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Pima County Assessor, along with the Justice Courts, moved to new digs. Before the move, the courthouse was operational for 86 years. Built in 1929, the Courthouse is the third historic courthouse in Pima County history. The first two courthouses were demolished. They once stood where the Historic Courthouse and the January 8th memorial now stand. For 86 years, the Courthouse

While local residents may have seen stranger things, the new public art installation, called the “Spirit of Marana,” is a celebration of the town’s heritage that seeks to bring the downtown community closer together and serves as a preview of the “Future Marana.” The artistic enhancement was unveiled at the intersection of Sandario Road and Marana Main Street, on Friday, June 24, and was made possible by the Pima Association of Government’s Transportation Art by Youth program and Marana Unified School District. Marana Town Manager Terry Rozema, PAG Executive Director Farhad Moghimi, MUSD Assistant Superintendent Kristin

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he Pima County Historic Courthouse renovation won a major award in June. The courthouse project was named the 2022 Public Works Project of the Year among historical restoration projects costing $25 million to $75 million by the Arizona chapter of the American Public Works Association.

“We were very surprised,” said Lisa Josker, director of Pima County’s facilities management department and overseer of the renovation project. “We’ve never won an award for a building,”. Pima County Historic Courthouse at 115 N Church Ave finished renovations in 2021 after prolonged delays due to the pandemic. Planning began in 2015, when the various tenants, including the offices for the Pima County Treasurer and

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Westward Look Concert Series. The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance (SAACA) continues its live music concert series at the Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort and Spa from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, July 8. Call to make a table reservation at the resort’s Lookout Bar and Grill patio to enjoy music by Noethen But Jazz along with food and drink specials during and after the show. Capacity is limited to 50 attendees outdoors to ensure social distancing. The concert series between SAACA and the Westward Look seeks to showcase the arts while supporting local musicians. To make a reservation call (520) 297-1151 ext. 474 or visit opentable. com. The Westward Look Wyndham Grand Resort

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has seen its fair share of historical figures and rabble rousers. Famously, the courthouse held bank robber John Dillinger after he was captured in 1934. He was arraigned in Courtroom 8 of the old courthouse. The County preserved the courtroom and it was discovered during the project that the County had shaved off some of the original Courtroom during a past renovation. The Dillinger Courtroom has been restored to its original size. This wasn’t the only surprising discovery made during the recent renovation. “It was interesting, because when we were demolishing walls and checking out old building systems, HVAC, electrical cabling, that’s

where we saw where the ’56 addition was up against the original ’29 building,” Josker said. “That’s where we found behind walls the original color of the exterior building.” As the County grew, the need for a bigger Courthouse was apparent and a South Wing was added to the building in 1956. During renovations, workers discovered that the original building color was sandy tan. History had revealed itself. The Historic Courthouse, nicknamed “The Pink Lady,” was a Pepto Bismol pink color for many years. “That was super cool, it was like being the building detectives,” Josker remarked. The building has been restored to its original sandy tan color. The Historic courthouse is now considered a community center for Southern Arizona with several tourist at-

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tractions and offices located inside its rooms. The Southern Arizona Heritage and Visitor Center, Pima County Attractions and Tourism, University of Arizona Gem and Mineral Museum, and Visit Tucson are all located inside the Courthouse while the January 8th memorial is behind the courthouse. “We absolutely love our offices at the Pima County Historic Courthouse, it’s wonderful to work in a building that’s steeped in history and has been restored to its former grandeur in the heart of downtown,” Megan Evans, director of communications at Visit Tucson, said. Josker said the Courthouse is a community project and they welcome everyone to come visit. Courthouse hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. everyday. The Center closes for all holidays except Columbus Day.

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Spirit

Continued from P1 Reidy and Mayor Ed Honea were among those in attendance. Otherwise known as TABY, the Transportation Art by Youth program seeks to recruit young artists from economically disadvantaged areas and offers paid employment opportunities, according to PAG’s website. TABY, in collaboration with PAG’s Transportation Improvement Program, seeks to enhance PAG’s member jurisdictions’ transportation infrastructure as well as enhancing the regional landscape with high visibility artwork along major roadways. The program, which has been running since 1995, requires proposals from sponsoring jurisdictions who are responsible for recruitment and management of the project. Roughly 500 students have been involved since its inception. The monies for this project came from the Arizona Highway User Revenue Fund (HURF), which is made up of gas taxes and vehicle registration fees and allocated to PAG.

