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Volume 28 • Number 48

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Hot Picks BrewLights 2021. The Reid Park Zoo is hosting the hoppiest event of the holiday season. The zoo is teaming up with local craft breweries so you can enjoy the flavors of Tucson while taking in holiday lights and faux-snow. Participating breweries include Barrio Brewing, Catalina Brewing, BlackRock Brewers, Copper Mine Brewing and more. The evening will also feature musical entertainment from the After 7 Band. There will also be carousel rides, hot chocolate (with or without holiday spirits), and more than one million twinkling lights and lighted animals displays.

Friday, Dec. 3. 3400 Zoo Court. $35 for adult tickets with beer tastings. $11 for adults without beer tastings. $7 for children. reidparkzoo.org/event/ brewlights-2021

Dec. 4 at the AVA Amphitheater at Casino del Sol. 5655 W. Valencia Road. Free and open to the public.

Tamal Festival. Casino del Sol is hosting the 16th annual Tucson Tamal & Heritage Festival, which celebrates “the rich tastes, smells and variation of tamales from the Southwest and Mexico.” In addition to a tamale contest, there will also be artisan vendors and live music. Contest categories are for traditional red tamales, green corn tamales, gourmet tamales, and sweet tamales. Contestants will compete for a $750 prize for all around best tamale, as well as multiple smaller prizes. 10 a.m. Saturday,

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Mercado Holiday Bazaar. The MSA Annex is hosting their annual holiday market, where more than 50 local artists and artisans are selling their goods in the open air. This is a great way to get a lot of holiday shopping done while also supporting local creators. And because it takes place at the MSA Annex, you can also enjoy food and drinks as you stroll through the stalls. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Our Town: Ways to Help this Holiday Season Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

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hile many of us are focused on celebrating the holidays, it’s a time when others are struggling to make ends meet.

According to Feeding America, more than 60 million people went to food banks and community programs to keep their bellies full in 2020. The pandemic has exacerbated hardships for many, but if you are one of the lucky few who can share your gratitude for surviving another year, consider donating to these local food

and gift drives this holiday N. First Ave. (Through season to make the holiday Dec. 13) KVOA Studios, 209 bright for a stranger.

W. Elm St. (Through Dec. 20) Season 4 Hope Food Drive Youth Education Supporters Holiday News 4 Tucson has Drive partnered up with local sponsors to donate toys, Youth Education Supfood, and diapers to the Community Food Bank porters (aka YES) is a of Southern Arizona, group that supports famToys for Tots, and the ilies in the Marana UniDiaper Bank of Southern fied School District. The Arizona. Drop off toys, group, which supplied food, and diaper dona- more than 1,200 kids in tions from 4 p.m. to 6:30 the district with backp.m. at: packs earlier this year, CDTFD Station #181, is now raising funds for 99 E. Tallahassee Drive. holiday meals and gifts (Through Dec. 6) for Marana students.

TFD Station #20, 4798 Contact Pat Johnson at

bayesnana@gmail.com Toy Drive” poster. for details on how you can help.

Tucson Toys for Tots GAP Ministries Santa’s Helper Donate new, unwrapped toys and stocking stuffers to GAP ministries, 2861 N Flowing Wells Road, by Dec. 10.

GAP Ministries is open from 9 am to 5 pm.

Dollar Tree Operation Homefront Toy Drive

Donate toys to locations all over Tucson by visiting the Tucson Toys for Tots website at https:// tinyurl.com/3e89mp9k.

Search by zip code to find the closest donation site. Hours, days, and addresses are available on their website. In 2020, Tucson Toys for Tots supported 38,998 children and 40,513 toys were distributed.

Purchase a toy and doSalvation Army nate it to the Dollar Tree’s Christmas Angel Tree donation boxes until Dec. Donate in-person or 2. Donation boxes can be identified with a “Holiday online to the Salvation Ar-

my’s Christmas Angel Tree toy drive through Dec. 24.

Don’t want to leave the house? No problem! Visit their wish list website to donate from your laptop.

In-person locations include: Foothills Mall (7401 N La Cholla Blvd.), La Encantada Mall (2905 E Skyline Drive), Park Place Mall (5870 E Broadway Blvd.) and Tucson Mall (4500 N Oracle Road). The Salvation Army Hospitality House, 1002 N. Main Avenue, is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

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was battered last year by pandemic shutdowns and travel bans. Jobs in that sector grew 17.6% from a year earlier, according to the BLS. “It represents how much the economy has started to rebound from the pandemic lows,” said Andrew Sugrue, the assistant director of policy and advocacy at the Arizona Center for Economic Progress. “And it represents that people are ready to be rehired and ready to be employed in the aftermath of the pandemic.”

The preliminary October jobless rate was still higher than the state’s pre-pandemic unemployment levels, which ranged from a low of 4.7% in December 2019 to 5% in March 2020, when COVID-19 first hit.

And it was higher than the national rate of 4.6% for the month, a rate touted Wednesday

by President Joe Biden as more evidence of “historic progress” on the economy under his watch.

“Unemploy ment is down to 4.6%, two years faster than everyone expected,” Biden said. “When we started at this job, it was over 14%.

“Last year, there were 21 million unemployment insurance claims before the Thanksgiv-

ing holiday. Today, there were 2.4 million,” he said. “This is a historic jobs recovery: 5.6 million jobs created since I took office.”

The drop in unemployment claims was mirrored in Arizona, where the Department of Economic Security said there were 19,067 total jobless claims last week, compared to 404,748 in the week before Thanksgiving last year.

Improvements in the job market have helped drive increases in wages and disposable income, according to the White House. But those gains have been tempered by a surge in inflation.

BLS said the consumer price index rose 6.2% between October 2020 and 2021. The rate in the Phoenix metro region was 7.1%, driven by higher food prices and a staggering 23.3% rise in energy costs, including a 46.8% rise in the price of gasoline.

Biden conceded this week that inflation is driving price increases that “hurt American pocketbooks and undermine gains in wages and disposable income.” On Tuesday, he announced a plan to release 50 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, in conjunction with similar moves by other countries, in an effort to drive down spi-

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raling energy costs.

And while there have been employment gains in most industries, the increases have not come across the board.

In addition to the return of leisure and hospitality jobs, professional and business service jobs in Arizona grew by 6.4% and the trade, transportation and utilities sector rose 5.5%, according to BLS data. But the data also showed that construction jobs grew a scant 1.3% while the number of government jobs was unchanged and the number of information jobs actually declined by 0.9%.

