Tempe Chamber of Commerce members are getting free, expert guidance on how to best sustain and grow their business. The forum is a half-day Business Solutions Clinic that offers confidential, complimentary business counseling sessions with industry experts. Promising no sales pitches, “no catches,” the clinic will take place from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March [...]
Jay Tibshraeny has been appointed to several local and regional committees in his role as Chandler’s new mayor. In addition to previous assignments with the Arizona League of Cities and Towns Executive Committee, Tibshraeny is now a member of the Regional Council for the Maricopa Association of Governments and an ex officio member of the [...]
Jimmy Chow, M.D., a hip and knee specialist on the medical staff at St. Luke’s Medical Center and Tempe St. Luke’s Hospital, is the first orthopedic surgeon in the Southwest to perform an innovative new surgical procedure called MAKOplasty®. Dr. Chow explains this new option and how it may improve the quality of life of [...]
After easily defeating Desert Ridge, 74-43, in the first round of the 5A-I state tournament on Feb. 23, the Aztecs were moved up No. 2 in the rankings. Unfortunately, the power rankings gave Corona a No. 5 seeding, which set up a quarterfinal matchup against the No. 1 team, Mesa Mountain View, in the second [...]
Aprende’s eighth-grade boys basketball team made it all the way to the state junior high championship finals Feb. 19-24 before losing to Gilbert Mesquite Junior High School on the last day of the competition. Aprende earned the invitation by winning the Kyrene Championship on Jan. 31, beating Akimel Middle School, 33-28, at Centennial Middle School. [...]
For the past 22 years, Tempe Diablos have honored teachers and faculty who exhibit outstanding leadership and ingenuity in their classrooms and professions. On Feb. 28, the volunteer philanthropic group presented more than $30,000 in cash awards to teachers in recognition of their achievements toward excellence in education. ‘This is an opportunity to focus on [...]
Chandler’s Mirada Elementary and 15 other Kyrene district schools recently underwent a massive overhaul of their school security systems, adding I.D. card recognition scanners and other high-tech systems to help ensure the safety of staff and students. All 25 Kyrene schools are due to have the systems by this summer. The program, budgeted at $7 [...]
South Tempe residents and their neighbors in other areas of the city have voiced significant satisfaction and offered valuable feedback about the services, programs and facilities provided in their community, according to newly released survey data. In late 2010, more than 800 residents weighed in on questions focusing on water service, parks, trash collection, public [...]
Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny will join the city’s Neighborhood Advisory Committee on Tuesday, March 8, in hosting the second of five neighborhood meetings as part of a “Listening Tour” designed to provide residents with information on city resources and services and engage neighborhoods in conversations about the challenges they face. The meeting will begin at [...]
In her work as director of clinical social work at Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers, Lynda Dallyn often sees the way past hurt and disappointment can leave people filled with anger and bitterness. Dallyn decided something had to be done to help her co-workers who were carrying these burdens. So in 2009, she [...]
