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Desert To-Dos

Mischief Night at Valley of the Moon. We all know and love Halloween, but do you know about Mischief Night? It’s a night where ordinarily well-behaved folks stir up some trouble – most famously in 1938, when a radio program broadcast H.G. Wells’ “War of the Worlds” like it was a live news broadcast. People panicked, the radio station apologized, no humans were abducted by aliens, and now it gives us a good laugh. At Valley of the Moon, they’re celebrating with some special showings of their current show, Haunted Ruins and the Polka Dot Hex. Shows start every 20 minutes from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30. Valley of the Moon, 2544 E. AlHalloween Festival len Road. Bring a group and Crafts Fair. The of 20 for $145, or $130 for theme of this festival members. over at the Tuxon Hotel is Diagon Alley, which Halloween at the Loft. should be enough to perk John Carpenter’s “Halup the ears of even casual loween” (1978) is one Harry Potter fans. (Olli- of the most successful vander’s, anyone? How independent films ever about Flourish and Blots made, and it’s got all the or Gringotts Wizarding hallmarks of a 70s horror: Bank?) With live bands, dumb teenagers, an omia car show, costume con- nous soundtrack and lots tests, and jugglers, this of stabbing! The Loft is event offers plenty to do doing its best to keep all and see to get you ready the spookiness on screen for Halloween. 3 to 10 by requiring all guests to p.m. Friday, Oct. 29. 10 show proof of full vaca.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, cination or a negative Oct. 30. The Tuxon, 960 COVID test, and also to S. Freeway. wear masks. Michael MySouthern Arizona Transportation Museum Halloween Party. Everybody loves some good free family fun, but it’s increasingly hard to come by one event with all three parts these days. Free with your family? Probably not that fun. With your family having fun? No way that’s free. But there is a way! A way where even parking is free! Just head on over to the Transportation Museum this Saturday for some games, candy and midday fun. There’s a costume contest at noon, plus a fun farm choochoo. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 30. Southern Arizona Transportation Museum, 414 N. Toole Ave.

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ers’ victims might not be safe, but you will be! 10 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29 and Saturday, Oct. 30. Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Blvd. $8, or $6 for members. Mujeres Nourishing Fronterizx Bodies: Resistance in the Time of COVID-19. Have you seen this exhibit over at the Museum of Contemporary Art yet? This multiyear project, in the artists’ words, “explores food security, self-representation, and self-determination through a series of new works that examine what it means to nourish brown bodies alongside the U.S./Mexico border during a global pandemic.” It documents the work of a collective of women who tend to a communal garden, make clothing, raise livestock and even construct adobe bricks. See their story through photography, prints and film in this exhibit, on display through Jan. 30. MOCA, 265 S. Church Ave. Hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m Thursday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sundays. $7 adults, $4 students and seniors.

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Pandemic changed how agency approaches domestic violence prevention By Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

n recognition of Domestic Violence Awareness Month and a rise in domestic violence during COVID-19 outbreak, the Emerge! Center Against Domestic Abuse is asking Pima County residents to join in their educational campaigns and Stuff-theBus events. The nonprofit organization assists victims of domestic violence—whether women or men—by finding them shelter, providing crisis intervention and teaching safety planning. These services continued during the pandemic, but Emerge! had to adjust quickly to continue providing them to people experiencing domestic violence, which increased in some households because

families were struggling with stay-at-home recommendations, school closures and other aspects of the pandemic. “We had to review and revise all of our policies and procedures very quickly, to make sure that we were responding in a way that maximized participant safety and staff safety,” said Lauryn Bianco, Emerge! vice president of operations and philanthropy. Bianco said the organization had to change everything about delivering services. Hotline employees needed to take their phones home with them and set up a secure line. In-person appointments became Zoom meetings and Emerge! had to close its shelter. In order to accommodate families that needed to be relocated for protection, Emerge! managed to

rehouse families in different places. This led to a surprising realization. “During the pandemic, we were able to provide services in independent spaces for families, and we learned that actually mitigated a lot of different trauma that families experienced when they came into our shelter,” Bianco said. The current shelter usually places families together, which is why the shelter had to be closed when COVID hit Arizona. Officials are finding that housing families separately helps start the healing process for survivors more quickly than shared housing. While there is no quick process to healing trauma, separate housing got extremely positive feedback from their clients. After seeing how well clients reacted to independent housing units, Emerge! began asking for funding from local governments to build a bigger shelter. “Any expansion of shelter capacity is necessary now, not just for Emerge!, but for all of the social service

agencies that we’re dealing with,” Tucson City Councilmember Steve Kozachik said. The City of Tucson has been asked to match a $1 million contribution to the agency by the Pima County Board of Supervisors toward more shelter facilities for Emerge!, although officials with the agency are not yet discussing many details with the media. “Their clients are vulnerable to the abusive partner finding them and continuing the abuse, so they’re very protective of their client’s privacy,” Kozachik explained. “The other thing is that there are children involved.” Emerge! officials said they would speak publicly about the expansion as soon as plans have been finalized. In the meantime, Bianco asks everyone to participate in Domestic Violence Awareness Month throughout October. Emerge! is hosting an educational campaign on domestic violence preven-

tion in October along with charity drives to engage the community in helping survivors. “Prevention efforts can really look like educating yourself about the root causes of domestic abuse, not just the warning signs and the red flags,” Bianco explained. “We really want people to dig into understanding why abuse even exists in our culture, and in our community.” Emerge! has made it its mission in the last few years to train employees on normal job duties while also doing extra training on racial disparities and social dynamics that may affect their clients. “Since 2015, we’ve really gone down the journey of becoming an anti-racist organization,” Bianco said. Emerge! is also uploading videos to its website showcasing the personal experiences of employees who continued to provide services to clients during the pandemic. Bianco said the nonprofit is extremely grateful to the employ-

ees who came in every day trying to find services for their clients during the pandemic. Tucson residents can help out by donating supplies at the nonprofit’s Stuffthe-Bus event. The public is asked to donate new items that would help a survivor and their children start over at a new home (think toiletries, clothes, reusable water bottles, kitchen supplies and linens). A full list of possible items is available on the Emerge! website under the DVAM tab. Northwest residents can bring items to Stuff-the-Bus at the Oro Valley Walmart, 2150 E. Tangerine Road, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct 29. Emerge is also hosting a virtual Stuffthe-Bus through their website. Amazon Smile allows you to buy a product from their wishlist and send it to Emerge’s administration office. You can also show your support for domestic violence survivors by wearing purple on Oct. 21. Bianco said the event is a symbolic acknowledgment of domestic violence as an issue that does not just affect women. People of all demographics can experience domestic violence. Visit the Emerge! website for information on domestic violence prevention and how you can participate in Domestic Violence Awareness Month at emergecenter.org.

