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The Arizona Republic 12 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2004 7 12 BOOK IT! Doctor gives flu tips Dr. Kareen O'Brien will sug- gest general lifestyle changes and simple tips on how to escape illness during cold and flu season.and how to counteract the negative impact of antibiotics at 7 p.m. TUesday at Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe. (480) 730-0205.

Fee is $10. Call to register. Programs for children Phoenix Zoo Animal Specialist Susan Gerros will highlight "Desert Connections" and show kids a gopher snake, burrowing owl, scorpions and other critters at 11 a.m. Saturday at Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe.

(480) 730-0205. Peek-a-Boo Corner with tion," from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight. Fee is $25 pre-paid, $30 at the door. A class, "Fundamental Astrology Chart Reading," will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday and Jan.

31. Fee is $35 pre-paid, $44 at the door for both classes. Learn how to communicate with spirits, transfer the imageryenergy to paper and read the end result in a class, "Energy Art," from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Fee is $17 pre-paid, $21 at the door.

Information: (480) 834-4187. E-mail items for Book It! to niusha.faghiharizona republic.com, fax them to (602) 444-7978 or mail them to The Arizona Republic, Book 106 E. Baseline Road, Mesa, AZ 85210. Radio Disney 1580AM with the theme "Time" at, 10:30 a.m. TUesday at the Sears Court at Fiesta Mall, at the U.S.

60 off the Alma School Road exit in Mesa. Peek-a-Boo Corner teaches children about their world with the alphabet, numbers, shapes, colors and animals. Storytime at 11 a.m. Saturdays at Barnes Noble Booksellers, 4847 E. Ray Road, Ah-watukee Foothills.

(480) 940-7136. Time for Tykes, storytime activities complete with cookies and a craft at 10 a.m. Tuesdays at Borders Mesa, 1361 S.Alma School Road, Mesa. (480) 833-2244. Stories! Music! Crafts! at 10:30 a.m.

every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at Bor ders Chandler, 870 N. 54th Chandler. (480) 833-2244. Storytime! Guest storytellers entertain with stories for preschoolers at 10:15 a.m. Thursdays at Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S.

McClintock Drive, Tempe. (480) 730-0205. Storytime Fun at 11 a.m. Wednesdays at Borders Tempe, 699 S. Mill Tempe.

(480) 921-8659. Borders, Mesa Activities at Borders Books Music, 1361 S. Alma School Road, Mesa. East Valley Writer's Group at 7 p.m. Sundays.

French Chatters at 7:30 p.m. Mondays. The Alzheimer's Help Group will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday. Italian Gruppo will meet at 7 p.m.

TUesday. about "Desert Gardening" and sign her book at 7 p.m. Thursday. Peter Balakian will read and sign his book, The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response, at 7 p.m. Friday.

Meg Cabot will sign her latest book, Boy Meets Girl, at 2 p.m. Saturday. Rabbi Michael Lerner will discuss his book, Healing IsraelPalestine: A Path to Peace and Reconciliation, at 7 p.m. Monday. Information: (480) 730-0205.

Wellspring Books Events at Wellspring Books, 323 N. Gilbert Road, Suite 104, Mesa. Awaken your awareness, inner resources, strengths, energy and motivation in a class, "Hypnosis Weight Reduc Information: (480) 833-2244. Borders, Tempe Activities at Borders Books Music, 699 S. Mill Tern-pc.

ASL Chat Group for deaf and hearing individuals interested in practicing their American Sign Language skills will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesdays. Roger Clyne the Peacemakers will perform at 9 p.m. Friday. Information: (480) 921-8659.

Changing Hands Activities at Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe. Murder By the Book Club will discuss Bone in the Throat by Anthony Bourdain at 7 tonight. Mary Irish will speak UNIFIED Julie Langoni's reading classes were inducted into the Scholastic Hall of Fame for participating in the Scholastic Book Club Program and reading 100 books. Scholastic donated 100 books to a needy school in Poston's honor.

Eighth-grade social studies teachers invited "George and Martha Washington" to speak to their classes. The actors gave students a firsthand account of the Revolutionary War, the signing of the Constitution and the presidency. Ginny Bartes' computer students practiced their reading, writing, speaking and technology skills in an introduction to speech recognition software. Sculpture and ceramics students wrote book reports and placed related items in shoe-boxes, which they transformed into their favorite characters with papier-m3ch6. The projects are on display in the media center.

