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Copper Basin News
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Tuesday, February 09
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Special donation . . .
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Steve Gasser, Asarco Hayden Operations Smelter Manager, presents donation to Deborah Teer, Coach of the Copper Basin Stingrays swimming team. (Submitted photo)
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New EPA air pollution standard may cloud Hayden-Winkelman area
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ASARCO is currently awaiting approval for a work plan submitted to the EPA in 2008. The plan involves conducting a source apportionment study to determine where lead in the air is coming from. (Lana Jones photo)
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Hayden, Winkelman, and surrounding areas are in danger of being listed as a nonattainment area for lead air pollution. The nonattainment label is applied when the average amount of lead in the air over a three-month period exceeds EPA’s standards.
This story is the second in a series on lead air pollution in the area and a possible nonattainment classification by the EPA. The first focused on Kearny and was published on Jan. 27, 2010.
Lead exceeding the standard was recorded at an air quality monitor at Hayden’s maintenance yard. Jack Garrity, ASARCO Technical
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Meth coalition visits Hayden Schools
The Gila County Meth Coalition recently paid a visit to Hayden High School and Junior High along with their partners, the Gila County Narcotics Task Force and K-9 Unit, Copper Basin Coalition, Community Bridges and the County Attorney’s Office. Students were informed about what drugs and alcohol will do to the human body and brain.
Students were taken on a journey from what drugs are made of, the chemicals and poisons involved, student interaction on the simulated effects of alcohol on vision, speech and physical coordination, through a mock arrest situation and on to what
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Pioneer Days 2010: Golden Memories 1969
Many golden memories have been made over the past 50 years.
New memories will be made as we celebrate Pioneer Days March 25-28.
Queen candidates have been out and about the Copper Basin area selling tickets for the drawing of $500, $250 and $150. Support the following girls Shawna
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Building Golden Memories in 2010, remembering 50 Years Past
Golden memories are being revived as we celebrate 50 years of Pioneer Days. When I recently asked someone how she and her employee wanted to help with Pioneer Days her answer was “we will help by eating at Pioneer Park”. Remember when all the vendors were from local clubs,
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More Headlines
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Stories in Copper Basin agriculture: Emerging trends
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Central Arizona College Middle School Honor Band meets, performs Feb. 5 at the Pence Center
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Camille Lopez follows her big brothers’ footsteps, signs with Mesa Community College
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Ray High School students inducted into NHS
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