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Tucson researchers help image black hole at the center of our galaxy | Page 8

Experts fear state is not prepared to handle surge in Alzheimer’s cases

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Desert Rainforest

Understanding methane at the Biosphere

Alexia Stanbridge Cronkite News

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“Capturing a Masterpiece.” / Photo courtesy of Paul Richardson / SAACA

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Marana Parks & Recreation | Page 10

Sports & Rec Track meet success | Page 15

OV photo competition captures everything we love about the desert Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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t’s no secret the Sonoran Desert likes to show off. With stunning sunsets, powerful monsoons and a healthy dose of biodiversity, the place we call home is much more than what many would consider a

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“desert.” To capitalize on this, the Oro Valley Photography Competition asks locals to share some of their best shots that were taken within town limits.

The Southern Arizona Arts and Cultural Alliance and the Town of Oro Valley partnered in 2020 to establish the competition. In the three contests since, they’ve re-

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rizona is in the midst of a surge in Alzheimer’s patients that is rising at the fastest rate in the nation, a crisis that advocates fear the state is not prepared to cope with.

The Alzheimer’s Association estimates that cases in Arizona will increase from 150,000 in 2020 to 200,000 by 2025, a 33% increase that would be the fastest in the nation over that five-year period. But advocates say there are not enough resources to handle the cases the state has now, much less the extra 50,000 that could be coming.

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Hot Picks Marana Concerts in the Courtyard. Sooner or later, you’re going to see a show by the Little House of Funk. This prolific group has brought their high-energy music to stages and audiences all over the Tucson area. Now, they’re the latest performers at the Town of Marana’s recurring “Concerts in the Courtyard” series. Led by vocalist Connie Brannock, Little House of Funk play a variety of R&B, soul and rock music. They infuse this style with a combination of classic covers and original songs. Brannock describes their sound as “WD-40 for the hips.” This is the final show for this outdoor concert series’ Spring season. Thursday, May 19. 5 to 7:30 p.m. At the Marana Municipal Complex, 11555 W. Civic Center Drive. Free.

Oro Valley Movies on the Lawn. Enjoy some evenings outdoors before they get too hot! For the latest in their recurring outdoor film screenings, the Town of Oro Valley is showing the “Call of the Wild” at the Community & Recreation Center lawn.

This classic adventure story by Jack London follows a dog sled team through the harsh Yukon wilderness. Oro Valley’s Movies on the Lawn allows for a fun night out with family and friends for a movie under the stars. The movies will begin shortly after sundown. This takes place every third Saturday of the month. June’s film is

“Encanto,” July’s is “The Goonies” and August’s is “Sing 2.” Saturday, May 21. 7:30 p.m. Free. At the Oro Valley Community & Recreation Center, 10555 N. La Canada Dr. orovalleyaz.gov Tall Tails at the Desert Museum. The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is opening an exhibit of humorous and colorful animal paintings. Painter Mary Wilhelm uses a combination of oil and egg tempera emulsion for a unique look. The paintings are based on fables, and include many desert animals. Opening reception is from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, May 20. But the exhibit stays open through August 7. At the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum Art Institute, 2021 N. Kinney Rd.

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Alzheimer’s: ‘We are really transitioning to become a retirement state’ Continued from P1

“We have a caregiver shortage, we have a nurses shortage, we have a doctor shortage, and we have a 33% increase in Alzheimer’s diagnosis,” said Pam Ostrowski, the founder of Alzheimer’s Family Consulting. “We have a crisis coming.”

That was echoed by Kinsey McManus, program director for the Desert Southwest Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, who said the state needs to prepare now for a “public health crisis” that will only become more pressing.

“We are certainly not in a good place with the

amount of growth that we expect, and therefore need to prepare for and accommodate,” McManus said.

Arizona is just the leading edge of a national surge, with all but three states expected to see double-digit percentage increases in their Alzheimer’s cases from 2020 to 2025, according to the association’s report.

The increase comes even though advances in treatment of risk factors, like hypertension, have led to reductions in the number of Alzheimer’s cases per 100,000 people in recent decades. That’s for the simple reason that the number of people reaching prime Alzheimer’s age is booming.

“Throughout the U.S., people are aging, the baby boomer generation is turning 75, and so the age-related changes or increase in Alzheimer’s disease are reflected in that,” said Dr. Pallavi Joshi, a geriatric psychiatrist at the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute.

The “silver tsunami” of baby boomers is a particular problem in Arizona, where the population includes many retirees.

“We are really transitioning to become a retirement state in the same way that California and Florida are,” McManus said.

Joshi said the state needs to “face the fact that we may not have enough physicians and nurses and

providers to meet that demand.”

Arizona only had 92 geriatricians – doctors who deal with issues of aging – in 2021, which experts said is not enough to handle the current caseload. And McManus said many of these specialists live in urban areas, which creates issues for rural communities.

“Where are those doctors? They’re mostly in our major urban areas,” McManus said. “So if you’re in a rural community, your access to a current provider is very limited.”

Joshi said there are not currently enough caregivers in the pipeline to meet the growing need in Arizona. The Alzheimer’s

Association report calls for a 27% increase in personal care or home health aides to keep pace with the growing need in Arizona.

And it said that even if the number of geriatricians could be increased more than tenfold by 2050, to 1,089 doctors, that would only be enough to care for 30% of the people over age 65.

Along with increased demand comes increased costs. The report said Medicaid payments for those 65 and older living with Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia in Arizona is likely to rise from $414 million in 2020 to $545 million in 2025, part of a national increase over the same period

from $51.2 billion to $61.6 billion.

That does not take into account the burden on family members caring for an Alzheimer’s patient.

The report estimated that 257,000 Arizonans devoted 501 million hours to caring for a family member in 2021, unpaid care worth more than $9.5 billion. In Arizona, 15.4% of caregivers reported suffering from depression.

