Landing Matt Russell

Special to Tucson Local Media

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n my inaugural visit to The Landing last week, the sister restaurant of the nautical-themed Fini’s Landing, it was clear that Chef Ryan Jones values his home on the range as much as his time on the dock of the bay.

Jones brings a passion for fishing to his work as the brand chef for these restaurants that specialize in sustainable seafood. In fact, it was a fishing weekend at Rainbow Lake in Pinetop, where he caught

and released more than 100 catfish, that inspired his Mardi Gras catfish po’ boy special at Fini’s last winter.

He shares this passion with his two young children, who love fishing with their old man. His 7-year-old has mastered the art of baiting a line, and his 5-year-old is reportedly more interested in the worms than she is the fish. As for their dad, who consistently works more than 70 hours a week, this time by the water with his wife and kids is as good as it gets.

But make no mistake.

Jones has carved out a

special place for beef in all of life’s goodness, and his rotating Burger of the Week program is the perfect context for his cow-driven creativity at The Landing, 8195 N. Oracle Road.

In addition to the restaurant’s signature burgers, with beef sourced from sustainable farms in the four-corners states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado, one decidedly unique burger makes an appearance on the menu for just one week before it’s dropped to make room for another.

“I just love burgers

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and I love doing crazy things,” said Jones, whose culinary journey has included stints at Zinburger and Truland Burgers and Greens. “Burgers are great platforms for showing creativity, kind of in the same way that tacos are.”

Last week’s Burger of the Week at The Landing was no exception.

Jones recently picked up some seasonal Hatch chiles from New Mexico and blended them with poblanos, jalapenos, onions, and cilantro to make a traditional salsa verde. He then brought it together with chicken stock, cumin and fried cubes of pork shoulder and reduced the stew-like mix down in a two-hour braise. This was all ladled onto flame-grilled burger patties with caramelized onions and melted Swiss cheese.

“This burger had great textures, some of the fried pork remained crispy while some started to shred naturally with a nice tenderness,” he said.

Other eye-popping burgers that Jones has created over the years include one crowned with a rich Mexican street corn mash, another topped with a blend of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos, guacamole, queso Oaxaca and a spicy aioli, and another with roasted chiles, honey, bacon fat, butter and whiskey. And knowing him like I do, I’m nearly

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The hot Cheeto burger available at The Landing.“I just love burgers and I love doing crazy things,” said chef Ryan Jones. “Burgers are great platforms for showing creativity, kind of in the same way that tacos are.” certain it was Jameson Irish Whiskey. But that’s for another column.

The most outrageous burger that Jones has assembled is one that gets my vote. This otherwise straightforward bacon cheeseburger was taken to new heights, literally, with fire-roasted salsa, a runny egg, spicy aioli and an entire crispy-shell birria taco.

Are there any limits to Jones’ creativity? “If you can put a whole crunchy taco on top of a big burger, I guess anything’s possible,” he said.

He’s planning to do some of these favorites from his past as Burgers of the Week at The Landing, while kicking

out Catch of the Day Tacos and other swimming selections for those who prefer to stay seaside.

You’ll be in good hands either way, especially if the Jones kids are there to show you how to hook a worm.

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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Baseball Fiesta returns to Kino Stadium this month Tom Danehy

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arlier this year, as long-empty sports stadiums finally started letting fans back in, Mexico was forced to go in the other direction. The national soccer team is known as El Tri (the tricolor of red, white…and green, as Martin Lawrence said in “Blue Streak”). Well, it seems that the many followers of El Tri have been so vulgar in their treatment of the players on visiting teams that FIFA, the governing body of world soccer, has banned all fans from all home games at Aztec Stadium for the remainder of the qualifying period for the 2022 World Cup. Despite pleas from Mexican officials, as well as from members of the national team, thousands of people in the stands—you can’t really call them “fans”—have been chanting a homophobic slur at visiting players.

(Also, a player on the United States team was hit in the head by a thrown cup of beer.)

So now, El Tri will have to play home matches against Jamaica and Canada in a totally empty stadium, COVID-style.

