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et creative and support your local and sustainable artists this weekend at the Oro Valley Spring Arts Festival. The festival, which was downsized to an art sale last year, is returning with a full schedule of musical performances, food trucks and other fun for adults and children alike alongside displays of fashion, home goods and visual arts. The free event is from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 26, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 27, at the Oro Valley Marketplace, 12155 N. Oracle Road.
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Friends of the Pima Library Community Book Sale. Happy Spring! We all know that the reason we clean out our houses every spring is to make more room for books. This book sale has got you covered with a huge array of books from all different genres. The special theme this month is “Banned Books,” with a section showcasing books that communities—including Tucson!—have pushed to censor or ban. Here’s the pricing breakdown: Friday is regular prices (still very affordable), Saturday is 25 percent off for 55+, Sunday is half price for everyone and Monday is $10 bag day. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, March 25 to Monday, March 28. 2203 N. Country Club Road. Oro Valley Spring Festival of the Arts. Southern Arizona sure does love a good art festival. And this open-air artisan market is a good one! Come check out dozens of independently owned, small businesses and artists who make and sell home goods, fine art, fashion, food and more. There will be plenty of popup music performances and food trucks to keep you energized throughout all the browsing and shopping. This is also a really cool chance to hear directly from artists about the processes behind their work. Thank you, SAACA! 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 26 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, March 27. Oro Valley Marketplace, 12155 N. Oracle Road.
From Mourning to Dancing. This weekend True Concord presents Bach’s B-Minor Mass, which, if you didn’t know, is a Very Big Deal. There many recordings of it, because many consider it one of the best pieces of classical music ever. (Wagner called it “the most stupendous miracle in all music!”) But nothing compares to being enveloped in its sound during a live performance. This show was originally scheduled for March 2020, so it’s been a long time coming and makes a perfect closer to True Concord’s season. 7 p.m. on Friday, March 25 at Valley Presbyterian Church, 2800 S. Camino del Sol, Green Valley. 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 26 and 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 27 at Catalina Foothills High School, 4300 E. Sunrise Dr. $27 GA, $42 premium. For subscribers, $22 GA and $37 premium.
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Spring Arts Fest Continued from P1
The art festival is hosted by the Southern Arts & Cultural Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving, creating, and advancing art in Tucson. More than 45 artisans will be on site to share their art. Among the artists who will be on hand: Alix Alejandro will be sharing her unique fabric pillows inspired by the colors of the natural world. Nancy Biggins will be showcasing her bee-proof, dripfree hummingbird feeders made primarily of cooper. Karin Frye will be on site
with her fabulous eye wear line featuring bright colors and fun designs. If you bring the kids, they will be able to create their own work at a free arts and crafts section or enjoy a performance by Stephen the Spectacular, who will be performing close-up magic and illusions on both days of the event. They can also do balloon art, visit a face-painting booth or get a look at their future courtesy of Fortunetelling by Leza. The Comic Bookmobile, which will accept donations of old comics, will be parked on site for kids of all ages to enjoy games and live cartooning demonstrations.
Musical acts such as Mark Willis, Sandy Hathaway and Tucson acoustic duo Febbo & Fuentes will perform a mixture of country, R&B, folk and blues and Spanish guitar music. Food trucks will be onsite to provide quick eats like kettle corn, mini doughnuts and freshly squeezed lemonade. There will also be meals provided by Ricuras de Venezuela, Fruitshack Smoothies & Yogurt, and Jackie’s Food Court. Sign up online if you want to join the volunteer team that makes the event possible. You can find more indepth information about each artist and musician performing on the website at saaca.org.
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Climate: ‘There’s this multi-pronged approach we need’ Continued from P1
Carolyn Enquist, an adjunct faculty member with the UA’s School of Natural Resources and the Environment, is a lead author for the North America chapter of the report. Her work focuses on climate change’s impact on ecosystems and adaptation. Enquist said the goal of the report is not to conduct new research, but to provide an update and expert assessment of new information available since the last report. “In terms of impact, our work focused on the rapid transformation of ecosystems. We’re seeing die-back and loss of regeneration in some places, like forests. What has really accelerated are these large, high-severity wildfires that have accelerated the transformation of ecosystems that were already underway,” Enquist said. “Last report, we saw numerous mortality events in our forests linked to drought stress, pests and pathogens overwhelming species’ innate capacity to adapt. And this time, we’re seeing that, with these wildfires, particularly in the Western U.S. and Western Canada.” The report states with high confidence that in the Sonoran Desert, there will be further reduced vegetation and rainfall alongside increased temperatures and wildfires.
