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Las Sendas Elementary School has collected more than 75,000 Capri Sun pouches for the TerraCycle Drink Pouch Brigade program, which in turn has earned money for a local nonprofit.

Las Sendas took the funds that it would receive twice a year for the recycling efforts and donated them to Arizona Las Sendas Elementary School tapped the funds Brain Fund, an organization raised from recycling efforts to AZ Brain Food. that provides a take-home food sack pouches) and making sure they are all empty.” for students at several Mesa schools.

TerraCycle Public Relations Intern The school has collected 75,410 drink pouches, earning 134,997 Erica Rodriguez said her organization points. The cash value of the pouches decided to place the focus of the Drink is $1,349.97. Its most recent shipment Pouch Brigade Program on schools was in March, earning them 2,396 because the drinks are geared toward children. points.

“We like to involve as many schools “Twice a year we redeem our as we can,” she said, which now involves points for dollars and donate,” said Annie Brown, first-grade teacher and 40,000 schools that have contributed 200 million pouches. More than $4 program organizer.

She said she learned about the million have been returned to the program three years ago from a schools since the program started six student whose mother worked at a years ago.

Due to the participation, Capri Sun different school.

As Brown walked through the has expanded its prizes to include lunchroom everyday at Las Sendas, winning a playground, park benches she noticed that a lot of the students and recycling bins for the school or were drinking Capri Sun. She decided community.

Rodriguez said the drink pouches to talk to her principal and research are deemed not recyclable because the recycling program to see if the of the aluminum in the product, so school should get involved.

A campaign was held with the kids TerraCycle makes products out of during a school assembly to educate them that people can purchase.

“The program that we are running the student body about the recycling program. The first year, kids in the now, the actual playgrounds are made after-school program helped Brown from the drink pouches,” she said.

The schools earn points from the empty the pouches and flatten them collected drink pouches, which are to be shipped.

“The first year we were washing shipped to TerraCycle. Two points per them with soap and rubber banding pouch are earned for shipments more them,” Brown said. “We couldn’t keep than 5 pounds and three points per pouch are earned for shipments that up. We were doing 1,000 a week.”

They later found out that the are more than 58 pounds.

“It’s ongoing,” Rodriguez said of the school only needed to box up empty program. “Anyone can sign up at any pouches.

“My after-school kids have been point and time. There is no deadline.”

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Congratulations to Christina FuocoKarasinski, who was promoted from managing community editor to executive editor of the Times Media Group, which owns the The View and The Groves Report newspapers.

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As part of Academy Mortgage’s nationwide effort to contribute $1 million 25,000 hours of service to charitable causes in 2013-14, Academy’s Mesa East Branch recently donated $23,080 to the Starbright Foundation, the Arizona nonprofit agency dedicated to helping children caught in child abuse and child trafficking. Academy’s donation will be used toward the construction of a local safe house addition, which will provide maximum safety and accommodate a greater number of endangered children in need.

The Las Sendas Quilt Club would like to thank everyone who attended its quilt show on Sunday, March 16. The show was a great success and $623 was contributed to Sunshine Acres. In addition to the 135 personal quilts that were on display, the Las Sendas Club had an amazing year in producing charitable projects. It donated 45 dog beds to local animal shelters; 44 tote bags and 33 pillowcases to the Children’s Crisis Center; three quilts to the House of Refuge; 14 quilts to Community Alliance Against Family Abuse (CAAFA); 14 quilts to Sojourners, a women’s and children’s center for domestic violence victims; 15 quilts and five pillowcases to the Ryan House, a short-term respite, palliative and end-of-life care for children with life-threatening conditions; and 49 pillowcases to the American Cancer Society.

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By Beth Lucas It’s 400 square feet of anti-tobacco advocacy.

The Students Taking a New Direction (STAND) robot is the state’s newest effort to reach teenagers— through the creative minds of their peers.

The robot project, called Engineering Addiction: Take Aim at Tobacco, was developed by Red Mountain High School’s Plasma Robotics Club, Mesa teenagers designed an interactive robot to in a partnership with support Arizona’s efforts to curb youth smoking. the Arizona Department of Health partnership with local robotics Services. The Mesa Public School’s clubs to develop projects and make theater group also joined in to support teenagers the leaders in the antismoking message. the project.

“We’ve seen a tremendous decline It made its debut before Arizona teenagers from across the states at the in youth tobacco rates over the last Arizona State Legislature on March three years,” she said. “That’s due to community engagement, and getting 18, the day before Kick Butts Day. “The kids have been exceptionally youth involved, as opposed to just committed to the project from the teaching in a classroom.”

The robot itself is mobile and can very beginning, said Brent Kellis, math and engineering teacher at Red manipulate and throw a Frisbee.

When it is set up, Mountain. visitors take a brief Being in the spotlight multiple-choice quiz of state lawmakers about tobacco dangers adds “an element of and public health, and political science to earn throws based on an assignment that correct answers. They is already combining then can operate the math and science robot to throw the with the arts, to raise Frisbee at the correct awareness about public answers displayed on a health,” he said. backdrop.

Courtney Ward, chief “We are so impressed of the state’s Office of by the students from Red Tobacco Prevention Mountain and believe and Cessation, said the goal is to decrease smoking among all teens will be highly receptive to youth, from its current rate of 14 their creation,” Ward added. “The percent, to 12 percent within the next ‘hands-on’ experience will deliver anti-smoking facts and information five years.

That rate has already decreased in a new way; everyone who sees the ‘take aim at tobacco’ robot exhibition from 19 percent in 2009.

“We haven’t worked with anything will be taken aback by its originality.”

The Plasma Robotics includes like this before,” she explained. “It’s a new way to partner with the age students from various Mesa Public group that we target, through positive Schools, who study engineering.

Follow the robot’s tour of Arizona engagement. The robot will be a stable teens on Twitter at @AZSTAND. for when we do outreach events.

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By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski meet your neighbor

Bill Jabjiniak Economic Development Director for the City of Mesa for the Last Six and a Half Years

This month marks the beginning of a new feature called Meet Your Neighbor, designed to introduce readers to an interesting member of our community.

To nominate someone like Bill Jabjiniak for Meet Your Neighbor, email editor@ nearbynews.com.

