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Hot Picks Movies on the Lawn Honey, grab the lawn chairs and the cooler, we’re going to Movies on the Lawn! Bring your friends and family to this free community event at the Oro Valley Community & Recreation Center. Movies on the Lawn occurs every third Saturday of the month. This Saturday, June 18, Disney’s “Encanto” will be playing. The movie begins around 7:30 p.m., as soon as the sun goes down. Oro Valley Community & Recreation Center, 10555 N La Canada Drive. For more information about Movies on the Lawn visit, orovalleyaz.gov Brew at the Zoo Come on down to the Reid Park Zoo’s “toast to summer” event, Brew at the Zoo. Enjoy a wide variety of local and regional craft beers, hard ciders, lagers, ales and more. From 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., enjoy live music from local band Heart & Soul, games and fun photo booths. Pub-style vendors will offer food for purchase. This is a 21+ only event and proceeds support the Zoo’s animal care, conservation and education programs. General admission is $50, $45 for zoo members and $25 for designated drivers. Ticket prices will go up $10 at the entrance. Brew at the Zoo is located at Reid Park Zoo, 3400 Zoo Court. For more information, visit reidparkzoo.org
Tucson Juneteenth Festival Celebrate our nation’s 157th anniversary of our country’s Juneteenth celebration. Short for June 19th, the local celebration commemorates the end of slavery on June 19, 1865, and the roles, achievements and contributions of the African American community. From 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the John F. Kennedy Park Stage Arena, enjoy historical presentations, exhibits, music, dancing, arts and crafts, and food vendors. This event is free of admission. From 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., there will be a Gospel Jubilee and Father’s Day luncheon at the Dunbar Pavilion located at 325 W. 2nd Street. Kennedy Park Stage Arena, 3700 S. Mission Road. For more information about the Tucson Juneteenth Festival visit, visittucson.org.
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ment. “The eryngo gives us one more reason to save the San Pedro River.” In addition to declaring the plant endangered, the government designated a total of 12.7 acres of critical habitat for it, at sites in Pima and Cochise counties. The endangered species designation takes effect July 11. The Arizona eryngo is a member of the carrot family that can grow to 5 feet tall and live for up to 10 years. It reproduces through pollination and is frequented by a range of pollinators, including butterflies and hummingbirds. It has historically been found at six sites – three in Arizona and one each in New Mexico and the Mexican states of Sonora
and Chihuahua. It is currently only found at the two Mexican sites and at two locations in Arizona. The service designated critical habitat for the eryngo in Arizona at Lewis Springs in Cochise County and La Cebadilla in Pima County. La Cebadilla Cienega is adjacent to the Tanque Verde Wash and Lewis Springs Cienega is just east of the San Pedro River. But groundwater levels in the San Pedro River Basin have been dropping for decades due to excessive pumping in the Upper San Pedro River Basin by residents living around Fort Huachuca, Silver said. The eryngo relies on water from the springs that are fed by the deep aquifers in the San Pedro River Basin. But the Cen-
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ter for Biological Diversity said there is currently a groundwater overdraft of more than 5,000 acre-feet per year in the Fort Huachuca-Sierra Vista area, and studies predict the San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area will disappear if current practices continue.
Emily Thomas, president of the Maricopa Audubon Society. “That’s why it is … so imperative.” Silver called the endangered species designation a “game changer … for San Pedro protection,” since it could lead to reductions in pumping in the basin. “Protection of the plant
Advocates hope the endangered species designation for the eryngo will give added impetus to larger efforts to save the San Pedro. “The San Pedro is one of the last undammed, free-flowing rivers in the desert southwest,” said
offers protection against the lowering of the water tables from groundwater pumping,” Silver said. The Center for Biological Diversity and the Maricopa Audubon Society first petitioned for endangered species status for the Arizona eryn-
The eryngo gives us one more “ reason to save the San Pedro River. ”
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go in April 2018. The groups, along with Earthjustice, sued the Trump administration in March 2020 after the service’s consideration of the petition stalled. This week’s announcement did not include Agua Caliente, a onetime home to the Arizona eryngo, after on-going efforts to reintroduce the species there failed. The Fish and Wildlife Service said Thursday that it, the Bureau of Land Management, the Desert Botanical Gardens and Pima County “have begun conservation efforts to establish additional populations.” Thomas is worried that with just two areas designated as critical habitat, the government is “not giving room for the species to recover.” But
government officials said they are committed to continuing to work toward the plant’s preservation. “The Service looks forward to continuing our work with conservation partners in Arizona to protect and recover this rare native plant,” Amy Lueders, the Fish and Wildlife Service regional director, said in a statement. “Partnerships will be central to addressing the threats to the Arizona eryngo and putting it on the path to recovery.” In the meantime, Silver said, the center plans to continue fighting to protect the San Pedro River; it currently has three active lawsuits related to the river. For more stories from Cronkite News, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org.
