Marana News July 27, 2022 by Times Media Group

July 27, 2022

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A cotton harvester picks cotton off Moore Road in Marana in 2021. (Cutline/photo by Tom Leyde)

Marana’s cotton crops safe for now BY TOM LEYDE

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ima County’s cotton crop is not likely to be deeply affected by the Southwest’s mega drought and Colorado River water cutbacks this year thanks to wells and recharging of aquifers, growers and agriculture, experts say.

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Tucson nonprofit that helps children and families in underserved neighborhoods will be expanding its efforts thanks to a $2.3 million grant from the Arizona Department of Education. Higher Ground Resource Center, 101 W. 44th Street, received word of the grant in May, said CEO and cofounder Jansen Azarias-Suzumoto. The group will use the money (its largest grant to date) to expand its Restart SMART community schools program. Higher Ground serves mainly low-income youth and families through in-school, summer and after-school programs that build life skills and provide multigenerational support. The money comes from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and is part of Arizona’s ARP School and Community Grantees. The money granted to Higher Ground was one of three such grants totaling $15.3 million. “This grant will allow for an effective and targeted approach to supporting youth through the current disparities that can make learning so hard,” Stephanie Anderson, chief community officer for Higher Ground Resource Center, said in a new release from the state.

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KEEP TUCSON VINYL Head Downtown to one of the newest eclectic restaurants in Tucson. The Delta is a gastropub with Cajun- and Sonoran-inspired menu items. This Thursday, the restaurant is hosting Old Paint Records to play some of its best vinyl tracks. This event celebrates locally owned vinyl stores in the Old Pueblo while providing delicious discounts on local beers ($4), $4 off all Arizona spirits, and half off bottles of Arizona wine. Details: Show starts at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 28. The Delta, 135 S. Sixth Avenue. thedeltatucson.com. LOS DESCONOCIDOS The Arizona History Museum presents the Migrant Quilt Project. This new exhibit memorializes migrants who died trying to seek refuge in the United States. Each quilt features the names of individuals who were identified. Those who have yet to be identified are memorialized with the phrase “desconocido,” or “unknown.” Details: The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday. Free to $12 admission. Arizona State Museum, 949 E. Second Street. arizonahistoricalsociety.org. DIVE-IN MOVIE NIGHT Legendary Tucson retro hotspot Hotel McCoy is back with its dive-in movie nights by the pool. Head to the McCoy on Saturday to buy popcorn and watch the blockbuster superhero movie “Black Panther.” The event is open to the public, but only guests are allowed to swim. Limited parking is available. Details: 8 to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 30. Hotel McCoy, 720 W. Silverlake Road.

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THE THING ABOUT ART Fans of the 1951 Howard Hawk production of “The Thing from Another World” and John Carpenter’s 1982 version can nerd out at the Screening Room this Friday. Come early to see displays of local artists and their best “The Thing” artwork. Afterward, watch the 1982 “The Thing” in widescreen with all the gruesome special effects we love. Details: Art show at 5:30 p.m. and movie at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 29. $5. The Screening Room, 127 E. Congress Street. PAINT NIGHT IN THE PARK Head over to the Brad DeSpain Stables at the scenic Marana Heritage River Park for Adult Paint Night from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 29. “Become the artist you never knew you were!” Registration for the instructor-led class is $30 per resident or $37.50 for nonresidents and includes a 16-by20-inch canvas and painting supplies. No experience necessary. Participants may also bring food and alcoholic beverages to enjoy responsibly. maranaaz.gov

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Town council candidate Charlie Hurt says Oro Valley must grow BY HOPE PETERS Tucson Local Media

e have to grow, but grow wisely. Too many people (in Oro Valley) want to close the gate, according to OV town council candidate Charlie Hurt. Hurt, who was a member of the Planning and Zoning Commission for four years, in which he chaired it for two years, said he is running for council because he wants to draw more people into Oro Valley, not just for shopping and entertainment but for residential living. “I don’t like the direction of the town,” he said. “I think the current council has moved entirely too far in a direction that I don’t want to see the town move in.” Hurt said with no growth Oro Valley needs to start “talking about what things we are going to start and what services we are going to start doing without.” Hurt said currently the town is “flush with money,” but he is worried about the future. “That’s what led me to take a look at running for council,” Hurt explained. “I think if we continue in the way that we have been, we will drive ourselves off of a financial cliff.” A former dean at the University of Arizona, Hurt started off his academic career at McGill University in Montreal. He spent time in Boston at Simmons College and arrived in Tucson at the University of Arizona as a professor and then dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Hurt prides himself on his accomplishments as dean at the UA. He said when he became dean of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, it had an approximate deficit of $2 million. Hurt said he worked it out and left the university with a balanced budget. It was a big victory for Hurt and led him to wanting a seat on Oro Valley’s town council. Hurt spent 16 years in the Tucson area, with eight of those years spent in Oro Valley. He and his family moved away. But with the opportunity to retire anywhere in the country, they chose to come back to Oro Valley.

Charlie Hurt competes to become new Oro Valley Town Council member. (Hope Peters) His biggest challenge will be trying to get more revenue in Oro Valley; more residential areas, including apartments; and filling up the rest of the Oro Valley Marketplace with more businesses. Hurt said Oro Valley can’t build better retail opportunities “because there aren’t enough rooftops and people.” He explained the Marketplace is half-empty still. “You start seeing in the modeling that I’ve done says that we will not have enough in terms of revenue, while at the same time expenses keep going up,” he said. “We will have a revenue shortfall. Why? Because we have not grown.” Hurt stressed, “Let’s be very clear, I do not want to see a property tax in Oro Valley.” Hurt said the property (Marketplace) is still on the table. He said we not only need an apartment building but a hotel and more amenities in the town to draw more people. Developers have a tough time getting approval to build in OV. Hurt said the Environmentally Sensitive Land Ordinance (ESO) protects certain areas. According to Hurt, this limits developers’ approval

