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Volume • Number September ,
The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
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2nd senior living facility coming to Innovation Park
This Week
NEWS .......................... 8 Stuff the truck and help your neighbors
BY DAVE PERRY
Tucson Local Media Contributor
A UA sends off 1st ‘Vet Cats’ 1,000 who gathered at the Linda Ronstadt Music Hall to celebrate the graduation of 106 Doctors of Veterinary Medicine, the inaugural class of “Vet Cats,” on Aug. 24. The graduates — 80% of them women — had completed three years of year-round study based
Seattle-area company plans to build a three-story, 120,000-square-foot assisted living and memory care facility with nearby, associated casitas in Oro Valley’s Innovation Park. Round Lake II LLC has presented its formal submittal to the town of Oro Valley. Senior care is a permitted use within the Innovation Park economic expansion zone. Because Round Lake II’s proposal is within the EEZ, is sufficiently distant from residences, and complies with Oro Valley zoning and design requirements, the project
see VET page 41
see FACILITY page 42
University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine graduates Ricky Wagner, left, and Deianira Smith pose for a photo before receiving their DVM degrees. (Chris Richards / University of Arizona Communication)
BY DAVE PERRY
SPORTS ..................... 37 Meet Shanise Bustamante, Athlete of the Week HOT PICKS.....................................4 OPINION.......................................10 LIVEN UP.......................................11 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS ........... 44
Tucson Local Media Contributor
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service dog barked during the first commencement exercise for the University of Arizona College of Veterinary Medicine. No one minded the woof; in fact, it was greeted with delight by guests among the more than
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