June 29, 2022
MARANANEWS The Voice of Marana since 2007 The Voice of Marana, Oro Valley and Northwest Tucson
Volume 29• Number 26
My Best Friend
Our annual celebrations of pets! | Page 13
Don’t give up on struggling kids
INSIDE
COVID Meds
County offers “Test and Treat”
REX SCOTT Pima County Supervisor
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Your turn
Letters to the Editor
| Page 11
Sports and Rec
Questions from our columnist
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Fireworks and laser shows mark Independence Day NICOLE FELTMAN Tucson Local Media
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arana will celebrate Independence Day one day early with its massive annual Star-Spangled Spectacular from 5 to 9:30 p.m. on July 3.
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The event typically attracts roughly 17,000 people to Silverbell District Park at 7548 N. Silverbell Road, near the Arizona Pavilions Shopping Center. The firework finale is scheduled to take
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lthough my deadline for this month’s column falls after Father’s Day, it will still be the subject for this piece. I am both a father and a son. My father passed away almost four years ago. He is in my thoughts frequently and in my heart always, perhaps especially on that Sunday in June when we celebrate the ideals of fatherhood. Since being elected to the Board of Supervisors two years after my father died, I also reflect on how his guidance and example has informed my work as a public servant. I was my father’s eldest child and, without question, presented more challenges to him and my mother than the rest of their other three children put together, especially in my teen years. When
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