“The Spirit of Marana” is new public artwork welcoming people to downtown. “PAG budgets up to $200,000 per year of its HURF allocation for the TABY program and awards grants to HURF-eligible jurisdictions, such as the Town of Marana,” said Carolyn Laurie, programming manager at PAG in an email. For this TABY project, $75,000 in funds were awarded to the Town of Marana and were distributed amongst local welder and artist Trevor O’Tool, who designed the art sculptures and oversaw production, two Marana High School stu-

dents, Gabrial Kilbarger and Joseph Wagner, and MHS welding instructor, Kenton Webb. “Marana High School has a great welding program and this presented an opportunity to work with talented students and showcase the skills that Marana’s youth have acquired through the program,” Laurie said. Webb, who no longer teaches at MHS, came for the ribbon-cutting ceremony from Mississippi. “We were lucky enough to get the job so I had some

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of my top students that had previously graduated come back and help work alongside myself and an artist,” Webb said.

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The project had originally begun production ahead of the pandemic, back in November 2019, and was scheduled for completion mid-2020 after obtaining approval from the Marana Town Council. Coronavirus mitigation, social distancing and other production delays slowed the

completion of the project. Andrea Caicedo, assistant to the town manager, has overseen the last four months of the project’s completion. “We did include the TABY art project into a larger project, which was the entire landscaping and beautification of the roundabout,” Caicedo said. The traffic circle which was non-existent prior to the proposed project, used to be gravel. “There’s a lot of growth happening all over Marana, with new [commercial] developments, new residential developments where the roundabout is,” Caicedo said. “We’re really excited to finally celebrate this great asset to the community with this ribbon cutting ceremony. We want to celebrate its completion with all of the key partners that were involved, such as MUSD, Pima Association of Governments and also with the community.” Not only contributing to lower traffic speeds and increased safety, “The Spirit of Marana” is one of many other public art projects meant to “beautify the regional landscape.” TABY projects span across the Pima County region including the City of

South Tucson, Sahuarita and Oro Valley. The most recent project to be completed was back in 2021, where youth artists painted 360-degree murals across 10 planters along South 12th Avenue. The Marana project isn’t O’Tool’s first rodeo. Back in November 2017, the local artist also designed and constructed, “The Deer at Tangerine Sky Park,” a total of five steel sculptures featuring a family of foraging deer located on the southside of Tangerine Road between Camino de Oeste and Camino de Mañana. The project was a component of the larger-scale Tangerine Corridor Project, a road expansion and renovation project which broke ground back in 2016 and is set for completion in 2026. O’Tool, who had gotten his start with welding back in college, had gone through an application and interview selection process for both projects. “Working with high school students can be difficult for some people, but because of my track record with the last project I think that’s why they chose me,” O’Tool said.

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From side hustle to small business How two women became entrepreneurs during the pandemic Katya Mendoza

nesses: Pau’s Pan Dulce and Dirty T Tamarindo.

t was March 17, 2020, St. Patrick’s Day, when Tucson Mayor Regina Romero declared a local emergency to limit the spread and exposure of the novel coronavirus. Limiting restaurants to take-out, drive-thru and curb-side service, all other recreational and entertainment businesses such as bars and gyms were to shut down after 8 p.m. that night. About 8 million restaurant workers were laid off nationwide. Including Paulina Delgado and Alana Solis who were a part of roughly 230,000 restaurant workers in Arizona, who had been laid off. Now, both have kickstarted their own successful small busi-

When the pandemic hit in 2020, Mayor Regina Romero declared a local emergency to limit the spread of COVID. Among the restrictions: Restaurants were limited to take-out and drive-thru service. Paulina Delgado was among the restaurant workers who were suddenly out of work. “I needed money to come from somewhere,” said Delgado, who had been a pastry chef at the time. After inconsistent scheduling from her restaurant job, she needed to make ends meet. “We started posting consistently on Instagram and putting out weekly specials

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Alana Solis mixes her candy-coated chamoy recipe with Skittles on Friday, June 10 in Tucson, AZ. Solis said Gushers are the most requested candy.

