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Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays | June 13 - July 27 Times: 10 AM - 12 PM Location: Marana Pool Cost: $60 (Resident) | $72.50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 11 - 14

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Dates: Saturday | September 2 Times: 6 PM Location: Marana Pool

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Dates: Wednesday - Thursday | May 10 – 11 Times: Various Location: Marana Pool Cost: $50 (Resident) | $62.50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 15 & Up

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Dates: May 2, June 6, July 11, & August 1 Time: 7 AM – 9 AM Location: El Rio Preserve Cost: $5 (Resident) | $6.25 (Non-Resident) Ages: 12 & Up

DAYTIME LESSONS

Dates: Mondays & Wednesdays June 5 - 14 | June 19 - 28 | July 10 - 19 | July 24 - August 2 Times: 10 AM - 10:45 AM | 10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Location: Marana Pool Cost: $40 (Resident) | $50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 5 - 12 EVENING LESSONS

Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays June 6 - 15 | June 20 - 29 | July 11 - 20 | July 25 - August 3 Times: 4 PM - 4:45 PM | 4:45 PM - 5:30 PM Location: Marana Pool Cost: $40 (Resident) | $50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 5 - 12

MARANA JUNIOR LIFEGUARDING Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays | June 13 - July 27 Times: 10 AM - 12 PM Location: Marana Pool Cost: $50 (Resident) | $62.50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 11 - 14

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WET & WILD IN THE GARDEN Dates: Fridays | July 7, 14, 21, & 28 Time: 8 AM – 9 AM Location: Heritage River Park Cost: $40/Family 4 Sessions (Resident) | $50/Family 4 Sessions (Non-Resident) Ages: 2 - 10 (With Adult Present)

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Dates: Monday - Friday | June 5 - 9 Time: 8 AM – 9:30 AM Location: Heritage River Park Stables Cost: $250.00 (Resident) | $312.50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 5 - 7

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Dates: Monday - Friday | June 19 - 23 Time: 8 AM - 10 AM Location: Heritage River Park Stables Cost: $281.25 (Resident) | $351.56 (Non-Resident) Ages: 8 - 14

FITNESS & WELLNESS STEVE BERRY MARTIAL ARTS ACADEMY Dates: Mondays & Thursdays | Monthly Time: 7 PM – 8:30 PM Location: Marana Community Center Cost: $35 (Resident) | $43.75 (Non-Resident) Ages: 6 & Up

BOXING BOOTCAMP M-5 FIGHT CLUB

Dates: Mondays | Monthly Time: 6:30 PM – 8 PM Location: Gladden Farms Elementary Cost: $50 (Resident) | $62.50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 6 & Up

BOXING BOOTCAMP SUMMER CAMP M-5 FIGHT CLUB

Dates: Monday - Thursday | June 5 - 8 Time: 6:30 PM – 8 PM Location: Gladden Farms Elementary Cost: $50 (Resident) | $62.50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 6 & UP

ADULT SPORTS OPEN GYM BASKETBALL

Dates: Tuesdays & Thursdays | Monthly Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Location: Leman Academy Marana Cost: $10 (Monthy Pass) | $12.50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 16 & Up

PICKLEBALL LEAGUE Dates: Wednesdays | May 3 – June 28 Time: 6 PM – 9 PM Location: Ora Mae Harn District Park Cost: $40 (Resident) | $50 (Non-Resident) Ages: 16 & Up

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Female firefighters making their mark in Marana service,” he added.

In the next few weeks, we will share the stories of the women in the Northwest Fire District.

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HEALTH ..................... 12 Listeria: Another infection to worry about

Rebecca Rodriguez works at Station 334, where she is certified to drive an ambulance. She has been with the Northwest Fire District as a firefighter/EMT for two years. (Karen Schaffner/Staff )

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ebecca Rodriguez has a busy job.

She starts her 8 a.m. shift 45 minutes early. First task: change into her uniform. Next: get her turnout gear and place it by the fire engine or ambulance. Then she gets the rundown of the previous day’s calls from the person she is relieving.

