To stock up for their holiday baking needs, ordinary folks head to the grocery store for a 10-pound bag of flour, a 4-pound bag of sugar, some extra eggs and butter and maybe a bag or two of chocolate chips. Not Leslie and Ward Walston. The Walstons, owners of Great Harvest Bread Co. in southTempe, [...]
Gail Dick loves to read, and she enjoys volunteering. About a dozen years ago, when the southTemperesident was looking for a new volunteer opportunity, Dick decided to join the Friends of the Tempe Public Library, a member-supported, non-profit organization that helps provide funding for some of the library programs and services. “I was initially on [...]
More than a hundred years ago, pioneers and longtime residents ofTempegathered for an impromptu potluck picnic, socializing with each other during the meal while sharing stories about their community, family and friends. The reunion was so enjoyable that it caught on as an annual event, a celebration held for the 103rd time again this year [...]
Saturn, with its famous and impressive rings glowing in visible light; an enormous spiral galaxy that is 31 million light years away; a planetary nebula filled with incredibly hot gases hurtling along at more than 600,000 miles per hour. These are just a few of the images that visitors to the nearby Arizona Museum of [...]
On July 17, 1961, Chandler Community Hospital opened for business. The facility had just 25 employees and 91 volunteers. Fifty years later, the hospital—now called Chandler Regional Medical Center— has grown in both size and staff, with more than 2,000 employees, 800-plus doctors and more than 300 volunteers, all working in a 225-bed facility. Although [...]
Thanks to the generosity of Pam Paden and Children’s Dental Village in south Tempe, countless children whose families have struggled to afford dental care now have healthier and happier looking smiles. In early 2009, Paden, a Chandler resident who works at the pediatric practice as a hygienist, celebrated her 30th anniversary with the clinic. She [...]
Duane Scholer On June 6, Duane Scholer took the helm as chief executive officer of Arizona Orthopedic Surgical Hospital. The facility, which is located at 2905 W. Warner Road, serves those who live in south Tempe and west Chandler as well as a much broader, Valley-wide range of patients. Like many people who have recently [...]
One of Kelley Schneider’s favorite classroom memories is when she got to teach her third-grade students about space. “I put black paper up on the walls, and made a planetarium in class,” she said. So when Schneider, who now teaches fourth grade in the Kyrene district, heard about the Honeywell Space Camp in Huntsville, Ala., [...]
? For more than 25 years, Anne M. Marreel has pursued careers as a social worker and an advocate for children’s rights. In her position with a local prosecution-based victim services program, she has worked with dozens of children who have had to testify in court for one reason or another. Some have been victims [...]
As founder of the 12k’s of Christmas, a holiday-themed fun run and walk held in December to help raise money for homeless animals, Darryl Toupkin is a devout pet owner and supporter of local shelters. He knows that adoptable pets and the shelters that provide them with a temporary home need help all year long, [...]
