The Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce has partnered with the Encanterra Country Club for the sixth annual chamber golf event and first annual chamber Golf-A-Thon from 7:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Oct. 6.

The Good Life Festival: Kickoff the weekend with live performances from Styx and The Guess Who and an international craft beer festival.

Savor la dolce vita at Encanterra Country Club, where a bouquet of celebrity chefs, including Food Network stars Duff Goldman and Tyler Florence, host tastings and cooking demos, and the Valley’s best restaurants offer food truck favorites along with a variety of wine and champagne.

Eddie Money, Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo provide entertainment for an outdoor day of boutique shopping, local food, and wine and beer tastings. Blankets permitted on the general admission lawn.

The proponents of incorporating San Tan Valley are sponsoring a panel discussion Saturday to discuss the impact of becoming a city. The panel includes some of the top officials from Florence, Maricopa, Queen Creek and Pinal County.

Weekend Warriors blog: It’s not often that long-distance runners get a chance to compete after the sun goes down. But Saturday in San Tan Valley, they get their shot. The Shea Homes Glow Run - which will include half-marathon, 10K and 5K options - will be run primarily on the golf cart paths at Encanterra Country Club, a Trilogy golf course east of Queen Creek.

Encanterra, a Trilogy country club, will be selling fresh Oregon-grown Christmas trees from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at 551 E. Combs Road.

The LPGA might be on its way back to the East Valley. Mike Nichols, vice president of tournament business affairs for the LPGA, confirmed Thursday that talks are ongoing to hold the tour’s annual Valley stop at Encanterra Country Club in Queen Creek next March.

In August, 14-year-old Dustin Cote was mowing his family's lawn in San Tan Valley when he accidentally sliced off several of his fingers on his left hand. According to a news release, his hand had slipped while working with wet grass near the mower, causing it to slide under the blade.

Arizona State junior guard Briann January was named the Pac-10 women’s basketball defensive player of the year on Thursday.

Business leaders and members of the Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce have submitted their votes for the Chamber’s 3rd Annual Business Awards and will decide the winners on Sept. 20.

Tucked away in the heart of San Tan Valley, The Good Life Festival – a multi-event, season-long gathering at Encanterra Country Club – regularly puts a focus on food, wine and music.

A new office park has opened in the Chandler Airpark region, which will continue to be a hot spot for commercial development next year. Located just south of Queen Creek Road on the west side of Gilbert Road, Carmel Professional Plaza has nine buildings with more than 54,000 square feet of space.

A Scottsdale-based builder opened sales this month at a massive gated community in the Queen Creek area.

You may have seen 1980s star Eddie Money heating things up recently on TV’s “Rock Star Kitchen,” but at 2 p.m. Saturday he’ll be turning up the heat on stage.

A 12-strikeout shutout from Katie Burkhart, coupled with eight hits led the No. 1 Arizona State softball team to a 3-0 win over No. 21 Washington Friday in Seattle.

Scott Bordow: The LPGA is holding its Valley tour stop in Tent City. That's not to say Papago Golf Course isn't showing its best side for the Phoenix LPGA International. The renovated layout is holding up well, and tournament organizers have done a terrific job getting the temporary infrastructure in place on such short notice.

Shea Trilogy, Shea Homes' high-end resort communities, will host a free "Energy Efficiency Explained" event to shed light on solar power and energy-efficient living today in Queen Creek.

At the age of 65, one might think rocking and rolling all night no longer would be relevant or even desirable.

Horse show

Scottsdale resident Brian Vranesh, a former Nationwide Tour player, shot a 69 Friday to move to 10 under for the lead of the Gateway Tour Winter Series Championship at Encanterra Country Club in Queen Creek.

The East Valley housing market is starting to see a turnaround in home sale prices.

The right elbow tendinitis that has plagued Tom Lehman for the past two months has subsided, at least enough to allow the longtime pro from Scottsdale to return to the PGA Tour and play in this week’s Fry’s Electronics Open at Grayhawk Golf Club.