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EXECUTION from page 1 “Today marks final justice for our daughter, Vicki Lynne. Our family has waited 37 years, 8 months and 22 days for this day to come,” said her mother, Debbie Carlson, in a news conference after the execution. Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said in a statement that the “family has had to endure decades of suffering” to get to this day. But an attorney for Atwood, who long maintained his innocence, said the state executed him “despite lingering doubts about his guilt.” “The case against Frank was purely circumstantial and significant evidence pointed to another suspect,” said Joe Perkovich, the attorney, in a statement Wednesday. “Frank’s execution does not resolve the many questions about what happened in this case.” The possibility of another suspect was just one of the claims Atwood raised in a flurry of last-minute appeals, along with claims that the state’s two methods of execution would cause him extreme pain and were unconstitutionally cruel. All those claims were denied over the past week by successive state and federal courts. The Arizona Board of Executive Clemency refused on May 24 to commute At-
Right: Vicki Lynne Hoskinson, just months before her murder at age 8 in Tucson. Her mother said softball was one of the things Vicki loved. (Photo courtesy Carlson family) Above: Frank Atwood was executed by lethal injection Wednesday. State officials said 22 of the 111 inmate on death row have exhausted their appeals. (Photo courtesy Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry)
wood’s sentence, leaving his fate to the courts. Atwood was convicted in 1987 for the kidnapping and murder of Vicki, who disappeared while riding her bike on Sept. 17, 1984. Her partial skeletal remains were not found until seven months later, when a hiker came across them in the desert. But his attorneys argued that the FBI inspected Atwood’s car and found no physical evidence, including blood, hair or fingerprints, that tied him to the crimes committed against Vicki. No cause of death was ever
determined, and Atwood’s attorneys said there were no eyewitnesses to the kidnapping but that witnesses came forward and pointed to another suspect. In his latest state appeal, Atwood claimed the state withheld information during his trial that would have pointed to another suspect. But a Pima County Superior Court judge rejected that claim Monday, ruling that Atwood’s claim would not likely have swayed jurors, and that it should have been raised earlier. That was affirmed late
Tuesday by the Arizona Supreme Court. It said that “due process does not require this Court to allow Appellant to wait until days before his scheduled execution to raise a claim that has been known and fully investigated, at least since May 4, 2022.” In federal court, Atwood claimed that his spinal disease, which forced him to be in a wheelchair most of the time, would cause him “extreme” pain if he was strapped to a gurney for the lethal injection. That would violate Eighth Amendment
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protections against cruel and unusual punishment, the attorneys said. But a federal district judge disagreed, noting that state officials could make accommodations to ease Atwood’s pain in the death chamber. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld that ruling Tuesday, agreeing with the lower court that “the Eighth Amendment does not guarantee a prisoner a painless death.” The federal courts also rejected Atwood’s arguments that the state’s use of hydrogen cyanide in the gas chamber is unconstitutional. He had demanded to be put to death using nitrogen gas – a demand denied by the state, which defaulted to lethal injection, and upheld by the courts. The U.S. Supreme Court declined Wednesday morning to hear his case. The state had scheduled both Atwood and Clarence Dixon for execution last fall, but they were put on hold after defense attorneys said the pentobarbital to be used had expired. But the state was able to replace those drugs this year, and Dixon was put to death May 11. That was the first execution in Arizona since 2014, when it took 15 injections of drugs over a two-hour period to exe-
cute Joseph Wood. News reports said executioners took almost 25 minutes to find a vein on Dixon, who was pronounced dead 10 minutes later. Perkovich said executioners Wednesday had inserted an IV in Atwood’s left arm when they “lurched immediately to gratuitously cut into his groin to set an IV line” before Atwood told them to use right arm and hand, which the attorney said they did and began giving the lethal injection. Witnesses said Atwood was “very calm, very relaxed” throughout the process, talking to those in the death chamber and accompanied by a priest – a first for the state. At a news conference after the execution, Carlson recalled Vicki as a “vibrant little girl with an infectious laugh and a smile that would melt your heart,” a feisty girl and fierce competitor who loved softball, tacos and french fries. In comments to the clemency board last month, Carlson said that while the execution would not bring closure, “it will end that black cloud that hangs over our heads” and will help the family move forward. For more stories from Cronkite News, visit cronkitenews.azpbs.org.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Naranja Park Needs Expansion We have served on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board (PRAB) for more than 10 years. We all have worked to develop Naranja Park into the town’s premier recreation center and are delighted to see it finally happening. For more than 10 years there was no recreational use of this 213-acre site although surrounded by residential neighborhoods on all sides. Oro Valley finally made a commitment to Naranja
Park when they brought reclaimed water, potable water, and power to the park in 2014, built a dog park, parking and two large multi-use fields. A second set of fields were started in 2017 and finished the next year. In November of 2017, the town placed the Prop 454 bond and property tax on the ballot to fund a $17 million partial build out of the park. Resident voters said NO to a projected $33 million total cost, and the first-ever Oro Valley property tax, so the park remained less
than half built out. Now five years later, with the town golf subsidy no longer needed, the Council decided to broaden the use of the Community Center sales tax revenues to support all town recreation needs. The council then obtained a $25 million parks bond at 2.3% interest to fund the top priorities from the year-long Parks Master Plan study as follows: No. 1: Expand Naranja Park; No. 2: Fix the Community Center tennis courts and replace golf course
irrigation; No. 3: Expansion of our multi-use path system. The Naranja Park expansion plan fits the park’s terrain and will include the following amenities: Four more fields, a skate park, bike pump track, splash pad, three basketball courts, six pickleball courts, walking trails, RC aircraft field, ramada, parking and restrooms. The expansion starts with grading this summer, and will complete in 2024, all funded within existing town revenues without a property tax. We all want to thank the mayor and council for their vision for Naranja Park and the ability to get it done! • John Scheuring, PRAB chair, 2011- 2012 • Jack Stinnett, PRAB chair, 2013-2014 • Adam Wade, PRAB chair, 2015-2018 • Gary Temple, PRAB chair, 2019-2021 OOOPPPPS!
