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Rotary Club of Queen Creek hosting youth suicide prevention event Aug. 30

Rotary Club of Queen Creek hosting youth suicide prevention event Aug. 30

The free event will be at the Queen Creek Community Chambers on Wednesday, Aug. 30. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. with screening of the documentary "My Ascension" starting at 6 p.m. and a Q&A session with suicide prevention speaker Emma Benoit following at 7:30 p.m.
Friend of the Week: Sweet Lindsay loves people, high-energy playing

Friend of the Week: Sweet Lindsay loves people, high-energy playing

Lindsay is residing at the Friends for Life adoption center, located at 952 W. Melody Ave. in Gilbert. She is spayed, licensed, microchipped and current on vaccinations. Her adoption fee is $350.
Funeral industry licensing, regulation now falls under ADHS

Funeral industry licensing, regulation now falls under ADHS

Sometimes, oversight over related areas can fall to different departments, which can make it difficult for the public to know where to go for information and support.
Phoenix Tourette Syndrome program earns reaccreditation as Tourette Association of America Center of Excellence

Phoenix Tourette Syndrome program earns reaccreditation as Tourette Association of America Center of Excellence

Phoenix Children’s partnership with Banner Sun Health Research Institute allows pediatric patients to receive parallel, multidisciplinary services for Tourette syndrome and tic disorders through adulthood.
QCPAC hosting 'Disney’s The Lion King Jr.' youth fall production auditions next week

QCPAC hosting 'Disney’s The Lion King Jr.' youth fall production auditions next week

Auditions will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Aug. 28-30, with callbacks scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 31.
EVIT students, staff nominated for national high school radio awards

EVIT students, staff nominated for national high school radio awards

The Pulse radio station students and staff now have to wait until the winners are unveiled during a special awards ceremony on Nov. 4.
Schnepf Farms Circle K nearing completion; will anchor future agritainment district

Schnepf Farms Circle K nearing completion; will anchor future agritainment district

As Queen Creek's first mayor and one of the town's three founding fathers, Mark Schnepf coined the town's "agritainment" concept of an entertainment area with a nod to the town’s agricultural heritage, anchored by his popular family farm.
Ideas to reignite the spark for reading this school year

Ideas to reignite the spark for reading this school year

Reading is the foundation of many aspects of the learning process, so finding ways to make it enjoyable not only benefits students in the context of a classroom but also opens the door to creating new favorite memories.
Queen Creek teen inspires kids with cancer to keep fighting

Queen Creek teen inspires kids with cancer to keep fighting

Resident Lori Young, who is also a cancer survivor, said she is grateful for the support her family received from Children’s Cancer Network for her son, Braydon Felix.
Tips to celebrate National Tooth Fairy Day

Tips to celebrate National Tooth Fairy Day

Here in the United States, the Tooth Fairy is best-known for collecting a child’s tooth or teeth from under his or her pillow, replacing the tooth with money. How much money these days, you ask? According to a survey from Delta Dental of Arizona, the Tooth Fairy is dealing with inflation just like the rest of us.