Community Christian Church of Marana, which helped start ministries that eventually became the Marana Health Center and the Marana Community Food Bank, is getting ready to celebrate 60 years of service in Marana.

Four businesses and the Marana Health Center were recognized for excellence last Wednesday by the Marana Chamber of Commerce.

Sept. 8, 2004 - On the sun-drenched banks of the Santa Cruz river, black cattle lie in the shade to escape the heat. They seem reluctant to move, and do so only when it becomes the alternative to colliding with the Ford truck that bounces toward them as it scrapes through the trees and brush.

Community Christian Church of Marana would like to welcome guests to the “Celebration of Life” holiday service on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m.

February 8, 2006 - The late Rev. Charles Madinger's reasons for assuming pastoral leadership of the Marana Community Christian Church were almost prophetic - telling the story his church would face even beyond his own time.

June 22, 2005 - It was through Bob Honea, whose teammates nicknamed him "The Mayor of Marana," that the small Northwest farm town may have seen its first claim to fame and possibly an ironic glimpse into the future of the Honea family.

Flu workshop Oct. 4at Marana church

Early voting is under way; Y has a modular

Amphitheater School District

Marana resident Brian Ransom is "overwhelmed" in many ways.

March 17 meeting to detail Copper Creek kindergarten registration

There was a bond between Kurt Schmidt and his 10-year-old son, Maarten, while they circled the running track at Cross Middle School last Saturday.

OV offers free Swim pool barrier inspections in May

The excitement is setting in as students prepare their caps and gowns for their high school graduations taking place over the next two weeks.

Iowa college calls OV man 'honorary alum'

Youth summer programs offered by some Tucson's schools, businesses and institutions. Check Web sites for more information, or call for programs and schedules offered.

“Becky’s New Car” being shown

Dick Eggerding has said it 100 times and will keep saying it until there is no breath left to push out the words: The arts are the soul of a community. Without them, the 70-year-old Eggerding argues, communities have no life. They are as hollow and empty as a decaying saguaro.

For David Mehl, president of Cottonwood Properties and the Marana Chamber of Commerce Man of the Year, any philosophy of giving has to be based on a philosophy of life.

March 23, 2005 - The Northern Pima County Chamber of Commerce will host its first Pinnacle Awards Banquet at 6:30 p.m., April 5 at Omni Tucson National, 2727 W. Club Drive. The Pinnacle Award will honor businesses and individuals who have contributed to the community in Northern Pima County by providing jobs, services, and volunteer efforts.

Town councils to hear ASU project on community development

For the top-ranked students in the 2010 graduating high school classes, good grades were merely byproducts of hard-work, diligence, prioritization skills and extra-curricular involvement.

Church letting recruits train in burned building

Astronaut to speak before chamber May 27

Compiled from stories published in 2005