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Town Council meeting, Councilmen Tim Bohen continued his ranting ways against Oro Valley town staff and other members of the Town Council. The Mayor once again sat there and allowed Bohen to continue his diatribe. It was embarrassing. This is not the first incident of Bohen misbehavior. In his orientation as a Councilman, Bohen verbally accosted a town staff member during his presentation. Bohen has belittled town Planning and Zoning staff on more than one occasion. Bohen get visibly angry and corrects people when they refer to him as “Mr.” instead of “Councilman.” Mr. Bohen has a history of temper flare ups. In January, 2019 the Oro Valley Police Department responded to a “check welfare” call placed by a staff member of Secureaplane, a local engineering firm. It seems as though Mr. Bohen had a disagreement with his supervisor and threatened the supervisor with extreme bodily harm. According to the police report the victim was so disturbed by Bohen’s behavior that he
requested heightened patrol around his residence. So one must ask, why does the Mayor not take any action to control these continued outbursts? Well, one reason could be that Mayor Winfield, Vice Mayor Melanie Barrett and Councilwoman Joyce Jones-Ivey all personally endorsed Mr. Bohen’s candidacy for a seat on the Town Council. It appears as though they did not vet Bohen very well or disregarded his behavior pattern. So to be critical of his (Bohlen’s) behavior reflects poorly on their own judgment. Don Cox Oro Valley
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German Knight in Arizona: Why one UA professor chose the copper state AVERY MARTINEZ Special to Tucson Local Media
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German knight calls this desert his home. Dr. Albrecht Classen, distinguished professor of German and director of Undergraduate Studies at the University of Arizona, began his career far from the desert sands. Hailing from Northern Hesse in central Germany, his life took a fascination with the pre-modern, the tales of knights and quests, and the surrounding culture and history around them. Much like the countless literary works he bases his work under, this pas-
sion for work took him global. Studying and working in the likes of Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Seoul, the northern United States and elsewhere, Classen recalled just what made him feel passionate about the words of those far behind him. “My emphasis is really on scholarship,” Classen said. “Because I work out of texts from the past and I’m very interested in the question of how literary texts can contribute to our general understanding.” Literature is not the only area he examines – cultural documents, religious
texts, and philosophy has also crossed his eyes. Sitting in his office, he talks excitedly about a book he had his hands the day before. It was from a church baptistry, a sprawling text, and he highlighted the story of the local wife of a duke. There were massive frescos inside this baptistry, all seemingly commissioned by her, not her husband. “We can observe two things … There is a woman who has enormous financial means available. She can decide on her own what she wants to do, she directs the artist and sort of supervises the entire process … it reveals
power structures which we normally would not have assumed because that very same woman does not show up much in the local documents.” This kind of cultural understanding and work is exactly what appeals to Classen the most about his profession. Greater cultural understanding relates hand and hand to his work, and this has been recognized in a far more global sense. Following his extensive work within the greater understanding and recognition of German culture, he was granted Bundesverdienstkreuz am Band (Order of Merit) by the
German government in 2004. Then, in 2017, the government also honored him with the Grand Knight Commander of the Most Noble Order of the Three Lions. Being granted the highest civilian honors in the country of Germany, he could truly go anywhere. So why choose the desert? The simplest answer is he needed a job. “I had finished my Ph.D. in Virginia, I had a one-year lectureship and I just needed to find a job and Arizona opened up, and this was a different world.” That different world he mentioned was just the beginning of it. Classen
wasn’t ashamed to say he hated the cold and rain of much of the East Coast, so he and his wife packed their bags, and came down to the University of Arizona in 1987. When reflecting on his reasons for coming here, he cited the access to the university library and their aid in his work, he cited the motivation of the students, and he even cited his disdain for the more well-known universities in locations that just didn’t feel right. “I’ve become a bit of a desert rat,” he said. This reflects in his work just
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as much as his home life. He’s not the only one who came to the desert to study knights and culture. Valentine Modestine, an undergraduate student studying classics, moved from Pennsylvania to study under Classen. “You can tell he’s really into being here and doing what he does,” Modestine said. “He has a bunch of [poetry] books about the place [Arizona, Tucson specifically]. I really like the culture here; I think he’s a big part of that.” Of the hundreds of pieces Classen has written, a decent subsection of his work focuses on the desert, from German texts that connect the likes of missionaries to the local area, to dozens of poems written about the desert
directly in German. One example is his work “Sonora Wüste: Leben im Südwesten der US.” or in English: “Sonoran Desert: Life in the US Southwest.” This book, along with several other poetry books focused on Arizona, are unique in his body of work. Though his work is based in Arizona, he is putting in the time and effort to give something back to the larger academic community. Germany is a lot different from the United States, especially Arizona, but putting that into context with himself as a middleman makes for another learning opportunity. Classen found himself to have a unique opportunity living in Arizona, bringing what he views as an undervalued study to a university like the University of Arizona. His goal with the
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medieval studies program was to center students globally while in the heart of the university, and much like his own experience the program pulls from a vast array of disciplines and studies all over the world. Despite plans for study abroad programs being canceled, he still feels his program lends itself to being in Arizona and having the ability to reach outwards because of the community created here, far away from the land of knights and kings. “I would like to emphasize that word creating networks … creating networks across the world, and bonding through the same interest in anything pertaining to the premodern,” he said. “That is very nice, very powerful and I regard myself there by now as a cultural ambassador.”
