>> Ted: COMING UP, THE LATEST ON INCREASING CASES OF COVID, RSV AND THE FLU IN ARIZONA.

LATER IN THE HOUR ON CRONKITE NEWS, THE COST OF A THANKSGIVING MEAL THIS YEAR.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

CASES OF COVID-19, RSV AND THE FLU ARE ON THE RISE IN ARIZONA AND WITH THANKSGIVING FAST APPROACHING, THERE'S CONCERN THOSE NUMBERS WILL INCREASE FURTHER.

JOINING US NOW IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE ARIZONA PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION.

I GOT MY SHOT THIS MORNING, BY THE WAY, WILL.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Ted: YOU'RE WELCOME.

ARE PEOPLE GETTING THEIR SHOTS?

>> SO ACE DISAPPOINTING.

ONLY 11% OF PEOPLE IN ARIZONA HAVE GOTTEN THIS BIVALENT AND IF YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE IN SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES, IT'S STILL IN THE 20S, LIKE 23% OR 24% AND THAT'S SUPER DIS-POINTING.

DISAPPOINTING.

WE'RE AT THE NATIONAL AVERAGE, BUT THERE ARE STATES RIGHT UP THERE THAT HAVE MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR POPULATION WITH THE BIVALENT BOOSTER AND WE'RE NOT ONE OF THEM.

>> Ted: LET'S START WITH COVID AND CASES OF COVID AROUND THE STATE?

>> RIGHT ON TIME AND WE HAVE A WELL-ESTABLISHED PATTERN.

BY THE WAY, TALKING ABOUT WHEN IS COVID ENDEMIC AND WE HAD THE LAST SURGE OF HOSPITALIZATIONS OVER THE SUMMER AND SIX MONTHS LATER, HERE WE ARE AND ON THE UPSWING AND RIGHT NOW, WE'RE RIGHT ABOUT WHERE WE WERE IN JULY DURING THAT WAVE OF COVID.

IN TERMS OF HOSPITALIZATIONS, BOTH INPATIENT, REGULAR BEDS AND ICU.

SO WE DON'T KNOW IF IT'S CRESTING YET OR NOT.

IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE BEFORE BETTER.

>> Ted: THESE ARE OMICRON CASES?

>> THE NEW BA4 AND 5, YOU KNOW, THAT SECOND GENERATION OF OMICRON AND THAT CLASSIFICATION.

>> Ted: THE LATEST BOOSTER SHOT, THIS FOCUSES ON THE VARIENT AND SUBVARIENT?

>> TWO PIECES TO THE BOOSTER.

THE OLD SCHOOL VERSION OF THE VIRUS AND THE OTHER PART OF IT IS, SOMETHING SPECIFIC TO WHAT IS CIRCULATING RIGHT NOW.

>> Ted: OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU'RE UP TO DATE ON YOUR BOOSTERS, GET IN ONE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WHAT IF YOU'RE NOT UP TO DATE ON YOUR BOOSTERS AND LET'S SAY YOU GOT THE ORIGINAL AND NEVER GOT ANYTHING AFTERWARDS, SHOULD YOU DO THE OMICRON OR BACK TO THE BOOSTERS?

>> WHEREVER YOU GO NOW, IT'S THE BIVALENT, THAT'S WHAT'S OUT THIS.

>> Ted: THAT COVERS EVERYTHING?

>> IT COVERS ALL WE CAN COVER.

>> Ted: IF YOU MISSED OUT ON A FEW, GET THIS ONE AND UP TO DATE?

>> GET IT FAST.

>> Ted: I TALK ABOUT HOSPITALIZATIONS AND SERIOUS CASES, ARE WE BACK TO SUMMERTIME LEVELS IS.

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>> THE INTENSIVE CARE USE, THAT'S THE WAY YOU LOOK AT SEVERITY BECAUSE THE DEATHS ARE LAGGING SO MANY WEEKS THE WHAT THEY DO THE WORK.

SO ICU BEDS ARE INCREASING AND HAVE BEEN.

>> Ted: WE MENTIONED BOOSTER SHOTS AND DR. ANTHONY FAUCI HAD THIS PIECE OF ADVICE, HIS LAST PIECE OF ADVICE.