The increases in hospitality industry jobs can be explained at least in part by the availability of COVID-19 vaccines, which have led to relaxation of business and travel restrictions.

Sugrue said he thinks one reason people are returning to work has to do with their “comfort with being able to return to the workforce and the wide availability of the vaccines.”

“As long as the virus continues to be controlled, and case numbers continue to fall, I think you’ll see better employment numbers,” he said.

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

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The festival includes a variety of arts, live performances and a tree lighting celebration. Starting on Saturday, Dec. 4, the festival will have food trucks, photos with Santa and the Golder Ranch Fire Truck, caroling, and local artists selling their crafts.

Performers on the main stage at the Oro Valley Marketplace include Oro Valley Team Dance, the Ironwood Ridge High School Jazz Band, the Wilson Elementary Choir, Saguaro Stompers Clog Dance Company, DJs playing holiday favorites, Cross Middle School Jazz Combo and more. The mission of the Festival of the Arts is to “connect art and the community by presenting an annual arts festival and by promoting the arts in the Southern Arizona community,” according to Oro Valley officials.

The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday Dec. 4, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 5, at 12155 N. Oracle Road. Admission is free.

Marana is once again

celebrating the most wonderful time of the year with a Holiday Festival and Christmas Tree Lighting on Saturday, Dec. 4.

And unlike 2020’s drive-thru event, this year’s festival includes a variety vendors and food trucks.

The free annual event will include appearances by Santa and Mrs. Claus along with live music, snacks and drinks, games and the lighting of a 25-foot-tall Christmas tree just after sunset.

Santa and Mrs. Claus will arrive at 3 p.m. accompanied by the Marana High marching band and Marana cheerleaders.

Dozens of vendors will also be on hand for a holiday artisan marketplace, making it an ideal opportunity to support local artists while whittling away at your gift-buying list.

The performance schedule includes the Marana Children’s Choir, Desert Dance Collective, Kevin Pakulis, Marana High School Chamber Orchestra, Mountain View High School Dance and more. That way, there’s music and entertainment for every taste.

There will also be plenty for kids to do, besides presenting their wish list to Santa. Lucky Cat Social Art will help kids create ornaments for the Christmas tree.

Those 10 and under can hit a bounce zone, while those 10 and over can have fun at an inflatable zone. In addition, there will games, a holiday kiddie train and a foam snow dance party (which will leave the kids wet, so bring a change of clothes). How lucky are we in Southern Arizona, that winter snow is a treat, not a hassle.

Family Joint Pizzeria, Jake’s Donuts, Tucson Kona Ice, Meatball Madness, Smokin’ Monster and dozens of other food trucks will be on hand.

The festival kicks off at 3 p.m. in downtown Marana at 11555 W. Civic Center Drive. The tree will light up at 6 p.m.

Parking is in all the surrounding lots (MMC and MHC Healthcare), including marked dirt lots. The tree show plays every night, Dec 5-31, on the hour every hour from 5 to 8 p.m.

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Talonya Adams verdict looms over Hobbs, governor’s race Jeremy Duda Arizona Mirror

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ust a few weeks ago, things were coming together for Katie Hobbs in a way that few Democratic gubernatorial candidates in Arizona could ever say.

Buoyed by the socalled “audit” of the 2020 election in Maricopa County, a widely mocked affair conducted by conspiracy theorists who reached a series of dubious conclusions after months of work, Hobbs, who as secretary of state serves as Arizona’s top elections official, was secure in her status as the Democratic frontrunner.

Her frequent appearances on national cable television programs boosted her fundraising and name recognition to the point that most observers had simply penciled her in for the general election, despite having two opponents in the Democratic primary.

The dynamics of the Hobbs campaign and the governor’s race changed dramatically this month when a federal jury found in favor of Talonya Adams, who was fired from her job as a policy advisor for the Senate Democrats in 2015, when Hobbs was the chamber’s minority leader.

In 2019, a jury in federal court agreed with Adams, a Black woman who argued that she was underpaid in the Senate

as a result of racial and gender discrimination.

And a jury sided with Adams again earlier this month when it found that she was fired for complaining about that discriminatory pay.

Now, many Democrats worry about what the verdicts mean for the gubernatorial race.

Hobbs “is treating this issue with the utmost seriousness and takes responsibility for her role, and is continuing to learn how to be a better ally.

The verdict remains the same as in 2019, which shows the facts haven’t changed—in fact, these systemic inequities still exist in the state legislature. Katie will continue to do what is necessary to address these systemic issues,” her campaign said in a statement to the Arizona Mirror.

In a recent interview with the Mirror, Hobbs noted that the firing was nearly seven years ago and the first trial was two years ago. It’s “not a new issue,” she said.

However, many political observers expect the jury decision for Adams, and the underlying issues behind it, to be a problem for her in both the primary and general elections.

Equitable pay across racial and gender lines is a core issue for the Democratic base. The finding that Hobbs acted in a discriminatory manner has led to an outpouring of criticism. A group of African-American lead-

ers penned a letter urging people of color to “reconsider” their support for her. Adams has said Hobbs is “unfit” to serve as governor.

Hobbs’ response to the verdict has fanned the flames. She defended Adams’ firing as not discriminatory and not a result of her race or gender, saying there were problems with her performance, including some that she alleges weren’t disclosed during the four-year federal court battle.

“I don’t think Democrats can afford to have any candidate who is under a cloud to start off,” said Ann Wallack, a former chairwoman of the Maricopa County Democratic Party.

Wallack said she’s been supporting Hobbs, and wants to continue doing so. But she also wants to be responsive to the feelings of the African-American community and other minority groups. If they think Hobbs is untenable as a candidate, Wallack said that’s of great concern to her.

Roy Herrera, a prominent Democratic campaign attorney, said Hobbs’ explanation for the firing doesn’t square with what the jury found.

And her claim that there were other, undisclosed issues that led to Adams’ firing is problematic as well, he said. The issue won’t go away, he said, unless she’s able to more satisfactorily answer

some of these questions.

A little contrition for her role in the firing, an acknowledgement of Adams’ pain and suffering, could have gone a long way, Herrera said.

“I didn’t read anything in that response or explanation … that let us know how she would address this problem going forward. What is her plan for ensuring that this kind of thing wouldn’t happen again or wouldn’t happen to anyone else ever again?” he said.

Aaron Lieberman, a recently resigned state legislator who is challenging Hobbs in the Democratic primary, said

the issues surrounding the verdicts in the Adams case simply aren’t going to go away. Republicans are already looking at the verdict as something they can use in the general election to suppress Black voter turnout and use against Hobbs, if she’s the Democratic nominee, he said.

