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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHistorical Records - Miscellaneous (142)/ June'- teenth: freedom's beginnings ,j Centerfold Hometown honors one of its own Page 3 . Shaking \ hands with a president Page3 High school grad-the hard way Page& Tucson Citizen Thursday, June 19, 1980 ueo10 ~~;·•i,.,~~kl Page2 People Military news Airman Karen Glass, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. El-wood Glass of 7260 Elbow Bay Place, has been named Plane Captain of the Quarter at San Diego Naval Air Station in Miramar, Calif. Eric Alan Knight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Knight of Tucson, is one of 300 youths offered an appointment to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's 1984 class. More than 7,000 youths applied for the 300 openings. Award winners The Tucson Jewish Community Council has named Linda Silverman and Elliot Goldman the recipients of the Gary I. Sarver Awards for 1980. Student conference A delegation of 20 adults and students will represent Sunnyside High School tomorrow at the 1980 National Stu- dent Council Conference at Aurora, Colo. Sunnyside will host next year's national conference. Firemen learning There's more to running a fire department these days than having your own parking space outside the station and watching the trucks roar out of the barn. At least that's what four local fire department ad- ministrators who attended a national course on executive development were told. The tw0-week May conference, held in Emmitsburg, Md., dealt with the changing role of the fire chief, among other topics. Chief James Kisner of the Flowing Wells Fire De- . partment said today's chief is not "just a boss, he's a manager." _ When viewed from that perspective, the job demands the chief delegate authority and not accept every problem as his and his alone . Kisner's men can expect some more responsibility. Assistant Chief Wes Grimes of the Tucson Fire De- partment and Chiefs Bob Murray of Golder Ranch and George Kline of the Avra Valley department also at- tended the National Fire Academy seminar. Activities Summer speedreading The Tucson Public Li6rary will offer speedreading classes this month for adults and mature teenagers via an 8-part video cassette course, produced by Time-Life and moderated by Dick Cavett. A separate, 12-part Reading Efficiency course, concentrating primarily on compre- hension skills, may also be available. Enrollment will be limited, so call Chari Maynard, 791-4397, to get on the mailing list. Kindergym and gymnastics The Lighthouse YMCA, 2900 N. Columbus Blvd., will begin classes for 3-to 5-year-0lds July I in coordination and flexibility. Gymnastics is offered to older children. Call 795-9725 for information. Ott YMCA programs The Ott YMCA, 401 S. Prudence Road, has begun summer day camp, including swimming, crafts, archery, tumbling, sports and field trips. Call the branch for infor- mation. Lohse YMCA Lohse YMCA, 516 N. Fifth Ave ., will give lessons in aerobic movement/dance. Day and evening classes will be available. Other classes include gymnastics, physical fitness, tumbling, floor exercise, basketball leagues. Call 624-7471 for information. On the cover Technically, the annual June'teenth festival at Vista Del Pueblo Park celebrates the emancipation of American blacks. But when the fiesta has its 10th Tucson anniversary Saturday, the men who trans- planted it here will be celebrating something more. Like local artist Sulayman, whose tapestry is black and white at the outer borders, but a rainbow within, Morris Doty and Bobby Dixon will be cele- brating the community of mankind -different colors on the outside, but equally beautiful within. For the June'teenth story, tum to the centerfold. Cover photo by H. Darr Beiser; design by Paul Krause. Old Pueblo is the Tucson Citizen's weekly sup- plement for local and neighborhood news . If you know of a person or activity that merits coverage, we'd like to hear from you. Call 294-4433, ext. 203. Tucson Citizen Tucson fire sleuth Jeff Corey also headed to Emmits-burg recently -to start some fires . Corey, of the Tucson Fire Department's investigation unit, was learning about arson from start to finish. The role-playing was part of a another course offered by the National Fire Academy for police and fire department investigators. "It was an odd feeling setting fires yourself," Corey said. "But it was vital. You've got to see a fire right from its beginnings to recognize how a fire