>> MY FINAL MESSAGE MAY BE THE FINAL MESSAGE FROM THIS PODIUM IS THAT, PLEASE, FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY AND THAT OF YOUR FAMILY, GET YOUR UPDATED COVID-19 SHOT AS SOON AS YOU'RE ELIGIBLE TO PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR COMMUNITY.

I URGE YOU TO VISIT VACCINES.GOV TO FIND A LOCATION TO GET AN UPDATED VACCINE AND DO IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

>> Ted: SOUND ADVICE.

>> YEAH.

>> Ted: LAST QUESTION, SHOTS OR NO SHOTS, SHOULD YOU BE WEARING MASKS IN CROWDED AREAS?

>> IF YOU'RE AN OLDER ADULT AT A HIGHER RISK, BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO WEAR A MASK, MAKE SURE IT'S A GOOD ONE BECAUSE THE SIMPLE LOOSE-FITTING MASKS ARE NOT WHAT YOU NEED.

YOU NEED A GOOD TIGHT FITTING OR N95 OR N94 AND NO ONE ELSE IS WEARING A MASK.

SO IT'S ABOUT INDIVIDUAL PROTECTION.

>> Ted: LET'S TALK ABOUT RSV AND FIRST OF ALL, WHAT IS IT?

>> IT'S A RESPIRATORY VIRUS THAT'S BEEN AROUND FOR EONS AND EVERYBODY CAN GET AFFECTED AND SUPER CONTAGIOUS.

WHAT WE SEE, CLINICALLY, IT'S MOST IMPORTANT IN LITTLE KIDS AND ESPECIALLY THOSE SIX MONTHS AND YOUNGER AND CREATES A LOT OF SECRETIONS AND SO, LITTLE KIDS UNDER SIX, THEY DON'T HAVE A GOOD COUGH REFLEX AND IT COULD TURN INTO PNEUMONIA AND COULD BE DANGEROUS FOR LITTLE KIDS, ESPECIALLY PREEMIES AND THAT'S WHAT THE VIRUS IS.

IT COULD AFFECT ANYBODY.

HERE IS HOW CONTAGIOUS IT IS.

70% OF 1-YEAR-OLDS HAVE BEEN INFECTED WITH RSV AND 100% OF 2-YEAR-OLDS AT ONE POINT HAVE BEEN INFECTED.

AND LET'S SAY YOU'RE AN ADULT AND YOU GOT INFECTED AND THINK IT'S A COLD, THE ANTIBODIES DON'T LAST LONG AND YOU CAN GET IT A COUPLE YEARS LATER.

>> Ted: AGAIN AND AGAIN, HUH?

>> IT CAN BE DANGEROUS IN SENIORS, TOO, BUT IT'S AMONGST THE LITTLE KIDS.

>> Ted: MORE SERIOUS IN THE YOUNGER KIDS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FLU.

>> INFLUENZA IS EARLY AND WE'RE HOW AN UPSWING WITH COVID-19 AND HOSPITALIZATIONS AND THEN THE PROVINCE WE HAVE WITH RSV, IT'S ON THE UPSWING.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE EPIDEMIOLOGY CURVE, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS JANUARY.

IT'S FRONTLOADED ABOUT SEVEN WEEKS AND SEVEN WEEKS EARLIER THAN NORMAL AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT WILL BE A WORSE YEAR FOR INFLUENZA AND IT MEANS IT'S EARLIER AND HITTING AT THE SAME TIME RSV IS A PROBLEM FOR KIDS MOSTLY AND THE UPSWING IN COVID, HOSPITALIZATIONS.

>> Ted: TIME TO GET A FLU SHOT?

>> YEAH, SAME THING AND BOTH OF THOSE, REALLY, YOU OUGHT TO GET, LIKE, NOW.

>> Ted: BECAUSE WITH THANKSGIVING OVER WITH AND THE END OF YOUR HOLIDAYS, MY GOODNESS, IT'S NOT GOING TO -- I DON'T WANT TO SAY SKYROCKET.

>> IN A NORMAL YEAR GETTING YOUR INFLUENZA VACCINE IN EARLY NOVEMBER IS FINE BECAUSE WE DON'T EXPECT THE UPSWING IN CASES INFORM AFTER NEW YEARS AND IN YEAR EVERYTHING IS EARLIER AND YOU HAVE TO GET YOUR SHOT EARLIER.

