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New clinic offers options for weight-loss patients

Are you looking to shed pounds of body fat without having to eat mail-ordered meals that leave you hungry? Would-be dieters now have a new medical clinic, FIT Medical Weight Loss, designed to help participants lose pounds while still being able to eat the foods they enjoy. The clinic is located in the Arizona State [...]

Tempe, McClintock athletes honored at All City banquet

Greg Mills – Junior, Offensive Line, All City Offensive Line Greg Mills’ play on the offensive line helped lead the Tempe Buffaloes to 169 rushing yards per game, including 221 yards rushing in their final game of the season against Maricopa. He was selected All City for his aggressive and intelligent style of play on [...]

Corona, Marcos athletes honored at All City banquet

Corona del Sol Corona had seven athletes honored at the Tempe All City Association Fall Sports Banquet held Jan. 30 at the Tempe Sheridan. Zack Hamm, Avery Moss and Andrus Peat were given awards for football by head coach Tom Joseph. “All three were instrumental to our success this season,” said Joseph. “They are all [...]

Corona among schools to launch innovative pre-college program for engineering hopefuls

Corona del Sol’s Katie Chance will join the elite ranks of science teachers from 20 Arizona high schools who are helping students try out their engineering skills before entering college, thanks to a successful University of Arizona academic program. Starting in 2013, Corona will join the list of schools offering the same course, for which [...]

Meeting the challenges of 2012

Human resources consultant Fred Cooper, a south Tempe resident, offers perspectives on business- and personnel-related issues. As a business owner, you’ve got challenges—sustainability, survivability, profit and loss, staff, facilities, customer relations and service, suppliers and others who impact your business. Whether you’re a “glass half full or half empty” person, you’re usually right. We all [...]

$1 mil grant helps entrepreneur in quest to solve energy challenges

Ever felt that you’re the consummate queen of multi-tasking? Follow Kelly Herbst around for a couple of days. As president and founder of NAVITASMAX, a renewable energy storage company at Innovations Incubator in westChandler, Herbst spends her days learning all she can about sustainable and environmentally friendly ways to provide energy for the Earth. As [...]

Avery Moss picks Nebraska

In the end, it came down to family for Avery Moss, the Corona defensive end, who announced in the fourth quarter of the Jan. 3 inaugural Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl football game at Chase Field that he was going to the University of Nebraska. “It was the way Nebraska came out and treated me and [...]

Entrepreneurial skills get a boost at W. Chandler incubator sessions

Making the jump from independent entrepreneur to successful business owner means leveraging the talents of others. At the next Coffee & Connections workshop, sponsored by the Small Business Development Center, speaker Wayne Smith will help navigate the ins and outs of developing and managing a successful team. SBDC is funded by the U.S. Small Business [...]

How once-controversial Tempe Town Lake became one of state’s top draws

2012 is only a few days old, however Tempe isn’t waiting for celebrants to put down their champagne glasses. The city has already launched its year-long observance of a colorful past, coinciding with events that celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Arizona statehood. On Saturday, Jan. 7, a fascinating pictorial chronology of the past 100 years [...]

Dental practice among 26 state recipients of coveted award

After more than three decades of turning the concept of workplace flexibility into a reality, Children’s Dental Village has been recognized as one of 26 Arizona recipients of the enviable Alfred P. Sloan Award. “Ironically, we’ve been employing these practices for 35 years, so it was overdue, but it was the first time we applied,” [...]

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