For instance, Enquist said 2020’s Bighorn Fire was an example of these dangerous changes coming together. The Bighorn Fire burned more than 100,000 acres across the Catalina Mountains, fueled by drought, invasive grasses and build-up of fuels from fire suppression. “It’s really unprecedented in some ways. These extreme fires are not what we’re prepared to fight, so it puts a lot of lives, property and ecosystems at risk,” Enquist said. “So you have this vicious circle that we’re seeing now, with multiple synergistic events that really challenge our ability to adapt effectively. So we’re looking at adaptation in conjunction with mitigation. We need the two, because we can only adapt so much to climate change that is already in the system. There’s this multi-pronged approach we need.” The report also states that climate change impacts and risks are becoming increasingly complex and more difficult to manage. Multiple climate hazards will occur simultaneously, and multiple risks will interact, resulting in compounding overall risk and risks cascading across sectors and regions. The 3,000+ page report discusses much more than the blunt facts of increased temperatures and environmental stress. Chapters also cover the changing culture around
climate action, the inequality of climate change impacts, developing human systems for a more resilient climate and more. “What we really found was that the federal government started to step back, and the cities have really stepped up. There’s lots of action and activity in cities across North America, leading the charge on climate adaptation in recent years,” Enquist said. “This report also finally acknowledged the contribution of Indigenous knowledge to climate adaptation, and what we as Western scientists can learn and share with our Indigenous partners… We have such a rich cultural heritage in the Southwest with Indigenous knowledge, and we need to bring all our tools, not only for survival, but to thrive.” UA Regents Professor in the School of Geography, Development and Environment Diana Liverman served as a review editor for the report’s final chapter on climate resilience development. “This report confirms that even at the 1.1 degrees Celsius (2 degrees Fahrenheit) global warming already observed, we are seeing dangerous impacts on lives and ecosystems, with increasing losses of life and species projected if we continue to heat the planet,” Liverman said in a prepared statement. “These impacts are
exacerbated by poverty, land use change and oppressions that make many people and places more vulnerable.” Anthropogenic climate change remains a needlessly political topic in the face of evidence. According to the World Meteorological Organization, the warmest six years on record have all been since 2015, with 2016, 2019 and 2020 being the top three. NASA, the American Chemical Society, the American Medical Association, the Geological Society of America and many more agree that “human activities are the primary cause of the observed climate-warming trend over the past century.” “The jury is no longer out on the human role in climate change,” Enquist said. “Our conclusion was that we need all hands on deck and we need to be moving from an incremental approach to adaptation, to something that looks more transitional, that we can do faster and more efficiently. Individuals play a role, but governments absolutely do. People do have power to affect what’s going on around them. Numbers can make a difference. We should all be working together as North Americans and bringing different things to the table. No one entity can do it alone.” For more information, visit ipcc.ch
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MARANA POLICE DONATE $17K TO SCHOOL DISTRICT The Marana Police Department partnered with the Marana Police Volunteer Foundation to present a check of $17,588 to Marana Unified School District’s Success of Student’s (S.O.S.) Fund on Feb 28th. The District’s S.O.S. fund was created to support Marana students who may need financial assistance to afford items that help them progress in school. Anything from backpacks, school lunches, personal hygiene products, caps, gowns, class fees, and even shoes can be covered by the fund. The Marana Police Volunteer Foundation sponsored the 6th First Responders Golf Tournament to provide the Marana Police Department first responders with a “day away from the office”. Although unexpected, the extra profits made from the golf tournament were set aside to go back to the
Marana community. The extra profit of $17,588 from the golf tournament was donated to the S.O.S Fund. “The Youth Education Supporters in coordination with the Marana Unified School District appreciate the work and time of these volunteers organizing the tournament and raising a significant amount of money for these students,” Patricia Johnson, a member of Youth Education Supporters wrote in a press release. Johnson also wrote that historical MUSD data shows 47% of students are on free or reduced breakfast and lunches. The S.O.S. fund assists with the costs of meals for students. To donate to the S.O.S. fund in person or mail a check or money order, go to MUSD Student Services, 7651 N. Oldfather Road, Tucson, AZ 85741. The donation is payable to Marana Unified School District —S.O.S Fund.
