Here's your local news at a glance for Saturday, the 22nd of August.
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🏘️ Community
Phoenix Rescue Mission partners with Christ's Church of the Valley to run a mobile food pantry on the third Thursday each month (8:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.) in Surprise to ease rising costs for families.
The program (serving over 2,600 households) hopes to expand its reach during tough times.
🎭 Culture
The Surprise Public Library System will host Reflecting America: A Semiquincentennial Living History on Thursday, Nov.
19 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Surprise Regional Library (16089 N. Bullard Ave). Local storytellers will share family and personal accounts as the community marks the nation’s 250th anniversary.
Surprise seeks car show entries, promotional business vendors, nonprofit organizations & outreach groups for its free Fiesta Grande celebration at Mark Coronado Park on Sat., Oct.
10 from 5-10 p.m. The event will feature live music, authentic Mexican food, folklórico dancing, Lucha Libre wrestling, a petting zoo and more attractions.
🎓 Education
West-MEC's water systems course, the only one of its kind statewide, has grown from 12 to 50 students over three years.
Cities like Surprise partnered with the school to train future water systems workers as water director Michael Boule noted that many positions may soon open due to retirements.
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