nonnally pr0- gresses." Corey believes the three-week course will allow him to teach firemen how to recognize arson when they see it and preserve evidence until police and fire department arson investigators arrive. In the past, Corey said, firemen have wiped out arson evidence through ignorance and non-cooperation with in- vestigative branches. The NF A, in an effort to bridge the gap between fire and police departments, split the class almost evenly be- tween the two. The combined approach to arson investigation is gaining popularity nationwide in response to what fire officials have called an arson epidemic. New officers Penny Turrentine has been named president of the Tucson Osteopathic Auxiliary for the coming year. Other new officers are Margaret DeVito, vice president, Beth Fielder, secretary, and Linda Bischof, treasurer. Donation A $500 donation to the Philhannonia Orchestra of Tucson may ease the local youth orchestra's financial problems, a Tucson Symphony Women's Association offi- cial says. Barbara F. Fuerst, first vice president of the associa- tion, said the donation "will go a long way toward saving the philhannonia ." The association added its $200 donation to a $300 con- tribution made by the Mattie Lee Hardie Scholarship Foundation. Dance lessons The Moving Center, 135½ S. Sixth Ave., will offer classes, beginning Monday, in modem dance, Afro-dance, ballet, modem jazz, mythical dance, children 's creative movement, dance exercise and improvisation; afternoon and evening sessions. Call 884-7359 or 882-0961 for price and schedule information. Tom Thumb Players workshop Children from 6 to 20 can join the summer workshop of the the TTP, which will run from July 5 through Aug. 2. Sessions include acting technique, speech, voice and make-up, under the direction of Lester Netsky . Tuition is $50. Call 326-1108. YMCA Camp Lohse YMCA , 516 N. Fifth Ave., offers summer camp . 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with swimming, games, crafts, movies and field trips. Call 624-7471 for registration infor- mation. Dance classes Summer session by Isis Dance Company, 2510 E. Sixth St., including instruction in jazz, ballet and modern dance for adults and children running through July 18 . Call 888-6774 for registration information . Sonoran Herita_ge series At the Tucson Public Library &ranches: Continuing with Wildhorse Shorty Cowboy Tales and Homemade Music 3 p.m . Tuesday at Mission; Seri Indian Facepaint- ing 2 p.m. Wednesday at Himmel; What is a Cactus Good For? 6:30 p.m. July 1 at Nanini. Childbirth classes Kino Community Hospital series on childbirth prepa- ration through July 21 in room 3030, 2800 E. Ajo Way. Call 294-4471, ext. 103, for infonnation. Summer garden walks Pick the Perfect Pepper 9 a.m. Wednesday, at the Tucson Garden Center, 4040 N. Campbell Ave, sponsored by the Pima County Cooperative Extension Service. Blood pressure checks Free blood pressure reading and blood donations ac- cepted by the American Red Cross: 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Christ Presbyterian Church, 7600 N. Paseo de! Norte; 8 to 11 a .m. Monday at Devon Gables, 6150 E. Grant Road; 1 to 3:30 p .m. Wednesday at M.M. Sundt, 4101 E. Irvington Road; noon to 5 p .m. Thursday at Main Post Office, 1501 S. Cherrybell Strav., Thursday, June 19, 1980 '-....._ Top row (from left) Ban- non, Mayer and Ross; sec- ond row (from left) Lopez, Lohmeier and Biazo; bot- tom, Tatum Teen finalists Sherri L. Bannon, 16 ; Melody Mayer, 17 ; Carla Ross, 17; Monica Lopez, 16; Mary Jo Lohmeier, 16 ; Sheila Biazo, 16; and Tonya Tatum, 15, have been chosen finalists in the Miss United Teen-ager Pag- eant's Arizona competition. The Tucsonians will be up against other 14-to l8-year-0lds from around the state Saturday at the Adams Hotel in Phoenix . Voter registration 11 a .m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow at El Con and 1:30 to 4:30 p.m . Sunday at Park Mall. Arizona State Poetry Society Meeting 1:30 p.m . tomorrow at Woods branch li- brary , 3455 N. First Ave. Guest speaker Roger Bowen . Camping trips Lighthouse YMCA offers trips for children and adults; overnighters to Mount Lemmon , Lake Patagonia, Madera Canyon and Cave Creek Canyon throughout the summer. $20 per person . Call 795-9725 for information . Scuba diving Classes offered by the City Parks and Recreation Department at Amphitheater High School. Call 791-4870. Central America in Crisis Forum on contemporary events with focus on El Sal - vador 7 to 8:30 tonight at El Rio Neighborhood Center, 1390 