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rab your kids and head to the reopening of the James D. Kriegh Park playground this Thursday, March 24. Mayor Joe Winfield and council members will host a ribbon cutting from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at 23 W. Calle Concordia to
gle gym, slides, swings, climbing structures and interactive music structures. The playground meets Americans with Disabilities Act standards and has a seating area for adults to keep an eye on their kids. After the ribbon cutting, the community is encouraged to enjoy the new playground installments.
celebrate the renovated playground. After being shut down in early February, the JDK park is reopening with new equipment and features. The town’s Parks and Recreation Master Plan, implemented in 2020, recognized a need to replace equipment at JDK park that was more than 20 years old. The new improvements include a jun-
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Keeping Oro Valley Beautiful: Citizen Reporting Lindsay Kerr
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hose who live and recreate in Oro Valley know how refreshing springtime is. The cooler mornings and evenings with warmer afternoons create pleasant conditions to walk, run or bike along the multi-use paths, play with your pets at the park, tee up at a local golf course, or take a drive
around town to visit your favorite restaurants and shops. Town staff takes great pride in maintaining our roads, sidewalks, trails and parks; it’s one of the many things that make Oro Valley a community of excellence. That’s why coming across the occasional dog waste, overgrown brush, litter or potholes can be distracting. Not only are each of these unpleasant to the eye, but they can also cre-
ate safety hazards. Dog waste can contain harmful organisms that can be transmitted to other pets or people, and overgrown brush can obscure traffic, creating unsafe driving conditions. Oro Valley staff works around the clock to address these types of issues in a timely and thorough manner. Sometimes those issues are quickly addressed because a citizen took the time to let us know they had a con-
cern. We would greatly appreciate your ongoing assistance in being the eyes and ears of our community. If you see something that needs to be addressed, let the Town of Oro Valley know! Citizens can report issues year-round. The reporting process is simple. Just go to orovalleyaz.gov and click on the blue button that says “Report an issue.” From there, scroll down to view the various reporting options, depending on the nature of your concern, such as reporting a spill, a code violation, a safety concern, debris in a wash or anything else you would like to bring to the Town’s attention. Please make sure you have the specific location of the issue (address or cross streets), and pictures of the problem (if possible). The issue will be reviewed by Town staff and a determination will be made. Although the website is the most efficient way to report an issue, you can also notify us by phone, email or in-person. Even though staff does a great job staying on top of things, we can all do our part to help keep Oro Valley beautiful. One way
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to do that is by picking up after your dog. While it’s uncommon to enforce, did you know that failing to remove animal waste can be a civil infraction according to Town Code? Picking up dog waste isn’t just a common courtesy to our neighbors, it’s the healthy and responsible thing to do. Another way to keep Oro Valley beautiful is to make sure you properly dispose of trash. There are trash cans at all of Oro Valley’s parks and along the multi-use paths for your convenience. Reporting an issue directly to the Town, as well as picking up after yourself and your pooch all fall under things we can do as individuals, but there are more ways to volunteer with the Keep OV Beautiful program. The Town of Oro Valley offers single-day volunteer clean-up events designed to accommodate
large or small groups. For individuals and families looking for a long-term clean-up commitment, consider Adopting-A-Road or Trail. The Adopt-A-Programs allow volunteers to pick a stretch of road or trail to clean for two years. Learn more about the Keep OV Beautiful program by visiting orovalleyaz.gov and type KEEP OV BEAUTIFUL in the search bar. The Town’s motto is “It’s in our nature,” and that rings true when citizens take the time to report issues or pick up trash and pet waste, keeping Oro Valley the community of excellence that it is. No matter the season, it’s in our nature to keep Oro Valley beautiful. Lindsay Kerr is the Public Information Officer for the Town of Oro Valley.