“I think the biggest concern is that Republicans will drive a truck through this in the general election. That’s just the reality of the situation,” Lieberman said.

There’s no doubt that Republicans have keyed in on the issue.

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GOP political operative and former chief of staff to Gov. Doug Ducey, said he’ll be shocked if the Adams verdict doesn’t become a focal point of the Republicans’ campaign against Hobbs next fall.

Between the Republican nominee and the outside groups that run ads to support them, a lot of money goes into gubernatorial races, Scarpinato said. And that money will be used to hammer Hobbs with the discrimination verdict, including Adams’ searing indictment of Hobbs.

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But Oro Valley Police Chief Kara Riley’s first year on the job included a pandemic, nationwide protests, natural disasters and shifting regulations.

In the law enforcement profession for nearly 30 years, Riley says 2020 turned out to be the most rewarding of her profession.

“We were really put to task and had some difficult, difficult times,” Riley said. “These challenges were things that haven’t been experienced in the law enforcement profession in many years, and the pandemic was just one of them.”

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The donations are part of Cathey’s annual Christmas-In-July sewing event, where customers and staff create specialized items

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In his latest COVID-19 forecast updated Aug. 14, Dr. Joe Gerald, an epidemiologist with the UA Zuckerman School of Public Health, reported Arizona has a rate of transmission of 255 cases per 100,000 individuals per week as of Aug. 8 and would likely soon exceed the rates seen during the summer of 2020, of 409 cases per 100,000 residents.

“While I am hopeful we will not reach the levels seen in the winter of 2021, the experience of other states (e.g., Louisiana) combined with inaction of our local and state officials suggests this may be wishful thinking,” said Gerald.

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The Republican, who represents District 11, faces a recall by Rural Arizonans for Accountability, a group of his district’s constituents, for spreading voter fraud conspiracy theories and his ties to the “Stop the Steal” rioters at the Jan. 6 Insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.

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Director of Rural Arizona Action, said they were approached by Finchem’s constituents to help organize the recall. “We exist to empower people, regular folks who are involved in the democratic system and really recalling an elected official is a power reserved for the people of Arizona by our state’s constitution,” said Fierros.

“If enough registered voters sign that petition and they agree that Finchem does lack integrity, that he is dangerous and an ineffective legislator, then it goes to the voters in that district to get a chance to vote on whether or not they

should fire him.”

On May 5, the group received a letter from Finchem’s lawyers, which according to the Recall Finchem website, “demands Rural Arizonans for Accountability destroy all campaign materials Finchem incorrectly deems ‘defamatory’ and publish retractions in local newspapers. If not, Finchem’s lawyers promise to sue.”

Rural Arizonans’ lawyers rejected Finchem’s demand and stated they would seek sanctions against him should he sue.

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arana High School Salutatorian Diya Patel didn’t sugarcoat the challenges of the last year in her graduation speech last month.

“I think most people would agree with me when I say that this has been a dreadful year,” Patel said. “Graduation speeches in the past have included stories of proms, formals and football games. However, this year we had to adjust to a brand new way of life full of Zoom calls, masks and COVID tests, which consisted of massive Q-tips being shoved up our noses. Instead of reminiscing on a joyful high school experience, we are all sitting here today, collectively taking a deep breath and just being grateful that we’re finally here.”

Patel, like so many other students, longed for a year of normalcy, but instead lived through a pandemic. Patel and fellow Marana Unified School District graduates expressed the woes of trying to graduate while juggling a series of changes beyond their control caused by the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Research continues to find causes, connections, and treatments. Women with fibromyalgia far outnumber men with the illness.

The ratios are estimated between 9:1 and 20:1 (women to men) and this disease is seen primarily between the ages of 20 and 50.

For many years, women were told to “relax” or that it was “all in their heads” when standard diagnostic tests were inconclusive.

This is now recognized as a real phenomenon even though we are still grappling with effective treatment options.

The primary problem is that fibro patients have a heightened sensitivity to pain stimuli and develop a lowered pain threshold.

The pain becomes more intense and lasts longer.

Recent research has found that some people with fibromyalgia also have PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder), often stemming from abuse issues in childhood or adolescence. A number of women have suffered through domestic violence.

Is fibromyalgia a manifestation of undertreated depression or other psychiatric condition? While questions and research continue, it is important to realize that this syndrome is NOT “all in your head” as some physicians in the past have asserted.

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patients themselves are finding ways to deal with this illness. The primary treatment goals are to reduce pain, enhance quality of life, and improve sleep.

Non-pharmacological treatments such as yoga, daily walking, and low intensity/low impact exercise may relieve some of the pain and the fatigue associated with the disorder. People who exercise three to five times a week report a 25% reduction in most fibro symptoms and require less prescription medication.

Unfortunately, some patients with fibro have increased pain with exercise. An altered exercise regimen such as tai chi and water aerobics, deep breathing and improved posture can reduce exercise discomfort. Acupres-

sure, massage therapy, relaxation techniques, biofeedback and chiropractic care have also shown to be helpful, as has cognitive behavioral therapy.

Many people benefit from medications that boost serotonin and norepinephrine. These are neurotransmitters that help to regulate sleep, the immune system and pain, and are effective in reducing some symptoms of depression. There are three FDA-approved medications currently available to treat fibromyalgia: Pregabalin (Lyrica), Duloxetine (Cymbalta) and Milnacipran (Savella). Many other drugs are used “off label” to treat fibro symptoms, including amitriptyline, trazodone and some SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) like

fluoxetine, sertraline and escitaprolam.

Antianxiety medications such as clonazepam and diazepam also may aid sleep but are highly addictive so must be used with caution.

Muscle relaxers may be helpful, as are anti-inflammatory medications (over the counter ibuprofen and naproxen) but some patients may need strong opioid pain medications to treat severe pain.

All of these medications can have serious adverse effects so it is very important to consult with your health care provider before starting any drug regimen and at regular intervals during treatment. (If your health care provider will not discuss fibromyalgia or dismisses the symptoms, find another one!)

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supplements such as magnesium, zinc, malic acid, folic acid, creatine, vitamin C, vitamin B complex, vitamin E, calcium, melatonin (for sleep) and acidophilus have been examined for effectiveness, but there is little conclusive evidence for their efficacy.

