They met in 1999 when south Tempe resident Conrad J. Storad was promoting his award-winning children’s book, Don’t Call Me Pig, at Border’s Books & Music in Mesa. Lynda Exley, also a southTemperesident, was the store’s public-relations manager, and they struck up a friendship. When Exley left Border’s, the two went separate ways for more [...]
According to a major new Canadian study published in the journal Neurology, even small health conditions can significantly increase your risk of dementia later in life and keep you from doing the things you enjoy. In fact, the study says a dozen untreated minor health issues can increase your dementia risk by nearly 40 percent. [...]
Once upon a time there was a sleeping dragon… Sounds like the beginning of a fairy tale, but the time was just last weekend, and the place was no farther from the Kyrene Corridor than the Phoenix Zoo. I was there, in the company of my wife and nine-year-old, to tour Zoolights, the annual after-dark [...]
The holidays are a time for home-cooked treats and holiday decorations — such as lights, candles and Christmas trees — which add a festive and joyous mood to the season. But, all of these things can pose burn dangers for you and your family. “Kids are curious by nature and have a greater risk of [...]
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, [...]
Arizona State University is locating its newest W.P. Carey Evening MBA and Custom Corporate MBA programs at Chandler 101, an executive office park to be developed by The Rockefeller Group in west Chandler’s Price Corridor. The program will be the first of its kind in Chandler and is expected to complement the area’s economic development [...]
Members of the Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Coalition stand in front of a quilt representing children who were victims. Rob Bell, left, chair of the organization, and Sgt. Joe Favazzo, right, of the Chandler Police Department, joined leading members of First Things First to help spread awareness during a meeting at the Chandler Police [...]
On a slightly overcast Saturday morning, two dozen hearty members of Kyrene Corridor Rotary Club set out on a five-mile segment of the Arizona Trail, running through the Superstition Mountains on a hike designed not only to raise awareness of Rotary but to help fund polio research. Arizona Rotarians hike various parts of the renowned [...]
On the evening of Friday, Dec. 2, McClintock Fountains shopping center will be bustling with live music and entertainment, accompanied by local restaurant samplings and a raffle to promote neighborhood businesses in south Tempe. Developed by Dave and Christine Donaldson, owners of Donaldson Watch Repair, the event is being called a gift to the public [...]
We’ve heard the mantra “The customer is always right.” In today’s tough economic times, when businesses are competing like never before to get that elusive dollar, the statement takes on new meaning. Gone are the days when an unreasonable request by a customer to fix an issue clearly not warranted could be addressed by swallowing [...]
