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Discover wines from Willcox at the last Wine Thursdays event on Thursday, Aug. 25, at Hotel Congress’ jazz club, the Century Room. The Agave Heritage Festival closes out its Summer Tasting Series, led by HoCo Sommelier Josh Osteen accompanied by light bites and piano music. Cost is $30. For an additional $5 fee, you can book a VIP dinner reservation at the Cup Cafe before the tastings. Doors open at 6 p.m. and the event begins at 7 p.m. The Century Room is located at 311 E. Congress Street. For more information about the Century Room and the Summer Tasting Series, check out hotelcongress.com World Margarita Championship If you’re looking for a world class margarita, you’ve come to the right place. The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance and Tucson Original Restaurants & Purveyors present the World Margarita Championship on Friday, Aug. 26, at the CATALYST Arts & Maker Space at the Tucson Mall. From 6 to 9 p.m. watch chefs and mixologists alike battle it out for the people’s choice award and for best signature margarita. Salt or no salt, enjoy a taste or two of tequilas paired with southwestern cuisine. The 21-and-older event will include live music and interactive arts experiences. Tickets are available for purchase online for $80 until sold out (and they’re likely to). Raffle tickets are also available for purchase. All proceeds from the event will go directly toward SAACA community arts outreach programs and Tucson Originals Restaurants. CATALYST Arts & Maker Space is located at 4500 N. Oracle Road, Suite 110. For more information about the World Margarita Championship, visit saaca.org Breeze in the Trees 5K There is no better way to start off the weekend than to run a 5K. The Green Valley Pecan Company hosts its 11th annual Breeze in the Trees 5K to prepare runners for the 13th annual Pecan Classic in November. The route which takes runners through a scenic course beneath the pecan orchards takes place at 7 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 27. Bib pickup is at 6:15 a.m., no dogs allowed and there will be no water stations on the course. Awards will be given to top finishers. Registration for 5K & 10K is $40 to $45. The Green Valley Pecan Company is at 1625 E. Sahuarita Road. For more information, contact organizer Steve Taggart at 520-820-6447, staff@taggrun. com or visit taggrun.com Summer courtyard dinner show Take a trip down south toward the boutique Downtown Clifton Hotel on Saturday, Aug. 27, for dinner and a show. For $45, enjoy a chef-curated three-course meal with a private courtyard concert by talented musician Freddy Jay. From 6:30 to 11 p.m., savor seared scallops on a fresh corn and pickled nopal fritter or a jackfruit barbacoa ravioli masa and semolina pasta. Vegan options are available. Limited VIP room packages are available, call the hotel directly at 520-636-3163. The Downtown Clifton Hotel is located at 485 S. Stone Avenue. For more information, visit eventbrite.com ‘The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long’ “The Fox is alive, with the sound of music.” As a part of its Picture Palace Series, the Fox Tucson Theatre is featuring “The Sound of Music Sing-A-Long” on Saturday, Aug. 27, at 7:30 p.m. Rodgers and Hammerstein’s family-friendly classic brings the song-filled hills of Salzburg, Austria, to Downtown Tucson. Doors open at 6 p.m. General admission tickets are $10, student/senior/military admission is $7.50. The Fox Theatre is located at 17 W. Congress Street. For more information, visit foxtucson.com

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“Southern Arizona loves Ron White and we are thrilled to welcome him back to the Diamond Center on Sept. 17,” said Treena Parvello, director of government and public relations with the Tohono O’odham GamingDesertEnterprise.DiamondCasinos also has booked Daughtry — The Dearly Beloved Tour for a Sept. 30 show. “We’re really excited to be able to go back to offering entertainment, Parvello said. “We just want to be able to have some excitement and get together and enjoy some music and entertainment. We’re looking forward to bringing people back and welcoming people to the Diamond Center,” she said. The Diamond Center is reopening much later than other entertainment venues in the Tucson area. Parvello said there were a variety of determining factors. “We recently reached a point where we believed it was appropriate to resume concerts and performances, which we know our guests have been looking forward to. “At Desert Diamond Casinos, we are committed to the safety of our guests and team members. We reopened our properties in phases, adjusting safety measures in accordance with guidelines from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and the Tohono O’odham Nation. “Then it was a question of finding the right performer for reopening of the Diamond Center. Ron White was the obvious choice. Our guests love his shows and he has been great to work with.”

