If you live in Pinal County Arizona and your kids, or you, need some tutoring help the challenge of finding help just got easier as the Pinal County Library District has launched a new free tutoring program that offers students of all ages one-on-one help from certified on-line tutors.

The free program also offers professional writing help for job seekers who need help in creating their resume.

Pinal County residents can access this help by visiting this website.

Any person who lives in Pinal County and who has a library card can access this new service.

The tutoring service is provided by Tutor.com which is a network of more than 2000 certified tutors as well as career specialists.

Whether you have a child who needs tutoring help, or you yourself need some help with classes if you have gone back to school, or if you are someone who is trying to find another job and need resume help — this is a service that is free to Pinal County residents.

Take advantage of it if you need the help.

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A Chili Tasting Contest will be hosted by the  Gold Canyon Business Association as part of the Gold Canyon 2010 Day of the Cowboy.

Events for Day of the Cowboy will take place in Gold Canyon Arizona this year on October 9 & 10, 2010.

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To read more about the Day of the Cowboy holiday, visit our earlier blog post.

To check out other events that are planned for this festive weekend in Gold Canyon visit the Event Calender section on GoldCanyon.net.

Participants are needed for the Chili Tasting Contest. Now is the time to sign up to participate Contact Patti Pier at (480) 366-5088 or by e-mail.

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There is a new yoga class getting ready to begin in Gold Canyon.

Smiling Dog Ranch is going to begin offering classes. Christine Werther will be teaching beginning Hatha yoga at Smiling Dog Ranch Mondays with an overflow class to be scheduled on Thursdays if needed.

Class size limited to 7 students.

1st class Sept 13th at 6:30 pm.

$10 donation for single class or $30 for blocks of 4 classes paid in advance.

Loaner blocks and mats available.

Call 480-288-8749 or e-mail tom@smilingdoglandscapes.com to reserve your spot.

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The Apache Junction School District is now connected to an on line program called EZSchoolPay.com. This program allows parents to deposit money into an account for their child. The child can then purchase lunches and other school items. No longer do parents need to worry about lost lunch money. The system also lets parents know how their child is spending  money and what types of food items the children  are buying.

For more information on online meal payments and monitoring, visit www.EZSchoolPay.com, call your child’s school cafeteria, or AJUSD at 480-982-1110 x2314.

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Gold Canyon Arizona Real Estate Stats – July 2010

August 15, 2010

Interested in what happened with real estate in Gold Canyon Arizona for month ending July 2010? Then let’s review. July 2010 – Real Estate Stats Gold Canyon Arizona at a glance Information is provided by Benjamin Realty, your local Gold Canyon and East Phoenix Valley Realtors. July 2010 sales show a slight decline over June [...]

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Gardening Share Group-Gold Canyon Arizona

August 4, 2010

Are you interested in having fresh food, veggies and herbs, etc from your own garden? More people seem to be interested in gardening these days. In Arizona, with the heat, this can be a challenge for several months of the year. So if you are like many people, you might like to grow veggies in [...]

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Hope Women’s Center Needs Donations

July 31, 2010

With the state of the economy the pull on non-profits is even greater than before. A local non-profit located in Apache Junction is in need of your help.  Hope Women’s Center is a local AJ non profit that has been around for about 25 years. The organization assists women who are homeless, dis-advantaged, victims of [...]

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National Day of The Cowboy-July 24, 2010

July 24, 2010

July 24th is National Day of the Cowboy this year.  Gold Canyon Arizona has been very involved in years past to bring the celebration to the area on the designated day, however this year, with the wisdom of past summers when this event has been celebrated during 110+ temp days, this year the actual celebration [...]

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Gold Canyon Arizona Real Estate Stats – June 2010

July 23, 2010

Let’s review what happened with real estate in Gold Canyon Arizona for month ending June 2010. June 2010 – Real Estate Stats Gold Canyon Arizona at a glance Information is provided by Benjamin Realty, your local Gold Canyon and East Phoenix Valley Realtors. June 2010 sales show a slight decline over May 2010 sales, and [...]

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Trimming Trees For The Arizona Monsoon

July 15, 2010

It’s monsoon season in Gold Canyon and Arizona. If you have large un-pruned trees it is a wise thing to prune them so they are not in danger of the monsoon winds toppling them over. But be careful. Never attempt to prune trees near power lines. If you have trees within 10 feet of power [...]

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