Fortunately, fans of baseball in Mexico never display any kind of negative behav-

ior in the stands. (That may sound sarcastic, but it mostly isn’t. Although there was that incident, many years ago, when I was playing in a game in Mexico. Somebody in the stands called me a “gringo” and then threw a head of cabbage at me. Cabbage! And that woman had an arm on her. I was still in my knucklehead stage, so I picked up the cabbage, wiped the dirt off and took a bite, To this day, I hate cabbage.)

In all seriousness, ardent fans of Mexican baseball teams are a delight. They take the game seriously but there is also a festive air to the games. It’s not just a game, it’s an event. And fortunately, Tucsonans can take in the entire experience without having to travel as the 10th Annual Vamos a Tucson Mexican Baseball Fiesta is coming to town at the end of September. The Fiesta will feature four of the top teams from the Mexican Pacific League (Liga Mexicana Del Pacifico)—the Yaquis de Obregon, Aguilas de Mexicali, Mayos de Novojoa and the local fan favorites, the Naranjeros de Hermosillo.

Just for your edifications, Aguilas means eagles. Yaquis means, well, Yaquis.

It’s doubtful that they will soon (or ever) change their

name to Guardians. Mayos is tricky. On their decal, it looks like a native male Mayan dancer, complete with elk antlers on his head.

But the official mascot looks like the San Diego Chicken.

And finally, we have the Naranjeros, which either means Orangemen or Orange Pickers, depending on whom you ask. Either way, they and their many fans wear orange…all the time.

Fans of the four teams (and of baseball, in general) will be treated to two games per night at Kino Stadium from Thursday, Sept. 30 through Sunday, Oct. 3, with a special surprise game to close the Fiesta.

The tournament’s popularity is such that it now takes place in three locales over a three-week period.

The fun kicks off with a two-game set in Las Vegas between Hermosillo and Mexicali the weekend of Sept. 16-17. After a week off, it moves to Phoenix with games in Mesa and Maryvale Sept. 23-26.

Just as potential Broadway productions start off in Connecticut somewhere to work out all the kinks, after the stopovers in Las Vegas and Phoenix, the Fiesta hits the big time with its culmination in Tucson.

The teams will play a

round-robin schedule the first three nights. A live performance by the popular Sonoran band, La Brissa, will follow Friday’s games.

On Sunday, Oct. 3, Mexicali will face Navojoa at 3:30 p.m. Immediately following that game, Obregon will take on the newlook University of Arizona Wildcats. Much has happened since Arizona made in to the College World Series a couple months back.

So successful had been UA Coach Jay Johnson that he got poached away by perennial national power LSU. Apparently, they offered him twice as much money as he had been making in Tucson, plus all the humidity he could stand.

The UA moved quickly and brought in Wildcat legend (and highly respected throughout all baseball) Chip Hale. This game will give fans the first look at Hale’s Wildcats as they open up a brief Fall schedule before shutting down for the winter and coming back in February.

Tickets for the games are now on sale at MexicanBaseballFiesta.com.

Box seats are $15 and general admission is $10. The price for senior citizens or kids age 6-16 is $6. Ticket sales, which started Aug. 25, are already brisk and in

this (sorta) post-pandemic time, the crowds at the Fiesta should be huge.

One thing is certain: the energy level will be off the charts.

EXTRA POINTS: In the season opener for both teams, Amphi got by Flowing Wells in a football game that was uglier than Steve Buscemi’s less-attractive brother … Flowing Wells jumped out to a 12-0 lead, thanks to an interception return for a TD and a short TD run set up by a botched punt attempt

by Amphi … But the Panthers stormed back behind a powerful run game, led

by Kiko Trejo, to take a 13-12 lead into halftime …

Amphi eventually opened up a two-score lead before a late Caballero touchdown made the final score, 27-24, Amphi … The game lasted almost three hours, dragged down by nearly 30 combined penalties for the two teams … Arizona State beat up on Southern Utah in its season opener … The Sun Devils are co-favorites to win the Pac 12-South title and are undisputedly favorites to get hammered by the NCAA for egregious recruiting violations … Maybe both things will happen at the same time…

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or high-school senior athletes, the spring of 2020 was the absolute worst of times. Seasons abruptly canceled, dreams crushed, a permanent cloud of what-might-have-been hanging over their heads for the rest of their lives. They certainly got the worst of it, but for those who followed behind, it has been no picnic.