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said Vice Mayor Jon Post, a Marana-area cotton grower. “We’re going to be insulated from most of the (Colorado River) cutbacks. I’ve got several thousand acres planted. No one’s cutting back yet,” Post said. Marana gets some water from the Central Arizona Project but not to the extent growers were receiving in Pinal County. Farmers there suffered devasting effects after water was cut this summer by nearly 20%, or 512,000 acre-feet (one acre-foot of water supplies about 2,000 homes annually). Those cuts also affected dairy, alfalfa and other farmers as well as businesses related to agriculture in Pinal County. Last August the Bureau of Reclamation declared a water shortage at Lake Mead. Lake Mead is one of the Colorado River’s main reservoirs, and water levels have fallen to historic lows. More than one-third of the state’s water flows through the Colorado River to Lake Mead. In Pima County, where some 45% of land area is in farms, the farming situation is different. “Marana has amazing ground water,” Post said. “The (farming) district is more than 100 years old. Our ground water is outstanding. Everybody’s recharging ground water and doing a lot of water-saving projects.” Those include land leveling to make sure water is evenly spread in fields and adding drip irrigation. “Marana has worked hard,” Post said. “The Cortaro-Marana Irrigation District has worked hard with a lot of entities in the region to prepare for this and that. Marana is a very unique place in the state.” The Cortaro Water Users’ Association (CWUA) is the agent for the Cortaro-Marana Irrigation District. It was organized in

Left: Cotton plants are irrigated off Grier Road in Marana. Marana’s cotton crop is not overly dependent on water from the Colorado River. Right: Blossoms bloom on cotton plants off Sandario Road near Grier Road in Marana. (Cutlines/photos by Tom Leyde) 1964, but it goes back to 1918, when it was known as Cortaro Farms. In 1946 it was sold to individuals and the CWUA was incorporated. The district is a state agency. It has 42 operating wells and three pumps to transfer water from the CAP canal to irrigation canals. The wells deliver more than 30,000 acre-feet of water every irrigation season, the organization’s website says. The district also has an allotment of treated water pumped into the rivers by the sewage treatment plant on Ina Road. This water is used to recharge ground water. Agriculture technology also helped Mara-

na cotton farmers be more efficient, Post said. Field monitors and soil monitors have changed the way farmers apply water and fertilizer. Pima cotton, the type grown by Marana growers, was developed at the University of Arizona by the late Walker Bryan, a university plant breeder. Released in 1953, the variety has longer and stronger fibers than upland cotton and is in high demand. Arizona produces about half the Pima cotton in the U.S. “Marana is a very productive area with a moderate growing season,” Dr. Jeffrey C. Silvertooth said. Silvertooth is a professor of soil science at the University of Arizona. As long as the Marana area has good soil and water, cotton growers will survive, he said. “It’s (Pima cotton) a stable crop, and there’s a good market for it right now,” Silvertooth said. “The market is extremely strong around the world. It’s (Marana) a small niche, but it’s extremely productive. They have good farmers out there.” Before the Great Recession, Silvertooth said a lot of Marana agriculture land was purchased by developers. Yet when the housing market crunch came, they leased land back to farmers for agriculture. This year Arizona cotton farmers plant-

ed 20,000 acres of Pima cotton compared to just 9,000 acres last year. Upland cotton farmers drastically reduced planting this year with just 82,000 acres compared to 120,000 acres in 2021. Upland cotton is a different species from Pima cotton. The state’s total cotton crop in the 20202021 market totaled 1,396,684 bales, and growers were paid 73 cents a pound. The number of bales dropped compared to the 2019-20 market when 1,614,995 bales were harvested. Cotton is sold on the futures market, and it has changed dramatically in the last four to five years, Post said. Inflation is a large factor in farming costs today, he said. “Our major input revolves around oil, a lot of diesel, fertilizers, chemicals and other petroleum-based products.” The costs of those items have increased faster than consumer products, Post said. “Tractors are up 30%, if you can find one.” Despite the challenges Pima County cotton growers face, Post remains optimistic. “Marana’s always going to have some kind of agriculture,” he said. “It will be interesting to see where development grows. I don’t think I’d worry about Marana losing its agriculture heritage.”

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onsoon season in Tucson, which lasts from mid-June to late September, is a special time for locals. It provides desert inhabitants with the euphoric sense of biophilia, or innate instinct to connect with the natural world around them. “The theory is that when you’re looking at these beautiful views and plants, you’re giving yourself a shot of feel good molecules,” said Dr. Esther Sternberg, a University of Arizona researcher who studies the mind-body interaction with its natural and built environments. The rains can trigger a relaxation response and reduce stress hormones. Certain integrative health behaviors, such as walking outside and inhaling the creosote bush, for example, are posed to change an-

ti-stress brain pathways. The shrub, which is found in the Southwestern region of North America and most commonly in the Sonoran, Mojave and Chihuahuan deserts, is also known as greasewood or chaparral. Creosote is often credited for the earthy fragrance that emits during monsoon season. It has also been said to have existed since the beginning of time, according to the Tohono O’odham creation story. According to the O’odham, Shegoi was the first plant that Tcuwut Makai, the Earth-Maker, created. “It is the greatest, highest, most sacred plant we have that inspires the strongest medicine,” said Camillus Lopez, senior cultural mentor at Tohono O’odham Community College (TOCC). Lopez, who teaches Tohono O’odham studies courses, is on the Himdag Committee that oversees TOCC students’ growth in cultural knowledge.

