For Gilbert resident and Salt River Project journeyman lineman Josh Koon, the danger of his job doesn’t come from the 30 stories he rappels. Instead, the true moments of worry come when he isn’t thinking about the situation.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts will host the AJ’s Summer Wine Spectacular on Sunday, June 23.

A local branch of BERNINA of America will host its fourth-annual Quilter’s Garage Sale on June 22 to raise money for the American Red Cross.

The Mesa Police Department has arrested an adult and a juvenile for a homicide that occurred on June 15.

Online voting has begun in East Valley Biggest Loser, a local competition headed by John Rhode, winner of season 12 of the NBC TV show “The Biggest Loser.”

We’ve seen plenty of adults react with glee when we’ve brought them to Inside The Bungalow, a Mesa coffee house that looks like something out of a storybook. Imagine, then, how the place looks through the eyes of a child.

Arizona students will still take the AIMS next year, but at least in Mesa, students will not have to take districtwide tests because the current assessments do not follow new education standards that will be taught in all classrooms.

Feed your inner islander at SanTan Brewery’s fifth annual Hawaiian fest, where you’ll enjoy surfer music, a pig roast and a heaping plate of pulled pork, steamed rice, macaroni salad and coconut haupia dessert. Mr. Pineapple wheat beer will also be served.

Attendees of the Southwest Ambulance Arizona Celebration of Freedom can add their own touch to the proceedings by adding a touch of color to the stars on a commemorative mural.

J.T. Gray transferred to Basha over the weekend, and if the Coolidge district so chooses, it can quietly let the issue die.

The local dance troupe CONDER/dance stages a complimentary showcase 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 19 at Tempe Center for the Arts. The performance includes original pieces, a dance film, and a special performance from Treeline Dance Works.

Valley METRO will provide a Mesa light rail construction update 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday at Lo Fi Coffee, 105 W. Main St., Mesa.

All-Tribune Softball First Team

Concho; Roosevelt Lake; Flagstaff 

Go with what works, as pitching has for Val Kaff since age 6.

Tagged by Billboard magazine as an artist worth watching, Grammer’s hits include “Keep Your Head Up,” “Fine By Me” and “Miss Me.” He performs alongside Vicci Martinez, who gained a fan following after tying for third place on “The Voice.”

Two new restaurants have opened in recent months on the opposite side of Gilbert Road, both hawking tacos and more to the growing downtown Gilbert dining crowd.

Days before the state track and field championships last month, Brophy coaches outlined for their athletes what it would take to win the Division I title.

All-Tribune Boys First Team

Bowling alleys may hold zero mystique for you now, but as a kid, I’ll bet you peered down a lane just once, to the apparatus that swept the pins away and set up new ones, wondering what was back there and if any workers ever fell in and got squished, only to be discovered after it was too late.

Within the next five years, District 25 state Sen. Bob Worsley, R-Mesa, and his wife Christi hope to have Arizona’s first “world-class concert hall” adjacent to another city institution available for public use.

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