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READER PHOTO OF THE WEEK Reader James Nook of Oro Valley captured this image of a bee gathering pollen on the Splendido at Rancho Vistoso campus. Nook notes the photo was taken on May 20, World Bee Day. “This special day recognizes the important role that bees play in pollination of wildflowers and food crops,” said Nook. Send your photos to readerphotos@tucsonlocalmedia.com. Include your name, contact information and details about the photo, including who took it, where it was taken and the subject. Not all photos can be printed. See other photos online at www.tucsonlocalmedia.com.
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Graze Premium Burgers. If you’re hankering for a great burger and fries, swing by Graze for a great combo deal. For just 10.99, you get a burger, fries and a drink. (For an extra two bucks, you can make it a double; for an extra $2.25, you can sub a veggie or chicken patty.) These are some of the best burgers in town, especially when you add the curry ketchup. Plus, you can get those tasty Maine Root fountain sodas, so you’re in for a treat. Details at grazepremiumburgers. com. 2721 E. Speedway Blvd. (520) 269-6888; 5635 E. Broadway Blvd. (520) 347-2159. Truland Burgers & Greens. From the own-
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ers of midtown’s Choice Greens and Graze Burgers, Truland Burgers & Greens features some summer specials you won’t want to miss. From 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., enjoy any fresh greens salad for $9.99 and (or) a classic and juicy burger for $10.99 every day of the week, now through Aug. 31. (Additional toppings are extra and tax and gratuity are not included.) Sit back, relax and watch the game at the bar while you enjoy half-priced beer, draft wine and cocktails all day, Sunday through Thursday. Check out their website for more information at trulandburgers. com. 7332 N. Oracle Road. (520) 395-2975. Sauce. Sample a pizza, a salad and two glasses of wine at Sauce Pizza and Wine this summer. Order any of their specialty pies (or build your own) and one of their delicious salads (we like the turkey and feta, although you can’t go wrong with the roasted vegetable) for just $27. (If you want want wine, you can substitute a
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fountain drink.) It’s a little bit carby with the pizza but you can justify those calories if you’re also getting a salad, right? Details and locations at saucepizzaandwine.com.
The NightJar. Step out after the sun goes down and visit the NightJar, a cozy bar located inside of The Coronet, for latenight specials from 9 p.m. to midnight. Modelos for $3, house wine for $6 and a buck off all draft beers, You’ll also save $2 on burgers, mussels and tinned seafood until 11:30 pm. As if it couldn’t get any better, The Cornet and the NightJar are teaming up to host movie nights every Friday night. Get a delicious bag of locally sourced bag of popcorn from POPPED and a Modelo for $8. Check out their website for more information about specials and featured movies at nightjartucson.com. 347 N. Meyer. (520) 222-9889.
Smokey Mo. Smokey Mo is offering daily specials everyday this summer to appease your summer time cravings. How could a fusion of Kansas-style and Texas-style BBQ disappoint. They have everything from a Triple Taco Tuesday special to a Kansas City-style Fried Chicken and a side on Wednesdays. Don’t miss Friday’s special of a half-pound of burnt ends with a side. They offer a housemade Kansas style barbeque sauce that has 11 different spices that will be sure to tickle your taste buds and lighten the mood. The cherry on top: the house-brewed Sweet Tea! Check out their website at www.smokeymo. com for more information on their specials. 2650 E. First Ave. (520) 2038250. El Minuto Cafe. Take a trip downtown to a Tucson institution. El Minuto Cafe is offering a summer happy hour Tuesday
through Saturday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Enjoy a crisp Mexican cerveza for $4, or have a house margarita for a mere $6. (You can also indulge in strawberry or mango margaritas for the same price.) For only $11, treat yourself to a sampler platter with four mini chimis, four mini beef tacos and three mini cheese crisps with sour cream and guacamole. You can also satiate your sweet tooth with a strawberry chimi topped with powdered sugar and chocolate sauce for only $5. El Minuto is located at 354 S. Main Ave. El Minuto is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (Temporarily closed on Mondays.) Check out their website for more information about their specials at elminutotucson.com. 345 S. Main Ave. (520) 882-4145.