The plant has been historically linked to a variety of homeopathic remedies for various ailments such as chest infections, intestinal discomfort, venereal diseases and more. There are even claims it treats cancer. While it has been advised the plant should not be consumed for extended periods of times, its antibacterial properties have found their place in homeopathic remedies. Local business owner and herbalist-in-training Rosie Crocker, founder of Sonoran Rosie, noticed an absence of desert plants in the herbalism world. An essentially “white-washed” European field, she noticed the lack of natural products sourced from the Sonoran Desert and decided to create sustainable herbal beauty products of her own. “I want to be respectful to the heritage of the plants that are here,” Crocker said. “I use them in ways that have never been used before.” Her products use desert herbs for aromatherapy and wellness purposes. “Although I believe that plants are auton-

omous, I believe that just like food we can all participate in a relationship with plants,” Crocker said. “It’s always good to be respectful of people’s culture and not just try to capitalize off of a traditional way of making something.” In addition to making everyday essentials such as deodorant, lip balm or lotions, her naturally sourced products smell like rain. Creosote is one of her primary ingredients. She said it has a calming, grounding and protective effect. “They have traced back a root system to (about) 11,000 years old and to me that feels like it has that energy of being ancient, tenacious and super healing,” Crocker said. According to researchers, the volatile organic compounds found in desert plants are good for our health. Gary Nabhan, a research social scientist at the University of Arizona, said the oils desert plants exude as

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systems are highly potent, like a “symphony orchestra of fragrances.” Nabhan, who recently celebrated the 40th anniversary of his book “The Desert Smells Like Rain,” has a background in agricultural ecology and ethnobotany. He said he was inspired by a young O’odham student who identified the paradox of the desert’s perfume. He set out on a scientific mission to address why the desert smells the way it does. The debate between scientists has gone on since the 1930s. While geologists felt the soil crust on the surface of the desert made up of fungi, algae and cyanobacteria emitted fragrances when it rains, botanists have argued the creosote bush is responsible. Botanists used its 35 potent volatile oils as evidence. “The kinds of hazes and desert mirages we see when we look across large distances of the desert are from one of those volatile chemicals and creosote bush called isoprene,” Nabhan said. Nabhan and his collaborators identified 115 volatile organic compounds in at least 60 plant species in the Sonoran Desert that are released when it rains. At least 15 have been found to offer “tangible” health benefits like improved sleep, heightened mental clarity or stabilized emotional-hormones. Evidence also showed some of these compounds are released at the onset of rain, when there’s an increase in humidity or stronger winds. Once released into the atmosphere, the compounds travel into our lungs and enter the bloodstream. “When we get a summer monsoon rainstorm, we have a barometric pressure change, a change in wind speed and ferocity (and) sometimes wind direction changes that make us more receptive to these things because our senses are hypersensitive to ozone changes,” Nabhan said. “Even when it’s not raining on a hot day in June, the creosote are giving off a gas,” Perry Grissom, a restoration ecologist at Saguaro National Park, said. “You can smell them before the rain comes.” While scientists and indigenous practitioners have known the health benefits of ingestion or even absorption of Sonoran Desert flora, other integrative practices such as forest bathing have become mainstream. “It’s immersion,” Grissom said. “Stopping, smelling, seeing, letting the desert wash over (you).” Practitioners like Dr. Lee Ann Woolery, an interdisciplinary educator, researcher and artist, developed the practice of art-based perceptual ecology.

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Woolery held workshops teaching the traditional Japanese practice of, shinrin-yoku, amongst the giant saguaros. “This fact that we’re out breathing good air, the same air that the cactus are (transpiring) can be a health benefit,” Woolery said. “Coming to be one with the landscape is one of the ways I describe it.” Her work blended art, ecology, and connected people to the environment. Using her own developed “methodologies,” the core of Woolery’s work exists at the intersection of art and natural science research. “We’re engaging in multi-modal knowledge systems, (which) means there are many ways of knowing our local habitat, plants, herbs or whatever you’re studying,” Woolery said. She said she feels like her methodologies align more with traditional ecological knowledge than Western science. Traditional ecological knowledge is the ongoing practice or learning of the relationships between living beings in a specific ecosystem, commonly acquired by Indigenous people over time. A similar practice can be seen in TOCC’s Himdag curriculum, which teaches students the Tohono O’odham culture, values and way of life. The tribal college requires students to learn some of the language, history and culture from the “beginning” to the 1980s. Certain events at the college revolve around the O’odham seasonal calendar. The old way of the calendar, according to Lopez, would follow the sun, moon and stars’ placements in the sky. For centuries O’odham people could predict the weather or know when to harvest crops with this knowledge. For example, Jukiabig, or July, is the month of big rains. Months, which are considered to be more like seasons, follow cactus growth. “In the traditional myth, there’s a story about how the cactus was born,” Lopez said. Depending on the watershed area and when cactus flowers begin to bloom and gather fruit, or bahidaj, marks the beginning of a new season and new year. “The saguaro cactus fruit used to be the foremost thing in our culture, to make bahidaj and to make navai’t (cactus wine) because they wanted rain,” Lopez said. “Life centered around the saguaro fruit.” Juk, or rain, is the most sacred thing in the desert. It is a cause for celebration for other cultures as well. Annually in Tucson,

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rizona EBT cardholders were dismayed to reach the grocery store register last month and find out their SNAP funds had expired without notice. “It is chaos not being advised, or notified that your EBT expired,” Bruce Cole said regarding his expired card. Bruce Cole, a disabled vet, receives the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly known as food stamps, from Arizona Department of Economic Security (AZDES). Cole, who does not work due to disability, said he is grateful for the help that he receives from AZDES and the SNAP program, however, participants in his same condition rely heavily on their EBT cards to feed themselves and their families. He said he found out his EBT card had expired when he called AZDES to change his PIN on his card in the last week of June. “The automated phone system just said, ‘your benefits expired’,” he explained. He called four times and received an automated message that stated the system is down and to call back later. Cole said the message AZDES told SNAP clients was their EBT cards expired due to a “vendor issue.” However, they were not getting notified to reapply for SNAP benefits. AZDES explained what had happened in

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A participant of the SNAP program, Bruce Cole was shocked to find out his EBT card benefits had expired with no prior notice from AZDES (Hope Peters) June this year. “As a separate issue, the vendor through which the State of Arizona prints and mails correspondence and paper checks experienced a cyber-attack in June, resulting in the company taking their systems offline nationwide,” AZDES Press Secretary Tasya C. Peterson said in a statement to Tucson Local Media. She stated, “No state systems were compromised, and ADOA (Arizona Department of Administration) and the Arizona Department of Homeland Security worked to ensure all state systems were protected

