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August 2, 2003 issue

For homeless teens: Welcome home
“Homeless? Runaway? Living on the Streets?” The flier taped to the side of a Kyrene Corridor pay phone gets no more than a passing glance.
By M.V. Moorhead

 

 

$8.5 mil to enhance school safety
The 3-year, discretionary grant will provide financial resources to offer Kyrene students school-based services designed to reduce violent behavior and substance abuse, according to District spokeswoman Karin Crider.

 

Oktoberfest = fun-fest
What do bratwurst, beer, bands and traveling Kyrene Corridor teens have in common? Oktoberfest.
By Michael Morrison

 

Zoning code up for 1st major revision
No matter the outcome of prospective rewrites to the city’s zoning ordinance, the first such major re-do in 27 years; south Tempe residents should be satisfied their opinions have been heard.
By Don Kirkland

 

Kyrene preparing back-to-school fetes
Kyrene School District is gearing up in preparation for students to return to school Monday, Aug. 11. 

 

Valenzuela gets bone marrow match, will undergo transplant surgery
Nearly two years after being diagnosed with cancer, Kyrene Corridor resident Frankie Valenzuela finally has reason to smile when following his doctor’s orders, some of which now consist of flying airplanes, ice skating and eating  like a king.
By Brian Gomez  

 

Sports Notebook...with Brian Gomez
Cardinals’ Rinehart credits generosity of Corona staff at ‘02 fundraiser
Flagstaff ¾ Arizona Cardinals cornerback Coby Rhinehart has more than enough on his mind during training camp, but he’s still thinking about the generosity displayed last spring in a charity basketball game that benefited the Thomas J. Pappas School for the Homeless.
By Brian Gomez

 

Corona senior hoping unselfishness leads to promising results    The games are more competitive, the travel schedules are grueling and the surroundings are completely different, but Corona del Sol High School senior point guard T.J. Benson has proven to be just as unselfish this summer when playing in the nation’s top club basketball tournaments.
By Brian Gomez

 

Monsoon thunder, lightning among Fido’s biggest pet peeves
It’s raining cats and dogs and the Kyrene Corridor’s four-legged residents aren’t happy about it.
By Tara Drach

 

Discerning Diner...with Elan Head
No summer match for juicy, chilled watermelon
When was the last time you had a watermelon? I had one a week ago with my grandpa, who likes his cut into wedges and sprinkled with a little salt.

 

Corridor’s Michael Cook no amateur in TV show’s newest incarnation
It’s a cliché, but it appears to be true--everything comes back, sooner or later. Even Dance Fever, a syndicated, Merv Griffin-produced TV series that showed up very late to the disco party—1979—and decided, after disco died, to stick around for the ‘80s, has pulled its dancing shoes on once again.
By M.V. Moorhead

 

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