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Tributes at the Gaslight Music Hall. Oro Valley’s Gaslight Music Hall is continuing their indoor concerts with a series of tribute shows this weekend in a variety of styles. On Friday, Sept. 24, the Gaslight Music Hall will host a Rock & Roll All Nite dance party, with local band Vinyl Tap performing classic rock covers from the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s. On Saturday, Sept. 25, they’re hosting a “Return to Woodstock” pushing three days of peace, love and music into only two hours! You’ll heard the music of Jimi-Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, Arlo Guthrie, Janis Joplin, Crosby Stills & Nash, as performed by Tucson locals Allan Bartlett, Fred Coy, Walker Foard, Joe Murphy, Mike Serres and Mindy Rondstadt. Finally, on Sunday, Sept. 26 Tim Gallagher and the Strait Country Band will honor the music of country legend Merle Haggard and his classics like “Silver Wings,” “Lonesome Fugitive,” “Big City” and “Today I Started Loving You Again”. The Gaslight Music Hall is currently instituting limited-capacity seating, and highly suggest wearing masks when not eating or drinking and when walking around the theater. 13005 N. Oracle Road #165. Bloomsday. This sweet, extremely Irish story at Live Theatre Workshop tells the story of Robbie and

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Bloomsday runs at Live Theatre Workshop through Saturday, Oct. 9 Caithleen, who fell in love many years ago during a James Joyce literary tour in Dublin (told you it was extremely Irish). When they reunite after 35 years apart, they travel back in time to relive the unlikely, unstoppable events that brought them together. This show is by Steven Dietz, one of America’s most prolific playwrights. Showing Thursdays through Sundays through Oct. 9. 7:30 p.m. evening shows and 3 p.m. Sunday matinees. Live Theatre Workshop, 3322 E. Fort Lowell Road. $20 GA, $18 military/senior/student, $15 Thursdays and previews. Historic Canoa Ranch tours. Have you ever paid a visit to the Raúl M. Grijalva Canoa Ranch Conservation Park? It’s 4,800 acres of land listed on the National Register of Historic Places, including hiking trails, a lake and a pollinator garden. And lucky for us, it reopened to the public earlier this month! They’re even Cover Image By The Gaslight Theatre

doing guided tours every Saturday again. On these, interpretive guides share their knowledge about the history of the ranch and take visitors inside the buildings. 8:30 to 10 a.m. Saturdays through October. 5375 I-19 Frontage Road in Green Valley. $5. Joel-Peter Witkin: Journeys of the Soul. Congratulations to the lovely Etherton Gallery for 40 years! They’re kicking off their anniversary celebration this weekend with an exhibition featuring internationally renowned photographer Joel-Peter Witkin, whose work examines tensions between heaven and hell, sexuality and death, and real bodies and conventional standards of beauty. The exhibition will be on display through Nov. 27. This is at their new location on 340 S. Convent. On Sunday, Sept. 19, Witkin & Witkin is showing at the Loft Cinema (3233 E. Speedway Blvd) at 2 p.m.

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Foothills News, September 22, 2021

Mission Garden still growing, despite weather and world extremes Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

eing one of the longest continually inhabited and farmed areas in North America, it should come as no surprise Mission Garden on the flanks of Sentinel Peak was well-poised to survive both pandemic and drought. Mission Garden is one of the main projects of the nonprofit Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace, which works to preserve and restore the “cultural heritages and historic landscapes” of Tucson’s origin: the Tohono O’odham settlement at the base of Sentinel Peak, where valley natives have practiced agriculture for more than 3,000 years. Today, Mission Garden serves as a “living agricultural museum,” comprising multiple garden plots that exhibit early agriculture and heirloom crops. The volunteer-supported Garden also regularly hosts community events, including gardening classes, fruit and vegetable festivals, roundtable discussions, and cooking demonstrations. Of course, most of these came to an abrupt halt in spring 2020 with the onset of the pandemic. However, Mission Garden staff says they handled the social distancing better than many, thanks to the nature of gardens. While they did suspend large community events, Mission Garden

never closed their regular visitor hours. “We’re fortunate we have a large outdoor setting where people can volunteer safely,” said Kendall Kroesen, outreach coordinator for Mission Garden. “We were getting people who were cooped up and looking to get out of the house, or maybe couldn’t volunteer at other locations. It really helped us get through the almost rainless summer of 2020, which was a tough time for the garden.” Almost concurrent with the first COVID wave, Tucson sweltered under record-breaking heat; July and then August 2020 were the hottest months ever recorded in Tucson. Pair this with the second-driest monsoon on record, and 2020 was a formidable year for local agriculture. However, Kroesen credits the dedicated community and agriculture practices like drip irrigation with getting Mission Garden through last summer. In fact, Mission Garden saw more than 200 different volunteers throughout 2020, which is more than their average number of volunteers during a normal year. “It’s also a combination of being on the historic floodplain and good gardening practices,” Kroesen said. “Our staff and volunteers have done a great job getting plants in the ground; a lot of tree roots reach down and break up the soil. And even areas we don’t plan

to plant yet, we cover with a thick wood chip mulch, which creates an insulating layer above the soil, keeping it cooler, moister, and creates more soil microbes and insects. That alone helps the soil.” In addition, Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace received pandemic benefits as a non-profit, including a Capacity-Building Grant in fall 2020 from the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona. This capacity-building grant was aimed at creating and streamlining sustainable systems for garden operations to allow more time and energy for staff and volunteers to devote to garden work and outreach activities. Kroesen says this type of financial support was especially important due to the reduction in donations throughout the pandemic. While Mission Garden is one of the main projects of Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace, it’s only part of a larger proposed mission and garden complex. Parts of the historic Mercado District, mission and garden area fell into decay during the 1800s and 1900s, and were only set up for archeological work and reconstruction following Rio Nuevo legislation approved by Tucson voters in 1999. Plans for a larger “Tucson Origins Heritage Park” were conceptualized in 2003 and work began. However, economic downturns in 2008 resulted in only parts of the originally planned Mission

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Mission Garden grows a variety of native plants at their lot near A-Mountain as part of their goal to preserve and restore the “cultural heritages and historic landscapes” of Tucson’s origin.

Garden being completed. “Friends of Tucson’s Birthplace has always had the dual mission of recreating this historic garden, and also advocating for creating the entire Tucson Origins Heritage Park. The garden was designed as just one component of that park,” Kroesen said. “We came through 2020 in reasonable shape, but going into this year we still were not hosting large public events until about June for a garlic festival and mesquite milling events.” For one of their largest recent events, Mission Garden hosted the Arizona Pomegranate Festival on Saturday, Sept. 18, which featured food tastings, art exhibits, speakers, and produce sales from the garden’s dozens of pomegranate

trees. In a reversal of last summer, just as visitor traffic began to pick up, so did the rains. Monsoon 2021 ranks as Tucson’s third-rainiest monsoon on record, dumping more than a foot of rain across the Tucson area since mid-June. While the deluge was mostly a welcome site for drought-stricken Arizona, it also resulted in a fair share of property damage, flash floods and swift water rescues. But again, Mission Garden endured and came through stronger. “We have garden and orchard areas that are sunken down a bit below our pathways, which results in a good amount of rainwater harvesting. At times over the past 10 years, there have been times when rainfall caused those areas to fill up

with standing water because it can’t soak in fast enough. But this year, because of the gardening work and soil cultivation we’ve done here, the soil has become much spongier and the rainwater really infiltrates better,” Kroesen said. “The soils here, as they are on the entire floodplain of the Santa Cruz River, are better than in most parts of town because they are sedimentary soils laid down by river water and canals. They’re finer silts and clays. We have an advantage as compared to the foothills. But that’s also the work that Mission Garden staff and volunteers have done to improve the soil.” For more information, visit www.missiongarden.org

Foothills News, September 22, 2021

UACI Business Wins at International Pitch Competition Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

iving in the desert, water is often a top concern for towns and businesses alike. But efficiency in the water industry is about much more than limiting water usage. A local business affiliated with the University of Arizona Center for Innovation recently won at what is dubbed the world’s largest business pitch competition thanks to their technology that can benefit the water and energy industries. Sylvan Source is a water treatment and energy management company, and on July 15, became the only American company to win an award in the final round of the pitch competition Unicorn Battle. The Unicorn Battle, branded as the world’s largest startup pitch contest, gathers companies from around the world to pitch their ideas to investors via

fast-paced presentations. “Both our presentation and our responses had to be very crisp. We covered a lot of ground in three minutes,” said Laura Demmons, co-founder and CEO of Sylvan Source. “It’s given us great exposure and it’s certainly a positive addition to the momentum we’ve already seen. For us, this has already directly led to serious discussions about significant financing for us. It hasn’t been that long since we won, but we’re already engaging in some pretty important discussions.” While winning the competition itself does not come with a cash prize, it places companies in investor crosshairs. Past winners have received nearly $300 million in funding thanks in part to connections made during Unicorn Battles. A “unicorn” is an industry term for a private startup company valued at more than $1 billion. Unicorn