Joshi called it a “disease that affects the whole family.”

“As the disease progresses, the person who’s affected is less and less able to do things for themselves and they rely on their family members to help out,” she said. “This puts a strain

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is crucial.

“Their first question should be, how do I plan for this? How do I prepare for what’s about to happen?” she said. “Because ultimately, everything that happens after that… if you have a way to reference a document that actually says, ‘Oh, when mom can’t speak anymore, it’s time for us to do this.’”

And Ostrowski said that while it can be a lonely time for everyone involved, it’s important for people to remember “you’re not alone.”

“There’s people out here to help and reach out,” she said.

If you are looking for help for yourself or a family member who may have

Alzheimer’s, you can reach out to the Alzheimer’s Association at 1-800-272-3900 or to Alzheimer’s Family Consulting’s website at alzheimersfamilyconsulting. com.

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“We have a caregiver shortage, we have a nurses shortage, we have a doctor shortage, and we have a 33% increase in Alzheimer’s diagnosis,” said Pam Ostrowski, the founder of Alzheimer’s Family Consulting. “We have a crisis coming.” on the family who may need to arrange for formal caregiving or increased medical costs.”

Ostrowski said the disease can be “tricky” for family members, caregivers and patients to comprehend.

“The saddest part for family members is really, that they are losing the memories, the common memories with this individual,” she said.

Alzheimer’s is a fatal

form of dementia that typically affects older people, according to the Alzheimer’s Association. It causes memory loss, mood swings and can get to the point where a person can no longer perform daily tasks.

There are few treatments but Joshi said she thinks one of the most important things to do “is to educate families and providers to recognize these early signs, know that they

are not normal and seek early diagnosis.”

McManus agrees that the best thing for families to do is to be prepared.

“A big piece of why early detection and early diagnosis is so critically important is, it’s not just about what can we be doing now, but how do we plan for what is to be expected?” McManus said.

Ostrowski agreed and said that planning for both caregiving and for finances

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Biosphere rainforest is a testing ground for understanding methane Hope O’Brien Cronkite News

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t the foot of Mount Lemmon, down a short, winding road off State Route 77, a tropical rainforest stands inside Biosphere 2, the University of Arizona’s threeacre environmental laboratory in the Sonoran Desert.

RESEARCH IN THE RAINFOREST Joost van Haren gets excited when talking about methane emissions and how they feed climate change. An assistant professor at UArizona, he’s the co-principal investigator for a project in the Biosphere 2 rainforest

designed to determine how much methane is emitted by seasonally flooded areas of the Amazon. Researchers hope to better explain what’s known as the “methane flux,” the difference between emissions from all sources and how much of the gas is absorbed by oceans, the soil and the atmosphere.

“People have pointed to the flooded forests of the Amazon Basin as being the (methane) source you can’t see,” van Haren said. “But we do not know that for certain, and so this project sets out to figure that out.”

The project, according to its proposal, aims to establish the first-ever “whole-ecosystem measurements of methane emissions” in a seasonal floodplain forest of the Amazon to understand the mis-

match between bottom-up and top-down methane estimates and better grasp the seasonal dynamics and other factors that affect emissions in areas that are both terrestrial and aquatic. For the project, van Haren and his team have designed specialized equipment, which they’re testing in Arizona.

Van Haren said the collected data will be a starting point to understand these mismatches and poorly understood pieces of methane emissions across the globe.

“There’s that mismatch between the measurements,” van Haren said. “But there is also still in the global budget an issue: that we don’t understand what causes the annual variability in the methane flux.”

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GOING BEYOND THE NORM Designing the system required innovation, van Haren said, because the automated system needs to be able to take continuous measurements in an area of the forest that can experience up to five feet of flooding every wet season, which runs roughly January through June. The devices have to adjust to changing water levels, as even a small

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Biosphere 2 is unique in that it offers a controlled environment where the new equipment can be tested before it is shipped to Brazil.

“We don’t want to test things out in Brazil because fixing it is a much more difficult problem,” van Haren said.

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tested in Biosphere 2’s controlled environment before they’re sent to Brazil to take measurements, van Haren said.

Methane is the second-most-common greenhouse gas, according to the European Environment Agency, and is “more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere,” according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The EPA says methane is emitted through natural sources and through human activities. Trees growing in the floodplains of the Amazon emitted more methane than all of the Earth’s oceans combined, a 2017 study published in the journal Nature showed.

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Photo Competition: Landscape, Animal, and People categories Continued from P1

Danilo Faria won first place in the “Places & Nature” category with a powerful photo titled “Land of Inflatables.” The landscape photo, taken in Honeybee Canyon, features dozens of saguaros beneath a monsoon sky, with both a rainbow and lightning bolt arcing across the orange horizon.

“As all people living in Southern Arizona know, Saguaros are everywhere. And I just love photographing what I call the ‘desert trees’,” Faria said. “As a matter of fact, I have so many Saguaro images in my compositions that some of my close friends say I carry an inflatable Saguaro and place it everywhere for my photos.”

Faria grew up in Brazil, where his love for photography began. He has lived in the US for more than 20 years, and says the Southwestern outdoors and skies are his favorite subjects to shoot. He has even spent some time storm-chasing monsoons for a more adrenaline-driven type of photography.

“I consider myself very blessed as there were many

beautiful images entered by very talented photographers.

I submitted three images, and quite honestly thought one of my sunsets had a more powerful composition and colors. But in competitions and arts in general, what the artist believes is his/hers best work is not sometimes what the public thinks,” Faria said.

“Regardless, I am privileged and humbled to have that image chosen for this year’s best. I would like to thank all the judges, friends and family for the encouragement and support.”

Melissa Harnish won first place in the “Animals & Wildlife’’ category with a detailed closeup of a hummingbird. The photo, titled “Purple Feather Splendor,” features a vibrant Costa’s hummingbird balanced on the end of an agave spike.

