Online Edition – March 20, 2010
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Archive for: March, 2010
Hope for young cancer patients springs from Corona grad’s death
Susan Mortensen-Turley was young, talented and bright. It couldn’t have gotten any better. At 25, Mortensen-Turley, a 2001 Corona del Sol graduate, had a great life, years of accomplishments and a bright future.
And one day cancer took it all away.
After losing a battle with colon cancer in December 2008, her family wants to make sure [...]
Mar 18 2010 | Posted in Local News | Read More »
Sweet Charity
Joel Duke as Oscar Lindquist and Courtney Koford as Charity Hope Valentine star in Tempe Little Theatre’s presentation of the musical ‘Sweet Charity’ at Tempe Center for the Arts, 8 p.m. March 19, 20, 26, 27 and April 2- 3; 2 p.m. March 21, 27, 28 and April 3; and 7 p.m. April 1. Ticket [...]
Mar 18 2010 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »
Fundraiser aids ex-Aztec hurt in amateur football mishap
The Copper Football League will hold a silent auction to help pay medical expenses for former Corona del Sol athlete Kareem Khalile on Saturday, March 27, at the Moon Valley High School football stadium,
Khalile, 19, suffered a spinal chord injury on Jan. 16, just minutes into the opening game of the season for the adult [...]
Mar 18 2010 | Posted in Sports | Read More »
Tempe Y remaking its image to offset inroads by mega-gyms
Lance Gray arrived at the Tempe Family YMCA about six years ago, about the time the sprawling Lifetime Fitness facility opened a few miles away.
It was not a coincidence, says Gray, who arrived at the south Tempe facility as membership director.
The emergence of the big chain gyms – there are three within a few miles [...]
Mar 18 2010 | Posted in Local News | Read More »
Online Edition – March 6, 2010
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Tempe Budget Update
Tempe community members can get information and participate in the city’s budget-balancing effort by visiting a special Web page at www.tempe.gov/budgetplan .
Two community forums, including one in south Tempe, and two employee forums were held on the budget during February. Written recaps of those sessions, along with videos from the forums, are available via the [...]
Mar 5 2010 | Posted in Neighborhood | Read More »
McClintock Fountains bustling with expansion
If you’re looking for hopeful signs in the economy, you may need look no further than your own neighborhood.
While the numbers rise and fall on Wall Street, often for no apparent reason, the best indicator of consumer confidence is often what you see every day.
That is why Kyrene Corridor residents can take heart in what’s [...]
Mar 5 2010 | Posted in Local News | Read More »
Corona wrestlers claim back-to-back state titles
The Aztec wrestling team, touting seven seniors, captured its second straight 5A-I state team tournament Feb. 21 at Tempe High School.
It was only the second title for Corona in a wrestling program started 30 years ago by former coach Dave Vibber, who retired last year after winning the Aztecs’ first championship.
The Aztecs did not miss [...]
Mar 5 2010 | Posted in Sports | Read More »
Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton’s version of Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland is a dazzling 3-D visual spectacle that defines the word “fantastic.”
From the moment Alice (played by Mia Wasikowska) descends into the rabbit hole, all things that are the stuff of children’s imaginations and deepest fears are made possible, including talking flowers with human heads, “drink [...]
Mar 5 2010 | Posted in Entertainment | Read More »