W. Speedway Blvd. Bake sale By Blessed Trinity Church 9 a .m . to 3 p .m. tomorrow at Handy Andy at Grant Road and Alvemon Way. SCORE Service Corps of Retired Executives-sponsored semi- nar, "Women in Business," 8 a.m. to I p.m. Thursday at the United Way Community Building, 3833 E. Second St., $2 fee for coffee and danish and fashion show. 792-6616. Voter drive The Southern Arizona Chapter of A. Philip Randolph Institute will sponsor a voter registration drive through Sept. 14 on Sundays from 1 to 3 p.m. at Prince Chapel A.M.E. Church at South Stone Avenue at 17th Street and at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, 210 E . Lester St. • Free University Registration for the Free University will be held weekdays from ,10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., evenings Wednesdays only from 6:30 to 8:30 and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Call 622-0170 afternoons for places. Weight control Weight control classes and a women's support group will be offered by the Pima County Health Department this summer. Call 889-9543 for infonnation. ,,, Thursday, June 19, 1980 Tucson Citizen Page7 Having a ball Sonny Valencia, head of the city Sanitation De- partment, plays Tarzan Oeft) to adjust a volley- ball net, while Tom Beggy, a client of the Bea- con Foundation, takes a practice shot (above). About 10 workers from Beacon, which finds jobs for mentally retarded adults, attended the picnic Monday at Kennedy Park to meet work- ers from the Sanitation Department. Beacon has been sending clean-up crews to city land- fills twice weekly since November, and is plan- ning to expand the pilot program to five days a week. Highland Vista Neighborhood POOL OPENS MEMBERSHIPS AVAILABLE 5TH STREET * HIGHLAND VISTA POOL BROADWAY Our pool is inexpensive, family oriented, with swim team/ lessons . A great place far the whole family this summer. Located at 7th St. and Woodland Vista . Drive by and look it over /stop in . For more information call evenings 7 45-1561 or 7 45-1200 or 326-1058 . Oro Valley area plan The Oro Valley Town Council will con-tinue its public hearing on the town's area plan tonight, hoping to make a decision on the project that has been in the works for nearly a year. The Council will meet at 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 680 W. Calle Concordia. About 40 persons showed up at a hear- ing last week to comment on the proposed plan, which sets policy for zoning and capi- tal improvements in Oro Valley. The council met Monday and revised the plan to conform to some of the ideas presented at last week's hearing. Meanwhile, attorneys representing the council and a California woman have reached a temporary agreement in a law- suit against the town and the council. Developer Lilian Fox charged the coun- cil with acting arbitrarily in delaying her application for a rehearing on a plan for a !!&-unit apartment complex. Mrs. Fox said the council should have considered her request within 15 days of her May 14 application. The council origi- nally set a July 24 hearing date but now has agreed to hear the case June 26. The suit says the council tried to delay the hearing until a revised zoning code, which could eliminate high-density uses on transitional zoning, could be passed. Mrs. Fox's property is zoned transitional, which allows a variety of uses. But because Mrs. Fox presented her plans before a moratorium on the transi- tional zoning was imposed in October, her property would not be affected by any zon- ing changes, Mayor E.S. "Steve" Engle said. If the council rejects the apartment-·' complex plan at the June 26 hearing, Mrs. Fox will continue her suit, her attorney, Henry Hufford, said. MJ,"s. Fox's three-story complex would be built on a 2.44-acre site west of Oracle Road and south of Calle Concordia. The council objects to its proposed den- sity, Engle said. "We just think it's too many buildings on the land," he said. Busing problems discussion topic Marana drops food sales tax The Southwest Community Association will meet tonight at 7: 11 at the Drexel Heights Community Center, 5950 S. Cardinal Ave., to discuss the fate of proR()sed bus service in Drexel Heights. The Marana Town Council has repealed a 2 percent sales tax on food following a statewide special election earlier this month that repealed the state sales tax on food . Sunny Turner, chairwoman of the association's trans- portation committee, said a plan to bring four SunTran bus runs to the neighborhood is in jeopardy because of recently approved