Thanks to bright sunlight, the iridescent feathers really pop. The photo was taken at the Estates at High Mesa.

Harnish has been interested in and shooting photography for almost 30 years, and says she loves taking photos of anything in nature.

“It can be landscapes, animals, or flowers,” Harnish said. “The hummingbird that I captured was right in my backyard. I had spent count-

less hours trying to capture the spectacular colors of this handsome fellow’s feathers. It seemed he would always stay in the shade which would not allow me to photograph his gorgeous colors.”

However, one morning, the hummingbird was posed on the agave in the sunlight, and Harnish was able to capture him on camera.

“When I received the email that I won the wildlife category, I was extremely excited,” Harnish said. “There are so many exceptional photographers in our area and for my work to be picked was quite thrilling!”

While hummingbirds were a frequent subject for the wildlife category, other animals included ants, bees and toads.

Paul Richardson took first place in the “People” category for a photo of his friend trying out a new camera setup on a powerful sunset.

The photo was taken at Linda Vista Trail and features a deep sunset behind a classic Tucson landscape of saguaros and desert flowers.

“The Linda Vista trail is one of my go-to places for a quick hike. It didn’t get its name by accident. Depending on how much time I have, I can do the easy lower loops

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“Land of Inflatables” by Danilo Faria, which won first place in the Oro Valley Photography Competition’s “Places & Nature” category.

or challenge myself by going to the top of Pusch Peak. It looks great year round, but it is especially beautiful in the spring when the flowers are everywhere,” Richardson said. “Of the many photos I took this evening, this one captured my friend in his moment. I like this photo because it effectively puts me into the picture and reminds me of when I was there. Something I learned from this experience and others is that for most cases

I don’t need to have expensive camera equipment to take great pictures. I used the panoramic feature on my phone. Of all the fancy cameras I have longed for I’ve been pretty pleased with the one in my pocket.”

Richardson has enjoyed photography for most of his life, gradually moving from disposable cameras to an SLR to point-and-shoots.

“Capturing candid moments of people keeps the memories alive and makes

it convenient to share them with others,” Richardson said. “It is much easier for me to recall memories when they are associated with pictures. Thanks in part to cameras, my family has a lot of good memories to look back on and many to look forward to.”

For more information, and to see all the winning photographs and runners up, visit orovalleyphotos. com/2022-winners

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Tucson researchers help image black hole at center of our galaxy

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n Thursday, May 12, people across the world set their eyes on the first ever image of the black hole at the center of the Milky Way galaxy. This image was the result of an international scientific collaboration called the Event Horizon Telescope, and marks the most significant finding in all of astronomy — at least since the last time the Event Horizon Telescope team imaged a black hole.

In 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope gained worldwide fame by unveiling the first image of a black hole: the Messier 87* black hole some 50 million light-years away.

Now, they’ve revealed the second black hole ever directly imaged, Sagittarius A* at the center of our galaxy, which is 26,000 light-years away.

Multiple Tucson-based astronomers and scientists work on the Event Horizon Telescope team through the University of

Arizona. In total, the collaboration involves more than 300 scientists and 80 institutions around the world.

“Until now, we didn’t have the direct picture confirming that Sag. A star was indeed a black hole,” said Event Horizon Telescope science council member Feryal Özel, a UA professor of astronomy and physics. “This image shows a bright ring surrounding the darkness: the telltale sign of the shadow of the black hole. Light escaping from the hot gas swirling around the black hole appears to us as the bright ring. Light that is too close to the black hole, close enough to be swallowed by it, eventually crosses its horizon, leaving behind just the dark void in the center.”

This second black hole image looks very similar to the original black hole image: a blurry orange ring within the blackness of space. Özel says they look similar because they are the outcome of the same fundamental rules of physics.

By their very nature, black holes do not emit light. So the image is not of the black hole itself, but of its absence as it distorts the light around it. The Sagittarius A* black hole is estimated to be 4 million times the mass of our sun.

“The fact that the light appears like a ring, with the black shadow inside, tells you it’s purely gravity,” said astronomy and physics professor Dimitrios Psaltis in a UA release. “It’s all predicted

by Einstein’s theory of general relativity, the only theory in the cosmos that does not care about scale... Wherever we look, we should see donuts, and they all should look more or less the same.”

The Event Horizon Telescope is not a single telescope, but a network of telescopes across the world that combine their information to produce these images. Current locations include observatories in Arizona, Spain and Mexico.

The Messier 87* black hole and the Sagittarius A* black hole appear

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The Milky Way above the Atacama Large Array, a network of radio telescopes in Chile that is part of the Earth-sized Event Horizon Telescope. The insert shows the donut-like image of the black hole Sgr A* at its location in the constellation of Sagittarius. roughly the same size.

However, this is only because Messier 87* is 1,500 times more massive but 2,000 times farther away.

“Now we can study the differences between these two supermassive black holes to gain valuable new clues about how this important process works,” said Event Horizon Telescope scientist Keiichi Asada. “We have images

for two black holes — one at the large end and one at the small end of supermassive black holes in the Universe — so we can go a lot further in testing how gravity behaves in these extreme environments than ever before.”

Looking forward, Özel says the Event Horizon Telescope team is also interested in how black holes change over time.

“If you looked at the

source one day versus the next, or one year versus the following year, how would that change, and how much light would it emit in different wavelengths?” Özel said in a UA release. “What could we predict about that?

And how could we use our observations to understand that black hole’s environment?”

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THEATER SATURDAY, MAY 21 • Called a “new breed of magician who’s making magic cool again,” Justin Willman brings his illusions to downtown’s Fox Theatre. Willman has his own Netflix show called “Magic for Humans,” where he brings his skills as a magician to the strange and misunderstood subcultures of America. Enjoy his magic with a combination of comedy. 7 p.m. At the Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. $27 $47. (520) 547-3040. foxtucson. com • Go to a different type of Bible study when Late Nite Catechism comes to the DesertView Performing Arts Center. This “uproarious piece of theater” sets a mock Catholic sister teaching an adult catechism class to a roomful of students (the audience).

