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Rumors. This 1988 play by Neil Simon is a modern comedy classic, and Live Theatre Workshop is delivering it to Tucson to get us laughing this month. It’s the story of a farcical dinner party gone terribly wrong— starting with the host shooting himself (just a flesh wound, though!) As people gather for the anniversary dinner party, the man’s lawyer and wife try to get their story straight, but find themselves in a web of confusions and miscommunications that just keeps getting worse.

7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m. on Sundays through Feb. 12. On Feb. 12, there is a matinee in place of an evening show. Live Theatre Workshop, 3322 E. Fort Lowell Road. $23 GA, $21 military/senior/ student, $15 Thursdays and previews.

Rich De Mont: Elemental Monuments. A new year means a new artist exhibiting over at Tohono Chul, and you’re in for a treat with DeMont’s large scale watercolors. He uses a combination of dots, marks and strokes in exaggerated colors. The work is reminiscent of Monet in the way it comes together in a full picture when viewed from a few feet away, but swirls in mosaic abstraction when seen up close.

Photo courtesy of Live Theatre Workshop

This week, they’re showing The Crossing, The Good Traitor and On Broadway. Both festival passes and individual film tickets are sold per household.

A festival pass (12 feature length-films, a mini series, six shorts and all post-film program) is $120. Individual event tickets are $12.

Visit tucsonfilm.eventive.

Tucson Interna- org for more info. tional Jewish Film Licorice Pizza. The Festival. We love a film fest! And we also love Loft Cinema is screening that the hosts of this festi- the new film by director val have decided to keep Paul Thomas Anderson things virtual for another (There Will Be Blood, year in order to protect Boogie Nights). It’s a huthe community. This fest morous and sentimental lasts more than a month, homage to growing up in and aims to inspire Jewish 1970s LA, a world of sidevalues, life and learning burns, waterbeds, ascots to honor the rich history and The Doors. Although and bright future of Juda- based around high schoolism. Most films have a 72- ers, the film features some hour window in which you great performances by must start watching. Then, Sean Penn, Bradley Cooonce you start, you have 72 per, Tom Waits and more. hours to complete the film 1 & 4 p.m. Thursday, Jan. (if you need to pause it and 13. 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. come back, for example). loftcinema.org He’s most inspired by nature, and his beautiful depictions of Sonoran Desert landscapes will no doubt leave you feeling inspired too. Currently open. Tohono Chul Entry Gallery, 7366 Paseo del Norte. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. $15 GA, $13 seniors/military/students, $6 kids 5 to 12.

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Nonprofit celebrates 4,000 bikes donated to local children Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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ucson regularly ranks as one of the best cities in the nation for cycling, but some local children aren’t able to appreciate the joy of a bike.

However, one local nonprofit has worked for more than a decade to refurbish and donate bikes to kids in need. Last month, Wheels for Kids celebrated their 4,000th bike donated, and don’t see an end in sight to the deliveries.

“It would be hard to count all the thank yous and hugs we’ve received from kids and nonprofits,”

said Tom Terfehr, president of Wheels for Kids.

“Often there are tears, and sometimes there’s even tears from donors who are sad to see their bike go, but happy to make sure it’s going to a good cause.”

Terfehr has volunteered with Wheels for Kids for seven years. As with many of their volunteers, Terfehr became involved when he was looking for ways to give back to the community during retirement.

He connected with the nonprofit’s founder, Dick Swain, and learned about bike repair.

“As the saying goes, one thing led to another,” Terfehr said. “I started as a

mechanic. Next thing you know, I was picking up bikes, and then I was on the board of directors, and then I was the president…

Dick really had a vision, and we still do, and that’s to put a smile on the face of a kid who might otherwise never experience the joy of riding a bike.”

Wheels for Kids’ process begins with donors offering bikes to the nonprofit. The bikes range from nearly new to well-worn, and come from anywhere between SaddleBrooke and Green Valley. Wheels for Kids’ pickup team collects the bikes and stores them on a property offered by Sun City. Then, the non-

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profit’s 25 mechanics work out of their garages to refurbish the bikes.

“We have a 20-foot container that is filled with bike parts and components. Everything from tubes to tires to spokes to rims to handlebars. And that inventory will rival any bike shop,” Terfehr said. “Our objective is to have that bike looking better than when it left the factory when we donate it to a kid.”

The refurbishing always ends with a fresh coat of wax for an extra shine.

Then, the Wheels for Kids outreach team (led by Tom’s wife, Lisa) works with more than 30 local nonprofits to find the right home for the bike. Wheels for Kids has donated bikes to Aviva Family and Children’s Services, Casa de los Niños, Boys & Girls Club, Refugee and Immigration Services and more. In to-

tal, Wheels for Kids has a network of roughly 40 volunteers, most of whom are also members of the Vistoso Cyclists.

“We consider ourselves to be in the recycling business as well as the business of giving bikes to kids,” Terfehr said.

Terfehr estimates the nonprofit spends roughly $15,000 per year on parts.

They also give away a helmet and lock with each bike, to promote safety for the kids.

“The children are absolutely thrilled to receive a ‘new’ bike,” said Grace Stocksdale, executive director of the nonprofit More Than a Bed, which receives dozens of bikes annually. “Every bike that we get from Wheels is absolutely great quality, looks like a new bike. Some are vintage, some are dirt bikes, and some appear to be racing

bikes, just in beautiful condition.”

More Than a Bed provides essential items to foster, kinship and adoptive families. Since 2014, More Than a Bed has helped more than 2,000 foster children receive necessary items in their goal of giving every child a safe place to call home.

“Wheels has been such a blessing to [More Than a Bed] and the children we serve,” Stocksdale said. “Nothing but praises and gratitude for the organization.”

Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson has also received dozens of bikes from Wheels for Kids, which are then distributed between all six of their area clubhouses.