to get to know people and get [them] familiar with my stuff,” Delgado said. Delgado has roots in the culinary industry and had gone through a JTED culinary program at Mountain View High School. Her grandfather, Ignacio “Nacho” Delgado, opened one of Tucson’s legendary taco shops, Tacqueria Pico de Gallo and her father, Adan Delgado owns a produce company. Her father was also affected by the pandemic. “He opened up his own stand in the corner of the Sixth (Avenue) and 36th Street and was just selling his fruits and vegetables,” Delgado said. Many in the culinary community had to adapt and Delgago started taking some of her father’s produce. “He was giving me a bunch of zucchini [and] a bunch of strawberries,” Delgado said. She was able to make zucchini bread, strawberry PopTarts and cinnamon rolls— all of which quickly sold out. Over the next two months, Delgado experimented with different weekly specials and began to see a regular clientele. Her partner, Alana Solis, who had also lost her restaurant job in the pandemic, started helping Delgado with social media. “When we got laid off, we both weren’t getting unemployment, we were legitimately broke,” Solis said. “When I started her social media, she had 126 followers in 2019, 2020.”

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Paulina Delgado puts buttercream icing in between a four-layered cake. Delgado has been running Pau’s Pan Dulce full-time for the past two years. Now, she has more than 2,600 followers. When they launched their business, the partners would sell about 20 cinnamon rolls and 30 zucchini breads. Delgado would bake and Solis would promote on social media. “That was our goal for the day and then she sold out all of them,” Solis said. The next day she would double the order. “Ever since then, this is where we are. We just ran with that,” Solis said. Today, social media has opened a wide variety of opportunities for small businesses. “Influencer marketing,” as described by Forbes, has “evolved into legitimate ways for brands to reach their customers and generate income.” In addition to running a small business, entrepreneurs are also content creators who spend 16-18

hours a day strategically planning when and what to post on their social media, said Delgado. Delgado has gone fulltime with her business, Pau’s Pan Dulce. She does custom cakes and pastry orders for weddings, birthdays and various special occasions. Drawing from her own values, Delgado enjoys being able to provide a service that brings friends and family together. Her favorite part is the cake reveal. “I love that little gasp,” Delgado said. On her business account on Instagram, she provides her menu, instructions on how to order, hours of operation, her availability for the month and of course, images of her delectable creations. This Latina-owned business also does markets when the weather is permitting and giveaways. It has also inspired the

launch of another niche business. Solis recently started making tamarindo with chamoy. Tamarindo is a type of Mexican candy using the fruit of a tamarind tree. Chamoy is a Mexican condiment made from a combination of dehydrated fruit, spices and citrus (depending on the recipe). The Dirty T Tamarindo incorporates a secret four ingredients into their recipe that coats candies such as Gushers, Sour Patch Kids, Skittles and more. They also have a special rim dip and pico de gallo, or fruit salad that recreates the shape of a “rooster’s beak.” Like Delgado, Solis also credits her upbringing for teaching her this skill. Spending summers in Hermosillo, Mexico, with her family, she would watch her tias make chamoy. See Hustle P7

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PC Health Department offers COVID 19-Test to Treat program as local cases rise Katya Mendoza Tucson Local Media

he Pima County Health Department began their COVID-19 Test To Treat program at the county’s East Clinic on Thursday, June 23. The 30-day program, in partnership with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides testing and access to treatment for COVID-19. Individuals who have tested positive from an athome test, testing site or at the clinic will be evaluated by a health care provider to determine their eligibility for antiviral medication for COVID-19. They will immediately receive a prescription at no cost and health insurance is not required. Those who are eligible for treatment are over 12 years old, weigh at least 88 pounds, have mild to moderate symp-

toms and have a high risk of severe COVID-19 illness. The medications that will be available with a prescription are Pfizer’s Paxlovid and Merck’s Lagevrio. Both medications, when taken within five days of symptoms, are effective against COVID-19. The two oral medications are also available at pharmacies within the county and can be prescribed by health care providers. “This new program will help ensure that those who don’t have easy access to care, or can’t see their usual health care provider, can get the timely treatment they need after a COVID-19 infection,” said Dr. Theresa Cullen, Pima County Health Department Director in a press release. The Health Department will look into extending the program based on community needs after about a month. Other Test to Treat sites