The Sister goes everywhere from “benevolent instructor, rewarding the ‘students’ for correct answers to an authoritative drill sergeant.” 7 p.m. At the DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 Clubhouse Drive. $30. dvpac.net.

DAILY THROUGH THURSDAY, JUNE 5 • It’s all for one and one for all at the Gaslight Theatre, which is continuing their rendition of The Three Musketeers. For those unfamiliar, the eastside Gaslight Theatre performs a special kind of family-friendly parody, filled with music, stage

effects and endearingly bad jokes. While it’s been updated for modern audiences with a healthy dose of quirk, the story remains the same: The fate of France hangs in the balance as swashbucklers battle for the throne. In the hands of the Gaslight family, this funny French farce says “All For One and Puns For All.” 6, 7, and 8:30 p.m. through June 5. 7010 E. Broadway. (520) 886-9428. $27 for adults, $15 for children. thegaslighthreatre.com

MUSIC SATURDAY, MAY 21 • Enjoy some light classical music courtesy of the all-volunteer Arizona Symphonic Winds. This performance series takes place at Udall Park, where you can enjoy overtures, light classics, marches, Broadway show tunes and popular music.

Bring lawn chairs, blankets, and picnic lunches to these evenings of entertainment for the whole family. 7 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Udall Park, 7200 E. Tanque Verde Road.

• Hear a throwback to the 1970s folk rock sound when local band The Tributaries performs at the Gaslight Music Hall in Oro Valley. The Tributaries will perform the music of James Taylor, Carole King, Cat Stevens, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Lightfoot and more. The Tributaries host the show “You’ve Got A Friend.”

6 p.m. At the Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road #165. $27, with discounts available

for children, students, seniors, and members of the military and first responders. (520) 5291000. gaslightmusichall.com • If you haven’t seen the Little House of Funk, you need to get that on your Tucson bucket list! This popular local band bring a high-octane show combining brass instruments with soul, funk, rock and pop.

For this show at Monterey Court, they’re kicking it into high gear for a full dance party. Get your reservations early, it’s going to be a sellout crowd! 7 to 10 p.m. At the Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Cafe, 505 W. Miracle Mile. $10. montereycourtaz.com

SUNDAY, MAY 22 • Listen to some of the nostalgic voices in the area when the Desert Divas perform the Fabulous ’50s at the Gaslight Music Hall. With guitar, violin, standup bass, and multiple singers, they perform the music of Elvis, Ruth Brown, Ray Charles, Etta James, Jerry Lee Lewis and more. 6 p.m. At the Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road #165. $27, with discounts available for children, students, seniors, and members of the military and first responders. (520) 5291000. gaslightmusichall.com

THURSDAY, MAY 26 • Come get an early listen to Barnaby and the Butcher’s new album at a special concert at Monterey Court. Barnaby and the Butcher perform a combination of roots rock and

Americana music perfect for a live show. At the Monterey Court Studio Galleries and Cafe, 505 W. Miracle Mile. $10. montereycourtaz.com

SPECIAL EVENTS & CLASSES THURSDAY, MAY 19 • See a twist on traditional Mexican cinema when the Fox Theatre screens “Dos Estaciones” as part of their Cinema Tucsón series. With this film, director Juan Pablo González offers a “welcome twist to the traditional films set in the idyllic haciendas” of Mexico. “Dos Estaciones” tells of a businesswoman who fights the impending collapse of her tequila factory in an increasingly globalized industry. This screening is hosted by the University of Arizona Latin American Studies.

7 p.m. At the Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St. $6. (520) 547-3040.

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SATURDAY, MAY 21 • Cool off at the Margarita Festival at Wild Horse Ranch. This event features an evening filled with live music, food trucks, dancing and plenty of beverages. There will be country music by local band Backroads and dancing music

by DJ Karmuh. 6 to 11 p.m. At Oasis at Wild Horse Ranch, 6801 N. Camino Verde. $30 - $50.

eventbrite.com/e/margarita-fest-tickets-323436345817 • Get a sampling of native plants when the Watershed Management Group hosts the Taste the Desert event. Bring the kids to Family Saturday at the Living Lab to harvest, prepare, and eat native edible plants and flowers. Enjoy bilingual story time, and make a planting calendar to take home. Registration is encouraged, and walk-ins are welcome. 8 to 11 a.m. At the Watershed Management Group, 1137 N. Dodge Blvd. watershedmg.org/learn/your-living-lab/ family-activities

adventure story by Jack London follows a dog sled team through the harsh Yukon wilderness. Oro Valley’s Movies on the Lawn allows for a fun night out with family and friends for a movie under the stars. The movies will begin shortly after sundown.

This takes place every third Saturday of the month. June’s film is “Encanto,” July’s is “The Goonies” and August’s is “Sing 2.” 7:30 p.m. Free. At the Oro Valley Community & Recreation Center, 10555 N. La Canada Dr. orovalleyaz.gov

DAILY THROUGH MAY 31

• Enter a world where children’s imaginations and experiences guide the narrative with the Best of Stories that Soar film fest. This event is a collaboration between nonprofits the Loft Cinema and Literacy Connects that celebrates children’s stories.

Produced by the award-winning Literacy Connects, this free, family-friendly film fest is a Tucson treasure that is sure to delight. From “dancing crabs, and bug-eating villagers, to misunderstood monsters and moments of inspiration,” there is truly something for everyone.

The Loft Cinema requires customers, employees, and volunteers, regardless of vaccination status, to wear masks while in the lobby. Masks are encouraged but may be removed once in the theater and seated. 2 p.m. At the Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. Free. Reserve your spot now by calling (520) 360-6709.

