Bright idea nets two turkeys from Bashas Booster stamps
Mesa fifth grader Kyle Adams at Hawthorne Elementary used Budget Booster stamps from Bashas to assemble 68 cards in a single hour. The stamps earned 50 cents off up to a free turkey, letting him buy two 15 pound turkeys donated to the Salvation Army, combining budget lessons with charity.
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Kyle Adams
Hawthorne
Mesa
Kyle
Bashas
Adams
Salvation Army
Tempe Police Open Beat 15 Office at Campus Point Apartments
Tempe Police Department launches Beat 15 office in Apartment 126 at Campus Point Apartments 1115 E Lemon St Tempe inviting residents to visit or leave a message on 350 8695 Beat 15 is bounded by Rural Road Rio Salado Parkway Broadway Road and McClintock Drive.
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Tempe
Beat 15
Campus Point
Lemon St
Rio Salado Parkway
Broadway Road
McClintock Drive
Desert Club helps buyers reclaim unpicked holiday purchases
At the Christmas Idea House in Mesa two shoppers left behind items from the Boy's Room. Desert Club asks those who bought goods to call Kay at 9698375 to verify their names and arrange pickup.
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Mesa
Desert Club
Kay
Flinn Foundation Scholarship Open to Arizona Seniors
Applications are now being accepted for the Flinn Foundation Scholarship. Graduating seniors from public and private schools are eligible. Twenty scholarships will be awarded for four years at an Arizona public university with full cost of study, summer study, travel, study abroad, mentor guidance, cultural events, and potential to join faculty research and meetings. Applicants must be Arizona residents for two years before graduation, graduate in the top 10 percent with at least a 3.2 GPA, and score at least 1200 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. Applications available at high school counseling offices. Deadline to apply is January 14.
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Flinn
Flinn Foundation
Arizona
United States
Counealing
Ian
Rhodes scholar advises students to get involved in school
Serena Hoy, 21, University of Arizona senior and Westwood High valedictorian, advises high school freshmen to participate in extracurricular activities. A former St. Louis private school student, she credits early scholastic focus but says Wes twood life taught broader ambitions. Hoy earned a Flinn Foundation scholarship and a State Department internship as part of her notable path to Oxford.
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Serena Hoy
Rhodes
Oxford University
University of Arizona
Westwood High School
Flinn Foundation
State Department
Washington, D.C
Hoy
Tucson
Mesa
St. Louis
Carson Junior High School
Westwood
Associated Press
Mesans display seasonal spirit with growing yard cutouts
The Ricketts of 630 E Jensen St in Mesa began with scrap wood snowmen and have built a growing holiday display. Debbie and Terry Ricketts expanded to a Nativity, kings, reindeer, toy soldiers, and more with plywood figures, some now appearing in neighbors’ yards.
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Ricketts
Mesa
E. Jensen St
Debbie Rickett
Terry Rickett
Terry
Debbie
Justin
Leadership studies scam thrives in government funded programs
Doug MacEachern critiques the surge of leadership studies seminars funded by tax dollars across municipalities and federal programs. He compares the trend to Amway pyramids, noting aggressive would be political figures drawn into costly, broad based civic training.
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Congress
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harper’s Magazine
Amherst College
Benjamin DeMott
Chandler’s Ghost Spooks San Marcos Hotel Staff
The ghost of founder Dr A J Chandler haunts the San Marcos Marcos resort hotel with sightings in the 1980s during renovations. Employees recall cold gusts and doors opening, while Terri Sinclair and Mari Lambie report experiences near the Errol Flynn room and second floor corridors.
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Chandler’s ‘Ghost
Spooks Resort Hotel Employees
San Marcos
Hallwane Ae
Breres Gogo Mou
Chandler
Hoover
Tuney
Met
Terri Sinclair
Longa
Sinclair
Errol Flynn
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Mesa Boy’s Bright Idea
Town Crier
Robbie Sherwood
Mesa Tribune
First Ave
Westwood Grad
Patricia Likens
Carolyn Huffman
Tribune
Melanie Rook D
ANNA
the Ricketts
Doug MacEachern Commentary
A.J. Chandler
Calvin Ldge
Herbert Hoover
Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton Marcos Resort
Mari Lambie
Gene Tunney
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