Bill Jabjiniak Age: 53 Address: Las Sendas resident for four years Family: Prefers to keep private Why Mesa?: He was recruited to the City in 2007 from Richmond,

Va. “I think Mesa’s a hidden gem in a lot of ways. It has a great family feel. It has great physical assets— the views, the access to the National Jabjiniak says his job is to help create more employment opportunities in Mesa which Forest, easy access to Phoenix and the included bringing the Benedictine University to the city. surrounding area. When you put it all Pet Projects: Jabjiniak and his take much to get out of bed at 4:30 to together there’s a team have been involved be in the gym by 5 and be here bright great story to tell. in a number of high-profile and early and doing a lot of great There’s more room projects including the things for the city.” to grow and we’re new Chicago Cubs Spring doing it in a quality Training facility; “Mesa’s Free Time: For Jabjiniak, economic way. My job is how favorite fruit,” Apple; development is a lifestyle in a lot of to do you create the higher-education ways. “No matter if I’m out to dinner, more employment initiative; and the Barry I still run into a lot of the business opportunities in Jabjiniak’s team played a big and Peggy Goldwater community. I am very active, whether it’s in the gym in a formal workout part in the new Chicago Cubs Mesa, so that all Library.

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Gilbert Photographer Showing Works at Mesa Kinkade Galleries

By Lynette Carrington The Thomas Kinkade Gallery has been known for its limited edition art and collectibles in its locations nationwide.

The gallery recently made a rare move and incorporated the works of Gilbert photographer Jim Moon as a featured artist through June at its Superstition Springs Center and Arrowhead Towne Center locations.

“I took photography classes in junior high and high school,” Moon explained.

In the late 1990s, he did architectural photography, but after he had a heart attack nearly 10 years ago, he looked to his hobby.

“My wife decided I needed a different hobby besides work,” he said.

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“That moment sort of changed my life and reignited that passion.”

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his or her works featured in a Thomas Kinkade Gallery. At the Superstition Springs gallery, director DeAnne Furr Kleiner, as well as owners John and Rachel Hickey, couldn’t have been more excited.

“I came across Jim because my parttime employee is friends with his daughter,” Furr Kleiner said.

“I saw his photos on Facebook and I looked at them and just said, ‘Whoa.’

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By Meghan McCoy The East Valley Friends and Neighbors organization is a firm believer in the ties that bind friendship, companionship and charity work.

Ethel Marques serves as its publicity officer and first vice president in charge of programs.

She got involved after moving from Australia to Scottsdale, and then onto Mesa. Marques has found East Valley Friends and Neighbors to be a great resource for meeting people.

“You can come to us and make friends,” she said.

The club, which has a strong female presence, is a meeting place for folks who are seeking friendship, because they are homebound, they are from out of state or because they merely want to increase their circle of friends.

It meets at 9:30 a.m. the first Wednesday of each month at Grace United Methodist Church, 2024 E. University Dr., Mesa. She said many of the members arrive around 9 a.m. to socialize before the short business meeting at 10 a.m.

Members bring coffee, tea and cakes to enjoy during the activities or featured speaker. For April, members decorated Easter hats with donated decorations for a holiday hat parade.

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MLS# 5076933 3055 N. RED MOUNTAIN #218, MESA, AZ 85207 The East Valley Friends and Neighbors organization packed food for “Feed My Starving Children,” one of many charity events the group participates in.

In addition, the club has many women’s activities, including seeing films; reviewing books; playing games like pinochle, dominoes, shanghai, mahjongg and canasta; golf, and stitch and chat.

Men meet up for an informal breakfast at different restaurants to socialize.

Originally dubbed the Welcome Wagon Club of Mesa, the East Valley Friends and Neighbors, which hosts two charitable events per year, costs $25 annually for a single or couple. That grants members a monthly newsletter, membership directory and participation in group functions, annual fundraisers and general meetings. Those interested can attend a meeting and event to help them decide if they want to join.

“I enjoy the friendship and companionship and the fact that you always have someone to call if you needed help,” Marques said.

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The “Rocking Rodeo Roundup” attracts thousands of buckaroos, but the first 500 folks receive a free cowboy bandana.

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Salt River Tubing recently reopened for the season, but the event means more than just the beginning of another summer for President/CEO Henri Breault. It marks his 50th year in tubing.

“Tubing has been in my blood for decades,” Breault said. “What a way to make a living...watching people having fun in the sun and enjoying the great outdoors. I truly feel that I have never worked a day The “Rocking Rodeo Roundup” is also dubbed “More Kids in the Woods” hoedown. in my life.”

In 1938, the Breault family launched Labor Day weekend from Friday, Aug. one of the first tubing operations in 30, through Monday, Sept. 1. the United States on the Apple River in “National Get Outdoors Day: Salt Somerset, Wisc. In 1941, Terrace Tubes River Pirates” is on Saturday, June 7. was featured as a unique recreation Fourth of July weekend, tubing will experience in Life Magazine, as well as honor the United States with “Bag National Geographic, the New York It for Bucks Take Pride in America” Times, Time Magazine and Playboy event from Friday, July 4, through magazine.

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Breault took over management of Costumed-themed Saturday events Terrace Tubes in 1964 and successfully include “Rocking Rodeo” on May 3; ran the business for 16 years before “Hawaiian Hula No. 1” on June 21; “Halloween” on July 19; relocating to Mesa in “Mardi Gras” on Aug. 1980.

16; and “Hawaiian Hula This summer—like No. 2” on Sept. 13. every tubing season— Salt River Tubing Salt River Tubing is located at 9200 N. has a slew of events Bush Hwy., Mesa. For scheduled. more information, call The “Rocking Rodeo (480) 984-3305 or visit Roundup” is 9 a.m. to www.saltrivertubing.

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Usery Mountain Regional Park offers programs for all ages during the month of May. The Movie Night in the Park: “Grand Canyon Adventure” will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, May 9, at the Nature Center. In the movie, three parents and their daughters take viewers deep into the Grand Canyon on a ride through raging rapids and breathtaking canyons. Attendees can bring snacks and drinks, no glass bottles, to the movie. Concessions will also be available. After the movie watch park staff feed snakes.

