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Fed probe of Phoenix PD costs $1.9M so far
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Cowboy Junkies look back, forward on new album
YOUTH ............. 21
Social worker enhances girls’ self-esteem
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Wednesday, July 13, 2022
MTA to host classes, productions this fall BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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he Musical Theatre of Anthem is offering a variety of classes to help kids grow their theater skills as well as a production of “Little Women” and “A Year with Frog and Toad” this fall. “I’m so thrilled to be offering a variety of musical theater genres from period pieces to contemporary pop to Disney, as well as a large offering of classes for performers of all ages and skill levels,” said Jackie Hammond, producing artistic director. The theater will offer two ongoing weekly classes that last throughout the school year — an acting class and a dance audition prep master class. Karen Gallagher, office coordinator at MTA, said these classes are fun and
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One of the productions the Musical Theatre of Anthem will be doing this fall is “A Year with Frog and Toad,” a classic story of friendship and adventure. (Musical Theatre of Anthem/Submitted)
Phoenix foregoes some Lake Mead water BY FOOTHILLS FOCUS STAFF
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hoenix officials said they’re doing their part to shore up the plummeting water level in Lake Mead by leaving 14,000-acre feet of Colorado River water there and looking for alternative sources. The city could get as much as $7.8 million in return to the action, which is part of
the so-called 500+ Plan. The plan involves pledges by Arizona, California, Nevada and the federal government to conserve an extra 500,000-acre feet or more through 2026 to try and save shrinking Lake Mead through a variety of strategies. However, since the time when the plan was agreed to, California has recently declared it cannot meet its 2022 contribution.
Phoenix City Council’s approval of the measure on July 1 came within days after a World War II-era Higgins landing craft surfaced. The boat had been 185 feet below the lake’s surface, which has been dropping at a rate that surprised and alarmed federal environmental officials.
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