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Burglars steal box holding Peoria baby's ashes

The Associated Press

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 An Arizona family is pleading with burglars to return a wooden music box containing the ashes of their 5-month old son. The Peoria family came home Thursday afternoon and found the garage door open and the house ransacked. The burglars stole... Full story

Mollen Clinics deliver H1N1 flu shots to Desert Harbor

Photo by Ashley Lowery

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Fourth-grader Matt Billings, 9, gets wide-eyed as he receives the H1N1 flu vaccination from Kathy Horn, a licensed practical nurse with Mollen Immunization Clinics, at Desert Harbor Elementary School in Peoria Wednesday.... Full story

Life has been adventure for Peoria resident

Rich Bolas

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Tim Toone’s life has played out like a prime-time TV series. All the 24-year-old Peoria resident needs is theme music and a season finale. Toone has served a Mormon mission in the midst of an African civil war and survived two armed... Full story

Violinist plays for Ventana Lakes Yacht Club

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Violinist Julie Okrah will perform at 7 p.m. Friday in Ventana Lakes Yacht Club. Tickets are $8 and must be purchased in advance from the management office of Ventana Lakes. For tickets and information, call Tina, the activities director for... Full story

Trilogy at Vistancia moves farmers market outdoors

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As Arizona eases into cooler weather, it’s time to take the Trilogy at Vistancia Farmers Market back outside. Trilogy will host its monthly market on the patio and event lawn outside the beautiful Kiva Club, with a backdrop of the Trilogy... Full story

Peoria fire begins annual toy drive Nov. 21

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The Peoria Fire Department and the Peoria Firefighter Charities have joined together for the 2009 Christmas for Underprivileged Children Toy Drive and Holiday Party. The department will collect new, unwrapped toys (please no stuffed animals) Nov.... Full story

''A Black & White Affaire'' benefits hospitals

Photos by TINA GAMEZ

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The Sun Health Auxiliary ''Top Hat & Tails: A Black & White Affaire'' at the Wigwam Golf Resort and Spa in Litchfield Park Saturday night was to benefit the purchase of patient care beds for Banner Boswell and Del E. Webb medical centers.... Full story

Glendale, Peoria nonprofits awarded grant funds from Cox

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A Glendale non-profit and Peoria non-profit were recently awarded grant funds from Cox Charities-the employee funded philanthropic arm of Cox Communications. Glendale’s Back to School Clothing Drive Assn. was awarded $6,000 for its New... Full story

St. Mary’s ready for Super Saturday

Erin Turner

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Officials at St. Mary’s Food Bank Alliance will have a Super Saturday Turkey Drive to meet an “unprecedented need” this Thanksgiving. The third annual Super Saturday Turkey Drive will be expanded to nine locations in an effort to... Full story

Montecito residents send holiday cheer to troops

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To bring "home" closer to her grandson, who was serving in the Marine Corps in Iraq, Mitzi Schireman, a resident of The Montecito, mailed a box full of goodies to him every month. Now that he is home, she continues to send boxes of food, snacks and... Full story

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