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The race for the final seat on the Holbrook City Council remained too close to call Wednesday afternoon, but Navajo County Elections officials hoped to have complete unofficial results today (May 22). Eva Purvis led Myron Maxwell by the slimmest...Read more...

Students in Nichole Livingston’s kindergarten class at Park Elementary School joined their Reading Buddies from the second grade classrooms of Renee Alley and Margarita Newton-Pender to present a reading play to their parents and fellow students May 19. The young thespians include (left to right) Lidia Luna, Amy Nilsson, Ciera Irving, Jaden Nuvamsa and Dylan Nez. The kindergartners have paired up with second graders since the beginning of the school year so that the second graders could teach them reading concepts. According to Livingston, the program was a huge success, with every kindergartner now able to read.

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Patel and Guzzu Co-Valedictorians at HHS Hetal Patel and Michael Guzzo share valedictorian honors for Holbrook High School’s Class of 2009. Both achieved a grade point average of 4.333 after eight semesters at the school. Salutatorian... Read more...	Holbrook’s First Round Of Budget Talks Begin Tuesday Although a new format makes it virtually impossible to tell where cuts were made to reduce the City of Holbrook’s proposed 2009-10 budget by more than 10 percent, it appears that most cuts were made... Read more...
Opening Delayed For Holbrook Pool Holbrook’s swimming pool will not be opening on Monday, May 25, as planned. The pool will open at 1 p.m. on Monday, June 8, for open swimming. According to Baldonado, tile work and a plaster coating... Read more...	Holbrook Chamber Looks To Revitalize After Cancellation Of Contract With City There was a large turnout for the May 13 Holbrook Chamber meeting, with representatives from several local hotels and businesses stepping up to take part in the reconstruction of the chamber. In... Read more...
Dr. Bill Engvall: Beloved Physician Reflects On His Years In Winslow Dr. Bill Engvall has been gone from Winslow for approximately 40 years, but still has fond memories of his 10 years of medical practice in the community, and good relationships and memories of his... Read more...

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North All Conference Softball Team Noted With this year’s softball season in the books, the 3A North Conference has unveiled the all... Read more...	Bulldogs Lead Parade On 3A North All Star Team The 3A North All Region team included three special awards, four starting position players, two... Read more...
Huerta, Hancock, Smith Named To All State Team Baseball Team Three Winslow High School juniors were selected to the Arizona Baseball Coaches Association 3A All... Read more...	Guzmans Tapped For All Star Games Winslow High School will be represented in the Arizona High School Senior All Star Baseball and... Read more...
Golf Tourney To Benefit HHS Basketball Program A golf tournament will be held on Saturday, June 20, at Hidden Cove Golf Course to support Holbrook... Read more...

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