September 2018
Bob Fletcher adds chocolate to his mint ice cream at the Falcon Field Ice Cream Social.
Red Mountain teen named National Student Poet
Las Sendas man’s clash with hiker provokes citation
By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
By Jim Walsh
Red Mountain High School junior Heather Jensen has been writing poetry since the seventh grade. (Photo by Kimberly Carrillo)
Red Mountain High School junior Heather Jensen dreamt about the day she would become one of the National Student Poets, the highest honor for youth poets presenting original work. In August it came to fruition when she and four other teens from around the United States traveled to Washington, D.C., to be officially appointed by Institute of Museum and Library Services Director Dr. Kathryn K. Matthew and Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden. “I don’t feel like it’s actually happening to me,” Heather said. “I’ve been in the poetry circles long enough to know
Former Mesa City Councilman Bill Jaffa’s new home sits on the side of a mountain in Las Sendas, looking like a giant white fortress. But if Jaffa and his wife, Joanne, were searching for peace and tranquility, their plan appears to have backfired. Bill Jaffa, an accountant who served on Former City Councilman Bill Jaffa lives in a mountainside home in Las Sendas. (Photo by Jim Walsh) the council in the late 1990s, has suddenly emerged as a YouPoet...continued on page 12 Tube star – but not in a complimenHiker...continued on page 14
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