November 2016
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Rich Ihle of Reptile Adventures thrills the kids at the Celebrate Mesa Fall Festival at Red Mountain Soccer Complex
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Chester Bennington of Linkin Park will speak at Festival.
Royal Neighbors among many Mesa groups making a difference By Shelley Ridenour Members of Royal Neighbors Chapter 20075, based in Mesa, collected personal-care supplies and assembled them into “baskets of hope” as part of the nationwide Make a Difference Day on Oct. 22.
The baskets have been donated to A New Leaf, a Mesa-based nonprofit organization, which provides support services to people in crisis. Throughout Mesa, more than 2,500 volunteers, the majority of them Boy
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Music festival back for 2nd year with dozens of bands downtown By Shelley Ridenour Music will reverberate throughout downtown Mesa as the Mesa Music Festival returns for its second year. The free event Nov. 1012 is designed largely as an opportunity for up-andcoming bands to showcase their skills, but this year several big-name performers are due in for the weekend. Rock band Fuel headlines the Saturday night closing concert. Fuel’s big hit was “Shimmer,” from its first album, “Sunburn,” released in ...continues on page 7
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