Battle attempts to highlight these promising companies through a series of pitch competitions. To begin, preliminary pitch battles select the best companies from the North America, Latin America, Silicon Valley, Asia, Middle East, Southeastern Asia & Oceania, Africa, Eastern & Western Europe markets. Regional winners then go on to the world cup. Originally from California, Sylvan Source won first place in this year’s Silicon Valley competition in June. In the World Cup, they came in third behind companies from Israel and Austria. Each finalist was given only three minutes to pitch their company and three minutes for a Q&A after. Judges for the Unicorn world cup include venture capitalists and business owners from around the world. Judging took place immediately after the pitches. “We had to start with a compelling value proposition

for the pitch. And lucky for us, some of the judges had operational experience in industrial plants, or some background in industry in general,” Demmons said. “So the judges who had experience at industrial plants and industry all recognized the implications of our proposition and felt it was compelling.” Sylvan Source has a foot in both the worlds of water treatment and thermal energy. Their core technology is a patented water treatment system to be used for industrial and municipal purposes. The water treatment system can use energy from a variety of sources, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs and footprint. Due to this energy efficiency, their systems are estimated to operate at half the cost. “We learned that energy and water were so closely linked that in order to do something game-changing in water, we actually had to

start by doing something game-changing in energy,” Demmons said. “Our physics are different; we don’t use the heat exchangers that everyone else uses. We use a proprietary thermal transfer mechanism.” Their technology is not currently deployed at any municipal water or energy facility. However, they have completed two field studies and are in talks about deploying their first commercial systems. They hope to begin in the Tucson area, but are in talks with industrial companies throughout Arizona and desert Southwest. “It’s so efficient that we have a much smaller system to operate, we don’t need the surface area that is required by other technologies,” Demmons said. Although Sylvan Source is affiliated with UACI, they originated in California, hence their competing in the Silicon Valley round. They

became connected with the University of Arizona after Demmons was visiting Green Valley and reached out to Anita Bell, director at the UACI and a power connector with the Department of Energy. Sylvan Source applied to UACI last year, and have since seen success in local competitions as well, including Venture Madness, hosted by Invest Southwest and the Arizona Commerce Authority. “Since we connected with UACI, it’s been a great experience,” Demmons said. “The thing that’s interesting is they’re able to help businesses that are just at the very basic level of an idea, all the way through to a company like ours that has raised about $15M already, has done deep research and has already fielded pilot tests. And they’ve still managed to be helpful to us, contributing to our business plans, models and presentations. It’s only made us more competitive, which has helped us win this Unicorn event.”

Foothills News, September 22, 2021

Desert Doves carries on mission of Peace Corps David Abbott

Special to Tucson Local Media

rank Zappa once famously asked “Who needs the Peace Corps?” but apparently a lot of people have needed it in the decades since the 1968 release of the Mothers of Invention album “We’re Only in it for the Money.” Founded by President John F. Kennedy in March 1961, the iconic organization that has helped developing countries the world over is celebrating its 60th anniversary during a global pandemic that has suspended operations for more than a year. Even with international operations in flux, local chapters of Peace Corps alums are

making a difference in their communities through civic engagement at home. “At Desert Doves our mission is to continue working for peace, understanding and well-being with an emphasis on bringing the world back to southern Arizona,” said Katy Tucker, co-president of Desert Doves, Returned Peace Corps Volunteers of Southern Arizona, a nonprofit organization based in Tucson. The Desert Doves, a member organization of the National Peace Corps Association, is a group of roughly 500 Peace Corps alums who have settled in Tucson and bring their sense of philanthropy and service as they continue their mission in southern Arizona. Tucker estimates the non-

profit distributes $4,500 to $5,000 a year in grants that range from $500 to $2,000 per project. One of the draws to the Tucson area for RPCVs is the Coverdell Fellows Program at the University of Arizona, which provides funding to Peace Corps volunteers for post-graduate degrees. The program has brought alums from across the generations, from those who served during the Kennedy administration to the young members currently serving during the recent global pandemic that shut everything down in March 2020. “I had four months of service left when we got evacuated globally,” said Bailey Hollingsworth, Desert Doves co-president and youngest

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Ford Burkhart member. “There have been evacuations plenty of times before, but nothing like a global pandemic evacuation.” Hollingsworth, 26, was in the Republic of Moldova from 2018 to 2020 working as a health education volunteer when the Peace Corps started bringing people back to the U.S. He estimates that 3,000 to 4,000 volunteers worldwide were suddenly evacuated and many of them did not get a chance to say goodbye to communities where they served. “When I got evacuated, there was a whole big ordeal,” he recalls. “The U.S. embassy and the Peace Corps director of the country had to negotiate a deal with Moldovan government to open the airport again and have special flights out.” Hollingsworth believes the same dynamic played out throughout Africa and Southeast Asia, as more and more countries shut down for the safety of their people. Fortunately, he was close enough to the end of his program that

he received his certificate of completion for his service. Since service is in his blood, Hollingsworth returned to Arizona and immediately went to work in Winslow as an EMT, commuting from Tucson for 72-hour weekend shifts serving the Navajo Nation that was “getting hit pretty badly” with the coronavirus. After one summer, he returned to UA to work on his master’s degree in public health, but he has not ruled out signing up for another round of service some day. THE EARLY DAYS The Peace Corp Hollingsworth signed up for was a far cry from the early days of the program. Shortly after his inaugural speech wherein President Kennedy called on Americans to serve the greater good by asking not what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country, he signed an executive order establishing

the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961. Within days, Kennedy appointed R. Sargent Shriver as the organization’s first director. Shriver established programs in 55 countries with more than 14,500 volunteers. Since 1961, more than 240,000 Americans have served in more than 142 countries, according to the Peace Corps website. Phil Lopes served in Colombia in the early days from 1961 to ’63 and was director of the program in Ecuador in the late ’70s. He said that in the beginning, volunteers did not necessarily have specific roles in their host countries, but usually joined the Peace Corps for adventure or as an alternative to going to Vietnam as a soldier. Now, he says, roles are more specialized and host countries will ask the Peace Corps to provide volunteers with specific talents and abilities. See DESERT DOVES, P8

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“In the early days, while we didn’t know what we were doing, we just did it because it was an adventure,” he said. “Volunteers later were much more focused on how this might help their careers.” Likewise Ford Burkhart, who served in Malaysia from 1966 to ’68, was one of the early participants who signed up and set off into a world that was still largely unknown to the American people. The Peace Corps prepared him by teaching the local language, in his case a dialect of Malay spoken by Muslims in the poorer sections of the country, but once he arrived in the country he realized learning one language was not enough.

“I went to Malaysia where 25 languages are spoken, and most of them are Chinese dialects,” he said. “There’s one language that no business man ever learns, and that’s Malay, the language of the poorest peasants. People were stunned that we came in there speaking Malay.” Since he was only taught Malay in his training, Burkhart says he had to learn Chinese on the fly while he was in country. His language skills improved even more his first Christmas in service when he joined a two-day trip by longboat to a small village in Borneo, where he learned the Diack language in order to give a speech at a going-away party. “That shows you the kinds of stuff that we did,”

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he said. “And we just did it because that’s who we were. I think we brought that with us.” But serving in the Peace Corps was not always seen as a good thing in host countries that were wary of the intentions of Americans bringing service. At times, those on the receiving end of American largesse would think the purpose of the Peace Corps was to spy on them. “Whenever people asked me if I was a spy I told them ‘no’ for three reasons,” Hollingsworth said. “There are rules for the CIA: They are not allowed to pretend to be priests, politicians or Peace Corps volunteers.” Suspicions usually turned quickly to gratitude for selflessly helping communities with basic services, such as water and agricultural projects or bringing health care to remote villages. Most vol-

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“We changed the image of Americans,” Qashu said, adding that years later, that was confirmed when she was visited by friends she had worked with in conjunction with the National Parks in Chile. “The most heartfelt thing that I heard 25 years later was [from] one of my friends who said, ‘Because of you, my whole attitude towards U.S. citizens changed,’” Qa-

