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Recall Continental Ranch board
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Guest Column: Eric Holder’s problematic reasoning
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Making our country a little more sane
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Marana Town Talk: Vote yes on home rule option
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To Wonder Woman
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Resignation is wrong
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Melvin would be perfect governor
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Sen. Melvin continues to defend corporate welfare
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(May 16) Jodi Arias likely to be sentenced to death
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Ironwood Ridge High School teacher officially charged for sexual misconduct with a minor
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Gadget Magnet - Data Doctors: Fake Microsoft phone call scam the rise again!
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Community works to help eighth grade cancer patient
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Ironwood Ridge teacher arrested for sexual misconduct with a student
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Guest Column: Be realistic in crediting schools like BASIS
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(May 14) Today's Top Headlines - Press Gaggle by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney
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Teacher charged with sexual misconduct with a student was investigated in March
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Grand Opening-Warden Aquarium,
The new aquarium will tell the story of the importance of water to the desert: one freshwater gallery and one saltwater gallery featuring native fish, invertebrates and other aquatic life. Visits to the aquarium are included in the General Admission price, but capacity is limited. Go to www.desertmuseum.org for admission details.
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Puzzle Exchange
Got Puzzles??? Check out the Jigsaw Puzzle Exchange at the Main Library. Bring puzzles to trade for puzzles from the display. Parking is free on Saturdays, Sundays, evenings, or less than one hour.
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CreateIT Exhibit
An exhibit highlighting the creations of CreateIT students from across Tucson will be displayed.
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Artwork of Troy Boswell - painting
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The Turning Point of World War II - Sonoran Desert Model Builders
In recognition of Memorial Day, the Sonoran Desert Model Builders (SDMB) have organized an exhibit featuring an assortment of scale models. The Sonoran Desert Model Builders is a chartered club of the International Plastic Modelers' Society (USA).
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Aquatic Plant Sale
The Tucson Watergardeners club will be holding its annual Aquatic Plant Sale on Sunday, May 19th on the southwest corner of Reid Park (Country Club & 22nd Street), Ramada #10 from 8:00am - 1:30pm. A wide variety of aquatic plants are available at very reasonable costs, including hardy & tropical waterlilies, marginal, oxygenators and free-floating plants. This club is a non-profit organization.
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Friends of the Library Book Sale
Friends of the Pima County Public Library is having a book sale Saturday & Sunday, May 18th-19th, 8 am-noon, at the Book Barn on 2230 N. Country Club, just south of Grant. Check out thousands of great used books and DVDs at great prices. Gift certificates and memberships are available for the teacher or avid reader in your circle. The Friends (pimafriends.com) is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization which redistributes recently discarded library books and gently-used donated books to provide funding for Tucson library projects. Help promote literacy and support Tucson's public libraries.
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Patricia Katchur - Featured Artist
Selections from Patricia Katchur’s series of works titled “Upon Awakening” are the focus of the second Featured Artist exhibition of 2013. These ethereal and contemplative photographic interpretations of Sonoran Desert flora and fauna evoke the moment of awakening from a dream. Teetering on the edge of abstraction, this suite of photographs evokes a stillness and calm while also inspiring one to look ever closer at the small details present all around us.
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Metal, Stone & Wood
An artist’s choice of materials is an essential part of the final aesthetic experience that artwork offers. With textural, compositional and creative nuances, every artistic medium bears its own personality. The exhibit Metal, Stone, and Wood celebrates these three distinctly different materials as they are used in two-dimensional works, sculpture, functional ware, and beyond. The particular weight and texture of carved stone can sit in stark contrast to the polish and angularity of welded steel (or sometimes, vice versa) and the ways in which local artists are engaging with these materials is at the heart of this exciting exhibition.
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Student Artwork from the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind
Through touch, we have the ability to physically interact with our surroundings and intimately discover the range of textures and forms that make up our world. For artists who are blind/visually impaired or deaf/hearing impaired the relationship to touch is often intensified in each work of art, enabling viewers to become active participants in a similar sensory investigation. Tohono Chul is exploring how artworks can engage the many senses by celebrating the artistic achievements of students from the Arizona Schools for the Deaf and the Blind.