Student achievement Mary Morrow's life skills class won an honorable mention award in the city's gingerbread house contest. Houses were judged and displayed at Merry on Main Street. RED MOUNTAIN RANCH ELEMENTARY 6650 E. Raftriver Mesa 85215-9771, (480) 472-7900 School news Second-grade teacher Gretchen Rodeffer won the Silver Apple award and $500 from News Channel 3 and Fulton Homes. A videotape of her classroom will air on Good Morning Arizona.

Sixteen teachers are honored each year. Steven Burleson, a student of Rodeffer's, nominated her for the award. SKYLINE HIGH 845 S. Crismon Road, Mesa 85208, (480) 472-9400 School news The media center received a $1,200 grant from 'the Arizona Education Foundation for the Transformation of Teaching and Learning. The money will ARIZONA'S LARGEST SELECTION ROCKERS GLIDERS CURIO CABNETS VJ lT7T: Ml IRPM A Ml mMA Tt I-i 1 Everytrurtgl from ROCKERS from Chandler Bedrooms) 480-899-4093 From Page 6 kindergarten through fourth grade Jan.

21 to talk about Character Counts. CARSON JUNIOR HIGH 525 N. Westwood, Mesa 85201-5596, (480) 472-2900 School new Mentors and students decorated 100 Christmas cookies for the Child Crisis Center of the East Valley. The mentoring program pairs students and staff for academic help, encouragement and service projects. The clothing class, taught by Barb Browning, made four quilts for the English Language Acquisition Department and Migrant Program to donate to families in need.

FALCON HILL ELEMENTARY 1645 N. Sterling Mesa 85207-2903, (480) 472-8600 Student achievement Winners from each fourth-, fifth- and sixth-grade class competed in the spelling bee: fourth-graders Diana Judd, Trent Woodward, Marlee Roberts, Jenni Peck, Marcy Fox and Zachary Bassett; fifth-graders Jaron Kuerz, Peter Sellitto, Cameron Jenkins, Heather Miller, Neal Crawford and Doug Borovkoff; sixth-graders Nicole Borovkoff, Ca-ren Allred, Anthony Castillo, Chuck Dicker, Kayla Andersen and Ashley Corkill. Doug Borovkoff and Heather Miller tied for second. Champion Cameron Jenkins will represent the school in the district bee Jan. 24.

In all, 231 students opted for Turn Off the TV and Read Night in December. One participant in each grade level was randomly selected to win a book: Katie Fox, Marian Chavez, Emma Roundy, Madison Mclnnes, Paul Roybal, Heidi Schams and Brianna Kall-strom. FREMONT JUNIOR HIGH 1001 N. Power Road, Mesa 85205-5799, (480) 472-8300 School news The counseling department is serving heaping helpings of information on careers, postgraduate options and community programs at All-You-Can-Eat Blue Plate Specials" during each lunch period Jan. 29, Feb.

26, March 25 and April 29. All students are invited to submit poems, essays, personal narratives and creative stories in the English department's writing contest by Thursday. Prizes will be awarded, and the top 10 winners in each category will advance to the district writing contest. English teachers are accepting entries. Information: Rachel Kaminsky, (480) 472-8348.

HALE ELEMENTARY Editor's note: The Southeast Valley Community Edition publishes birth announcements as a courtesy to our readers. Most birth records are sent from Southeast Valley hospitals, but occasionally we run births from across the Valley when space permits. The birth listings run Wednesdays in each nity section and canrunup to a month behind. ava' 2330 N. Alma School 112, (13 Mile North of Warner behind advertisement Oasis This notice paid for with public donations FREE to the public! fund books for sustained silent reading and for English language learners.

The Media Center is open first Mondays until 8 p.m. for family use. WEBSTER ELEMENTARY 202 N. Sycamore, Mesa 85201-6150, (480) 472-4800 School news ASU teaching interns attend college classes in language arts and social sciences on the Webster campus and work in classrooms at every grade level. They read with second-graders and take them to the Mesa Public Library.

The interns' rummage sale netted $900, which they spent on books for their little buddies. WHITMAN ELEMENTARY 1829 N. Grand, Mesa 85201-1706, (480) 472-5000 Student achievement Fourth-grader Ranae Loring won Motorola's Diversity Art Contest. advertisement Thursday, January 22, 12:00 noon or 7:30 p.m. Embassy Suites 2577 W.

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8348804 I mii mow i ft! MESA ences in their journals and classroom newspaper. Kino and Edison students will continue to exchange letters and in March, during Read Across America Week, the Kino students, in their Cat in the Hat hats, will return to Edison to read Dr. Seuss books. LINCOLN ELEMENTARY 930 S. Sirrine, Mesa 85210-3795, (480) 472-6400 School news Lincoln hosted the East Valley Hispanic Bomberos' annual Christmas Bike Giveaway for students from six Family Tree sites.

