December 26, 2018 • Vol. 17, No. 6
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Santa, Daisy Mountain Firefighters Charities delivers 6,000 toys to children at local hospitals BY TARA ALATORRE
PHOENIX – Santa arrived without his signature sleigh and reindeer when he made his annual toy delivery last Wednesday to the young patients at Maricopa Integrated Health Systems (MIHS) Arizona Children’s Center near Roosevelt and 7th streets on December 19. Instead Mr. and Mrs. Claus made their grand entrance on a fire truck with the flashing lights and sirens alerting the children and staff at the hospital that Santa had arrived with nearly 6,000 toys that Daisy Mountain
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Pictured: Santa giving out toys and visiting with the patients at the Maricopa Integrated Health Systems (MIHS) Arizona Children's Center near downtown Phoenix on December 18, after arriving on a Daisy Mountain fire truck to deliver thousands of toys collected by Daisy Mountain Firefighters Charities. Photos courtesy of Rachel Kurtenbach
Pictured: Santa delivering toys inside the MIHS children’s hospital as part of the Daisy Mountain Firefighter Charities 11th annual Christmas toy drive and delivery. With only five rural stations, Daisy Mountain Fire and Medical's firefighters and their families were able to collect 6,000 toys over the weekends, which will provide enough toys for the hospital to give to children all year long.
The eagles have landed: Lake Pleasant bald eagle nest cam now streaming
A pair of bald eagles that nest at Lake Pleasant now have a live streaming nest cam available to watch by visiting the Arizona Game and Fish Department's website at: www.azgfd.gov/livecams. Photo courtesy of AZGFD
LAKE PLEASANT – PHOENIX — The camera is set, zoomed in and ready to broadcast the day-to-day life of a pair of bald eagles hoping to raise a family inside their nest at Lake Pleasant Regional Park. Last week, the Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) — in partnership with Salt River Project, Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department, Arizona State Land Department and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation — began livestreaming from the camera perched near the bald eagle nest on Lake Pleasant.
“We are thrilled to bring this camera to fruition,” said Randy Babb, AZGFD watchable wildlife program manager. “Our goal is to provide opportunities for people to truly appreciate and connect with Arizona’s wildlife, and live-feed wildlife cameras such as this help us to do exactly that. People will be fascinated as they learn from and watch these nesting eagles incubate eggs and rear their young in real-time.” Records show bald eagles have inhabited Lake Pleasant since at least 1979, with the first
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