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The Century Room. The Agave Heritage Festival at Hotel Congress presents a Summer Tasting Series at the Century Room. Enjoy agave spirits and light bites on Mezcal Sundays led by Doug Smith, local agave master and co-owner of Exo Roast Co. and El Crisol Mezcal Bar. Cost is $35 per person. Enjoy regional wines on Wine Thursdays starting June 16, led by HoCo Sommelier Josh Osteen and others in the industry for $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 events
begin at 7 p.m. The Century Room is located at 311 E Congress St. For more information about the Century Room and the Summer Tasting Series check out hotelcongress. com. 311 E. Congress St. (520) 622-8848. El Charro. Dragons love tacos—and so do kids! Here’s a summer special that families can get behind: Children under 10 years old will be eating free at El Charro restaurants and their related side eateries, including Charro Steak & Del Rey and The Monica (both downtown) and Barrio Charro, at the intersection of Campbell Avenue and Prince Road. With each paying adult, two kids get
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free meals from the kids menu Sunday through Wednesday. “It’s been a rough couple of years, especially for families,” said Si Charro! CEO Ray Flores. “So, in honor of our 100th anniversary, our family decided to do something to encourage parents and kids to enjoy dining together.” Dine in only. Visit sicharro.com for various locations, hours, menus and other details. Penca. Downtown’s Penca is rolling out a new monsoon coctel menu filled with refreshing seasonal drinks such as sangria blanca, with mirepoix, pisco, white wine, honey, pennyroyal and lemon, or the Día de San Juan, with hoja de nopal
liqueur, charanda, orange blossom water, orange liqueur and lime. (And don’t forget that owner Patrica Schwabe has also reopened the charming Tooley’s at 299 S. Park Ave. in the Lost Barrio.) Penca is open Wednesday through Sunday, 4:30 to 9:30 p.m. 50 E. Broadway. (520) 203-7681.
eegee’s. This is a summer special you can enjoy all year. Through the month of June, all eegee’s locations are selling a coupon book that gives you half-off your order (up to $4) as well as discounts on meal deals. Coupons are good once a month starting in July, when watermelon debuts as flavor of the month.
The books cost $12, with proceeds benefiting El Rio Health Center, Junior Achievement of Arizona and Integrative Touch.
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he text from my friend Kim couldn’t have come at a better time. She lives in the cool climes of the Pacific Northwest, and having grown up in Tucson, she’s all too familiar with the oppressive heat that we endure down here in the summer. “You gotta get up here to Washington,” she exclaimed with her thumbs. “We have amazing food, we have lots of places to suggest for local exploring, and we’re best viewed in July and August.” While those Evergreen State views sounded pretty good, particularly with summertime temps in the low 70s, Kim had me at “amazing food.” Which begs the question, what is it about Pacific Northwest cuisine that calls for booking a flight? Eager to solve this mystery, I turned to Jeff Azersky of Kingfisher Bar & Grill. His tribute to the Pacific Northwest, anchored by a special menu that will run from June 14 – 25, is part of the restaurant’s 29th annual Summer Road Trip that makes virtual stops in the most delicious regions of the country. “Owning what is primarily a seafood restaurant and loving all kinds of fish and shellfish, I’d say that, in and of itself, would be a good reason to go,” said Azersky, co-owner of Kingfisher, 2564 E.
Grant Road. “They grow everything up there, it’s such a great climate on the coast and inland, and they have some wonderful wineries.” Part of Azersky’s inspiration for his 12-day Pacific Northwest menu came from a book he just finished, titled Trask, that chronicles “a mountain man’s quest for new opportunities” along the Oregon Coast in 1848. “This guy settled his own land, and he fished and killed elk and deer to eat,” said Azersky, equating these mountain man adventures with the adventurous style of cuisine that represents the region, further noting “there’s still a lot of wild country up there.” The menu’s adventure begins with a selection of appetizers, including smoked salmon belly bruschetta with a softened and whipped Oregon blue cheese and a peach-apple chutney, as well as braised and grilled octopus served over rice noodles with scallions, green apples, cucumbers, chiles, poppy seeds and a vinaigrette of lime, mint and lemongrass. Among the entrée options is a smoked elk sausage paella, built with a house-made shellfish stock, littleneck clams, Penn Cove mussels, fennel, tomatoes, chives, garlic and saffron, topped with a hazelnut Romesco sauce. A warm blackberry and apple cobbler with vanilla ice cream should satisfy
the sweet tooth at the end of this memorable meal. In addition to the cuisine, a Pinot Gris from a biodynamic winery in Oregon will be available, as well as a craft cocktail inspired by the fragrance and flavors of the region, with a piney gin, fresh lemon, simple syrup and a blackberry liqueur called Crème de Mure. Sounds like my kind of adventure. Following the Pacific Northwest, the Kingfisher Summer Road Trip will continue with special menus for Down South (June 28 – July 2; July 19 – 23), Great Plains/Midwest (July 26 – Aug. 6), Back East (Aug. 9 – 20) and California/Hawaii (Aug. 23 – Sept. 3). The restaurant’s regular menu will be offered as well for those who won’t be taking the virtual trip. If I end up flying to Washington this summer, my friend Kim will surely be impressed with my newly acquired wisdom on the culture and cuisine of her region. But one question remains – should I pack my mountain man outfit or wear it on the plane? Contact Matt Russell, whose day job is CEO of Russell Public Communications, at mrussell@ russellpublic.com. Russell is also the publisher of OnTheMenuLive.com as well as the host of the Friday Weekend Watch segment on the “Buckmaster Show” on KVOI 1030 AM.