Visit LiteracyConnects.org for more information.

• Have you ever wanted to see the Sonoran Desert through the eyes of some of the greatest painters? A new exhibit at Madaras Gallery is just that.

Madaras’ Master’s Series is a collection of saguaros painted in the style of Jackson Pollock, Frida Kahlo, Van Gogh and more.

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KIDS SATURDAY, MAY 21 • Get some snow in the desert, when the Town of Oro Valley screens the “Call of the Wild” at the Community & Recreation Center lawn. This classic

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TOWN TALK

Manager’s Message: It’s time for fun!

Jim Conroy

Special to Tucson Local Media

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he Town of Marana Parks and Recreation Department staff is excited for the summer of 2022 to offer our citizens a diverse range of recreation programs for youth, adults and seniors.

As we continue to move forward out of the pandemic, our top priority is always the safety of our park visitors and program participants. As Parks and Recreation professionals,

we continuously see firsthand how important our parks, recreation facilities, natural resources preserves and trail systems are to the overall health and wellness of our community. We understand that parks and trail systems offer residents the outdoor environments they need to stay both physically and mentally healthy. Getting out on one of our trail systems for a morning walk, hike, horseback ride or bike ride can significantly contribute to both your physical and mental well-being.

Staff has worked hard

to prepare for the summer months, and we’re excited to offer the following recreational opportunities: Come enjoy the Marana Public Pool in Ora Mae Harn District Park. Aquatics staff will offer a well-rounded program schedule, including free open swim and lap swim from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. On Friday, May 27, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., we will kick off the swim season with a fun and free event to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Marana pool. The Marana Pool

50th Jubilee will be a fun way for the whole community to celebrate the history of the Marana Pool. Aquatics staff have many fun water activities for attendees to enjoy.

Another free event at the Marana Pool is scheduled for June 4, where we will sponsor the #SplashSavvy Summer Kick-Off! This is our water safety and drowning prevention program. The event will feature a swimming race relay between the Marana Police Department, Northwest Fire District and Town of Marana lifeguards.

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There will be food vendors, various community information booths, and lots of emergency vehicles where kids can ask first responders how they operate their emergency vehicles, and maybe even get a chance to sit behind the wheel!

For those of you who enjoy a competitive swim and run event, on June 18, from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m., we will host our annual Aquathon.

This is a fun family event for both youth and adults.

Check out our event categories: runsignup.com/Race/ AZ/Marana/RUNMARA-

NAAquathlon We will also be offering American Red Cross lifeguard training, youth swim lessons, and American Red Cross junior lifeguarding courses with first aid/CPR/ AED certification programs, as well as the Swim the Cruz Swimmer’s Challenge. Our Splash Pads at both Crossroads District Park and Gladden Farms Community Park have been open since early April and will continue to be open daily from 8 a.m.-7 p.m., seven days per week, until the middle of October.

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an ADA/inclusive paved walkway, ramadas that will be available to rent, new restrooms, a relocated remote control flyer airstrip, and a new park entry from Tangerine Road (off Musette Drive) which also includes a multi-use path.

By now, you might be wondering when all of this will actually start happening. The answer is: SOON! We will be breaking ground with Mayor and Council on Tuesday, May 31, at 9 a.m., and I would like to personally invite you to join us. (810 W. Naranja Drive). This can be the start of your lifelong memories that will take place right here, at Naranja Park.

The project designer is McGann & Associates, and the project contractor is Haydon Construction. Haydon will be moving into the park the week of May 23 which will include fencing off the northern half of the park. This is necessary for public safety since Hayden will literally be moving tons of dirt as they begin forming the final footprint of the park. There will be wonderful elevation changes throughout, which will add to the uniqueness of Naranja Park. During this time, community meetings will be held to finalize designs for the skate/pump track park (May 26) and for the splash pad (details TBD).

Meeting information will be posted to the project web page, where you’ll find regular updates on our progress. Just visit www.orovalleyaz.gov and enter NARANJA in the search bar. Project info and updates will also be sent out in the weekly Parks and Recreation e-blast and posted to the Parks Facebook Page.

Like or follow us to stay in the know.

This is a very exciting time for Oro Valley, and I am proud to serve as your Director of Parks and Recreation as we begin this new chapter. I’ll see you in the parks, OV! Kristy Diaz-Trahan is Oro Valley Parks and Recreation director.

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LIVEN UP

Travelin’ Man: An interview with Tom Miller

Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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om Miller’s writing career has sent him around the world, from Cuba to Spain and throughout the American Southwest.

After nearly 50 years of underground journalism and travel writing, Tucson resident Miller’s latest project looks inward.

Where Was I? A Travel Writer’s Memoir documents Miller’s exploits from the 1968 Democratic National Convention to the chaos of Nigeria. As much as it is a personal memoir, Miller

says the book also serves as a guide for travel writers, and writers in general.

The book is both essay and journalism, drawing from documents, notes, memory, and stories from friends and family. After all, as Miller explains in the book’s introduction, he’s never cared for the distinction between writer and journalist; a good journalist should use literary allusions when called for, a good writer should observe well, and a good reader should appreciate both.

“There’s no particular rules I want to adhere to.

The rules of writing are to

be broken, and I did that a few times in this book,” Miller said. “I made it a point of not looking at other memoirs, because I was afraid I might copy their techniques. But I had a general framework for a memoir and I followed that.”

Though the book documents decades of travel, it opens with a more modern development: Miller listing his daily struggles with Parkinson’s Disease. Miller explained that the disease “takes the travel out of travel writing” and eventually he was unable to do basically any travel at all. But in an effort to continue writing, he decided to write about his own history. Despite the memoir being bookended by the disease, he says overall it is an optimistic book.