“It’s always super exciting when the kids get their bikes,” said Melissa Hanson Royer, director of marketing and communications for Boys & Girls Clubs of Tucson.

“Sometimes it will be during special times of the year, like during the holidays… Some of them may have had a bike that was too small for them, so it’s always nice to see them with a new bike that actually fits them. Some of the kids even learn how to ride bikes and about bike safety thanks to the donations.”

In addition to celebrating their 4,000th bike, Wheels for Kids is also using the milestone as a thank you to the hard work and dedication of their volunteers.

Terfehr even recalls some creative ways volunteers continued to help during the pandemic. In one instance, a senior citizen at a retirement com-

munity wanted to help but wasn’t able to interact with visitors. To circumvent this, Terfehr says they organized a “clandestine” drop-off and pick-up process where the volunteer was still able to repair the bikes without getting too close to others.

“The point being, that’s the kind of dedication our mechanics and volunteers have. They’re all retirees who can do any number of things, and they choose to do this. We couldn’t do what we do without the support of the community,” Terfehr said. “It’s wonderful to donate 4,000 bikes. That’s 4,000 smiles that weren’t there before.”

For more information, and to donate your own bike to Wheels for Kids, visit VistosoCyclists.

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BRIEFLY BANK OF AMERICA ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PAID STUDENT LEADERS PROGRAM Bank of America is bringing back its Student Leaders summer internship program, where students can support local nonprofits while gaining real-world work experience. Applications for the program are currently open, and the deadline is Friday, Jan. 28.

The Student Leader program is an eight-week paid internship at a local nonprofit organization where students will learn first-hand about “the needs of your community and the critical role nonprofits play.”

Student leaders must

be a junior or senior in high school, legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship, be a student in good academic standing, and able to participate in a week-long Student Leaders Summit in Washington DC (all expenses paid).

Students also need to obtain a letter of recommendation from a teacher, guidance counselor, or school administrator. Bank of America employees or members of their family are not eligible for nomination.

According to Bank of America, during last summer’s program, two Tucson-based Student Leaders worked with the Boys and Girls Club of Tucson on special projects and learned firsthand how to work in local organizations.

For more information, visit about.bankofamerica.com/ en/making-an-impact/student-leaders

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Zoppé Family Circus returns with in-person shows Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

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oppé: An Italian Family Circus returns to Tucson for its 11th year at the Mercado District, bringing new acts to perform under the Big Top tent.

Circus director Giovanni Zoppé said returning to the Big Top “feels like we’re home again, back where we are supposed to be.”

When COVID first swept the nation, the circus adapted their show into a drive-in experience. The audience had a full view of circus performances while staying isolated in their vehicles.

This is just one of many adaptations the circus has gone through during its 178-year run. Although the drive-in was successful in reaching audiences, performers are excited to return to the tent.

“The best thing for me is to watch the performers be filled back up again with what they love about performing and I’m proud that they were able to continue to perform last year, but they were missing something,” said Jeanette Prince, circus co-producer and marketing director.

In honor of the Big Top return during a global pandemic, the tour has been named La Vita Nuo-

va (A New Life).

“As a ringmaster says at the beginning of the show, this is a new life for all of us,” Zoppé said.

“We’re all trying to navigate through this brandnew life that we all have.”

The circus will run for a limited time in January 2022 at the Mercado District.

This year’s performances will feature acts such as the Russian Bar act with Mikhail & Alexel Drozdov and Illya Alikov; swinging trapeze acrobatics by Disa Carneol; and sword balancing by German Rodogell. Ringmaster Mace Perlman will moderate the lively performances.

Zoppé and Prince are particularly excited about the performance of their contortionist.

“You can see somebody go over their head or twist the leg around and that’s great, but he does it with such class and such elegance,” Zoppé said.

Prince said the contortionist pushes the bounds of the human body while incorporating artistic skills from his classical ballet training.

The newest addition to the Zoppé family, 8-month-old Ilario Fabrizio Luigino Zoppé, may also make an appearance at the Big Top performances during pre-show or the finale.

“As soon as he hears

Zoppe Family Circus 100 S. Avenida del Convento Various times, Thursday, Jan. 13 through Sunday, Jan. 23 Kids 3 to 13, $25; adults 13 and up, $35; ringside kids 3 to 12, $40; ringside adult, $50 Masks strongly recommended

the music for the finale and we walk in the ring, I reach my arms out to grab him and he smiles his biggest mug,” Zoppé said.

Opening night is Thursday, Jan. 13, at 7 pm.

Go to Zoppe.net to purchase tickets and learn more about Zoppé’s Circus history. You can also purchase tickets from the mercadodistrict. com website. Masks are strongly recommended.

The circus will be offering short mini-shows on Fridays at 10 a.m. The mini-shows are one hour, as opposed to the full two-hour shows.

Photos courtesy of Zoppe Family Circus

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COVID-19 on track to be leading cause of death in Arizona in 2021 Diannie Chavez Cronkite News

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OVID-19 claimed almost 15,800 lives in Arizona this year, putting it on track to be the leading cause of death in the state in 2021.

Official mortality numbers will not be available for months, but the other top causes of death in the state, cancers and heart disease, have each killed around 12,000 people in recent years. The exception was 2020, when heart disease claimed 14,185 lives in the state.

The Arizona Department of Health Services reported an unofficial total of 24,229 COVID-19 deaths in the state as of Dec. 31.

With 8,430 of those deaths coming in 2020, according to a preliminary state report on vital statistics for that year, that would leave 15,799 deaths from COVID-19 in 2021.

“That’s a lot of deaths and deaths are hard to be mistaken about,” said Dr. Joshua LaBaer, executive director of Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute. “A death is a death, there’s no misdiagnosis there.”

The surging COVID-19 numbers are a change from 2020, when the virus was the third-leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer.