The Saguaro Blossoms Walk begins at 9 a.m. Monday, May 12, at the Nature Center. The program will answer such questions as why does a saguaro cactus have white blossoms?

Why do the buds open for only one night and what are pollinators?

Participants will walk the quartermile Desert Hawk Trail to search for the cactus and its flowers.

Are you interested in walking 2 miles under the glowing light of May’s “Full Flower Moon?” The Full Moon Hike is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 13, at the Staging Area. Experience the sights and sounds of the desert with a park ranger. Pets are not permitted for the hike.

The “Just for Kids” Story Time in the Desert begins at 10:30 a.m.

Wednesday, May 21, at the Nature Center. Kids and their caregivers will learn about the desert through a short nature walk, a fun story and game during the program. Attendees are allowed to bring a picnic lunch and enjoy the outdoors.

Learn all about butterflies at 6 p.m. Friday, May 23. The program will touch on what makes butterflies different from other insects; how do they survive and what are the different species that live in the area. The onehour “Brown Bag It” series will be held inside the Nature Center. Attendees are

encouraged to stay and watch feeding time for the snakes at 7 p.m. and the “Animal Flashlight Walk” at 7:30 p.m.

The first scorpion hunt of the year will take place at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 31. Ranger B will take attendees of all ages on a safe, fun, 1-mile walk to find scorpions. Throughout the walk, cool facts will be revealed, as skill are sharpened for spotting scorpions.

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Hiking program attendees are encouraged to bring water and wear closed-toe shoes. Flashlights are permitted for night hiking.

To view more programs at Usery Mountain Regional Park, 3939 N. Usery Pass Rd., Mesa, visit, www. maricopa.gov/parks/usery/ All of the programs are free with the $6 vehicle per day entry fee.

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higher education facilities, museums, libraries, downtown parking, council district/councilmember, trash/recycling pick-up days and Park and Ride locations.

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The local organization Time to Blossom will host its seventh conference in five years from Monday, June 9, through Friday, June 13, at the East Valley Institute of Technology in Mesa.

The conference is tailored for 11- to 18-year-old LDS young women in Arizona, but girls of all faiths are welcome.

The program includes classes, workshops and activities covering a range of topics such as spiritual, social, inner beauty, outer beauty and leadership.

Speakers include sought-after LDS presenters Elaine Dalton and Brian Andre, along with popular locals, performer Michele Baer, Olympian Lacey Nymeyer John and motivational speaker Dr. Kris Heap. The girls will participate in a large-scale service project, craft projects, dance parties, a talent show and a DownEast Basicssponsored fashion show.

Young women can choose to register for the day or overnight option. Those who register for the day option ($298) attend from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and go home at night. Those who register for the overnight option ($428) stay at the Hyatt Place hotel in Mesa for the week and are bused to and from EVIT every day.

In 2008, Mesa moms Carla Jorgensen and Debbie Forrest were asked to be in charge of a service project for LDS

girls who were attending a summer camp. As they planned the project, the two women discussed another need. They talked about how girls are facing incredible challenges and need to feel hope and courage in their complicated teen years.

The two women created Time to Blossom to empower young women with inner strength, courage and confidence to reach their potential and find lasting happiness. Time to Blossom has since become a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization. This summer will mark the organization’s fifth year and seventh conference.

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Choosing a Camp This Summer Starts with Questions

By Tracy House Day camps, overnight camps, out-of-town camps. From sports and drama camps, to cooking and engineering camps, there are as many types of camps as there are kids who go to camp and choosing the right one for a child can be one of the most important decisions parents make.

Ginger Pauley, executive director of American Camp Association (ACA), said the first thing a parent should consider when choosing a camp is the age of the child.

“If it’s a young child, say 7 years old or 8 years old, and they’ve never been away from home, I would suggest that they first put them at a day camp because that’s an area where the child will be comfortable coming home in the afternoon and wouldn’t have to stay overnight,” Pauley said.

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“I would never put a child in an overnight camp if they’ve never stayed the night at a friend’s house or grandma and grandpa’s where they’ve been away from their parents.”

Parents, Pauley said, should consider the child’s interests when thinking about a day camp.

Most of the camps that have been accredited through ACA, said Pauley, are in northern Arizona and have gone the extra mile. They’ve taken every step to assure that the camp is safe.

She continued that camps that are not credited by ACA can be very safe.

“There are many reasons why they don’t do accreditation, where they can’t afford accreditation,” Pauley said.

“It could be a church camp, where they don’t think they need to. Boy Scouts, where they don’t think they need to.”

Accredited or not, choosing the right camp starts with gathering information about the camp, which can include the philosophy of the camp, how the staff is trained, what the disciplinary procedures are and what the camp fee includes, such as transportation, meals and activities.

Specifically, for the children, parents should ask about the ratio of campers to counselors and practices of taking the campers out on field trips. “It depends on the age of the children,” Pauley said. “I believe the ratio starts with 1 to 5, depending on the younger kids. As they get older, it goes up exponentially. If they’re a teenager, it’s going to be 1 to 10. If they’re going out in groups there are always two people with them, one at the beginning, one at the end. They do the buddy system; they do count off, to ensure the child is safe when they’re out.”

Camps in Arizona are governed by the county in which they are located,

and Pauley said there is no statemandated ratio.

Pauley said parents should always ask how the staff at the camp is hired.

“They should always ask the director what the rules are of the camp. What are the training procedures? Anything they want to ask, the camp director should be willing to answer that. If they’re not, don’t put the child there.

When my children were growing up, if they (the director) couldn’t answer the questions, they’re not going.”

“You want to know your child is safe,” said Pauley. “You want them in a safe environment.”

From information about how to choose a camp to the benefits of the camp experience and even how to deal with homesickness, camp visits and a list of questions to ask the director, the American Camp Association has articles, publications and research available for parents on its website at www.acacamps.org.

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By Tracy House Moms-to-be in the East Valley have an opportunity to experience childbirth the way nature intended—naturally.

Valley Women for Women is a caring community of experienced nurse-midwives who offer the genuine experience of childbirth where the person in charge is the mom.

