Pupil pitches no hitter in season opener at Rhodes Junior High
Conti went five innings with 11 strikeouts as the Mesa Little League season opener ended 18 to 0. The game, played at Rhodes Junior High in Mesa, drew attention to home-field advantage and features from Tuffy Rhodes and local league volunteers.
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Chicago
Cub
Tuffy Rhodes
Rhodes Junior High School
Conti
Brianne
Rhodes
Jeter
Mesa Nersonal Litt Little League
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Principal honored for helping students at Alt School
Victor Sanchez of Tempe High School and staff were honored in a statewide event. The Alt School, part of the Main School District, moved to the former Williams Air Force Base last year and has enrollment near triple since the relocation.
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Victor Sanchez
Tempe High School
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Mesa to start farmers market in downtown Mesa
Mesa plans a year round farmers market at 201 N Center St to open soon with produce like lettuce kale and tomatoes. Organizers seek participants paying 10 percent of gross sales or up to 35 dollars with a six to eight month planning horizon and aim to attract cottage industry growers to downtown Mesa.
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Kids Sample School Cafeteria Menu Prospects
Students and parents sampled a new cafeteria menu at Mesa Junior 1 with items like popcorn shrimp rice cakes and low fat hamburgers while noting shifts from older staples. Quotes from students including Mel Palmer Carlene Palmer Jacob Palmer Willis Ellsworth Aston Vase highlight reactions to the fish bites cheese pizza and Jurassic Pork Dinosaur Bites as Keebler desserts and Lite burritos also drew interest.
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Sareahan Mel Palmer
Mesa Junior High
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Carlene Palmer
Mesa High School
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Edison Elementary School
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Lowell Elemen School
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Mentorship changes lives through Homeless Children Mentor Program
Sharon Jackson and her daughter Nonie mentor 7-year-old Christine Kimblers, former Maricopa County homeless child, weekly on trips to movies, parks, museums and libraries. The program, sponsored by the Mental Health Association, aims to give breaks to single mothers and their children and to restore self-esteem and normalcy to youths who faced homelessness.
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Christine Kimblers
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Steve Bimson
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