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Continued from P6 Chamoy has become increasingly popular, with vast outreach even in the Midwestern United States and even on Tik Tok. “This is my blood, this is my culture,” Solis said. “I should get in [it] too and show people the real chamoy.” At the moment, the two are able to rent out a friend’s kitchen space on the northwest side of town near both of their homes. There, they are able to share a larger countertop space and room for dry storage.

are available locally at some pharmacies and federally-supported health care centers. The East Clinic is located at 6920 E. Broadway Blvd. Hours of operation for Test to Treat are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. For more information about the Pima County Health Department Test to Treat program visit, pima. gov. For more information on where to get tested for COVID-19 in Pima County, go to pima.gov/covid19testing.

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The two are currently saving up to rent or buy a storefront property together. Delgado and Solis were not only able to get creative and rise above unprecedented circumstances, but they’ve also been doing so as full-time students. Delgado, is a junior at the University of Arizona studying Psychology and Solis is pursuing a business administration degree from Eller. As a way to incorporate her future degree, Delgado has considered teaching food therapy classes for children. “I envision a little classroom

Administration and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This decision comes amid concerns from public health officials that cases are again increasing at a rapid rate. From May to June, reported COVID cases in Pima County more than doubled, according to the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) COVID-19 dashboard. Pima County Health Department Director Dr. Theresa Cullen said in a press conference on Monday, June 20, that Pima County is in an “accelerated transmission phase”. She said offering vaccines to children aged between 6 months and 5 years will protect 80 to 90,000 individuals in the community, not to mention all of the individuals nearby. “One reason we believe this is important is because as you know, in the last year, there were daycares that had

in the back where kids will learn basic cooking skills, baking skills and work skills,” Delgado said, “I want my own storefront with a team and us doing this.” Solis has her eyes set on establishing an expansive business portfolio and creating a reliable passive income. Although summer is usually a slower season for baked goods, the two are keeping busy with orders, markets and partnerships with other local businesses. Within the few weeks of Dirty T Tamarindo’s launch, you could find some goody bags at Johnny Gibson’s Downtown Market, Tu-

to close because there were outbreaks of COVID-19,” Cullen said. “There were schools in kindergarten that had to close because of outbreaks of COVID-19.” Outbreaks also follow children home and could infect at-risk adults. Dr. Cullen recommends parents follow the vaccination series provided by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. The 6-months-and-older age group will have access to Moderna’s two-shot vaccination series and Pfizer’s threeshot vaccination series. Parents can access the new pediatric vaccines outside of Pima County clinics. County officials recommend parents call ahead to their pediatricians or local pharmacies for availability. Cullen also suggested that large pharmacy chains may not be offering vaccines to kids 3 and younger. Walgreens will vaccinate children ages 3 and older,

while CVS increased accessibility for children 18 months and older through MinuteClinics. “I want to reassure viewers that the reason why it took so long for us to get here was because we wanted to ensure the safety of this vaccine,” Cullen said. “Both the FDA review panel as well as the CDC as well as the data itself indicates that this is a safe vaccine and there have been very few significant side effects with it.” As the virus continues to mutate, more virulent and dangerous variants could be on the horizon, according to Cullen. Vaccines will protect children from unexpected vicious variants and potentially protect younger children from “long COVID” symptoms, which are still being studied in terms of severity over time. Tucson Local Media reporter Alexandra Pere contributed to this report.

merico and Pueblo Vida, as well as chamoy rim dip at Boca Tacos and Tequila. Solis said she has learned about the importance of believing in herself. “Have confidence and just bet on yourself,” Solid said. Delgado said it definitely takes persistence. “Be consistent…you just have to keep going,” Delgado said. For more information about Pau’s Pan Dulce and Dirty T Tamarindo, visit their Instagram business pages: @paus_pandulce, @dirty_t_tamarindo

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Dirty T Tamarindo’s chamoy covered Gushers, outside of partnering local business Tumerico.

