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Volume • Number June ,
The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
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My Best Friend
Our Annual Celebration of Pets! | Special section
Inside
OV Chamber Foundation awarding 13 scholarships
This Week
BY TUCSON LOCAL MEDIA STAFF
OPINION ..................... 8 A tribute 18 years in the making
utility to increase the potable water base rate and the commodity rate, as well as the rate it charges for reclaimed water. According to a town report, a customer with a 5/8ths-inch meter using 7,000 gallons a month would see a total increase of $2.11 per month.
see WATER page 22
see SCHOLARSHIPS page 22
Keeping the kiddos busy The Loft Kids Fest offers free films and popcorn, making the movie-going experience accessible. Read more about the family-friendly festival on page 20. (The Loft Cinema/Submitted)
OV water rates up 4.8% BY DAVE PERRY
SPORTS ..................... 19 The Arizona Diamondbacks are for real, but for how long? HOT PICKS.....................................4 NEWS BRIEFS................................9 HOROSCOPE/CROSSWORD.......23 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS ........... 24
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verage Oro Valley residential customers can expect to pay about $24 more for water each year beginning July 8. At its June 7 meeting, the Oro Valley Town Council approved a request from its water
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hirteen students are each receiving $1,500 scholarships from the Oro Valley Chamber Foundation. This year’s recipients are Alicia Williams, a student at NAU; Sameer Sandhu of Basis Oro Valley, Isabel Herrera of the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine, Emilio Perez and Carli Orcutt of Pima Community College, Oliver Jaime Cardenas and Elizabeth Trausch of Flowing Wells High School, Alison Randall of Ironwood Ridge High School, and Elena Hendrix, Mia Dale, Caitlin Clark, Jackson Kokoskie and Kiersten Morris of Canyon del Oro High School. They’ll be recognized at the annual
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