March 20, 2017
Cousins Alden, 12, and Hunter, 13, at the Parada del Sol Rodeo held at WestWorld in March.
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Scottsdale neighbors of all faiths Junior Citizen Science Festival draws kids into McDowell Sonoran Preserve rally behind Jewish community By Marilyn Hawkes
During divisive times, when hostile rhetoric is escalating across the country and concerns about anti-Semitism are on the rise, many in the North Scottsdale Jewish community are calling for unity and understanding – and they are receiving it from people of all persuasions. “This is the time for us to come together,” says Kim Subrin, chief operating officer of Scottsdale’s Valley of the Sun Jewish Community Center (VOSJCC). “Our hope is that the JCC can truly be the center of the community.”
(Special to Nearby News)
Kim Subrin
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By Becky Bracken
(Kimberly Carrillo/ Nearby News)
Atticus, 7, takes notes on bird nests.
On a picture-perfect spring morning, the McDowell Mountain Preserve transformed into a living classroom. Run by hundreds of neighborhood volunteers, the Junior Citizen Science Festival (put on by the McDowell Sonoran Conservancy on March 10) brought nearly 300 kids from all over the Valley to the McDowell Mountains to learn about their environment. Kids followed scavenger hunt maps around the Lost Dog Trailhead, stopping at booths like “Sensing the Desert” and “Birds and Their Nests” manned with both volunteers and
Science ...continued on page 5
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