Volume 30 • Number 6 February 8, 2023
The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
Tohono Chul celebrates life of ‘Umbrella Lady’
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This Week
FEATURES ................. 12
BY KATYA MENDOZA Tucson Local Media Staff
Check out the 14th annual Cruise, BBQ and Blues Car Show
LIVEN UP ................... 14 Sophia Rankin & The Sound have several upcomingshows around Tucson
HEALTH ..................... 18
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Seniors at the Oro Valley Community and Recreation Center enjoy a day of painting among other organized events. (Town of Oro Valley/submitted)
OV’s active seniors want more to do BY DAVE PERRY
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att Jankowski already knows Oro Valley seniors love to recreate. They’re swimming, golfing, taking fitness classes, playing racquet sports, pumping iron and walking the treadmills when he arrives to work at the Oro
See more health inside. Valley Community and Recreation Center. They’re working out when he leaves for the day, too. “They’re active before the sun comes up, and after it goes down,” said Jankowski, Oro Valley’s
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ucson came together Jan. 30 to honor the life of Lydia Reis, known as the “Umbrella Lady,” at Tohono Chul Botanical Gardens & Galleries. Known for her Victorian-style dresses, Lydia was known to walk along Oracle Road with an umbrella, hiding her face. On Jan. 5, Lydia was struck and killed near Ina Road and Giaconda Way. She died Jan. 8. The Pima County Sheriff ’s Department said Guadalupe Solis, 53, was booked on a charge of leaving the scene of an accident. Close to 300 people — some with umbrellas — attended the public memorial service. Two of Lydia’s brothers, Chris Reis and Tony Reis, traveled from California and thanked the community for their “kind words and acts of generosity and compassion over the years,” Chris said. “You are the reason why we chose to have this celebration in Tucson.” Chris thanked Kristie Zoltowski in
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