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THEATER FRIDAY TO SUNDAY THROUGH MARCH 27
• Catch a performance of the Tony Award-winning musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch presented by Arizona Onstage. Details: 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday; Temple of Music and Art Cabaret Space, 330 S. Scott Ave.; $20-$25; arizonaonstage.org.
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• Catch a performance of a new work about the first “manned” mission to Mars Passage as the crew meets an unexpected cosmological body and must come to terms with mortality for a chance at survival. Details: 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, March 20; 3 p.m. Sunday, March 27; Arizona Rose Theatre, 4500 N. Oracle Road, Suite 329; $20; 520-888-0509 or arizonarosetheatre.com.
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• Catch a performance of the Broadway in Tucson production of Tootsie with a critic’s pick award-winning musical that will have you rolling in the aisles with laughter. Details: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, 1 and 6:30 p.m. Sunday; UA Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd.; $25-$125; broadwayintucson.com or ticketmaster.com.
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
• Laugh out loud with actor/ comedian/writer Tom Segura: I’m Coming Everywhere
Tour. Details: 7 p.m.; Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave.; $30-$85; ticketmaster.com.
MUSIC WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
• Experience a fresh take guaranteed to have you singing your heart out at Forever Everly - A Tribute to The Everly Brothers. Details: 7:30 p.m.; DesertView Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. Clubhouse Drive; $30; dvpac.net.
THURSDAY, MARCH 24
• Enjoy the music of one of the all-time great music supergroups, with the Gaslight Music Hall celebrating The Traveling Wilburys. Gaslight favorites Mike Hebert, Derek Norman, Todd Thompson, and Mike Yarema are performing the music of the Traveling Wilburys, along with a mix of the solo hits of Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and George Harrison. 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road #165; $27; gaslightmusichall.com • Singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer extraordinaire Chuck Prophet performs live outdoors at the Hotel Congress Plaza stage. If the best parts of your classic British Invasion, 50s country, 60s pop, and pure rock ’n’ roll records could be transformed into a person, they might look and sound a lot like Chuck Prophet. 7 p.m. Hotel Congress Plaza, 311 E. Congress St. $17. Hotelcongress.com
FRIDAY, MARCH 25
• Local jazz pianist and singer Rachel Eckroth performs with Tim Lefebvre on bass and Gary
Novak on drums to cover the music of Duke Ellington’s “Money Jungle.” The performance is at Hotel Congress’ new jazz club, The Century Room. The trio is performing two sets this night, one at 7 p.m. and one at 9 p.m. The Century Room, 311 E. Congress St. $15 in advance and $18 at the door. There is a one item minimum for all guests in the showroom. Hotelcongress. com
SATURDAY, MARCH 26
• The award-winning brass band The LoBros are playing at the Gaslight Music Hall. They are performing another Horn Band Legends Tribute Show where they’re playing all the hits from legendary acts such as: Chicago, Earth Wind and Fire, Stevie Wonder and more. 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road #165; $27; gaslightmusichall.com
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
• Relive the music of the ‘60s folk group Peter, Paul and Mary at the Gaslight Music Hall’s MacDougal Street West, A Peter Paul and Mary Experience. MacDougal Street West is a four-piece cover band that helps you recall the magic and experience the acoustic music and harmonies of Peter, Paul and Mary that changed the world. 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road #165; $27; gaslightmusichall.com
SPECIAL EVENTS SATURDAY, MARCH 26
THROUGH SUNDAY, MARCH 27
• The Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance is hosting one of its largest events of the year: the Oro Valley Spring Festival of the Arts. The two-day outdoor artisan market in Oro Valley showcases some of the Southwest’s finest artisans in fashion, food, home goods, painting, and visual arts. In addition, pop up music performances and food trucks will be onsite for attendees to enjoy. Shop with the makers themselves, and learn how they make their unique works of art. Support small, local and sustainable. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. At the Oro Valley Marketplace, 12155 N. Oracle Road. saaca.org/orovalleyspringfestivalofthearts.html • See the Artists for Conservation at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. This 2021 exhibit is on tour from Vancouver, Canada. Artists for Conservation’s annual exhibit is the world’s top conservation-themed art show and has become one of the most highly anticipated annual events among the nature-inspired art genres. The goal of the exhibit is to support conservation through art sales and education, showcase the extraordinary pool of artistic talent within AFC; and share the nature-inspired art genre with new audiences. Noon to 5 p.m. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. 2021 N. Kinney Road. www.desertmuseum. org/arts/
SUNDAY, MARCH 27
• Enjoy a special Italian Wine Dinner at downtown’s Maynards Market & Kitchen. This five-course artisan dinner comes paired with wines hand selected by Maynards wine director. Foods include potato gnocchi, chicken milanese, prosecco granita and calabrian chili. Wines include 2018 Scarpetta Pinot Grigio, 17 Scaia Garganega/Chardonnay, and 2014 Baracchi Trebbiano Millesima Brut. 7 p.m. $100, plus tax and gratuity. Maynards Market and Kitchen, 400 N. Toole Ave.
