Some adorable Mesa babies will show off their swim skills on national TV this coming Tuesday.

Banner Children’s at Cardon Children’s Medical Center will have a free “Asthma Attackers” swim class 11:30 to 1 p.m. Saturday, April 6 in Mesa.

April Pools Day: SWIMKids USA makes it easy to get ready for swim season with a day of free swimming lessons, hot dogs, water games, cotton candy and snow cones. Reservations are required at (480) 820-9109.

Soccer and ball players will soon find more fields around Mesa for a game, now that the city has begun work on projects approved by voters in November’s bond election.

A Mesa native was awarded the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Junior Sailor of the Year award.

RINCON, Puerto Rico — Several years ago, I found myself needing a certain type of vacation — one that would help me reset life and that combined my passions: fitness and sports, the outdoors and travel, healthy food and new people.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — There may have been a time when Puerto Rico was a cheap getaway but those days are long gone. Puerto Rico is heavily dependent on imported goods and fuel and that's reflected in prices from a taxi ride from the airport to the mojito at your hotel. And it is, after all, the Caribbean, where tourists should expect eye-popping bills in season. A six-star hotel that opened recently in Dorado, east of San Juan, advertised rates starting at $1,500 a night, ranging up to nearly $5,000. There are, of course, cheaper options. There are also things to do that don't cost anything at all. Here are five of them:

Children returned to classes this week after winter break.

When Lawn Griffiths continued his 26 years of perfect attendance at the Kiwanis Club of Tempe’s weekly meetings at noon on Thursday, there’s no doubt that he and likely a number of his fellow Kiwanians put a “Happy Dollar” in the hat as it was passed around.

Three years ago, Mesa’s Shea Freye learned about a program she could not ignore.

Understanding that language is limited in its ability to describe some things, the ancients often used metaphors to speak of the divine. Three of the most common were fire, water and wind. They are three things that can be quite wonderful: a warm fire on a cold evening, water to grow crops, a cool breeze on a hot summer day. They are also things that can become large and uncontainable: a brushfire, a flash flood, a tornado that uproots mighty trees.

When considering iconic fictional couples, there are only a few who immediately come to mind whose relationship has stood the test of time. Romeo & Juliet, Lois & Clark, Rhett & Scarlett, Fred & Wilma, Homer & Marge and even Peter & Mary Jane are all partners who, when matched together by just their first names, embody a picture of romantic affinity in our collective pop cultural consciousness.

On Dec. 16, 2006, Lindsey Black received a phone call she didn’t want.

Take a dip in Mesa’s newest community pool Friday morning, and learn more about drowning prevention at the same time.

Mesa Vice Mayor Scott Somers will host a drowning awareness day on July 27 to kick off Downing Impact Awareness Month in August. The event is scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon at the Skyline Aquatic Center, 845 S. Crismon Road.

Four days a week this summer, Anita Mosesman and her two daughters rise before 7 a.m. in order to get the girls to Gilbert’s Greenfield Pool for swim team practice.

Splash and Dash: There will be water and plenty of it at Chandler’s annual summer party featuring slides, games, swimming pools, swimming lessons, dunk tanks, water balloon battles and water tag. There will also be a toddler play area and music from the Radio Disney Rockin’ Road Show. The event is followed by the Arizona Sprint Showcase, which attracts elite high school runners from around the country.

Splash and Dash: There will be water and plenty of it at Chandler’s annual summer party featuring slides, games, swimming pools, swimming lessons, dunk tanks, water balloon battles and water tag. There will also be a toddler play area and music from the Radio Disney Rockin’ Road Show. The event is followed by the Arizona Sprint Showcase, which attracts elite high school runners from around the country.

What would it take to explore an alien spacecraft at the bottom of a lake and rescue 20 abducted town folks before the National Guard steps in?