Fibromyalgia Awareness Day is observed on May 12. It was started in Tucson by a support group organized in 1992. Support groups are invaluable in that they offer a place for fibro sufferers to receive and give emotional support by others who experience this disease. Support groups tend to be very energizing in the exchange of information and lifestyle advice.

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“These are races that a lot of money gets put into, and we can all picture that in the Phoenix media market with a thousand points a week behind it,” Scarpinato said. “If I’m her campaign, I would just assume that this is going to have a lot of weight and a lot of money and a lot of energy behind it.”

The Black leaders who signed the letter warning against support for Hobbs weren’t swayed by her explanation. One, former lawmaker Art Hamilton, has since endorsed Marco Lopez, one of her opponents in the Democratic primary. Others have yet to

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announce support for any candidate. But whatever happens, it’s clear that their support won’t go to Hobbs.

Cloves Campbell, a former legislator, said he wanted to hear an admission of wrongdoing from Hobbs, and wanted her to say what she’ll do to fix those problems. If she’s not going to do that, he said, Black leaders and voters can support someone else.

“A f r i c a n - A m e r i c a n communities are tired of hearing people say things about us and do things against us and then expect us to turn the other cheek,” Campbell said. “We’ve run out of cheeks and we’re not going to put up with it anymore.”

Another African-American leader who signed the

letter, Warren Stewart Sr., a pastor who has been on the front lines of Arizona’s civil rights battles since the 1980s, said Hobbs’ response to the verdict was too little, too late. Asked if he wants to hear an apology from her, Stewart told the Mirror, “I don’t want to hear anything from Katie Hobbs.”

Hobbs needs to reach out to the African-American community and offer a heartfelt apology, said Mario Diaz, a lobbyist and longtime Democratic operative.

“The courts have spoken and she needs to apologize to community leaders,” Diaz said. “Whether she did anything, quote, wrong or not, the perception and the legal judgment was that there was bias towards a person of color. And the buck stops

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or not really depends on … whether she’s able to answer these questions in a satisfactory way.”

Exactly what effect the Adams verdict will have on Hobbs in the general election, if she makes it there, remains to be seen.

Though Republicans are sure to make a major issue of it, Diaz said attacks from the GOP will ring hollow on matters of race relations.

If Hobbs makes it out of the primary, that likely means she still has a significant amount of support, Campbell said, though that doesn’t diminish what happened with Adams.

Whether Hobbs can get support from Black voters in the general election will depend on what she does moving forward. Campbell said she’ll have to be sure to include African Ameri-

cans in her campaign if she gets that far.

Campbell didn’t doubt that Republicans will use the Adams situation against Hobbs and that’ll make it harder for her to win.

“That’s what the Republicans do,” he said. “At the same time, what are the Republicans doing to garner the African-American vote? It works on both sides of the fence. Just because we’re upset with her doesn’t mean we’re going to automatically give our votes to them.”

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at the leadership position.”

Still, most observers expect Hobbs to win the Democratic nomination, at least against the current field.

That could change if another major candidate joins the race. Herrera said someone who can raise money and has significant support within the party would have a shot at wresting the nomination from her. But for now, Hobbs, though weakened, maintains her role as the frontrunner in the Democratic primary.

“My guess is that she still wins the primary, that despite this she still is the nominee. And then she goes into the general election with this as a liability,” Herrera said. “I don’t think it’s over. I don’t think she’s sunk necessarily at this point. But whether she is

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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum combines art, conservation in new book Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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art museum, part zoo, part art studio, the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum has brought Tucson residents closer to desert wildlife for more than 60 years. Beyond an appreciation for the beauty of our surrounding landscape, the Desert Museum aims to help visitors understand and connect with nature through live animal demonstrations, classes and community events. “Treasured Legacies,” a new book from the Desert Museum, traces Tucson conservation efforts within a crossroads of art and education.

The book features large, vibrant scratchboard illustrations from local artist Priscilla Baldwin, as well as archival photographs, interviews with local biologists, and a history of the museum.

All of the illustrated animals in the book are native to the Sonoran Desert and are either currently or formerly housed at the Desert Museum. Many of the animals were previously featured in “Desert Ark,” an outreach program started in the 1950s where Desert Museum member Hal Gras brought animals into

schools and clubs to give residents in-person education about desert animals.

“Many adults today will tell the tale of Hal coming to their classroom and as they were leaving the exhibition, all the students would reach out and touch the animals he brought, like a snake. And for some of them, that was the first time they touched a snake,” said Anne Warner, who co-authored the book and is a longtime supporter of the Desert Museum.

The book also highlights the Desert Museum’s ongoing “Raptor Free Flight” program, where birds like falcons, ravens and owls fly over visitors.

However, the book is based around Baldwin’s scratchboard art: a unique form of “subtractive art” where bits of colored clay are sliced off to reveal different colors beneath. Baldwin’s incredibly detailed art is almost photorealistic, such as depicting the individual hairs of a sleeping mountain lion on the book’s cover.

“Priscilla Baldwin was the muse behind the book,” Warner said. “She’s a very talented scratchboard artist, and she became a co-founder of the Art Institute at the Desert Museum. Priscilla, in her work, became fascinated with the conservation

work of Hal Gras and the Desert Ark from way back at the beginning of the museum. She really wanted to capture the conservation message it epitomized.”

So the story goes, Baldwin’s friends wanted to see a collection of her work.

The idea gradually grew, and soon the Desert Museum staff decided to put together a book that captured several elements of the museum, such as historic conservation, art, and modern conservation efforts.

“We realized we didn’t just want to look at the history of the museum and conservation at the museum, but we wanted to look at what the museum and other museums might face as challenges in the future,” Warner said, who worked on the book for roughly two years. “The museum does have a loyal following, and we want to foster that support for the museum and conservation efforts. But having said that, we also hope new readers and visitors will be drawn into the amazingly graphic art of Priscilla, and also the conservation efforts.”

Other conservation efforts from the Desert Museum include a captive breeding program for the Mexican wolf to reintroduce

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them to their natural habitats, the Save Our Saguaros campaign to fight invasive grasses in the Sonoran Desert, and a program to support migratory pollinators.

“We want to give people a feel for what conservation can look like. And that’s one of the things the Art Institute does so well,” Warner said. “Because you can take a class at the Art Institute and watch a live animal interact with its keeper. Once you begin to look at the way nature expresses itself, you have the opportunity to be drawn in more and more.”

Warner says Baldwin serves as the ultimate example of this transformation. In the book, Baldwin explains how she came to a realization while doing a botanical illustration—a realization that would eventually lead her to co-found the Desert Museum’s Art Institute with her husband in 1998.

