Free Movie in the Park and Science & Technology Festival for Kids and
Families

Science is the theme of the 2nd Annual Movie in the Park with Cox
Communications. Co-sponsors include Arizona Technology Council, City
Councilor Regina Romero and City Council Member Richard Fimbres. To help
educate our youngest workforce about the benefits of science and
technology, the event features a festival with science-based fun
attractions for young people.

What: Free Family Fun Movie and Festival in the Park – Kennedy Park
Fiesta Area
Where: 3700 S. La Cholla Blvd – Take I-19 to Ajo, head west
to La Cholla, north on La Cholla and take first left into the Fiesta
Area, which is on the left
When: Saturday, October 1, 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Movie starts at 7 p.m.
Festival 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Cox will be showing “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs,” where a
young girl learns the importance of science and making a difference in
our world. In the animated film, young people investigate how weather
can affect people, plants, and animals.

Volunteers with the non-profit International Council on Systems
Engineering (INCOSE), Raytheon, U of A and The Physics Factory are among
the groups providing a variety of science experiments. Experiments
include making a ping pong ball float. Can you control a ping pong ball
as it floats above a hair dryer? Put your hand-eye coordination skills
to the test while learning about gravity and air pressure. Kids can also
have fun making a dry ice bubble that will grow and grow as it fills
with fog. How big will it get before it bursts? Give it a try and find
out! Non-profit organizations El Rio Health Center Foundation and
Chicanos Por La Causa will be tabling at the event as well as the
Mission Library and others.

The event is free and open to the public. Food will be available for
purchase at the event. You may want to bring a blanket or lawn chair for
the grassy area to watch the film on the big screen under the stars. You
can also bring an ice chest with food and drinks but no alcohol is
allowed. Please call Regina Romero’s Ward 1 City Council office at
(520) 791-4040 for more information and speak with Diana Rhodes, Council Aide.

The next Movie in the Park with Cox will be October 22 at 6 p.m. at Jacobs Park.

For those of you who haven’t been to the MAST boutique, it was voted “Best Gifts for the Upscale Bohemian” in the 9/22/11 “Best of Tucson” issue of the Tucson Weekly (page 27). According to that article “items created for sale are, fundamentally, jewelry and assemblages of unexpected found items, like antique lamp parts or vintage glass insulators.”

Website: http://ilovemast.com/ (with photos of their unique items for sale). MAST is located in the Lost Barrio, on Park Avenue south of Broadway.

So support Miles Elementary and Tucson High School libraries by donating your books, cash or bookstore credit, and enjoy your time shopping at MAST.

Once again Arizona Public Media KUAT reporters Christopher Conover and Andrea Kelly sat down to talk with the Council candidates for the City of Tucson general election, this time with Ward 4 Councilmember Shirley Scott (D) and her challenger Tyler Vogt (R). Vogt is a political newcomer & the older brother of Republican LD 30 state House Rep. Ted Vogt.

Click here for the interview.

Scott is running for her 5th term on the City Council (elected in 1995), and ran her own business for 21 years prior to that. From Vogt’s website: “Tyler Vogt works as Deputy Chief Engineer of Production on a $250+ million contract. He is a subject matter expert in system architecture and design and system analysis. His previous position as a Principal Systems Engineer and lead systems analyst on a $400+million development contract required skills in requirements development and management, similar to developing and writing legislation/ordinances.”

Scott’s campaign website: www.shirley2011.com
Vogt’s campaign website: www.vogt4tucson.com

Wards 1, 2 and 4 are up for election this year, and there are now KUAT Channel 6 interviews of all these races:

For the 9/1/11 KUAT interview of the Ward 1 Council candidates, click here.

For the 9/15/11 KUAT interview of the Ward 2 Council candidates, click here.

Vote-by-mail ballots will be mailed out on October 19, so vote wisely on/before November 8.