By Shelley Sakala What a concept! When you live in a growing community, every new business that opens brings hope that your favorite bar or bistro is finally coming to town. You daydream about the kinds of places you’d like to have and the features you would enjoy, and then you put it out into the universe to see what happens. Over the past few years, various surveys and polls taken in our neighborhood have ...

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski EVO wants to be Anthem’s community swim school EVO Swim School founder David Tait is hoping Anthem residents believe in his product as much as he does. Tait is hoping to open a school near Kerry’s Car Care at Norterra Fiesta, at North Valley and Norterra parkways, in Anthem. First, EVO—which has other schools in Gilbert and Queen Creek—needs 750 interested families to submit th ...

By Judge Gerald Williams How did the American Legion end up in a lawsuit against a humanist group over whether a World War I Memorial is appropriate? Like many legal cases, it is complicated. Starting in 1919, a committee of mothers whose sons died in World War I began the construction of a war memorial in Maryland. By 1925, they ran out of money and a local American Legion Post finished the job. Listed on ...

By Ann Marie D’Onofrio, WHNP-C, MSN As a women’s health care nurse practitioner, I have spent years studying and treating hormone imbalances in women. Hormone therapy treatment can be life changing for many women. Not only can it address physical changes, it can also be a key factor in restoring vitality and overall harmony along with a sense of balance in a woman’s life. Here is an outline of what hormone ...

Story & Photos By Octavio Serrano Sawana Grimmett benefited from massage, so she put a ‘salty’ spin on it When Sawana Grimmett was pregnant with her first child, she suffered from gestational diabetes and preeclampsia, which led to an emergency caesarian section. Before taking those measures, she tried prenatal massages and found them so helpful that she wanted to share the message. Grimmett is celebrat ...

By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski Theater program teaches kids a thing or two about acting “Freckleface Strawberry” is among the popular Summer Performing Arts Institute offerings at the Musical Theatre of Anthem’s 2019 summer camps, productions and workshops for those ages 3 to adult. Participants will learn from award-winning, experienced directors, vocal directors and choreographers, many of whom will also b ...

By Jadyn Fisher Throughout our educations, countless fundraisers are planned to raise money for the school, local community or charities. Mr. OC was held in March by Sandra Day O’Connor High School to meet its pledged donation for the Make-A-Wish Foundation. The event is set up like a pageant to crown the “king” of O’Connor with moderators and judges giving critiques and input. Each contestant presented a t ...

By Shannon Fisher Spring is here and we have some cute bunny crafts to celebrate April. Dryer balls make cute bunny bottoms for plants or another display. We used a wool dryer ball and after it became worn out to create our bunny. You could use a large pompon as well found at any craft store or a ball of yarn. We added a cotton ball for the tail, some fleece for the feet and a flower pot for it to be climbi ...

By C.A. Haire Audi A5 Sportback is a prime example of German engineering Many consumers are replacing their four-door sedan with an SUV because they prefer the extra capacity in the rear cargo area. Audi understands this, so they have taken the A5 sedan and given it a rear Sportback option. With this rear hatch, we get 22 cubic feet of storage room with the rear seats up, or 35 cubic feet with the seats fol ...

By Octavio Serrano Bassel Osmani always had a passion for cooking. That passion, however, wasn’t necessarily born out of a love. He needed to make creative dishes at home as a struggling ASU student. Twenty-five years ago, he, along with fellow students Nelly Kohsok and Fouad Khodr, parlayed those skills into a new restaurant, Pita Jungle, just as their schooling was coming to an end. “In 1993, as we were a ...