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Halloween Dangers

Halloween is the single deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians By Marc Lamber

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ccording to AAA and the NHTSA, Halloween is the single deadliest day of the year for child pedestrians. They are three times more likely to be struck and killed on Halloween than on any other day. Contributing factors include kids on the roads, costumes that do not reflect light, distracted driving, impaired driving and inadequate supervision, among other factors. As a public safety advo-

cate and personal injury attorney for 30+ years at Fennemore, I am too familiar with tragedies that result when parents, children, Halloween revelers and other drivers are not prepared for the unexpected on Halloween. Some years ago, my wife and I were taking our two boys out to trick-or-treat in our neighborhood. We were walking in a pack crossing the street around a blind curve. It was a small, neighborhood street. As we were crossing, we heard the loud rumble of an engine.

We quickly moved to a secure place on the sidewalk. As we did, a teenager in our neighborhood sped by in a hotrod, never seeing us. The lesson we learned is that the other guy will do something dangerous. It’s up to you and your children to be prepared for that. Just like we are told to drive defensively, on Halloween, and frankly anytime, we should be “defensive pedestrians.” I think that parents should be hyper-vigilant about creating a safe environment for their kids if

they want to trick or treat. That includes dressing kids in light-colored, reflective and flame-retardant costumes that do not obstruct their vision. At the same time, children under 12 should be carefully supervised and be taught never to enter a stranger’s home or garage. According to Autoinsurance.org, Halloweens result in an average 14% rise in fatal car crashes, regardless of what night the holiday falls. Here are some tips for those who need to drive on Halloween that will help

keep vulnerable, trick or treating children safe: • Slow down in residential neighborhoods and obey all traffic signs and signals. Drive at least 5 mph below the posted speed limit to give yourself extra time to react to children who may dart into the street. Drive even slower than that if confronted by snow-covered or icy streets from recent winter storms. • Look for children crossing the street. They may not be paying attention to traffic and may cross the street mid-block or be-

tween parked cars. • Carefully enter and exit driveways and alleys. • Turn your headlights on to make yourself more visible—even in the daylight. • Broaden your scanning by looking for children left and right into yards and on front porches. • Never drive impaired. Never text and drive. • If you have been drinking, or using marijuana or taking prescription medications, do not get behind the Continued on P6

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TMA welcomes the community back with Howl By Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

saw the best minds of my generation trapped indoors, quarantining and away from museums. But those days are coming to an end as venues reopen and community events fill downtown Tucson. Although the Tucson Museum of Art has held some events since reopening, their upcoming Howl at the Museum will be their largest event in more than a year, and serves to invite the community back to the beloved historic block. Howl at the Museum, which takes place on Friday, Oct. 29, is part food tasting, part costume contest, and part concert, all while

serving as a fundraiser for one of Tucson’s oldest art museums. Howl is also a rebranding of TMA’s annual Crush fall festival. Museum staff say TMA is keeping the successful elements of Crush, but aligning more with Halloween and art. “For many years we’ve had a fall party, but this is the first year for Howl,” said Cami Cotton, TMA director of development. “It’s a little different, because this year we’re putting it right next to Halloween, so we can have a costume contest and other Halloween games. But it doesn’t necessarily have to be connected to Halloween, either. Two years ago, we were under construction, so we had to hold Crush in the street and parking lot. And last year

was of course COVID, so this year is really a celebration of being back.” Like their previous fall events, Howl will feature a variety of local food and drinks for sampling throughout the museum plaza. So far, Commoner and Co., Flores Market Run, Prep & Pastry, Café a la C’Art, Portal Cocktails, La Cocina and Finley Distributing are on the food and drink list. In addition, Whiskey Del Bac will be hosting a special Del Bac Showdown cocktail competition. “With this, we’ll have four contestants and they’ll be mixing their drinks and there will be samples for attendees to taste and vote on for the best,” Cotton said. “That can get pretty excit-

ing, with a lot of cheering for different contestants.” With more of a focus on art, Howl at the Museum will also feature multiple local performers: Alternative Latin band Los Esplifs will perform with a mix of cumbia and rock. DJ Herm will spin records. Drag queens will put on a fabulous show. Tucson’s hip-hop dance group The Drop Dance Studio will shake things up. And Tanline Printing will be doing letterpress art. As the event is only two days from Halloween, there will also be a costume contest judged by the aforementioned drag queens. Guests can arrive to Howl in their costumes, but Halloween costumes are definitely not required. But if you need a costume quickly, TMA invites you to visit the

nearby Tucson Thrift Shop & The Other Side Vintage/ Costume Shop. “We brought over the food and drinks from Crush, but we’re placing more emphasis on art with Howl,” Cotton said. “Of course, Howl can refer to Halloween, but it can also just be about getting excited about the museum.” Guests are also invited to take a break from the festivities to explore the art in the museum. Although TMA is not unveiling any new art for the event, Howl will fall in the middle of their premiere exhibition of Swissborn, Tucson-based painter Olivier Mosset. Over several decades, Mosset’s massive, limited-color paintings have challenged art norms. According to TMA, the exhi-

bition, simply titled “Olivier Mosset,” presents important paintings from the 1970s, 1990s and 2000s, including new large-scale modular paintings and both constructed and ice sculptures. Through such works, Mosset “consistently engages viewers’ expectations about art and how they encounter it.” (Masks are not required outdoors in the museum plaza, but they are required in the indoor galleries.) “We’re trying to get people into our museum that may not have been in before, or haven’t been in a while,” Cotton said. “So the museum is completely open for people to walk through and see the exhibitions if they want to take a break from the party and wander around.”