After that, the work really begins. Of course, even during those 45 minutes when she is not officially clocked in, she is on the alert.

“In that time, you have to be on your horse a little bit because at any time you could pop a call, and it’s just courtesy to jump on the engine,” Rodriguez said.

“You don’t want to keep somebody there longer than they need to be.”

Thus starts Rodriguez’s day as a firefighter/EMT at Station 334 on Wade and Silverbell roads. She is one of a rare breed. Out of the nearly 300 firefighters and administrative staff in the Northwest Fire District, Rodriguez is one of five women who have sworn to protect lives, community and property.

In the United States, 9% of all firefighters are women, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. Fire departments should look at the community it serves, according to Bill Troup, USFA project officer, in the 2019 handbook “Emerging Health and Safety Issues Among Women in the Fire Service.”

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Rodriguez is following in the footsteps of her father, a firefighter in South Tucson. She wasn’t cut out for an office; she had always been physical.

“When I graduated from college, I tried to do office jobs and it didn’t work for me,” Rodriguez said. “I made the decision I was going to the fire department, police force, (or) border patrol. It was always going to be something a little more active.”

She was accepted for the fire academy on her second try. Recruits attend fire academy for 22 weeks. Only some make it through, but that doesn’t guarantee they will make it through the probationary year.

Rodriguez finished her probationary year in August 2022 and now has two years on the job. As an EMT (not paramedic, which requires more certifications), she drives the ambulance, though she is working to be certified to drive the ladder truck.

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African American Museum of Southern Arizona Ongoing The African American Museum of Southern Arizona has opened its doors at the UA. Co-founded by Beverly and Bob Elliott, the museum presents a cultural and educational experience through items of significance and intentional storytelling to preserve African American and Black life, culture and history in Southern Arizona to benefit the community. Admission is free to the museum in room 244 of the Student Union Memorial Center.

Until regular hours are established, interested visitors can schedule an appointment by emailing aamuseumofsouthernaz@gmail. com.

African American Museum of Southern Arizona, 4511 N. Campbell Avenue, Suite 255-2. Info: aamsaz. org “Woman-Ochre” TO MAY 20 Willem de Koonig’s “Woman-Ochre” was stolen in 1985 from the University of Arizona Museum of Art. It’s returned home and on display through May. Tickets for “Restored: The Return of Woman-Ochre” are $8 general admission; $6 seniors 65-plus and groups of 10 or more; and free for students with ID, museum members, UA faculty, staff, military personnel, AAM members, visitors with a SNAP card or Tribal ID, and

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FIREFIGHTERS from page 1 Rodriguez works at a ladder engine station, where there is an engine, an ambulance and a ladder truck. Station 334 houses six personnel daily. Titles vary but always onsite are a captain, an engineer and a paramedic at least.

There is no typical day on the job.

“There are fires, there are car accidents, there are EMS (calls); they could just be anything of that nature,” Rodriguez said.

However, there are regular important daily tasks.

“I’m an ambulance driver right now,” she said.

“I need to make sure that my radio is charged, my air pack is fully functioning. I inspect my gear really quick, put it on, inspect my tools. I’m going to the driver’s seat, move my seat forward, fix all those things I need to fix, like my rearview

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mirrors. I need to go grab small gloves.”

Finally, she logs in and the truck check begins, which she does with a partner.

“For me I’m checking from the outside all the way to the inside, including the EMS supplies,” Rodriguez said. “At that time, when I’m done with my ambulance I’ll go and help the firefighter because we have a ladder truck, so we have two trucks to check, so he has a lot more to do.”

Around 9 a.m. it’s time to practice. It could be drilling, EMS skills, preparing for a truck demonstration at a kindergarten. Even then the crew still needs to be ready to fly at a moment’s notice.

Meals are usually taken together. After lunch, it’s study time because a lot of the staff are prepping for a test that will land them a promotion.