LaBaer said that while it

does not surprise him that COVID-19 could be the leading cause of death in the state, he is surprised by the number of deaths that occurred after the roll-out of vaccines early last year.

COVID-19 killed more than 42 people a day on average in 2021, up from a daily average of just under 26 a day in 2020.

“It’s always difficult to predict,” LaBaer said. “I thought that with all the people vaccinated and people taking boosters that we wouldn’t be seeing a wave like we are.”

But with continued vaccine hesitancy and the emergence of new variants, other health experts predict the virus will be around for at least a third calendar year and will continue to take the lives of many.

“Until we get enough people in our country vaccinated so that we break the cycle of circulation and infection, we’re going to continue to have it,” said Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association.

In Arizona, 69.6% of eligible people had received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Dec. 31, according to the AZDHS, compared to 78% of people nationwide who had received at least one dose, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The state does not pro-

vide data on the number of people who have received vaccine boosters, but the CDC said that nationwide 36.3% of those 18 and older had gotten boosters.

Benjamin said it is important for those who are not vaccinated, and are eligible to receive the vaccine, to get vaccinated as soon as possible in order to help prevent more deaths.

“It is really clear that if you are fully vaccinated, and even better if you are boosted, your risk of getting really sick and dying, even if you get infected from COVID, is extraordinarily low,” Benjamin said.

Benjamin criticized those elected officials who he said “have not supported getting vaccinated. And we have other people who have actually put functional political barriers in the way.”

Will Humble, the executive director of the Arizona Public Health Association, agreed that there will likely continue to be thousands of new cases a day in the coming year, but he thinks the mortality rate will eventually decline.

“Over time, the general trend will be towards this becoming a less lethal disease but it’s not something that will probably ever go away,” Humble said. “But COVID-19 will eventually no longer be a public health emergency when enough people have been vaccinated.”

Benjamin said that

while he does not know what the death toll will look like in the upcoming new year, he does not expect the virus to go away anytime soon.

“Only time will tell, but in those communities that remain unvaccinated, we are going to see continued significant disease spread,” Benjamin said.

“Mask wearing is still going to be with us for a while,” Benjamin said.

“Sorry.”

For more stories from Cronkite News, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org.

BRIEFLY LOCAL WALMART SUPERCENTERS GET MAKEOVER Both Marana and Tucson Walmart Supercenters have remodeled several departments to accommodate Tucson residents amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Walmart locations at 8280 N. Cortaro Road and 1650 W. Valencia Road have upgraded departments to help customers save time and money, while also keeping customers and associates of Walmart protected from the COVID-19 virus.

“These upgrades add even greater convenience while also keeping safety top of mind,” Marana store manager Vicente Verdugo said.

Improvements at the Marana Supercenter include

a new building signage, a Vision Center 2.0, a newly added Mother’s Room, a new register layout with a Grab and Go option, expanded Pickup and Delivery, an updated Auto Care Center, updated lighting and an updated and expanded electronics department.

Improvements at the Tucson Supercenter includes a new building signage, remodeled restrooms, a new register layout with a Grab and Go option, expanded Pickup and Delivery, an updated Auto Care Center, updated apparel department, an updated Auto Care Center, updated lighting and flooring, and an updated and expanded electronics, home, deli and tools department.

Walmart Supercenter offers pickup, delivery, and express delivery services.

You can access these services through Walmart.com or via the Walmart app. Walmart also offers Walmart Pay, a touch free way to pay.

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Tucson Jazz Festival returns with a renewed focus on collaboration Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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fter narrowly making it into the early days of 2020, and being cancelled last year, the Tucson Jazz Festival is scheduled across multiple venues from Friday, Jan. 14, to Sunday, Jan. 23. The festival returns with an expanded variety of styles, both indoor and outdoor shows, and a special jam day that gets to the heart of jazz. .

After narrowly making it into the early days of 2020, and being cancelled last year, the Tucson Jazz Festival is scheduled across multiple venues from Friday, Jan. 14, to Sunday, Jan. 23. The festival returns with an expanded variety of styles, both indoor and outdoor shows, and a special jam day that gets to the heart of jazz.

Of course, this occurs as infection cases are spiking throughout the state and two headliners, Herb Alpert and Jon Batiste, have rescheduled. But many events and performers are still planned to continue throughout town, at venues like the Fox Theatre, Hotel Congress, and the Rialto.

“Anybody on our lineup, I’m super excited about, to be honest. We have some of the best performers. Unfortunately a couple have had to postpone their performances,

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but we still have fantastic musicians coming,” said Khris Dodge, executive director of the Tucson Jazz Festival. “I think the festival has been pretty consistent at offering a wide array of different styles within the jazz idiom, and this year is no exception.

We work hard to offer options for different tastes.”

Highlights include Grammy-winning artists like singer Dianne Reeves, guitarist Lee Ritenour and composer Dave Grusin.

Beyond individual performers, the Tucson Jazz Festival has also scheduled full bands and orchestras, such as the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and Tucson’s own Orkesta Mendoza.

Dodge says a goal of the Tucson Jazz Festival is to bring in some of the best performers from around the country, but also feature our city’s own jazz community.

“We have some of the best in the country right here in our own city, and we need to highlight and celebrate our wonderful local musicians, in addition to those we bring in from out of town,” Dodge said. “Both are definitely of value.”

New to the festival this year is the Tucson Jazz Festival Jam, scheduled for five hours midday on Saturday, Jan. 15, on the Hotel Congress plaza.

“I’m really excited about the outdoor jam,

which features performers booked for the Fox Theatre intermingling with some of our top performers here in town, creating different groups on three different stages throughout the day,” Dodge said.

The lengthy collaborative jam will give people a chance to listen to new combinations of performers. Because of its time, the audience can even listen for a bit, leave, come back, and there will still be new music performed.

