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  1. Flag Day

    Past Exalted Ruler Kathy Anderson carries the flag out at the beginning of the Flag Day ceremony in SaddleBrooke hosted by the Catalina Mountain Elks Lodge #2815 and SaddleBrooke HOA 1.

  2. Flag Day

    Golder Ranch Fire District Honor Guard members Michael Thomas, left, Tom Hemandollar, middle, and Johnny Miller, right, raise the American Flag during the Flag Day ceremony in SaddleBrooke last Friday.

  3. Dorado Camp of Champions

    Former Canyon Del Oro High School football player Jared Tevis gives routes for Dorado Camp of Champions campers to run during a scrimmage last week.

  4. Dorado Camp of Champions

    Alex Gibson, who will be going into the eighth grade at Cross Middle School, catches the ball during the Dorado Camp of Champions last week.

  5. Dorado Camp of Champions

    Head CDO football coach Dustin Peace passes the ball during the summer football camp held last week.

  6. Dorado Camp of Champions

    Former Canyon Del Oro High School football players Jared Tevis, front, and Blake Martinez help out at the school’s summer football camp for sixth, seventh and eighth graders.

  7. Dorado Camp of Champions

    Blake Martinez, left, and Jared Tevis, right, who are both former Canyon Del Oro High School football players run a scrimmage during the school’s summer football camp for sixth, seventh and eighth graders last week.

  8. Dorado Camp of Champions

    CDO gradate Isaac Chacon throws a pass to a camper during the annual Dorado Camp of Champions last week.

  9. Safeway's Mike Hennings

    Safeway Store Manager Mike Hennings has a laugh with coworker and baker Tracy Marsac last week. After 42 years with the company and with much resistance from his coworkers and people in the community, Hennings is retiring. His last day will be this Saturday.

  10. Safeway's Mike Hennings

    From raising money for local schools and programs to losing his wife to Leukemia and meeting his current wife, Safeway Store Manager Mike Hennings has had support from his coworkers and customers near and far.

  11. Safeway's Mike Hennings

    At the age of 24, Mike Hennings became a store manager and has been one ever since. He is retiring at the age of 57.

  12. Safeway's Mike Hennings

    After retiring this week, Mike Hennings plans to travel and dabble in collecting art.

  13. Safeway's Mike Hennings

    Mike Hennings has been described as always having a positive outlook on life.

  14. Flag Day

    Members of the Coyote County Cloggers perform during the Flag Day ceremony in SaddleBrooke last Friday.

  15. Flag Day

    The Golder Ranch Fire District Honor Guard proceeds to raise a flag during the Flay Day ceremony last week.

  16. Flag Day

    Members of the Sons of the American Revolution participate in the History of the American Flag portion of the Flag Day ceremony last week.

  17. Flag Day

    Flags are waved during the song, “God Bless the USA.”

  18. Flag Day

    The Coyote County Cloggers perform during the Flag Day ceremony in SaddleBrooke last Friday.

  19. Flag Day

    American Legion Post 132 Commander Ed Davis speaks during the Flag Day ceremony last Friday in SaddleBrooke.

  20. Flag Day

    Pinal County Attorney Lando Voyles speaks during the Flag Day ceremony last Friday in SaddleBrooke.

  21. Flag Day

    Norm Beasley sings, “God Bless the USA” during the Flag Day ceremony last Friday in SaddleBrooke.

  22. Dorado Camp of Champions

    Former Canyon Del Oro High School football players Jared Tevis, front, and Blake Martinez help out at the school’s summer football camp for sixth, seventh and eighth graders. Tevis currently plays for the University of Arizona and Martinez plays for Stanford University.

  23. article 2011 drive-by shooting suspect arrested

    Monday, June 17, 2013 11:46 am

    On Oct.19, 2011, the Oro Valley Police Department responded to the area of Northern and Magee in response to a road rage incident.

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  24. Ka'Deem Carey

    Ka'Deem Carey.

  25. article Charges dropped against Ka'Deem Carey

    Friday, June 14, 2013 1:23 pm

    The Tucson City Prosecutor’s Office dismissed all criminal regarding domestic violence charges against Ka’Deem Carey today.

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  26. article Local art camp for local youth

    Wednesday, June 12, 2013 4:00 am

    Last week, students at the Toscana Studio and Gallery worked diligently on their art projects during the summer art and sculpture camp for children.

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  27. article Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’

    Wednesday, June 12, 2013 4:00 am

    Northwest Tucson Spotlight Youth Productions is continuing its tradition of having nearly 50 actors put on a summer play. This year’s performance is Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast”.