“She was always interested in conservation, but it was more in the back of her mind,” Warner said. “But then she began to take art classes and watched a wasp interact with a flower, and she told me a lightbulb went

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off. She said, ‘This is the gift of life that I want to convey.’”

Other contributors for “Treasured Legacies” are Desert Museum librarian and archivist Peggy Larson, executive director Craig Ivanyi, and former executive director Bob Edison.

“Treasured Legacies: Conservation, Art, Education, and the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum” is currently available at Des er tMu s eumAr ts.com/ treasured-legacies-book

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Gaslight Theatre serves up holiday magic with ‘Elf’d’ Emily Dieckman

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earing a Santa Claus outfit and a smile so big and sincere that we could see it through her mask, our waitress at the Gaslight Theatre asked us if we were celebrating anything special this evening.

“Just Christmas!” I exclaimed, probably obnoxiously but definitely in the

spirit of the Gaslight Theatre, where Christmas is in full swing. And thank goodness. I think we could use as much holiday cheer as we can get, this year.

Dudley the Elf, the protagonist of The Gaslight Theatre’s current show, “Elf ’d,” would almost certainly agree with me. No one, we are reminded throughout the show, has as much Christmas spirit as Dudley. This parody is based

on the beloved Christmas movie “Elf,” which tells the story of a human raised by elves who must learn to navigate the mean streets and brightly lit shopping malls of New York City. With a new plot and its own special Gaslight Theatre twist, this show—written by Peter Van Slyke and directed by Katherine Byrnes— brings the characters and the spirit of the original film to life.

As Dudley, actor Jake

Chapman brings all the naïve enthusiasm we know and love from the movie, and ALMOST brings back some of its most memorable phrases.

When he’s frustrated with himself, he calls himself a “fluffer nutter noodle noggin.” When he’s trying to save Christmas, he reminds himself of one of elfhood’s most important rules: “If you want to spread Yuletide spirit, say ‘Merry Christmas!’ for all (L to R) David Orley, Todd Thompson and Jake Chapman to hear it.”

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As the show begins, Santa explains he is concerned about being able to fly his sleigh this year, because it’s powered by Christmas spirit—a commodity in increasingly short supply. Dudley has gathered up all his favorite things about Christmas, all those that bring him the most holiday cheer, and put them into a bottle which Santa can use as fuel. But when Wally the greedy elf (Jacob Brown) gets ahold of it and flees to New York, there’s trouble: Wally wants to work with a giant, money-hungry toy manufacturer to get Santa’s workshop shut down and replaced with a corporate toy factory. It wouldn’t be a classic Christmas tale without the forces of capitalism lurking, would it?

Wally wears a pointy green elf hat, which, in order to blend in in NYC, he later replaces with a fedora and a green blazer. His color scheme, combined with his obsession with a secret formula in a little bottle and general shrillness, make his character

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reminiscent of Plankton, owner of the Chum Bucket in Spongebob Squarepants. His “grumpy wumpy grouchy pants” vibe makes a great counter to Dudley’s never-wavering, Spongebob-like cheer.

Armed with the knowledge that he’s not the elf he thought he was, but still dressed in full elf garb, Dudley follows Wally to New York via beluga whale, where he attempts to get back his magic Christmas potion

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(L to R) Todd Thompson, Heather Stricker, Mike Yarema, Jake Chapman and Jacob Brown are a jolly cast of characters in Gaslight’s Elf’d (except for one Scrooge). and to eat pieces of candy he finds on the sidewalk.

On his journey, he encounters wacky characters that range from a Salvation Army Santa Claus to a woman also dressed as an elf to a cleaning lady with a big secret. Heather Stricker and Erin Thomp-

son were both particularly funny in their roles as two women trying their best to keep all of this chaos organized.

As usual, the musical numbers throughout the show don’t disappoint, surely thanks to musical direction by Linda Acker-

man and choreography by Katherine Byrnes. I had to laugh when they did their own version of “Christmas Is All Around,” the song Bill Nighy’s rockstar character sings in the film “Love, Actually.” And when they did a version of “YMCA” called “SAN-

TA,” even the teenage boy at the table next to us was laughing and clapping along. Do you know how hard it is to get a teenage boy to exhibit enthusiasm? Leave it to the Gaslight to make true holiday magic happen.

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A marvelous ‘Hamilton’ finally takes the stage in Tucson

Margaret Regan

Special to Tucson Local Media

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n the opening scene of Hamilton, the characters who will become America’s founding fathers crowd the stage.

There’s a Jefferson here and a Madison there and a Washington over yonder.

But there’s a newbie too, and the suspicious Aaron Burr demands to know who the fellow is.

“What’s your name, man?” he sings in a hip-hop cadence.

The stranger stands in the center of the stage, in the spotlight, looks proudly around and boldly sings out: “Alexander Hamilton!”

Last Thursday night, the huge audience in Centennial Hall roared when they heard his name.

Julius Thomas III, the dashing actor playing Hamilton, smiled at the crowd, and chuckled lightly at their fervor. He waited until the fans’ cheers went down a notch. Then, going back into character, as a supremely self-confident young man, he roared right back: “My name is Alexander Hamilton.”

You couldn’t blame the enthusiastic patrons in the seats, some 2,500 strong.

They had waited two long pandemic years to see the smash musical about an unlikely immigrant who shoots to power in the early years of the Republic. In 2019, Broadway in Tucson announced a performance of Hamilton in 2020. It was cancelled by COVID, and finally staged now, in late 2021.

The ground-breaking musical, winner of 11 Tony Awards in 2015 and a Pulitzer Prize in 2016, turns what could be a dusty old story of government and politics into a rollicking spectacle. Almost every line in the show is sung in bouncy hip-hop and rap, performed sometimes solo and often by the whole cast, 14 actors and 11 ensemble players at once.

This contemporary music transforms the work from the late 18th century to the present.

As the talented Lin-Manuel Miranda—creator of the Hamilton book, music and lyrics—has said, the show is “America then, as told by America now.”

That America is full of ambitious, conniving, smart and lively young men, all of them arguing over what the new nation they have created should be. You will detect no sign of the stolid founding fathers that we are used

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to seeing hanging in dull portraits. Instead, you’ll find cast, young, multi-colored with the main characters portrayed by Black actors: George Washington (Darnell Abraham), Thomas Jefferson (Paris Nix) and the rivals Aaron Burr (Donald Webber, Jr.) and Hamilton himself.