Sometime during the day, they work out for an hour. Between 5 and 6 they all sit down again

to eat.

“That’s when we all put our phones away and we talk about whatever we need to talk about,” Rodriguez said. “A lot of times it ends up being jokes, having fun, for about an hour and a half with the hopes that we don’t get a call during that time. Then we have duties that everybody has, like chores to do.”

Whoever cooks dinner also cleans the kitchen. Everyone else cleans the restrooms and mops the floors — the jobs that keep the place clean and comfortable. Every crew does this, so the station is cleaned every day.

Then it’s quiet time until 8 p.m., when everyone starts to think about going to bed. If they are lucky, there will be only a couple of calls. If they are not so lucky, there will be several. Finally, the workday ends at 8 the next morning.

Of all the days that Rodriguez has been on

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“I was on probation with the crew I’m with now,” she said. “It was a construction worker who went down. He was cleaning someone’s yard, and there were kids all around watching.

We were able to get (the victim) back (while) on scene. We all ended up in the ambulance…We took off and my captain was looking around; he was just by himself (on scene). The engineer was gone. The paramedic was gone. The firefighter was gone. He was like, “Who’s going to drive the engine? Who’s going to pick up all the equipment? You guys just left me.’ But it was that important because we needed all hands on deck in the back of the ambulance. We got him to the hospital, and he survived.”

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Rotary Club hosts free forum on human trafficking

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n Tucson and across the country, human trafficking is a serious and often overlooked problem. Rotary Club of Marana chair and organizer Randy Brooks explained, in a lot of cases, it’s more lucrative than the drug industry, with a global profit of around $150 billion.

“That industry is more valuable than all of the drug industries in the world,” Brooks said. “You can only sell drugs once, but you can sell a person many times.”

The Rotary will host a human trafficking forum on Saturday, April 15, with local, state and national representatives working to analyze the problem and find a solution. The event is free to the public, featuring complimentary food and resources throughout the day at Pima Community College Center for the Performing Arts.

Human trafficking is the trade of children, women and men for the purpose of sexual and labor exploitation. As a border town along the interstate, Tucson is considered a strategic spot for trafficking operations.

The Rotary’s upcoming forum is prefaced with the words “Awareness, Hope, Action.” Brooks and the organization hope to educate people on the dangers and give hope for quelling the problem and for trafficking victims. Participants can take action through networking opportunities at the forum.

“Our goal is to educate people on how to recognize it and how to understand it, that it’s actually something we should be concerned about in Tucson,” Brooks said. “We’ve intentionally asked people to come from different places in the spectrum of trafficking. We want them to know there’s action that can be taken.”

The day will start with a complimentary breakfast and feature keynote

addresses from Shauna Sexton of the Phoenix Dream Center and Robert Deering of Rotary Action Group Against Slavery. The forum will also have two panels with four speakers each, including law enforcement, health departments and sanctuaries that work with human trafficking cases.

Acting President of the Rotary Club of Marana, Laura Clymer addressed the impact of educating people on the issue, and how action cannot be taken without community involvement.

“Mostly, it’s about bringing it to the community’s attention so people are aware,” Clymer said about the forum.

“They can think of ways they can do their part and see what actions they can take to combat this problem.”

Human trafficking is happening in Tucson, and as a Rotary, the Marana Club’s goal is to bring peace to the world and help those who have less. Brooks noted the issue is too important to ig-

nore, and education and awareness lead to intervention.

By bringing experts and resources together, the community is closer to a solution. It’s closer to spreading awareness, hope and action to the trafficking problem.

“It requires community attention and stakeholders because it’s not just one entity or group’s decision,” Clymer said.

“It’s going to take the whole community.

Rotary of Marana’s Human Trafficking Forum WHEN: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 15 WHERE: Pima Community College Center for the Performing Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road, Tucson COST: Free INFO: maranarotary.org

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FEATURES

SAHBA home show offers improvement tips

BY KAREN SCHAFFNER Tucson Local Media Staff

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t’s spring, when the urge to refresh our homes, and especially our gardens, looms large.