Back in Tucson, Desert Doves hosts monthly membership meetings for about 40 “regulars,” and social gatherings featuring food from their host countries every other month. “Generally, our biggest piece of business is giving away money to the Peace Corps partnership project,” Tucker said. “I think one of the most amazing things about that is the opportunity to meet people who ran the gamut of Peace Corps, right from when it started in the early ’60s up to folks who just came back.” The group’s biggest fundraiser of the year is at the 4th Avenue Street Fair, where Continued on P10

Foothills News, September 22, 2021

2021 ranks among top three rainiest monsoons on record Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

t seems the clouds heard our wishes. After record-breaking heat and pitiful rainfall last summer, this year’s monsoon is making up for lost time— and then some. According to the National Weather Service, 2021 already ranks as the third rainiest monsoon ever recorded, and with most of September remaining, forecasters say there’s even a chance this year could hit number one. The National Weather Service classifies the monsoon as rainfall Tucson receives between June 15 and the end of September. The greater Tucson area sees an average of 5.69 inches of rain during these three and a half months. Last year, we only saw 1.62 inches, making 2020 the second driest monsoon ever recorded since 1895. This year, we’ve already

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This year, we’ve already received more than 12 inches of rain. The all-time monsoonal rainfall record was set in 1964, with 13.84 inches. received more than 12 inches. The all-time monsoonal rainfall record was set in 1964, with 13.84 inches. “Depending on how the rain develops over the next month, I think the record is within reach. With all of September left to go, we only have two inches to beat,” said John Glueck, senior forecaster for the National Weather Service in Tucson. “For the most part, this was not expected. There

was a prediction for it, because of the relatively dry winter we had… The early season forecasts had us with a probability of above normal rainfall. But that didn’t quantify the amount of rain we were going to get, just the odds that it would be wetter than normal.” The major downpours brought wildflower blooms and turned the flanks of the Catalinas green. However, they’ve also wreaked their

share of havoc. Local fire departments like Tucson Fire and Northwest Fire District have conducted multiple swift-water rescues over the summer, assisting motorists trapped in flash flood conditions. In addition, trees, roofs and walls across town have also toppled under the deluge. Although 2021 hasn’t yet seen the rainiest monsoon ever, it is still a record-breaking year for weather. This July was the rainiest July on record, with nearly four times as much rain as normal. (Tucson usually sees 2.21 inches of rain in July. This year, the region got 8.06 inches of rain.) Not only was this the rainiest July, but it was also the only month ever recorded to see 8 inches of rain in Tucson. This rainfall data is measured from the Tucson Airport. Glueck acknowledges the difficulty in measuring monsoon rain equally across the Tucson area, and says the

chances of precipitation increase as you get closer to the mountains. “We all know the monsoon can be finicky; one side of the road can get rain and the other won’t. It really depends on where the rain falls for a given monsoon,” Glueck said. “Last year was horrible, we all know that. And statistically speaking, we also knew we would have a better season this year. When you look back at the historical record, you don’t see two really bad years back-toback. But I don’t think there’s anyone out there who could have said we’d have this strong of a monsoon.” However, don’t let the green trails and thunderstorms make you forget about the other weather records broken this year. Mid June, Tucson sweltered under a heat wave (one of many for the Western United States this year) that broke multiple daily heat records. While we never

quite beat the all-time high of 117 degrees measured in 1990, parts of Tucson saw upwards of 113 and 115 in June. With a warming climate, increased heat is easier to predict as it has a more linear rise. Monsoonal rainfall can be a bit more difficult, changing due to El Nino, winter rains and pressure variants. “I think everyone’s happy with what transpired this monsoon, but hopefully they don’t expect it every monsoon because we can flip back to a dry one next year. And when you look at studies, especially the latest [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change] report, we’re going to much more extremes with the monsoon. We’re warmer, and a warmer atmosphere holds more water, so we may see more extreme rain events than we’ve had in the past. But we’ll also probably see a lot of down monsoons, too. So the idea of normal is just a word. There’s not too much normal anymore. I think what normal is going to be in the future, is the extremes.”

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volunteers help feed vendors from a hospitality cart. The money made by the volunteers goes to funding grants. Tucker estimates the Desert Doves has given $49,000 since 2011, for community projects in 21 countries around the world. Projects have included a health center clinic renovation in Ghana, a hammer mill in Zambia, and compost latrines in Belize as well as community projects in Southern Arizona. Given the state of the Peace Corps during the pandemic, Tucker said donations this year will be focused on local organizations such as the Community Food Bank, Family Housing Resources, Flowers & Bullets, Literacy Connects and Owl and Panther, which helps refugee families assimilate in the Tucson area. “Those are all significant projects, because many of our Desert Doves volunteer with those organizations or they’re involved with those organizations,” Tucker said. “So there’s a really strong thread of community service that runs through the Desert Doves.” On a national level, the Peace Corps has been an

organization that has consistently received support and funding from across the political spectrum, so it continues to receive funds through the Peace Corps Reauthorization Act that will grow to $600 million annually by the year 2025. “The Peace Corps has always had broad bipartisan support in Congress,” Lopes said. “The National Peace Corps Association has some great examples at npca. org about the specifics of the bill that’s going through Congress.” To celebrate its anniversary the National Peace Corps Association is holding a virtual conference at the end of September that will focus on the future direction of the organization in the wake of the global pandemic and in the context of world events. A report titled, “A Community Report on How to Reimagine, Reshape, and Retool the Peace Corps for a Changed World” can be found at www. peacecorpsconnect.org. For more information about the Desert Doves, go to www.rpcvtucson. org. Information about the Peace Corps can be found at peacecorps.gov.

Foothills News, September 22, 2021

Tech Talk: A To-Go COVID Test and Software to Fight Cancer 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. COVID-19 Testing to Go. The University of Arizona has announced a “Cats TakeAway Testing program” for students and employees to pick up a COVID-19 test kit on the go. The test is a polymerase chain reaction test, which involves swishing and gargling a saline solution and spitting into a tube. After, the tests can be dropped off at one of multiple locations on campus, with results generally available the next day. No appointment is required. Pickup and dropoff locations planned for the Cats TakeAway Tests include the Health Sciences Library, the Administration Building, Facilities Management, the Global Center, McClelland

Hall, the Student Recreation Center, the Student Union Memorial Center and the Student Success District. “What we’re looking for, of course, are those asymptomatic people who have no idea that they’re infected and are infecting others,” said UA president Robert Robbins in a press release. “Continued testing is vital, and our program has been designed with an emphasis on access so that testing is as easy and available as possible. We continue to adapt this program to best serve the campus community.” The UA does not require testing. However, Robbins has encouraged all members of the campus to get tested weekly, regardless of vaccination status. Pathology Partnerships. Roche, a global pharmaceutical and medical technology company, has opened some of their software for outside developers to use. The new Roche Digital Pathology Open Environment allows software developers to integrate their own image analysis tools for tumor tissue with Roche’s software and workflows, to hopefully improve patient outcomes and expand personalized healthcare. Roche’s Oro

Valley location Roche Tissue Diagnostics, formerly Ventana Medical Systems, is involved in this collaboration which also uses artificial intelligence for better accuracy in pathology imaging. “Roche is at the center of digital transformation for pathology, and is investing heavily in this innovation to improve patient outcomes,” said Thomas Schinecker, CEO Roche Diagnostics. “Providing pathologists with access to innovative digital tools from Roche and our collaborators through an open environment is critical for laboratory customers and the patients they serve.” Future Mining. The star in the center of Arizona’s flag represents copper and our state’s mining history, producing more copper than any other US state. To further this focus, the Arizona State Legislature recently approved $4 million in funding to the University of Arizona’s new School of Mining and Mineral Resources for 2022. The new school is part of a collaboration between the UA Colleges of Engineering and Science, and is planned to strengthen the university’s student “pipeline” to the local mining sector. The funding

will be used to hire staff, recruit students and improve facilities. “This investment was one of the most important issues to me this session,” said David Gowan, Senate Appropriations chair and sponsor of the school’s appropriation bill. “Mining is one of Arizona’s main industries that contributes to our state’s and country’s rapid population growth and economic prosperity. Mined resources are required to create roads, hospitals, vehicles, houses and computers; to generate power; and to offer the many other goods and services that consumers need in today’s technological world.” The funding is part of the Arizona Board of Regents’ New Economy Initiative, which targets “high-value workforce development” at the state’s three public universities. The UA has reported they’ve also received $6.5 million in donations for the school, thanks in part to large support from the mining industry. “This funding is critical to fulfilling our vision of establishing southern Arizona as the Silicon Valley of mining,” said David Hahn, dean of the College of Engineering.