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White, nicknamed “Tater Salad,” rose to fame with the Blue Collar Comedy Tour, also featuring Bill Engvall, Larry the Cable Guy and Jeff Foxworthy. He established himself as a solo performer over the past 15Althoughyears. he has quit drinking, his onstage persona was as a cigar-smoking scotch-drinking comedian. White has been nominated for two Grammys and was featured on the Cameron Crowe Showtime series “Roadies.” His book, “I Had the Right to Remain Silent ... But I Didn’t Have the Ability,” appeared on the New York Times Best Seller List. White, 65, is a Texas native and a Navy veteran. He has done three feature-length concert films, TV appearances and four comedy albums and DVDs: “Drunk in Public,” “They Call Me ‘Tater Salad,’ “You Can’t Fix Stupid” and “Behavioral Problems.”In2010, White and producer Michael

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Comedian Ron White will appear Sept. 17 at the Diamond Center at Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment. It will be the ﬁrst show since the center closed during the COVID-19 epidemic two years ago. (Ron White/Submitted) CASINO P8

By TOM LeyDe Tucson Local Media Desert Diamond Casinos & Entertainment will reopen its Diamond Center with a show by comedian Ron White on Sept. 17. The show marks the first event at the Diamond Center since the official beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic two years ago. White will appear for one night at 8 p.m. Doors open at 7 p.m. and tickets start at $49.50.This will be an 18 and older performance. Face masks are optional. Anyone exhibiting COVID-19 or flu-like symptoms, or with recent exposure to a person with COVID-19, is asked to stay home.

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High school junior Sa’Kylee Woodard from Canyon del Oro will star in a series of professionally produced video public service announcements organized by Teen Lifeline and the Grand Canyon State Gridiron Club. (Sa’Kylee Woodard/Submitted)

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Four football players from Canyon del Oro, Ironwood Ridge and Salpointe high schools are using their visibility on campus and their followings on social media to help save teen lives during Teen Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in September.Theplayers are part of a group of 19 high-profile football players and one cheerleader representing 18 Arizona high schools in the Tucson, Phoenix and Yuma areas, who were selected to call attention to the issue of preventing teenHighsuicide.school junior Sa’Kylee Woodard from Canyon del Oro, senior Mason Sanchez from Salpointe, and Ironwood Ridge seniors Nasohn Jantz and Otto Hagele will star in a series of professionally produced video public service announcements organized by Teen Lifeline and the Grand Canyon State Gridiron Club. “I think there is a serious problem with teen mental health,” said Jantz, a running back and linebacker for the Ironwood Ridge Nighthawks. “The best way to reach someone is by being able to relate with them because we are the same age.” When released during September, the PSA campaign is designed to provide messages of hope to fellow teens who may be struggling with depression, anxiety or thoughts of suicide. The players’ personal messages let their classmates know they are not alone and encourages troubled teens to seek help if they feel depressed or suicidal.“Iknow many people my age suffer from mental health issues and don’t know where to go or how to approach it,” said Sanchez, a safety for the Salpointe Lancers. “I’m one of those kids who really does get along with anyone and I try to make them feel good about themselves. Getting this message out to those who are struggling would be a great accomplishment.”

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The PSAs will be seen throughout September on the players’, teams’ and schools’ social media channels and will be broadcast during morning announcements on the high school campuses when possible. This is the fourth year Teen Lifeline and the Grand Canyon State Gridiron Club have teamed up to produce a public service campaign.Mostof the participating players are nominated to record their personal messages by their coaches, although some ask to participate because they see the impact the PSAs have made at their school. Woodard, who plays offensive line for the Canyon del Oro Dorados, asked for the opportunity to record a PSA this year after seeing players he admired participate in previous“Somethingcampaigns.inme this year told me to ask to participate,” Woodard said. “I’m so glad I did because I was blessed with the opportunity to be part of this awesome thing that can save so many lives.”

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However, marijuana product cultivation locations are allowed in rural homestead (RH) zones, which consist of “low-density residential/agricultural” areas. Only marijuana cultivation businesses will be allowed in the RH areas and require a type II conditional use permit. Yet another revision focuses on sizing and dimensions of marijuana businesses.

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The revised regulations allow marijuana businesses to have “expanded areas where they will be permitted to locate subject to the standards included in the adopted ordinance,” a supervisors report said. The planning and zoning commission voted to recommend approval of the county staff’s proposed change, but added a requirement for a type III conditional use permit in commercial and industrial zones. The proposed changes include the type III permit requirement, along with more zones for dispensaries and opportunities for offsite cultivation locations in low-density ruralAlthoughareas. the planning and zoning commission’s version includes a title III permit as well as a $2,280 application fee, two public hearings and a four-month minimum time frame among its list of requirements, the new zoning regulations have made owning a marijuana business much simpler, Poirier said. The proposed changes included less restrictive development standards related to setbacks dimension and size of dispensaries, as well as increasing the zones in which dispensaries and production facilities can be located.