The 2020-21 school year was one of starts and stops, of distance learning and rules being made up on the fly.

For athletes, it was better than nothing, but sometimes only slightly so. Weird, compartmentalized practices, truncated seasons, and playoff hopes dashed by test results, sometimes on the morning of the game.

This year, it’s better, if only incrementally so.

For Trinitee Ash, it’s good enough so far. (Yes, her name is Trinitee, which, among other things means that when she goes to Disneyland or the Grand Canyon, she’ll never be able to See ATHLETE, P23

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CANCER (June 22-July 22). You are alert and open to all of your surroundings, not just the parts being pointed out by the powers that be.

You are not easily swayed by shiny, pretty lures set by those with an agenda. You follow a logic based in unique experience and truth. You’ll recognize potentials and bank on opportunities others miss.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You say “yes” and it’s a glorious beginning for you and many others, as this endeavor will cause a ripple of effects. Each person you work with will touch the lives of a dozen more. As for the spirit of inclusion you champion, it is not only the right way to be; it will make you richer and happier.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Your uniqueness is unstoppable. There’s nothing you need to do to shine in a totally original way. Actually, you can’t help but create something entirely new just by virtue of being yourself. So go on and travel the road of tradition. It will be the fastest and easiest way to deliver something completely fresh.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). You’ll be thinking about the big picture even as you perform small actions to align yourself with an ideal. You’ll grapple, both consciously and unconsciously, with common but ill-fitting rules. You’ll whittle away at philosophies to get them into a shape to work with your current life and stretch into the life you want.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). To get where you want to be, you must first acknowledge you’re not quite there. You took a turn somewhere earlier that set you off course. This is the ideal time to pause and reevaluate the steps that led you here. Then you can backtrack to a particular intersection and try out a different turn.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You know what you value and what you believe. You also know it’s different from what you thought five years ago and it’s likely to change again. Your talent for staying grounded yet open-minded and flexible recalls the strength of trees that weather storms and thrive with a combination of sturdiness and flexibility.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Just because two things happen at the same time, it doesn’t mean one is causing the other. It doesn’t even mean they are related by anything but their timeline. Since correlations can only be helpful insomuch that they are actually true, use critical thought processes, look for patterns and check the facts.

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You’ll make unlikely friendships in unlikelier places and have adventures neither of you would have predicted.

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number of local music venues will be requiring proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to attend shows starting later this month.

The Rialto Theatre, Club Congress, 191 Toole and the Fox Theatre are part of a group of Arizona venues that are taking the step by Sept. 20.

All four venues have reopened and are asking patrons to wear masks at upcoming indoor shows before the vaccination policy kicks into place.

“The Rialto Theatre Foundation is extremely excited for our incredible lineup of shows,” said Cathy Rivers, executive director of the Rialto Theatre Foundation. “But with that said, we feel it’s im-

portant to be a part of keeping our community safe. Those of us who can get vaccinated should, so we protect those in our community who cannot.

We hope to see you at a show enjoying live music again while also taking safety measures to look out for all of our community.”

She added that people should be careful about carrying about their vaccine card.

“I personally recommend people don’t carry around their vaccine card,” Rivers said. “I would take a picture of it, put it in your wallet app on your phone, or make a photocopy of the card and keep that in your wallet.”

The Rialto has a wide range of performances in the coming weeks. Modest Mouse comes to town on Monday, Sept. 20; Jack Russell’s Great White is sched-

uled for Friday, Sept. 24; and hometown favorite Calexico will perform on Saturday, Sept. 25.