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ill our diets include bugs in the foreseeable future? Anthony Bourdain, the late TV chef, would eat anything, but how about the rest of us? The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) published a report in May 2013 extolling the value of eating insects as a “healthy, nutritious alternatives to mainstream staples such as chicken, pork, beef and even fish.” The FAO has been extolling entomophagy— “ento” means “insects” and “phagy” means “to eat”— as a healthy, sustainable, and environmentally sound practice. Many insects are high in protein, calcium, iron and zinc and in many cultures worldwide, insects are big part of the daily diet. More than 3,000 ethnic groups in Asian, African and Latin American countries consider insects as part of a normal diet and they eat insects at various stages of the bugs’ lives, from eggs to adults. More than two billion people in the world eat insects, but most Western consumers have yet to adopt “eating bugs” as a culinary practice. There are environmental advantages to raising and eating insects. Livestock produce tremendous amounts of greenhouse gasses. Only few insect groups, such as cockroaches and termites, produce methane, a leading contributor to global warming. The ammonia emissions associated with raising insects is much lower than livestock such as pigs. Forests do not need to be cleared to raise insects. Insects are very efficient at converting feed into pro-

tein. They are cold blooded and require much less food themselves. For example, crickets need 12 times less feed than cattle, four times less feed than sheep and half as much as chickens and pigs to produce the same amount of protein. Insects also can live on organic waste. Across the globe, there are economic advantages as well. Raising and/or harvesting insects can be a low tech and low capital investment that offers livelihood to even the poorest people including those with little land. It can also become a high tech and sophisticated business if the investment is there. And when the concept shows it to be lucrative, the investments will certainly come. We tend to not think much about insects except when we are bothered by them. (Think mosquitoes on the patio and ants at a picnic!) Actually, insects are vital to our own human survival. Roughly 98% of more than 100,000 identified plant pollinators are insects. They play an essential role in waste biodegradation. Flies, ants, dung beetles and termites (among others) break down organic matter such as dead plants, manure, and animal carcasses. The nutrients and minerals in the dead organism are then recycled into the soil for use by growing plants. And they give us many other things we really do not think about. Bees give is about 1.2 million tons of honey per year, according to the FAO in a 2009 study. Silkworms produce over 90,000 tins if silk every year. Resilin, the most elastic material in nature, is a rubber-like protein that enables insects to jump. It’s used in medicine to repair arteries. Though considered somewhat repugnant to many,

maggots are sometimes used to clean the dead matter from infected wounds. Carmine is a red dye produced by insects in the Hemitera order that is used to color textiles, foods and pharmaceuticals. Beeswax has many uses, including candle making, and is a base ingredient in many cosmetics. An insect as food is not a new concept. Insects have been a staple in the diets of many for millennia. Beetles are the most common. (“Beetles” contain about 40 percent of all known insect species.) Caterpillars, bees, wasps, ants, grasshoppers, cicadas, locusts, crickets, termites and dragonflies, are commonly eaten in many parts of the world. The “disgust factor” needs to be overcome by the recognition of their high nutritional value and low environmental impact. Arthropods such as shrimp, crab and lobster were once considered “a poor man’s food” and are now expensive delicacies. Perhaps our feelings toward insects as food will evolve as well. The perception is showing signs of change in Europe. Noma, in Denmark, has been polled as the world’s best restaurant for three years and is famous for using ingredients like ants and fermented grasshoppers. There are cookbooks devoted to insect gastronomy. “Creepy Crawly Cuisine” (1998) by Julieta Ramos-Elorduy and “Eat-A-Bug Cookbook” (2013) by David George Gordon are both available through Amazon. It may be a while before we embrace beetle burgers or grasshoppers in the pasta. But we ought to keep an open mind because entomophagy could be the future. Maybe at next year’s county fair, the culinary attraction will be deepfried caterpillars on a stick!

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Telehealth to serve large healthcare role, even after pandemic Jeff Gardner Tucson Local Media

side from the obvious threats of COVID, the world faced several side effects from sheltering at home and social distancing, such as the loneliness from isolation. However, technology provided several work-arounds to the isolation, and has resulted in a permanent shift in the healthcare industry that will endure even after the pandemic subsides for good. Telehealth or telemedicine, when a patient speaks to a healthcare professional via technology, is nothing new. But the demand and necessity of social distancing has resulted in the remodeling of entire hospital networks. Across the world, hospitals now have entire staffs dedicated to telehealth, and some patients even prefer it to their

standard doctor’s visits. Prior to COVID, MHC Healthcare in Marana had a small telehealth program mainly used for two patient groups: behavioral health patients who were in residential treatment facilities out of town, and for substance abuse treatment to further develop a network of support. However, these constituted less than 1% of their overall business, according to Jon Reardon, chief behavioral health officer for MHC Healthcare. “In March 2020 when the Governor declared a state of emergency, we sprang into action. We worked with training departments and designated time. Because at that point only essential workers would be out and about, and our immediate concern was the continuity of care for the patient population. We had to bridge that gap,” Reardon said. “It went from 0 to 60 in no time at

all. By the next week, our staff was actively providing telehealth services, and by the following month in April, we were providing as much service delivery as we had previously, all via telehealth.” Aside from rapidly expanding their system by purchasing new webcams and laptops for staff, MHC Healthcare also had to introduce the system to many patients and employees. While Reardon admits there was a learning curve, he says patients also saw some unexpected benefits, such as not having to worry about childcare, transportation or commute time for their appointments. “The willingness of the state of Arizona to temporarily allow us to provide services via telephone as well as audio/video did allow us to bridge more gaps,” Reardon said. “There were some folks who, regardless of how much effort you put in to provide training, were really going to struggle. It might be because of a lack of knowledge or access to technology, and the ability for us to have a telephonic code set as well as audio/video, allowed us to provide care that we otherwise would have struggled with.” Telehealth was also especially important in Reardon’s field of behavioral health. With primary care doctors, patients may only visit the hospital for an annual wellness check or when they’re feeling sick. But behavioral health is often based around continual treatment courses.

“Before COVID hit, there was an understandable reluctance to using telehealth. It seemed new or awkward. The traditional model is you get to know your doctor and get that service directly,” Reardon said. “But what we found out is you can get the majority of that work via telehealth, and still establish very effective relationships. It really was pushed by necessity, but once they tried this out, it was a positive experience.” Reardon says MHC’s biggest concerns for telehealth were around their substance abuse treatments, which can take place in group formats. However, he says they did see success with telehealth groups. However, some patients did request to be back in person, which MHC accommodated, with masking and temperature checks in place. At their peak, MHC saw more than 80% of their behavioral health services conducted via telehealth. This has since dropped down to around 50%, with a slight increase since the Delta variant began spreading. Of course, there are many hospital procedures that can’t be conducted via telehealth. But telehealth can still benefit these by freeing up time and hospital space for those who do need to go in for surgeries and more precise consultations. According to Banner Health CEO Sarah Frost, from March 2020 through March 2021, 27% of Ban-

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ner University Medicine Tucson’s ambulatory visits were via telehealth, with most online visit volumes coinciding with COVID-19 surges. This was of particular success in Banner’s Tucson locations, as Banner University Medicine Tucson accounted for 44% of all telehealth visits across the entire Banner Health system, which spans six states. In May 2021, Gov. Ducey signed House Bill 2454, which expands access to telemedicine for patients, ensures doctors receive equal compensation from insurance companies for telemedicine services, and allows out-of-state health care professionals to provide telemedicine in Arizona. “Even as COVID-19 cases start to decline, our telehealth visits are still steadily increasing, forcing us to reevaluate how we deliver care to this vulnerable population,” Frost said. “As it’s currently trending, we will continue to encourage telehealth visits for our behavioral health population

in Tucson, so long as it is appropriate for the patient and they meet specific criteria.” MHC Healthcare has even created a permanent work-from-home workforce. In the past, they had to create additional buildings or expanded spaces in response to higher demand, but now a portion of that new demand can be satisfied via telehealth. Reardon says there are even members of the staff who have found they prefer to provide help this way. “We’ve always thought about this and wanted to address those gaps in care. Obviously when the pandemic hit it maximized demand, but even going forward we are seeing this is a very effective way to deliver service,” Reardon said. “For most populations, it is as efficient as face-to-face, and in fact it is a form of face-to-face, just through a screen. We believe it’s here to stay.”