“It’s something that happens in other jazz festivals. From an artist’s perspective, it’s really cool because you play with your own group all the time, and suddenly you have the chance to play with other great musicians that you normally wouldn’t get a chance to,” Dodge said.

On Monday, Jan. 17, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the outdoor Downtown Jazz Fiesta will be free to the public. The Jazz Fiesta features drummer and composer Kendrick Scott performing along with the University of Arizona’s Fred Fox Jazz Ensemble.

While there are both indoor and outdoor events planned, Dodge says there are currently no virtual components planned, which goes in line with the lively and improvisational nature of jazz.

“Over the last two years, we’ve done a lot of virtual.

And it was wonderful and we needed it, but I also

feel, as a community, we need that live connection,” Dodge said.

Due to the seemingly endless nightmare that is COVID, Dodge admits scheduling changes may be necessary as the Jazz Festival draws nearer.

However, participating venues are working with safety recommendations and mandates by the City of Tucson and Pima County.

“The biggest part is that we believe in our community, and we want to uplift our community.

The arts and music does that,” Dodge said. “Of course, they don’t solve everything, but it’s a small piece of the pie that makes Tucson great. And if we can play a small part in making our community better, we’ll try to engage in as many ways as we can.”

SELECT LINEUP Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin. Two jazz legends are teaming up for a special performance at the Fox Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 14. During a career spanning five decades, guitarist Lee Ritenour has amassed 16 Grammy nominations thanks to his technical fusion of jazz, pop, rock ’n’ roll and world music. Dave Grusin has worked as a composer, record producer and pianist, and has produced multiple film scores. In an effort to spread the love of jazz,

Grusin is also co-founder of the National Foundation for Jazz Education, a philanthropic group dedicated to helping young jazz musicians.

Dianne Reeves. Singer Dianne Reeves is known for wielding her voice as an instrument, offering a rich tone as well as improvisation between jazz and R&B. Her work has won her five Grammy Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Album, as well as an honorary doctorate of music from Juilliard music school. Reeves will be performing at the Tucson Convention Center’s Leo Rich Theatre on Sunday, Jan. 23.

at the Manhattan School Of Music. Scott will be performing with the UA Fred Fox Jazz Ensemble to headline the Downtown Jazz Fiesta on Monday, Jan. 17.

Orkesta Mendoza. Tucson’s own Orkesta Mendoza performs a special style of percussive fusion that could really only come out of the Old Pueblo.

Dubbed “indie mambo,” Orkesta Mendoza’s large sonic offerings take influence from ranchera, cumbia, psychedelic music and more. Their unique music includes drums, accordion, keyboard, clarinet, guitar, saxophone, piano, and multiple singers. Orkesta Mendoza perform at The Dave Stryker Quar- Hotel Congress on Saturtet & The Eric Alexander day, Jan. 22.

Quintet. This ensemble performance pairs two Sammy Rae & The musicians collaborating, Friends. Eight strong, this each with their own group. collective comes complete Uplifting guitarist Dave with a rhythm section, Stryker pairs his quartet horn section and multiwith tenor saxophonist ple singers. Band leader Eric Alexander’s quintet Sammy Rae traces her infor a unique show filling fluences everywhere from the Fox Theatre stage on classic rock to folk to jazz.

This all combines into a Friday, Jan 14. sweet yet energetic perforKendrick Scott. Drum- mance with multiple inmer, composer and band terweaving melodies that leader Kendrick Scott has stays danceable. Sammy been named one of the Rae & The Friends take most noteworthy rising the stage at 191 Toole on stars in jazz, perform- Tuesday, Jan. 18. ing on multiple Grammy-winning records. He For more information, has released multiple al- a full line-up, and to purbums, both avant-garde chase tickets, visit Tucsonand more traditional, and JazzFestival.org currently works on faculty

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Oracle Road construction, I-10 widening on 2022 transportation agenda Nicole Feltman Tucson Local Media

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s we move into 2022, there are plenty of orange cones and detour signs warning of road construction across the community.

The Arizona Department of Transportation will continue long-awaited improvements on Oracle Road, along with multiple freeway projects. The widening of Broadway Boulevard between downtown and Country Club Road is nearly complete, while a new phase of the Grant Road widening is set to begin in midtown. Pima County will be conducting multiple million-dollar projects to widen Houghton Road and Kolb Road, among other projects. Here is a more in depth look of what you can expect from Tucson construction in 2022.

Freeway work ADOT finished construction on the I-10 and Ruthrauff Road interchange in 2021. This $129 million reconstruction project consisted of adding one lane in each direction of the highway and building a new bridge to carry traffic on Ruthrauff Road/ El Camino del Cerro over I-10 and the railroad tracks.

Another interchange reconstruction project was completed in 2021 at I-10’s Houghton Road exit. This $24.4 million

project improvement included widening Houghton from two to six lanes, updating entrance and exit ramps, and improving access for pedestrians and cyclists.

Moving into 2022, there will be reconstruction on I-10 between Ina and Ruthrauff roads. Improvements include adding one lane along with an auxiliary lane in each direction, as well as adding dual-lane entrance and exit ramps at Orange Grove and Sunset roads.

Pavement rehabilitation will be done on I-10 between Ajo Way and Rita Road. Pavement preservation work will be done on I-10 from Tangerine to Ina Road, On I-19, pavement preservation will take place from Valencia Road to Ajo Way and from Pima Mine to Papago roads.

Pima County Pima County is wrapping up some long-planned projects this year.

A $30 million project widening Houghton Road approximately three miles from Interstate 10 south past the Pima County Fairgrounds to Pantano High School is already underway, with an estimated completion date of December 2022.

The project will reconstruct the current two-lane roadway to a divided four-lane section.