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Over the past year, Rafus has taken a step back from day-to-day operations, handing over the reins to his friends Brian Latta and Calvin Saylors, as co-chairs of the foundation. Latta met Rafus through the Combat Vets Motorcycle Association. It was a “no-brainer” for him to get involved with 1VF. “It’s just a handful of people trying to do this, just scratching at the surface,” Latta said, “We all have loftier goals and would like to see this grow into a much bigger organization.” Saylors is considered a “Cold War veteran” who served in the Air Force. He was and is still currently in a motorcycle riding club, STAR

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Marine Corps veteran and founder of 1 Veteran Foundation Dave Rafus watches Echo, his new service pup in training at a Walmart. Touring and Riding, and met Rafus through 1VF during a meet and greet outside of the biker store, Renegade Classics. “We happen to have a veteran in our group that has PTSD, so we wanted to be able to get him a service dog,” Saylors said. Since then, the club has helped organize several motorcycle poker runs, raising approximately $12,000-$15,000 for 1VF. “Dave just saw how much work I was putting into it and he just invited my wife and I to join the board of directors,” Saylors said. Since then, Saylors has served as the operations manager, arranging veteran interviews, requests for dogs, paperwork, training schedules, testing and more.

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It can take looking at anywhere between 50 to 150 dogs before finding the right one. At minimum, the dog must weigh at least 40 pounds and have a specific temperament. “As much as everybody thinks their dog is going to be the greatest service dog, they may not have the stamina or the mentality for service work,” Rafus said. If veterans already have dogs, the dogs still must undergo interviews to prove their qualifications for service. See PETS AND VETS P12

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It takes about 250-350 hours to train a PTSD service dog, not including the time to train the handler. The entire process can take anywhere from six to 18 months, depending on the availability and determination of the team. It’s an arduous process. Testing begins from the minute the canine candidate exits the vehicle, Saylors said they check whether or not the handler has full control of their dog. “We watch how they interact with people, automatic sliding doors,” Saylors said. Malls and, at times, Walmarts can be the ultimate playing field, due to the ample amounts of people, smells and distractions. Veterans with PTSD can have very specific triggers, which is why 1VF pays such strong attention to detail when testing these dogs. “The veteran is using the dog for what they’re there for and recognizing when the dog senses they’re getting in trouble,” Saylors said. At times veterans and even civilians, don’t realize that the dogs can sense distress before they can.

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back, ensuring that their needs are met and that they’re safe. “That’s what our teammates do, disrupting nightmares and helping lower anxiety in high stress situations,” Rafus said. Like Latta’s teammate, “Cool Hand Luke,” or Luke for short, other teammates are able to sense where their handlers’ emotions are going. “They know you better than you know yourself,” Latta said, “They have a sixth sense.” The trio attributes dogs’ capabilities of picking up smells and picking up their handler’s chemical changes. “They’ve got this uncanny ability to read human behavior better than humans have the ability to judge human behavior,” Rafus said, “You might be able to put on a happy face, but you can’t change the chemical smell your body is putting off that the dog can pick up.” Rafus has had his own experiences with Menfia being able to guide him out of a situation before a pseudoseizure attack which are triggered by high anxiety. “She will detect them beforehand and if I tell her to leave me alone and she refuses to listen, I go and take my medicine,” Rafus said. It took just one experience of ignoring her for him to listen every time. He subsequently

went through a five-year stretch with no seizures.