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Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety. October is National Fire Prevention Month and this year’s National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) fire prevention theme is “Learn the Sounds of Fire Safety”. There are 2 key takeaways with this fire prevention campaign and they are: 1. Hear a Beep, Get On Your Feet! Get out and stay out! Call 9-1-1 from outside.

2. Hear a Chirp, Make a Change! A chirping alarm needs attention. Replace the batteries of the entire unit if it’s over 10 years old. If you don’t remember how old the unit is, replace it!

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wheel … period! Some tips for parents to keep their children safe while trick-or-treating: • Make sure Halloween costumes are flame-retardant and light in color to improve visibility. • Be bright at night— wear retro-reflective tape on costumes and on treat buckets, carry glow sticks and flashlights. Make sure your flashlights have new batteries ahead of time! • Wear disguises that don’t obstruct vision. Instead, use non-toxic face

paint. Also, watch the length of billowy costumes to help avoid tripping. • Ensure any props are flexible and blunt tipped to avoid injury from tripping or horseplay. • Ask an adult or older child to supervise children under age 12 and stay in a pack. Don’t allow any of the kids to stray away from the pack. • Instruct children to travel only in familiar areas and along established routes. • Teach children to stop only at well-lit houses and to never to enter a stranger’s home or garage.

• Review trick-or-treating safety precautions, including pedestrian and traffic safety rules. Marc Lamber is a Martindale Hubbell AV Preeminent-rated trial attorney and public safety advocate. A director at Fennemore Craig, Lamber chairs the Personal Injury Practice Group and has been featured in national and local media, including the Arizona Republic, USA Today, ABC News, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, the ABA Journal and many others.

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makes this connection even ues, and selves through art more powerful.” including collage, landscape drawing or painting, One of Splendido’s latest and creating an abstract offerings for residents is self-portrait. The final sesa six-session art program sion focuses on creating called Shared Wisdom. a personal mosaic. “Each “These creative sessions participant will select a are really about empower- symbol, such as a color or a ment and self-esteem,” says shape, and add it to others’ Marcy Maler, art therapist mosaics,” explains Marcy. at Splendido. “Each experience in Shared Wisdom of- No prior art experience fers a reminder of who you is required to participate are, and helps you identify in Shared Wisdom. Marcy the things that are really encourages all residents to of value to you.” During try their hand at self-exthe sessions, participants pression, knowing that creare guided to identify their ativity can spark curiosity, emotions, memories, val- enjoyment, learning, and

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Tom Hestwood and his wife Therese Jezioro signed up for Shared Wisdom to try something different. “We’re not artistic at all,” says Tom. “And the projects did get us using our brains in a new way; it forced us to think differently.” He explains, “The objective in each session is not to produce a great work of art; it’s to think about something you don’t usually think about, and capture a mode of thought. The work reflects something—an emotion or memory.” Therese adds, “It’s nice to try something you’ve never done before. We go to each session not knowing what we’re going to do, and it’s interesting to just jump into the project—looking over the materials, certain colors and things just appeal to me.”

Another participant, Ellie Cannan, says, “The experiences have validated things I haven’t thought much about that are very much a part of me. It really does make you think! We each explain our feelings around what we’ve done; it creates an excellent discussion. As we age, it’s easy for people to not think through what they’re feeling.” She adds, “It’s been eye-opening and a lot of fun.”

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A look back at one of Tucson’s most astonishing space missions in an excerpt from the upcoming book ‘Discovering Mars’ By William Sheehan and Jim Bell Special to Tucson Local Media

successful and historic mars landing occurred during the eventful first decade of the 21st century. NASA’s Discovery program of small, competitively selected missions led by individual scientists was proving to be a success not only in terms of cost-effective science return, but also in terms of innovative ideas captured for new missions. (The program typically attracted around 25– 30 proposals from the planetary science community for each of the four open competitive opportunities

that had been announced since 1994.) However, the program presented an additional hurdle for Mars exploration: while Mars missions could be proposed to Discovery, they had to compete with outstanding mission proposals to the rest of the solar system and thus had low odds of success and couldn’t be built into a more strategic component of NASA’s Mars program. G. Scott Hubbard and others thus came up with the idea of creating a lowcost and high-innovation set of missions following the Discovery model, but specifically for NASA’s long-term Mars Exploration Program. The resulting “Mars Scout” pro-

gram announced its first mission proposal opportunity in 2002. Around 25 proposals were submitted, reinforcing the notion that the community had lots of great Mars-specific mission ideas to pitch to NASA. The winner of that first Mars Scout competition, announced in 2003, was a mission called Phoenix, designed to study polar processes on the Red Planet using the mothballed copy of the failed MPL design that had been designated for the canceled Mars Surveyor ’01 lander. The mission was led by the University of Arizona (the first Mars mission ever led by a public university), in collab-

oration with JPL, Lockheed, NASA/Langley, and other partners. This time Peter Smith, the impish lead of the Mars Pathfinder camera team who had helped make that mission so successful and influential, would lead an entire mission of his own. Part of the mission’s goal was to recover some of the science of MPL, but more importantly the mission was also designed to be a “ground truth” test of new results that had come from orbital imaging and spectroscopy since then. This time the mission would be targeted for a high northern latitude (68°N), partly because of celestial mechanics considerations, but also part-

ly because Mars Odyssey Gamma Ray Spectrometer (GRS) and Neutron Spectrometer (NS) mapping data had supported the hypothesis that significant amounts of ground ice were buried just below the surface at those high latitudes. Could Phoenix verify the Odyssey results from the ground? If so, the Odyssey maps could be used with confidence to identify ice deposits elsewhere on the planet. The Phoenix scientific instruments included a high-resolution color stereo camera system known as the Surface Stereo Imager (SSI) built by the University of Arizona, situated atop an extended mast at a height two me-

ters above the ground in order to simulate the 3D view that a tall person would have standing on the surface; another color camera on the lander’s robotic arm for close-up imaging of the surface; a mass spectrometer called the Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA) with eight small ovens that the arm could drop samples into for chemical analysis; a small “wet chemistry” lab called the Microscopy, Electrochemistry and Conductive Analyzer (MECA), where chemistry and microscopy experiments could be performed on arm-delivered soil samples; special probes and sensors to measure the