This spring, the Pima County Department of Transportation is wrapping

up a $19.5 million project on Kolb Road from Sabino Canyon to Sunrise Drive, transforming roughly 1.9 miles of Kolb Road from a two-lane roadway to a three-lane roadway. There will also be a roundabout installed at the intersection of Territory and Kolb roads.

Through a $3 million project, the intersection of Sahuarita Road and Wilmot Road will gain a traffic signal and will be widened for both right and left turning lanes. There will also be an installation of parallel drainage channels to push storm water west. This project should wrap in spring 2022.

The Pima County Department of Transportation will be working with the Arizona Department of Transportation to design a roadway that connects Sunset Road from I-10 to River Road. This $34 million project is currently in the design phase, with construction projected to begin in October 2022. The project is part of the 2006 voter-approved RTA 20year multimodal plan.

City of Tucson Work is nearly finished on one of the city’s longest-awaited projects: the widening of Broadway Boulevard between Euclid to Country Club to six lanes in each direction.

The project will include bus pullouts, buffered bike lanes, sidewalks, and landscaping, along with a new

underground storm system. A BikeHAWK installation will be at Treat and Broadway to better help pedestrians and bicyclists cross the busy road. City transportation planners say the project will be complete in February 2022.

Meanwhile, the nearby Downtown Links, which will run alongside the Union Pacific tracks from the Broadway and Barraza-Aviation Parkway intersection to St. Mary’s Road, is in its third phase of construction with completion date in mid-2023.

On the horizon: The Sixth Street and Seventh Avenue intersection is estimated to reopen by March 2022. Construction crews are currently working to connect to the existing underground box culvert and will also replace curbs and sidewalks, repave the intersection, and construct the bridge over Sixth Avenue, south of Seventh Street.

Construction on Houghton Road between Valencia Road and Mary Ann Cleveland Way, which began in September 2020, is expected to be completed in January 2022. The project includes a new six-lane landscaped roadway with improvements for drainage, street lighting, bikes lanes, sidewalks, bus pullouts and new traffic signals at Rita Road.

Several major projects will begin in 2022.

The ongoing Grant Road Improvement Project, which is expanding

Grant Road to six lanes, will begin work from Palo Verde Boulevard to Venice Place. Transportation planners expect to begin this project in the summer 2020, with an estimated duration of 18-24 months.

Construction includes improvements in two new travel lanes, new and wider sidewalks, more crosswalks with signals, improved bicycle lanes, and enhanced landscaping.

The 22nd Street Improvement Project will start work between Kino Parkway to Tucson Boulevard in spring/summer of 2022. This phase of the project includes a new bridge over the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and widening the road from two to three lanes in each direction, along with a separated pedestrian and bicycle bridge.

A project to widen Silverbell Road to a four-lane divided desert parkway between El Camino del Cerro to Goret Road is set to begin in fall 2022. The project will include landscaped median islands, bike lanes, new sidewalks, upgraded drainage systems, traffic signal improvements and art elements.

Through the voter-approved Tucson Delivers Better Streets, multiple arterial and residential roads through the city of Tucson have been repaved and revamped. Those roads include Sixth Avenue, Westgate Townhouses, and Hiawatha Hills and Teresa Terrace.

Arterial roads that still need to be repaved and revamped include Main Avenue and Granada Avenue.

Construction for Main Avenue began in November 2021. Reconstruction of Granada Avenue is expected to begin in February 2022.

Planned road improvements for arterial roads expected to begin in 2022 include: • Fort Lowell Road, from Country Club Road to Alvernon Way. • Glenn Street, from Alvernon Way to Swan Road • Grant Road, from Venice Place to Beverly Avenue • Wilmot Road, from Grant Road to Pima Street • Grant Road, from Craycroft Road to Wilmot Road • Silverbell Road, from Saint Mary’s Road to Congress Street • Camino Seco, from Golf Links Road to Irvington Road • Pantano Road, from Broadway to 22nd Street • Bear Canyon Road, from Bear Paw Place to Tanque Verde Road • Broadway from Houghton Road to Tanque Verde Lane • 22nd Street, from Houghton Road to Melpomene Way • Melpomene Way, from 22nd Street to Calle Catalina • Sabino Canyon Road, Acoma Place Residential roads in various neighborhoods are also being repaired.

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On the Menu: Parish owner brings a little southern comfort to downtown with The Delta Matt Rusell

Special to Tucson Local Media

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he seed was likely planted when Travis Peters was a punk-rocking teenager, wearing an Operation Ivy band T-shirt and shredding around the streets of downtown Tucson on his skateboard.

He was a regular fixture on the downtown punk and boarding scene long before he captured the nation’s attention as a multiple award-winning chef and Food Network star. Though he opened his first restaurant on the northwest side a decade ago, The Parish, his connection to downtown remained strong. And just last week, he opened his second restaurant on the same street where he used to shred as a kid.

The Delta, located at 135 S. Sixth Avenue in the re-imagined space that was formerly Janos Wilder’s DOWNTOWN Kitchen & Cocktails, is Peters’ and his business partners’ nod to genuine southern hospitality and “a healthy dose of spirited swagger.”

As Peters points out, both of his restaurants are inspired by southern traditions. But The Delta’s menu is dominated by smaller, tapas-style dishes in a setting that pays tribute to the music culture of

America’s big cities.

“Try to imagine The Parish’s punk rock cousin, who grew up in Los Angeles rock clubs, won the lottery, moved to the South, bought an old swanky joint and turned it into a chef-driven bar and grill, that’s The Delta,” he said.

So what does swank look like at the center of the plate? The Big D is Peters’ response, “a most ridiculous sandwich” as he defines it.

The “Big D” comes with a smoked and Dr. Pepper-braised bone-in beef rib on a locally baked baguette, with an andouille sausage aioli, habanero-dill pickles, pickled vegetables, fermented, dehydrated and fried Shitake mushrooms and crispy beef tendons.