The annual SAHBA Home and Patio Show is here to share ideas and allow patrons to engage with experts and service providers.

The event is Friday, April 14, to Sunday, April 16, at the Tucson Convention Center.

More than 250 vendors of all types, including crafts people and nonprofits, will be on hand with tables full of information and products to peruse.

For example, find a new best friend at Pathway for Paws, a dog adoption organization, whose main focus is the health and wellness of the animals and ensuring they get placed in safe and loving homes. Representatives of the nonprofit, both two- and four-legged, will be at the show on Saturday and Sunday.

Also on hand will be representatives of ByFusion, a Tucson plastic reuse program.

This initiative is meant to utilize unrecyclable

plastic from the Tucson community to create building materials, such as what the new benches in Himmel Park are made from.

Another vendor in attendance will be a Tucson institution: Off the Wall Furniture Solutions, a family business that has been showing their custom-designed and made furniture at the show for more than 40 years.

Owner Jay Sherman and his constant companion, The Bear (The Bear is a big, friendly pooch), have been going to the home show for so long now he sees his original customers with second and third generations in tow.

“We get to meet our old customers from 43 years ago,” Sherman said. “When someone meets you, they remember you, and I remember them. It’s great to reconnect with old customers.”

Once upon a time the business was called Off the Wall Beds, but that was when all they made were wall beds. These days, the business has expanded. Need an office? They can make one for you. Library? Entertainment center? New kitchen? Absolutely, and, ac-

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Plan for the next home improvement project at the SAHBA Home and Patio Show, set for Friday, April 14, to Sunday, April 16. (SAHBA Home and Patio Show/Submitted)

cording to Sherman, do it for the same price as a big box store.

“Anything made out of wood or laminate we can build, and we’re custom builders…

(People) show me a picture of what they want, and that’s what we build for them. We try to be flexible and never say ‘no’ to our customers,” Sherman said.

Sherman admitted custom can be more expensive, but he has a way to keep costs down.

“We are quite competitive with pre-made box stores,” he added. “Why? Because we designed it ourselves, and we built it ourselves…There’s no middleman.” They also deliver and install their products. Plus, their cabinet shop is only 4 miles from their store location, on the corner of Dodge Boulevard and Fort Lowell Road.

Not only will Sherman show what his business can do, he may also have some used products available to sell. He never knows because the pre-owned items sell quickly.

Also on the home show’s weekend’s agen-

da are dance performances by Daza Cultura Mexicana and Kids Unlimited and troupes from Desert View High School.

Home improvement is key here, though.

Look for solar energy for the home, water-saving techniques like rainwater harvesting, energy saving windows, heating and cooling options and complete home remodeling.

SAHBA Home and Patio Show WHEN: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, April 14, and Sunday, April 16; and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 15 WHERE: Tucson Convention Center, 260 S. Church Avenue, Tucson COST: $8, free for children 12 and younger. For half off the ticket price, visit the website. Tickets are $4 for seniors 65 and older and military.

INFO: sahbahomeshow.com

More than 250 vendors, including those representing home improvement products, nonprofits and craft artisans, will be on hand. (SAHBA Home and Patio Show/Submitted)

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“People have asked me over the years where Marana’s downtown is located, and up until now, we’ve had to say it doesn’t exist at the moment,” Woody said.

The town met with developer Scott Stiteler and his team on March 30 to discuss plans for Downtown Marana. The meeting focused on the possibilities of the central area and what could be included.

The company is in the beginning stages of development, and Woody noted they will bring conceptual drawings back to the town in three months.

Stiteler has worked on development in Tucson for years. He was instrumental in improving Downtown Tucson with construction and restoration. He partnered with the town of Marana to develop its main street and will continue his work with the downtown project.