Janice Bovee—one of the nursemidwives at VWFW with 16 years experience as a nurse-midwife and 22 years of labor/delivery and emergency room nursing experience—explained VWFW is an OB/GYN practice, with 14 female physicians, five full-time nurse midwives, four women’s health nurse practitioners and one female physician assistant.

Bovee said the difference between a birth with a nurse-midwife and an

OB/GYN is “we spend more time with our moms in the office and we’re with them the whole time during labor.”

She clarified that during labor in the hospital, a labor nurse takes care of the mother-to-be until the doctor comes in for the delivery. Nurse-midwives are present during the entire labor process through to delivery. Whether it’s wiping a brow, holding a hand or offering words of encouragement, the nurse-midwife is present monitoring mom.

“The other most important thing is we believe in the normalcy and the normal process of pregnancy and birth and that it’s best not to intervene and that Mother Nature usually doesn’t need any help, but if she does we can help her.”

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In the case that a mother may need a cesarean section, doctors are on hand and the nurse-midwife is there to assist or serve as birth support. Bovee said the rate of cesareans is only 5 percent for VWFW compared to 33 percent nationally. She credits the low percentage to minimal amounts of medical intervention and watchful waiting for normal processes during labor.

“We don’t induce unless there’s a real true medical reason and consider the mother normal until proven otherwise.” she added. “In labor we have them eating and drinking, walking and moving. They’re not treated like a patient with an IV, put in bed and put on a monitor. We don’t do that unless there’s a true medical reason for it.”

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Don’t Forget the Details. Have cash and change on hand so you don’t lose a sale. Extras that help include: grocery bags for buyers, extension cords for people to test electronics, and hangers for all clothes you are selling. Make sure all your items are clean, neat and nicely displayed.

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Nurse-midwives maintain a relationship with the mother through the process, even if complications arise and a physician becomes involved.

Bovee has been part of 1,368 deliveries in her 16 years. “The midwife service (at VWFW) did 430 births last year...The buzzword about midwives is ‘We don’t deliver babies, the mother does.’ We assist her. We take no credit for all the work she’s doing. It’s her birth and we’re just there to make sure everything goes safely.”

As more women embrace midwifery as an option for childbirth and go back to the natural ideas, Bovee suggested that moms-to-be choose a midwife who will listen to them. “Listen to their wishes and desires. Listen to their concerns.”

There is a misconception that all deliveries by a nurse-midwife are done at home. Bovee said, “All of our births are in the hospital, either at Mercy Gilbert or Chandler Regional (medical centers).”

Another misconception Bovee mentioned is that women who go to

a midwife in the hospital cannot have an epidural. “Oh yes they can,” she said. “If she desires an epidural and she’s progressing very well, we go for it.”

“What I love is that we get to do the best of all worlds,” Bovee said. “We get to do the traditional midwifery stuff which is home style, low intervention and then we can add medical intervention if the mother wants it or if she needs it. The person in charge at all times is the mother.”

Valley Women for Women has three office locations in Gilbert and Chandler. The midwives are located at the 3815 S. Val Vista Dr., Gilbert, office. For more information about Valley Women for Women, visit www.valleywomenforwomen.com or on Facebook at Midwives at Valley Women for Women.

Tracy House is a busy AZ Modern Mom of four, freelance writer and educator. She writes about motherhood, family, education, sustainability and Arizona. Three of her four children were delivered by midwives. Contact her at azmodernmom@gmail.com.

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Red Mountain Ranch Elementary School, a Mesa public school, celebrated its 20th anniversary with a community open house.

Former and current staff, parents, grandparents, community photo page events calendar members and, of course students, were on hand to celebrate the milestone of the “Challengers” and have some fun in the meantime. Photos by Tracy House.

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1. “Welcome to Our School” is performed by the kindergarten class. 2. Ethan Russell, sixth-grade student council president, and Dr. Joyce Cook, principal, go over some notes before greeting the community. 3. Artwork from the fourth, fifth and sixth graders is displayed throughout the multipurpose room. 4. Photographs your neighbor showhearsayRed MountainmeetRanch Elementary under construction. 5. Lisa Hebting, Cindy Crowther, Cindi Wilson and Ali Wienke visit during the staff reception. 6.

Pam Read, a former RMRE media assistant, and Pat Heyl, former second grade teacher, catch up at the 20th anniversary. 7. Four-square is still a favorite game on the playground. 8. Parents and students toured the classrooms. 9. Loana Olivas, Kim Balanoff and Jessalyn Muraco gather to celebrate. 10. First graders put on a P.E. demonstration for family and friends. 11. A gathering wouldn’t be complete without snacks.

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Mesa Public Schools Addresses Technology Needs

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Technology with a Purpose As the demand for technology increases and new software programs are adopted, older computers do not have the processing power required. The initiative that is underway far exceeds the scope of a traditional “computer refresh” project. Mesa Public Schools stands to fundamentally change the way in which instruction is facilitated in the classroom through technology.

Teachers will employ a device that takes full advantage of the recent advances in mobile Windows technology, and the district’s ongoing initiative to provide all school and administrative sites with wireless Internet access by August.

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Facilitating Classroom Instruction The Helix is a powerful tool with incredible flexibility. Each classroom will be outfitted with a docking station that connects the Helix to a fullsized monitor, mouse and keyboard, providing a traditional desktop workstation. By simply removing or untethering the device from its docking station, the Helix becomes a tablet, freeing teachers to move about the classroom. The school’s wireless infrastructure supports access to online resources, while a WiDi or wireless display receiver attached to a projector allows broadcasting audio and video content from anywhere within the room. With the flick of a wrist, a teacher can share content with the class by projecting it onto a Smartboard.

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Parenting Evolution In a recent parenting class, the mother of a 4-year-old child observed that it seems like just when she gets comfortable using a particular strategy, it Eva Dwight loses its effectiveness and she has to figure out a new way to manage a challenge. “It’s like we have to be constantly evolving to keep up with our kids!”

To which another parent quipped, “Yeah, but without evolution there’s extinction!” Oh, so true! Each developmental stage our children goes through forces parents into a new stage of development as well.

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A tool that I use with coaching clients puts mindset into two categories: judger and learner. Judgers see challenges from a perspective of limitation. They ask: What’s wrong?