This is especially good news to me as you just can’t find decent beef tendons these days.

When the dish is delivered to the table, the server effortlessly pulls the bone from the meat and sets it alongside the plate.

Another salute to the swank is The Delta’s Stuffed Pork Rib Crown, a full rack of brined and smoked pork ribs turned up on its side with the ends fastened together with “meat glue.” Peters stuffs fried tater tots in the middle of the circle of ribs and tops them with pimiento cheese, two kinds

of barbecue sauce, crumbled pork rinds, pickled onions and blueberries, and jalapenos that are fried with onions and soy sauce.

Excuse me, but how in the world does a guest even begin to attack this dish?

“This one clearly comes with a steak knife,” he said. “The ribs are standing straight up and down so you can see where you need to cut.”

You can just imagine the accelerating landslide of saucy tots as each rib is eliminated.

But what about those smaller plates that are said to define The Delta’s distinctness?

Peters has you covered, with nearly 20 dishes ranging from a Giant Chicharron to a Crispy Pig Tail Confit. There’s also a Roasted Forbes Bone Marrow, with an upcharge for the “Bourbon Luge,” of course.

“This is a place for sharing, a place to enjoy food and drinks with the people you love,” he said.

Operation Ivy, that punk band that Peters loved in his youth, recorded a song in 1989 called “Gonna Find You” which promises, “If you can’t find a place it’s gonna find you.”

While Travis Peters wasn’t necessarily looking for The Delta as a kid

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on a skateboard, I believe that it found him.

And now we’ve found a fun new place to get our swank and swagger on.

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.

The “Big D” comes with a smoked and Dr. Pepper-braised bone-in beef rib on a locally baked baguette. Photo by Javier Castillo.

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Rising from the Fall: Artist explores her recovery from domestic violence in a show of paintings at &gallery Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

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ai Trask was amazed that she lived through it.

Trask had earned an undergraduate degree in cultural anthropology and political science from the University of Arizona before heading to Los Angeles to pursue her dream.

She wanted to write about music and own a record label.

“I was into a lot of hip hop, a lot of prog-rock, very unorthodox, fringe underground experimental, electronic Lo-Fi types,” Trask said.

Trask finds beauty in the darkest of places, inspiration among the broken, the wrecked and the wasted. Along the way, she met the wrong romantic partner.

“I found myself, you know, in a very violent domestic partnership,” Trask said.

Five years ago, her abuser pushed her out of a five-story window, putting her in a coma. It was a surprise she survived.

The same could not be said for her unborn baby. Trask lost her pregnancy in the assault.

Her fall was five years ago and she continues to undergo reconstructive surgeries here in Tucson, where she moved to recover with the help of her

mother.

Trask is giving the world a glimpse into her experience as a domestic violence survivor through her art exhibition (UN) DEAD, a five-year retrospective of the murdered woman, which will be on display at &gallery, 419 N. Fourth Ave, from Jan. 8 to Jan. 24. The exhibit opens with a reception from 6 to 10 p.m. on this Saturday, Jan. 8.

“It is an experience, it is intense because it is honest,” she said. “Beauty out of chaos.”

Trask found herself drawn to painting and mixed media, taking inspiration from Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter known for her autobiographical work that incorporates surrealist elements. Many of Kahlo’s paintings explore her own experience of chronic pain caused by a bus accident when she was 18.

“I really do feel as if I had an opportunity to step into one of Frida’s shoes during her recovery using painting as a tool for evolution, for healing, for a reckoning, for self conservation, preservation,” Trask said. “And as my art progressed, so did my healing.”

Trask’s recovery is evident in the show. The 30 paintings on display show how her technique and subject matter progresses with each piece. In earlier

“Trophy” by Vai Trask.

works, her color choices are very dark with abstract subject matter. But as she recovers, color returns to her work.

“Color was the most ambitious because color represented my outlook on life,” Trask said.

Trask jokes that the opening reception is her fifth birthday party; the fall from five stories killed her old self, but she has been reborn in a new life filled with exciting opportunities.

“I’ve been so blessed meeting people,” Trask says, “and what I say to myself now is like, ‘You’re

fucking dope.’ I am good enough.”

The reception will include a live musical performance by Tommy Will, scheduled to start around 9 p.m.

“He’s bringing in the music and that’s initially why I got into all of this,” Trask says. “I moved to Los Angeles, I could write about music, I could tell you about it, I could tell you what I think of it, but I didn’t make it so to be able to have him as an agent for this other dimension of my artwork is more than a blessing.”

Cynthia Naugle, who

will take ownership of the gallery in late January, said in a culture that obsesses over true crime, there isn’t enough light shed on survivors or victims. On a recent afternoon at the gallery, she told Trask that her story was “very important.”

“I think it’s important to acknowledge honesty in the art world,” Naugle said.

“Your art is beautiful but it’s not safe.”

In fact, Naugle said she would be putting a trigger warning on the show due to its subject matter, drawing an excited “Yes!” from Trask. Naugle responded

with cheerful laughter.

Although she doesn’t view herself as a role model, Trask hopes telling her story will give others the tools she never had. She wants anyone who may be in a similar situation to know there is always someone there for you.

“We need you and I know you feel like you got nothing, but trust, you got an army,” Trask said. &gallery is located at 419 N. 4th Ave. Visit andgallery.art for more information.

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THEATER FRIDAY, JAN. 14 • Bring the entire family to Marana Laughs featuring Christian comedian Chris Wineland, Dan Durney who started his clean comedy journey at 50 and Johnnie Fry taking his act solo after performing with an improve troupe.

Details: 7:30 p.m.; Coyote Trail Stage, 8000 N. Silverbell Road; $10 or $30/ family; maranalaughs.com.

