The Desert Vista Band Boosters wants to thank the following businesses for their sponsorship support for the 2012-13 school year: Sonic, Deep Blue Water Technologies, Pods, Excel Screen Printing, Bella Vista Dental Care, Kathy Camamo Realty, Mr. Chao’s Asian Bistro, Tide Dry Cleaners, Kettle Korn & More, Langhofer/Winter State Farm, Doehrman Company, Inc. (DCI), Mousegraphics, Joe’s Real BBQ, Brewer’s Air Conditioning, Progressive Landscaping, Lifetime Eye Care, Wendy’s, Dunkin Donuts, V’s Barber Shop, Guitar Studio Room, Foothills Pet Resort, Schwab, Dance Meets Fitness with Carrie, Florencia’s, Breyer Law Offices, East Valley Neurofeedback & Peak Performance Center.

City of Phoenix staff say they haven’t had the resources necessary to enforce the state’s ordinance regarding campaign signs but as candidates are putting them up earlier and earlier it’s something they will revisit.

Karlene Keogh Parks said she’s running for Phoenix City Council in part because she’s tired of seeing city employees treated badly by City Councilman Sal DiCiccio.

An attempt to open a medical marijuana dispensary at 48th Street and Chandler Boulevard has respectfully been withdrawn for now as the owner searches for a location in Ahwatukee Foothills that will be further away from homes and schools.

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A unique caucus of gun owners in the Arizona Democratic Party is working to promote common sense legislation, firearms safety, and marksmanship.

The Affordable Care Act strengthened Medicare in important ways. Signed in 2010, the federal health law already has provided free preventive health benefits to millions of people with Medicare, and saved billions of dollars for those who hit the gap in their Part D prescription drug coverage.

News Friday morning broke of a shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut. It came on the radio as I drove my children – ages 10, 7 and 2 – to their school and child care.

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Just months after getting her lemonade stand off the ground to benefit the Arizona Humane Society, middle school student Megan Hansen is lending a hand to the USA Clydesdales Society this weekend.

Stop in any Wednesday throughout the month of August and Qdoba Mexican Grill will donate 15 percent of all sales to the Ahwatukee Chamber Women in Business Scholarship Fund with the mention of this ad.

With her first book, she found a niche market. Recent national success has shown it is not a one-hit wonder.

With her first book, she found a niche market. Recent national success has shown it is not a one-hit wonder.

OORAH!!! That’s for Mesa Police Chief Frank Milstead and the Mesa Police Department who became the first Police agency to partake in the Phoenix Pride Parade.

OORAH!!! That’s for Mesa Police Chief Frank Milstead and the Mesa Police Department who became the first Police agency to partake in the Phoenix Pride Parade.

What do you look forward to on the weekend? Running from one sport to the next? Is it quiet time to relax and renew, perhaps a nap? Well, in our house — we look forward to “Adventure Saturday.”

We hear a lot of back and forth these days about the Affordable Care Act — aka the federal health reform law — but not much about how it affects people with Medicare. When you sort through all the rhetoric, one thing is clear: the 2-year-old reform law contains some real benefits for those who get their coverage through Medicare.

The free city of Phoenix/Coast2Coast Prescription Drug Discount Card Program has saved card users more than $2.5 million. People using the card are benefiting with an average savings of 62 percent off the retail price of prescription drugs.