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Volume • Number June ,
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Marana responding to poverty, housing crisis
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This Week
LIVEN UP ..................... 8 Traveler celebrates world music
BY VERONICA KUFFEL
Tucson Local Media Contributor
Public works is allowing residents a limit of 20 sandbags per resident. (Veronica Kuffel/Staff )
HEALTH ..................... 21 Boomers are not as healthy as their parents were LIVEN UP.........................................8 HEALTH........................................ 21 SPORTS ........................................ 22 HOROSCOPE/CROSSWORD.......23 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS ........... 24
Marana unveils storm preparedness program SPECIAL TO MARANA NEWS
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he town of Marana has unveiled its storm preparedness plan to ensure safe passage and protect residents and visitors during the summer monsoon season.
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arana has joined two regional efforts to respond to poverty and the affordable housing crisis across South-
According to the National Weather Service, monsoon season runs June 15 to Sept. 30 and brings an average of 5.69 inches of precipitation. During this time, town staff will monitor
ern Arizona. Lisa Shafer, the town’s director of community development and neighborhood services, invited Pima County officials from the Regional Affordable Housing Commission and the adjunct Prosperity Initiative Working Group to provide updates on their work at Marana’s regular council meeting on June 6.
see PROGRAM page 19
see CRISIS page 19
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