SATURDAY, JAN. 15 • Take a comedic look at the thin line between magic and juggling in the Tucson Fringe Festival Almost Magic Show! to benefit the Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation of Southern AZ. Details: 2 and 5 p.m.; Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Theater, 330 S. Scott Ave.; $10; 585-278-7770 or tucsonfringe.org.

JAN. 15-FEB. 5 • Catch a performance of the hilarious comedy Women in Jeopardy! about the value of friendship and the potential value of trading in wine glasses for spy glasses when the mid-life crisis just isn’t your speed. Details: 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday-Saturday (additional matinee performances on select dates), 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday; Temple of Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave.; $40-$73; arizonatheatre.org.

JAN. 16 • Take a comedic journey through ‘love at first sight’‘til death do us part’and all of the funny stuff in between with Mark Cordes’The Spouse Whisperer and a hilarious peek into the real world of rela-

tionships. Details: 2 and 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $27; 520-529-1000 or gaslightmusichall. com.

THURSDAY TO MONDAY THROUGH JAN. 23 • Bring the kids and grandma to the Zoppe Family Circus at their return to the Big Top with a unique blend of acrobatics, humor and family entertainment.

Details: 7 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. Friday; 1, 4 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 1 and 4 p.m. Sunday-Monday; Mercado District, 221 S. Avenida del Convento; $25-$50; 520-471-1106 or mercadodistrict.com.

TUESDAY TO SUNDAY THROUGH MARCH 27

Band to benefit the Hearth Foundation providing affordable housing for low income families. Details: 6 p.m. Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $20; 520-529-1000 or gaslightmusichall. com.

FRIDAY, JAN. 14 • Relive the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s with Vinyl Tap at the Rock & Roll All Nite Dance Party. Details: 7 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $20; 520529-1000 or gaslightmusichall.com.

• Don’t miss the Dave Stryker Quartet and the Eric Alexander Quintet featuring the TJF String Orchestra performing world-class jazz at the Tucson Jazz Festival. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; $37-$60; foxtucson.com.

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• Don’t miss the Gaslight’s favorite hero returning with more thrills in the musical adventure Arizona Smith and the Relic of Doom. Details: 7 p.m.

Tuesday-Thursday, 6 and 8:30 p.m.

Friday-Saturday, 3 and 6 p.m. Sunday; Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd.; $27; $15 children; 520-886-9428 or thegaslighttheatre.com.

• Rock the night away with the progressive hard rock band YYNOT - Rush Tribute. Details: 2 and 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $27; 520-529-1000 or gaslightmusichall. com.

• Enjoy a special night of jazz Petite Fleur with Adonis Rose & New Orleans Jazz Orchestra’s NOJO 7 featuring Cyrille Aimée with opener Kendrick Scott and Tucson Jazz Institute Ellington Big Band at the Tucson Jazz Festival. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; THURSDAY, JAN. 13 $37-$60; foxtucson.com.

• The Starlets will knock your socks off • Bring a lawn chair and listen to a mix of with their modern and classic doo-wop classic and contemporary songs by CS & inspired by iconic groups of the 50’s and M Trio presented by the Southern Arizo- 60’s laced with great choreography and na Arts and Cultural Alliance. Details: 6 witty banter. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Desertp.m.; Oro Valley Marketplace, Oracle and View Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Tangerine Roads; free; 520-797-3959.

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SUNDAY, JAN. 16 • Enjoy a concert by renowned longtime musicians Lee Ritenour & Dave Grusin presented by the Tucson Jazz Festival. Details: 7 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; $37-$65; foxtucson. com.

MONDAY, JAN. 17

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• Join the Oro Valley Neighborhood Group for January Happy Hour with live music, Puttin’for Prizes, collection of new clothing and hygiene items for local homeless veterans by the American Legion Oro Valley Post 132 and guest mayoral candidate retired OV police chief Danny Sharp. Details: 5 p.m.; The Landing, 8195 N. Oracle Road; $15, $10 online; eventbrite.com.

• Don’t miss tribute artist and Las Vegas impersonator Corrie Sachs as Reba McEntire in an award-winning show.

Details: 7:30 p.m.; DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive; $30; 520-825-2818.

FRIDAY, JAN. 21 • Get a Pink Floyd experience at Shine On Floyd with all their classics. Details: 7 p.m.; Berger Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. Speedway Blvd.; $30; 602750-7268 or shineonfloyd.com

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• Acquire meditation and mindfulness skills at the Stress Management Workshop Series with Dr. Christina Gilman.

Details: 10-11:30 a.m.; Unity of Tucson, 3617 N. Camino Blanco; $20 or $100/ series; 808-754-7894.

• Create your own bird oasis with tips for AZ Plant Lady Noelle Johnson at the online Tucson Botanical Gardens class Gardening for Birds in the Desert.

Details: 10 a.m.-noon; Zoom link provided; $30, discount for members; 520-326-9686.

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SPORTS EXTRA POINT WITH TOM DANEHY &RECREATION A few ways to make the wide world of sports better in 2022 Tom Danehy

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ere’s what we need to help make 2022 waaaay better than the past two years: Let’s have the investigative/legislative/punitive body finish its work on the University of Arizona men’s basketball program from what feels like a generation ago and be done with it.

Sean Miller’s tenure as Wildcat coach will be remembered as a disappointment, an era in which the Cats flirted with greatness a couple times, but couldn’t close the deal. It was a time when superstars played below their level or were denied the chance to shine (Lauri Markkanen not being given the chance to take the last shot in an excruciating loss in the NCAAs). And, ultimately, it all ended in scandal and disarray.

Raise your hand if you believe that Sean Miller knew what shady things were going on in and around his program. That collective gust of wind could be measured on the Beaufort Scale.

The current UA team is a delight. It reminds me of early Lute Olson squads, guys who just want to play ball and do whatever it takes to win. There is no underutilized DeAndre Ayton and no over-hyped

Nico Mannion, just a collection of ballers who have gone from unranked in the preseason into the Top 10 heading into January.