The tradition marks the beginning of monsoon season. Protecting Native Species Grissom, who studies invasive plant species in the Rincon District of Saguaro National Park, said certain plants come out of their dormant state during monsoon season faster than native plants, stealing their water supply. Places such as A Mountain have been overrun by buffelgrass. This invasive species posed a fire risk and completely demolished the saguaro population except for about six of them, Grissom said. “You can see the future if you don’t do anything.” Saguaro National Park hosts ongoing volunteer buffelgrass removal parties such

during the outage.” “The outage affected the work of four state agencies, including DES and various programs including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), among others,” She said in a statement. “During the outage, DES updated its website and call center messaging to help inform staff about the incident and its impacts.” AZDES stated that the vendor resumed operations in Arizona over the Independence Day weekend, and it has worked with the State to process delayed notices, forms and paper checks. She said, “All delayed correspondence have since been processed. DES clients did not experience a lapse in SNAP benefits or eligibility as a result of the June outage.” “All DES clients will receive the benefits for which they are eligible,” she said. However, according to Cole, several days later on July 14, he witnessed people abandoning their cards at his local Safeway grocery store. “I see them loading the EBT cards,” he recalled. “And nothing.” He said he saw a woman trying to pay for groceries and the cashier told her she had no available funds on her card. “Then one hour waiting time to get through the phone to DES,” Cole said. Cole said earlier this year, the emergency SNAP funds for pandemic relief increased their funds in their EBT cards by $95 per month, but those emergency funds ran out in April. Cole said an organization called La Frontera has been getting emergency

food boxes to people, which has been an incredible help. Cole wondered, “How does a person who has no income, has a disability, how do they get help?” Cole said if your EBT card has no funds and you didn’t receive a notice from DES, you have no alternative. “What do you do for money?” Cole asked. Cole said he managed to buy his groceries on a very limited budget with unique options, more than just coupons and discounts. Cole signed up for every membership card at his local grocery store chains, such as Albertson’s, Safeway, and Fry’s. These discount membership cards are free. The stores offer points on the card for the amount of items purchased, except alcohol and tobacco. The points can be used for savings on fuel. Cole said he has no vehicle, he uses the points for discounts on grocery items. He also collects coupons for regular household items. For SNAP clients, AZDES had this to say: “When a Nutrition Assistance client is reaching their date of expiration, a notice is issued the month before the expiration date. Clients can also check their case status online at MyFamilyBenefits.azdes.gov. In May, there was an isolated incident that impacted the distribution of some notices. In instances where cases may have been directly impacted by the incident, we have taken steps to extend timelines for benefits, as well as for actions a client would need to take on their case.”

as Second Saturday in the Rincon District or Fourth Saturdays in the Tucson Mountain District which incentivize park goers with one-day passes for helping. Weed Free Trails Program teaches volunteers a variety of skills and Wilderness Volunteers invite visitors to camp at the park for a week. The park will also launch their Adopt-an-Area program this fall and will be installing boot brush stations with signs at trailheads over the next couple years. Grissom has been at the park since 2006. He said his favorite-smelling desert plants are odoras, desert lavender and dalea to name a few. When the winds are thrashing about the desert, he said it smells like a “savory stew.”

“Currently we have that smell when it rains in the desert, but it doesn’t mean it’s guaranteed to be that way in the future,” Grissom said. The truth can be found on A Mountain where the existing plant population has been reduced to about six saguaros, “a few scraggly plants of some kind,” and buffelgrass, which gives off a different smell than the “desert rain” most admire. “[The Desert] is not guaranteed to be here,” Grissom said. “I just don’t want to be the guy on duty when the saguaros get wiped out at Saguaro National Park.” Desert lovers can learn more about how to take care of the land and plants here nps.gov

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“It will help us bring in more partners to fill the needs at the school sites where we work, and it will allow us to address learning loss and opportunity gaps at the individual level and the schools with Higher Ground,” Anderson said. Restart SMART is a community school initiative of Tucson Unified School District. Restart SMART teams work at designated schools. They focus on family and community engagement, trauma-informed care, social and emotional skill development, workforce and career skills, positive behavior intervention support, enriched learning time opportunities, and after-school and summer enrichment programs. Higher Ground’s application was among 140 applicants and one of 40 that were funded. Azaria-Suzumoto said the grant will allow Higher Ground to expand its Restart SMART efforts from five to nine schools. These schools are in low-opportunity, high-proverty and high-trauma communities. “We are part of the school and in the world,” Azaria-Suzumoto said. “Part of the school engagement.” Higher Ground staff talks to students, families and teachers. They steer committees to meet with neighborhoods, Azaria-Suzumoto said. “Different schools have different needs.” Higher ground serves some 2,500 children, 500 families and 300 educators annually. By July it will have a paid staff of about 40, and it works with 100 nonprofit partners. “I have an amazing team of people,” Azaria-Suzumoto said. “I have been fortunate to have a great team of people, and we have an amazing team of partners. Tucson has really embraced our organization,” he said. Born into poverty in the Philippines in 1987, Azaria-Suzumoto and his mother were economically rescued from their situation by his father. When Azaria-Suzumoto was 16, his father acknowledged him as his son and made him a U.S. citizen. He dropped out of a university computer science program and came to Tucson. Eventually, he married, embraced religious faith and became the father of two sons. Higher Ground was started in his living room, helping his wife’s son Timothy (then 10), who was struggling in school. Soon Timothy began inviting friends to

join him. They were all struggling with school, but they also shared similar stories of trauma: divorced parents, single moms, incarcerated family members, family members involved with drugs, gangs and alcohol abuse. Underlying these stories were poverty and abuse. Higher Ground began being housed at Mission View Assembly Church in 2007, when Azaria-Suzumoto and his now-wife Barbi began offering their services for free. In two years, Higher Ground was serving 60 students in its daily after-school program, with more on the waiting list. The program reached out to Pima County Parks and Recreation to build a youth center. Higher Ground then became a 501(c) (3) organization. Jansen and Barbi quit full-time jobs to work for Higher Ground as volunteer directors. Tucson Unified School District offered to partner with the group, providing six classrooms at Valencia Middle School during the 2011-12 school year. After-school attendance at the free program grew from 60 to 130 students, and Higher Ground expanded. It started offering tutoring in math and reading, tackle football for middle schoolers, a boxing team, dance, art, choir and high school career internships, character development, martial arts and financial literacy. When Wakefield Middle School was closed its students were moved to Valencia Middle School, leaving no extra room there for Higher Ground services. Luckily, Higher Ground was allowed to move into Wakefield. “Our success is not about numbers,” Higher Ground’s website says. “It’s about creating momentum for lasting sustainable change; it’s about the individual transformation that leads to community contribution; it’s about building a stronger collective impact in our community.” Timothy, Jansen and Barbi’s son, is now serving in the Marine Corps in California, and he and his wife have a child. Jansen and Barbi’s other son Kenji is training to be an Olympian in judo. “We have amazing people,” Azaria-Suzumoto said of Higher Ground. “That’s the secret. … We work alongside people in this journey to get to higher ground together.” For more information, visit higherground.me.