The board of supervisors noted in the new ordinance, “the amendments in this ordinance revise the existing uses to include recreational marijuana dispensaries and recreational marijuana dispensary offsite cultivation locations. Marijuana product manufacturing location is added as a new use. The associated uses are revised to be permitted in new zones.” It also adds dispensary or manufacturing facility locations; expanding the zones from CB-2 only to CB-1 (local business) and CB-2 (general business), as well as CI-1 (light industrial/warehousing) and CI-2 (general industrial). These will still require type III permits.

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By hOPe PeTerS Tucson Local Media The new zoning rules make it easier to gain Pima County approval for new marijuana dispensaries, manufacturing facilities and cultivation businesses.“Italigns more closely with the city’s (Tucson) codes, as in the dimensions and setbacks,” said Chris Poirier, deputy director of Pima County development services. “Even with the Type III permits, it is still much easier than what had to be done to start one of these businesses.”

According to the type II conditional use ordinance, “There is no size limit for the maximum floor area of a marijuana dispensary off-site cultivation location.” “It shall be a minimum of 500 feet from a K-12 public, private or charter school…,” as well as, the cultivation business, “shall be setback a minimum of 2,000 feet from any other marijuana dispensaries or marijuana dispensary off-site cultivation locations…”Inaccordance with the amended regulations, “the total maximum floor area of a marijuana dispensary shall not exceed 10,000 square feet.” The dispensary must be in a permanent building, not in a trailer, cargo container, modular unit, mobile home, RV or other motor vehicle. Permitted hours of operation for a marijuana dispensary are 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. The dispensary “shall have an interior customer waiting area equal to a minimum of 25% of the sales floor area.” And no outside seating area will be allowed. The amended zoning plan noted, “The

The proposal for reducing restrictions for marijuana business permits passed the Pima County Board of Supervisors 3-2 earlier this month.

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Rick Loehr, who owns R3 Aerospace, builds rockets at his Marana facility to clean up space junk. (Noelle Contributor)Haro-Gomez/

A Marana man is taking cleaning the environment to new heights. Outside Saguaro National Park West at R3 Aerospace, Rick Loehr and his team are building a reusable rocket he hopes will begin the task of cleaning out space“We’rejunk.counting on the atmosphere,” Loehr said. “All we do is we impart a momentum change on the space debris to change its orbital mechanics.” The rocket will nudge pieces of space debris out of their orbits. The pieces then enter, and burn up, in the Earth’s atmo sphere.Theidea started when Loehr was young. He said he looked up, and what he beheld so captivated him he never stopped look ing.“It puts a kink in my neck,” Loehr said. Loehr said he’s always been an amateur rocketeer, so at R3 Aerospace (R3 stands for Rick’s Rocket Ranch) Loehr, a few technicians and a handful of UA engineer ing interns are taking a suborbital rocket from the drawing board to liftoff. Inside Building 4 at the ranch site, there’s a whiteboard filled with diagrams, math problems, solutions, and in the giant workshop behind, two stages of what will become a reusable rocket. The team said its goal is to solve the space junk problem. Loehr calls it orbital debris mitigation. Space junk, scientifically called orbital debris, is everything from dead satellites and abandoned launched vehicle stages to tiny items like flecks of paint or pieces of screws.NASA scientists said, as of May 2021, they are tracking 27,000 pieces of space junk bigger than a softball. This junk is a problem because something as small as a fleck of paint can cause a big collision when it’s speeding at the rate 15,700 miles per hour in low earth orbit, according to NASA.Enter Loehr’s idea, which he called a hybrid rocket: half liquid, half solid. He’s referring to fuel. “You can build a solid rocket motor, but without all the pitfalls of a solid rocket mo tor,” he said. “It requires some interesting low-tech stuff. “First and foremost is that everything we use is nonexplosive. Plastic and densified rubber is our fuel grain.” Fuel grains are 100-pound, black, round “wheels” about 20 inches in diameter and height. They are encased in paper resin that is the color of, and grained like, ce dar wood. The fuel has the consistency of sticky rubber, and is shaped to burn evenly from the inside out. For Loehr’s rocket, it takes five grains for the first stage and when mixed with

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Teens are reaching out to Teen Lifeline for help in record numbers statewide. The 24/7/365 crisis hotline is staffed by teen peer counselors from 3 to 9 p.m. every day, providing Arizona’s youth with the opportunity to talk to someone their own age about the issues they are experiencing. Trained, professional counselors answer the phone lines at all other times. “It would be difficult to overstate the importance of peer-to-peer connection for teens in every Arizona community,” said Nikki Kontz, Teen Lifeline clinical director. “Our teens are looking for validation. They need to hear from other teens that what they may be feeling is normal, that there is always hope and that help is available whenever they need it.”

