Carefree the smartest small town in Arizona

Phoenix Business Journal by Adam Kress, New Media Editor

New data that examines the educational attainment of residents in small towns shows that Carefree is the smartest small town in Arizona.

According to data from On Numbers, Carefree ranked 397th nationwide among more than 10,000 small towns for educational attainment. Small towns are those with 1,000 to 9,999 residents.

On Numbers rated local brainpower by using raw 2009 data from the U.S. Census Bureau's five-year American Community Survey. Each place's score was based on its percentage of adults (25 or older) at each level of a five-rung educational ladder:

• Dropped out before high school graduation

• Stopped at high school diploma

• Stopped at associate degree or attended college but stopped without any degree

• Stopped at bachelor's degree

• Earned graduate degree and/or professional degree

Chevy Chase Village, Md. was the No. 1 town on the list. Nearly two-thirds of the adults in the tiny Washington suburb hold graduate degrees. The runners-up are nearby Somerset, Md., and Shorewood Hills, Wis., a suburb of Madison.

Sent by David Schwan

 

 

Lyn,

Could you let folks know that the Luminaria Run 9th Annual is back and under its original race management. We have moved the race to a new location at the Cave Creek Rodeo Grounds and are looking forward to a beautiful night for a run. All runners and walkers are welcome to join us for the timed 5K or the 1-mile fun run/walk. Find us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Luminaria-Run-9th-Annual/167438353348140 or visit our website at http://www.luminariarun.org.

It is Saturday, December 3 and the Kids Desert Dashes begin at 4:45 with the adult races beginning at 5:20 p.m.

Proceeds benefit Desert Foothills Theater and Hayley’s BMT Buddies at PCH. Luminaria crews and race volunteers needed!

You can sign up to volunteer at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/runvolunteers

--Meribeth

 

 

I am forwarding this on behalf of the Desert Foothills Theater!!! "THE MUSIC MAN" is a classic just like so many of us!!! It's the last weekend and has been met with terrific reviews. Right in our backyard at the Fine Arts Center on 60th street and Carefree Hwy it's there for you to enjoy.

Susan Vanik

REVIEWS ARE IN!

The Music Man is a "hit"

ONLY ONE WEEKEND LEFT!

Runs through November 20

Nov. 18, 19, 7:30 p.m.

Nov. 20, 2 p.m.

Purchase tickets online NOW!

The Music Man Sneak Peek!

"Cheers" from the Scottsdale Republic!

* Scot Claus has the personality and the charm to pull off the most likable con man in musical theater.

* Kimberly Cooper-Schmidt as Marian Paroo is nothing short of lovely with a voice to match. Her fabulous performance of "Till There Was You" is the highlight of the evening.

* The School Board Quartet is an absolute delight.

* Nearly stealing the show with her keen sense of comedy is Lori Vander Maten as the bighearted, Irish-tempered Mrs. Paroo.

* Kevin Glenn adds an air of professionalism to any scene he's in.

* A round of applause for the detailed costuming.

And more...

"Too often . . . the story wilts under the boom of the big brass band (Wait, there's a story? Who knew?)

Enter director D. Scott Withers, a longtime fixture in Valley theater. What Withers manages to do, what so many don't, is string some emotion through the sing-songy goofiness.

The gravitas? Two complicated people who schlep through life lying (mostly to themselves), cheating (mostly themselves) and subsisting (hardly) until falling hopelessly in love with each other. It's only then they break down and let the world humble them."

---MICHELLE HOFFMAN, The Scottsdale Republic