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ARTS FRIDAY, JULY 29

Support your local artists, makers and creators at the Summer Night Market. Held every last Friday during the summer months from 6 to 10 p.m. at MSA Annex. Browse through handmade goods from over 60 local vendors and enjoy the local shops’ extended hours. Food and drinks will be available for purchase. Details: 6 to 10 p.m. Friday, July 29. Open to the public. MSA Annex, 267 S. Avenida del Convento. mercadodistrict.com

SATURDAY, JULY 30

Join the Hellfire Club and take a trip to the Upside Down at the Flandrau Planetarium’s Laser Stranger Things light show. Surround yourself with 4K reso-

lution laser lights, moody synths and ’80s pop hits. Based on the Netflix hit series, this show is sure to sell out. Details: 3:30 p.m., Saturday, July 30. $9 for adults, $7 kids and college students, $8 for seniors and military personnel. Flandrau Science Center & Planetarium, 1601 E. University Boulevard. flandrau.org

LIVE MUSIC WEDNESDAY, JULY 27

Baila esta cumbia con Bidi Bidi Banda is bringing an icon back to life for one night. Traveling from Austin, Texas, this Selena tribute band visits the Plaza stage on their Summer of Selena tour. Details: Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Wednesday, July 27. Purchase tickets in advance for $15 or $18 day of the show. Hotel Congress, 311 E. Congress Street. hotelcongress.com

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Enjoy a full-bodied red wine with a lingering finish or a fresh and crispy white wine from Sand-Reckoner Vineyards during the Wine Thursday event at Hotel Congress’ jazz club, the Century Room. The Agave Heritage Festival presents their Summer Tasting Series which includes Wine Thursdays, led by HoCo Sommelier Josh Osteen and Mezcal Sundays led by Doug Smith, local agave master. $30 per person. For an additional $5 fee, you can book a VIP dinner reservation at the Cup Cafe before the tastings. Details: Doors open at 6 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 28. The Century Room, 311 E Congress Street. hotelcongress.com

FRIDAY, JULY 29, AND SATURDAY, JULY 30

Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens & Galleries’ sum-

mer series, Chillin’ at the Chul, continues on Friday, July 29, or Saturday, July 30. The botanical gardens are offering visitors a chance to cool down on the grounds after-hours with free admission from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Enjoy live music by the band Data Data on Friday, or music from Tucson’s community radio station KXCI on Saturday. The Garden Bistro will be open for service, offering light bites and refreshments like Sonoran hot dogs and prickly pear margaritas. Detail: 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, July 29, or Saturday, July 30. Tohono Chul, 7366 N. Paseo Del Norte. tohonochul.org

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Sonoita Vineyards celebrates its annual Harvest Fest 2022 this Saturday. This “rain or shine” event includes eight wine tasting tickets, a souvenir glass, grape-stomping competitions and more.

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Presale general admission is $25, $30 at the door. The $90 nonrefundable VIP package includes early admission at 10 a.m., a private room and bar, after hours activities and lunch voucher. Otherwise, lunch may be purchased on site from The Curry Pot and Curbside Kitchen. Details: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, July 30. $25 to $90. Sonoita Vineyards, 290 Elgin-Canelo Road. sonoitavineyards.com

For two days, head over to Triangle T Guest Ranch for the 13th annual Garlic Festival. Enjoy roasted garlic, live music, food, wine, raffles and other goods from over 35 vendors. The $5 entry fee per car benefits the Wounded Warrior Project and the Make a Wish Foundation. Details: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 30 and Sunday, July 31. $5 car entry. 4190 Dragoon Road. azretreatcenter.com

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Take a day trip down to Wilcox for Apple Annie’s Orchards, “Sweet Corn Extravaganza” and “Peach Mania” events. Enjoy a peaches and pancakes breakfast served from 7:30 am to 10:30 a.m. at the Orchard Grill or an apple-smoked burger and homemade peach pie for lunch, served from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Explore the orchard and enjoy the shade beneath the peach trees, located at 2081 W. Hardy Rd. Come grab a ‘farmer’s dozen’ of the “best sweet corn in southern Arizona,” at the farm, located at 6405 W. Williams Road. Details: Apple Annie’s Orchard is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. No charge for admission. appleannies.com

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27

Take a weeknight off and drive down to the MSA Annex for Soul Food Wednesdays on July 27, from 7 to 10 p.m. Enjoy delicious “soul food” that warms the soul from Black Vibez, Off The Hook Seafood and Dre’s Seafood & BBQ, as well as drink specials from the MSA Annex’s bar and bottle-shop Westbound and wares available from more than a dozen Black merchants. The MSA Annex is located at 267 S. Avenida del Convento. Soul Food Wednesday is happening every last Wednesday of 2022 and presented by BLAX FRIDAY, a community organization that spotlights Black businesses. For more information about Soul Food Wednesdays or BLAX FRIDAY

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Come to the Oro Valley Farmers Market at the historic Steam Pump Ranch on Saturday, July 30, to support your local farmers, ranches and small food purveyors offering their seasonal produce, farmfresh eggs, meats and other goods. Operating every Saturday, year round, the farmers market runs from 8 a.m. to noon. Attendance is free, but money is required for shopping. Steam Pump Ranch is located at 10901 N. Oracle Road. For more information about the Oro Valley Farmer’s Market or other Heirloom Farmers Markets visit, heirloomfm.org