CLASSES & PROGRAMS WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23
• Learn about a unique medium at Botanical Art in
Watercolor: Herbs at an online Tucson Botanical Gardens class with illustrator Adela Antoinette. Details: 5:30-7 p.m.; Zoom link provided; $30, discount for members; tucsonbotanical.org.
THURSDAYS THROUGH APR. 7
• Explore the origins of minerals, the stories they tell and the future of critical minerals in society at the University of Arizona College of Science Lecture Series with this week’s presentation on Gems and Planetary Evolution by Ananya Mallik. Details: 7 p.m.; UA Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd.; or livestreamed on the College of Science’s YouTube channel; free; science. arizona.edu.
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RIP Tony Burgess: Helped shape Biosphere 2 Ford Burkhart
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ony Burgess’s world was one of fungi, flowers, saguaros and century plants. He left a legacy of ideas for saving them and the rest of desert life, stretching from his research at the Desert Laboratory west of downtown to helping design Biosphere 2. As a scholar in rainbow-colored suspenders, he was known as a friend to the Sonoran Desert’s packrats, lizards, button cacti and agaves, seasonal grasses and meadows of poppies.
As a UA student, his friends were the sort who kept snakes or turtles in their dorm rooms. He was at home in Tucson circles where guitars and banjos appeared along with his accordion, and his tenor voice singing “The West Texas Waltz.” He died January 21 at 73, after a long battle with multiple cancers brought on by Agent Orange exposure during U.S. Army service in Vietnam. Burgess was born in Fort Worth, which played a key role in his career. In 1983, he helped design the rooftop of the landmark Caravan of Dreams arts
center in the city’s historic downtown, financed by oil heir Ed Bass. It featured an interpretive garden of succulents under a Buckminster Fuller geodesic dome, with a dramatic terrace garden of giant yuccas. In 1984, a spin-off organization, the Institute of Ecotechnics, including Bass, purchased a ranch in Oracle, Arizona, for a sealed microcosm model of Earth’s complexity, anticipating space travel and Mars settlement. Burgess helped envision the project, along with top scientists from NASA, the Jet Propulsion Lab and the UA’s Environmental
Research Lab. The venture became Biosphere 2. It aimed to mimic Earth, seen as Biosphere 1. Into the 1990s, his work with Space Biospheres Ventures led to creation of several “biomes”—zones with certain creatures, soil and climate—within the glass dome of Biosphere 2. Its biomes included a rainforest, ocean and coral reef, mangrove wetland, desert, and agriculture. Burgess, as site naturalist and biome management coordinator, led expeditions into Sonora, Baja California and Florida, collecting seeds, soil samples and plant materials for the simulated biomes.
Columbia University took over in 1998, and built a campus for 300 students. Burgess, by then on the faculty of the Columbia’s Biosphere 2 Center, helped design its landmark Earth Semester course. In 2003, the UA began running Biosphere 2. Back in 1966, Tony had left Texas to study biology at the UA and fell in love with the Sonoran Desert plants and wildlife. He was curator of the UA mammalogy collection in the Biology Department, managing the “bug room” where the flesh-eating beetles known as dermestids nibbled carcasses of dead specimens down to bones and teeth to be used for study or display. After Vietnam, he
Tony Burgess portrait by Ann Mayo in 2013
went to Texas Tech for a master’s in ecological sciences, specializing in agaves and other flora of the Guadalupe Mountains. There he discovered an unknown-to-science composite flower on the salt flats west of the Guadalupes, later named for him as Lepidospartum burgessii, the Burgess broomscale.
