The Cannes Film Festival in France will be getting a taste of the Valley next month.

Five kindergartners from Ahwatukee Foothills Montessori were recognized recently as winners in the Grand Canyon State Games Essay Contest.

If Arizona "dreamers'' are going to get state drivers' licenses, they're going to have to wait for a court order.

Xi Lin and Margaret Wong, two students from Ahwatukee Foothills, have been named to the Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences’ dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester. The College of Arts and Sciences is Cornell University’s largest undergraduate college.

Jacki Taylor, chief executive officer of Save the Family Foundation of Arizona, opposes Prop. 115 (“Prop. 115 only adds politics to our courts,” AFN, Oct. 21) on the incorrect basis that politics, not merit, is what’s used to select judges. Removing politics from court retention or appointments is nonsense, period. Everything involving the government is political.

Mike Smothers of PC Made EZ’s article “Cloud backups are the way to go in saving important data” (AFN, Aug. 8) begged for my opposing view, that of a somewhat traditionalist tech gal, who just read a compelling article, “How Apple and Amazon security flaws Led to epic hacking” in Wired Magazine, http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/08/apple-amazon-mat-honan-hacking/all/.

Concerning homelessness, I have a suggestion for both Mayor Greg Stanton and his new policy adviser, Jodi Liggett (“Policy adviser on homelessness added to Mayor’s Office,” AFN, Aug. 5). Some months ago I read that a city in Texas (I’m sorry I cannot remember which one) bought one-way tickets to San Francisco and put the homeless on a bus.

Concerning homelessness, I have a suggestion for both Mayor Greg Stanton and his new policy adviser, Jodi Liggett (“Policy adviser on homelessness added to Mayor’s Office,” AFN, Aug. 5). Some months ago I read that a city in Texas (I’m sorry I cannot remember which one) bought one-way tickets to San Francisco and put the homeless on a bus.

College will be a little bit easier on the pockets for three local high school graduates.

Take a music fest, add massive amounts of hot and saucy fried chicken, and you get Wingstock.

Twenty-one Desert Vista and seven Mountain Pointe students were recently named finalists for the National Merit Scholarship, a national distinction honoring the top high school students in the country.

Arizona's Back Door Poker League is a small business that provides a chance for East Valley residents to play poker for free, and for the league owners to make some cash playing the game they love.

Anyone who decided golf should be restricted to uptight, scowling, humorless or silent folks hasn't played with Zach Wright.

Anyone who decided golf should be restricted to uptight, scowling, humorless or silent folks hasn't played with Zach Wright.

If beef is what's for dinner, then salmon bacon can be for breakfast.

Pet owners have many options when they set out to spoil their four-legged friends for the holidays.

Pet owners have many options when they set out to spoil their four-legged friends for the holidays.

The glee of surprising someone with a cute puppy or kitten may seem like a picturesque Christmas morning.

The glee of surprising someone with a cute puppy or kitten may seem like a picturesque Christmas morning.

Residents can catch the Eighth Annual Ahwatukee Car and Motorcycle Show tomorrow as it drives into the Ahwatukee Community Swim and Tennis Center.