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Tips to help safely view the upcoming solar eclipse

Tips to help safely view the upcoming solar eclipse

While the solar eclipse is a fun and educational opportunity for everyone, there are precautions you should take to help maintain your eye health while safely viewing this spectacle.
Pet Behavior Solutions: Parenting versus dominating our dogs

Pet Behavior Solutions: Parenting versus dominating our dogs

Our pet dogs these days aren’t trying to move up the social hierarchy ladder to vie for leadership. They are skillful opportunists who are trying to control what happens to them, what they get to do, and when and how they get to do it. They don’t want your job as head of household. They want control over their world. That is where the parenting comes in.
Check on your venous health during Deep Vein Thrombosis Month

Check on your venous health during Deep Vein Thrombosis Month

Deep Vein Thrombosis occurs when a blood clot forms in one or more of the deep veins within your body, usually in the legs. Identifying the symptoms and subtle signs is essential for proper treatment.
The gut-allergy connection: 3 tips to ease your allergies

The gut-allergy connection: 3 tips to ease your allergies

In the East Valley, areas such as Queen Creek are host to farms where plentiful trees might cause an uptick in allergies. Likewise, common lawn grasses in Mesa and Tempe such as Rye and Bermuda are known to be common allergens.
Interior design for holistic living

Interior design for holistic living

Holistic design approaches each person’s space with attention to that individual’s uniqueness. These steps will inevitably help you design your personal spaces while expressing your holistic you.
Financial advice: When should you take Social Security?

Financial advice: When should you take Social Security?

You can start collecting Social Security benefits at 62, but your checks will be considerably bigger if you wait until your full retirement age, which is likely between 66 and 67. You could even wait until you’re 70, at which point the payments will max out, except for yearly cost-of-living adjustments. But if you need the money, you need the money, even if you’re just 62 or any age before full retirement age.
At QCUSD, we proudly cultivate an environment that encourages musical exploration, development of well-rounded students

At QCUSD, we proudly cultivate an environment that encourages musical exploration, development of well-rounded students

Our commitment to fostering excellence in music education ties into our mission to cultivate well-rounded individuals. Music plays a crucial role in student development, and we aim to empower our students to reach their fullest potential, both academically and creatively.
QCUSD voters may support override if funds are used to increase assessment scores

QCUSD voters may support override if funds are used to increase assessment scores

I could support an override if we had a plan to focus these funds on addressing our deficiencies. Until then, supporting the status quo of accepting low assessment scores, I could not, in all good conscience, go to the voters to ask for their support. We owe this to all of our students and the taxpayers, ensuring we are graduating students prepared for success.
Combs’ commitment to responsible use of public tax dollars

Combs’ commitment to responsible use of public tax dollars

Every March, the Arizona Auditor General releases a report called “Arizona School District Spending,” which has been released annually since 2000. This report describes a detailed analysis of how traditional school districts spend their allocated funds.
Mom, Interrupted: A picture is worth a thousand conspiracy theories

Mom, Interrupted: A picture is worth a thousand conspiracy theories

The proof, as they say, is always in the pudding.