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Burgess was born June 5, 1948, in Fort Worth, son of John Jarvis Burgess, co-founder of the Carter & Burgess Inc. engineering firm. His love of nature started early on his grandfather’s ranch near Azle, Texas, and from exploring the creeks, woods and prairie of the Trinity River drainage around Fort Worth. In 1979 in Tucson he married Martha Hyde Ames, a dendrochronologist, ethnobotanist and desert educator who founded the outdoor expedition program at Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Tony joined in as field instructor on expeditions into the desert. They were married for 20 years. Burgess was a botanist with the U.S. Geological Survey at its Water Resources Division Ecohydrology Project for 14 years, working in its office on Tumamoc Hill, adjacent to the Desert Laboratory. Along the way, Burgess earned a PhD from the UA in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. He co-wrote the classic “Sonoran Desert Plants: An Ecological Atlas” (UA Press, 1995) with Raymond Turner and Janice Bowers. He was program coordinator at the Desert Laboratory, working with top scientists including Paul S. Martin, Thomas Van Devender and Julio Betancourt. His published research documented saguaro growth, invasive species, climate impact
and desert grasslands. Around 1990, Tony was asked to guide a group of international desert ecologists, including some from China and Russia, on a whirlwind tour of the Four Deserts of North America. This trip with “Desert Rat Tony,” is reported in author Gary Nabhan’s book “The Nature of Desert Nature” (UA Press, 2021). In 1991 Burgess went to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia with a Friends of the Earth team to document Gulf War ecological damages. At Tucson’s Mission Garden, Burgess helped plan native garden plots. A velvet mesquite tree there is now dedicated to his memory. Burgess was as a controversial yet beloved professor of ecological systems at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, from 2004 to 2013. Upon retirement, Burgess moved to Homer, Alaska, to be with his son, Beau, and to take up volunteer work in the boreal ecosystem, advising gardeners, farmers and conservationists about resilient planting for climate change that is happening extremely fast in high latitudes. “Tony Burgess’ guiding principle was inhabitation,” said Martha Burgess, “to understand every facet of how we, as individuals and as communities, might live truly sustainably in deserts.” Ever the environmentalist, Burgess’ last wish was that his body be composted. And it was.
EXTRA POINT SPORTS WITH TOM DANEHY &RECREATION It’s a glorious spring for high-school sports Tom Danehy
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e’re in the middle of the three most exciting weeks in the sports calendar. No, it’s not the NFL playoffs, which are sometimes yawn-inducing. And it’s definitely not the baseball playoffs, which are coma-inducing. (Hey, let’s stay up all night and watch a four-hour baseball game with 19 pitching changes and 29 total strikeouts). No, it’s March Madness, the craziest, most-unpredictable spectacle in all of sports. But while we basketball-mad Tucsonans are obviously digging the NCAA Tournaments, there are other things for local sports fans to be checking out. Most of the local schools will be coming out of spring break this week (Flowing Wells is the exception as this week is their spring break) and local teams will be gearing up for, in not heading into, crucial divisional play with an eye toward the postseason. Here’s a brief look at the local leaders in the various spring sports. • Girls’ Softball: Canyon Del Oro, coached by the legendary Kelly Fowler, exploded out of the gate in softball. The Dorados won their first seven games by a combined score of 82-9 and have a decent shot at win-
ning all six games over the next couple weeks heading into their showdown with Salpointe on April 6. • Boys’ Volleyball: There is a logjam atop the 5A Southern Division, with four teams—Marana, Ironwood Ridge, Flowing Wells and Cienega—holding a combined record of 12-1 as regular-season play resumes. Marana is in the Mountain View Tournament this week before getting back into regular-season action next week. In the second week of April, the Tigers face Flowing Wells, Ironwood Ridge and Sierra Vista Buena (which is currently 3-1) on backto-back-to-back nights. That could go a long way to determining the division champion. • Girls’ Tennis: The Amphi girls’ tennis team (which, full disclosure, I coach) is undefeated coming out of spring break. That may not seem like much, but consider this: From 2017-21, the Panthers had a combined record of 7-48. Because of the pandemic, last year’s team only had two players—Leilani Ioane and Mi Meh. Those two players often won their respective singles matches and combined for a double victory, but the squad would then forfeit the rest of their matches and lose the overall match. This year, with the addition of sophomores Teriza Sengal