If they ever get another chance to play, they deserve the chance to compete for the Pac-12 title and go to the NCAA Tournament.

Other schools that committed similar violations have served their time and are good to go. (The UA self-imposed a postseason ban on themselves last year.)

This year’s team, under new coach Tommy Lloyd, deserves a chance to know what it’s playing for. And if things go right (and fairly), we Wildcat fans could be rooting for our squad into the second weekend of the Dance or beyond.

Happy days would be here again.

We need to have cooler heads prevail when it comes to this winter’s high-school sports. With COVID cases spiking yet again, I’m terrified that athletic administrators will overreact and cancel things that needn’t be canceled.

In full disclosure, I’m in my first year as coach of the varsity girls’ basketball team at Amphi High.

The program has not had a winning team in 20 years.

Two straight decades of losing teams (and I mean a bunch of 2-16 and 3-15 seasons). This year’s squad

has worked hard and is 11-5 heading into conference play. The girls have a chance to have the program’s first winning season THIS CENTURY(!) and go to State. It would be devastating if they missed out on either or both of those opportunities.

I fully appreciate the gravity of the decisions that must be made by administrators, but we, as a society, need to learn from the recent past. A lot of the things that were done, in retrospect, may have erred on the side of caution.

Going forward, if you need to ban maskless and/ or unvaccinated fans from attending, please do so. If the kids have to go back to wearing masks in the games, that would be infinitely better than canceling games.

(As I am writing this, the New York Times just reported that South Africa says that Omicron cases have dropped by 30 percent in the past week and that the spike in cases did not lead to a spike in deaths. That’s certainly cautious good news.)

I just hope that we can get through the winter sports of wrestling and basketball without any major disruptions (soccer is outdoors). Once we get to the spring sports, thing should be fine. With the exception of boys volleyball, they’re all outdoors (tennis, softball, baseball,

track & field, beach volleyball). Here’s hoping.

It would be great if the two new Wildcat coaches (baseball’s Chip Hale and softball’s Caitlyn Lowe) can continue the tradition of excellence in their respective sports without missing a beat.

And for Adia Barnes, in her inexorable march toward world domination in all things, may we all just bask in her glory.

How cool would it be

for the Arizona Wildcat football team to play in a bowl game next year?

(Actually, at gloomy press time, how cool would it be for there to be a full slate of bowl games next year?)

For Arizona to go from one win to six or more in one year would be a gargantuan leap, but the Cats managed to rope in one of the most impressive recruiting classes in the entire conference and who knows?

Finally, it would be great if some teams had a do-over. Let the Suns get back to the NBA Finals (and finish the job this year). Let the UA women make it to the Final Four again. And how about getting a professional baseball franchise in the Valley of the Sun? Oh, wait…

Editor’s note: Tom Danehy coaches the Amphi varsity girls’ basketball

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You’re clever and will figure out what needs to happen to get what you want. That’s the easy part. The hard part is figuring out the best thing to want. Pose this question inwardly. Ask your better angels to chime in. Ask for a vision.

Watch the movie of your most hopeful future in your mind.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You have a good sense for choosing people and should trust your natural leanings this week. When you’re not having any, try posing questions to yourself as prompts. For instance: If love were medicine, whose do you think would hold the best healing potential for you?

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You really don’t care what a certain person does or doesn’t do regarding you, which is precisely how you maintain your power. To worry about your status in other people’s minds takes too much energy and would only steal focus from the very goals and intentions that make you so attractive.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). The people around you were taught differently from the way you were. They’ll try to solve the problem with methods foreign to you while you watch in agitation, suspecting your way would have worked much better. Your restraint is the stuff of saints and scientists, lifelong learners and unconditional lovers.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Just because a thing has no intrinsic value doesn’t mean it’s without great value entirely. You have your eye on an emblem of prestige or symbol of status, and there’s no need to feel the least bit silly about this aim. It matters in some way beyond what you can put into words, and not only to you.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Those who use bad manners to get what they want may not be bad people, rather just ill-informed or wrongly taught. Good manners are easy to learn and will bond people much more quickly. You’ll learn how to ingratiate yourself, get what you want out of a situation and simultaneously grow your social equity.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Long ago, you set yourself up for good fortune then forgot about it. Now it’s like you’re finding money at the bottom of your sock drawer -- a fun gift from your past self that you can really use now. Pay it forward by doing something that will be helpful, delightful or whimsical to your future self.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You are an artist even when you don’t mean to be.

You’ve a certain way of seeing things, and as you move toward that vision, others will see what you do whether you intend them to or not. Knowing your vision will be shared makes you want to bring more hope and happiness to your experience.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You’ll take social risks in the name of fun, novelty, art and adventure. If rejected, you’ll quickly move on. This is why you succeed with people; you find the right ones for your brand of daring.

Those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Trust is not a legality -- it’s a feeling. And like most feelings, it’s not always based on logic. Regardless of what the contract says or what arrangement was originally made, people are deciding moment to moment what to trust in the situation. Ever-aware of this, you’ll build something very special.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You’re very persuasive when you apply yourself. Of course, asking for what you want is a risk, and often an awkward one. This week, the awkwardness can work for you. Your vulnerability shows courage and makes you relatable. So, just ask. You’ll either learn from it or you’ll get exactly what you ask for.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). All animals have territorial zones, and you’re an animal, too.

If someone comes unexpectedly into your territory, it’s only natural to bristle. You’ll try not to cross the boundary lines of others, and you’ll be assertive when it comes to defending your own. Some won’t understand where the lines are until you tell them.

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Lord God Most High, give us true faith, and help that faith grow daily this new year.

Give us hope and love, so that we may serve our neighbors according to Your Will.

We ask this through Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.

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