With the golf cart's engine running this week in front of the Southeast Extension Clinic of the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center, Bill Van Zanten was occupying his time with a popular form of recreation for retirees.

Mesa Parks and Recreation's adaptive recreation program is hosting an adaptive golf clinic Feb. 4, designed for youth and adults with a permanent physical disability.

Hall of Fame pitcher Fergie Jenkins will participate in a free Mesa Little League baseball clinic for league members on Monday.

Mesa Parks and Recreation’s adaptive recreation program is hosting an adaptive golf clinic Feb. 4, designed for youth and adults with a permanent physical disability. Youth and adults with disabilities such as amputation, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, spina bifida, spinal cord injury, traumatic brain injury or visual impairments are welcome.

The Maricopa County Department of Public Health is opening a free immunization clinic March 17 in Mesa as part of a continuing effort to protect all children countywide from preventable diseases.

A Hispanic-oriented community health clinic for the poor and uninsured is ready to expand just one year after moving to Mesa.

For the second time in two weeks, the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday postponed a vote on whether to close the county's Scottsdale clinic. But some staff members at Scottsdale Family Clinic already are scheduled to be transferred.

Mesa handily defeated Dobson 42-12 in a 5A East Valley Region showdown, which made for a happy Jackrabbits Homecoming.

Students in the Mesa Unified School District, the state’s largest, will begin their new school year on Monday. Doors will open at two new schools, including the Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies at the corner of Power and Brown roads.

Joe Perry performance

Margie Frost, director of a transitional shelter for homeless East Valley men and former Mesa Woman of the Year, died Saturday morning. She was 63.

Margie Frost, director of a transitional shelter for homeless East Valley men and former Mesa Woman of the Year, died Saturday morning. She was 63. Frost entered the Mayo Clinic Hospital last week, diagnosed with liver failure, according to a statement released by Joanie Flatt, a family spokeswoman.

Need those back to school shots?

The Gilbert Unified School District, Gilbert Fire Department and Chandler Regional Medical Center/Mercy Gilbert Medical Center are teaming up for a free vaccination clinic from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Community Education Building, 6839 E. Guadalupe Road, Mesa.

December 1, 2004

Four-year-old Paula Mota suffers from asthma and requires regular checkups.

The Catholic Healthcare West East Valley Foundation is hosting a series of mobile clinics providing free mammograms and education about breast self-examinations for low income and uninsured women.

Nearly a century ago, racial tensions forced Mesa’s black residents to live at the city’s northern edge and establish a separate society with their own churches and stores.