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International Teachers Join Local Schools

Unable to find suitable candidates locally, public schools in Elgin and Patagonia are filling teacher vacancies through international recruiting. Here’s in-depth profiles of our schools’ new teachers, hailing from India, Cuba/Mexico and the Philippines.

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International Teachers Join Local Schools

Unable to find suitable candidates locally, public schools in Elgin and Patagonia are filling teacher vacancies through international recruiting. Here’s in-depth profiles of our schools’ new teachers, hailing from India, Cuba/Mexico and the Philippines.

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ARTS & CULTURE

Growing Up

In a new novel based on his own life, local author Stuart H. Brody charts the path from idealism to wisdom—accompanied by Hubert Humphrey.

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COLUMNS

The Elgin Cemetery

A census of those likely buried at the Elgin Cemetery, which was probably established in 1912. Approximately 19 graves are evident at the cemetery, but only four have headstones.

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OPINION

Give

I miss when it was easier to ask a stranger to dinner. Or to trust that lonely couple who live in their Buick to spend the night at your mother’s house on Christmas. I miss when it was okay to leave food and water out for migrants.

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A Rodent’s Revenge

Making the transition from suburban to country living hasn’t exactly been a comedy of errors. More like a series of educational misadventures.

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FROM THE PRT ARCHIVES…

A Thanksgiving Success Story

In addition to the tradition of eating turkey on Thanksgiving, in southern Arizona we have an opportunity to observe an ancestor from which our favorite meal evolved: our local wild turkey, the Gould’s turkey.

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Sonoita Man Completes 13-Year Ride

Bob Peterson and his horse NP have completed the 1,350-mile Chief Joseph Appaloosa Trail Ride. The grueling event, done in 100-mile segments each year, traces the route the Nez Perce tribe took as they tried to escape the U.S. Calvary in 1877.

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