The Teen Lifeline suicide prevention hotline received more than 22,000 calls and 20,000 text messages from troubled youths throughout Arizona in 2021. That’s a nearly 50% increase compared to 2019. Most of those calls and texts came from Arizona adolescents ages 10 to 19. In addition to supporting the PSA campaigns at their schools, the entire football teams of the participating players will recognize Teen Suicide Prevention Awareness Month at select games throughout September, with Teen Lifeline stickers on their helmets.TeenLifeline works closely with schools throughout Arizona to provide suicide prevention services. Staff from the nonprofit organization will provide suicide prevention programming to students in 44 schools in September alone. During the 2022-23 school year, more than 419 Arizona middle schools and high schools, with a combined enrollment of more than 500,000 students, will print the Teen Lifeline phone number on the back of their student IDs.

HOPE Continued from P5 ed hopeful messages for the Teen Suicide Prevention Month public service campaign during the past four years say they’ve seen friends and classmates struggle with mental“Ihealth.feel like doing this is me extending my hand to them and showing them that I care,” Woodard said. “I understand how stressful or overwhelming life is at this age. I feel like helping spread this message is going to benefit me and the people around me for the better.”

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“For the public hearings they (potential marijuana business owners) will probably want to hire some type of professional, such as a civil engineer for the hearings.” Poirier said, “to lay out the plans (for the potential business) which will be expensive.” However, he added, “It is a big sweeping change,” Poirier said. “It’s a huge step forward…a step in the direction of making it easier.”

Technician Blake Sheehan said the work is nothing if not satisfying. “(It feels) important, to be honest,” Sheehan said. “I’ve worked a lot of jobs where you just go and do your 9 to 5. I really like what we do here. I think that space is the next frontier. I’m actually really pleased to be involved, even if they don’t make it to space.”“It’s an exercise in intestinal fortitude to get anything done,” Loehr added. “Everything has to all come together, and we all have to show up in the desert and test.”Still, after all the work, Loehr said when he sees that first stage rocket successfully launch, he will feel“Insurprised.yourmind, because you’re an engineer you know of all the millions of things that can go wrong, and you’re just wondering which one is going to be tripped up,” he said. “Rocketry is a binary function. It’s a one or a zero. Either everything works perfectly or it all goes wrong. There’s no in between, (so) when it does fly perfectly you’re like, I’m impressed.” Plan ahead for our Fuchsia September Specials! Fuchsia August Specials!

Loehr’s office is in Building 1. His desk is cluttered with inventions, paperwork, designs and precision hand tools. Past the clutter are his patents for high tech items he’s created. “That’s just a few of them,” he said, mostly from his 32 years at Raytheon, where he worked as a propulsion engineer and project manager. He works for Raytheon as a contractor.

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He works with materials like titanium, silicon phenolic, silicon nitride, carbon phenolic, rubber and plastic. At some point during his tenure at Raytheon, Loehr said he initiated a rocket lab, but retired when he realized he was only attending meetings. He worked briefly for another company that wanted to put his rocket into space, but that folded. After this, Loehr decided to go into the business for himself. In late 2014, he bought 5 acres of desert in Marana and erected a building. In 2015 he hired a couple of technicians. Today, there are four buildings on the site. Loehr also has three other sites: 10 acres in Pinal County, where he has a test facility for smaller projects; a second test facility in the Mojave Desert, where he can take his rockets; and 10 acres on the Matagorda Peninsula, a spit of land that juts out into the Gulf of Mexico in southeastern Texas. Texas is where Loehr expects to build a launchpad and launch his rockets.

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ZONING Continued from P6 Blakey formed Organica Music Group (OMG). The label promotes emerging and established musicians and comedians and White’s own material. In 2015, the comedian announced that he would run for U.S. president as an independent candidate. Daughtry is an American rock band formed and fronted by Chris Daughtry, who was a finalist on the fifth season of “American Idol.” The group’s self-titled album was released in November 2006 and reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album sold 6 million copies and has been certified platinum six times by the Recording Industry Association of American (RIAA). The band’s second album, “Leave This Town,” was released in July 2009, debuting No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The album’s lead single, “No Surprise,” was the group’s fifth top 20 hit on the Hot 100.