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MUSIC Wednesday, June 15 • Zach Hurd started Bay Ledges after ditching his hometown in Maine for Los Angeles in 2015. Hurd experiments with vapor and soul genres to produce a beachy chill vibe throughout his album “Ritual.” Don’t expect to fall asleep, though! His glitchy tunes keep you interested the whole time. Details: doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.; 191 Toole, 191 E. Toole; $15-$18; 191toole. com.
SATURDAY, JUNE 18 • See what all the rage about Reggaetón is with Gasolina Party at the Rialto. Originating in Los Angeles, Gasolina is at the forefront of the Reggaetón movement. Reggaetón is a genre blend of Jamaican reggae music and Central American music. Details: doors at 9 p.m., show at 9:30 p.m.; The Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St.; $10-$15; rialtotheatre.com.
• Ani DiFranco is celebrating the 25th anniversary of her first live album, “Living in Clip.” DiFranco is releasing a remastered version of the album on July 29 but is touring the album before release. DiFranco is supported by the Rainbow Girls for the Fox performance. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; $30-$99; foxtucson.com.
SUNDAY, JUNE 19 • Calexico returns to the Rialto with Molly Parden to perform their 10th album, “El Mirador.” The album was recorded in Tucson during the summer of 2021. Joey Burns and John Convertino dedicated this album to friends, family, and the community. The album explores feelings of connection and inclusivity during a time of disconnect, like a pandemic. Details: doors at 7 p.m., show at 8 p.m.; The Rialto Theatre, 318 E. Congress St.; $32-$48; rialtotheatre.com.
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THURSDAY, JUNE 16 • Have a blast at Gaslight Theatre this week at the new musical comedy “Ghostblasters.” As guessed, the storyline is a fun spin on the blockbuster “Ghostbusters” movie. A team of eccentric scientists band together to stop ghosts and spirits from infesting New York City. This play will be running into August. Details: Thursday, June 16, 7 p.m. The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E Broadway Blvd. Tickets are $27 for adults, $15 for children 2 to 12, and $25 for students, military, and seniors.
SPECIAL EVENTS SATURDAY, JUNE 18 • Adults 21 and older with a love for animal conservation are invited to Brew at the Zoo! Reid Park Zoo is hosting an Arizona brew tasting festival all throughout the Zoo. Proceeds go to supporting the Zoo’s edu-
cational programs and animal care. Local Arizona breweries like Crooked Tooth, Barrio Brewing, 1912, Bawker Bawker Cider House, and more will be available for tastings. You’ll be provided with an eco-friendly sampling cup, live music, and fun games throughout the event. Pub food vendors will also be available for purchase. Details: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday, June 18. Reid Park Zoo, 3400 Zoo Court. $50 for nonmembers, $45 for zoo members, and $25 for designated drivers. Reidparkzoo.org • On Your Left Fitness and Marana Parks and Recreation partnered up to present the #RUNMARANA Aquathlon at Oro Mae Harn Park. Three separate courses are available for participation. The first race is a free youth course for kids ages 5 to 10 with a 50-yard swim and a .6-mile run. The second course offered is a 200-yard swim and a .6-mile run. The most difficult course is a 350-yard serpentine swim and a 1.2-mile run. Details: registration ends Friday, June 17. All races are held on Saturday, June 18. The first race begins at 5:30 p.m., while the second and third begin at 6 p.m. Oro Mae Harn Park, 13250 N. Lon Adams Road. Free admission for youth race and $30 for others. maranaaz.gov.
SUNDAY, JUNE 19 • The seventh annual summer Round-Up 5K run begins at Steam Pump Ranch this
weekend. Snacks, watermelon, and a water balloon toss will be provided. Runners, walkers, and strollers are welcome to join in the summer fun! The 5K starts in the morning. Come prepared for the desert heat. Details: 6 a.m. Sunday, June 19. Steam Pump Ranch, 10901 N. Oracle Road. $25 before race day, $30 on race day. orovalleyaz.gov
ARTS • Fiber Artists of Southern Arizona (FASA) is exhibiting a collection of fiber art pieces created by 11 different artists. Artists employed a variety of techniques to create all of the artworks on display. FASA artists used photography, hand-dyeing, applique, collage, painting, printing and image transfer to create the artworks. Details: 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturdays; Tucson Botanical Gardens, 2150 North Alvernon Way; General admission $15, seniors $13, children (4-17) $8. Tucson Botanical Gardens members free. Tucsonbotanical.org
CLASSES AND PROGRAMS SATURDAY, JUNE 18 • Tohono Chul Gardens partners with the Oro Valley Children’s museum every Saturday evening to entertain children
10 and younger. This Saturday’s Nature Niños is all about creative chemistry for children. It’s about igniting imagination through creative cooking! Details: Saturday, June 18, from 6 to 8 p.m. Tohono Chul, 7366 Paseo del Norte. Free admission. tohonochul.org.