>> Ted: HOW DO YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE, COVID, FLU, RSV?

>> OK. [ Laughter ] >> RSV, IF YOU'RE AN ADULT IS KIND OF A COLD AND IN LITTLE KIDS, IT'S LOTS OF SECRETIONS, BIG, RUNNY NOVA NOSE.

AND IF YOU HAVE A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT FEVER, THEN THAT'S MORE INDICATIVE OF INFLUENZA THAN EITHER COVID OR RSV.

AND WE'VE TALKED ABOUT COVID SO MANY TIMES ON THIS SHOW, I WON'T TALK ABOUT THAT.

AND IT CAN BE HARD TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALL OF THEM, HONESTLY.

>> Ted: GET A COVID TEST TO AVOID THAT AND TEST YOURSELF.

>> I HAD SOME KIND OF BUG AND I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF THESE THREE AND I SLEPT IN THE OTHER BEDROOM AND TESTED MYSELF FOR COVID TWICE AND WORE A MASK TO STOP THE PARTICLES FROM GOING TO MY FAMILY.

>> Ted: IF YOU KNOW YOU TESTED POSITIVE.

>> YEAH.

>> Ted: FOR PEOPLE SITTING OUT THERE GOING, THIS IS A LOT OF STUFF.

WE HAVE RSV, COVID, FLU AND A VACCINATION FOR THIS AND THAT AND GENERAL ADVICE?

>> GET THE TWO SHOTS, YOUR FLU SHOT, YOUR COVID BOOSTER AND WASH YOUR HANDS, BE FASTIDIOUS AND YOU HAVE CHRONIC CONDITIONS AND WEAR A GOOD MASK WHEN YOU GO TO CROWDED PLACES.

>> Ted: BEST OF HEALTH TO YOU HERE AS THE HOLIDAYS APPROACH.

>> TAKE CARE, THANK YOU.

>> Ted: UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, WHAT THE PLANET MARS MAY HAVE LOOKED LIKE IN THE EARLIEST DAYS.

>> 3500 YEARS AGO, IT AS DIFFERENT AND INCREDIBLY QUIET.

>> Ted: NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS MARS KNOWN AS THE "RED PLANET" MAY HAVE BEEN BATHED IN BLUE IN THE EARLIEST DAYS BEFORE THE EARTH FINISHED FORMING.

FOR MORE AND WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MARS AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM, WE WELCOME ASU OUTSTANDING'S PROFESSOR STEVEN DESCH.

SO THIS IS NEW RESEARCH ON MARS AND HOW NEW IS THIS RESEARCH?

>> IT YOU JUST CAME OUT IN THE EARTH AND PLANETARY LETTERS ABOUT A MONTH AGO.

>> Ted: MARS WAS COVERED WITH WATER BEFORE IT WAS MARS WAS COVERED?

>> WE'RE STARTING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MARS WAS GROWN.

WE LOOK AT THE ROCKS ON MARS AND WORK BACK WARDS.

BACKWARDS.

THIS INDICATED THAT MARS HAD A THICK HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERE WHICH MADE IT WARM AND AND WATER.

>> Ted: IT HAS ITS OWN OVERHEAD WARMING.

>> IT HAD OWN GREENHOUSE GAS AND A POWERFUL ONE.

>> Ted: WAS THIS SOMETHING THAT WAS A HYPOTHESIS SOMEWHERE.

>> THIS WAS LEAD BY MY COLLEAGUE AND HIS INSPIRATION TO CONSIDER THE AFFECTS OF A HYDROGEN ATMOSPHERE AND THAT HAD BEEN CONSIDERED BEFORE, BUT WHAT HE DID WAS PUT TOGETHER A LOT OF THREADS, EVIDENCE FROM THE ROCKS AND EVIDENCE FROM THE CLAYS, THE CURIOSITY ROVER AND PUT TOGETHER A COHERENT STORY.

>> Ted: WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THIS RESEARCH, HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?

>> RIGHT.

IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO THE MODELS AND WE GO FORWARD AND WE SAY, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND THEN YOU SAY, WELL, THAT WOULD HAVE EXPLAINED A LOT OF THINGS IF THAT HAD HAPPENED THAT WAY.

>> Ted: MADE OF HYDROGEN AND WHAT CORDON DIOXIDE?

>> IT HAS TOO THIN OF AN ATMOSPHERE AND IF IT FREEZES ON THE PRESENT-DAY MARS.

>> Ted: BUT IT DIDN'T BACK THEN AND WHY WAS THE HYDROGEN THERE AND BA HAPPENED TO IT?

>> SO MOSTLY WHAT HAPPENED WAS THAT AS MARS FORMED AND STILL WARM AND WARM ENOUGH TO MELT ROCK WHEN IT FIRST CAME TOGETHER, IT HAS A MAGMA OCEAN AND LAVA ALL OVER THE PLACE AND ALLOWED THE CHEMICALS IN THE MAMTLENTLE TO BE A PART OF THIS NEW ATMOSPHERE.

AND THINKING ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THERE WAS A LOT OF IRON METAL.

WHAT COMES OUT IS LESS CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER.

BACKTHESE SPECIES DO NOT FREEZE THE WAY WATER AND CARBON MONOXIDE DO AND THEY FEED THEIR GREENHOUSE GASES.

HYDROGEN IS A LIGHT GAS AND IT'S VERY EASY FOR SUNLIGHT TO HEAT UP THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE OF MARS AND MAKE MOL MOLECULES ESCAPE.

THIS HAPPENS IN THE FIRST TENS OF MILLIONS OF MAR'S LIFETIME, 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO.

>> Ted: YOU SAY THAT BECAUSE WHEN MARS WAS A BLUE PLANET, THIS WASN'T A TOTAL PLAN PLANET, WAS IT?

>> THERE WAS SOMETHING IN EARTH'S FUTURE BECAUSE THERE WAS A TIME WHEN A LARGE OBJECT HIT THE PROTO EARTH AND THEY MADE THE MOON AND THAT WAS AFTER 60 MILLION YEARS AND MARS WAS ALREADY DOING ITS THING AND EVOLVED PASSED THAT POINT BY THE TIME EARTH FORMED.

>> Ted: DO YOU THINK THE RED PLANET WAS BLUE AND FASCINATING.

WHAT DOES IT TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF MARS AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM?

>> SO MY EXPERTISE TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE PLANETS FORM AND PUT TOGETHER HOW MARS FORMED AND HELP US UNDERSTAND HOW COMMON PLANETS LIKE EARTH ARE MIGHT BE IN THE GALAXY.

SO THIS STUDY, TRYING TO EXPLAIN THIS WEIRD THING ABOUT MARS HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND THAT.

THE OTHER THINGS, IT POINTS TO AN UNEXPECTED CHEMICAL STATE OF THE EARLIEST MARS.

IT'S KNOWN FROM THE '50S FROM THE EXPERIMENTS THAT LIGHTNING AND THESE GASES MAKES AMINO ACIDS AND OTHER THINGS THAT ARE GOOD FOR STARTING LIFE.

SO IT MAKES MARS LOOK MORE HOSPITABLE.

>> Ted: COULD SOMETHING HAVE BEEN THERE AND NOW IT'S LONG GONE?

>> IT'S POSSIBLE.

>> Ted: WHAT MODELS WOULD YOU PROP UP FOR THAT.

>> SOME STILL MIGHT BE RETAINED ON MARS TODAY.

IF IT HAD AN OCEAN WHERE WE HAD REWORKING THE SURFACE, THERE MIGHT BE INFORMATIONS.

INDICATIONS.

IF MARS HAD OCEANS, THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN AND WE NEED TO DO MORE RESEARCH TO FIGURE OUT IF THERE WERE SHORELINES.

>> Ted: THAT'S AMAZING, SHORELINES ON MARS.

DOES THIS CORRELATE WITH ANY OTHER PLANETS?

>> COULD OTHER PLANETS HAVE DONE THIS?

YES.

