7th
Annual Head Start Spring Training with Arizona Diamondbacks Tune
in and see how the Arizona Diamondbacks, Milwaukee Brewers and the city of Phoenix
treated nearly 300 special-needs preschoolers to a day of spring training fun
at Maryvale Stadium.
2008
Employee Memorial Ceremony
The city of Phoenix pays tribute to six employees who died in the line of
duty. The city of Phoenix is one of only a few major cities that hosts a public
ceremony to recognize fallen employees. The employee memorial ceremony on
PHX11 features an organ tribute played by 15-year-old Eric Fricke on the Orpheum
Theatre’s Wurlitzer Pipe Organ, public reading of names by representatives
from each of the fallen employees’ respective unions and an employee and family
recessional leading to the city employee memorial site to unveil the names
of the employees honored at this year’s ceremony.
ASU
Latin Jazz Ensemble "Looking at Jazz Ensemble"
This final presentation of Phoenix Public Library's "Looking at Jazz:
America's Art Form" series features ASU's Latin Jazz Ensemble. The Ensemble,
a nine-member band, all students from ASU's Herberger College of Fine Arts,
is led by director Dom Moio.
"Arizona
9/11 Memorial Dedication"
Families of victims of 9/11 joined Governor Napolitano and fire officials
when the Arizona 9/11 Memorial was unveiled on the State Capital Wesley Bolin
Plaza as ceremonies across the state paid tribute to the tragic events of
9/11. Titled, "Moving Memories," the sculptural, featuring a piece
of steel beam salvaged from the World Trade Center, is a tangible reminder
of the 3,000 lives lost on 9/11/2001.
Authors
& Poets: Women in Sports
Tune in and hear author
Mariah Burton Nelson discuss her book, "We Are All Athletes"
which features 26 essays on discipline, endurance, humility, joy, strength,
winning and other life lessons gleaned from the playing field.
Authors
& Poets: Sandra Day O'Connor Newly retired Supreme Court Justice
O'Connor was a guest speaker recently at Phoenix's Burton Barr Library. Tune in
and hear her discuss her 2002 memoirs -- Lazy B: Growing up on a Cattle Ranch
in the American Southwest. Authors
& Poets: Richard Ruelas Tune in and hear the author and Arizona
Republic columnist discuss his biography of Bill Thompson, aka "Wallace,"
the creator of the Wallace and Ladmo show.
Block
Watch Update
Police and neighborhood activists show you that
by getting to know your neighbors better with a Block Watch program, you bring
safety to where you live. Learn how implementing this program in your own neighborhood
can deter crime such as identity theft and meth labs.
Busted:
Meth Labs and Drugs in Your Neighborhood
Join PHX 11 producer Stacy Lloyd as she covers a recent conference
attended by Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano and Attorney General
Terry Goddard and gets an in-depth look at the damaging and dangerous
issue of methamphetamine in our city. Also featured is a segment on how Phoenix
residents can "Fight Back" against this insidious problem in their
communities.
Children's
Museum of Phoenix: "The Making of a Museum"
By Spring
2008, Phoenix's downtown landscape will be further enriched by the addition
of a major downtonw museum, the Children's Museum of Phoenix. This modern
juseum is coming to life in a classic downtown building, The Monroe School,
a former elementary school built between 1913-1914.
Convention
Center Update
Tune in and find out what's new with the renovation of the former Phoenix
Civic Plaza, now entering phase two. When completed the high-tech and client-friendly
Convention Center will have approximately 900,000 square feet of rentable
area with the latest infrastructure, technology and services.
"Discover
Phoenix" - Deputy City Manager Show
The City of Phoenix's new Executive Team is introduced. PHX11 Station
Manager, Deborah Sedillo Dugan, hosts a disucssion between our Deputy
City Managers and City Manager, Frank Fairbanks, on the direction and future
of city development, programs and progress.
M3:
Conversation on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder This
Brown Bag program is the latest sponsored by the city of Phoenix Municipal Military
Members organization and features Dr. Debbie Gilman and other specialists
from the Arizona Vet Center in a question and answer session about the disorder.
Daring
Adventures The Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department administers
the Adaptive Recreation Program that
offers outdoor recreation programs for teens and adults with disabilities and
their non-disabled peers. This episode highlights a recent river rafting trip
taken by Parks staff and friends. Employee
Memorial The city of Phoenix
holds this annual ceremony to honor employees who have lost their lives in the
line of duty. This year's event honored police officers Paul Salmon and David
Uribe. Migraine
Initiative Tune in to this Wellness Brown bag session, at which
Dr. Eric Eross, Director of the Headache Institute at the Pain Center of
Arizona, defines and discusses
migraine headaches and their causes and treatment.
M3:
From Military to Municipal Service
This show is based on a symposium recently held at Phoenix City Council chambers,
where veterans of the war in Iraq talk about their challenges and successes
in returning to work for the city of Phoenix, along with being reunited with
family and friends.
"Phoenix
Remembers, 9/11"
City of Phoenix pays tribute to 9/11 with memorial events at Chase Bank
Tower and the city's Employee Memorial. Police and Firefighters from around
the state gathered, with community members, to participate in a ceremonial
stair climb up Chase Tower, climbing 40 flights of stairs in memory of the
first responders on 9/11.
Self-Defense:
How Not to be a Victim of Violent Crime
In this special presentation two Phoenix Police officers with specialized
training in martial arts, provide critical information for citizens on how
to avoid becoming a victim of violent crime. We’ll hear the grim realities
of being taken to a second location by an assailant….and how important it
is to fight the good fight here and now, if attacked.
September
11th Memorial Event
City of Phoenix pays tribute to 9/11 with memorial events at Chase Bank
Tower and the city's Employee Memorial. Police and Firefighters from around
the state gathered, with community members, to participate in a ceremonial
stair climb up Chase Tower, climbing 40 flights of stairs in memory of the
first responders on 9/11.
Tovrea
Castle Update 2005
This
documentary profiles one of Phoenix's most unique landmarks, as well as the Carraro
Cactus Garden contained on the grounds therein. Join host Sydney Blaine
as she covers the history of this property and the mystery so long associated
with such an enduring architectural treasure. |