Posted October 28, 2014
SWAP HALLOWEEN CANDY FOR ZOO ADMISSION - Halloween is Friday, and you can trade your bounty Saturday for free admission to the Reid Park Zoo. Tucson Medical Center is handling the swap at The Loop, the river path system for biking, running, and walking. The first 100 children to trade their treats will get free admission to the Zoo for one child and one adult. The Halloween candy swap is part of a day of festivities to mark the opening of the Julian Wash segment of The Loop. You can make the swap from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday at the Mulcahy YMCA, located at the Kino Community Center, 2805 E. Ajo Way. The candy will be donated to the Salvation Army for its youth programs and to the Barney Figueroa VFW Post 6271 to support military heroes. Read more from Tucson News Now.
DOWNTOWN LECTURE SERIES ON FOOD CONTINUES - The University of Arizona's College of Social and Behavioral Sciences' Downtown Lecture Series returns to the historic Fox Theatre tomorrow. The 2014 lecture series is exploring food and its relationships with health, culture, and the environment. This week's lecture by Maribel Alvarez is called "We Eat What We Are." Tickets for the free, public lecture will be available at the Fox Theatre box office beginning Wednesday at 4 p.m. Attendees can ride the Sun Link Tucson Streetcar to the event and enjoy the dining and retail opportunities along the route at Main Gate Square, Fourth Avenue, Downtown Tucson, or the Mercado District.
HOCKEY HOMESTAND BEGINS THURSDAY - Arizona Wildcat Hockey takes to the ice Thursday night at the Tucson Convention Center (TCC) Arena for the first of three consecutive home games. All games begin at 7:30 p.m. Thursday's matchup is against Colorado State University, while Colorado comes to Tucson to play the Wildcats on Friday and Saturday. Tickets are available at the TCC Ticket Office and Ticketmaster.
TUCSON FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS INFECTIOUS DISEASE PROTOCOLS IN PLACE - The Tucson Fire Department (TFD) is always prepared to deal with an emergency response involving infectious disease. When someone calls 911 about illness, the dispatcher asks questions about a fever, flu-like symptoms, and communicable disease, said TFD Captain Barrett Baker. Fire departments are trained to deal with infectious diseases, like hepatitis, tuberculosis, and measles. If a serious infectious disease is suspected, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) would coordinate with the hospital to put the patient in an isolation room while more information is gathered, he said. Read more from Tucson News Now.
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