January 2017
Isabella Jansen, 10, an Entz Elementary fifth-grader, plays in her school’s concert.
Mesa firm to build a bedroom for free onto home of generous foster family By Tim J. Randall Christmas arrived early for Virginia Revoir and her Mesa family. Revoir, a mother of eight, and her husband, Charles, are preparing to welcome two foster children into their lives after securing what for them was a holiday miracle. A bedroom addition to their home, courtesy of a donation from Cook Remodeling & Custom Construction, in partnership with Arizona-based charity Boost a Foster Family, is being built and is expected to be completed by late January. “I’m amazed that Cook Construction was willing to build the addition,” Revoir
Charles and Virginia Revoir will foster two additional children.
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New ‘Bomber Boys’ traveling exhibit at Commemorative Air Force Museum “Bomber Boys: Portraits from the Front,” a new traveling exhibition developed by Bering Street Studio, is on display through Jan. 17 at the Arizona Commemorative Air Force Museum. Featuring photographs reproduced from a secret stash of World War II images, and a diary from 1945, the exhibit highlights the combat, captains, crew and camp life of the 445th Bomb Squadron of the 12th Army Air Corps stationed mainly on Corsica and in Italy. “This amazing collection was found when my sister and I were cleaning out the hayloft of our horse barn in Gig Harbor, Washington,” said Stephanie
The “Bomber Boys” exhibit is at the Commemorative Air Force Museum in Mesa.
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