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temperature, humidity and other properties of the soil and atmosphere; and a special rotating digging/scraping tool called a rasp that was designed to enable some of the hoped-for ice to be scooped up and delivered to the lander’s chemistry instruments. Phoenix was launched on Aug. 4, 2007, and after a leisurely (compared to Spirit and Opportunity) and mostly uneventful nine-plus-month cruise it performed a picture-perfect landing in the high Martian arctic on May 25, 2008. The landing was monitored closely in real time by the MGS and Odyssey orbiters, as had become NASA’s nervous tradition since the Mars mission failures in 1999. The suc-

cessful landing of Phoenix was a testament to the significant additional time, money, and brain power that had gone into figuring out, between 2005 and 2007, why the original MPL system design had failed nine years earlier, as well as the skill of the JPL, Lockheed and Langley team that was able to modify the system and then retest and validate the changes during that narrow window of time. Within five sols (Mars days) of landing, Smith’s team had deployed the arm and taken stunning photos with the arm camera of the “blast zone” made by the retro-rockets underneath the lander. The platy white patches of ground looked just like the predicted buried

The Phoenix Mars lander: A self portrait

water ice! Verification required more careful measurements, however, and so the arm was commanded to dig trenches

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around the lander to try to uncover and scoop up some ice directly. Several white patches were exposed in these trenches,

and the observation that the patches faded into the background within a few days was consistent with exposed ice that sublimated (transitioned directly from solid to vapor) once it was exposed to the thin atmosphere. Eventually, after some snags were resolved with the sample delivery system, fragments of dirty ice scraped up by the rasp were successfully dumped into TEGA to confirm—quantitatively—that the white material just beneath the dusty, pebbly surface was indeed water ice. The Phoenix team had given the community the ground truth it was seeking. Other important discoveries from the Phoenix chemical mea-

surements included the detection of minor amounts of carbonates and perchlorate salts in the soils measured in the TEGA instrument ovens. Remote-sensing searches for evidence of carbonate minerals like calcite, dolomite or ankerite on Mars have been conducted for decades, since the formation of such minerals in a CO2-rich atmosphere could provide additional evidence for a putative warmer and wetter epoch earlier in the planet’s history. While some evidence for relatively small amounts of carbonate distributed widely in the bright global soils or locally in specific outcrops has been found from previous and Continued on P10

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ongoing infrared remote sensing measurements (as described earlier), the first direct detection of small amounts (3–6 weight percent) of carbonates came from measurements on the Phoenix landing site soils. The origin of these minerals is uncertain, but it could be related to the formation of altered ejecta by the large impacts that created the northern lowlands, by the settling and mixing of carbonate-bearing global dust in the soils at the site, or by the inplace weathering and alteration of precursor soil minerals with the aid of water or ice at the site. Calcium and magne-

sium perchlorate minerals (chemical salts containing the ClO4−ion) were also discovered in small but significant abundances (up to 0.5 weight percent) in the soil. Perchlorate is a strong oxidant, and is thought to form in the atmosphere and/or on the surface of Mars from the action of harsh ultraviolet (UV) radiation on chloride-rich dust or soils. Perchlorate has two important characteristics that make the discovery particularly relevant for Mars research. First, it can accelerate the breakdown of complex organic molecules, especially in environments with high UV radiation. This is why some researchers speculate that perhaps the presence of perchloNO CITY SALES TAX

rates could explain the lack of detection of organic molecules by the Viking Lander biology experiments. Second, perchlorate salts act as a kind of antifreeze when dissolved in water, significantly lowering the solution’s freezing point and thus, potentially, allowing the water to remain liquid in certain places even in the normally well-below-freezing environment of the Martian surface. Some scientists thus speculate that perhaps the water-related activity possibly implicated in high-resolution images of gullies and other similar landforms was enabled by the mixture of perchlorates and groundwater. Phoenix was a so-

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lar-powered mission designed for just a threemonth primary mission in the harsh low-sun, low- temperature environment of the Martian polar regions. Ultimately, the mission lasted two months longer than planned before succumbing to the inevitable shortage of sunlight and solar heating as winter approached. The lander was likely crushed under the weight of a thick load of seasonal solid CO2 (dry ice) that snowed out of the atmosphere as the polar night set in. Regardless, as the first demonstration of the new Mars Scout program of lowcost, focused-science Mars missions, Phoenix was judged to be a great success.

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William Sheehan has been an amateur astronomer most of his life, and is a leading historian of astronomy, with 20 books to his name, including Planets and Perception, Worlds in the Sky, The Planet Mars, and (with Dale P. Cruikshank) Discovering Pluto, all published by University of Arizona Press. A current member of the International Astronomical Union’s Working Group of Planetary System nomen-

clature, he has received a Guggenheim Fellowship for astronomy writing and is a recipient of the Gold Medal of the Oriental Astronomical Association. The Main Belt Asteroid 16037 Sheehan was named in his honor.

Jim Bell is a professor in the School of Earth and Space Exploration at Arizona State University, and was president of The Planetary Society from 2008 to 2020. He has performed research using Hubble, Mars landers and

rovers, Voyager, and orbiters at Mars, the Moon, and several asteroids. He is an author of many popular science books, including Postcards from Mars, The Space Book, The Interstellar Age, The Ultimate Interplanetary Travel Guide, The Earth Book, and Hubble Legacy, and he has received the AAS Carl Sagan Medal for public communication in science. The Main Belt Asteroid 8146 Jimbell was named in his honor. Excerpted with permission from Discovering Mars: A History of Observation and Exploration of the Red Planet, by William Sheehan and Jim Bell. Published by UA Press. © 2021 by the UA Board of Regents.