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  28. Toscana Studio and Gallery

    Linda Ahearn helps Ryan Hunt, 12, as he works on a clay sculpture of a gladiator that he was creating during the art camp at the Toscana Studio and Gallery last week. Camps are running at the studio through the summer.

  29. Toscana Studio and Gallery

    Ryan Hunt, 12, makes some carvings into the face shield of a gladiator sculpture as Toscana Studio and Gallery owner Linda Ahearn watches.

  30. Toscana Studio and Gallery

    Stephen Leonard, 10, right, works on a painting of a dragon as Alex Martinez, 16, puts in the outlines of a charcoal drawing at an art camp at the Toscana Studio and Gallery last week.

  31. Toscana Studio and Gallery

    Simon Esbit uses an oil palette knife while creating his still-life painting at the Toscana Studio and Gallery last week.

  32. Toscana Studio and Gallery

    Linda Ahearn helps Ryan Hunt, 12, as he works on a clay sculpture of a gladiator that he was creating during the art camp at the Toscana Studio and Gallery last week. Camps are running at the studio through the summer.

  33. Toscana Studio and Gallery

    Ryan Hunt, 12, makes some carvings into the face shield of a gladiator sculpture as Toscana Studio and Gallery owner Linda Ahearn watches.

  34. Toscana Studio and Gallery

    Stephen Leonard, 10, right, works on a painting of a dragon as Alex Martinez, 16, puts in the outlines of a charcoal drawing at an art camp at the Toscana Studio and Gallery last week.

  35. Toscana Studio and Gallery

    Simon Esbit uses an oil palette knife while creating his still-life painting at the Toscana Studio and Gallery last week.

  36. Suspicious Package

    The Pima Regional Bomb Squad responded to the Northwest Fire District’s station at the corner of Ina and Shannon roads in response to a report of a suspicious package in a car. The package turned out to be a laptop.

  37. Suspicious Package

    The Pima Regional Bomb Squad responded to the Northwest Fire District’s station at the corner of Ina and Shannon roads in response to a report of a suspicious package in a car. The package turned out to be a laptop.

  38. article Authorities identify suspicious package at NW fire station

    Tuesday, June 11, 2013 3:06 pm

    Earlier today, the Pima Regional Bomb Squad responded to the Northwest Fire District’s station at the corner of Ina and Shannon roads in response to a report of a suspicious package in a car. The package turned out to be a laptop.

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  39. article Congressionally recognized artwork

    Wednesday, June 5, 2013 4:00 am

    On May 31, at the Oro Valley Public Library, U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz., formally announced the winners of the Congressional Art Competition for District 1.

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  40. article Annual program aims to educate, protect local youth

    Wednesday, June 5, 2013 4:00 am

    On May 30, numerous parents lined up at Foothills Mall to have their child photographed and fingerprinted, after which a Pima Regional Bomb Squad robot chased the children around the mall.

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  41. article Girl Scouts help clean up Oro Valley

    Wednesday, June 5, 2013 4:00 am

    Wanting to keep Oro Valley a cleaner and more beautiful place, members of Girl Scout Troop 1084 approached the Town Council in April about adding permanent trashcans to Steam Pump Ranch. 

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  42. Take 25

    Logan Smith, left, Alicia Vega, kneeling, Moses Mooney and Selah Mooney look into the camera of the Pima Regional Bomb Squad’s robot, which was driven around the Foothills Mall during the Take 25 event last week.

  43. Take 25

    Jaxon Reid, 6, gets his fingerprints taken by a Pima County Sheriff volunteer.

  44. Road conditions

    The American Society of Engineers recently found that 52 percent of roads throughout Arizona are in poor to middling condition, sticking motorists across the state with $887 million in repair and operating costs.

  45. Road conditions

    The American Society of Engineers recently found that 52 percent of roads throughout Arizona are in poor to middling condition, sticking motorists across the state with $887 million in repair and operating costs.

  46. Road conditions

    The American Society of Engineers recently found that 52 percent of roads throughout Arizona are in poor to middling condition, sticking motorists across the state with $887 million in repair and operating costs.

  47. Take 25

    Moses Mooney, 4, takes a lower approach to looking at the Pima Regional Bomb Squad’s robot as it moved around the Foothills Mall last week.

  48. Take 25

    Diana Tucci and her granddaughter Abby Bayne, 8, look at a tactical vest on the Homeland Security Investigations’ table.

  49. Congressional Art Competition

    Recent Ironwood Ridge High School graduate Stephanie Spalding drawing “Hello” is an image she created from a photograph of her older sister when she was 3 years old. The image is created entirely from the word “hello.”

  50. Congressional Art Competition

    U.S. Rep. Ann Kirkpatrick, D-Ariz. honors Ironwood Ridge High School graduate Stephanie Spalding at the Oro Valley Public Library last week.

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