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Barrio Bread owner Don Guerra won the Outstanding Baker award at the James Beard Foundation Awards last week. (Photo courtesy of Visit Tucson}
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Local baker brings home James Beard Foundation Award
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arana Town Council member Herb Kai’s family dinner table was the �irst place he learned how to run a business. He said his father “always talked about business and what everybody did for the day or gosh, there’s this trailer park in Tucson we’d like to buy, let’s all talk about the pros and cons,” Kai said. From a very early age, Kai’s parents instilled business skills into his psyche like negotiation, communication and perseverance. Kai’s parents were �irm on building the family’s legacy, especially when it came to growing the Town of Marana. Kai’s parents moved to Marana in 1935. Kai’s father became a farmer and Kai would later follow in his father’s footsteps, growing pecans and cotton. He remembered his parents telling him to “�inish college and you’re coming
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