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Oro Valley Theatre Company returns with ‘Steel Magnolias’ By Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

he arts continue to take center stage in the northwest with Oro Valley Theatre Company’s upcoming performance of the beloved play “Steel Magnolias.” This will be OVTC’s first live performance in more than a year and a half. But if you think this means they’re rusty, it’s quite the opposite — OVTC rehearsed weekly for “Steel Magnolias” over video calls for months, and returned for in-person rehearsals in September. All this rounds up to “Steel Magnolias” being one of the most anticipated, and welcome, shows OVTC has ever put on. “We wanted to keep our cast feeling connected, which is what the play is all about anyway,” said OVTC director Judi Rodman. “We choose shows because we try to appeal to a general audience. And we’re sensitive to the fact our demographic is a little bit older, so we pick what we think they and a general audience would like to see.” “Steel Magnolias” is a play by American writer Robert Harling, and follows the comedy and drama of a group of Louisiana women. As the title implies, the female characters are both delicate as flowers and strong as steel. Rodman says she selected Steel Magnolias, which was turned into a 1989 film

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starring Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, as OVTC’s return to the stage because it’s focused on people coming together, bonding and friendships, saying that it “reflects how we’ve survived, and it’s what we need right now.” The show will have four performances throughout early November. In addition to the central cast of six, the play will also be put on by OVTC’s props designer, costume designer, tech director, light and sound, and sets designers. Since opening in 2017, OVTC has hosted six shows, all of which were held at the Gaslight Music Hall, except for one at Tohono Chul. OVTC was planning to present the play “Barefoot in the Park” when COVID hit, and they plan to return it in 2022. “We’ve had grand success working in partnership with the Gaslight Music Hall,” Rodman said. “They have very few stage plays, so we are one of their links to the comedy

and drama of traditional Broadway plays.” Director Judi Rodman has a long history with theatre, having previously started a theatre company more than 40 years ago in Illinois. She even met her husband during her first directorial job with the company. They still work together in theatre, as he acts in OVTC’s plays. Rodman moved to Oro Valley in 2007, but didn’t set up OVTC for a decade. “For the first few years, I was busy getting acclimated and meeting new people. Then it occurred to me that we live in a town that is dedicated to the arts, yet there was no theatre company,” Rodman said. “My first passion was theatre, and since there was kind of a vacant spot for theatre in Oro Valley, I actually approached town officials and colleagues, and everyone was enthusiastic about starting a theatre company here.” The non-profit OVTC works with a number of community members and groups, including the Oro

Valley Chamber of Commerce and the Gaslight Music Hall. In addition, they are always looking for auditions for their plays, and volunteers to help set the shows up. “Our goal is to nourish the heart and soul of Oro Valley and Marana by bringing theatre and arts to our community, for people both on stage and off-stage,” Rodman said. “Our mission has always remained the same. We’ve never changed that mission, but we are expanding with new sponsors and board members that represent other northwest communities.” Rodman points to a quote by American author

Robert Fulghum for her selection of “Steel Magnolias,” and for the importance of bringing theatre to the community: “And it is still true, no matter how old you are, when you go out into the world it is best to hold hands and stick together.” “It was such a tough year for everyone to get through this pandemic, and I will say as an avid entertainment buff, I’ve been to a few shows recently and the gratitude that emanates from the stage to the audience, and the mutual gratitude from audience to stage, is palpable,” said OVTC member Sasha Case. “I think when people can be together

Steel Magnolias by Oro Valley Theatre Company at the Gaslight Music Hall 13005 N. Oracle Road #165 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 3 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 10 $32 orovalleytheatrecompany. com

again and experience a story, song or human talent, it will be healing to the world.”

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THURSDAY TO SUNDAY THROUGH OCT. 31 • Catch a performance of the award-winning knock-’em-dead, uproarious hit A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. Details: 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Arts Express Theatre, 5870 E. Broadway Blvd., Suite 214; $40 advance purchase only, no tickets at the door; 319-0400 or arts-express.org.

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WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, NOV. 17-DEC. 5 • Get tickets now for the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Hamilton featuring a score that blends hiphop, jazz, R&B and Broadway. Details: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 pm. Saturday; 1 and 7 p.m. Sunday; UA Centennial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd.; broadwayintucson.com.

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• Don’t miss the Invisible Theatre’s 50th Anniversary Retro-Spectacular Cabaret with star-studded highlights of your favorite • Catch a performance of Sarah performances. Details: 7:30 p.m. Burgess’ gripping dark comedy Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Berger Dry Powder about the price of Performing Arts Center, 1200 W. success and the real cost of getting Speedway Blvd.; $50; 882-9721 or the deal done. Details: 7:30 p.m. invisibletheatre.com. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; • Listen to the Tucson Symphony Live Theatre Workshop, 3322 E. Orchestra’s presentation of the Fort Lowell Road; $23; 327-4242. Beethoven Septet. Details; 7:30 p.m. Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; Tucson Symphony Center, 2175 N. Sixth Ave.; $16; tucsonsymphony. org. THURSDAY, OCT. 28

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SPECIAL EVENTS FRIDAY, OCT. 29 • Dress the kids in their favorite costumes for National Night Out featuring demos and displays from local fire and law enforcement and prizes and candy for kids. Details: 6-8 p.m.; Walmart shopping center, 2150 E. Tangerine Road; free admission; orovalleyaz.gov. • Don’t miss your chance to Howl at the Tucson Museum of Art featuring a costume contest, music, dance and more. Details: 6-9 p.m.; 140 N. Main Ave.; $40, $35 members; tucsonmuseumofart.org.

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• Enjoy liquid libations, themed food, animal encounters and bewitching entertainment at Spirits at the Zoo: A Devilish Disco with WEDNESDAY AND SUNDAY, Spooky Cocktails. Details: 6-9 p.m.; NOV. 3, 7 AND 10 Reid Park Zoo, 3400 E. Zoo Court; $55 (over age 21 only); 791-3204 • Don’t miss the Oro Valley Theatre or reidparkzoo.org. Company’s charming and bitMONDAY, NOV. 1 • Don’t miss the ultimate vampire tersweet season opener Steel Mag- • Enjoy a Faculty Recital featuring film in stunning, silent black Dr. Juan David Mejia playing works nolias about relationships in the • Join Todd Thompson, David Fanand white glory brought to life for cello solo and chamber music most challenging times. Details: ning and Mike Yarema along with by organist Dave Wickerham at with piano and harp. Details: 7 6 p.m. Wednesday, 2 and 6 p.m. a five-piece band for the Three Dog Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror Sunday; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 p.m.; Center for the Arts Recital Night Tribute. Details: 6 p.m.; Gason the extra spooky, fully restored Hall, PCC West Campus, 2202 W. N. Oracle Road; $32; 529-1000 or light Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Wurlitzer organ. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Anklam Road; $6; 206-3062. gaslightmusichall.com. Blvd.; $31, $18 children; 886-9428 Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; or thegaslighttheatre.com. $10-$12.50; foxtucson.com. FRIDAY, OCT. 29 WEDNESDAY THROUGH

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• Comedy comes alive at the spoof Frankenstein with the classic story of a scientist who brings his experiment to life. Details: 7 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 6 and 8:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 and 6 p.m. Sunday; Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway Blvd.; $21.95-$23.95; $13.95 children; 886-9428 or

• Lace up your dancin’ shoes for the All Shook Up Dance Party with RAW Band specializing in music from the ’50s to the ’70s. Details: 7 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $20; 529-1000 or gaslightmusichall.com.

