‘Lincoln’

September 14, 2005 - A regional park is scheduled to be built in Catalina by the summer of 2007.

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Residents of Saddlebrooke had the opportunity to hear from the four Republican candidates running in Congressional District 8 when they gathered at the community’s Mountain View Club House on March 14.

On Wednesday, Oct. 1, 1858, the first Butterfield Overland Mail coach entered Arizona by way of Stein’s Pass.

The Tucson Chamber Artists (TCA) is preparing for legendary conductor Philip Brunelle to be a guest conductor and keyboard artist Feb. 8 through Feb.10. 

(NAPSI)—By some accounts, U.S. student-loan debt has reached $1 trillion. That’s more than the entire national debt was in the 1970s.

Although it was a decade ago, it seems like just yesterday when little seven-year-old Shane Weinstein walked out of Sam Raimi’s “Spiderman.”

With temperatures hitting 107 degrees last week, it’s no surprise that residents in Southern Arizona are seeking cover, and one of those summertime favorites is going to the movies.

The four GOP candidates running April 17 in Arizona Congressional District 8, and later in the new CD2, are solid people. Hopefully, Republicans elsewhere are fielding others as impressive.

July 13, 2005 - It's early on a Friday morning and the sun has barely crested over the cliffs of Pusch Ridge, but Sally Bolar is already in the water at the Oro Valley Municipal Pool.

The Oscar season is customarily kicked off by the Academy president and a random star solemnly announcing the nominees in a drab ceremony. The Academy decided to shake up tradition this year, however, in one of the most cheerful Oscar mornings we’ve ever had. Seth MacFarlane, director of “Ted” and this year’s Oscar host, announced the nominees Thursday morning alongside the invaluable Emma Stone, who had the funniest bit at last year’s Oscar ceremony. MacFarlane and Stone made for an outstanding duo, engaging in playful banter about each of the categories. Even when one of their jokes didn’t quite hit the mark, MacFarlane and Stone still looked like they were having a genuine ball on stage. That’s more than can be said about Anne Hathaway and James Franco when they hosted the Oscars two years ago.

In the eight years I’ve taken on the regular duty of reviewing movies, 2012 just might have been the best. 

The following is a brief look at just some of the contributions made to the community by the other nominees:

Where everyone else spent most of last January debating which team would be victorious at Super Bowl XLVII, I was busy trying to predict which movies would win big at the 85th annual Academy Awards. In many respects, the Oscars feel like a sporting event as nominees tirelessly campaign to win and award analyzers place bets on which horse will cross the finish line.

Directv has a poor record

Oct. 20, 2004 - In the fall of 1995, the Oro Valley Arts Advisory Board organized its first jazz performance in the town and encouraged attendees to bring their own supper.

MOVIES

June 29, 2005 - On a long-awaited summer day in 1991, eight red-suited researchers stepped ceremoniously into a glass mansion rising from the dusty floor of the Sonoran Desert.