Denise Phillips has a lot of new ideas when it comes to gardening. But it is an old idea that she hopes will transform how people they put food on the table. “There is no reason that anyone in the Valley—anyone in our country, really—should not have access to healthy nutritional food,’’ says the west [...]
Being an advocated for Chandler’s Prop. 300 override measure is a lot like being a Realtor in Antarctica. In both cases, for all of the good points that can be emphasized, it is the climate that turns out to be the killer. Known as a “home rule override,’’ the same measure has been approved by [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
A year ago, as the Tempe Diablos prepared for the 2009 Cactus League season, the organization was prepared for the worst. As the economic recession deepened, experts predicted that Cactus League revenue would fall by as much as 10 percent. “We were preparing for a pretty big decrease,’’ said Scott Liem, a Diablo since 1981. [...]
In the past couple of years, the economic recession has driven thousands of people out of business. But for David and Christine Donaldson, you might say the bad economy drove them into business. “There is no way we would have had the nerve to do this unless we had sort of been forced into it,’’ [...]
On the surface, the dispute over Insight Bowl’s relationship with Corona del Sol High School seems far removed from the bigger issues of our time. Yet, in some respects, the complaints that emanate from a small yet vocal group of Corona parents over the college bowl game’s use of the Corona athletic facilities is emblematic [...]
In the final minutes of the Arizona 5A Division II Championship, when it was painfully clear that Marco de Niza’s hopes of the school first football title would not be fulfilled, senior tackle Eduardo Rodriguez felt the crushing blow of disappointment. The Padres fell to Scottsdale Chaparral by a 34-21 margin at Sun Devil Stadium [...]
Kyrene de La Paloma will hold its second annual Family Fitness 5K and 1-Mile Dove Dash on Jan. 9 in Chandler. The event was founded to encourage families to start the year being active and spending time together. Every person who finishes either event will receive a medal. The course is a flat course with [...]
