The Voice of Marana since 2007 The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
Volume29 29••Number Number52 52 Volume December 28, 2022 December 28, 2022
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INSIDE
This Week
Horses may events be Marana allowed at Steam aplenty this Pump Ranch one day winter
FEATURES ................. 14 Supervisors honor Chaffee's Jacobson House
BY HOPE PETERS
Tucson Local SCHAFFNER Media Staff BY KAREN
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Tucson Local Media Staff
SPORTS ..................... 15 Softball league's Joe Kiser is leveling the playing fields
team Pump Ranch may one day be open to to plan. four-legged t’s time What guests. are you going to During the Historic Preservation do when all the pretty paper has been Commission’s Dec. 5 meeting, comthrown out and the needles are falling missioner Nicole Casaus said Steam Pump off the tree? The town of Marana has a Ranch could be used for and livestock-related few ideas. Peruse this list see if there’s The 92-year-old Scott Bauman, seated front, with pilot Carl Geisert, prepares to taxi to the runway anything Construction will begin in January forinNaranja Park’s new fields. (Town of Oro Valley Parks & Recreation/ organizations. that appeals. at Marana Regional Airport before taking off for Bauman’s first biplane ride. (Splendido at Rancho Vistoso/ Submitted) “There’s no secret horses, ” CaFor information onthat any Ioflove these activities, Submitted) saus said. “There’s an entire community and call the Marana Department of Parks and culture within Oro Valley that is underRecreation, 520-382-1950. •served. End ”the year on a healthy note at the Oro Valley 4-Hset groups that go Egg Nog Joghas forthree all ages, for Saturday, bond funding was to be earmarked for Naranja BY KATYA MENDOZA need to fear, however; they were up to the task. elsewhere to participate in shows or activBY KAREN SCHAFFNER Dec. 31. Check in at 7:30 a.m. A 5K and Park. The bond project also included commuTucson Local Media Staff Up first: Scott Bauman, who had turned 92 the Tucson Local Media Staff because the 10K begins Oro at 8 Valley a.m. Adoesn’t fun runhave begins nity and recreation center tennis and pickleball ities day before the flight. The U.S. Air Force veteran proper facilities, she said. at 8:45 a.m. Meet at the Crossroads at he town of Oro Valley has opened the walk- court improvements, new irrigation for the El n a cool morning, five veterans and a wid- came ready to soar. “These areDistrict our OroPark, Valley kidsN.who are Silverbell 7548 Silverway between the north and south soccer Conquistador golf courses, and extensions to the “I’ve never flown a biplane with an open going elsewhere because Oro Valley is not ow of a former soldier gathered at Marana bell Road. The fun run is free. For the fields at Naranja Park, and the mass grand- multiuse path system. Regional Airport to keep an appointment cockpit before,” he said before his flight. “It’ll be, pro livestock, pro equine,” Casaus said. 5K and 10K, preregistration is $30 or $40 The projects are anticipated to be completed ing project is complete. with a restored, red, open cockpit Stear- I think, a thrilling experience.” askFor at information, this point, just an the that’s day ofnot thethe race. visit Next month, crews will begin constructing over the next three years, while conceptual plans “And The event was made possible by Dream open mind to consider allowing our kids to man biplane, the same aircraft used to train aviarunsignup.com. continue to be developed and finalized. fields five and six. Flights, a national nonprofit organization that come in to host these events.” tors before and during World War II. Town staff presented the initial contractor esti- • Birding at El Rio Preserve, 10190 N. Parks are a priority for the Oro Valley Town Some observers might have been concerned seeks to honor veterans and seniors with a ride Casaus saidBoulevard, there are Tucson, therapeutic riding Coachline presented Council. In October 2021, it approved a $25 mil- mated budget to council on Oct. 5, to which town about these passengers given that they were lion municipal bond financing for various parks mostly in their late 80s and 90s. There was no SeeSee BIPLANE See EVENTS Page 5 PARKS Page 6 and recreation projects and at least half of the See PRESERVATION
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