The Make Marana 2040 General Plan predicted a population increase from 50,000 to around 75,000, and Woody explained a central area is essential for bringing all regions of the town together.

“We have 60,000 people spread out over 122 square miles,” Woody said.

“Hopefully, this will give us a sense of place that brings three really distinct and different geographical areas of the town together.”

Downtown Marana will be in the Central Growth Area, outlined by the plan as “north of the Santa Cruz River and west of the CAP canal, up to the Pima County and Pinal County border.” The area features the Marana Municipal Complex and Marana Health Center, along with a series of parks, schools and neighborhoods.

According to the town of Marana guidelines, downtown will incorporate design and infrastructure that suits the

overall character of Marana. Part of the plan emphasizes a focus on creating an identity through the town’s culture and heritage in their architecture and public art projects.

Woody noted that Downtown Marana will also be a strategic economic location for the town as it will likely attract more tourists to Marana.

“Downtowns can provide a gathering place for residents,” Woody said. “Downtowns can be a destination driver not only for the region, but those traveling to and through Marana. It can give us an identity that we haven’t had in the past.”

The town will create development-ready sites to incentivize progress and notable building plans include an event space and hospitality accommodations with private sector partners. The development plan will also reduce the impact of nonlocal traffic on the area.

While there is much potential for Downtown Marana, the Town still has a long way to go before the plans are finalized. Woody also addressed the difficulties associated with creating a central area with little infrastructure.

“Building a downtown from scratch presents a lot of challenges to overcome,” Woody noted. “It’s not as if we have a lot of existing old buildings that can be repurposed, as many downtowns have evolved over time.”

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HEALTH

Listeria: Another infection to think about

BY MIA SMITT

Tucson Local Media Columnist

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nother day and yet another pathogen story is in the news.

So, what do we know about listeria except that it is found almost everywhere? Listeria is a type of bacteria that can cause serious food poisoning in vulnerable populations. This bacterium is named for the medical infection pioneer, Joseph Lister (who, in his day, was derided for recommending hand washing and sterile technique in surgeries and baby deliveries).

Listeriosis is an infection that is usually caused by eating food that has been contaminated with this bacterium. Pregnant women, newborns, adults over 65 years, and those with weakened immune systems are most likely to become infected and seriously ill.

When two or more come down with the same illness from the same contaminated food or beverage, it is called a foodborne disease outbreak. On average, approximately 1,600 people become sick with listeriosis and 260 die every year in the United States.

Symptoms usually start one to four weeks after eating contaminated food but occasionally they appear as early as the same day as the exposure or two months later. There are likely far more infections because those with milder symptoms are not reported.

Those symptoms can cause diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and fever, like other foodborne illnesses such as salmonella, norovirus, and e. coli. When the listeria

infection spreads beyond the gastrointestinal system it is considered “invasive listeriosis” and can cause more serious illness with fever, headache, muscle pain, loss of balance, stiff neck, confusion, and even convulsions. Infected pregnant women can suffer miscarriages and still births and life-threatening infection in their newborn babies. Listeriosis is diagnosed through a blood, tissue or spinal fluid culture.

Outbreaks unfortunately do regularly occur. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), deli meats and hot dogs were a common source of listeria outbreaks in the 1990s, probably because cleaning the processing equipment was difficult.

Then in the early 2000s, listeria was found in numerous soft unpasteurized cheeses, packaged salads, alfalfa sprouts, smoked fish, and even frozen foods such as vegetables and ice cream.

The first reported serious U.S. outbreak

was in 2011, included several states and was traced to cantaloupes grown in Colorado. Thirty-three people died during that outbreak. The 1985 outbreak in Los Angeles saw 142 cases reported and 48 deaths after exposure to unpasteurized cheese from a particular processing facility in Jalisco, Mexico.

The CDC and Food and Drug Administration (FDA) investigated another multistate listeria outbreak in December related to Camembert and Brie cheeses processed in Maine.

