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Yesterday was a great day for a ride, and I’m not just referring to bicycles. I pedaled mine down to Fourth Avenue, where the Tucson Law Enforcement Motorcycle Festival and Swap Meet was raising funds for the Special Olympics and Shop with a Cop.
As one would expect, there was a lot of highly polished chrome…

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Last month, I wrote about a Watershed Management Group project that’s transforming a steep slope on a private property west of Downtown Tucson.
I’m pleased to report that this project is now done. A small, but mighty band of WMG volunteers applied the finishing touches this past Sunday.

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This past Saturday, the Watershed Management Group ran a workshop to install earthworks on an undeveloped urban lot in central Tucson. Participants working with an excavator (shown above) to create large broad basins, raised pathways, and swales.
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Spring is in the air, and that means that Tucson’s Watershed Management Group volunteers are back in action. Here, two shovel-wielding volunteers are helping a local family solve a steep problem
Seems that the west side of their property has a steep slope that does a convincing imitation of a waterfall when there’s a heavy downpour. […]

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Yesterday morning, the Mustangs, Thunderbirds, Fairlanes, and T-birds lined up on Tucson’s Fourth Avenue. The occasion was Fords on Fourth, an all-Ford car show…

Fords on Fourth offered a veritable banquet of treats for those who like to get under the hood…

Or you could see the festivities reflected on this hood…

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Was pedaling over to a Saturday afternoon class, and what should I encounter but the massive Interstate 10 widening project. This construction project is causing all sorts of headaches for the motoring public, and it’s supposed to continue until 2010.
I-10’s Downtown Tucson worksite was chock-full of barricades, mud, heavy equipment, and other obstacles that […]

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It’s raining. Again.
Been quite busy pulling weeds, but that’s a good sign. It’s a sign that my yard plants will soon start blooming like this ocotillo, which gets quite motivated after a rainy spell…

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I’ve been seeing a lot of the Tucson Fire Department recently. Not that I’ve had any house fires or accidents. It’s just that we keep running into each other at large community events. The above shot is from last Saturday’s Harambee Festival, where the TFD was offering firetruck and ambulance tours.
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This past Saturday, Tucson Parks and Recreation and the Northwest Neighborhood Center hosted the 24th annual Harambee Festival. Harambee (pronounced “ha-RAM-bay”) was a coming together of cultures to celebrate Black History Month.
It featured ethnic food, information on community resources, and plenty of local talent, including One Kingdom Image…

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