🌱 notMYkid Funding + New Ashler Hill Park + Total Lunar Eclipse

Good morning Scottsdale! Let's take a look at everything going on in our part of the Valley today.

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First, today's weather:

Plenty of sunshine. High: 89 Low: 61.

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Here are the top stories in Scottsdale today:

1. In honor of Psychological Well being Consciousness Month, the Arizona Department of Education awarded $12.1 million to initiatives across the state that promote student wellness. Scottsdale's own notMYkid nonprofit received $2 million of that total. The program encourages "constructive life decisions" and offers a variety of care plans and intervention tactics to help Arizonan youth. (Subscription: Daily Independent)
2. Prepare yourself: There is a total lunar eclipse coming this weekend! The blood moon, which describes the orange hue the moon takes when eclipsed, will be visible to residents of Scottsdale, Phoenix, and Tucson. The partial eclipse begins at 7:28 p.m. MST. Check out the Patch article, linked in blue, to learn more about blood moons, supermoons, eclipses, and international festivals celebrating the moon! (Patch)
3. The City of Scottsdale is opening a new park at Ashler Hills Drive and 74th Way! The 17-acre project is funded through 2019 voter-approved bonds. Construction begins this summer and will take about a year to complete. (City of Scottsdale, Facebook Post )
4. Fashion week returns to Scottsdale after three years of pandemic cancellations. With restrictions easing across the state, organizers are hoping to make a splash at the Senna House Scottsdale, Hilton Curio Collection hotel, and smaller venues throughout the city from May 11-15. This departure from a traditional, hour-long fashion show encourages the feeling of a night on the town, where the party seemingly never ends. (Scottsdale Progress)

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Today in Scottsdale:

• Taxes in Retirement Webinar (11:00 AM)
• Ghost Poetry Show at the Rebel Lounge (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community: Not One More Symposium 2022, a substance abuse symposium, will take place at Talking Stick Resort Ballroom on June 2-4, 2022. Register early at: www.srpmic-nsn.gov/community/symposium-2022 (Facebook)
• The Scottsdale Police Department is hosting Coffee With A Cop on Thursday, May 19 from 8 am - 10 am at the Starbucks Coffee located on the southeast corner of Hayden & Mountain View Roads. (Facebook)

• There are only 15 spots left for the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Career Explorations Camp! Program dates are June 6-9, 2022 from 9:00am-1:00pm at the SCC Indigenous Cultural Center. For questions, call Seneca Peters at (480) 362-6642. (Facebook)

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— Madison Feser

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