The worst known listeria outbreak in the world occurred throughout South Africa for 15 months. There were 982 confirmed illnesses and 189 people died from eating contaminated bologna. Recent headlines in the journal Food Safety News (January) reported an outbreak in France from a cheese made with almond milk and organic cashews. Fortunately, no deaths have been reported but four pregnant women became seriously ill and delivered their babies prematurely. As of February, the Fresh Ideation Food Group in Baltimore recalled more than 400 foods over potential contamination with listeria after environmental samples tested positive for listeria.

This bacterium is apparently almost everywhere. CDC data has shown outbreaks since 2011 linked to dairy products, cheese, fresh and frozen vegetables, pork products, deli meats, hard boiled eggs, cooked chicken, mushrooms, ice cream and “unknown sources” still being investigated.

We can often protect ourselves from illness through awareness and proper food

handling. We should be aware of which foods might be risky and avoid milk, soft cheeses, yogurt, and ice cream that are not pasteurized. Pasteurization of milk kills listeria but cheeses and other products made from pasteurized milk can still become contaminated if made in unsanitary facilities. People at higher risk should avoid raw or even lightly cooked sprouts such as alfalfa, clover, and mung bean.

Thorough cooking kills the bacteria but most of these are most often served raw in salads and in sandwiches.

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Avoid cross contamination while preparing and storing food. Hand washing is essential during any food preparation.

We need not live in fear of those pathogens around us, but awareness should keep us safer and healthier.

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SPORTS

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BY TOM DANEHY

Tucson Local Media Columnist

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n a way, Mele Siego inhabits two worlds. You see, Mele (rhymes with “jelly”) is a cheerleader and an interscholastic athlete. In high schools these days, those are two worlds that coexist but rarely overlap.

(If you ever want to start something, just ask a cheerleader if they do anything athletic, like a sport. “Cheerleaders are athletes,” Mele said. “It can be a very athletic activity.

And we’re competitive, too.”)

Still, very few cheerleaders participate in traditional sports.

Cheerleading is pretty much a year-round endeavor, leaving little time for other things.

In this, Siego is an outlier. This is the sophomore’s second year on the tennis team, and she made the basketball team last winter but had to stop when the time constraints of cheerleading and hoop became too much.

But she’s all in on the tennis team and is making her mark.

Mele Siego plays tennis and is a cheerleader.

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In high school tennis, there are six varsity players. They each play a singles match and then pair up for three doubles matches. A winning score can be anywhere from 5-4 up to 9-0. Those players who aren’t on the varsity can play JV matches, but it varies wildly from one school to another as to how many JV players (and matches) there will be.

Last year, as a freshman, she was strictly a JV player. The Amphi varsity went 10-3 and sent players to state. This year, the Panthers are again having a winning season and she has played varsity and JV matches. Depending on a variety of factors, she is anywhere between No. 6 and No. 8 on the squad.

Recently, she played on the varsity against Santa Cruz Valley and she won both her singles and doubles matches. Earlier, she played JV against Flowing Wells. Because the Caballeros brought so many JV players, they and their Panther counterparts played a makeshift round-robin schedule. That day, Siego played three singles matches and two double matches and won all five.

“It’s frustrating (being on the cusp),” she said. “I want to be on the varsity all the time, but I have to earn it. We’ve got lots of good players on the varsity.”

She (and all JVs) can challenge a varsity player for their spot during practice. There is one varsity player whom Siego has challenged multiple times this season. “In the beginning, she was beating me like 6-2. Last week, she beat me 7-5. I think I can get her before the end of the year.”

The Amphi squad has only one senior this year and several young players, so Siego being assured of a spot on the varsity next year isn’t guaranteed. She plans on playing a lot during the off-season. During the summer, several Amphi players show up at the courts just after sunrise and play until it gets too hot.

“My goal next year is to be a (full-time) member of the varsity and have us go to state as a team.”

Maybe some of the people from her other world can come to cheer them on.