KIDS SATURDAY, JULY 30

Spend time with the Zoo’s pack of African wild dogs and beat the heat with your family at Reid Park Zoo’s Summer Safari Nights on Saturday, July 30, for the “Dog Days and Astronomy Summer.” This summer series offers a variety of zookeeper chats, animal encounters and games sponsored by Tucson Parks and Recreation. The Zoofari Market will be open to offer food and drinks for purchase. Details: 5:30 to

8:30 p.m. Saturday, July 30. Admission is free for Zoo members, $10.50 for adults, $8.50 for seniors, $6.50 for childre and free for children under 2. Reid Park Zoo, 3400 Zoo Court. reidparkzoo.org

SATURDAY, JULY 30

The Oro Valley Youth Advisory Council and Oro Valley Aquatic Center sponsor the “Summer Teen-Only Dive-In Movie Nights.” Watch “Thor: Ragnarok’’ this weekend for the second dive-in movie of the summer. Movie admission is free, giving local teens the opportunity to hang out with friends and enjoy complimentary pizza, popcorn and Eegee’s while watching a movie in the pool. Details: 7:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, July 30. The Oro Valley Aquatic Center, 23 W. Calle Concordia. orovalleyaz.gov

SATURDAY, JULY 30, AND SUNDAY, JULY 31

The Loft Cinema’s Kids Fest closes out their free in-person summer event this upcoming weekend. The Loft Cinema welcomes parents and children to watch the ’80s animated classic “The Secret of Nimh” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, July 30. Then the Disney live-action “Lion King” at 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 31. Details: Doors open at 9:15 a.m. The Loft Cinema, 3233 E. Speedway Boulevard. loftcinema.org

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ARS 13-3108 statute is impacting public safety BY SUPERVISOR REX SCOTT

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rior to my service on the Board of Supervisors, I was an administrator and teacher for almost 30 years. On two occasions, my staff members and I had to put our schools into lockdown because of reports that a student with a gun was roaming campus. Although no one was harmed in either incident, I will never forget the looks of fear and uncertainty on the faces of my colleagues and students. More times than I care to remember, I attended funerals of students who died as the result of gun violence. A girl who was a victim of a gang-related shooting and several suicides, including one of a sixth grader, all bring to mind memories of anguished family and friends. There is something sickening about watching teenagers grieve the

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loss of a classmate at far too young an age. Gun violence is an epidemic in our country, including in Pima County. As Arizona counties are charged under state law with protecting public health, our Board of Supervisors should have the ability to protect residents from public health and safety threats. Sadly, the Arizona Legislature restricts our capacity to fulfill that duty. There is currently a statute in place (ARS 13-3108) that prohibits political subdivisions from enacting “any ordinance, rule or tax relating to the transportation, possession, carrying, sale, transfer, purchase, acquisition, gift, devise, storage, licensing, registration, discharge or use of firearms or ammunition or any firearm or ammunition components or related accessories in this state.” This statute prevents local governments in our state from taking virtually any action to address gun safety or violence.

The Board of Supervisors learned in the last year just how restrictive this statute is. Two of us asked the county attorney to advise the board as to whether or not we could ban gun shows from being held at the fairgrounds, or at least require that gun sellers at these shows have federal firearms licenses, which would require them to conduct background checks. ARS 13-3108 prevented us from taking either action. Last month, I asked the county attorney if there were any possibility of the board considering a local “red flag” law, which would permit the sheriff and his deputies to confiscate guns from any resident found to be a danger to themselves or others. There are 19 states with such laws, and it seemed to me the county, as the regional public health authority, should be able to

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Why ban weapons for human choices?

Editor: I am confused. Another mass shooting, another call to ban a weapon. It seems to happen every time. It’s the tool in the shooter’s hands that’s at fault, rather than the tool holding the rifle. A tool is neither good nor bad. It’s an inanimate object. It just lies there until someone makes a choice to use it. That person either makes a good choice or a bad choice. It’s the person using the weapon for evil that’s in the wrong. If the tool is at fault, how come I have never heard of a call on the banning of box cutters? Yes. They are no longer allowed on aircraft. Rifles are not allowed in schools either. I still hear calls for guns to be banned but still not box cutters. Why am I going on about box cutters? Excellent question. I don’t know your age, not my business to know. I, however, am old enough to remember September 11, 2001. On that day a hand

full of box cutters contributed to the deaths of nearly 3000 souls. Box cutters. Not hand guns, not shotguns, not rifles and not “assault style” rifles. The plain old box cutter. Never have I heard about someone suggesting a ban on them. Perhaps a tool is simply a tool? I have a suggestion. Let’s not give these people a forum. Stop using their names. Stop publishing their photos. Stop making them famous. That’s what they want. They desire to be noticed. Bad press is better than no press to these folks. Just a thought. Robert Long Tucson

A closer look

Editor: In response to a letter published in last week’s edition of the Explorer by Jack Stinnett, I like to sum it up with, “Hogwash!” First of all, Mr. Stinnett is Joe Winfield’s campaign manager. He states, “In a still developing story.” A more

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accurate statement would be, “We are in deep trouble, which is why we keep buying more signs, filing false accusations of misconduct without any evidence, referring to a website designer as a ‘political advisor’ and whining about accurate and factual recaps of the abhorrent 3 ¾ years of Joe’s feckless leadership.” Stinnett tries to put lipstick on the noncompliant Community Center ADA entrance. Our mobility challenged residents and visitors still have to negotiate the “ramp from hell” (so named by a Sun City resident) which takes them past the foul smelling dumpster into a service hallway. That’s disgraceful! He ignores the fact that Joe Winfield, Melanie Barrett and Joyce Jones-Ivey gleefully endorsed the candidacy of Councilman Tim Bohen who recently found himself facing a local judge for assaulting Councilman Steve Solomon. Bohen has a well-documented public history of temper outbursts. It’s not if, it’s when. Mr. Stinnett also sticks his head into the financial hole Winfield camp has dug for Oro Valley. In the past year Oro Valley has floated $52,000,000 in municipal bonds (debt) which have to be paid for from a shrinking income stream created by the development moratorium they put in place for the past four years. Your attempt to create fire from smoke is typical Winfield camp doublespeak. To quote Councilwoman Jones–Ivey (OV Town Council Meeting, April 6, 2022), “It’s political crap!” Don Cox Oro Valley