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The couple of years have been challenging because of the pandemic. “Due to COVID, we’ve been deeply restricted in being able to go in and look at dogs and check their temperament or personality,” Rafus said. Pre-COVID, 1VF would go to PACC, the Humane Society and Green Valley Animal League to look for dogs and see if any met their criteria, If so, they would call a veteran to meet the dog and establish a bond. Then the world shut down, limiting human interactions. “We could no longer do things the way we (Courtesy photo from Brian Latta) used to,” Saylors said in an email. Visitors weren’t allowed to take dogs around Brian Latta, co-chair of the 1 Veteran Foundation for a walk when Rafus found Echo, Menifa’s pictured with his Berna-doodle “teammate,” Cool-Hand Luke. replacement. “I had to put my hand down underneath the kennel to see how she would react,” Rafus said. Department of Veteran’s Affairs in September 2021. STRONG PEOPLE BY NATURE Between 2001 and 2019, the unadjusted At times veterans have approached the or- suicide rate rose 35.9% among veterans. The ganization under the assumption that they numbers were sharpest against veterans bewould receive a free dog, without realizing that tween the ages of 18 ad 34, with a 44.4% unadthey would also have to undergo an interview. justed suicide rate per 100,000. Although veterans are very strong people by Exposure to intense combat trauma may nature, Rafus said that communicating emo- influence suicide risk, but considerable debate tions is not their strong suit. exists among researchers surruonding the The interview can be difficult and emotion- relationship between a PTSD diagnosis and al depending on what the veteran chooses to suicide. share, and can vary from a therapy session to PTSD can reveal itself in a variety of ways, an emotional dump. including as extreme combat-related guilt, “You have to be ready to listen without judg- intrusive thoughts such as reliving a specific ment and emotion,” Rafus said, “They’ll tell traumatic event, hyperawareness and other you everything from the time they were born symptoms disruptive to one’s daily routine. to the emotional destruction that they faced A variety of evidence-based treatments are when they were in the military.” available, including service dogs. One of the primary questions prior to the Veterans who have partnered with service interview asks for an official PTSD diagnosis dogs have experienced less symptoms of anfrom a medical professional. ger, anxiety, sleeplessness and even improved “There are a lot of people [who] self-diag- cortisol levels according to research from a nose or their sister, brother, cousin or friend professor of human-animal interaction at Purwill say, ‘Dude you’re messed up,’” Rafus said. due University. “We also encourage them that if they’re not in That’s why the 1 Veteran Foundation has counseling, that they go to counseling,” Saylors invested in training veterans with teammates said. for life. The dogs are only one component of the treatment process, but even talking to your LOOKING TOWARDS “teammate” can do wonders. THE FUTURE Right now, 1VF is looking for a corporate, THE FIGHT TO STOP VETERAN state or federal sponsorship to achieve their SUICIDE goals. On aveage, about 17 veterans will commit The organization envisions a large property suicide every day, according to a National Veteran Suicide Prevention report released by the See PETS AND VETS P13

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Pima County’s pet shelter remains overcrowded Monica Dangle

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was recently reminded that it is has now been one year of PACC operating in “Code Red,” which means we are using non-public kennels meant for temporary housing and disease isolation to house available, adoptable dogs. Why? Because the number of pets entering the shelter, specifically dogs, continues to outweigh the number of pets leaving. It’s a trend we are seeing this nationally, not just here in Tucson. You may be asking yourself, “Why does this matter? If PACC has been able to operate this way for more than a year, is it really a crisis?” The answer is yes! Operating in crisis mode month after month takes a toll. Each month we inch closer and closer to “Code Blue,” which means we will need to give animals deadlines for leaving the shelter or euthanasia. The stress this puts on staff, not the mention the animals in our care, is difficult to put into words. While this picture may seem hopeless, it is not! There are a number of things you can do to support PACC and break the cycle of more pets entering the shelter than leaving. Adopt or foster. We always need adopters and fosters. Learn more at www.pima.gov/ animalcare. Leave ’em alone. If you see a healthy, friendly dog that is loose, but not in immediate danger (like running down a freeway or playing chicken with cars on Grant Road), be a Good Samaritan and leave it alone and/or look for its home, opposed to immediately bringing the dog to PACC. Most loose dogs are not PETS AND VETS From P12 to build kennels and dorms to be able to train 10-12 dogs at a time while simultaneously having their veteran handlers on property. Once the dogs reach about 90% trained, they would ideally be assigned to a veteran to finish out their training together. “You can give anybody a service dog, but if that dog isn’t trained for that specific veteran or doesn’t bond with that specific veteran, you’ve got a dog with a piece of paper,” Rafus said. 1VF not only pays for adoption fees from a shelter, they pay for an initial exam though Ina Road Animal Hospital, as well as any shots,

