Entries sought for Amphi car show
Entries are being accepted for a car show that will benefit the Amphitheater Middle School Parent-Teacher Organization.
The car show will be 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 9 at the middle school, 315 E. Prince Road.
Call 696-6235 to register a car. Cost is $10, and cars can be registered the morning of the show as well. Registration starts at 7:30 a.m.
Classic cars, hot rods, muscle cars, customs and antique cars will be shown. Awards will be presented to the top five Best of Show cars. Other awards also will be presented.
The show will feature refreshments and children's activities.
Admission is $1 per person.
Academic Decathlon title goes to CDO
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Canyon del Oro High School won the Arizona State Academic Decathlon on March 12 at Red Mountain High School in Mesa.
With the win, Canyon del Oro will head to the national competition in late April in Charlotte, N.C.
Other northwest-side schools that competed in the state contest included eighth-place Marana High School and 10th-place Mountain View High School.
Canyon del Oro scored 46,272 points out of a possible 60,000 to beat runner-up Mesa Mountain View High School.
Canyon del Oro student Anna Hainsworth posted the highest individual score, with 8,828 points out of a possible 10,000.
Other students to earn individual honors include Chelsea Parraga and Cameron Donnelly, who finished in first and second place respectively in the varsity division, and Phillip Gotobed, who came in third in the scholastic division.
Marissa Watts, Jeannie Wilkening, David Argentati, Selina Baeza-Loya and Krista Cullen also competed for Canyon del Oro.
The team is coached by teacher Chris Yetman.
Academic Decathlon tests students on a theme in 10 different categories.
This year's theme is "The Great Depression."
MUSD to hold forums on 200-day calendar
The Marana Unified School District will hold informational meetings at 7 p.m. April 4 and 6 to discuss its proposal to move to a 200-day school year.
The first meeting will be at Mountain View High School, 3901 W. Linda Vista Blvd., while the second will be at Marana Middle School, 11279 W. Grier Road.
Superintendent Doug Wilson will present information on the benefits of the plan and challenges to it raised during meetings with parent groups during the last several months.
Parents will have another chance to comment in an April survey.
Marana students now attend classes 180 days a year.
Go to www.maranausd.org/200day for more information.
'Shop 'n' Swap' will be at Picture Rocks
Desert Winds Elementary and Picture Rocks Intermediate schools are reserving spaces for a spring "Shop 'n' Swap" event from 8 to 11 a.m. April 9 in the parking lot at Desert Winds, 12675 W. Rudasill Road.
Vendor booths are available for $10. Space is limited, so reservations are required.
People are welcome to sell household items, or they can sell items from businesses, including crafts, makeup or cooking and food-storage items.
All proceeds will benefit the parent-teacher organizations at both schools.
For more information, call Marianne Murnane at 616-7793.
Free dental checkups for eligible children
The Ortiz Community Health Center has an affiliated dental hygienist on staff, Claudia Richter, and preventive screening is available to Picture Rocks children ages 3-19.
Kids can get their teeth cleaned, fluoride applied, some X-rays taken and referral to a dentist, if needed.
Services are available to children of families who are uninsured, earn less than 200 percent of the poverty level (about $36,000 for a family of three) or are in the state AHCCCS program.
Virtually any child who qualifies for free or reduced-cost school lunches or who is in Head Start qualifies. There is no fee for the initial visit, and additional dental work can be done on a sliding-scale fee basis.
For more information, or to schedule an appointment, call the Ortiz Clinic at 682-3777. The clinic is at 12635 W. Rudasill Road.
Green Fields senior puts on 'Breast Fest'
Green Fields Country Day School senior Philip Heilman is organizing a benefit concert for breast cancer awareness featuring six local bands.
"Breast Fest" is the culmination of Heilman's year-long independent study of his passion - music. All Green Fields seniors get a chance to spend a year researching a topic in which they're interested.
"Breast cancer has always been really personal to me because people in my family have had it," Heilman said.
He chose for event proceeds to benefit the National Breast Cancer Foundation because the group pays for mammograms for women who otherwise wouldn't be able to afford them, he said.
In his search for a lineup for next Thursday's concert, Heilman didn't have to look far for Manic After Hours, a band comprised of four of his closest friends from Catalina Foothills High School who tied for second place in this year's Arizona Daily Star Battle of the Bands; or the psychedelic-esque rockers The Bare Electric, which includes three Green Fields alumni.
Also on the lineup is the folk band Logan Greene & the Bricks, blues-reggae band The Hounds and rockers The Ghost of 505. The popular pop-rock band Mostly Bears is headlining.
Heilman said he needs at least 300 people to attend for him to break even on his expenses, and he'd like to see at least 500 attend, with hopes of raising at least $2,000 for charity.
All the bands are performing free of charge.
Tickets are $10 in advance - email Heilman at info@breastfesttucson.com - or $11 through the Rialto Theatre box office.
The concert begins at 7 p.m. March 31 at the Rialto, 318 E. Congress St.
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