Win�ield is the Way Forward

Editor: The recent July 20, 2022, front-page article in the Explorer on the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Vistoso Trails Nature Preserve was no fluff piece. Inaugural ceremonies are always uplifting and make good human-interest news, but this news story has much greater significance. Joe Winfield is running for reelection as mayor of Oro Valley, and the Explorer piece mentions an important part of Joe’s legacy, which is at the heart of this election and the future of Oro Valley. Will we work for land preservation in perpetuity or forsake it for unbridled growth? Oro Valley is at a critical point in its his-

tory. Founded in 1974 to maintain a rural desert landscape and avoid taxation overreach by nearby Tucson, our town is a unique place drenched in the beauty of the Sonoran Desert against the backdrop of the impressive Santa Catalina Mountains. Every resident who makes Oro Valley his or her home owns a small piece of a paradise that, at better than 90% built out, has become a battleground for money hungry developers. When Joe Winfield became our mayor in August of 2018, two months after a Canadian nonbank lender turned the water off at the Golf Club at Vistoso, setting up an almost four-year battle for the soul of more than 200 acres of land. The residents of Oro Valley could not have been more fortunate. The prior mayor, a philosophical compatriot of progrowth Danny Sharp (the candidate running against Joe Winfield in this crucial election) never met a rezoning he didn’t like. Had Joe Winfield not become mayor, there would have been no celebration of land preservation on a recent, warm July morning. At this stage in our town’s history, we need a mayor who understands measured, careful growth. Who has the credibility to lead publicprivate partnerships like the one over 600 donors trusted in to secure a valuable piece of land and who will respect the unique beauty of Oro Valley and the residents who treasure it. The Explorer article quotes an emotional Joe Winfield as saying the Vistoso land preservation represents a “capstone” for him. As a man who spent a long career with the National Parks Service, exemplifying his love for beautiful landscapes like the ones we value in Oro Valley. As Joe Winfield looks to extend his legacy over the next four years, a vote for him secures Oro Valley’s future as a place where our natural beauty can be celebrated and preserved in perpetuity. Rosa Dailey Oro Valley

Say no to blue

Editor: To those of you that moved here from screwed up cities and states run by Democrats, think! Stop voting Democrat, you are screwing up Arizona. Ralph Jameson Oro Valley

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Charles White remains USC-s all-time leading rusher BY TON DANEHY

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long, long time ago, before I came to Arizona (the state, not the university) on a a basketball scholarship, I was playing a year of football and baseball at Cal StateNorthridge. I had a part-time job at the high school from which I had graduated, doing an assortment of things in and around the gym. Through a truly odd set of circumstances, I found myself coaching the lower-level football team (it was called the B Team). Our quarterback was one of the most-spectacular athletes I’ve ever known. But because the varsity team was loaded with running backs, it was decided he would play on the B team rather than ride the varsity bench. We went undefeated and he was just ridiculously good.

After I came to Arizona, I kept up on his career. He starred on the football field and, in track and field, he once won the California state championship in the low hurdles, beating a guy who would later make the Olympic team in that event. He got a scholarship to USC and became a sensation. His senior year, he rushed for more than 2,000 yards and won the Heisman Trophy. His name is Charles White and not only is he still USC’s all-time leading rusher, he is still the PAC-12’s all-time rushing leader after more than 40 years. His 6,245 yards is all the more amazing because, back then, NCAA teams played 11-game regular season schedules (plus one bowl game). If he had played 14 or 15 games a year in today’s era of conference championships and NCAA playoffs, he might have rushed for nearly 8,000 yards in his career.

To show how bad things used to be in college football, just look at White’s junior year. His USC team finished 11-1, with the only loss coming to Arizona State in the Sun Devils’ first year in the new Pac-10. Preseason No. 1 Alabama also went 11-1, so it’s a coin toss to see which team gets the “championship.” Yet, as it turns out, the two teams had played each other, with USC beating the Crimson Tide 24-14 in Alabama. Nevertheless, the Associated Press poll of sportswriters and other nincompoops voted Alabama the national champion while the UPI poll of coaches gave it (overwhelmingly) to USC. Charles led the Trojans to a 21-1-1 mark his final two years (a bizarre 21-21 tie with Stanford kept the Trojans from winning the national title in 1979) and he won the Heisman in a runaway. He was drafted by the Cleveland Browns, but was released after four years of subpar production. It probably had something to do with the fact that he had become a raging drug addict by that time. He had started with marijuana in high school, then moved on to cocaine near the end of his college years, and then finally to crack.

He washed out of the NFL, but then, John Robinson (his coach at USC who had moved on, accepting the head coaching job with the Los Angeles Rams) offered him another chance. White blew it (no pun intended), but Robinson then gave him one last chance. White responded by leading the NFL in rushing in 1987. He even got the Comeback Player of the Year Award. After the Comeback though, he went back, and that was that. USC — somewhat nobly, somewhat foolishly — found make-work positions for him over the next two decades, but finally cut him loose. Then, things got really bad. He was in and out of rehab facilities. One time, he left and came back wearing somebody else’s shoes (no explanation). Another time, he was seen running on the interstate. A few years back, I thought I might try to get in touch with him, see how he was doing. Then the pandemic hit and everything got shoved aside. Now, I just found out he’s living in an assisted-living facility in Southern California. He has extreme dementia, probably from the many hits he took as a running back. The drugs didn’t help, although there are some who feel that the onset of dementia may have exacerbated his drugs situation and not the other way around. He can remember playing in specific games 43 years ago, but doesn’t know how old he is. He remembers specific college teammates, but can’t tell you the name of the place where he lives. I contacted his ex-wife, who is looking after his well-being. I’m going to go try to see him. He won’t remember me, but that won’t matter. I’ll tell him about the undefeated season and the big part he played in it. Then, I’ll thank him for all the great memories he gave me and I’ll thank God that I’m able to remember everything after all these years.

