Community

 

Welcome to June - the month of weddings, celebrations, vacations and hot days with less hot nights. In the governmental arena, it's also the month of tentative and final budgeting and - this year - the time of serious political campaigning.

 

 

Twenty students from the Central Arizona Valley Institute of Technology's Law Enforcement Program attended National Police Week in our nation's capital May 12-16. 

 

 

Molly has a sad history.

 

 

In 2008, there were 6,757 alcohol-related vehicle crashes across the state. More than 4,700 people were injured and 324 people were killed.

The Maricopa Veterans Center is in need of blood donors for their Community Blood Drive, which is scheduled for Monday, June 14.

 

County Leadership Institute sessions begin on June 1 and continue through the week. Therefore, the supervisor will be unable to meet with his Maricopa constituents in the Maricopa City Hall until July 6. 

Arizonans are certainly familiar with warm weather and the hazards it can pose. 

 

Danielle Casey, CEcD, EDFP, economic development director for the city of Maricopa, was recently voted by the Arizona Association of Economic Development (AAED) membership at its spring conference to its board of directors as a non-metro community representative for a two-year term.

The Chinese was the largest group of immigrants to the West. Immigrants worked in a variety of trades, such as mining, small businesses, farming, ranching, and especially with the railroad.

Due to the increasing danger of wildfires, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has implemented fire prevention restrictions within central Arizona.

 

 

The National Multi-Modal Transportation Steering Committee (NMMTSC) will be hosted by the city of Maricopa on June 3-4, 2010, at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass Resort. 

 

 

Pet Social Worker / Tails of Hope has been chosen to receive a grant in the amount of $1,000 from the Build-A-Bear Workshop Foundation for the purpose of providing spay and neuter services to pets of Maricopa area residents. 

My name is Ridduck.

 

 

Little girls (and a few boys) in sequined costumes, dance slippers and carefully styled hair took to the Maricopa High School multi-purpose room stage Saturday afternoon for DSPA's 4th annual spring recital. Students were there to send the message:  "You Should Be Dancin'!"

Whether you enjoy fiction, non-fiction or a little of both, you'll have a smorgasbord to choose from this month to satisfy all your literary desires. So, get pencil and paper and let's begin.