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liquid oxygen produces 20,000 pounds of thrust for 32 seconds. Loehr said it took him years to come up with the recipe, which is a trade secret. Technicians mix the fuel in Building 2, using a modified 90-quart Hobart mixer, like the ones used in bakeries. When the mixing is done, the bowl is cleaned with mineral spirits, which turns the leftovers into rubber. Loehr said he is careful about the desert environment so they have a method for waste disposal. “The big thing is we try our best not to disturb the desert,” he said. “One thing we’ve learned about the desert, if you disturb it, it never comes back.”

Loehr has clearance from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to launch two first-stage-only rockets. “They will go 70 miles high and fly about 140 miles downrange,” he said. Loehr hopes to launch in the spring of 2023, but he said a more realistic estimate of a launch day is in the fall.

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Daughtry’s third and fourth and fifth albums are titled “Break the Spell,” “Baptized,” and “Cage to Rattle.” All were certified gold. The group has sold more than 9 million albums and more than 25.6 million digital tracks in the United States.

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BY KATYA MENDOZA Tucson Local Media From mid-century modern to gothic home decor, vintage vinyl and little curios, locals can find just about anything at Woolly Fern. The Speedway Boulevard oddity shop — the parent company of Where + When Co. —is home to the macabre as well as refurbished furniture and secondhand home goods. Co-owned and operated by former spouses Bridgett and Bryan Scofield, the business partners connect through their love of vintage. Bridgett was raised in the “business” of yard and estate sales and flea markets, later becoming a vendor at antique malls. “I was the one who would go in and make stores pretty with all the vignettes of displays,” Bridgett said. She balanced her time between stores in Tucson and Phoenix, working for little return, before opening a store with a “community focus” that benefits vendors. Woolly Fern, which moved to its current location over a year ago, offers lower rental spaces and commission rates, keeping more of the sales in vendors’ pockets. The space “rotates” its vendor booths, while the sellers bring in fresh goods, Bridgett said. Even moving a furniture piece on display from the front to the back of the store or bringing it to eye level can make an item feel new. The vintage business is hard work and time consuming, and society’s short attention span is an added obstacle. But the Scofields’ keen eyes have helped them develop a curated collection with a lot of character.

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“I think that’s where it starts, as far as homing in on your skill for ﬁnding things of value,” Bridgett said.

Items like Corelle Vitrelle dishware sets from the 1970s “remind people of their youth,” Bryan said. “It’s really cool when people make those connections.”

“It starts with what you like, what draws you in and you start learning about other items,” Bryan said.

“Most people come in here because they’re thrifting, they want a good deal and they want quality on a budget,” said Bridgett, who noted one customer spent $1,000 on human bones. The shop appeals to the masses with its broad range of goods, some of which are reminiscent of childhood.

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The pair works meticulously and maintains a widespread network with niche online groups who do similar work. From specialists who focus on vintage tiki items, antiques, kitschy 1970s decor and more, thrifting is deﬁnitely not a thing of the past.

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Bridgett and Bryan learned about the intended color scheme. The turnaround rate was a week or two. Like a well-oiled machine, Bryan strips and sands a piece before handing it off to Bridgett, who determines a color scheme and completes the ﬁnal ﬁnishing. In the ongoing battle of old versus new, the two have also noticed a difference in quality between modern-day and vintage furnishings. “That’s why we always go back to vintage and antique because we know that the items were created to last,” Bridgett said. “We want to give people alternative options.” “Even what’s considered a cheap dresser, it’s still together,” Bryan said. “Whereas a new one, if you set it or move it wrong, it’s going to fall apart.”

While the Scoﬁelds do recognize a demand for “locally made small business” items, they apply their own twist on homemade products using mostly salvaged materials to prevent waste. “You know that you’re not increasing the carbon footprint of stuff being manufactured (nor) supporting sweatshops,” Bridgett said. “You’re also supporting a charity or local small business.” “If you support your community, it goes back into what you do,” Bryan said. “You keep the money local.”

From “crafty stuff” to cofﬁns, World War II military memorabilia to Halloween decorations, the items span decades. The Scoﬁelds notice a resurgence of mid-century modern and gothic furniture and home decor and even 1970s everything.“Itwas an era of carefree, anything goes, good vibes, positive energy,” Bridgett said. “A lot of people are going right back to that because that’s what it encompasses — happy, good times.”