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Metro Chamber honors local biz at Copper Cactus Awards Alexandra Pere Tucson Local Media

ucson Metro Chamber and Wells Fargo are orchestrating an in-person celebration of small businesses in Southern Arizona with the 24th annual Copper Cactus Awards at Casino Del Sol. Even small businesses will be honored on Friday, Oct. 1, with a solid copper trophy to commend their excellence in a specific category, like “Best Place to Work”. Director of communications at Tucson Metro Chamber Heather Wuelpern said the finalists are given increased name recognition in the community through complimentary promotions for the awards ceremony. “In addition to the finalists or winners benefiting from the Copper Cactus

Awards, those in attendance have a fantastic opportunity to hobnob with business leaders and their esteemed staff members,” Wuelpern said. Last year’s Copper Cactus Awards were celebrated virtually and this year will be adjusted with COVID-19 accommodations such as spaced out tables and readily available hand sanitizer. Event organizers advise unvaccinated individuals to wear a mask. The event will also feature new dress attire: “Zoom-Formal.” Attendees are encouraged to wear a formal top, casual bottoms and even slippers. “We want everyone to have fun while we celebrate the amazing businesses in Southern Arizona,” Wuelpern said. “We figured dressing in the ‘mullet of party attire’ will help everyone NO CITY SALES TAX

loosen up, laugh, and enjoy a night out.” Local Arizona community members submitted 255 applications for the Copper Cactus Awards categories, which has been whittled down to 33 finalists. “This year’s finalists represent such diversity in industry,” Chamber President and CEO Amber Smith said. “It’s an honor for all of us at the Tucson Metro Chamber to recognize our region’s small businesses every year at the Wells Fargo-presented Copper Cactus Awards.” The finalists listed below were chosen by 14 judges who scored businesses under different categories. Tucson Metro Chamber added two new categories to the award ceremony: DPR Construction’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Champion as well as Pima Community College’s Employer/Employee

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Foothills News, September 22, 2021

Frankenstein’s Ensemble Cast Steals the Show Together Emily Dieckman

Special to Tucson Local Media

ook. I know this time of year can be a little contentious. There are always some people ready to throw hot sun to the wind and proclaim Sept. 1 the start of Halloween, and there are other people still mourning the end of monsoon season who just need a gall-dang minute, okay? It feels heightened this year, with everyone still processing the weirdness of the last year and a half. Some are ready to throw it in the trash and move on to bigger, better, spookier things. Some are firmly convinced it’s still March 2020. All this to say, no matter where you stand on the Great Gourd Debate, your soul could surely benefit from a little bit of the Gaslight Theatre’s signature silly medicine. Ready for Halloween? Then you’ll be pleased to know that they’re currently showing a musical rendition of Frankenstein, written and directed by Peter Van Slyke. Trying to hold on to summer? There are monsoons happening

throughout the entire show. Plus, you can order a root beer float or something else that tastes like summer. Frankenstein features several of the theatre’s classic trademarks: a strong ensemble cast, impressive sets and special effects, show-stopping musical numbers, and the occasional instance of a cast member visibly holding back laughter at something that’s happening on stage. The show is set in Frankenstein’s castle, in the land of Bratwurstlandia. Victor Frankenstein (son of the original Dr. Frankenstein) has returned to his family homestead with his fiancée, thee beautiful Elisabeth (trust me, she was a “thee,” sort of woman, not a “the.”) He’s hit with the hard-toswallow news that most of the townspeople don’t want to set foot in or near his late father’s estate, because they all obviously have PTSD from the time he unleashed a terrifying monster on the town. When he also learns that Frankenstein’s monster was never actually destroyed, he has to decide: Will he carry on his father’s legacy

(Left to right) Jacob Brown, Jake Chapman, Mike Yarema and David Fanning and bring Frankenstein’s monster (the excellently cast David Fanning) back to life again? Or will he, like, consider the feelings of his fragile, faint-prone fiancée and focus on their upcoming wedding? (Hint: the title of the play is not Fiancée!) Now, you might not have thought to call all of this nonsense “hanky panky,” but when police inspector Lt. Klemp comes on the scene, he starts calling it

“hanky panky” and then you realize that that’s exactly what you should be calling it. David Orley’s portrayal of a bumbling police officer—which I feel reasonably confident was at least influenced, even if subconsciously, by the walrus from the “Walrus and the Carpenter” scene in Alice in Wonderland—is a highlight of the show. So, too, is a hilarious parody of the Bee Gees’ “Stayin’ Alive” called “He’s Alive!”

mobs to a big, fancy laser. There’s–and hey, I’ll just come out and say it–a hilarious murder scene. This is a show about being an outcast, about the impression a little bit of kindness can leave. About one love story transforming into another, and about, as the cast often refrained, “LIFE ITSELFFFFF!” And of course, it’s about a big, goofy, singing, dancing monster who will crack you up. Frankenstein is followed by the Gaslight’s Late Show Olio, starring Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon, with Photo courtesy of the Gaslight Theatre special guest stars like Tiny Tim, Bette Midler and the Broadway cast of Hair. It’s a cherry on top of a night full “Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! Ahh! He’s of laughs. aliiiiiive!” Brilliant stuff. Delightful details Frankenstein is showabound: There’s the fact that ing Tuesdays through SunHans, an Igor-type characdays through Nov. 7 at the ter played by Mike Yarema, Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. speaks with an inexplicably Broadway Blvd. Tickets for Brooklyn accent. There’s the family-friendly show are Heather Stricker as Elisa$23.95, with discounts availbeth, patiently waiting to able for groups, students, finish fainting until someseniors, military, first reone gets her a pillow for her sponders and children 2-12. head to land on. There are Reservations are required. outstanding effects to portray everything from welltimed lightning to angry

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Foothills News, September 22, 2021

Vineyard bottles Wine of the Wild to benefit Reid Park Zoo

Matt Russell

Special to Inside Tucson Business

ave you heard the one about the African elephant, squirrel monkey, giraffe, flamingo, white rhino, and anteater that walk into a bar? A wild time was had by all. Ba-dum, bump. But in this case, premium wine is the foundation of the festivities, and whenever a love of animals and passion for wine intersect, Rancho Rossa Vineyards always seems to be at the heart of the story. This winery located about 50 miles southeast of Tucson has been supporting animal welfare and rescue programs since they planted their first vines in 2002. As the 20th anniversary of this historic moment in Arizona viticultural history draws near, they’ve released a spe-

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cial wine that pays tribute to six of the more than 250 animals that reside at Tucson’s Reid Park Zoo. And in collaboration with Rescued Hearts Cellars, their sister non-profit organization, Rancho Rossa Vineyards will be donating 100% of the profits from bottle sales to the zoo. The “Wine of the Wild” is a Bordeaux-style red blend made from Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grapes that were grown onsite at the winery’s 24-acre estate in the

Elgin-Sonoita wine region. Each of the more than 1,500 bottles produced features one of six animals that call our local zoo home, with a corresponding color and creative design on the label to make it unique. In evaluating the styles of wine that would be a suitable fit for their philanthropy, the winery’s owner Breanna Hamilton knew right away that some of the five grape varietals that define the iconic Bordeaux region would need to be in these

bottles. “We really love Bordeaux wines and we grow Bordeaux grapes, and it’s the style of wine that our fans love the most,” said Hamilton. “We blend Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot every year, sometimes adding other Bordeaux varietals like Petit Verdot and Malbec, and our goal is always to produce nice, well-rounded blends.” The six animals that made the cut for the Wine of Wild series are the African elephant, squirrel monkey, giraffe, flamingo, white rhino, and anteater. Though many individuals have purchased all six bottles in the series as a collector’s set—I mean, wouldn’t you?—the one that’s sold the most so far is the African elephant. “Everyone loves big animals, especially kids who think they’re out of this

world,” she said. “Elephants are big, cool, fun, and funny, with great personalities.” While the elephant currently leads sales, Hamilton’s personal favorite is the rhino which represents the one at Reid Park Zoo who she refers to as “a big puppy dog.” “Here you have this huge scary animal that enjoys being rubbed and just wants to be loved,” she said. Hamilton’s winemaker husband Chris reportedly relates best to the squirrel monkey, testimony that didn’t surprise her because “he’s a little bit of a monkey himself,” she revealed. Wine of the Wild bottles are $25 each and can be purchased at the Rancho Rossa Vineyards tasting room at 201 Cattle Ranch Lane in Elgin. They can also be ordered online at RanchoRossa.com/shop. Samples of the wine will

be poured at ZOOcson as well, an evening gala at Reid Park Zoo on Friday, Oct. 8, featuring cuisine from local restaurants, samples of local wine, beer, and spirits, auctions, animal ambassador presentations, and live music. Tickets can be purchased at ReidParkZoo.org/event. As I take my own walk on the wild side, I think my Wine of the Wild choice would be the anteater. Ants can ruin a backyard party, and I have a reputation to uphold. Contact Matt Russell, whose day job is CEO of Russell Public Communications, at mrussell@russellpublic. com. Russell is also the publisher of OnTheMenuLive. com as well as the host of the Friday Weekend Watch segment on the “Buckmaster Show” on KVOI 1030 AM.