Whose fault is it? How can I stay in control? How could I lose? And even sometimes: Why bother?

Learners see challenges from a perspective of openness and opportunity. They ask: What’s right?

What am I responsible for? What are my choices? What’s useful about this?

What can I learn? What’s possible?

When I am being a judger parent, I see challenges presented by my child as win-lose and I need to win to maintain my sense of power. I become less flexible and my primary mood is protective—of my perspective, of my way, of the status quo. I am more likely to punish without seeking an explanation or an alternative

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perspective from my child and I create an environment in which he isn’t comfortable voicing an opinion or suggesting alternatives. So I build walls between my child and me, which could lead to the extinction of our relationship.

When I am being a learner parent, my primary mood is curious. I seek to understand the belief behind my child’s behavior, and I want to know his perspective on a situation so I can determine whether some teaching on my part is warranted in order to set him up for success the next time.

When I think about the choices available to me as a parent, I take time to consider what acting on those choices will teach my child and how making a particular choice will help me build skills as a parent. I’m a better listener, a better problem solver, and I’m better at adapting to the changes my child is going through as he develops. So I build bridges between my child and me.

Being a learner parent doesn’t mean there are no days when I just want

to crawl into bed with both pizza and cheesecake and forget that I am responsible for this other human life.

It does mean that I see my child as growing, developing, experimenting with life and its boundaries; and I see myself as his teacher, his teammate and, yes, his boundary enforcer.

We’re both learning and growing, we make mistakes, we recover and learn from them, and we move on. We’re evolving.

Eva Dwight is a parent, family and personal coach. For more information, go to www.creativecoachingconversations. com.

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Keb’ Mo’ Brings ‘BLUESAmericana’ to Mesa Arts Center

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Three-time Grammy winner Keb’ Mo’ is apologetic for calling an hour late for a phone interview about his Mesa Arts Center show and his new album “BLUESAmericana.” But who can blame him.

“I got so into being home,” said Keb’ Mo’ via telephone from his Nashville abode. “I was working in the backyard doing stuff. It’s just so great to be home. I was gone for five weeks.”

He’s preparing to head out again for a series of dates that includes a Thursday, May 15, stop at the Mesa Arts Center’s Ikeda Theater. The show will feature tracks from his 12th fulllength album, “BLUESAmericana,” and a retrospective of songs covering his 20-year career in roots music.

“We’ll try to make sure we shower before we come so we don’t smell the place up,” he said in jest.

“No, I kind of mix it up when we go to these shows. By that time, the record will be out. I will have moved into the new record. Right now I’m

playing three songs off the new record, but some people come and they don’t even know you have a new record out.

I’ll dig in on the new stuff.”

The “new stuff ” includes “The Worst is Yet to Come,” which opens “BLUESAmericana” in an unlikely way.

“I was kind of like, ‘Do you really want to start an album with “The Worst is Yet to Come?”’” he said with a laugh. “But it just felt right. When you line up all the songs and you go, ‘Where do you start?’ You look at them all and go, ‘There it is.’ Live without fear, I say.”

He’s done just that. During the past two decades Mo’—born Kevin Moore on Oct. 3, 1951—has cultivated a reputation as a modern master of American roots music through the understated excellence of his live and studio performances. His songs have been recorded by B.B. King, Buddy Guy, the Dixie Chicks, Joe Cocker and Robert Palmer, and his playing

Keb’ Mo’ performs at Mesa Arts Center’s Ikeda Theatre on Thursday, May 15.

inspired leading instrument maker Gibson Brands to issue the Keb’ Mo’ Signature Bluesmaster acoustic guitar.

He’s collaborated with a host of other artists including Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Brown, Cassandra Wilson, Buddy Guy, Amy Grant, Solomon Burke and Little Milton. He also performs the theme song for the sitcom “Mike and Molly” and was the music composer for TV’s “Memphis Beat.”

He’ll spend the rest of this year touring behind “BLUESAmericana,”

including a few gigs with fellow musician G. Love. It took three years to formulate his latest album, but he’ll be ready by October to head back into the studio for a new collection.

“I’m a little too happy to play the blues, but I will play it,” he said with a hearty laugh.

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SETON CATHOLIC PREP

By Beth Lucas Mariana Chacon was thrilled as she became fluent in her third language— French.

Yet, the 16-year-old junior never imagined she and her classmates would win an Arizona first place trophy for writing and publicly performing a play in the Seton Catholic Prep High School French III students took language. first place in Arizona State University’s Foreign Language “I already spoke Spanish,” Fair. Pictured, from left, are Mariana Chacon, Gianna she said. “I learned English Bartolotta, Teresa McBryan, Genevieve Leach, Anna and Spanish simultaneously. Price, Ana Falls, Lily-Catherine Arama, Maria Rojas, Alex I thought learning a new Fernandez, Thibault Denamiel, Sabrina Wozny. language like French would broaden makes traveling a lot easier,” she said. my horizons.”

“Just being able to communicate in Chacon was among 10 Seton different languages opens a lot of Catholic Preparatory students taking job opportunities. You just know the French III whose creative take on world a little better beyond where you Avengers movies, “We Forgot Pepper’s live, and what you’re used to.”

Birthday!,” won them the honor at Students were judged on their the Arizona State University Foreign memorization, pronunciation, fluidity, Language Fair. They won, despite emotion and feeling. being a smaller class and school, she Seton’s French instructor, Robin adds.

Noudali, said languages have a big In the play, the Avengers whip up impact on students’ futures. crème brulee after realizing they’d “Studies have shown that students forgotten their friend’s big day. The who take four years of the same foreign play ends with a dance scene that language score higher on the same Chacon choreographed for the group, ACT and SAT test than any other who were largely untrained dancers. group of students,” she said. “It just “It was interesting to try to teach helps them in so many different ways. choreography to a group of French The listening, the speaking, the reading students, who don’t dance very much,” that gives them other perspectives and she said. “I think the hardest part was helps their minds grow.” deciding what we would make the play They’re also exposed to different about. Translating it wasn’t as hard as cultures, she adds. “From a cultural I originally thought.” aspect, we are so isolated in the United Chacon’s character was Nick Fury, States, so far from Europe. We assume the leader of the Avengers. “It was a everything is like here, when it’s not.” pretty humorous play,” she added.