The store, which tries to “hit every demographic,” is constantly ﬁnding “that” customer base while prioritizing affordability.“We purchase a lot of high-quality vintage and antique furniture that needs to be reﬁnished in some way,” Bridgett said. “Sometimes we end up buying too much.”

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The staffs at Woolly Fern and When + Where Co. enjoy cohosting community events, bringing together introverted people with niche interests. “There are all kinds of ideas and collaborations and new friendships that are sparked through these events,” Bridgett said.The events include monthly art shows, ﬂash tattoo specials, oddities markets and the upcoming Dirty T Punk Rock Flea Market on Saturday, Oct. 1, and Sunday, Oct. 2, at the Tucson Expo Center. The Halloween-themed event will include over 100 “spooky and vintage” vendors and tattoos.“It comes down to fostering positive and healthy relationships with other businesses,” Bridgett said. AZ

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With a background in construction, Bryan refinishes furniture, while others are placed on display as is. With stores like Home Depot color matching, refurbishing is Furnitureaffordable.paint, finishes and waxes are in increased demand. Bridgett said some are updating existing furniture in their homes due to the increased cost-of-living expenses. When + Where Co. opened five months before the pandemic hit, and the Scofields pivoted to accept and refinish custom pieces for clients to make their rent and business expenses. Clients provided “the bones” while

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Tucson Local Media It’s dry out there. No, not the humidity, we all know that’s fairly high, but according to drought.gov Tucson is experiencing its ninth driest year in more than a century. Like, in 128 years. This might be a good time to consider switching to xeriscaping. What’s that? For Frank Mead, a supervisor and plant expert at the nursery/gallery Green Things, it means using native plants or plants that are well adapted to this Sonoran Desert climate.“You can plant things and design your yard so you can use as little water as possible,” Mead said. “I prefer going all native; that’s kind of a trend right now, because it’s not just the plants but the fauna, the wildlife they attract. There’s a lot of native species that rely on these native plants.”

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There’s also how the cactus was oriented in relation to the sun when it was growing up. Some cacti are marked with that information, but you should also ask the person at the nursery, Mead said. “The western part of the cactus that gets more intense sun actually develops thicker tissue to prevent it from burning,” he said. “Always check for orientation.”

Although concern over water usage is only growing, there is still a need for green spaces, which can be achieved using a minimum amount of water. In addition, because this is monsoon season, which Mead calls a second springtime, it’s time to plant. “Monsoon season in late, late August is really the perfect time to plant,” he said. Where does a novice xeriscaper begin? The ﬁrst thing Mead will ask you is “Isthis:it full sun, part sun? So, the shade-sun situation,” he said. Then he will want to know if you have drip irrigation in place. If not, are you willing to hand water the plants? Even native plants need a bit of extra water. “We just cannot rely on rainfall alone,” Mead said. Some people do not want to fuss with their garden. In that case, Mead recommends planting cactus. Next to consider is where the cacti will be planted. “Is it on a berm, which is like on a hill?” Mead asked. “Or the opposite of that would be a swale, which is a basin where water rests. If it is at a low point, I might suggest that you plant it somewhere else because if we do get heavy rains, the water sits there, and it might rot out the cactus.”

Another element of xeriscaping is what you use to “bed” your plants. There are a variety of options, including rocks, mulch, wood chips. The beneﬁts are many. “It keeps weeds down,” Mead said. “It also helps prevent soil erosion. It brings the surface temperature down, too, so it prevents evaporation.”

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Frank Mead, a supervisor/plant expert at Green Things inspects a Texas Ranger bush, a native plant that does well in the Sonoran Desert. (Karen Schaffner/Staff) One tree that does well here is the fern of the desert or lysiloma watsonii. Its leaves are tiny and lacy, and fairly clean, only dropping seed pods. (Karen Schaffner/Staff)

The main thing to remember is to consider native species. “I want to put an emphasis on planting native because that will reduce the need for water, and it will promote native ﬂora and fauna, like pollinators and native species that rely on these plants,” Mead said. “Water conservation is very important.” Still, “Low water doesn’t mean no water,” he added. “Everything needs a little supplemental water to thrive.” It’s a lot to keep in mind, but both Mead and Wolfel have an encouraging word. “We all started off as novices,” Mead said. “Starting is the ﬁrst step,” Wolfel added.