From the beginning there is no secret how the story ends. Even high school students still know (I think?) that Burr killed Hamilton in a duel. And in the first scene, Burr admits, “I’m the damn fool that shot him.”

The story line is really about what made Hamilton click.

Burr puzzles over Ham-

ilton’s surprising success in life. George Washington relied on Hamilton as an aide-de-camp in the Revolutionary War and later, as president, named him the first Treasury Secretary of the United States. Hamilton’s efforts with the nation’s money still influence the government.

“How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore,” an immigrant from the Caribbean. “grow up to be a hero and a scholar?” Burr asks.

The energetic Hamilton occasionally reveals the answer. “I am not throwing away my shot,” he likes to say as a young man. “I’m young, scrappy and hungry.” He’s brilliant and hard-working,

but he’s not without fault.

Miranda made an effort to bring women into a tale that is mostly male. The Schuyler Sisters song introduces the woman Hamilton was to marry, Eliza Schuyler (Victoria Ann Scovens), and her sister Angelica (Marja Harmon), an intellectual woman whom, in Miranda’s telling, had feelings for Hamilton, her brother-in-law. But Eliza emerges as a strong woman, and Scovens delivers one of the most powerful scenes in the show.

This is a good time to say how gorgeous all the players’ voices are. In particular, Scovens is a beautiful singer and Brandon Louis Armstrong, who plays James

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Madison, has a voice that’s positively operatic. Armstrong is also a great comic on stage, and so is Nick Negron. Negron, playing the petulant King George of England, delivers hilarious solos every time the fledgling Republic goes amiss.

Finally, the dancing is superb. Choreographed by Andy Blankenbuehler, the movements are in are in almost every scene, with the dancers shape-shifting around the actors, shimming like snakes, subtly slipping into a soldier’s sheath. The dances amplify the actors, the singers and the set and nearly everything in this marvelous show.

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• Bring the kids and grandma to the Jingle Bell Rockin’Revue with all your favorite holiday hits guaranteed to put you in the Christmas spirit. Details: 6 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, 2 or 3 p.m. se- THURSDAY TO SATURDAY, lect Sundays; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 DEC. 24 N. Oracle Road; $27, $15 children; 529- • Listen to Live Music Concerts presented by the Southern Arizona Arts and Cul1000 or gaslightmusichall.com. tural Alliance featuring jazz on Thursday, rock on Friday and Saturday. Details: 5-7 FRIDAY TO SUNDAY, DEC. p.m. Thursday, 6-8 p.m. Friday-Saturday; 319 Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort • Enjoy a performance of the and Spa, Lookout Tucson Bar & Grill; 245 classic-style White Christmas The E. Ina Road; $10; 602-349-3137.

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• Put the entire family in the holiday spirit at Elf Elegies: Essential Workers of • Take a walk down memory lane with Tony-nominated Broadway star the North Pole written and performed and Platinum-selling singer/songby Pima Community College students.

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• Listen to the PCC Guitar EnsemNutcracker presented by the Tucson ble performing a classical and Regional Ballet featuring the Tucson contemporary repertoire under the

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• Recall the magic and experience the acoustic music and harmonies of a folk trio that changed the world at MacDougal Street West, A Peter Paul and Mary Christmas Experience. Details: 2 and 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $27; 529-1000 or gaslightmusichall.com.

• Enjoy a holiday tribute to Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli and Enrico Caruso at the 3 International Tenors’ Christmas Concert. Details: 4 and 7:30 p.m.; DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive; $30; 825-2818.

• Enjoy the songs and stories of award-winning artists Shawn Colvin, Marc Cohn, Sara Watkins: Together In Concert. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; $49-$110; foxtucson.com.

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a classical and contemporary repertoire under the direction of Anne Grimes.

Details: 7:30 p.m.; Pima Community College Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road; 206-6986.

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• Listen to the Oracle Piano Quartet presented by the Oracle Piano Society.

Details: 3 p.m.; Oracle Center for the Arts, 700 E. Kingston St., Oracle; $30; oraclepianosociety.org.

• Listen to one of the most inventive and electrifying musicians of his generation Lindsey Buckingham whose direction made Fleetwood Mac a beloved rock group now performing as a solo artist. Details: 7 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; $43-$100; foxtucson.com.

• Listen to the PCC Chorale & College Singers performing selections for a mixed voice choir and a cappella choir under the direction of Jonathan Ng. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Pima Community College Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road; 206-6986.

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY, DEC. 7 AND 9

• Enjoy a Musical Theatre Workshop with selections from various musicals and operas under the direction of Darryl King. Details: 3:45 p.m.; Pima Community College Center for the Arts, 2202 W. Anklam Road; 206-6986.

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• Come enjoy the sights and sounds of Christmas in Mexico with mariachi music and dance at Mariachi Extravaganza Feliz Navidad. Details: 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005

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• Ring Those Chords! with the SaddleBrooke Barbershop Chorus featuring the award-winning A Cappella Syndicate with a mix of holiday, traditional and contemporary songs and a bit of comedy. Details: 7:30 p.m.; DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive; $25; 825-2818.

• Listen to the Los Angeles Piano Trio featuring pianist Fabio Bidini, violinist Margaret Batjer and cellist Andrew Shulman presented by the Arizona Friends of Chamber Music.

Details: 7:30 p.m.; Leo Rich Theater, 260 S. Church Ave.; $32, $10 students; arizonachambermusic.org.

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• Celebrate the rich tastes and variations of tamales from the Southwest and Mexico at the 16th Tucson Tamal & Heritage Festival featuring a tamale contest, entertainment, food vendors and more. Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Casino del Sol AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Road; free admission; 800-344-9435 or casinodelsol.com.

• Kick-off the holiday season at the Marana Holiday Festival & Christmas Tree Lighting with live performances, a visit from Santa, activities for kids, holiday artisan market, food vendors and a show-stopping light show.

Details: 3-8 p.m. (light show at 6 p.m.); 11555 W. Civic Center Drive; free admission; maranaaz.gov.

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• Learn about Japanese traditions and rituals involved in the preparation and presentation of green tea at the Yume Gardens Tea Ceremony Demonstration.

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SPORTS EXTRA POINT WITH TOM DANEHY &RECREATION Pima College’s soccer team is winning national championships Tom Danehy

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ack in the late 1990s, I was coaching girls’ basketball at Amphi High. We were in the midst of a championship season (as it turns out, the only one in that particular sport in the school’s history), and I was feeling pretty good about things. I happened

to mention to the athletic director that perhaps girls’ basketball, after many— MANY—down years, was poised to join the legendary Vern Friedli’s football and Corey Morishita’s girls’ volleyball as an elite program on campus. The AD, John Ryan, asked, “Have you seen the boys’ soccer team?”

