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Volume29 29••Number Number51 51 Volume December 21, 2022 December 21, 2022
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This Week
Arizona Heroes Memorial back on track
NEW YEAR'S GUIDE
BY KAREN SCHAFFNER Tucson Local Media Staff
D “Being able to offer the programming is what aI’m Cop for excited a couple years andsaid. when I pulled up most about, ” he “You can pictoday (Dec. 10) there were so many officers that ture people out here doing yoga, maybe tai chi, it just made my out heart warm and the families,” families coming picnicking underneath the said Cindy Ruich, Marana Unified Distrees and having a resource here toSchool come to if trict’s director of student and family support there are questions. If they need anything, we’re services. here for them now, while before you could come, “We’ve beennobody able tohere. pair You up the but there was werekids justwith kind an of officer each individual child…it puts officers in on your own.” a different light. Let’s say they did have to have It’s part of Steam Pump Ranch’s restoration,
ick Eggerding had a dream: a memorial to those who have served in the military and as first responders. It would be called the Arizona Heroes Memorial, the only one of its kind west of the Mississippi River and perhaps all of the United States, he said. In 2016 the project launched. Eggerding began with a feasibility study to see if anyone was even interested. Turns out they were. “We wanted to make sure from the get-go that we had public support,” he said. “Why try something the public doesn’t see a need for? That proved to be very useful because it was very enthusiastic for us.” Planning and fundraising got underway and the town of Oro Valley allocated land in Naranja Park for it. They worked on identifying companies that could do design work, structural and civil engineering work and landscaping. Plans were made. Then this: “We went through the me-
See STEAM See SHOP Page 5
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NEWS ........................10 Police receive lifesaving equipment donation
The garage at Steam Pump Ranch underwent a major restoration, and officially opened Dec. 10. Not Marana police enjoy their Shop with Cop event, heldpoint Dec.monsoon 10 at Kohl’s on West Pavilions everything went smoothly during thea project; at one melted partArizona of the back wall. Drive, saying it gives local students an opportunity to get to know them in a friendly environment. (Karen Schaffner/Staff ) (Marana Police Department/Submitted)
Old garagestudents finds newShop life with restoration Marana with a Cop OPINION ................... 21 OPINION.................... Oro Valley Talk: Tourism is Town valuable to Marana I'm calling 'time out'
BUSINESS........................................... 11 OPINION............................................. BUSINESS .......................................... 21 11 LIVEN UP............................................ OPINION ............................................ 22 21 SPORTS............................................... LIVEN UP ........................................... 24 23 HEALTH.............................................. SPORTS .............................................. 25 25 PUZZLE/HOROSCOPES.................. PUZZLE/HOROSCOPES ................. 27 27 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS. .............. 28 WORSHIP/CLASSIFIEDS................ 28
BY KAREN SCHAFFNER SPECIAL TOMedia MARANA Tucson Local Staff NEWS
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