“I say ‘optimistic,’ because I was able to pull it off, so to speak,” Miller said. “At a certain point a few years ago, I looked forward and realized there was very little to look forward to. But when I looked backward I saw there was an entire career to write about. So I was optimistic about the approach, and saw that it

worked.”

While some of the chapters are explicitly based around a location, such as “Colorado” or “South Africa” or “Tucson,” others are based on his work for The New York Times, freelancing, and travel writing. For lessons on travel writing, Miller explains that the best of it gets under the skin of a locale to sense its rhythm. He says to distrust any travel writing that opens with a cabby driving in from the airport or closes quoting a bartender at last call. Or, more generally, “avoid cliches like the plague, like the plague.”

“There’s a certain continuity both geographic and literary in the book.

And those weren’t written goals, but those two approaches were always in my mind,” Miller

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“There’s no particular rules I want to adhere to. The rules of writing are to be broken, and I did that a few times in this book,”Tom Miller said. “I made it a point of not looking at other memoirs, because I was afraid I might copy their techniques. But I had a general framework for a memoir and I followed that.” said. “It’s not just from one end of Speedway to another, it’s the entire Western Hemisphere and even further. This book

isn’t just written for people in Tucson, but people in Tucson will certainly appreciate it from a literary level.”

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LIVEN UP

Tucson comedy today: Everything, everywhere all at once Linda Ray

Special to Tucson Local Media

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e can’t keep them down, comedians. Apparently they just go underground and multiply.

This week’s comedy shows are the biggest, most numerous, most diverse and celebratory since at least January 2020. It’s ruckus enough even to raise a dead act. The artists formerly known as Sweat Lodge (1994-2003) perform at the venerable Laffs Comedy Caffe on Sunday, May 22. (7 pm., $15, laffstucson.com) Details follow, but here’s the top line of other shows on

the horizon…

Unscrewed Theater’s 20th anniversary celebration on May 21 is a testament to Tucson’s ability to support a professional improv theater for the long haul. Its house team, NBOJU, still has several original members. They’ve invited all former members to join them onstage. (7:30 p.m., $5-$8 live or livestream, bit. ly/NBOJU20th5-21-22.)

On May 25, top comic and show-runner Roxy Merari celebrates the sixth anniversary of the relentless focus, hard work, generosity and sheer will with which she has made a popular regional comedy club out of the punk matriarch ven-

ue of Fourth Avenue, The Surly Wench. (7 p.m., $7, Eventbrite) Mo Urban, Tucson’s Johnny Appleseed of new mics and shows the last half decade, had barely started her bi-monthly-ish series at BlackRock Brewers when the plague shut things down. She picked it back up again during the five minutes or so before Delta and Omicron hit, and she’s back with another great bill on May 21. (7:30 p.m., free) And still, Laffs abides.

Casey Bynum, manager and scion of Laffs founder Gary Bynum, shrugs off the travails of the last few years. He says the 34-year-old venue, Tucson’s only professional

comedy club, has surfed not only COVID but the seemingly endless infernal chaos that is Broadway Blvd. construction. Business is pretty much the same over time, he says. Only the comics have changed at the Thursday night open mics, even though Tucson now has a dozen of them. For decades, Laffs’ was the only one.

SWEAT LODGE Sweat Lodge is a collaborative quintet of self-described curmudgeons, gathering one last time to retire their “culturally appropriated” name. They are political cartoonist and columnist David Fitzsimmons;

attorney and former TV comedian Elliott Glicksman; musical parodist and leader of the Deadhead-adjacent local band Fish Karma, Terry Owen; librarian, comedian and sometime Loft Theater emcee, Mike Sterner, and theatrical producer and sketch comedy artist Nick Sievert.

If this thoroughly unruly bunch seems familiar to readers, it may be from their annual charity extravaganza, The Arroyo Café, held in the winter holiday season at The Rialto Theater.

Glicksman says, “It’s interesting that some of our old humor is considered inappropriate now. We know the boundaries of accept-

able humor and only plan to cross it a few times in our show.”

Asked about comedy’s recent growth spurt in popularity, he says, “I think there’s more comedy than ever but it’s on YouTube, TikTok, (Instagram) or podcasts. I don’t think clubs will soon return to the comedy heyday of the 1980s and ’90s.

“But there’s something intangible about hearing a live crowd respond to humor. It’s like a drug you become addicted to. And the Sweat Lodge for some unexplained reason, after 20 years, needs a fix.”

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Unscrewed Theater house team NBOJU (Not Burnt Out Just Unscrewed) has spent 20 years tickling funny bones of Southern Arizona family audiences, private gatherings and corporate events. Since 2014, they’ve also built a loyal audience for their own theater, performing every Friday and Saturday night. That continuity, and generosity of donors, allow them to keep ticket prices low and still contribute a portion of each show’s take to a charity-of-the-month.

NBOJU’s success is rooted in the short-form style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway.” Audiences see a different show every time, but always know what to expect.

Of Tucson’s burgeoning comedy scene, Executive Director Chris Seidman says, “Now there are so many open-mics or curated comedy options at so many smaller venues clubs, bars, etc.” Even the traditionally family-friendly Unscrewed has recently added late-night, uncensored variety shows to its lineup.

Seidman says that, along with the comedy scene’s substantial growth, “There’s more of a sense of community. At the core, I think we still all want to make people laugh in our own unique way.” “(Any way) people discover improv, be it from Middleditch and Schwartz

or hearing that their favorite (Saturday Night Live) performer was from UCB (Upright Citizens Brigade) or Groundlings or Second City, (if) they explore improv, (even) not knowing much about it, I consider that a win for us all.”

ic Leslie Barton is featured along with Mo Urban, who helped Roxy get the Wench mic off the ground. Rounding things out are Phoenix transplant Eden Nault and Matt Ziemak, who ran several shows and mics here before relocating to Sierra Vista last year.