Dave Slutes, entertainment director at Hotel Congress, said concert goers would have to provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID test to attend shows inside the legendary Club Congress, but not for shows on the outdoor patio.

Slutes said Hotel Congress will continue to follow CDC guidance, as well as honoring artist requests regarding COVID protocol.

Slutes said there has been a lot of interest in the return of live music. Upcoming acts include Perfume Genius on Thursday, Sept. 16 and a host of local acts.

“COVID aside, the artists have been eager to get back out there, tickets have been

selling like hotcakes, people have been very eager to see live music again,” he said.

But he said there have been unexpected challenges, from the Delta wave to technical issues.

“Did you know that disco lights go bad if you don’t use them for 18 months?” Slutes said.

Fox Executive Director Bonnie Schock said the Fox decided to require proof of vaccination or a negative test because so many other venues are moving in that direction.

The packed fall season for The Fox includes Big Bad Voodoo Daddy on Sept. 11, Chris Issak on Sept. 25, Rickie Lee Jones on Sept. 26, Pat Metheny with James Francies & Joe Dyson on Oct. 5, Asleep at the Wheel on Oct. 8, Amy Grant on Oct. 24,

Paula Pounstone on Oct. 28, Atlanta Rhythm Section and Firefall on Nov. 5, Tommy Emmanuel on Nov. 6 and Boney James on Nov. 7.

Schock says she’s “excited to get the venue sparkling and shining again, but at the same time we have some worry because we don’t have any control over what happens next.”

Fox staff and volunteers are required to be vaccinated and Schock urged audience members to get vaccinated before shows.

The CDC recently urged vaccinated and unvaccinated people to wear masks indoors in public spaces because the Delta variant is highly contagious. COVID is making a comeback here in Pima County, which recently moved into the “high transmission” category, according

to the CDC. Schock said Tucson has a hunger for live music, adding this season’s sales are breaking records, which is welcome news for Schock after 18 months of zero revenue.

The live entertainment industry was one of the hardest hit by COVID and Fox, Rialto and Hotel Congress had to lay off most of its operational staff.

The Fox and the Rialto are reopening with help from the Shuttered Venue Operations Grant from the Small Business Administration.

“I mean we wouldn’t have been able to consider reopening with the number of shows that we put on sale at this point with zero revenue,” Schock said. “It was absolutely essential to our ability to book artists and to prepare the venue.”

Athlete of the week Continued from P17

find a keychain with her name on it.)

A right-side hitter on the Marana varsity volleyball team, Trinitee is thankful for what she has. Her sophomore season of track and field was canceled, which was a drag, but she also realized that the seniors that year would be losing something that they would never get back.

“I’m pretty happy now,” she says. Her team mostly got through its season last year, but “we were good enough to make it to the playoffs, but (COVID testing) ended our season.”

This year, despite a brutal five-set loss to Empire in the season opener, Trinitee is highly optimistic about her team’s prospects. “We have

players this year who are more athletic than last year’s team.

And we have more of them.

We have a lot of good players.”

Are you one of them? Are you good?

Long pause, then, “Am I good? I mean, YEAH!” In the spring, she is a member of the track team, running the 100- and 200-meter dashes. When asked whether she has ever run the 400 meters (which was probably the Marquis de Sade’s favorite race), she says, “I have run it, but let’s just say that it’s not my favorite.”

It’s actually nobody’s favorite.

After graduation, she plans on attending Pima College to start her formal education on the way to becoming a registered nurse. Right now, she’s a good student with a good

GPA and a great attitude. Plus, she had the right answer when asked, “What is your favorite subject?”

Without hesitation, she replied “Math.”

(That’s the right answer, even for people for whom it isn’t. People who don’t like math will hesitate when that question is posed. Mathletes will answer immediately.)

Things are going pretty well for Trinitee and her teammates, but the specter of COVID still hangs over things. Anxious to get back at it after the loss to Empire, the Tigers’ game against Amphi had to be moved to later in the season due to some COVID-related issues in the Panther program.

Still, she’s grateful to even have a season. “I want it to be great!”

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