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SPORTS

Danehy: The nines have it

BY TOM DANEHY

Tucson Local Media Columnist

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ast week, many of our local student-athletes took part in the annual ritual known as standardized testing. Yes, the ACT is more fun than a dentist appointment without anesthesia. By general consensus, the least favorite of the ACTs is the one in math.

I am one of those sad individuals who is really good at math, but I lack the ability to turn it on and off. You tell me your phone number and my brain automatically makes up an algorithm with which to remember it. I see number patterns everywhere. I’m certainly not John Nash of “A Beautiful Mind.” I’m more like a Pretty Good-Looking Mind…On Some Occasions.

There are certain numbers that pop up all the time and it’s quite odd that they do. The prime number 37 shows up in all kinds of probability problems, including

the famous Glastonbury Port-a-Potty Problem. (Yes, it’s famous enough that it has a name that is capitalized.)

Glastonbury is an annual music festival that is held in England. (This year’s headliners include Lizzo, Elton John, Guns N’ Roses and Arctic Monkeys.) Obviously, at a multiday outdoor festival like that, sanitary facilities are at a premium. So, if you find yourself at Glastonbury and you need to use a Port-a-Potty, the number 37 will help you find the cleanest one. And, oh yeah, 1/e (the Euler constant) is .37.

Eerie.

All that came to mind when I was looking at how local prep teams are doing as we move into the stretch drive for the various prep sports. Truth be told, it isn’t shaping up to be a banner season for Northwest schools, unlike last year when the Dorados of Canyon Del Oro won the 4A state championship in baseball, while the softball team reached the state title game.

As I looked up how different local teams were doing in the various spring sports, some of the numbers are all over the place. Marana’s softball team is at No. 25 in the power points, meaning that if they can put together a modest winning streak over the next couple of weeks, they should make it to state. The softball teams from Ironwood Ridge and Mountain View sit at Nos. 7 and 14 in the 5A rankings and should both find themselves in postseason play.

Canyon Del Oro’s Beach Volleyball team is doing well, sitting at No. 5 and therefore all but assured of a spot at state.

It’s been something of a down year for baseball. Usually, Northwest teams are strong across the board, but so far this year, things are different. Marana, Amphi, Mountain View and Ironwood Ridge all have losing records and very little (if any) chance of making it to the State Tournament. One positive note is that Flowing Wells is 8-4 and ranked 12th in the power points.

One odd note: The Amphi girls’ tennis team is headed for its second consecutive winning season after having had only two winning seasons in the previous 20 years. At press time, the Panthers had a better record than the teams from Flowing Wells, Mountain View, Marana, and Ironwood Ridge.

I suddenly started hearing the refrain from that dumb Beatles song from the “White Album,” when they tried to be trippy but they just sounded dumb. Number 9…Number 9…Number 9.

Of course, the number nine is a constant in many spring sports. There are

nine players on a side in baseball and softball. In high school tennis, teams play six singles matches and three doubles, so the final score always adds up to nine.

Prep golfers who play in the spring play nine holes. The diameter of the men’s basketball used in the recently completed NCAA Tournament is exactly nine inches.

Of all the teams in competition this spring, the one that is doing the best at press time is the girls’ tennis team from Pusch Ridge. They’re top-ranked in the state in Division Three with a record of (ahem) 9-0.

The boys’ and girls’ track teams at Canyon Del Oro are doing well and should have a good showing at state in May. They will almost certainly be joined in postseason play by their fellow Dorado teams in softball, baseball, and girls’ tennis. Those three teams have different records. The baseball team is 5-6. Meanwhile, the two girls’ teams have each played nine games, with the tennis team sitting at 8-1 and softball at 6-3.

The really weird part is that all three of the aforementioned teams are ninth in their respective power point rankings.

The odds of that (all three teams being ninth) happening randomly are roughly 1 in 160,000.

I had to break free, perhaps read something else that would act like word vinegar to cleanse my math palate. I picked up an article about the University of Arizona baseball team, which had a great start to the season but is now mired in a slump.