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 My sainted Italian mother — Teresa Maria DiMarco, late of the Abruzzo region of Italy — didn’t much care for soccer (“Too slow,” she sniffed.) But when the Italian national team was playing, she was all in. The Italian national team is known as the Azzurri (the Blues). They wear blue, even though their national flag is red, white and green. It’s basically the same as Mexico’s flag, except for the eagle and serpent. I used to think that they wore blue because the early national team went to the 1930 version of Dick’s Sporting Goods and blue jerseys happened to be on sale, so… But, as it turns out, blue is the color of the House of Savoy, which ruled over the Kingdom of Italy from 1861 until 1946. Italy is tied with Germany for the second-most World Cup titles won (four), trailing only Brazil, with five. The Italians won the cup in 1934 and 1938, and, just for fun, they won the Gold Medal at the Hitler Olympics in 1936. There were no Cups in 1942 and 1946 because of World War II. Italy’s hopes for a three-peat were dashed when the entire national team died in a bizarre plane crash in There1949. will be no joy in Azzurri-ville this year. For the second straight time, Italy failed to qualify for the cup. They suffered a strange upset loss to North Macedonia in qualifying, but they also won this year’s UEFA Euro Cup, making them the best team in all of Europe. More than 40% of the teams in this year’s cup are from Europe (including Wales, Serbia and Croatia), but no Italy.  Finally, it’s not too early to start planning for the 2026 World Cup, which will be played (during the summer) in Canada, the United States and Mexico. Again, with the FIFA rule/curse of outdoor games, Phoenix (which is a soccer hotbed, no pun intended) was left off the list. However, games will be played in such hot and nasty places as Kansas City, Dallas, Atlanta and Houston. There’s absolutely no way that Houston is more comfortable than Phoenix in July. year’s Cup runneth

After being knocked out of the qualifying in 2018 by Trinidad and Tobago, the United States is back in it. While the United States and Mexico usually fight it out for North American supremacy, this year Canada finished on top. The Canadians were aided by COVID-19 restrictions, which pushed qualifying matches out of the usual summer months into the dead of winter — in Canada, outdoors. Home ice advantage. The Americans aren’t expected to make much noise this year. They’ve got an OK team, but several members of the USMNT (men’s national team) are on European professional teams and are having trouble getting any playing time. Some will go into Qatar not having played any significant minutes against top competition since June. Not good.

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In most quadrennial years that align with America’s midterm elections, the whole world would still be buzzing over the recently completed World Cup soccer championships.Inmostyears, the cup is contested between mid-June and mid-July. But, as we all know, this year’s cup is in Qatar and will run from late-November to late-December.Here in the United States, unless the American team is making a wildly unlikely run, the TV ratings are going to be smaller than Ted Cruz’s heart. There are a few things to look forward to, including:  FIFA, the incredibly corrupt body that governs soccer in the world, has a couple rules that it sticks to. The games must be played on natural grass and they have to be outdoors (no domed stadiums). This is why the Qatar games will ﬁnish just a couple days before the Winter Solstice. But the people from the host country have tweaked the FIFA rules. The games will be played in open stadiums, but those stadiums will also be air-conditioned. Imagine getting that electric bill.

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 The stadiums themselves will also be quite unique. The Al-Bayt Stadium is built in the shape of a Bedouin tent. The Al Thumama (yes, that’s an insult in Spanish) Stadium in Doha is built in the shape of a gahﬁya, traditional headgear worn by men in the Middle East and West Asia. And — this is crazy — Stadium 974 is built out of shipping containers. The number 974 is the international dialing code for Qatar, but it’s also the number of shipping containers used in the construction of the stadium. As soon as the games are over, Stadium 974 will be torn down, as will most of the other stadiums. There won’t be much need for eight giant stadiums in a country the size of Connecticut, with a population of fewer than 3 million people. (Yes, awarding the cup to Qatar was a scam of monumental proportions.)

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Danielle Tuakalau says Bananarama’s 1983 hit “Cruel Summer” is such an awful song that it makes the impact that much stronger in movies and on TV. “I think I heard (a snippet) of that song once and now it just pops in my head and won’t go away,” she said. It provides the soundtrack for some poor person for whom summer should be the best season. Instead, the universe dumped all over them. For Danielle, it should have been a wonderful summer.

“I’ve never played golf before, so this should be interesting,” she said with a laugh.Her doctor OK’d her to play golf, but said she should stick to irons. No Grip-ItAnd-Rip-It off the tee for fear of putting too much torque on her knee.