COMEDY AT THE WENCH IS SIX

JOEY MEDINA AT LAFFS

Roxy Merari started out six years ago hosting a modest open mic on Monday nights at the Wench.

Eventually she began hosting the occasional local showcase.

More recently Merari added semi-monthly booked shows that now often include regional or even out-of-state comics she and The Wench attracted on Zoom.

“The pandemic was not a total disaster for (us),” Merari says. “For quite a while we (did) live streamed mics weekly. We did virtual shows. Some people dissed us … but it ended up being awesome.

I met comics from all over the country and world.

“Since then, several people (from) my virtual show came to Tucson and I got to hook them up with (shows) … including mine.

And vice versa. Recently I was in Las Vegas and met a few comics in person that had been on my virtual show. They hooked me up with spots on their friends’ shows.”

Heading up the anniversary lineup are top local comics who have become personal friends, supporting Merari from the beginning. Monte Benjamin tops the bill. Phoenix com-

Meanwhile, at Laffs the comedy train still and always runs on time. In summer, that’s doors at 7 p.m. and shows at 8 and 10:30 p.m. The menu is pretty extensive but we recommend the grilled cheese sandwiches and zucchini fries if you’re not meeting your two-item menu with cocktails.

What really matters, though, is that this weekend the featured performer is Joey Medina! You will remember him from Paramount Pictures’ classic feature film The Original Latin Kings of Comedy with Cheech Marin, Paul Rodriguez, George Lopez and Alex Reymundo. If you haven’t seen it, you can find it on Amazon Prime.

Medina is Puerto Rican, born and raised in the Bronx. He was a professional boxer before turning to comedy and eventually logging 50 TV appearances, including his own SHOWTIME Comedy Special, “Joey Medina: Taking Off The Gloves,” also now streaming on Prime.

Recently he toured New Zealand and Australia with Russell Peters and, he says, performed for more than 36,000 fans.

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Despite high temps, northwest side athletes win at state track meet Tom Danehy

Special to Tucson Local Media

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here was a time, not that long ago, when Arizona’s high school State track meets (plural) were must-see events. They would hold three different meets across the Valley (and sometimes in Tucson). The schools in the 5A (back then, it was the highest level, the biggest schools) would have its own meet, while the 2A and 4A would be at another site, and the 3A and 1A at yet another.

This allowed for easy fan access, no over-crowding in the bleachers, and—most

importantly—the meets would start around 5 in the afternoon, which, in Phoenix in mid-May, is about the time that most people would pause on wondering why anybody would live in that God-forsaken place.

Within an hour, it was twilight and the athletes were allowed to compete against each other and not the elements. It was heaven for the athletes, coaches, and fans, so, naturally, the AIA changed it.

The AIA scrunched the number of divisions down from the current six to only four, severely damaging the hopes of small-school athletes of making it to State.

(Somehow, Salpointe is in the next-to-the-lowest division.) And then, in a serious show of decidedly finite wisdom, they made every track athlete in all of the divisions who made it to State compete in one place on the same day…starting at 1 in the afternoon. Year in and year out, it’s a disaster, but still they persist.

There is not enough seating at Mesa Community College for all of the fans and fights often break out in the stands over seating and the use of view-blocking tents and umbrellas.

(When the meets used to start in late afternoon/ early evening, there was no need for those tents

or umbrellas.) The athletes probably suffer the most. On Saturday, the air temperature had already climbed above the 100-degree mark at the start of the meet and it was entirely possible that the temperature on the track was in the 120-degree range.

A few years back, there was an outstanding distance runner from the Yuma area. He had a chance to become the first Arizonan to run the 1600 meters in under four minutes. That wouldn’t have been national news, like running a mile under four minutes because a mile is 1,609 meters, a bit more than the prescribed dis-

tance. Still, it would have been amazing.

However, the meet coordinators resisted suggestions that the race be moved to a later time, so the kid (and everybody else in the race) had to run at 3 in the afternoon, when the temperature was 107. He ran a great race, but won in a time of 4:07. It was a State record, but also a huge missed opportunity. If it had been under the old way of doing things, he would have been running that race at around 7 in the relatively cool evening.

Saturday’s meet produced several outstanding performances by athletes from Northwest

Tucson schools. Leading the way was Marana Mountain View thrower Sam Hala’ufia. (We ran a profile of Hala’ufia during football season.)

The senior thrower uncorked a monster discus throw of 191’ 1” to easily capture the D-II State title. And that toss wasn’t a fluke. Also among his six throws in the competition were throws of 190 feet even and 186’ 1”.

Flowing Wells junior Richard Legarra came in second in that event with a toss of 159’ 11”.

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inch or less of a number that takes you to the next level. One hundred sixty sounds so much better than 159.)

Hala’ufia also won the shot put, throwing the 12-pound ball 56’ ½”. Legarra of Flowing Wells did quite well in that event, also, finishing fourth with a throw of 52’ 7 ¼”.

The Division II boys’ 800 meters race was a Northwest affair. Ironwood Ridge senior Matt Pueschner won the race in a time of 1:52.68, a time that is among the Top 50 in the nation this year. His Nighthawk teammate, senior Logan Marek, finished second in a time of 1:58.52. Finishing third (by an excruciating 1/100 of a second) was Canyon Del Oro junior Ethan Fritzinger. Runners from Catalina Foothills and Pueblo finished fourth and six, respectively.

Pueschner also finished second at State (by three one-hundredths of a second) in the 400 meters.

Logan Marek won the 1600-meter race in a time of 4:17.87, with Fritzinger coming in sixth in the race. Marek also captured the 3200 crown in a time of 9:08.94. (Fritzinger grabbed seventh place.)

Ironwood Ridge’s girls rolled up points in multiple events to catapult the Nighthawks into a Top 10 finish in the team scoring. A full account of how Northwest athletes fared in the State meet will appear in next week’s edition.

