The Gilbert Town Council is preparing to hire its next presiding Municipal Court judge as Judge David Phares plans his retirement.

Mesa Community College has fired 15 veteran fitness professors, including a former college president, arguing they aren’t qualified to teach classes they’ve led for years.

Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished guests and fellow citizens:

Wells Fargo is looking to fill 100 teller positions across the state, the financial services organization announced in a press release this week.

With the anniversary of 9/11, there were a lot of shows and stories of poeple showing their patriotism - even at the Cardnals game with the giant American flag. How many poeple are only loyal Americans on special occassions? Like 9/11 and the 4th of July to name a few? Why don't they put their money where their mouth is and start buying American products. The president understands and when he gave his jobs bill speech, he said we should buy Fords, Chevys and Chryslers so we can put more Americans back to work. Don't be a part-time American, and think before you buy. Buy American

The Phoenix president of the air traffic controllers union said an FAA plan to condense training, create part-time slots and depend on split-shift schedules is a poor way to deal with an impending nationwide controller shortage.

October 26, 2004

BOUQUET to Chandler Gilbert Community College President Maria Hesse for introducing "Civic Engagement for a Diverse Democracy" at the school six months ago to encourage students to be more involved in their community.

Each spring, the Mesa Unified School District's Research and Evaluation Department conducts a Quality Service Survey of all parents, all employees and a sample of students at each school.

It has been 14 years since the Mesa mayor and City Council have received pay raises.

Sarah Palin has no intentions of running for a U.S. Senate seat from Arizona in 2012.

EDITOR'S NOTE — Aging America is a joint AP-APME project examining the aging of the baby boomers and the effect that this "silver tsunami" is having on the communities in which they live.

The Valley of the Sun YMCA brought together 19 families to the US Airways Center recently for the fifth annual Family of the Year awards. Every year each of the Valley of the Sun YMCA branches nominates a deserving family whose volunteerism, contributions and support of the Y have made an impact in their communities.

If the federal government was meant to create jobs, it would have created a surplus of them by now, and unemployment would be far below 7.8 percent -- considering the exorbitant amount of money the Obama administration has, as it says, “invested” to do so.

America has almost 12 million illegal immigrants.

Organized labor's misguided war on Wal-Mart reached a new low this week when Arizona's largest teachers union urged parents and educators to boycott the retailer.

A brainstorming session of retired and soon-to-be retired business executives to develop a profit-making company that would hire out seniors part-time is being planned for February, said John Dickinson, retired former vice president of the Mesa Chamber of Commerce.

September 5, 2004

Sharlot Hruska loves her job. Though the 70-year-old woman officially retired as a radiology transcriptionist at 65, Hruska continues to work a few shifts a month at Scottsdale Healthcare.

Dana Vela, 40, loves raising children. She and her husband, Mesa police officer Lorenzo Vela, have three of their own — Josh, 19; Zack, 15; and Zoe, 11.

Arizona State University plans to shell out more than $19.75 million in salary increases during fiscal 2004-05. “We’ve been committed to trying to get our salaries as market-competitive as we can,” ASU President Michael Crow said. “On a national basis, we’re not market-competitive.”

August 16, 2004

Arizona State University will open the Chandler Innovation Center this fall, which will bring engineering and technology courses to the downtown area, Mayor Jay Tibshraeny announced during his State of the City address Tuesday.

If the federal government was meant to create jobs, it would have created a surplus of them by now, and unemployment would be far below 7.8 percent — considering the exorbitant amount of money the Obama administration has, as it says, “invested” to do so.