The winning team also includes The characters took turns with ideas juniors Lily Arama, Teresa McBryan on how to celebrate the character, and freshman Thibault Denamiel of Pepper’s, belated birthday.

Phoenix; juniors Genevieve Leach and “My character wears an eye patch, Sabrina Wozny of Gilbert; junior Ana and because we’re cooking crème Falls of Chandler; junior Anna Price of brulee, I got egg in my one good eye— Tempe; and junior Alex Fernandez of it was something kind of impromptu Scottsdale. so it ended up being one of my favorite Seton principal Patricia Collins parts.” put the students’ achievement in Her ultimate goal is a career in perspective: “Thousands of students medicine, as a pediatrician or nurse from the Phoenix area, Tucson and as caring for children. She hopes that far away as Mohave County participated leads to a lifetime of traveling, and in the events. Congratulations to our learning more about new cultures. impressive French III students and to “Speaking another language their teacher.”

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Yes, I am declaring the ENTIRE month we celebrate moms. I know you’re thinking this is because I’m a mom. It’s more than that. You see, when you have shared a similar experience with someone, you understand that person more than someone who hasn’t.

As a mom, I know what goes into being a mom. I know what it feels like to desire to be the best and yet come up short. I can relate to the sacrifices that we joyfully make in being “mom.” What it means to be crazy tired, and yet find yourself up all night with a child that doesn’t feel well, has had a bad dream, or doing a stupid science project. The struggle within between using the degree you fought hard to obtain, or staying home to wipe noses and run carpool.

It’s a daily task of keeping everyone on schedule, making sure homework, doctor’s appointments, piano lessons, laundry, vacuuming and dinner not only get accomplished but with some level of consistency and excellence.

The mom quickly packing a special lunch while alternately making sure the briefcase holds all she needs for the day’s meetings at work, or those moms who find themselves micromanaging teenagers to complete college and scholarship applications and honor curfews. Not to mention, the list of hopes, dreams, desires and tasks that belong to us moms!

Please understand that I’m not whining - we have made the choice to be moms. But moms are just like the rest of the world, making choices, then finding we need to be reminded of why we chose the way we did. In the grand scheme of life, this is the best profession we could ever have imagined. I have learned how to overcome the biggest of power struggles that could bring any corporate executive to their knees and have an amazing solution to dealing with severely loud tantrums wielded by selfish people. I can go from nurse, cook, counselor, bodyguard, referee, teacher, taxi driver to warden all in under an hour - a feat that takes compassion, self-control, intelligence, stamina,

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perseverance, wisdom and a whole lot of grace!

It’s in the having done this myself, that I appreciate the moms around me. Mom to mom, I appreciate what you go through to raise and build up healthy kids who will turn into adults with character and integrity.

Kids who know their potential and that good sportsmanship and a strong work ethic are highly valued and rewarded. The moments where you have to sit by and let your child walk through a rough time, wanting so desperately to rescue them, but knowing that in resisting you teach them problem solving and the importance of standing up for themselves and what is right.

Several years ago I was listening to a local radio program. A caller had just called in to try and win one of the contests they were running. The radio personality asked the woman what her name was and what she did for a living. She responded with her name first, followed by, “… and I’m just a mom.” I will never forget the response by the radio personality.

He replied, “Just a MOM! There is no such thing as JUST a mom! My wife is a mom. She stays home with our kids, and I don’t know how she does it. I could never do what she is accomplishing every day, and I appreciate her for it. Please, don’t ever refer to what you do as such a menial thing. It’s a put-down, and you deserve much more for all your hard work.”

Affirm the moms in your life during this month, whether it be your own mom, your wife, friend, or co-worker. The list of reasons for why moms should be valued and encouraged could go on and on. Each story is unique and different and helped create legacy—destiny. The simple fact that you are reading this would imply that someone turned you from a thought into a reality. Join me and celebrate the moms in your life.

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WHEN: Through Sun., May 11, at 7:30 p.m.

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Chiodos WHEN: Fri., May 2, at 6 p.m.

WHERE: Nile Theater, 105 W. Main St., Mesa COST: $17 INFO: (480) 559-5859 or www.niletheater.com The Davison, Mich.-bred post hardcore band brings Emarosa and Our Last Night along for the ride.

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WHERE: Mesa Arts Center’s Ikeda Theater, One E. Main St., Mesa COST: $30 to $42 INFO: (480) 644-6500 or www.mesaartscenter.com Award-winning filmmaker, author, and comedian Mike Birbiglia returns to the stage with more painfully awkward stories of telling jokes and how that can get you in trouble.

Party at the Pavilion WHEN: Sat., May 3, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.

WHERE: The Eastmark Great Park, 10100 E. Ray Rd., Mesa COST: Free INFO: (480) 625-3005 or www.eastmark.com Eastmark, DMB Associates’ new community in Mesa, is celebrating the opening of its event pavilion in the Eastmark Great Park with four of the East Valley’s favorite bands, local school bands and food trucks.

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“Requiem for the Fallen” WHEN: Sat., May 3, at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: First United Methodist Church, 15 E. First Ave., Mesa COST: $15 to $18 INFO: (480) 305-4538 or www.sonorandesertchorale.org The Sonoran Desert Chorale concludes its 20th anniversary season by honoring the heroes of this nation who have giving the last full measure of devotion in service to their country.

“The George Gershwin Songbook” WHEN: Sun., May 4, at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Palms Theatre, 5247 E. Brown Rd., Mesa COST: $28 to $39 INFO: (480) 924-6260 or www.thepalmstheater.com Celebrate the music of George and Ira Gershwin, one of the most prolific songwriting teams of the 20th century.

Renee Fleming WHEN: Wed., May 7, at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Mesa Arts Center Ikeda Theater, One E. Main St., Mesa COST: $50 to $100 INFO: (480) 644-6500 or www.mesaartscenter.com Soprano Renee Fleming captivates audiences with her sumptuous voice, consummate artistry and compelling stage presence.

