Statue of the short-faced bear at Lubbock Lake Landmark, a natural history museum in Lubbock, Texas.
Courtesy of Mike Stark
July 28, 2022
Featured on the July 28th, 2022 edition of ARIZONA SPOTLIGHT with host Mark McLemore:
- A conversation with four-time world barrel racing champion Sherry Cervi, who now has two streets named after her in Marana. Arizona Daily Star “Street Smarts” columnist David Leighton explains the process behind Cervi’s local roots being recognized.
VIEW LARGER Sherry Cervi barrel racing in 2000. Courtesy of the Arizona Daily Star
Sherry Cervi in 1995, the year she won her first World Championship.Courtesy of the Arizona Daily Star
- Mike Stark is a former journalist who is now the creative director for The Center for Biological Diversity in Tucson. His new book Chasing the Ghost Bear: On the Trail of America’s Lost Super Beast details his journey to decipher the mysteries surrounding a now-extinct super predator.
VIEW LARGER A life-size model of a Short-faced bear done by Blue Rhino Studios in Eagan, Minnesota. Courtesy of Blue Rhino Studio
VIEW LARGER The skull of a Short-faced bear at Yale University. Courtesy of Mike Stark
- Next week the hit television show Reservation Dogs returns to Hulu with season 2, created by an almost entirely Indigenous North American crew of writers, directors and performers. Among them is Tucsonan Jon Proudstar, who plays Leon, father to main character Willie Jack.
Paulina Alexis as Willie Jack, here deer hunting with her father Leon, played by Jon Proudstar in the 2021 FX series "Reservation Dogs".
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