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Harbor opening

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Subside

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Tempted

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Tool for a cryptographer

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Came down

23 Yahoo rival 25 Relinquish 26 Pitcher 27 Time of day in commercials 29 Cries of disgust 33 Some food coloring 34 Post-op stop 35 In 37 Soothing application 38 Locked horns (with) 39 Fivers 40 One means of commuting 41

Put into law

42 Pouring gravy on, say 45 Cookout entree, in brief 47 Tops 49 Each

what ___”

50 Declare not to be so

Soup made with this

51

puzzle’s ingredients

53 Delicious

Barely makes it

64 Bad impression?

54 Ill-gotten gains

30 Don’t lose

65 Part of the “back forty”

55 Anesthetic since the 1840s

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66 Onion-shaped

59 Cherry ___

32 Mountain nymph

67 Tense

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33 Daily nourishment

68 Villain’s look

62 Put away

35 “Toy Story” boy

69 Baking needs

63 Seek damages

36 One cup, after cooling

Kilmer of “Batman Forever”

By Holiday Mathis

ARIES (March 21-April 19) You're aware that people are constantly sending signals to the world about who they are, what they aspire to and where they'd like to fit in. You'll note how much of this comes through what a person chooses to wear and say, and you'll make tweaks to your own style this week, too.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) The more you take on, the more you can do. No one becomes strong, fast or capable by pacing themselves perfectly. Things are too easy, you learn. Things are too hard, you learn. No one can control the flow of life, but you'll become impressively adept at managing it well.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) There's a time and place for sharing your feelings. In some friend groups, family cultures and societies, it seems like there's a ban on feelings. Finding the appropriate time and place to share will be key, though with the right people you'll feel so unconditionally accepted that it will be unnecessary to manage emotions with such strictness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) In matters of self-esteem, one size does not fit all. Two people could enact the very same behavior with drastically different takeaways.

Esteem is a matter of evaluation, and each person's rating system is highly personal. This week, your self-esteem is on the rise, not necessarily because of what you do but because of how you view and value these actions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21) You want to be around people you admire today.

Tune into how you feel around them. In the early stages, it's enough to think someone is wonderful, but it's not worth continuing unless you also feel wonderful around them. It's good to remind yourself that how you feel around someone is as important as how you feel about them.

CANCER (June 22-July 22) From bud to husk, every stage has its own kind of loveliness. You like the sort of things that don't need much maintenance -- things that grow on their own and are beautiful in their natural state without a lot of interference from you. Usually, it's a function of being well matched to the environment..

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) It would be silly to blame yourself for the negativity bias that's physiological. Emphasizing the negative has kept humans alive for thousands of years. This week, you'll counteract the tendency by building positive and lovely things up to a memorable level. If you make it a little weird, on purpose or on accident, it will be all the more unforgettable.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Your needs are important. If you dare to pursue them, this week provides you with what's required for their fulfillment, so there's no need to put it off any longer. Furthermore, the help available is worth paying for. The learning curve is steep. Experts can do it in a fraction of the time it would take you, and for a small price.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You're well aware of the precariousness of identifying too strongly with possessions. Anything that can be owned is likely to change hands, change value, require maintenance and deteriorate over time. It is possible to derive pleasure and joy from possessions as long as you accept their ephemeral nature as a given.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) People aren't trying to get in the way of your work, and yet their very presence can diffuse or shift your focus and cause you to be far less productive. The best way to deal with distractions is to take measures to prevent them from happening in the first place.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Because you are too close to your talent, routine and manner to see what it looks like from the outside, you tend to undervalue your contributions. Don't be so hard on yourself. What you think of as mistakes, others embrace as part of your offbeat style. You're more effective than you think.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The natural world does not run according to justice, righteousness or deservedness. Rights are a human construct. And while it seems that certain dignities should be a birthright, there is no point in history that this has been the case for all. This you'll take as a calling. You'll work for equality.

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