I hadn’t, so that night, after basketball practice was over, I went out to the

football field. I remember it being really cold, although that probably meant that it was in the mid-40s. Some hardy folks (mostly parents) were huddled in the stands, trying to keep warm with kerosene-powered portable heaters.

The kids from Amphi on the field that night didn’t need any help keeping warm. They were running circles around their

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opponents, scoring almost at will. After the game, I went up and introduced myself to the coach, Dave Cosgrove. He was all-in on soccer, coaching the Pima College team during the fall and Amphi in the winter. He would later start the Tucson Soccer Academy. I congratulated him on how well-coached his team was. He was very gracious and then he asked me if I was a soccer fan. I said no, because…you know, I’m an American.

He laughed and then I asked him about the only soccer game I had ever seen. In the 1974 World Cup championship game, Germany faced off against upstart The Netherlands.

The Dutch were led by the legendary Johan Cruyff and they played Totaalvoetbal (total soccer), where everybody went on offense and everybody got back on defense. It was like a full-court press and fast-break in basketball and it was fun to watch.

Using that unorthodox system, the Dutch went from near-total obscurity to within one game of being World Cup champions. They got to the knockout round in the ’74 World Cup, where they pounded Argentina, 4-0, then beat East Germany and Brazil

by identical scores of 2-0.

The Dutch scored an early goal against Germany, but the Germans, led by Franz Beckenbauer, came back for a 2-1 win.

I watched the game via closed-circuit TV at the Fabulous Forum, the then-home of the Los Angeles Lakers. (I went with a friend whose parents had been born in The Netherlands.) The place was sold out and they had heavy security separating the German fans from the Dutch.

It was crazy.

What turned me off was that, after the game, all of the soccer knoweverythings in the world, chimed in with, “See, I told you that Total Soccer wouldn’t work.” It was so lame. Using a revolutionary system had allowed the equivalent of the old Tucson Toros to meet the New York Yankees for the World Series title. But because they lost the final game, the system was abandoned and almost nobody has used it since.

Coach Cosgrove was really cool to me that night and I became a fan of his team. I followed him until he left Amphi in 2002 and I continue to root for his Pima College teams to this day.

What he has done at

Pima is absolutely phenomenal. For as far back as anyone can remember, Yavapai College in Prescott had dominated junior-college soccer in Arizona. Year in and year out, the Yavapai roster consisted of foreign athletes, many of them seasoned athletes in their 20s. Cosgrove would have to counter with 18- and 19-yearolds, almost all of them from Tucson. Each year, the Arizona Community College Athletic Conference was allowed to send only one team to the national tournament and that one team was almost always Yavapai.

Cosgrove’s program caught up with Yavapai and then moved past it, bringing a national championship to Pima College in 2018. Then, a couple weeks ago, they won another one. Adding to the sweetness of the victory was the fact that rooting them on in that final game were the women from Pima College, who had also reached the national championship game. Pima’s women lost a heartbreaker in a shootout.

It was the first time in NJCAA history that the men’s team and the women’s team from the same school had both reached

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the national championship game. And judging by the level of excellence achieved by Cosgrove and his counterpart on the women’s program, Kendra Veliz, it might not be the last time.

A cynic once said that soccer is the next big thing in America…and it always will be. And while it will probably never rise to prominence in the United States, at Pima College it’s not the next big thing.

It’s the Big Thing.

EXTRA POINTS: The high-school football season came to an end for northwest teams when Canyon Del Oro fell to Glendale in the Class 4A quarterfinals on Friday night… The Dorados, who started the regular season with three straight losses before rebounding to win six of their final seven regular-season games, hung close for much of the game before falling, 38-27… Local prep teams are making the transition to winter sports, with competition getting underway in girls and boys basketball, girls and boys soccer, and girls and boys wrestling…

Mountain View, Flowing Wells, Canyon Del Oro, and Marana will all be fielding girls’ wrestling teams this season… The Flowing Wells girls’ basketball team reached the Class 5A State championship game last year and is looking to make a deep run in the playoffs again this year… The Cabs were the only northwest team to advance to the state playoffs last year…

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ooking back, it was a season nobody really expected. The Canyon Del Oro football team was supposed to be pretty good, certainly good enough to make a run at a berth in the Class 4A State playoffs. But then, quite unexpectedly, they started off the season with three straight losses.

They righted the ship with a couple one-score wins against Catalina Foothills and rival Ironwood Ridge. Then they started blowing teams out, winning games by the scores of 47-0 and 4919. The winning moved them into the Top 16 in the AIA’s Power Point rankings and earned them a spot in the State Tournament, although they would have to go to Lake Havasu City.

The trip to Lake Havasu was an adventure in itself. The school couldn’t find a charter bus to transport the team across the state. They finally located one—as the story goes, it was the last one available in the entire state—and got to Lake Havasu in time to check into the hotel the night before the game. The trip didn’t bother the Dorados too much as they came away with a relatively easy 35-21 road victory.

The Dorados were able to control the pace of that

game with their running attack, and that attack was led by sophomore Kayden Luke. Canyon Del Oro Coach Dusty Peace was effusive in his praise for Luke, who rushed for 193 yards on 26 carries. Luke, who tallied a significant part of his yardage after the initial contact, also scored two touchdowns and a two-point conversion.

The unlikely win in Lake Havasu City allowed the Dorados to advance to the quarterfinals, where they met fifth-ranked Glendale. CDO started off strong, scoring 14 quick points in the first quarter, but the host team tied the game by halftime and then pulled away in the second half for a 3827 win.

If anything, Luke was even more spectacular in the quarterfinal game than he had been in Lake Havasu. He carried the ball 20 times for 183 yards (an average of more than nine yards per carry) and scored three touchdowns.

After starting out 0-3, Canyon Del Oro went 7-2 the rest of the way.

The past was briefly bleak, but the present is bright, and the future for Kayden Luke is almost blinding.

He has a long way to go to challenge the school records set by former Dorado and University of Arizona star Ka’Deem Carey. (As a junior, Carey rushed for 2,738 yards on 224 carries—a stunning

12.2 yards per carry for the season—and scored 45 touchdowns.)