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Fire breaks out at local high school

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ignificant damage has been reported at Salpointe Catholic High School, after a fire broke out on Sunday evening. The Tucson Fire Department was dispatched at 8:09 p.m. to the southeast corner of the school, and arrived on scene by 8:13 p.m. Units from Station 5 observed “heavy smoke and flames,” TFD wrote on Twitter. A second alarm was called shortly

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put such a law in place. Again, I was told that ARS 13-3108 prohibited any such law from being enacted. In the wake of the Uvalde school shooting and the mass murder in a Buffalo grocery store, the United States Congress passed the bipartisan Safer Communities Act (SCA). I am encouraged that the process of

after, fighting the fire defensively and controlling the two-alarm fire by 9:12 p.m. The fire began in the attic space in the 700 English wing, on the southeast corner of campus. Smoke and water damage were also found throughout the 300 and 400 wings, along North Cherry Avenue, on the northeast side of campus. There were no injuries reported and the cause of the fire is still unknown. Fire safety assessment personnel and building safety experts were on campus

Monday, July 18, to investigate. The high school campus is closed until further notice, canceling all activities school officials said in a news release, but anticipates to start the school year on time on Monday, Aug.8. TFD spokesman Michael Colaianni said the investigation is still underway, as samples will be taken for analysis.

protecting all Americans from the constant threat of gun violence has at long last been taken up by our federal lawmakers. Here are some of the opportunities the SCA has made available to the Arizona Legislature: •Financial incentives for enacting state red flag laws. • The ability for women to seek legal protection from violent boyfriends.

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Bomb threat thwarted at UArizona

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omb-sniffing dog cleared the building. An afternoon bomb threat forced an evacuation of the College of Nursing building at The University of Arizona last Tuesday, July 19, according

to University of Arizona Police Sergeant Sean Shields. People in nearby buildings were asked to shelter in place. However, by about 4:30 p.m. bomb technician Lauren Connell and her bomb-sniffing dog, Skip, cleared the building and people were allowed back. No bombs were found. “It was a hoax,” Shields said, “It didn’t turn out to be anything.”

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CANCER (June 22-July 22). To have a choice in whom you follow puts you in the minority of humans in the history of humanity. While many blindly ascribe to the ideologies of their group, you’ll put more thought into your choices, striving for objectivity and weighing the morality of your options. Your consciousness will inspire others. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). As you focus strictly on what it takes to get your special project to the next place, much of what’s going on outside your project will no longer concern you. You’ll be liberated from worrying about what others think of what you’re doing. The reactions and responses of others hardly seem worth ruminating over. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). It’s no mystery how being with the right company makes for a better experience. When you’re relaxed, your perspective shifts. Lovely deness, making the moments more joyful. Often the right company will be just you, as you’re quite comfortable with yourself.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 21). Your luck will not be obvious. There’s no big win or small prize, not even a sense of progress or justice to acknowledge. That’s precisely why it is so meaningful to stop, take stock and celebrate, without reason or quali, days. You cherish the preciousness of life.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Running jet. Even though you’ve had great success feeling out your options, things don’t always feel like what they are. It’s a week to use analytical resources, including your senses and, more importantly, the hard data. You’re favored to make your best decision yet.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). To help those you love is easy. And almost anyone is nice enough to those they want something from or are attracted to. But you’ve been known to give yourself to people you want nothing from at all, a testament to your big heart and a behavior you’ll repeat plenty this week. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). You’ve worked hard and used your resources well. The only thing missing is a little faith. Resources seem limited, but there’s a lot more coming. Loosen your grip, relax your thinking and let playful creativity into your dealings. That’s when you’ll see how to arrange things for maximum success and abundance.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). There was a time when you wanted something very particular and it just didn’t happen. You’ll never know how things would have developed had you gotten everything you wanted back there, but it certainly wouldn’t be as great as what’s happening now. When things don’t go to plan, you now assume it’s for the best.

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TAURUS (April 20-May 20). Conventional wisdom suggests you can’t solve the problem if you don’t know what it is. This will turn out to be untrue. You’ll be drawn to making things comfortable, fair, lovely and healthy. Your improvements will solve problems you couldn’t have articulated before this process. Everything is connected.

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4 Test one’s ___ (be a challenge) 5 Ballyhoo 6 Zip, zero, nada 7 München : Munich :: ___ : Cologne 8 Subject to a tax, as property 9 Strong negative reaction, as from the public 10 Border on 11 Apple’s voice assistant 12 Run in neutral 13 Word sometimes used incorrectly for “fewer” 18 Game with 15 numbered balls 22 Beanie, e.g. 24 Desert on the Silk Road 25 Canal through Egypt 27 Cherish 28 Toni Morrison’s “Be loved,” for one 29 Plural that makes one wonder why there aren’t any meese 31 Mon. follower 32 Early Peruvians 33 Joint just above the heel 34 Cotton fabric named for a French city 37 Beauty 40 18-wheeler 41 Nasal sounds from some one with a slight cold 42 Silly 43 Bird that caws 48 Oscar winner Mahershala 49 Duped 51 Puerto ___ 52 Of a shared cultural identity 55 Ensnare 56 What you park in a driveway or drive on a park way 57 Clothes presser 58 Acquire, as a job 59 Singer Bareilles 61 Beginnerish 62 “___ for the poor” 63 Discreet attention-getter 66 Container for mints 67 Squirt from an octopus

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Just because a person is in a position of power doesn’t mean they possess a talent beyond your own. Timing, nepotism and any number of other reasons can contribute to a rise in status. This week, it would be a mistake to let anything intimidate you or stop you from believing in your abilities. Keep your eye on the prize.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19). Your personal energy is like that of a rechargeable battery. It will deplete if you use it, and it will deplete if you don’t. So you may as well apply yourself, without worrying too much about whether you’re wasting it on silly things. Trust that there’s an intelligence at work. You’ll gravitate toward worthy pursuits.

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