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• Catch a performance of the time-traveling Irish love story TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY, Bloomsday dancing backwards through time as an older couple SEPT. 25-OCT. 16 retraces their steps to discover their younger selves. Details: 7:30 • Catch a performance of the delightful award-winning musical p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 3 p.m. Sunday; Live Theatre Workshop, My 80-Year-Old Boyfriend about the magic that happens when we 3322 E. Fort Lowell Rd.; $15-$20; 327-4242. throw aside our fears and cross generational barriers based on the true story of a Broadway perform- WEDNESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THROUGH NOV. 7 er. Details: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, 7 p.m. Sunday; Temple of • Comedy comes alive at the new Music and Art, 330 S. Scott Ave.; spoof Frankenstein with the classic $40-$73; arizonatheatre.org. story of a scientist who brings his experiment to life. Details: 7 p.m. WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY Wednesday-Thursday, 6 and 8:30 THROUGH SEPT. 26 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 3 and 6 p.m. Sunday; Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. • Catch a performance of Looped Broadway Blvd.; $21.95-$23.95; about original bad girl from the golden age of Hollywood Tallulah $13.95 children; 886-9428 or thegaslighttheatre.com. Bankhead on an infamous day in film history. Details: 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY TO SUNDAY, Wednesday-Saturday, 2 p.m. NOV. 17-DEC. 5 Sunday, Invisible Theatre, 1400 N. First Ave.; $40; 882-9721 or • It’s not too early to get tickets for invisibletheatre.com. the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Hamilton that created a revolutionary moment in theatre featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, R&B and Broadway. Details: • Catch a performance of Jacque7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 8 line Goldfinger’s Babel featuring p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 pm. Saturday; a dark sci-fi comedy set in the 1 and 7 p.m. Sunday; UA Centennear future raising the specter nial Hall, 1020 E. University Blvd.; of eugenics. Details: 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday; broadwayintucson.com. Scoundrel & Scamp Theatre in the Historic Y, 738 N. Fifth Ave., #131; $28-$30, $15 students and teachers; 448-3300 or scoundreFRIDAY, SEPT. 24 landscamp.org.

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Concert season opener featuring “Songs my Mother Taught me.. and Songs I will Teach my Daughter” performed by Dr. Kirsten C Kunkle and Kassandra Weleck. Details: 3 p.m.; PCC West Campus, Center for the Arts, Recital Hall, 2202 W. Anklam Rd.; $5-$6; 206-6986. • Listen to Kevin Sterner and the Strait Country Band honor the man and his music at Fugitive, A Merle FRIDAY AND SUNDAY, SEPT. Haggard Tribute performing time24 AND 26 less classics such as “Silver Wings,” “Okie From Muskogee” and many • Welcome back the Tucson more. Details: 6 p.m.; Gaslight Symphony Orchestra with Opening Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; Night Tchaikovsky Fourth featuring $27; 529-1000 or gaslightmusiconductor José Luis Gomez and chall.com. trumpeter Pacho Flores. Details: • Listen to the Tucson Pops Orches7:30 p.m. Friday, 2 p.m. Sunday; tra fall concert series featuring Tucson Music Hall, 260 S. Church music director/conductor László Ave.; $17-$83; ticketmaster.com. Veres with selections from “My Fair Lady.” Details: 7 p.m.; DeMeester SATURDAY, SEPT. 25 Outdoor Performance Center, 1100 S. Randolph Way; free; 722-5853 • Watch authentic performances or tucsonpops.org. of the biggest and most iconic • Listen to two-time Grammy-winsongs at Return to Woodstock ner and cultural phenomenon with the Tributaries. Details: 6 Rickie Lee Jones delivering a memp.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 orable live concert experience. N. Oracle Road; $27; 529-1000 or Details: 7 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. gaslightmusichall.com. Congress St.; $35-$58; foxtucson. • Rock the night away with “rocka- com. billy’s greatest modern ambassador” Chris Isaak with his longtime MONDAY, SEPT. 27 band Silvertone. Details: 7:30 p.m.; Fox Theatre, 17 W. Congress St.; • Don’t miss The Music of the $43-$98; foxtucson.com. Traveling Wilburys and Solo Hits • Celebrate the classic lineup of the starring Mike Hebert, Todd Thomplegendary superstar band at Mison and Mike Yarema. Details: 6 rage - A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac. p.m.; Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Details: 7:30 p.m.; DesertView Broadway Blvd.; $25-$27, $15 Performing Arts Center, 39900 S. children; 886-9428 or thegaslightClubhouse Drive; $30; 825-2818. theatre.com.

7 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $20; 529-1000 or gaslightmusichall.com. • Don’t miss multi-platinum and Grammy Award-winner John Legend live at his Bigger Love 2021 Tour. Details: 8 p.m.; Casino del Sol AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Road; $32-$75; casinodelsol.com.

• Get your feet moving with music SUNDAY, SEPT. 26 that has truly stood the test of time at the Rock & Roll All Nite • Enjoy the Pima Community Dance Party with Vinyl Tap. Details: College Music Piano and Soprano

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tunes performed by Old Pueblo Bluegrass and Cadillac Mt. Bluegrass at the return of the Bluegrass Jamboree. Details: 6 p.m.; Gaslight Music Hall, 13005 N. Oracle Road; $27; 529-1000 or gaslightmusichall.com.

FRIDAY, OCT. 1 • Get ready to experience a high energy show with all the bells and whistles and the biggest hits from Motley Crue, Guns n Roses, Van Halen, Quiet Riot, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard and more performed by The Dirt – 80’s Hair Metal Experience. Details: 8 p.m.; Casino del Sol AVA Amphitheater, 5655 W. Valencia Road; $9-$20; casinodelsol.com.

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Children’s Museum featuring food from local restaurants, live music by Naim Amor, dancing, karaoke, lawn games and roving entertainment. Details: 6:30 p.m.; 200 S. 6th Ave.; $150; eveningofplay.org.

SATURDAY TO SUNDAY THROUGH OCT. 10 • Oktoberfest is back at Mt. Lemmon with authentic food, traditional German-style music and dancing, children’s games and live music by the Musikmeisters band. Details; noon-5 p.m.; Ski Valley, 10300 Ski Run Rd.; skithelemmon. com.

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• Learn to make the right Plant Selection for the Desert Garden • Bring the entire family to the Tucwith tips from AZ Plant Lady Noson Comic and Toy Expo featuring elle Johnson presented online by vintage toys, comics and collectTucson Botanical Gardens. Details: ibles with vendors from across 10 a.m.-noon; Zoom link provided; Arizona and California. Details: 9 $30, discount for members; tuca.m.-4 p.m.; The Fraternal Order of sonbotanical.org; 326-9686. Police Hall, 3445 N. Dodge Blvd.; $2; 322-0422 or tcatexpo.com. • Help raise funds for The Humane Society of Southern Arizona at SUNDAY, SEPT. 26 Rescue Me featuring dinner, live auction and guest speaker. Details: • Don your running shoes for the 5-9 p.m.; Hilton El Conquistador Resort, 10000 N. Oracle Rd.; hssaz. Everyone Runs Holualoa Reverse the Course with 5 or 10-mile races org. through the park followed by SATURDAY, OCT. 2 breakfast after the run. Details: 6:15 and 9 a.m.; Catalina State • Come to the grownup fundraiser Park, 11570 N. Oracle Rd.; $46 and Evening of Play at the Tucson up; everyoneruns.net.

