Community Activist to Receive MLK Honor Please See PIPELINES on Page 6 by Colleen Sparks King, Jr
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thetth voicevvovoivoic ofo thetth northnnonornort centralccecencentcentrcentraal phoenixpphphophoephoenphoeni communityccocomcommcommucommuncommunicommunit sincessisinsinc 1999119199 volume 22, issue 1 • january 2020 www.northcentralnews.net Jesse Ary, on left, will receive the Dr. Residents oppose Martin Luther King, Jr., Calvin C. Goode “Lifetime water pipelines Achievement By Colleen Sparks Award” at the 34th Residents in three neighborhoods and in a grass - Annual Dr. Martin roots organization are pushing the city of Phoenix to Luther King, Jr. stop plans to build two water pipelines on local Awards & Scholarship streets and in the Phoenix Mountains Preserve. Breakfast on Jan. A group of neighbors gave the City Council two 16. He serves on petitions at its Dec. 18 meeting urging officials to the administrative halt activities related to the development and con - council of the First United Methodist struction of the planned 48-inch-diameter and 66- Church of Phoenix, inch-diameter water pipelines until a new alignment where he is stand - study is done. One of the petitions also said the cur - ing here with rent pipeline alignment study is flawed and the Senior Pastor Denny Silk holding pipelines are unnecessary. The petitions were sent on a photo of the late behalf of residents in the Biltmore Highlands, Dr. Martin Luther Madison Heights and Granada Park neighborhoods. King, Jr., who he The Phoenix Mountains Preservation Council, met (photo by Colleen Sparks). Inc., sent city officials a letter in late October relay - ing concerns about the city’s plan to run the 66-inch- diameter pipeline from the 24th street water treat - Community activist to receive MLK honor please see PIPELINES on page 6 By Colleen Sparks King, Jr. “Living the Dream Award” at the same 9 5 E Jesse Ary grew up in southern Louisiana raised by breakfast. Z 0 G A 5 D A T , . parents who were sharecroppers during the time Jim Ary, who volunteers on the administrative council T S X D I S O I T N O A N R Crow laws were in effect but racism and other obsta - of the First United Methodist Church of Phoenix on E P P S T I . R O . S P 0 M H . cles never held him back. North Central Avenue, said he is honored to be 2 P R U 0 E 2 P , The North Central Phoenix resident as a young selected for the award ahead of Martin Luther King, 7 Y R man became the first African American director of a Jr. Day, which is on Jan. 20. A U N A YMCA in the Valley and he served on the Arizona “That is really a tremendous honor,” Ary said. “I J Y B State Board of Education for several years. Ary, who always stayed on the positive side of life. If you put Y R E will turn 80 years old this month, will be honored away all of those idiosyncrasies about race and eth - V I L E with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Calvin C. nicity, we’re all human beings trying to get through D E M Goode “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the 34th life and do the right thing.” O H - N Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards & I please see HONOR on page 4 E T I Scholarship Breakfast from 7 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, D E P Jan. 16 at Sheraton Downtown Phoenix at 340 N. X E E S 3rd St. The Arizona Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A in this issue E L Celebration Committee is hosting the event, where P . L Center offers seniors a way to be active, page 3 A I four other people will be recognized with different R E T A awards. Central house gets historic designation, page 8 M D The City of Phoenix Human Relations E T A D Commission (HRC), Awards Selection Committee Smell the flowers at local business, page 16 : R E T reviewed nominations and chose Ary for the lifetime S A Boat building leads to learning, page 24 M honor. Felicia Davis, Virginia Fargo, Colby Jeffers T S O and Timothy Seay will receive the Dr. Martin Luther P Find healthy smoothies at juice shop, page 34 Page 2 – North Central News January 2020 www.northcentralnews.net North Central News January 2020 – Page 3 AS K COMMUNITY THE “The instructors are wonderful, so patient LAWYER Seniors stay active, with us. I learn so much here. What I like Dave Eas tman FROM MORRIS HALL PLL C Morris Hall P artner & socialize at center is we come here and we socialize.” Attorne y a t La w By Colleen Sparks Arnie Wininger, who lives at The Q: Are Y ou Creating an Estate Plan f or the Right R easons? 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