lost. They know exactly where they are and will make their way back home, if they are not already in their front yard. Taking a healthy, friendly dog out of its neighborhood will more than likely result in that dog sitting at the shelter and not returning home and that family getting another dog. If we can keep that dog with its family, everyone wins! About 60% of PACC’s dog intake are loose dogs and 85% of those are picked up by people driving through a neighborhood and removing the pet from its home area. #Share the Care! Help us reach even more people by sharing our social media posts, sharing posts from neighbors who are rehoming pets, and sharing neighbors’ lost and found posts! Besides Facebook and Nextdoor, you can sign up for lost and found alerts in your area through Pawboost and www.petcolove.lost so you can help reunite pets in your area. License and chip that pet. Ensuring your pet can be identified and returned to you quickly will help keep space open at PACC for those animals that are not licensed/chipped. License your pet at pimacounty.docupet.com. If your pet is already microchipped, make sure that chip is registered! You can do it for free with FoundAnimals. Find low or no-cost microchip events at https://www.nokillpimacounty.org/. While PACC is currently at critical capacity, we know that our community values lifesaving and will continue to be part of the solution. Thank you, Pima County! micro chipping, spay or neutering. They do their best to work with organizations that are willing to donate dogs, although shelters may also price gouge. Given PACC’s most recent declaration of critical overcapacity, it would be a mutually beneficial relationship if 1VF had their own location. “This is why we would love to have that property, that on site kennel,” Saylors said. Having their own space would allow room for more opportunities with training, and saving more veterans’ and pets’ lives. Which is why 1 Veteran Foundation is in dire need for a few “corporate angels.”

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HOROSCOPE By Holiday Mathis ARIES (March 21-April 19) New habits are fragile. Unexpected and extra events such as visits, travel, projects and other challenges could throw off your rhythms and delay your goals. So take advantage of the less hectic early week, perfectly suited to repeating behaviors you want to habituate so they’ll be ingrained when life gets trickier. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Those on a fault-finding mission will have no problem finding it. You may want to avoid these types because their mission will only make yours more difficult. You’re on the hunt for fun, which will involve joining with agreeable people who keep it light and bring a spark of playful curiosity to the picture. GEMINI (May 21-June 21) The secret to your charisma may be known to others but not to you because the very nature of your charm is unselfconsciousness. Having fame and power isn’t your goal, though it may come as a byproduct of your passion and dedication to the goal. Part of your appeal is that you don’t care to whom you appeal. CANCER (June 22-July 22) There is a wealth of knowledge that happens at a deeper level than the one where words and explanations exist. You may feel more confident and articulate when you can explain what you know, and this is worth working on, but in the meantime your intuitive leanings shouldn’t be discounted. Act on instinct. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) To connect in perfectly mannerly ways, which fall neatly within the acceptable boundaries of mutually understood roles, were it even possible, would be pointless. The ensuing boredom would only ruin the social arena for all. So go on, make an honest mess and enjoy the unfolding excitement in relationships this week. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Pride goeth before the fall, but your definition of pride will matter here. Letting people know what you do isn’t about pride but usefulness. The process goes better when they trust you, so your credentials matter. Explaining your expertise isn’t bragging; it’s making the process easier for all.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Even favorable circumstances, fortuitous opportunities and wonderful events can come with their own kind of stress. Fun requires you to be in top condition! As you rest and take excellent care of yourself this week, you’ll also be helping yourself enjoy what’s coming. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21) You don’t need everything to go according to plan to feel good about it. Long ago, you acknowledged that you aren’t in charge of it all, and now you get to adopt the laid-back attitude to go with that realization -- far more comfortable and charismatic than trying to control the uncontrollable. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Your planning skills are cosmically touched, and it’s more than worth your time and energy to brainstorm, fantasize and commit to some logistics. What goes on in your head and on paper now will bring excitement to your experience later. Future-you will thank planner-you and praise your brilliance. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Perhaps the world “flirt” is too reductive to describe your interaction style, which has more to do with stirring up good vibes than it does with any social agenda. Nonetheless, someone thinks you’re flirting with them and loves it. Business will be friendly, and a friendship will lend itself to doing business, too. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) Even if you do what everyone else is doing, your expression, experience and thoughts about it will be unique, as your mind is a filter unlike any other. Your creative stamp will be on all you do without any conscious effort on your part. Originality pours from your unselfconscious commitment to the moment you’re in. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) The list of things you’re looking out for today includes: the best in people, the sunny side, ways to help and means to uplift. The quest causes you to automatically fall into the flow of fortuitous words and actions. You don’t even have to think about the next correct move; it all flows naturally.

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