By Joyce Coronel
The flash of fireworks, the aroma of family barbecues, joyful echoes of splashing in the pool, and of course, strains of the Star Spangled Banner: These are just some of...
Tempe and West Chandler’s scorching-hot temperatures this time of year are all the more reason to plunge into the cooling waters at area pools like those you’ll find at Nozomi Aquatic Center or Kiwanis Wave Pool.Â
While some types of fireworks are legal to sell and purchase at local businesses, Chandler Fire officials say the use and misuse of fireworks can lead to personal injury, injury to others, harm to pets, property damage and destruction of the environment.
As a 10-year-old growing up in the Midwest, Jon Konti remembers the anticipation that started weeks before the July 4th holiday— those big industrial-strength skyrockets set off at the hometown stadium, the secretly purchased Chinese firecrackers that some of his buddies somehow mysteriously acquired, even the hand-held sparklers that offered an always exciting, though presumably harmless, thrill.
In a globalized world of increasing inter-connectedness, the ripple effect caused by what once might have been considered distant events grows wider each day.
