Daniel Rasmussen

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Kyrene board votes no on tax increase to offset losses

After considering vocal opposition at a packed, four-hour hearing, the Kyrene School District Governing Board voted no on a proposed one-year property-tax increase, deciding to try other approaches to solve a newly...

Dream nears reality for a once-hopeful ballerina who now sees her future as an airline pilot

At age 14, Gabrielle Palmas gave up dreams of being a ballerina when she decided it wasn’t the future she wanted. “I didn’t think I would make much money being a ballerina,”...

New heights, new challenges

At age 54, Michael Ellenby was looking for a new challenge. After spending decades working with Fortune 500 companies, and undertaking challenges like Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania and Mount Agung in Indonesia, he...

Minister to end half century of service

Richard Hatfield, counseling pastor atArizonaCommunityChurchinTempe, will be retiring after 54 years of religious service. Since his start in rural Missouri, Hatfield’s career has taken him around the globe as a pastor, counselor, student...

Celebrating 50 years becomes a pet project for area veterinarian, staff

University Animal Hospital, a Tempe institution, observes half a century in business this year. The veterinary center, located on Hardy Drivejust south of Broadway, celebrated the occasion May 13 with an open house...

Veto of McClintock senior’s bill is called ‘disheartening’

Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto of a bill aiming to promote community service among Valley high school students is being called “disheartening” by the bill’s originator, McClintock High School senior Jevin Hodge. Jevin serves...

Tempe’s Das Haus pavilion furthers city’s green status

Green, environmental friendly, sustainable. For some people, these words are associated with images of glitzy solar panels or slumming it in the wilderness. Well, fear no longer. Environmental experts want to make things...

Art Center’s future remains sound, say its founders

Questions surrounding the state of future funding for Tempe Center for the Arts have been circulating in some local media recently, with reports suggesting that the center could hit a financial dead-end...

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