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FRIDAY, NOV. 5 • Listen to award-winning country singer Martina McBride. Details: 7 p.m.; Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church Ave.; $36-$122; ticketmaster.com.

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going as kids have fun as their favorite costumed characters. Details: 5-8 p.m.; Oro Valley Community & Recreation Center, 10555 N. La Cañada Drive; free admission; orovalleyaz.gov.

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• Transform your backyard into a desert oasis with landscape-ready and unique selections at the annual Fall Plant Sale. Details: 9 a.m.-3 p.m.; Tohono Chul Park, 7366 N. Paseo del Norte (main parking lot); free admission; 742-6455. • Don’t miss the annual Halloween neighborhood tradition Tomb Town Tucson with an outdoor haunted trail and bring donations for the Southern Arizona Food Bank. Details: 5-10 p.m.; 8343 N. Wanda Road; $1 or canned food donation; freddyjasonfrank@ gmail.com.

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CHILDREN FRIDAY, OCT. 29 • Bring the entire family to the Halloween Spooktacular featuring games, crafts and trick or treat with a live DJ to keep the beats

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Tech Talk: UA 3D-prints wearable smart devices that detect health data Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

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

operate 24/7 without ever needing to recharge.” According to UA, 3D scans of a wearer’s body can be gathered by MRIs, CT scans and normal photos. These custom-made devices mean no adhesive is required. Because these biosymbiotic devices are custom-fitted to the wearer, they are highly sensitive. Gutruf ’s team tested the device’s ability to monitor parameters including “temperature and strain while a person jumped, walked on a treadmill and used a rowing machine. In the rowing machine test, subjects wore multiple devices, tracking exercise intensity and the way muscles performed with fine detail.” The devices are so accurate, they even detected an increase in a user’s body temperature after walking up a single flight of stairs. “If you want something close to core body temperature continuously, for example, you’d want to place the sensor in the armpit. Or, if you want to measure the way your bicep deforms during exercise, we can place a sensor in the devices that can accomplish that,” said Tucker Stuart, a doctoral student in biomedical engineering who works with Gutruf. “Because of the way we fabricate the device and attach it to the body, we’re able to use it to gather data that a traditional, wrist-mounted wearable device wouldn’t be able to collect.”

Smartwatch of the Future. Engineers at the University of Arizona are developing wireless 3D-printed devices that may be able to monitor diseases, track personal health data, and test the effectiveness of new drugs—all without needing to charge. Wearable sensors like Fitbits are very common these days, but devices being made in the UA College of Engineering go a bit further. The “biosymbiotic devices,” created by a research team led by assistant professor of biomedical engineering Philipp Gutruf, are custom-made and 3D-printed based on body scans. The devices can even operate without needing a charging cable thanks to a combination of wireless power transfer and compact energy storage. “There’s nothing like this out there,” said Gutruf in an interview with UA. “We introduce a completely new concept of tailoring a deTourism vice directly to a person and using wireless power cast- Tucson-based ing to allow the device to engineering

World View has announced plans to offer public space tourism via passenger balloons. For years, World View has developed hightech balloons that can rise high into the atmosphere and travel multiple miles, but on Oct. 4, they announced their “Explorer Stratospheric Capsule.” The passenger capsules are expected to carry people into the stratosphere (more than 15 miles up) for flights lasting from six to 12 hours. Photo by Philipp Gutruf / College of Engineering While this altitude isn’t quite what NASA considers “space,” World View prom- The "biosymbiotic devices" created at the University of Arizona are custom-made and 3D-printed based ises “space-like” views from on body scans. The devices can even operate without needing a charging cable thanks to a combination this high. Eight passengers are expected to fit into each of wireless power transfer and compact energy storage. capsule. According to Space News, World View chief executive Ryan Hartman said this new service is driven by four principles: place, time, affordability and accessibility. The flights are expected to begin in Page near the Grand Canyon. However, the company says they will eventually offer services around the world, from near the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, to the pyramids in Egypt, to Norway to see the northern lights. The passenger capsules will be fitted with on-board video cameras and telescopes for a better view of the world below and stars above. In addition, the flights will have dining options and a full bar. Of course, this balloon-rideof-the-future comes with an equally soaring price, estimated near $50,000. The afloat. flights are expected to begin aerospace in 2024. company

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HEALTH & WELLNESS

Peppers: Great health and flavor beyond the burn Mia Smitt

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hili peppers are great little flavor add-ons to any meal and Southwestern culinary specialties and they also give a positive boost to a healthy diet. Many medicinal benefits have been attributed to chili peppers. Capsaicin is the compound in chilies that gives the distinctive spicy and burning sensation. Numerous studies have linked capsaicin with a variety of health benefits, including lowered blood pressure, diabetes and obesity prevention, pain relief and as a possible additive treatment for cancer. The capsaicin in chili peppers has been used in Mexico for 7,000 years for its anti-infective and anti-inflammatory properties. It is most widely recognized as a remedy for pain. The capsaicin interacts with the receptor TRPV1 found in the brain, peripheral nerves, blood vessels and bladder. This particular receptor is actually found through-

out the body, so potentially many therapeutic effects are still to be researched and discovered. Capsaicin in a topical gel or cream is an effective treatment for joint and arthritis pain, and may help to relieve the pain of neuropathy. Capsaicin can inhibit “Substance P”—a neuropeptide in the brain that transmits pain signals. Substance P can cause a swelling in nerve fibers which can cause pain on the skin, and cause headaches. Capsaicin can both prevent and relieve migraines and cluster headaches. Capsaicin is both a strong anti-inflammatory agent and anticoagulant and these effects may decrease the risk of heart disease and strokes. Cultures such as those in Southeast Asia, India and parts of South and Central America in which the diets are rich in capsaicin have a lower incidence of heart attacks, pulmonary embolism (blood clots in the lung) and strokes. Red chili peppers, such as cayenne, have been shown to lower cho-

