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MASK's Dad Dialed In: Matt Williams

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Check back each week for MASK's Dad Dialed In and Minute with Mom series.

Sports are fun and should always be fun. It really is that simple.

My experiences as a father, a professional athlete and now as a coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks have affirmed that belief. Along those same lines, my parents always encouraged me to “do what you love and love...

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Phoenix Christmas Tree Lightings

The Valley is celebrating the best part of the season with its own take on tree lighting ceremonies, from Santa Claus visits to tumbleweed trees to free cookies and cocoa. Don’t just limit yourself to one ceremony this season, but check out our entire roundup of the best Valley tree lightings.

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5th Annual Tree-Lighting Ceremony

The Fairmont Scottsdale Princess

Nov. 20; 5:30-10 p.m.

Get in the holiday spirit with delicious spiced cider and cookies, strolling carolers and, of course, a four-story, musically animated...

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Walk On! Celebrates 10 Years of Fighting Childhood Obesity in Arizona

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The rock wall at Kerr Elementary was purchased with the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Walk On! Challenge grant money that the school won earlier this year. Photo courtesy of Lisa Keeslar, Physical Education teacher at Kerr.

Over the last decade, childhood obesity has become a serious issue across the country. In Arizona alone, 19.8 percent of youth were considered obese as opposed to the United States average of 15.7 percent, according to a recent study.

Ten years ago, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona started The Walk On! Challenge to...

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Pumpkin and Chili Party at Schnepf Farm

Since Halloween  2014 is on Friday, your family will probably want to celebrate through the weekend.  Lucky for us Phoenicicans, the Pumpkin and Chili Party at Schnepf Farm is all weekend long.

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Growing up in Chicago, fall has always been a favorite of mine.  And in the Valley, I celebrate fall with Hot Pumpkin Spice Lattes (with AC running to avoid sweating,) burn fall scent candles so my home smells like autumn (again, with the AC on high,) plan coordinating Halloween outfits, thrown butternut squash in the slow cooker to magically make soup…and drag my family...

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Minute with Mom from Brenda Warner

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Author. Philanthropist. Motivational speaker. Former nurse and Marine. Brenda Warner wears many hats. The wife of former NFL football player Kurt Warner, Brenda has had an exceptional life filled with challenges and successes. But despite the many titles, there are two that are the most important to her: wife and mother. Before Brenda married Kurt, she was married to a fellow Marine she met in boot camp. The couple had two children, Zack and Jesse. One day, she received a call from her husband saying there was something wrong with Zack. He eventually admitted he had dropped the baby, which had done serious...

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