Born on Jan. 21, 1930 in Pemberville, Ohio, and passed away on Feb. 25 in Tempe, Beryl was a resident of Toledo, Ohio, for more than 60 years and a snowbird in Ahwatukee for the past 15 years.

There’s something magical about a Christmas tree. Blinking lights, cherished ornaments, and handmade decorations from baby hands that are now grown big, all promising the anticipation of Christmas future.

It was shocking almost — this simple moment that changed me one day. They happen like that, don’t they? Epiphanies. They arrive at the strangest times.

• 23 million Americans are out of work, have stopped looking for work, or are underemployed.

Maybe we’ll just end up being a third-world country

Maybe we’ll just end up being a third-world country

Gather the kids and a camera: the season of autumn-themed backdrops is here. Pumpkin patches open across the Valley on Saturday. From basic, get-your-pumpkin-and-get-out places to festivals with farm animals and fireworks, here’s your guide to a month full of fall fun.

Gather the kids and a camera: the season of autumn-themed backdrops is here. Pumpkin patches open across the Valley on Saturday. From basic, get-your-pumpkin-and-get-out places to festivals with farm animals and fireworks, here’s your guide to a month full of fall fun.

Gather the kids and a camera: the season of autumn-themed backdrops is here. Pumpkin patches open across the Valley on Saturday. From basic, get-your-pumpkin-and-get-out places to festivals with farm animals and fireworks, here’s your guide to a month full of fall fun.

This Saturday will mark the fifth month that Joey Bellus and Shaun Rico of “Help a Human” have met with local homeless people at Phoenix’s Margaret T. Hance Park to distribute supplies and friendship.

PHOENIX – Eddie Jones’ favorite phrase on the 9/11 memorial he helped design reads, “You don’t win battles of terrorism with more battles.” It’s just one passage among hundreds that the designers and memorial commmision researched for six months.

I had an a-ha moment the other day. I get them from time to time. They entertain me.

I had an a-ha moment the other day. I get them from time to time. They entertain me.

How many of you hate the skinny girls, the muscle guys ... the "pretty people?" I know I did. I used to hate their guts. No lie.

How many of you hate the skinny girls, the muscle guys ... the "pretty people?" I know I did. I used to hate their guts. No lie.

It gets pushed to the side as most of us start putting the Christmas trimmings away and settle in for just a few more college football games, but Thursday is the Feast of the Epiphany for Western Christians. Historically, Epiphany has been a major feast of the Christian church, but in modernity the 12 days of Christmas have become little more than a traditional song, and Epiphany has become more obscure.

It gets pushed to the side as most of us start putting the Christmas trimmings away and settle in for just a few more college football games, but Thursday is the Feast of the Epiphany for Western Christians. Historically, Epiphany has been a major feast of the Christian church, but in modernity the 12 days of Christmas have become little more than a traditional song, and Epiphany has become more obscure.

There will be no shortage of pumpkins in Wade Kelsall’s pumpkin patch this October.

There will be no shortage of pumpkins in Wade Kelsall’s pumpkin patch this October.

There will be no shortage of pumpkins in Wade Kelsall’s pumpkin patch this October.

Anyone can experience a Disney ride. But this summer, a college student from the Ahwatukee Foothills is getting the opportunity to work with the Imagineers who design them.

Register now for Hooters Ahwatukee Open Tournament

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