The Hispanic firefighters presented new bicycles to 84 preschoolers. The Bomberos support the education and well being of parents and children in Mesa's family literacy program. LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY 345 S. Hall, Mesa 85204-2409, (480) 472-6550 Classroom activities Kindergarten, first-grade and sixth-grade students performed in costume at the annual holiday sing-along. Fifth-graders visited the Phoenix Art Museum.

Parents joined youngsters in the Mesa Early Learning Preschool for a trip to the Phoenix Zoo. School news Led by the student council, Longfellow donated 3,592 cans of food to Mesa's CARE Partnership. CARE provides medical services, youth programs, family assistance and more. Mimi's Caf 6 hosted lunch for academic honor students with top marks and good citizenship. The school Reindeer Run stressed physical fitness and good nutrition before semester break.

Mesa firefighters donated bicycles to every Head Start student in December. MACARTHUR ELEMENTARY 1435 E. McLeUan Road, Mesa 85203-3899, (480) 472-7800 Classroom activities Becky Nudell's fourth-graders write to pen pals in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The students enjoy reading about life in the Midwest and writing about what life is like in Arizona. POSTON JUNIOR HIGH 2433 E.

Adobe Mesa 85213, (480) 472-2100 Classroom activities Cindy Loehr takes her special education class out weekly to run errands for teachers. The students visit the post office, restaurants and stores to learn money-related skills in real-life situations. Loehr's students boost their writing skills as pen pals with Teri Schulte's special education class at Taylor Junior High. Boy to Jason and Lisa Westwood. Boy to Ryan and Katherine Law.

Dec 10 Girl to Andreas and Lina Fenner. Boy to Dale and Ellen Jensen. Girl to Keith and Amiee Poole. Girl to Tim and Stephanie Babbitt. Dec 11 Girl to Craig and Jennifer Bradley.

Boy to William and Bernadette Gorman. Dec 12 Girl to Franco and Karyn Ricci. Girl to Brian and Andrea Edgeworth. Dec 13 Boy to Thomas and Jennifer Jefferson. Girl to Mark and Frances Goldblum.

Girl to Gary and Kimberly Lundquist. Girl to Scott and Jessica Allen. 1425 N. 23rd Mesa 85213-4099, (480) 472-7400 School newt The sixth-grade Respect Team orientation featured Miss Arizona Corrie Hill. Hill talked about what respect means to her and how important it is in everyone's life.

Team members serve as campus role models, ranging from listening to students read and helping with math flashcards to playing with primary-grade students at noon-hour recess and helping the custodian. HENDRIX JUNIOR HIGH 1550 W. Summit Place, Chandler, 85224-1203 (480) 472-3300 Classroom activities The teens and teaching class and moderate mental disability classes visited Pennington Gardens Assisted Living Center. Students and residents learned about each other via interviews, making holiday ornaments and sharing stories of Christmas traditions. Transportation was funded by a Mesa Service-Learning grant.

HERMOSA VISTA ELEMENTARY 2626 N. 24th Mesa 85213-1435, (480) 472-7550 Student achievement Teacher David DeStefano coaches the school's 2004 sixth-grade math team of Kyle Nelson, Alan Gieske, Briana Jackson, Tyler Sherman, Chandler Willman and Matt Thomas. Katie Biegel won the school spelling bee. Andrew Ogle was runner-up. Ballet Expressions 14th annual performance of The Nutcracker, produced by Campbell's Dance Studio, featured Hermosa Vista students.

Students donated 700 toys to the Toys for Tots program during their "Reindeer Run Toy Drive." JOHNSON ELEMENTARY 3807 E. Pueblo Mesa 85206-1822, (480) 472-6800 Classroom activities Kris Churchman's third grade invited parents to the annual problem-solving Invention Convention in December. The program featured the youngsters' original inventions. KINO JUNIOR HIGH 848 N. Home, Mesa 85203-4898, (480) 472-2400 Classroom activities After writing letters of introduction, Merrill Sparks' eighth-grade English students visited third-graders taught by Margo Mosby, Kim Donahue, Heidi Dietz and Nathan Myers at Edison Elementary.

The eighth-graders helped the third-graders brainstorm story ideas and characterizations. The Kino kids wrote about their mentoring experi BIRTHS Leo. Dec 12 Girl to Edward and Isabel Caro. Dec 14 Twin boys to Steve and Agnes Bawa. APACHE JUNCTION Dec 14 Girl to Jerod and Mary Roberts.

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