At 5’11” and 200 pounds, Luke is probably built more like the linebacker he plays on defense than a running back, but he excels at both. (He made First Team All-Conference as a running back.) Now that his football season is over, he will get into wrestling, followed by baseball in the spring.

Then he’ll be back running the ball down opponents’ throats next fall.

And the fall after that…

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). It’s said you should dress for the job you want, not the job you have. In these times, when so many jobs can be done in bedroom slippers, the adage applies more to lifestyle than career. You’ll be defining yourself with style choices, at least on the surface, but it somehow changes how you feel and what you do.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). There is much evidence to support a certain theory. It will be hard to reach any other conclusion than the obvious one, yet there is more that is true.

Continue the questioning and try to keep an open mind. You’ll save yourself from later trouble by getting a fuller understanding of this week’s problems and mysteries.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Memories will weigh heavily on your future action. You’ll busy yourself with doing what you can to create positive experiences that reinforce the person you want to be. You’ll set your environment and schedule up for success, and you’ll surround yourself with people who make it easier for you to do the right thing.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll be hiring or choosing someone for a role. Base your choice on merit. You need someone with a very specific expertise, and swagger cannot stand in for skill. Give someone who is underconfident a chance. The others may have overlooked this person, but you are more attentive and observant.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Everyone wants something. You’ll apply social skills and intuition to figure out how people can help one another. You may not be able to solve your own problem, but you’ll solve someone else’s, and the karma will come full circle in a most delightful way, and when you need it most.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will work on a particular matter, turning it every which way to understand it from every angle. You’ll examine it from inside, outside, sideways, backward, historically, genetically and geographically. In the end, this diligence will serve you well, though you may not find a place for the information for some time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). You’re being marketed to constantly by those who would like you to choose their product. The science employed works; why not use it to market to yourself? Surround yourself with symbols and messages about the wise, smart and lucrative behaviors you would like to choose as the best version of yourself.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Success is a shapeshifter. It will come in an unexpected form. So, this week, don’t bother trying to define the win. There are creative forces at work weaving an intricate plan that will not adhere to your expectation. Defeat can give you power. Victory can deplete you. With an open mind, feel your way through.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You’ll censor your words and cater your actions to fit the sensibility of others. In some cases, it’s just good manners, but you shouldn’t have to conform around everyone all the time. Consider your needs for self-expression and how they may be served better. You’ll get focused and attract new opportunities.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). The word “question” starts with a quest, and so will this week. The epic ask of your heart will send you gathering what you need from hospitable people in fruitful places. You’ll make progress on your own, though more when you enroll friends. Yours is an interesting challenge that will bring out the best in all.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Preparation has served you well in the past, but it’s not always possible or practical to ready yourself for every situation. This week brings instances in which a move must be made. Boldness will be rewarded over preparation. Take the lead.

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ith a major research university right in our backyard, a strong military presence and innovative companies throughout the metro region, there’s often a plethora of interesting science, medical and technology news to be found in Southern Arizona. Here’s a breakdown of the most interesting recent developments.

Calcified Computers. A new type of computer developed by researchers at the University of Arizona can monitor bone health while remaining attached to the body, beneath the skin, over long periods of time.

The so-called “osseosurface electronics” are ultra-thin devices that are wireless and do not require batteries. The devices use a calcium adhesive with an atomic structure similar to bone cells to stay attached. Otherwise, the bones may shed the device as they normally do with old tissue and cells, similar to skin flaking.

“The bone basically thinks the device is part of it, and grows to the sensor itself,” said Philipp Gutruf, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering at UA. “This allows it to form a permanent bond to the bone and take measurements over long periods of time.”

Although not yet approved for human use, researchers hope the devices can eventually be used to monitor health and healing associated with bone fractures and breaks. This may

be of particular importance Classifieds@tucsonlocalmedia.com to individuals with diseases like osteoporosis; rather than tracking bone health via trips to the hospital, the small devices could continually provide information to the user and doctor wherever they are. The devices have so far been used on lab rats, and collected information including temperature and bone strain during exercise. munities, with the money The devices can even deliv- paid on a reimbursement er optical stimulation to the basis for costs incurred by bone and surrounding tis- the applicants. sues, to potentially induce “In today’s digitally conbone regeneration. nected world, ensuring ac“As a surgeon, I am most cess to high-speed internet is excited about using meas- key to growing opportunity,” urements collected with Ducey said in a news release. osseosurface electronics to “Today’s historic investment someday provide my pa- will build on the progress tients with individualized of recent years to get even orthopedic care – with the more schools, businessgoal of accelerating reha- es, tribal communities and bilitation and maximizing homes connected, opening function after traumatic in- up more opportunities for juries,” said Dr. David Mar- services like telemedicine golis, an assistant professor and digital learning.” of orthopedic surgery at the Individual rural funding UA College of Medicine. can reach as high as $10 milThis research is discussed lion and individual urban in the paper “Osseosurface funding can reach as high as electronics,” published in $5 million, making this one the science journal Nature of the single largest broadCommunications. band investments in state history.

Internet Investment.

“We have prioritized On Monday, Nov. 15, Gov. a true need for Arizona – Doug Ducey announced a broadband,” said State Rep. $100 million commitment Joanne Osborne. “Teleto expand high-speed inter- health, education and econet to “unserved or under- nomic development all deserved areas of the state.” pend on a strong broadband These funds come from the connection.

Investments American Rescue Plan Act, in broadband lead to safer and will be known as the highways, connected comArizona Broadband Devel- munities and healthier Ariopment Grant Program. The zonans.” program will make funds eligible to local governments, Native Center for DisNative American tribes, abilities. The University of schools, libraries and more. Arizona’s Sonoran Center The funds are available to for Excellence in Disabilities both rural and urban com- has been awarded $1.3 mil-

Photo courtesy of Gutruf Lab / UA

lion by the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council to establish a new center aimed at improving disability services for tribal communities. According to UA, the new Native Center for Disabilities will provide on-site and virtual training, continuing education, workshops, community events and other disability and culturally related services. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the disability community makes up about 27% of Arizona’s nearly 272,000 Native American population. About 12% of Native Americans in the state have a disability that requires the use of a wheelchair, cane or crutches.

“Far too often the needs of our people with disabilities go unrecognized and opportunities become less and less as they age, leaving them and their families feeling hopeless,” said Mildred Manuel, deputy director of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe Education Division and member of the Sonoran Center’s Community Advisory Council. “We are pleased to see the work being done by the University of Arizona Sonoran Center and look forward to being part of this new opportunity for our Native American communities and our people with unique needs.”

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