lesterol levels and reduce the clumping of platelets while increasing the body’s ability to dissolve fibrin, that sticky substance necessary to form blood clots. Capsaicin also boosts the immune system with its high amounts of Vitamins A and C. Two teaspoons of red chili peppers has 10% of the daily recommended amount of Vitamin A and 6% of the Vitamin C we should consume every day. Vitamin A is a basic building block of healthy mucous membranes—the linings of the nose, lungs, gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract—which are the body’s first line of defense against various bacteria and viruses. Who has not noticed the effect that chili pepper has on sinuses? The “heat” from the peppers stimulates secretions from the nose. This, in turn, can dislodge thick mucus and relieve congestion almost immediately. Can chili pepper be a weight loss agent? Capsaicin is “thermogenic”—it increases metabolic activity in the

body for about 20 minutes after being ingested. An additional 75 calories per meal may be burned due to the increased metabolism. A Taiwan study (2007) showed that capsaicin inhibited the growth of fat cells in mice. Many over the counter diet supplements that claim to be “fat-burning” actually are capsaicin. Of major interest to researchers and patients alike is the potential of chili peppers to lower the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Chili peppers as a regular part of the diet may reduce high blood levels of insulin, seen in people with diabetes. Australian researchers from the School of Human Life Sciences at the University of Tasmania found that capsaicin in the diet lowered the amount of insulin needed to lower blood sugar after a meal as much as 24% when the chilies are a regular part of the diet. (Studies including the capsaicin effects on C-Peptide were published in the July 2006 issue of the American Journal of Clinical

Nutrition and the June 2013 issue of the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry.) Can eating chili peppers fight the spread of cancer? Dr. H Phillip Koeffler, professor of medicine at the University of California at Los Angeles (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center), led a research study investigating whether capsaicin had any affects of cancer cells. They found that capsaicin actually caused 80% of prostate cancer cells in mice to die. Prostate tumors treated with capsaicin were reduced to about one–fifth the size of the tumors in untreated mice. His study was published in the March 15, 2006, issue of Cancer Research and has been replicated showing that capsaicin causes oxidative stress and apoptosis (a programmed cell death). A study published in a 2014 issue of Molecular Medicine Reports researched the effect on gastric cancers and “suggest that capsaicin may serve as an ant-tumorigenic agent (prevent tumor growth) in human gastric cancer. There are hundreds of dif-

ferent edible chili peppers. The amount of capsaicin varies from those that set your mouth on fire to those that are very mild. The Scoville Heat Scale ranks the peppers from zero, such as bell peppers at the baseline, to pure capsaicin at 16 million Scoville units. Most of the popular pepper varieties for cooking and snacking, such as ancho, cayenne, and jalapeño, measure in at about 10,000-30,000 and the habanero pepper is 35,000. An even hotter pepper, Bhut Jalokia (also known as Ghost Pepper), was tested in 2000 and measures at 1,041,000 units (ouch!) Biting into a “too hot” chili can be painful but the fire can be cooled off with some yogurt, a glass of milk, or some bread. Add peppers, a few at a time, to your daily diet and reap the benefits! Mia Smitt is a nurse practitioner with a specialty in family practice. She recently retired and settled in Tucson. She is originally from San Francisco.

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EXTRA POINT WITH TOM DANEHY

Remembering Peter Norman’s stand for justice at the 1968 Olympics Tom Danehy

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ifty-three years ago last Saturday, American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos got up on the medal stand at the Mexico City Olympics and did the Black Power salute. It’s legendary now, but back then, it was infamous. Brent Musberger, who would later become a famous announcer for CBS Sports and ESPN, wrote that Smith and Carlos were “a couple of blackskinned storm troopers.” There was a third person on that medal stand and his story is at least as compelling as that of the two Americans. Peter Norman basically came out of nowhere, both in the lead-up to the Olympics and in the fateful race, as well. He was smallish and

while he looked like an athlete, he most definitely did not look like a sprinter. Nobody knew much about him when he got to Mexico City. He had rarely competed outside of Australia. The Americans were expecting to sweep the 200 meters. (Lennox Miller of Jamaica had broken the American stranglehold on the sprints by finishing second in the 100 meters, but Miller wasn’t running in the 200.) Meanwhile, people began taking notice of Norman when he broke the Olympic record in one of the early heats. It should not have been surprising that politics would permeate the Games. In the United States that year, both Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy had been assassinated, riots tore through several big cities (including outside of the Dem-

ocratic National Convention in Chicago), and the war in Vietnam had become exponentially uglier after the Tet Offensive. In Mexico City, hundreds of student protesters were slaughtered by the military, a fact the government somehow tried to keep secret. And in Norman’s own country, the long-standing policies of “White Australia” were under fire. Smith and Carlos had expected to go 1-2 in the race, but Norman had crashed their party. Nevertheless, the Americans had planned their protest of the mistreatment of Black athletes (and African Americans, in general) well before the games and they were determined to see it through. But when it came time to mount the winners’ stand, they realized that they only had one pair of gloves. Norman suggest-

ed that each of them wear one glove. (That’s why, in the photo, Smith is wearing the right-handed glove, while Carlos is wear the left.) Norman, who had protested against the “White Australia” policies back home, went a step further. Some athletes wear wearing buttons that read “Olympic Project For Human Rights.” Quite tame by today’s standards, but the buttons were banned by the International Olympic Committee. Norman borrowed a button from a fellow athlete and wore it on the winners’ stand. The conservative media in Australia went nuts. He was widely ostracized for “taking part in a Black Power protest.” Despite running qualifying times on multiple occasions, he was not allowed to represent his country in the 1972 Games in