Canvas Class WHEN: Fri., May 9, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

WHERE: As You Wish Pottery Mesa Grand Studio, 1649 S. Stapley Dr., Suite 101, Mesa COST: $35 INFO: (480) 539-8400 or www.asyouwishpottery.com Come in and paint the studio’s lovely lemons on a 16 inch by 20 inch canvas as instructors walk students through each step.

Man in Black WHEN: Tues., May 13, at 1:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Palms Theatre, 5247 E. Brown Rd., Mesa COST: $28 to $39 INFO: (480) 924-6260 or www.thepalmstheater.com The year 2012 would have been the 80th birthday of Johnny Cash, and there’s no better way to celebrate his life and music than with this new

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East Valley Michigan Club WHEN: Wed., May 14, at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Golden Corral, 1868 N. Power Rd., Mesa COST: Charge for meals INFO: (480) 986-7085, (480) 610-9864 or jilanctot@cox.net The club meets at 2 p.m. the second Wednesday for lunch, and at 9 a.m. the fourth Wednesday for breakfast.

Foam and Glow WHEN: Fri., May 16, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

WHERE: Arizona Event Center, 1300 S. Country Club Dr., Suite 105, Mesa COST: $24.50 INFO: (480) 779-7716 Foam N’ Glow, dubbed the “World’s Largest Foam Party,” fuses highenergy music, ultraviolet dancers, fire performers, CO2 shows and foam into one party.

WHEN: Sun., May 18, at 1:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Palms Theatre, 5247 E. Brown Rd., Mesa COST: $22 to $45 INFO: (480) 924-6260 or www.thepalmstheatre.com December ’63 showcases all favorite songs from Frankie Valli, including the classics and popular songs from the musical “The Jersey Boys.”

WHEN: Thurs., May 15, at 6 p.m.

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Transitioning into Retirement WHEN: Wed., May 21, from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

WHERE: Mesa Public Library—Main, 64 E. First St., Mesa COST: Free INFO: (480) 644-3100 or www.mesalibrary.org Scott Sandell, Society for Financial Awareness president, will show participants what is changing, why it is changing and how they should position themselves for success in retirement.

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December ’63: The Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Tribute Show

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Contemporary Arts Museum, One E. Main St., Mesa COST: Free INFO: (480) 644-6500 or www.mesaartscenter.com Centering on the historic fight to win marriage equality in Maryland, “The New Black” takes viewers into the pews, the streets and kitchen tables as it looks at how the African-American community grapples with the divisive gay rights issue.

WHEN: Fri., May 23, at 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Palms Theatre, 5247 E. Brown Rd., Mesa COST: $28 to $39 INFO: (480) 924-6260 or www.thepalmstheater.com This concert showcases hit after hit from George Strait’s catalog of 58 No. 1 and 83 top 10 hits.

United Blood Services Blood Drive WHEN: Fri., May 23, through Sat., May 24, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

WHERE: Superstition Springs Center, 6555 E. Southern Ave., Mesa COST: Free

INFO: (602) 614-7601 or www.bloodhero.com (sponsor code: Super) The Bloodmobile will be parked near the parking lot between The Cheesecake Factory and JCPenney Home Store for registered donors. A donor sign-up table will be located on the lower level near Outdoor Amphitheater mall entrance.

“Burt and Me” WHEN: Through Sat., May 24, matinee and evening shows WHERE: The Palms Theatre, 5247 E. Brown Rd., Mesa COST: $30 to $54 INFO: (480) 924-6260 or www.theplamstheatre.com The romantic musical comedy about high school sweethearts, Joe and Lacey, who met over their love of basketball and the music of Burt Bacharach. After separating in college, they crossed paths years later and Joe plotted an elaborate scheme to try and win her back.

East Valley Michigan Club WHEN: Wed., May 28, at 9 a.m.

WHERE: Golden Corral, 1868 N. Power Rd., Mesa COST: Charge for meals INFO: (480) 986-7085, (480) 610-9864 or jilanctot@cox.net The club meets at 2 p.m. the second Wednesday for lunch, and at 9 a.m. the fourth Wednesday for breakfast.

American Red Cross Blood Drive WHEN: Wed., May 28, all day WHERE: Mesa Public Library—Red Mountain Branch, 635 N. Power Rd., Mesa COST: Free INFO: (520) 230-7295 or

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WHERE: As You Wish Pottery Mesa Grand Studio, 1649 S. Stapley Dr., Suite 101, Mesa COST: $35 INFO: (480) 539-8400 or www.asyouwishpottery.com Students will learn basic glass-fusing techniques as they use scraps of glass to cut and paste and create beautiful pendants on an 8-inch tile.

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By Lynette Carrington The Palms Theatre has had a stellar offered to write a “jukebox musical” season and the icing on the theatrical for his friend and they tossed around cake this year will be the original the idea of doing a show based on romantic musical comedy “Burt and Barry Manilow tunes. Realizing a Me.” collection of Manilow songs simply The show is a newer work written had too many ballads, McKenna

by Pennsylvania writer, director, decided to focus on one of his favorite producer and performer Larry artists growing up, Bacharach.

McKenna and centers “I wrote the show and around beloved classic songs contacted Burt Bacharach’s

by Burt Bacharach and Hal company, Hidden Valley Music, David. and Hal David’s company, Casa The inspiration behind David, and secured the rights to writing “Burt and Me” 20 songs,” McKenna explained. was spurred by a friend of He then pitched the play to McKenna’s who wanted him Characters the artistic director at Act Two to work on a Broadway play Joe and Lacey Playhouse in Pennsylvania and called “The Story of My Life.” reconnect after the show ran for four weeks in McKenna seized the high school in Philadelphia with a 99-percent “Burt and Me.” opportunity, retired and attendance rate. headed to New York.

“We get a lot of laughs and I think “I was always planning on a writing it’s a very romantic story,” McKenna career after teaching high school, but said. we were in New York working on “Burt and Me” tells the story of ‘The Story of My Life’ and one night Joe and Lacey, two high school we decided to go see ‘The Marvelous sweethearts who rekindle their Wonderettes,’” said McKenna. romance over Bacharach’s music.

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growing up at a Catholic high school in Philadelphia,” McKenna noted.