TODAY VENUS HAS A THICK ATMOSPHERE ONE HUNDRED TIMES DENSER AND IT'S THE GREENHOUSE GAS AND IT'S HOT ENOUGH TO MELT LEAD ON THE SURFACE OF VENUS TODAY AND THAT ONLY CHANGED ABOUT A BILLION YEARS AGO AND THE SOLAR SYSTEM IS 4.5 BILLION YEARS OLD.

VENUS ITSELF COULD HAVE BEEN EARTHLIKE AND THE VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS ERASED THAT.

>> Ted: MARS, FINDING OUT, WAS MORE EARTH-LIKE BEFORE THERE WAS AN EARTH AND WHERE DOES THIS RESEARCH GO FROM HERE.

>> WE LOVE TO CHECK THE IDEAS AND GET MORE IDEA FROM SAMPLE RETURNS FROM MARS AND, OF COURSE, MISSIONS FROM VENUS AND WE HAVE TO MAKE SPACESHIPS AND RETRIEVE ROCKS AND IT'S HARD TO MELT LEAD.

BUT ALL OF THOSE THINGS WOULD BE GREAT WAYS TO VINDICATE THE THEORY.

I'M GLAD WE PICKED THIS PLAN TESTPLANETTO LIVE ON.

[ Laughter ] >> Ted: WHEN ALL IS SAID AND DONE, NOT SUCH A BAD PLACE.

STEVEN DESCH, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE RESEARCH AND SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT DISCOVERY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

♪♪ >> Ted: THE JOY BUS IS A NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION WHOSE SOUL PURPOSE TO RELIEVE THE DAILY STRUGGLES OF CANCER PATIENTS WITH A MEAL DELIVERED BY A FRIENDLY FACE.

WE SPOKE WITH CHEF JARAWAY ABOUT THE JOY BUS.

THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AND GLAD TO SEE YOUGOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> A GREAT THING.

>> Ted: FOR THOSE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE DINER AND THE COOKBOOK AND EVERYTHING INVOLVED.

IT STARTS WITH THE JOY BUS.

WHAT IS THAT?

>> WE PREPARE AND DELIVER FREE CHEF-INSPIRED MEALS TO CANCER PATIENTS.

WE'VE BEEN AROUND THE VALLEY FOR A LITTLE OVER A DECADE NOW AND WE'RE STILL HERE AND THAT'S A PLUS AND I'M VERY HONORED THIS IS WHAT I GET TO DO.

>> Ted: HOW MANY DO YOU SERVE?

>> MAKING 140 HOME VISITS A WEEK.

WE WERE AT 50 PRE-PANDEMIC.

>> Ted: HOW HAS THE PANDEMIC AFFECTED THINGS?

>> I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S BROUGHT MORE AWARENESS TO WHAT WE WERE DOING OR PEOPLE FELT MORE COMFORTABLE ASKING FOR HELP, BUT REGARDLESS, I'M JUST HAPPY THAT WE'RE HERE AND ABLE TO DO WHAT WE DO.

>> Ted: DELIVERING THESE MEALS, THEY'RE CANCER SURVIVORS THEMSELVES.

>> A REASON WHY PEOPLE ARE DROWN TO US AND THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST REASONS.

>> Ted: YOU MENTIONED THIS STARTED IN 2011?

>> YES.

>> Ted: GIVES US THE STORY.

>> MY FRIEND JOY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH OVARIAN CANCER AND SHE HAD A STRONG SUPPORT SYSTEM AND THE ONLY WAY I FIGURED TO HELP WAS TO COOK HER BEAUTIFUL FOOD AND TO SIT WITH HER AND IT WAS THAT THAT SPARKED THE IDEA OF MAYBE THERE WERE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT DIDN'T HAVE HER SUPPORT.

>> Ted: WAS THIS AN AH-HA MOMENT?

USUALLY THESE THINGS ARE SPARKED.

>> IT WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT AND I WAS WATCHING "Mr. HOLLAND'S OPUS."

I HAD BEEN DOING THIS FOR JOY AND MAYBE THIS IS MY LANE AND WHERE I'M SUPPOSED TO BE.

I LOOKED INTO HOW TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN AND FOUND OUT THERE WAS NO ONE DOING WHAT WE WERE DOING FOR JOY AND SO WE CREATED IT.