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Foothills News, September 22, 2021

ONGOING • Take a guided walking tour of the Historic Canoa Ranch, enjoy environmental education activities or take a nature walk at the lake or Anza Trail. Details: grounds open dawn to dusk; tours 8:30 a.m. Saturdays; 5375 S. I-19 Frontage Rd., Green Valley; pima.gov/canoaranch.

Three books by Tucson authors nearly vanished beneath the waves of the coronavirus Margaret Regan

Special to Tucson Local Media

awrence J. Taylor had a great launch plan last year for his book Tales from the Desert BorSUNDAYS THROUGH SEPT. 26 derland. • Bring the kids for the Woodland The novel is set across Games fun competition testing the desert southwest, from their outdoor knowledge and solv- California and Baja Califoring a mystery at The Conundrum nia to Arizona and Sonora, at Camp Catalina at the Children’s and Taylor had arranged to Theatre. Details: 1 p.m. Sunday; introduce the book right on Live Theatre Workshop, 3322 E. the border line, in the MexFort Lowell Rd.; $10, $7 children; ican Consulate in Nogales, 327-4242. Arizona. And he had plenty of readings lined up in Tucson and southern Arizona. But, he says, “The darkness descended and all was canceled.” FRIDAY TO SUNDAY; SEPT. The date was April 2020 24-26 and that darkness was COVID-19. It nearly bur• View the exhibition The Art of ied the book. Planetary Science 2021: Space Taylor did get a little Travel celebrating the beauty and elegance of science with works of help from his friends. He lives both in Tucson and in art from Tucson and around the world inspired by the solar system Ireland, where he was long and the universe. Details: 6-9 p.m. a professor of anthropoloFriday, 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, gy at Maynooth University noon-6 p.m. Sunday; UA Kuiper near Dublin. Now emeritus Space Sciences Building, 1629 E. at Maynooth, he is affiliated University Blvd.; 621-6963; lpl. at the UA’s Center of Latin arizona.edu/art. American Study. So the team there, along with the MONDAY TO FRIDAY Southwest Center, organTHROUGH OCT. 8 ized a virtual launch. Book clubs here and there invit• View the exhibit Egress - Works ed him to speak. And this On Paper: Alice Browne, Anthony Banks, George Little, three painters Friday he’ll lead a virtual talk from the UA, explainwho are graduates of the Royal ing how this book of fiction College of Art in the UK. Details: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday, converges with anthropolo10 a.m.-3 p.m. Friday; Louis Carlos gy. las.arizona.edu/events He’s written five ethnoBernal Gallery, Pima Community College, 2202 W. Anklam Rd.; free graphic books, three about the U.S. Mexico border, admission; 206-6942.

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including a well-received study of the Tunnel Kids in Nogales. Tales, his sixth book, is his first work of fiction, and, he would say, his first “ethnographic fiction.” That doesn’t mean Tales is a difficult academic read. Enhanced by photos by Maeve Hickey, it’s a gripping volume whose linked stories tell the truth about the heartbreaks of the border. The cast of characters wander through desert landscapes and dusty towns: a couple of Border Patrol agents, one hardcore, another not so much; a young undocumented woman barely surviving in Yuma; Canadian snowbirds who take on an unexpected enterprise. Near Ajo, there is a troubled young Tohono O’odham man and his aunt, a traditional Hia-Ced woman. Closer to Tucson, vigilante rangers scour Cochise County for undocumented prey; an indigenous young mother and her baby try to get to the promised land; and a band of teenagers hang out inside the treacherous tunnels of Nogales. It’s not hard to see why Taylor calls it an ethnographic novel. In his beautiful writing about the traditional religious walk to Magdalena, just for example, we can see the anthropologist at work as well as the storyteller. Taylor’s not the only local author whose book was almost smothered by the pandemic.

Rebecca A. Senf, the chief curator at the UA’s Center for Creative Photography, wrote Making a Photographer: The Early Work of Ansel Adams. The book takes a fresh look at Adams, zeroing in on his early years, and it was published by the prestigious Yale University Press, in association with the CCP. The book came out in February 2020, just a month before Taylor’s, and the CCP went all out to celebrate. Senf put together a companion exhibition, “Ansel Adams: Signature Style,” On Feb. 29, leap year day, her book had a lively launch. The center hosted an Ansel Adams birthday party, complete with cake. Senf gave a talk about her show and the book, and then had a joyful book signing. Fourteen days after that merry party, the CCP—and art spaces across the nation—shut down to evade the deadly pandemic. Senf arranged zoom talks to help the book along, but various invitations to give book talks were postponed or canceled. Her show lasted just 16 days, and it did not resurface when CCP reopened its doors in August this year. One good thing in this sorry story is that books last longer than exhibitions. And Senf’s tale is interesting. Adams fans love his dramatic deep-black and white photos of mountains and cliffs “but his photo-

graphs did not always look that way,” Senf writes. “Adams’s work of the 1920s and 1930s offers a more intimate, familiar, subtle and human-scaled landscape. Those early prints are warmer and softer, and they emphasize shape and abstract form much more than do those in his mature period.” Adams himself thought he did his best work from the 1940s and beyond; he changed his style, Senf discovered, after the National Parks Department commissioned him to photograph the parks. It was then then he began to switch to “bold contrast, operatic treatment and sense of grandeur,” she writes. Interestingly, various important photographers and critics prefer early Adams. The late John Szarkowski, a respected—and acerbic—curator at MoMa in New York thought the early works were best. He called the later work “melodramatic and, at its worst, bombastic”—fightin’ words for Adams aficionados Coincidentally, Dr. Julie Sasse, chief curator at the Tucson Museum of Art, published a rigorously researched art book at the same time Senf brought out her deep-dive Adams tome. After four years of Sasse’s writing and researching, Southwest Rising: Contemporary Art and the Legacy of Elaine Horwitch was released. The date: Feb. 29, 2020.

Sasse had worked for 14 years with Horwitch, a colorful dealer who was a powerful force in the southwest art world. Operating from 1964 until her death in 1991, she opened multiple galleries and propelled hundreds of artists into successful careers. Sasse’s book details her influence on Southwest Pop, and a companion show she put together for the museum displayed the work of Horwitch artists. A gala opening at the end of February did double duty: introducing the big exhibition to patrons and providing a book signing. On the bleak day of March 17, when TMA shut down, the glittering evening already seemed like a dream. But Sasse has had some good luck. TMA opened at the end of July 2020. The Horwitch show was still up on the walls; it ran until Sept. 20. The exhibition has already traveled to the Booth Western Art Museum in Georgia, and this month Sasse is off to the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe for a slightly different Horwitch show. Sasse will give a talk and do a book signing. And in 2024, Briscoe Western Art Museum in San Antonio, will host the Horwich show. By that time, we can hope, COVID will have been conquered. And good riddance.

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lthough she refers to herself as a prolific procrastinator, Marana author MJ Miller has certainly kept busy over the past few years. Following a career in marketing, she has published three full-length novels and two novellas and is currently working on a serial, all in the realm of suspense, romance and “cozy mystery.” This work recently landed her in the American Book Fest’s American Fiction Awards, where her book “Phantom of Exe-

to publishing your first pages and trying to figure book? out what exactly is happening, without getting I’ve always been writing, confused, and without since the time I was small. having it revealed to you And whether I was actually in any obvious way. I like writing down stories or just to challenge the reader to making them up and tell- help figure it out. When ing them to people, it’s just I’m writing, I let the story who I was most of my life. take me where it’s going But practicality took over and sometimes don’t even and after college I got into know the ending until I advertising and marketing, get there. And I think that which is where I wrote for helps make it a good mysyears. So I was always on tery, because if I’ve already the fringe of publishing. figured it out, then the One day I started to realize reader may have as well. that with self-publishing It also means occasionally becoming a thing, there you’ll have to write your Have you always been was no reason to leave all mystery three, four or five interested in writing, my stories in a hard drive. times. Readers want to be and what was the process So about five or six years entertained. They want to ago I decided to finish all fall into the story and let those stories and throw a it capture them. They want few of them out there. to feel like they’re invested and that the outcome is imWhen did you find out portant to them. Because if you’d been selected as a they don’t care, they won’t finalist for the American finish it. Fiction Awards? You specifically won This was the third con- in the romantic sustest I submitted to, and pense subcategory. Do you never hear back unless you think mystery stories you actually place or win. lend themselves toward So it really was gratifying romance? to place as a finalist because you know the book I do. Romance comes in has some merit, regardless a variety of forms, and it’s of reviews and editori- always about the connecal. It was really gratifying tion between people. But because I was competing it’s not always the star. Rowith other writers, and still mance isn’t the point of the stood out. book, nor is it all the reader is invested in. To me, it You are a finalist in the makes what’s happening Mystery/Suspense catego- more interesting. There are ry. In your opinion, what elements, but it’s not the makes a good mystery focus. That’s what differs story? between a true romance, and a mystery romance or A good mystery is one romantic suspense. that keeps you turning the cution Rocks” is a finalist in the romantic suspense category. For five years, the awards have focused on honoring excellence in new fiction writing. “Phantom of Execution Rocks” blends history and legend on the coast of Long Island. While none of her books have focused on Tucson yet, Miller, a former Oro Valley resident, says she is working on a new series of books that will take readers on a tour through the landscape and myths of Arizona.