Munich. And then Australia would continue to do wrong by him for the rest of his life. Upon his arrival in Australia for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, American Michael Johnson, who was the top sprinter (200 and 400 meters) in the world at the time, sought out Norman. When they met, Johnson told Norman that he was Johnson’s hero. Australia did not invite Peter Norman to take part in any of the festivities in Sydney, despite the fact that his time of 20.06 seconds would have won the race in the 2000 games, some 32 years after he had run it. It is still the record in that event for all of Oceania (Australia, New Zealand and all of the South Pacific islands). Hearing about the snub of Norman, the American contingent invited him to participate in

their Olympic festivities. Norman died of a heart attack in 2006. Smith and Carlos flew to Australia to be pallbearers. On the campus of San Jose State, there is a statue of Smith and Carlos on the medal stand. Norman’s spot is left empty, on Norman’s insistence that people viewing the statue can step up and “take a stand against racism.” In 2012, six years after his death, the Australian Legislature finally got around to apologizing for the shabby way he was treated by his country, officially stating, among other things, that Norman’s stand was “a moment of heroism and humility that advanced international awareness of racial inequality.” Too little, too late. May Peter Norman’s amazing courage at the perfect time never be forgotten.

Athlete of the Week: Allison Birtcil, volleyball team captain at Ironwood Ridge Tom Danehy

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llison Birtcil has the weight of legacy on her shoulders. She and fellow senior, Isabella Lang, both have older sisters who were part of the powerful 2018 Ironwood Ridge High volleyball team that was perhaps the best in Southern Arizona. As often happens with outstanding athletic programs, maintaining a level of excellence can sometimes be more

difficult than achieving the excellence in the first place. The 5’-9” right-side hitter is the team captain and leads the squad in just about every statistical category. “We’re struggling a little bit this year,” she says. “We’ve had some tough games and some really tough losses.” The Nighthawks started out 1-5, perhaps the worst start in school history. But they have since righted the ship, going 6-1 in the past seven games, moving up sharply in the AIA Power Points in the process. They were ranked

17th this past week, which would put them safely among the 24 teams that will make it to the state tournament, but they want more. “What really hurt is that we lost to Marana a couple weeks ago. It’s the first time (our school) has lost to Marana in a long, long time.” (Marana, at 10-4, is currently ranked 10th in the state.) Allison’s older sister, Katie, was a team captain on the 2018 squad and was named Region Player of the Year. She also led her team to back-to-back conference championships. She is

now an outside hitter on the New Mexico State that is 13-4 and challenging for a league title. “Obviously, I don’t get to go over (to Las Cruces) very often during our season to watch her play, but I got to go up to Phoenix last weekend to see her play at Grand Canyon.” She and her teammates may not use the word “pressure” to describe what they feel, but there are certainly high expectations at Ironwood Ridge, where Coach Bill Lang has built a monster program, one that is perennially at or

near the top of the volleyball heap year in and year out. At press time, Allison was really looking forward to this week’s tough schedule. The Nighthawks played at Catalina Foothills last night and tomorrow they have the rematch with Marana. “We lost to them at Marana, but we really believe that we can beat them (at home).” Allison is an outstanding student, pulling all A’s. Her favorite class is English and she prefers reading to writing. (The answer to the “favorite class” questions should always

be math, but she stuck with English. Some kids, y’know.) She also plays beach volleyball in the spring. When asked which she prefers, she answered, “Indoors. There’s more of a team thing in regular volleyball. I really like having a lot of teammates and having us all work together for a goal.” She’ll have a new set of teammates next year when she goes to Yavapai College in Prescott. “It’s going to be cold up there, but I’m looking forward to the challenge.”

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). You won’t have to relieve stress if you don’t have it in the first place. Generous preparations keep the happy, confident and capable vibes flowing this week. Build in a buffer zone of time, and bring a little extra money and plentiful pocketfuls of goodwill. CANCER (June 22-July 22). Love is the habit of considering the other person’s needs and feelings before your own. It doesn’t mean you have to acquiesce every time. You might ultimately decide to go with what you need and feel instead, which isn’t necessarily unloving. Love is the process of decision-making, not the decision. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You’re housed in a body moving through nature. Your body is part of this nature it moves through. It is through your senses that you stay connected with the truth of your physicality. Pay tribute to their faithful service by delighting them in such a way to contribute simultaneously to health and pleasure. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). You’ll grow your power by understanding what part of the scene can be influenced. You’ve been in situations that were beyond your control. You learned how worry, delusion, denial and obsession didn’t help. It is equally useless to try to fix, encourage or rage against uncontrollable forces. Acceptance is efficiency.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You will drop your preconceived notions and a new scene will materialize before you -- like the old one, but with better light and more vivid colors. The ceiling is higher, if there even is one. Suddenly, it’s clear that you’re someone different. It will feel silly to walk the maze on the ground when you know you can fly above it.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). The need for approval and acceptance is primal. You wish you didn’t want validation from certain people, but to deny that it matters would stunt your growth. You’re almost out of this phase. Soon you’ll feel much bigger than this situation. Accept that you care a little more than you want to. It’s human. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Think twice before you close a door. There’s a better way to play it. If the other person closes the door, it will leave you with more options. Alternately, an open door creates more options still. There is no wrong move, but you are made stronger and better by doing the thing that is a little harder for you. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). You are a connoisseur of beauty and a paragon of good taste. This week, your opinion will be in demand. How honest should you be? Honest enough to help things along in a positive direction. There’s a swell of positive feeling that fills you when you’re in action. This is health-enhancing! AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Can you accept and befriend all of your emotions? There are some that don’t look like the others. They are disruptive, unwieldy and hard to get used to. But if you accept those feelings into your rainbow of emotion, they will calm down and fit in like feral dogs accepted into a domesticated pack. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). It won’t help to speculate on what everyone deserves; you can’t really know. But even if you could somehow gauge the worthiness of each person, the accounting process would be joyless and exhausting. This week, focus only on yourself. Don’t think in terms of deserving; think in terms of what works.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Problems do not get magically solved by thinking about them a lot. They also don’t get solved through neglect, denial or repression. It’s action and experimentation that will solve the problem. Good organization and record-keeping will make it possible to solve it again and again.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Obsession. That is the level of intensity necessary to make change happen. It’s not enough to, a few times a day, imagine the difference you want to make. Eat it for breakfast and sleep with it under your pillow. This is the drive of champions.

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