“The thing that we’re most pleased about is that audiences are going to the show for the music. It’s Burt Bacharach’s music and that’s the draw.

I think they’re dying to sing. Actually at the end of the show, we give them the chance to sing. You can see people mouthing along with the words and the fun thing is that people don’t realize he wrote Bobby Vinton’s ‘Blue on Blue’ or The Carpenter’s ‘Close to You.’” Some memorable and nostalgic songs featured in the show include “Do You Know the Way to San Jose,” “Wishin’ and Hopin’,” What the World

Needs Now,” “Walk On By” and “Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head.”

“We’ve been fortunate to have ‘Burt and Me’ picked up and run by the Prather Entertainment Group that owns The Palms. The show also ran at their Broadway Palm Dinner Theater in Florida,” McKenna noted.

There are plans to run the show again at Prather’s Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre in Lancaster, Pa., during the 2015 season.

“Burt and Me” runs through May 24 at The Palms Theatre located at 5247 E. Brown Rd. (at Higley Road), Mesa. To purchase tickets, visit www. thepalmstheatre.com or call (480) 924-6260.

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In a world filled with imitation, Roma Café is the real deal when it comes to Italian food. When you visit this restaurant, it isn’t just a meal; it is family dinner with the Magliozzis.

Antonio, Anna and their son, Marco, happily cook and serve Italian food with recipes from their hometown of Gaeta.

The family opened its first restaurant in Arizona in 2005 at McKellips and Recker roads and moved to the location on Main Street just east of Power Road a few years ago. The building is nondescript from the outside, but inside the low ceilings, dark wood tables and booths, murals, family pictures and stained glass lighting fixtures offer a warm homey feel. There are two nice dining rooms with a full-service bar in between.

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We started our Italian feast with the Bruschetta Al Pomodoro ($6.50) and when it was served, the crusty Italian bread was piled high with fresh tomatoes, cheese and herbs. We used our fingers but still needed a fork to spear all the tasty morsels. The soup and salad were promptly served with a basket of warm bread. Both of our meals came with soup or salad plus a side of pasta and vegetables. The chicken noodle soup was filled with the requisite chicken and noodles but also contained corn, peas, carrots, asparagus and spinach. The house vinaigrette is perfect on the salad, meet your neighbor

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My husband ordered the veal tortellini ($15.95) and it was excellent! Served in a creamy red sauce and garnished with fresh basil, the pasta and meat were seasoned and cooked perfectly. My Pollo Alla Zingara ($15.95) The veal tortellini (right) is served with a creamy red was marked with a little sauce and the pollo alla zingara with a side of vegetables. outdone, the cannoli ($5.95) with its red heart indicating “hearthealthy menu with reduced calories.” crunchy shell filled with sweetened It might have had fewer calories, but it ricotta cheese and chocolate chips did not have less flavor. The boneless was delicioso.

We certainly recommend Roma breast of chicken with mushrooms, red, yellow and green peppers was in a Café. The hours vary, so call ahead nice red sauce. The side of vegetables or check the website. The restaurant included potatoes, zucchini, plans to start serving breakfast on cauliflower, snow peas and celery. May 19, so we will definitely be back to Chef Antonio dropped by each table sample more delightful food prepared to ask about the food. He proudly told with love and skill by Antonio, Anna us that he had not raised his prices in and their family. four years.

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Facebook (including private messages), Twitter, and text messages are frequently used in court proceedings regarding custody, child support and alimony. Although Arizona is a no-fault state, issues such as criminal conduct and substance abuse can still have major impacts in a divorce. Parties’ motivations in the divorce can also be important for seeking reimbursement of attorney fees. For example, in child support or alimony disputes, claiming financial hardship will be more difficult when the opposing party shows pictures of your recent vacation that you wrote about on Facebook. Tweeting about your wild weekend might not be a good idea, especially if it happened to coincide with your parenting time.

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Although Arizona law prohibits the unauthorized interception of electronic communication, it frequently happens. An incriminating statement (or photograph) made in a careless moment can be documented forever. There may be no way to erase content once you hit the send button.

The social media accounts of children can also be useful. The courts are generally reticent, with good reason, to interview or involve children in the divorce proceeding.

But often the children may be acting out or expressing themselves online, which provides the court extra information without involving children directly.

Because most divorce proceedings are open to the public, this leaves people vulnerable to embarrassment or worse when their private details are laid bare. As a general rule, if you do not want it broadcast, do not write it or post it. You could sink your entire case in 140 characters or less. If you or someone you know is in need of legal assistance, contact the attorneys at Rowley Chapman & Barney Ltd. at (480) 833-1113 or www.azlegal.com.

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Power Postal at Las Sendas is a family-owned and -operated business that has been entrenched in the community for nearly seven years.

One thing has remained during the past seven years: Providing exceptional customer care while offering an array of shipping and business services.

“It’s going really well,” said Melissa Bramlett, owner and operator of Power Postal at Las Sendas.

“We do the standard post office services—stamps parcels and things like that, but we also do a full range of shipping via UPS, FedEx and DHL.” Other services available at Power Postal include notary, color and black and white copies, binding, fax services, personal mailboxes and office supplies.

“If you have an office and you need a service we can help you out with it,” Bramlett said.

Power Postal also carries a variety of specialized greeting cards and small gifts.

“We always try to change that up and I choose all the greeting cards myself,” she said.

“It’s kind of the fun part and I love doing that. We have a huge selection of greeting cards from several different independent makers, including Leanin’ Tree, which is really popular on the town

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Some of the gifts include jewelry, hair bows, purses and picture frames.

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“You can come in here and grab something that you need at the last minute. Our No. 1 thing at Power Postal is customer service and that’s really the major thing that sets us apart, plus we have great pricing.”

Power Postal at Las Sendas is located at 2824 N. Power Rd. (on the northwest corner of Power and McDowell roads), Suite 113, East Mesa. Visit www.shippingmesaaz.com or call (480) 654-2600 for additional information.

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Shults spends a lot of time doing outreach at local elementary schools and instructing proper brushing techniques and healthy snack and eating choices. “We always find it rewarding when patients come into the office and inform us that they have practiced the techniques or have stopped eating or drinking sugary foods and snacks.”

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