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Blues festival features B.B. King, rocks ASU Sundome
By Joy Prue Community Editor
There is a large white tent with a sign that reads “Lloyd’s Blues Music Festival 2001 VIP Hospitality Tent.” Catering vans line up at the curb, featuring a large hot air Lloyd’s Barbecue Pig. The Lloyd’s Blues Music Festival 2001 tour lineup consists of The Tommy Castro Band, John Hiatt, Buddy Guy and, of course, the King of Blues B.B. King. We collect VIP tickets, third row center stage (definitely no hindrance to the view) VIP barbecue passes and, finally, the backstage passes. The lights dim, the crowd becomes silent and The Tommy Castro Band comes on stage. In addition to Castro’s lightning guitar, is Keith Crossan on sax, Randy McDonald on bass and Billy Lee Lewis on drums. The Tommy Castro band plays hits that include, “Can’t Keep A Good Man Down” and “Guilty Of Love.” At the end of their performance, Castro and his band talk to fans and sign autographs in the lobby. Castro offers this advice to young people about the blues: "You gotta listen to the old stuff, the old cats. A lot of people like different kinds of blues, but we play electric blues. If you wanna play, listen to the old cats like John Lee Hooker and B.B. King." PVCC remembers lost friend, mentor
By Mary Lou MosleyFormer athletic director, Cindy Shoenhair, leaves legacy of caring Senior Associate Dean of Instruction
At 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning, Oct. 13, my telephone rang, and I knew. Cindy Shoenhair was gone. Though I believe, as Cindy did, in heaven, the knowledge hit me with a sense of loss that was physical, as though the air had been knocked out of me. A ray of sunshine had gone out. I grieve for her family, her friends, the college and all those people she had touched. We have lost a teacher, a learner, a friend, a colleague, a leader, a follower, a wife, a mother and a servant of Christ. We have not been left without the message of her life. Cindy believed that God was using her. On the water cooler at her home, she displayed this quote from Mother Theresa: śWe are pencils in the hand of God.” She lived with the knowledge that God was using her to touch other people, that she was truly His instrument. Biologist teams up with PBS for Evolution Project
By Abby WeinzerEditor
Paradise Valley Community College Biology Professor David Harbster has been selected as one of 25 lead teachers in the United States and Canada for The Evolution Project, sponsored by PBS WGBH in Boston and Paul Allen, a partner with MicrosoftĂs Bill Gates. śThe purpose [of the program] is to bring greater awareness and understanding of the central tenet of biology: evolution,” says Harbster. śItĂs the keystone of our discipline.” HarbsterĂs task is to manage the resulting controversy that is expected. He is to review correspondence from viewers regarding their feelings about the program. In addition, he is supporting middle and high school educators in their teaching of biological evolution. He will be attending a training and conferencing seminar in Montreal in November with other program educators. The November meeting will allow him to gather teaching materials to disseminate among local teachers, along with guidance on presentation methods. |
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