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“Readers want to be entertained. They want to fall into the story and let it capture them. They want to feel like they’re invested and that the outcome is important to them. “ What is Phantom of in the Southwest, but do you think the Tucson Execution Rocks about? landscape has influenced That’s always a tough your writing at all? one. Phantom of Execution My next series actually Rocks is based on some childhood misfits I grew up takes place in Colorado, with, and an actual light- but there are a lot of travels house sitting on an island throughout Sedona, Flagcalled Execution Rocks. So staff and Tucson. So I’ve there is some truth, with taken a completely differreal history behind it, but ent approach for that seit’s about a journey into ries. It takes in a lot of the the past where the blurred elements that I enjoy here, lines of history are coming especially when it comes to the forefront. It’s based to Sedona, the vortex, Red on slavery in the north, the Rock. I think all these elemaritime abolitionists, and ments are Arizona’s shining also based on the concept quality. They bring a sense of amateur mystery din- of power and mystery, and ners. It’s a lot of things all my next series has a lot of converging on this wealthy influence from them. enclave on Long Island. For more information, Phantom of Execution visit authormjmiller.com Rocks doesn’t take place

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SPORTS EXTRA POINT WITH TOM DANEHY &RECREATION Remembering Sam Cunningham and a historic football game Tom Danehy

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grew up in Southern California in the late '60s and early '70s. I’ve always considered myself having grown up in poverty, thus learning to appreciate what’s really important in life, and to have attended schools with a very high percentage of minority students, allowing me to grow up without prejudice. Plus, as an aspiring athlete and an absolute sports junkie, we had the opportunity to root for national champion USC football and (every year!) national champion UCLA basketball. Plus, the Lakers still had Jerry West and the Rams would go to the playoffs every year (and lose). There were a lot of things to root for and one big thing to root against: Alabama football. You know that saying about the only two people who know every-

thing are God and an 8th grader? Well, being from Southern California and having what I believed to be a fine-tuned sense of racial justice, I couldn’t stand the national attention that Alabama football received. They were an allwhite team at an allwhite school in an allwhite conference and playing only against other all-white schools. How could they possibly be considered the best college football team in America? It was a constant source of irritation, but it all changed with the Sam Cunningham Game. Cunningham was a stud football player from Santa Barbara (and the older brother of NFL legend Randall Cunningham). He accepted a scholarship to USC and as soon as he was eligible to play on the Varsity as a sophomore (that was the rule back then), he immediately became a force for the

Trojans. It was in that sophomore season of his that one of my fervent wishes came true—Alabama was going to play USC in football. Stories vary as to how the game even came about, but when it was first announced, jaws dropped all over the country. It is known that legendary Alabama Coach Bear Bryant and USC’s John McKay were friends. A lot of urban myths have grown up around the game, with one of the most enduring being that Bryant, sensing the tide of history (no pun intended), wanted to start recruiting Black players and perhaps showcasing an integrated team visiting Tuscaloosa could help that along. Some would say that he even wanted (or at least expected) to lose so that the move toward integration might be more fan-driven. USC, which, with quarterback Jimmy Jones and tailback Clar-

ence Davis had an allBlack backfield, went into the game ranked third in the nation while Alabama had fallen out of the Top 10 for a couple years after the departure of star quarterback Joe Namath. While they were playing at home, the 16th-ranked Tide players were no match for the Trojans. The game was close until it started and then USC pulled away. Sam “Bam” Cunningham stole the show, rushing for 135 yards (from the fullback position!) on only 12 carries and scoring two touchdowns. So complete was the rout that McKay pulled his starters in the third quarter of the game that would end up a 42-21 USC victory. One of the myths that endured for a long, long time was that Coach Bryant sought out Cunningham after the game and took the Trojan star in to the Tide locker room, announcing,

“THIS is what a football player looks like.” How I always wished that that had been true. It’s like the scene in “The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence,” where the newspaper editor says that when the truth comes up against the legend, print the legend. It is true that Bryant waited outside the USC locker room to congratulate Cunningham, Jones, and Davis. After the game, Bryant is quoted as having said, “I want some players like that. I don’t care what color they are.” McKay later said that Bryant called him to ask how to treat Black players, to which McKay responded, “Treat ‘em like everybody else.” Not long after that, Alabama began recruiting Black players. And with Bryant providing cover, the rest of the lily-white Southeastern Conference soon followed suit. Some say that the

importance of that one game has been overblown, but I remember it exactly that way. Sadly, after bending the arc of history towards righteousness, that USC team would experience some internal racial turmoil of its own and stumble to a 6-4-1 record. Two years later, Sam Cunningham was a first-team All American and the undefeated Trojans won the national championship. He would go on to a nine-year career in the NFL, making All-Pro in 1978 and retiring as the leading rusher in New England Patriot history. Sam Cunningham died last week; he was 71. He remained humble to the end, downplaying the role he played in giving modern American history a nudge. In Alabama, integration started with a Bam.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You see into a future that others are ignoring. You correctly sense that it’s time to bring greater intentionality and dedication to a matter. This is even more urgent than it seems. The change you make will positively affect many. And if you don’t make it, many more will be adversely affected.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Sometimes, trying to be in the moment actually ruins your chances of achieving it. The hyperfocus on having the now experience forces presence out of the way, clouding the mind with questions like “Am I doing it right?” and “Is this it?” Breathe the moment in; breathe out your requirements of it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your cosmic gift of the week is an improved ability to delay gratification. You’ll think before acting and switch quickly from short-term thinking to long-range vision of possible consequences and benefits. This is no small talent. You will be the lighthouse that keeps others on course and away from dangerous rocky shores.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). Miscalculations will be costly, so it’s important to get the math right the first time around. Double-check the address before you leave the house. Ask about hidden costs and things like delivery, tax and insurance. Most snags are avoidable, and your spirit of research and inquiry will bring benefits beyond financial.

CANCER (June 22-July 22). Your emotions are as accessible as liquid from the tap this week. You have an uncanny knack for turning them up or dialing them down at will. What you don’t have, however, is the ability to choose what flows from this tap. Its connections are mysterious and deep. There’s no such thing as an incorrect feeling.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Collaborations with people who understand how to collaborate will be golden. Trying to build with those who don’t observe good sportsmanship will still be better than going it alone, if only for the chance to favorably influence others. Lessons in teamwork are life-changing regardless of the result.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). You want to give a pure part of yourself, but it’s a tricky thing to pull off. Self-consciousness sets in, which ruins the effect. You can’t will this awareness away, but you can practice and get comfortable enough for insecurities to melt off. The more immersed in the present you are, the less self-conscious you’ll be. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). The ones familiar with a certain kind of work know what it entails. Those who are naive on the matter will make unreasonable demands. It’s nothing to take offense at. If they are willing to learn, educate them. If they are not, cut your losses. What you give is too valuable to waste on immature prospects.

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Plenty of people around you are reaping the benefits of the problem-solving and other work you do with your unique, marvelous brain. You deserve more credit than you get for this. At the very least, you should be giving yourself attention, care and resources to keep the mental energy flowing strong. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Since no one thrives alone, the skills that bond you with others are crucial to your prospering. Your accurate self-awareness shines among your many talents. The ability to understand yourself is at the core of this week’s success and will be the reason for your advancement in a social, economic or professional setting.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). You will see what you expect to see, which makes it harder to see anything new. Even the new views, colored by what was advertised, are seen through eyes that have witnessed them already. For this reason, it is of utmost importance to go where you haven’t been and know very little about.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your high self-esteem doesn’t mean you think others are less valuable than you. It only means you know what you can trust yourself to do. This week, you are more powerful than you realize. Just by showing up and doing your best, you contribute to the rising tide that carries all ships.

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