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It has been just a blur of stretching and squats and the aforementioned lunges. She has worked out at Planet Fitness near the Tucson Mall. (Planet Fitness has a really cool program where high school kids can get a free summer membership.) Her physical strength has been improving, but keeping things positive on the mental side has beenAddingtough.to the emotional turmoil her younger sister, Kayla — who is a couple inches taller and just as athletic as Danielle—and her status as an incoming freshman at Amphi. All summer, Danielle watched Kayla excel as part of the Amphi varsity squad that was playing in summer leagues at Flowing Wells and Sahuaro. “Yeah, I got to watch my sister and my boyfriend play in their games. I was happy for them, but I would also like to be happy forSheme.”was recently cleared to jog, and she said she can run without and limping or wobbles. She knows she will miss volleyball season, but she is joining the Amphi golf team this season.

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The good student, athlete and friend should have been swimming, learning how to drive, maybe getting those ﬁrst tiny thoughts of college way off in the distance. Instead, she spent it in physical therapy rehabbing after knee surgery for a torn ACL doing countless lunges and learning to walk without a limp. And there’s that scar that’s remains. Her sophomore year had been going great. Her Amphi volleyball team had made it to state and then she found herself starting on a basketball team that would win the region championship. But just a few games into the season, she went up for a three-pointer and a defender jumped out at her. She landed on the defender’s foot and suffered a severe ankle sprain. She sat out for a couple weeks, then got back on the court in a JV game. Everything was going ﬁne until she made a sharp cut and her knee buckled. She sat out another month before playing in a JV game at Canyon Del Oro. She was having a good game but suddenly — just running down the court — her knee gave way. She had surgery about a month later and has been rehabbing ever since.

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The plan for Danielle and the medical people is for her to be ready by the start of basketball. (The ﬁrst day of practice is actually Halloween.) She survived her cruel summer. Now she deserves a cool winter.

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The latest food trend isn’t an exotic cuisine or su per-food ingredient. . . quite simply, it’s flexibility: having an array of choices and eating in a way that suits your individual needs and desires. That may mean enjoying small servings several times a day rather than sticking to the tra ditional three meals, or order ing an appetizer rather a dinner entrée.Senior living communities keep an eye on consumer trends like this so they can evolve their operations to meet new interests and tastes. At Splendido, a Life Plan Community for those 55 and better in Oro Valley, where residents have enjoyed a choice of multiple restaurants with dis tinct menus, they now have a wealth of fresh options in Café del Sol, their newly transformed upscale casual venue. “We did a complete overhaul of the Café’s dining area, kitch en, menu, and service model,” says Thad Parton, Director of Culinary Operations. “We’re in the midst of refreshing our oth er restaurants, and are excited to share their unveiling soon.” The careful design of Café del Sol demonstrates how Splen dido’s ownership, Mather and Plaza Companies, remain com mitted to creating a great place to live through their attention to detail on the transformation of the community’s amenity spaces.

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TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It’s a good time for travel-loving Taureans to take off for fun-filled jaunts to new places. And don’t be surprised if Cupid tags along for what could be a very eventful trip.

LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Money matters remain a bit unsettled, but soon will ease into the kind of stability you appreciate. Mean while, an expanding social life offers a chance to make new friends.

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SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Use an unexpected roadblock in your monetary dealings to reassess your financial plans and make changes, if necessary. It soon will be smooth sailing again.

GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You appear to be of two minds about continuing a relationship that seems to be riding roughshod over your emotions. A frank talk could help you decide one way or the other.

LEO (July 23 to August 22) A changing situation makes the Big Cat uneasy. But hold on until things settle down in about a week. Meanwhile, continue your good work on that still-unfinished project.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Aspects of love are strong for both single and paired Sagittarians. Professional dealings also thrive under the Sag’s clever handling of difficult situations.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Set a realistic goal and follow it through to comple tion. Remember, you’re more likely to impress the right people with one well-done job than with lots of jobs left undone. AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You like to plan ahead. That’s fine. But, be prepared to make some changes because of an unsettled period that influences your aspects throughout the next week. PISCES (February 19 to March 20) A brief phase of instability affects your usual work cycle. Use the time to catch up on chores around the house or of fice. Things will settle down soon after this week.

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ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A turn in a relationship upsets the amorous Arian, who is puzzled by Cupid’s romantic antics. Be patient and considerate. The confusion will soon sort itself out.

VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A decided improvement in a workplace situation results in an unexpected, but very welcome, added benefit for everyone. Personal relationships also improve.

CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Stepping back from a relationship problem provides a fresh perspective on how to deal with it. Meanwhile, watch your words. Something said in anger now could backfire later.

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