July 2019
Rapunzel paints the face of Evie Porath, 5, at Las Sendas Food Truck Friday. See more on page 9.
Red Mountain youth named Presidential Scholar
Study: Falcon Field a soaring economic engine
By Jordan Houston
By Jim Walsh
Adrian Kwiatkowsky. (Submitted photo)
Adrian Kwiatkowski of Mesa is among 161 students nationwide who were recognized with the “highest level of student recognition in the country” – the U.S. Presidential Scholar award. The White House Commission on Presidential Scholars took note of the Red Mountain High School senior’s youth leadership efforts in Arizona over the last four years and his undeniable skills in biotechnology. The U.S. Presidential Scholars program highlights accomplishments in academics, the arts and career and technical education fields – only 7,500 students have been awarded with the recognition since
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Mesa has big plans for Falcon Field, already a powerful economic force as the fifth-busiest general aviation airport in the nation with 300,000 take offs and landings per year. When combined The Falcon Field was founded in 1941 as a training for the Royal Air Force during WWII. (Photo Courtsey City of Mesa) with its international mega-corporation neighbor, ed $6.8 billion a year, according to an The Boeing Co., the Northeast Mesa economic impact report included in an aviation hotspot generates an estimat- updated Falcon Field master plan.
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