Don Fisher, with Chiminy Cricket and Top Hat Air Systems, cleans and inspects a fireplace and chimney during a service call to a home in Mesa, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2011. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

A crowd gathers along the railroad in Gilbert during the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad’s Steam Locomotive #844, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2011. The locomotive known as Old #844 was built in 1944, traveled through Arizona in celebration of the state’s centennial. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

The pedestrian bridge constructed over the west end dam of Tempe Town Lake is now open, shown Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The bridge helps shade the rubber bladder from the harsh sun as well as having sprinkler heads underneath to help cool the bladder. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Kids participate in an attempt to break the Guinness World Records title for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period, Tuesday, October 11, 2011 at the Red Mountain Multigeneration Center in Mesa. [Tim Hacker/ Tribune]

Pearson senior vice-president of sales and marketing Karl Gustafson reads the children’s book Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney, Thursday, October 6, 2011 at the Chandler location as part of Jumpstart’s Read for the Record, presented in partnership with the Pearson Foundation. The event is a world-record-breaking campaign that brings together children and adults to read the same book on the same day.

Rural/Metro Fire Protection Manager Luther Moorhead,left, and Holly Walter with Southwest Ambulance compile a 72-hour disaster preparedness kit, Tuesday, September 27, 2011 in Mesa for National Disaster Preparedness Month. For a extensive list of items visit www.ready.gov [Tim Hacker/Tribune]
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I was invited to cover a Conductorcise session at a local senior living community in Tempe this week.  The residents were very excited to be entertained as well as being active.
 
 
 

I have covered Black Fridays before and this year was no different. Shoppers wait for stores to open while standing out in the cold. I mapped out a plan with our reporter Michelle Reese as to the stores we would be at when they opened. The morning, or night still, started off at a Kohl’s store in Gilbert where I watched the line grow pretty fast for a 3 a.m. opening. Shoppers tried to stay warm huddled together while one couple I had been watching had …