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BY VERONICA KUFFEL Tucson Local Media Staff
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looking to enter health-related academic programs and training. He was also the only high school student to receive this award, with the rest in college or the workforce already. On May 11, the scholarship recipients were honored at the chamber’s business luncheon, receiving checks for $1,000 each. The Marana chamber started the scholarship program in 2016, after reviewing labor market reports that predicted severe talent shortages in the health care field. CEO Amanda Wiggins explained as the population would grow, the medical and health care workforce would not increase at the same rate. “Our business community decided the cham-
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Ethan Testa is the only high school student to receive the Marana Chamber Health Education Scholarship. (Ethan Testa/Submitted)
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Scholarship winners honored at chamber luncheon
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than Testa is a graduating senior with his eye on a doctorate in physical therapy. He’s also a recipient of the Marana Chamber of Commerce’s Health Education Scholarship, which is both an honor and a relief with his ambitious college schedule. "The progression plan assigned to me at Northern Arizona University is going to be challenging,” Testa said. “I will take 15 to 18 credits a semester, which leaves little time for working. The physical therapy program at NAU is very competitive, so this scholarship will help me financially so I can dedicate my time to my studies.” Testa is one of the five winners of the Health Education Scholarship, which awards applicants
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hird graders at Dove Mountain CSTEM recently lined up in front of the school to watch the installation of a new Free Little Library. The wooden hutch, with characters like Curious George and the Lorax painted on its sides, was built by the Dove Mountain Rotary as part of its literacy campaign. “(The school) decided to have their third graders be the class that would decorate it,” Rotary President Prudy Abeln said. “We wanted the kids to feel like it was their library. Every year if they’re still at that school, they'll feel like it’s their Little Free Library.” Since 2009, the Free Little Library organization has equipped communities with the resources to create what they call, “public bookcases,” allowing the public to give and take books in a free neighborhood exchange. The Dove Mountain Rotary decided, as part of this year’s mission, to build and donate Free Little Libraries to schools across Marana. They celebrated their first installation with Dove Mountain CSTEM K-8 School, providing books to fill the new library. On June 2, they will install a second library in
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