Father Arrested + Cider House Celebrates 1 year

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 99 Low: 74.

Here are the top stories in Tucson today:

1. Bawker Bawker Cider House, Tucson's first and only business of the kind, is hosting a five-day celebration for its first anniversary. The cider house has released a new cider each week of the past year, in addition to monthly cider slushies. During the anniversary celebration, the cider house will release a new cider each day. (Tucson Foodie)
2. Tucson-based restaurant chain Eegee's is donating a total of $120,000, split among three local charities. Each year the chain donates the money from its coupon book sales to local charities. (KGUN)
3. Banner UMC has opened a new forensic exam site for survivors of sexual assault. Opening a site near campus will give students easier access to the service. In the past, the exams were only available at Tucson Medical Center and at times the transfer across the city was enough to deter some from going through with the exam. (Arizona Public Media)
4. A father of an elementary school student was arrested Friday after he showed up at his son's school with zip ties and threatened to make a citizen's arrest of the school principal. The dad was reportedly incensed over a COVID-19 quarantine that would exclude his son from a field trip. (Associated Press)

Today in Tucson:

• Buffalo Exchange $1 Clothing Sale - Humane Society of Southern Arizona (8 a.m.)

Tucson Patch Notebook

• The University of Arizona: "Members of the campus community gathered early this morning for the annual Sunrise Ceremony, hosted by @nasa_ua and @uaapasa. The blessing ceremony featured two Indigenous elders burning cedar while praying to the four directions." (Instagram)
• US National Weather Service Tucson Arizona: "The desert is pretty remarkably green this year! Check out this NASA MODIS satellite image taken in late August 2021 vs 2020. Yes last year was extraordinarily dry, but the green-up this year is still eye-popping! " (Facebook)
• Tucson Botanical Gardens: "New growth on our Totem Pole Cactus " (Instagram)

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