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Athlete of the Week: Marana High’s Charles “Chika” Ebunoha Tom Danehy

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e knew when it happened that that was that. It was one of those injuries that, technically, aren’t terribly serious and won’t require surgery or even seeing a doctor, but they also make it very clear that one’s time as an athlete is going to be on hold for a while.

Marana High athlete Charles “Chika” Ebunoha was already having an outstanding State track meet.

He had placed sixth in the long jump with a leap of 22’ 3” and he still had the triple jump and 100 meters to go. But then, in one of the heats for the 100 meters, it happened.

“I knew immediately,” he said, “and there’s nothing you can do.”

For those of you who have never experienced a pulled hamstring…count your blessings! A hamstring is basically a group of three muscles that run from the hip to right behind the knee. They make it possible to extend the leg straight out and to bend the knee. Unfortunately, they are also susceptible to injury. Most often, that happens during sprinting when, basically, they are being asked to do too much, too fast.

It gets your attention real quick! It feels like the entire back of your leg is collapsing into itself, pull-

ing things up from behind your knee and down from the groin area. There is nothing that can be done, other than to stop running and grab the back of one’s leg. There is also the less-serious hamstring cramp which often happens when one is sleeping and wakes one up faster than a loud rendition of Reveille.

Chika’s track season and high-school athletic career were over, but he had much to back upon fondly. He had excelled in track and field and had also starred on the football field as a cornerback for the powerful Tiger team. He will be attending Brigham Young University on a football scholarship in the autumn.

“I really love football. It allows you to be competitive on several different levels. Playing cornerback, you have to be quick and fast, but also strong and smart. If you make a mistake, you’re out there on your own.”

Brigham Young is an interesting choice, but Chika is all in. “I got to visit the campus and it’s beautiful. I think I’m really going to enjoy playing there.”

This week, he’s just focused on his high-school graduation. He’s one of the unfortunate athletes who had to endure the ravages of the pandemic—the shutdowns, the cancellations, the testing.

“That’s behind us now.

All we can do is move forward.”

He’ll be doing that soon. He leaves for Provo in mid-June. Like just about every college student EVER, he’s not quite sure what he will be studying. “Math used to be my favorite subject but now I prefer English.”

The average rehab time for a hamstring injury is 24 days. He’ll probably be limping a bit as he receives his diploma, but a few weeks after that, he’ll hit the ground in Utah, running.

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Mather adheres to a unique do, particularly when they shows, incredible Hallow- multiple restaurants; a spa philosophy called “Elimi- take advantage of our tu- een costume contests, and and fitness center; a ro- In 2021, Splendido was nating my Impossibilities.” ition reimbursement pro- community-wide art proj- bust program of creative named one of the “Top 5 Created to help residents gram. We’ve had CNAs get ects involving residents arts, holistic wellness, and Best in Wellness” senior livtake their lives in bold new their nursing degrees, and and staff provide invaluable lifelong learning opportu- ing communities in North directions, it’s a principle high school students who connections and strength- nities; and a highly rated America, ranking third on the organization embrac- start out as part-time serv- en camaraderie. on-site health center. No the entire continent for es for employees by help- ers who use our benefits to matter what their niche, successfully fostering a ing them learn new skills, pursue higher education,” As an amenity-rich com- each team member is fo- wellness-centric environadvance their careers, and says James. munity that’s focused on cused on hospitality and ment to benefit all who live

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Just as today’s adults are looking at life after 50 in a whole new way with a renewed emphasis on the things that matter most, Splendido recognizes that employee niceties should be necessities… and an inspired, appreciated workforce is key to propelling its vision forward.

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SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). It’s natural and typical to focus more on others than on what you’re getting out of the situation, though you should be aware that some people are only out for themselves. It’s not necessary to avoid the “takers” altogether -- but do be ready for them. Know what you’re willing and not willing to give.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You’ll see what you’ve seen before. Your low tolerance for boredom will inspire you to go off on fascinating tangents. At first, you’ll do this alone, but when others see what you’re up to, you’ll have followers. People will be glad to have someone like you around to spice things up.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). You’ll experience a good fit -- a person, job, relationship or shoe that sets a new bar for success. What doesn’t work at all gives you the blessing of guidance.

Then there are the things that don’t quite work.

Their lessons are subtle and tricky. You’ll have examples in every category this week!

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Though a sense of belonging is essential to your well-being, you sometimes feel that wanting the acceptance of others is embarrassing. Consider that anyone slow in accepting you may not be right for you anyway. Loving hearts await. You deserve sweetness in relationships. Believe it.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). There are two ways to reduce the amount of stress flowing through your days. You can avoid challenges, or you can accept them with the mindset that you don’t have to get everything right. The second way makes life easier in the weeks to come. You’re getting so adept at handling things that, soon, nothing will scare you.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). You understand what people are expressing, both the public-facing version and the private implications; you get the text, the context and the subtext. Because so many in the world are unobservant and incurious, interactions with you will stand out in people’s minds. Your curiosity will culminate in adventure.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Life is complicated enough. You see no need to complicate things further by having too many opinions and rules.

Because of your tendency to keep it simple this week, you’ll be popular. Your social instincts are spot-on, too, and your breezy approach to relationships makes you extremely attractive.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). What you want to make or do may seem far away to you right now given your current financial constraints. But creative influences will inspire you to go at it a different way this week. What if you brought more hope to the problem? Because you’re open to them, unconventional solutions abound.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Have you ever seen someone juggle sacks of potatoes? Unlikely. It’s easier to juggle things that have form than it is to manage the unpredictability of floppy or feathery things. This week, you’ll get very good at compartmentalizing, which helps you balance a few different areas of your life at once.

ARIES (March 21-April 19). Once you know something, you often adapt so quickly to the knowledge that you forget how valuable the information really is. You’re not thinking about how much other people would love the information. You could help many (including yourself) through teaching, publishing, consulting or speaking.

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