initiatives to cut property taxes. Because Drexel Heights lies southwest of Tucson, the county would have had to subsidize SunTran in order to bring bus service to the area. But new property tax limits have slashed county revenues, necessitating heavy bud- get cuts, she said. Public transportation will probably be in for heavy casualties when Pima County Supervisors draw up a tentative budget in mid-July, she added . "My personal advice to people in this area is to write letters (to the county supervisors),'! Mrs. Turner said . Special! Summer Separates Food items will not be taxed beginning July 2, Mayor Ted . A. DeSpain said . The council will meet at 7 p.m . at the Town Hall , 12775 N. Sanders Rd. TICKS? Cool, open-weave rayon tops and skirts in bright summer colors. 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I have studied science concepts almost my entire life and find that I am far from omniscient. Most ideas, however, seem to me to be logical. Most fit into the great master plan of the universe and are generally easily explainable, except two of them -time and space. I cannot seem to make my brain fathom that in the past, there was no beginning of time, and in the future, there will be no end to time. Regardless of what happens, time will continue. Is it easy for your brain to accept this? Mine has a hard time adjusting itself to the concept that there is no way to stop time. It seems to go in a great circle with no end and no beginning. The circle theory, however, would mean this moment would at some time in the future return again. Not logical, is it? Time must be linear - was and will be forever. I hope I have made you think a little, and that we may now indulge in a more taxing electronic journey. You all know that light travels through space at almost 200,000 miles per second. So, what we are going to do now is actually move our brain transmissions out into the ether at this incredible speed, as though our minds were traveling in a superior space ship. We leave the Earth, and it doesn't matter in what direction. Our thoughts pass the moon in slightly over one second. We go by our own sun, 92 million miles, in a little more than eight minutes. Now we are headed into the great void of our own solar system and our path crosses that of Pluto, the farthest planet. We arrive in 5½ hours. As we leave our solar system behind, we move out into the great emptiness of our own galaxy, an emptiness containing a hundred billion stars. We know we are about 25,000 light years from its center, so we speed off in the ~pposite dirE:ction. (Remember, a light year is a distance -the distance light travels in one year at 186,000 miles per second). ' Twelve years go by as we rush through space, and we have passed only two stars. We are 72 trillion miles from home, and our journey has just begun . More years go by. We pass twin stars caught in each other's gravitational fields, spinning about each other. Blue stars, supernovas and yellow stars like our own sun come into view as hundreds of years go by. We pass by the enormous Alpha Hercules, with a diameter of more than 2.4 billion miles. Hundreds of years tum into thousands. After 33,000 years we reach the edge of our own galaxy . As we leave the Milky Way, other island universes come into view. Our minds speed on into space. After a hundred years has gone by, we look back and see that the Milky Way and her twin sister, Andromeda, are in a small cluster of galaxies. Far ahead and to each side we see other similar groups. The years keep going by -hundreds, thousands, hundreds of thousands -and yet we see more galaxies in the distance. Millions, hundreds of millions, a billion years ago we left home, and yet we haven't reached as far as our telescopes on Earth can see. Now, we push our brains to the utmost, beyond the speed of light. We think out and out and out. We strain our thinking processes until we weep with mental agony, but space does not end -it goes on and on and on . And yet, we have chosen only one direction in space, knowing full well there are infinite directions to go. Slowly we draw back our thoughts to mother Earth. Our brains begin to relax. The pain lessens as we try to mollify the electronic searching we have been subjected to. There is no end. Time and space relentlessly defy man to solve these enigmas of the universe. Yet, one wonders. If our telescopes and brains can traverse 10 billion years in a flash, perhaps secrets will reveal themselves in our future . Tucsonian Ken J. Torgerson is a retired science teacher.