>> Ted: AND NOW, AGAIN, THE FOOD IS DELIVERED AND THIS IS NOT JUST A HAM SANDWICH AND CHEF INSPIRED STUFF.

IT'S NOT JUST THE FOOD, IS IT?

SOME CANCER PATIENTS AND SURVIVORS AND THAT SOCIAL ELEMENT AND THAT'S A BIG DEAL.

>> I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT GETTING INTO THIS.

FOOD IS MEDICINE AND CURE YOU AND MAKE YOU FILE FEEL BETTER AND I DIDN'T REALIZE HOW MUCH THAT COMPANION ASPECT WAS.

I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND OUR VOLUNTEERS TAKING OWNERSHIP TOOK IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND NOW WE HAVE A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF FAMILY.

>> Ted: YOU'VE GOT A DINER.

WHERE IS THAT LOCATED?

>> OFF OF THE 51 AND SAYS SHEA OPENED TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY FROM 7:00 TO 200 AND 100% FROM THE DINER FUND OUR MINISTER.

>> Ted: IS THAT A STAGEING AREA?

>> IF YOU COME IN ON A WEDNESDAY OR THURSDAY, IT'S CHAOTIC AND IT HAPPENS.

YOU GET THE FEEL FOR IT.

>> Ted: ANY CHANCE FOR EXPANSION?

YOU'LL NEED MORE ROOM.

>> Ted: WE ORIGINALLY WERE ONLY SERVICING OUR PATIENTS ON WEDNESDAY AND NOW WE'VE ADDED THURSDAY, AS WELL, AND NOW WE'RE OUT OF SPACE.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ACQUIRING ANOTHER SPOT WHERE WE CAN HOPEFULLY QUADRUPLE THE PATIENTS WE'RE SERVICING.

>> Ted: ANY TROUBLE GETTING VOLUNTEERS?

>> WE HAVE AN AMAZING NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE HAVE THE BEST VOLUNTEERS EVER.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER, THERE'S TONS OF OPPORTUNITY THAT YOU CAN FIND ON OUR WEBSITE AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING.

>> Ted: THERE'S ALSO A JOY BUS COOKBOOK.

TALK US TO ABOUT THAT.

>> I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO COLLABORATE WITH THE BEST RESTAURANTS WHO HAVE NOT ONLY DECIDED TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE MISSION AND COOKED FOR OUR PATIENTS AND RAISED FUNDS FOR US, APART FOR DONATING TO THE COOKBOOK.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS ON THAT.

AND WHAT'S NEXT, THE STAVING STAGING AREA.

>> YES.

>> Ted: WE TALKED EARLIER ABOUT "LET'S TALK WOMEN."

LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT.

>> COVID REALLY BROUGHT A LOT OF PEOPLE TOGETHER IN ALL THE TORMENT AND WE WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AS WELL CHEFS CREATING THIS GROUP WE'RE NOT ONLY ARE WE SUPPORTING TOGETHER AND RAISING FUNDS TO KEEP GOING AND WE HAVE AN EVENT ON MARCH 29th WHERE EVERYBODY WILL COME TOGETHER, A MEET AND GREET OVER WINE AND CHARCUTERIE BOARDS AND OFFERING PACKAGES WITH LITTLE OFF OFF COO THINGS FOR YOUR HOUSE.

>> Ted: DID YOU EVER ENVISION YOURSELF DOING THIS?

>> NO, NEVER.

BUT I FEEL EVERYTHING I'VE DONE IN MY LIFE PREPARED ME FOR THIS JOURNEY.

>> Ted: YOU DON'T LOOK AT A CHEF AND LOOK AND SAY, THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME.

YOU HAVE FOUND YOUR LANE?

>> I HAVE AND I'M SO GRATEFUL.

>> Ted: CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS.

"THE JOY BUS."

THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

>> Ted: IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN THE WILD WEST, JOIN US TOMORROW ON ARIZONA HORIZON AS BOB AND JANA TALK ABOUT THEIR NEW BOOK ON WOMEN OF THE WILD WEST.

THAT'S TOMORROW.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING.

COMING UP ON ARIZONA PBS, ON CRONKITE NEWS, THE GROWING POPULARITY OF ASIAN NIGHT MARKETS IN THE VALLEY.