and Shanise Bustmante (who are a combined 5-1), the Panthers are heading in the right direction and may even challenge for the Division II Section VIII title. Amphi hosts CDO tomorrow. The Dorados are also undefeated and should challenge Catalina Foothills and Salpointe for the Division II Section VII title. Amphi’s Ioane is one of the top singles players in all of Southern Arizona and her singles match against CDO’s All-State performer Tiffany Luu should be an instant classic. • Boys’ Baseball: Canyon Del Oro got off to a blazing start, going 9-1 into the break. But then, a funny thing happened. They lost four straight games in a tournament during the break, three to teams from Phoenix and one to a Colorado team. They’re hoping to get back in their winning ways this week with home games against Sunnyside and Sahuarita and a road game at Nogales. • Girls’ Beach Volleyball: Marana Mountain View’s squad is a perfect 3-0 coming out of spring break, but that record is enough to give a coach a couple sleepless nights. The Mountain Lions opened their season with a 4-1 win over Tempe McClintock, with one of the wins coming in three sets. They then won consecutive matches by identical 3-2 scores over Cienega and Amphi. In both match-
es, it came down to the final match of the day and both were decided in Mountain View’s favor in three sets. After having faced undefeated Corona Del Sol last night, the Mountain Lions will today take on Salpointe, which, for completely unfathomable reasons, is playing in Division II. • Boys’ Tennis: Ironwood Ridge and Marana are poised to battle it out for Northwest supremacy. They met at Ironwood Ridge a couple weeks ago with Marana coming away with a razor-thin 5-4 victory. The Nighthawks are led by senior Jacob Goldman, who is undefeated in singles and doubles so far this season. (His younger sister, freshman Sarah Goldman, is also undefeated on the season.) • Track and Field: Several Northwest athletes have shown their stuff so far this season and many of them could end up competing for individual State titles in May. One of the top performances so far was put in by the Ironwood Ridge girls’ 4 X 100 relay team of Victoria Lopez, Alenzia Frederick, Lily Mattox and Katelyn Aych. Their time of 50.13 is the second-fastest in the State so far this season. Many local athletes will be looking to hit State-qualifying marks at the Southern Arizona Championships at Mountain View on April 23.
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Craig Green Band traverse Tucson and personal stories on ‘Southland’ Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media
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t doesn’t take a lifelong Tucsonan to fully appreciate and understand the Sonoran Desert—20 years should do that just fine. On the new album “Southland,” the Craig Green Band explores the views, people and stories of Tucson through country and rock. “Southland” is the seventh album Green has released, and contains the largest scope of any project, with dense instrumentals and guest musicians from multiple local songwriter circles. The Craig Green Band is hosting an album release party at Monterey Court Studios on Friday, March 25. Despite the album’s title, geography never takes a front seat on “Southland.” Green explains that his songs are always driven by his own experiences, and often focus on relationships and indi-
viduals. However, songs like “Driftwood,” “Pinetop” and “Hermosillo” are rich with borderlands influence and imagery, helping flesh out the world of “Southland.” Craig Green Band’s last album, “Flyboy Serenade,” released in 2019 and it’s safe to say much has changed since then. For the band, this resulted in a larger lineup and more intricate songwriting than previous records. “Flyboy Serenade was a simpler record in a lot of ways, and this record just has a lot more going on. There’s more orchestration to the songs, and it’s more ambitious instrumentally, and there’s more musicians involved,” said Green, who explains that “Southland” may have released a year earlier if not for the pandemic. “I couldn’t do a big album release at the time, and it took the wind out of my sails to do a quiet release. Because I love the process, as a celebration of finishing a record.