KIDS • Escape the summer heat by visiting the cold movie theater to watch ethereal animation from the minds of Hayao Miyazaki and Goro Miyazaki. The Loft is screening a summer of Studio Ghibli films every Wednesday and Saturday. These classic kid films are filled with fantasy and plots that keep you interested. Details: screenings start Wednesday, June 22, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 2 p.m. The Loft Cinema, 3233 East Speedway Boulevard. Loftcinema.org Monday, June 20 to Friday, June 24 • Children 5 to 14 can learn or flex their flag football skills at Marana’s multi-purpose field 2. Instructor Michael Owens will be teaching all levels of flag football players how to play, but most importantly, how to have fun. This one-week camp is in the middle of summer so make sure your children come with water bottles, maybe a snack, and comfy shoes. Details: 8 to 11 a.m. everyday. Multipurpose Field 2 (CRSD), 7548 N. Silverbell Road. Register at maranaaz.gov
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ucson duo Chateau Chateau are no strangers to spectacle. Even when singing about self-doubt or lost love, their songs are often packed with colorful synthesizer layers and soaring melodies. On stage, this can result in up to eight musicians, plus dancers, adorned in flamboyant costumes and wild lighting. Their “cathartic indie pop for weirdos” is on full display on Grow
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Up, their second album, which dropped on Friday, May 6. As the name implies, the album follows a theme of maturing and looking back at one’s life. But listeners might not pick up on the references to trauma or isolation right away, as they’re surrounded by shimmering guitar and soulful vocals. Even songs with titles like “I Don’t Love You Anymore” are danceable and humorous. This colorful ethos is also reflected in the musicians’ other
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work: singer Bleu Fitz works as a tattoo artist, and guitarist Alex Hamby performs as a drag queen. “The title ‘Grow Up’ was more to myself,” Fitz said. “The songs kind of tell my coming-of-age story. Most of the songs start with a theme of ‘this person hurt me’ but at the end of them, I’m my own person and can stand back up and be myself. They all talk about my formative years and trauma… And even being able to laugh at all the horrible things you went through.”
Fitz says Chateau Chateau’s style of darker lyrics over upbeat music evolved over time. She previously performed in metal bands, and darker lyrics were natural. When Chateau Chateau formed, Hamby took a lead on the music. But with this latest album, the instrumentals are written equally by Fitz and Hamby. The album drops as Chateau Chateau are fresh off their performance at South by Southwest in Austin, a music and
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culture festival famous for highlighting up-andcoming performers from around the world. Grow Up is also their first album on independent record label Kill Rock Stars, which has previously represented the likes of Elliott Smith, The Decemberists and Sleater-Kinney. Fitz and Hamby recorded the album from March to October 2021 in their home studio here in Tucson. Fitz says that on this album they had access to better equipment and more professional connections, but they were still happy to record at home. “Both of us love Tucson so much. We really try to be a part of it, like I’m always trying to go to as many local shows and events as I can,” Fitz said. “I think that lifestyle
has to affect our sound in a way. Being around it so much has become a part of our lives and our style.
layers of guitar, percussion and synthesizer. The opener “Bunny” (which happens to be one of the best songs on the album) has a strutting rhythm and playful guitar, combined with Fitz’s deep vocals that manage to sound both apathetic and animated a la Amy Winehouse. The track “Ugly” goes in more of COURTESY PHOTO an electronic pop style, There’s definitely Tucson with stuttering synthesizin our sound.” ers throughout the entire Many of their songs are playtime. But this is not to dense with instrumental take away from the lyrics’
like “Push Your Luck” and “Keep It Together.” And even the sole cover song on the album is of the ’80s hit “Voices Carry,” which is subtly about a toxic relationship. The album’s closer is a calm instrumental that Fitz describes as a “the calm after the storm,” but the title “Regression” may imply the cyclical nature of the themes discussed. “It’s about finding how to be happy with yourself and by yourself. I think for a lot of people, particularly adults, it’s a hard thing to do,” Fitz said. “So I talk about that a lot, and I think that’s one of the important things I convey.”
