C.J. Linarez clears the curb area as heavy equipment moves in at Alpha Avenue and Beta Street in Sa- huarita. The $765,000 project extends Alpha to connect with Duval Mine Road just north of Green Valley.

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Sahuarita

Council awards contracts for Wi-Fi, La Cañada work

The Sahuarita Town Council on Saturday unanimously awarded contracts for a municipal wireless Internet-access system and the next phase of the La Cañada Drive improvement project.

The $282,522 contract to develop a design for the Wi-Fi system — which would provide high-speed access to the Internet to any user in town with a properly equipped computer — was awarded to Hewlett-Packard Services.

Once the company designs the system, the town will be able to estimate its cost, Town Manager Jim Stahle said.

Town officials hope to have the system running by mid-2007, Stahle said.

The council also approved awarding a $5 million contract to Granite Construction for the next phase of improvements on South La Cañada Drive, between Anamax Mine and Duval Mine roads.

The council usually meets on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at the Anamax Park Recreation Center, 17501 S. Camino de Las Quintas, but it met Saturday because of schedule conflicts. The next meeting is set for 7 p.m. Oct. 9.

For more information, call the Town Clerk's Office at 822-8801.

Parts of Madera Canyon still closed after flooding

Portions of the Coronado National Forest's Madera Canyon recreation area remain closed due to flooding and debris from heavy rains that hit the area earlier this month, officials said.

They include:

● Bog Springs Campground and access road.

● Proctor Road crossing.

● The trail system from Madera Canyon downstream to the Proctor parking area.

● Portions of the Madera Picnic Area.

More information is available by calling Sarah Davis, Coronado National Forest spokeswoman, at 388-8458.

P&Z panel meets on Oct. 2

Sahuarita's Planning & Zoning Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 2 at the Anamax Park Recreation Center, 17501 S. Camino de las Quintas.

Parks and Rec panel will meet on Oct. 3

The Sahuarita Parks and Recreation Commission will meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at the Anamax Park Recreation Center, 17501 S. Camino de las Quintas.

East Side

Mesquite Ranch meeting

The Mesquite Ranch Neighborhood Association will meet at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in the Desert Sky Middle School multipurpose room, 9850 E. Rankin Loop.

For information about the association, call 444-2024 or go to www.mesquiteranch.org.

South Harrison neighbors to hear from city official

Eliseo Garza, director of Tucson's Department of Neighborhood Resources, will speak Tuesday during the South Harrison Neighborhood Association's monthly meeting.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at Tucson McGraw's, 4110 S. Houghton Road.

For more information, call Glen Parin, the association's vice president, at 721-6835.

Vail/Corona de Tucson

Federal agency retiree elected to national post

Nathaniel Brown of Vail has been elected to a national post with the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association.

On Sept. 13, Brown, 75, was elected national secretary during the association's biennial convention in Albuquerque.

He said his responsibilities will include maintaining nationwide membership rolls for the association's 1,500 chapters, representing more than 5 million retired federal workers.

The organization works to protect the rights and benefits of the country's active and retired federal workers.

Brown, who also is president of the association's Arizona organization, worked for the federal government for 32 years, mainly with the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. He has been an association member for 18 years, he said.

Brown moved to Vail 18 months ago after living four years in Sierra Vista.

Areawide

Septic system alternative will be workshop topic

The Pima County Department of Environmental Quality will offer a free workshop on alternative on-site wastewater-treatment systems for homes.

The systems are used on properties that can't accept a conventional septic system and aren't connected to a public sewer system.

The workshop will be held in two sessions, beginning at 9 a.m. Oct. 3 in the Public Works Building's basement conference room, 201 N. Stone Ave.

The workshop is for potential property owners, real estate agents specializing in land sales, engineers, builders and others who want to learn about wastewater issues. County Environmental Quality officials also hope it will reduce time spent by staffers, engineers and property owners during the planning and review process.

For more information, call the Environmental Quality office at 740-3340.