It makes sense to me to have a party.” Aside from Green on vocals and rhythm guitar, Southland features Rachel Okpisz on vocals, Chris Allison on lead guitar, Stefan Jöckel on bass, T Greg Squires on drums and multi-instrumentalist Mike Sadler. There are also a handful of local guest musicians featured on individual tracks. Green says the band has gradually grown over the years, and this naturally led to a fuller sound and more complex instrumentals. A shift from his roots, the songs on “Southland” now feature warm layers of guitar, Hammond organ, banjo, trumpet, lap steel and more. But perhaps the most important change from his earlier albums are Green’s vocal exchanges with Okpisz, present on nearly every song. “She and I developed a special chemistry on the last record. She’s a crucial part
of the band and such a great singer,” Green said. “We’ve gotten to where live, we’ll have seven or eight people up there, and that’s always fun to be a kind of wall of sound. So we’ve definitely grown in that direction over time.” Although “Southland” is mostly filled with energetic country rock ballads, there’s enough change to keep it from being homogenous. The song “Madness” is an optimistic look at the pandemic, “Atlantic City” is a Bruce Springsteen cover, and “Hermosillo” blooms with sudden horns. “I do love Tucson so much, and can’t imagine living anywhere else now. The record’s definitely got a lot of references to my life here. The record is reflective of our experiences here. Except for Rachel, we’re all from elsewhere, which I guess is not atypical. But we’ve all embraced this place,” Green said. “The imagery of this
area is certainly reflected. Everything we experience here in Southern Arizona and into Mexico has an impact. But hearing local bands has definitely influenced me. People like Joe Peña and Stefan George show how talented folks here can be.” One of the album’s standouts, “Lit the Gasoline,” is a ballad filled with personal visions of rosaries, car crashes and cliffs, which Green explains is about a breakup. “At this point, all my songs are my experiences,” Green said. “And this song is about the two sides of a breakup, how each party feels slighted and upset. So that’s why the verses trade off, to share their own perspective. And it’s not assigning right or wrong to any party, but just showing how each party feels their own way.” Craig Green Band will celebrate the album’s release at Monterey Court Studios and Café, a music venue
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with a strong community of local blues, rock and country acts. Green and his band are regular performers at Monterey Court, and he says the associated bands often support and inspire each other. “We’ve had so many great shows with people over there, and they were especially helpful during the pandemic being an outdoor venue,” Green said. “We all go so well together and collaborate. There’s a lot of cross-pollination that happens.”
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Marvin Lyle Bates, 83, passed away March 14, 2022 in No. Ogden, UT. He was born August 18, 1938 in Driggs, ID to Ernest George Bates and Sarah Louise Butler. Marvin served in the Army National Guard and attended Guadalajara Medical School in Mexico where he earned his medical degree. He practiced medicine in Williams, AZ. Marvin married Shirley Green on May 24, 1962 in the Salt Lake Temple. He was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served as Bishop, in the High Council and as a Medical Director in the Asia Area Mission. He enjoyed hunting, golfing, wood working, skiing, and the outdoors. Marvin’s life was dedicated to service and was devoted to his wife and family. He is survived by his children Krista, Jeff (Lanette) and Brian (Rana); ten grandchildren and four great grandchildren; siblings Gwenith, Darold, Twila and Carol. He is preceded in death by his wife, parents, son-in-law David, siblings Hyrum, Leonora, Merill, June, Orrin, Irvin, Neva, Steven, Velda, Wanda, Laura, and Cloyd. Funeral Services will be Friday, March 18, 2022, 2:00 pm at North Ogden 12th Ward, 1791 N. 600 E, No. Ogden, UT. A viewing will be held prior to services from 12:45 – 1:45 pm. Interment will be Saturday, March 18, 2022, 1:00 pm at Wilford Cemetery, 2540 E. 225 N. Rd, St Anthony, ID. Marvin’s services will be livestreamed. To watch scroll to the bottom of his obituary at www.myers-mortuary.com at 2:00 pm on Friday, March 18, 2022. If unable to watch at this time the services will be on the website indefinitely. Services entrusted to Myers Mortuary, 845 Washington Blvd., Ogden, UT.
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