humanity, when Fitz sings things like “I see you’ve really declined now that I’m in my prime, I know that you’ll get what’s coming in time.” Not every song is so fully packed. Fitz says the goal for “I Don’t Love You Anymore” was to strip the sound down and just have guitar, bass, drums and vocals in more of a traditional rock sound. “But then there are other songs like ‘Bunny’ that have like 80 layers. There’s no end in sight when we’re doing it,” Fitz said. “Usually we just have to step back and listen to it a week or a month later and edit from there. We almost always delete tracks.” The songs follow the difficulties of growing up with a decidedly upbeat sound palette, but the entire album seems to have a narrative as well. There are pointed titles
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Has it really been only one month (today) since the Phoenix Suns got unceremoniously bounced from the NBA playoffs? It feels like forever since they got thrashed by the lowly Dallas Mavericks, falling behind by 40 points at halftime in a Game Seven at home before losing by “only” 12390. The pain of that ignominious defeat has faded, only to be replaced by a numb realization that the regular season was just a mirage. Best record in Suns history? So what? Best record in the NBA, guaranteeing home-court advantage throughout the playoffs? Yeah, how did that work out? I had written in a previ-
ous column that the team with the best regular-season record in the NBA goes on to win the championship less than half the time. I really didn’t think that the Suns would win the title, especially after the way they frittered away their chance last year against Milwaukee. However, no way did I think the Suns were going to go out like chumps, as they did against the onetrick pony Mavs. This was a long-term, franchise-damaging exit. I am a big fan of Mavs guard Luca Doncic. He plays max minutes at the point guard position and somehow is as big as a midsized SUV. He needs to take some of the millions of dollars that he earns and hire somebody to slap the cheeseburgers out of his hand. Meanwhile, what is to become of the Suns? AllNBA player Chris Paul’s legacy of great in the regu-
lar season/destined to fall short in the playoffs was already set in stone. Now, that stone has been encased in titanium. Guard Devin Booker is one of the best in the NBA, but he can’t do it alone. And former UA post player (and under-achiever) DeAndre Ayton is rumored to be on his way out of town to keep the Suns from having to pay him a truckload of money. Has the briefly open window closed for the Suns? Is Devin Booker just the latest version of Paul Westphal, Kevin Johnson, and Steve Nash—great guards who brought the Suns tantalizingly close to a championship, only to fall short? I hope not.
Should I try to get in touch with University of Arizona baseball coach Chip Hale? I pitched junior college baseball back in the day and I did OK. My fastball
couldn’t break glass, but I had a vast array of junk pitches. Slow curves, slower curves, sliders that didn’t really slide all that much, knuckleballs, spitballs and, when I could get away with it, Vaseline balls. And, I could throw stuff sidearm, three-quarters, over the top, seven-sixteenths, whatever. After watching the UA lose an NCAA playoff game by the score of 226, I’m thinking that the Wildcats could use my help. And it’s not just the UA. In the first-round NCAA Regional at Tennessee, the winners of the first five games all scored in double figures, with scores of 10-0, 15-8, 134, 12-7 and 16-5. Only the championship game of that bracket didn’t have a football score. No wait, 9-6 IS a football score! Elsewhere , there were scores of 17-1, 15-9, 188, 20-1, and my personal
favorite, 24-4. There’s really no surprise as to why this is happening. Top highschool pitching prospects go for the dough, taking the signing bonus and heading right to the pros. A lot of them who would have benefited from going to college will fall short in the crapshoot that is professional sports. And their decision to go pro will lead to a severe shortage of arms in college baseball. Tennessee has a guy who can throw 103 miles per hour, but I watched him pitch the other day and he got lit up. One of the home runs he gave up hasn’t landed yet. Some people have suggested shortening the college baseball season, perhaps lopping off 10 games or so, bringing the regular season down to the high 40s (number of games) from the current total that nears 60. That would certainly save some arms.
Others have suggested having college teams play seven-inning games as they do in high school (and sometimes in the major leagues). Neither of those suggestions is likely to gain much traction. But something needs to be done because college baseball is no longer baseball. It’s a video game.
Who’s up for a challenge? With long-time CDO girls basketball coach Kent Senzee no longer with the Dorados, his replacement is going to face an avalanche. Next winter, the Dorados are in the same region with perennial powerhouses Pueblo and Sahuaro, defending 4A State champion Salpointe, and Flowing Wells, which is dropping down to 4A after having reached the 5A State title game the past two years. Good luck with that.
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CANCER (June 22-July 22). Small acts of kindness are so easy for you, you might consider small acts of selfishness, which are going to feel strange but will improve your life, nonetheless. When people are subconsciously deciding how to treat you, they are taking their cues right from you. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). Your cosmic talent is strong discretion, which you use superbly on behalf of others and even more brilliantly for yourself. When you want people to know what you think, your words and actions will be clear. And when you don’t want them to know, they will never be able to read you. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Insert a few long breaks somewhere in that tight agenda. As you allow yourself to follow your whims, it might feel as though you’re loafing, loitering, listless -- but there are great, if intangible, benefits to loosening up the reins on yourself and following the clues provided by your attractions, distractions and impulses.
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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Making a decision on data alone is like buying a house sight unseen. Everything has a feel, and you don’t know until you go there. It is also not ideal to base decisions strictly on feelings and thoughts. The success of this week’s venture will have to do with a curious mix of sentiment and fact.
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