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Kyrene Corridor Edition April 19 - May 2, 2008 • Vol. 19, No. 8 Making a big community a little Wranglerrangle bit rsmaller. NEWS

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Shea Golden and her pal Bogie joined the crowd at Buena Vista Ranchos’ annual neighborhood horse show, which has attracted riding enthusiasts for more than 25 years. It was a day of classes, competition and just plain fun for the whole family. — David Stone / Wrangler News

Lacrosse: Is history repeating itself? >> Sports Notebook by Alex Zener, Page 9 Wrangler News April 19 - May 2, 2008 Page 2 ASU senior landing major corporate sponsors for next ‘Green Summit’ Kyrene Corridor Hopes success will spur Tempe to take larger role Briefs he 4,000 people who lined up due to hold the national conference in Corona air-quality meeting for Chris Samila’s first Green 2009. Members of the Corona del Sol air- TSummit may look like a drop in Every aspect of daily living, quality coalition will gather from noon to the environmental bucket compared to according to Samila, has a lot to gain 2 p.m. Saturday, April 19, in the meeting this year’s expected extravaganza, which from the movement. Cities can generate room of the Chandler Police Substation, 251 already is overflowing with some of the more revenue simply by implementing N. Desert Breeze Boulevard. country’s biggest-name corporate sponsors. educational campaigns for recyclables. The location represents a change from Samila is an ASU senior who “Right now, we’re tossing out tons of stuff one previously announced launched a budding career in sustainability that could go to recycling, and changing To confirm attendance, RSVP online at last year by engineering a kickoff “green” that is just a matter of communicating [email protected] conference on the college campus. better.” Breakout sessions are planned so Now, he’s taken a semester away from The building, insurance, trucking and that participants who want to help in a classes to coordinate the huge planning dozens of other industries can also benefit specific way can do so. Summary sheets and effort that is under way for a 2008 summit by gaining additional knowledge, especially frequently asked questions/answers will be Sept. 5-6, this year at Phoenix Convention about the revenue stream that’s available to distributed at the start of the session to save Center. help achieve sustainability goals. time recapping. “Last year, we thought of it more as a “There’s so much low-hanging fruit mom-and-pop type of event,” says the that people don’t know about,” he says. Driving restrictions 23-year-old Samila. “I didn’t realize how Improving the access to information will The following road restrictions affect big this thing was going to be.” help solve that problem, he says. Kyrene Corridor drivers: And big, it seems, is almost an Chris Samila: Shedding light on sustainability. As to his own Green Summit, Samila • Warner Road is restricted to one lane understatement. — David Stone / Wrangler News says it’s a step toward business, academia eastbound between Taylor Drive and Price Companies like Dial, Honeywell, and the public coming together to increase Road 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. until April 23. steps with its green building program; SRP and APS already are on board as environmental awareness. • McClintock Drive is restricted to one Scottsdale and at least 15 others appear charter members, with APS looking at title “People need to know why lane northbound between Jeanine Drive, ready to follow, says Samila. Scottsdale sponsorship. sustainability is important, why we do this. which is south of Warner Road, and Louis even deferred to Samila’s 2008 conference On April 16, the Greater Phoenix (The summit) makes it approachable,” he Way, north of Warner Road, from 8:30 a.m. after holding its own sustainability event Economic Council confirmed its says. to 3:30 p.m. until April 25. last year. sponsorship, which Samila thinks will spur “It will help move the whole idea • McClintock Drive is restricted to one Meanwhile, cities across the country cities like Tempe to take a closer look at forward and make it fun.” Information: lane southbound between Libra Drive and are hosting their own environmental mega- their involvement. www.greensummit.net. Elliot Road from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. events. Chicago held one in 2007, Boston Chandler already has taken significant until April 25. All the work involves the will be hosting one this year. Phoenix is — By Don Kirkland installation of fiber-optic cable.

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empe’s annual good-neighbor search represents many of those same qualities. the neighborhood bank account, call Jim has produced five south Tempe Other south Tempe winners include Joy. Need half a mile of common walls Twinners, including the recipient of the Stanley Nicpon, Calle de Caballos; Gail painted, call Jim Joy. He’ll be there and top Neighbor of the Year award. Majors, Raintree; Kristin Shaeffer, a with a smile. Jim Joy, a member of the Camelot volunteer at Fees Middle School; and Mary In Camelot Village, we have a handful Village Neighborhood Association, was Wolf-Francis, Corona del Sol Estates. of annual traditions. We hold an annual selected as recipient of the coveted Chuck Here is what their neighbors had to garage sale in the spring; we host a huge Malpede Award, named in honor of the say about the nominees: Fourth of July parade and picnic; we invite longtime Maple-Ash resident and educator. Jim Joy—If you need information, everyone to a festive Halloween party at Malpede held a reputation for positive the person to call is Jim Joy. If you need a Stroud Park and for Christmas Eve, we line problem solving, proactive planning and contact about landscaping at Stroud Park, our sidewalks with luminaries. neighborhood organizing. call Jim Joy. Want information about an For all these activities, Jim was According to this year’s selection issue with the city, call Jim Joy. Need flyers there to lend a hand in making the event Top Neighbor honoree Jim Joy, 4th from left, committee, top-award winner Joy distributed, call Jim Joy. Need help with memorable and building the sense of receives his award from Mayor Hugh Hallman community in our neighborhood. and members of the Tempe City Council. Jim’s leadership and service to Jim headed up this large undertaking Trial Program Special Comb at Camelot Village began when he moved to Hapk the neighborhood in the early 1990’s. Jim by contacting the neighbors whose homes $99 includes unlimited ido an d M u T organized a neighborhood Block Watch shared the common wall and obtaining TKD classes for one month, ay hai money to fund the project. He also started Av ail and went door-to-door each year to bring one Muay Thai and one ab Wl e N O ! neighbors together for a Neighbors Night a fund of “voluntary dues” contributed to Combat Hapkido Class and Out (now GAIN) activity. by other neighbors who wanted to pitch in to make our neighborhood a more beautiful a Free Uniform! • Courtesy He became an active member and leader in the Camelot Village Neighborhood place. Jim worked with a team to have the •Respect repairs made, and, with the team, armed Quality: Instruction •Belt Progression • Facility • Service • Self-Confidence Association and was president of the • Self-Esteem Association for several years. with paint sprayers, painted the whole wall. We are your neighborhood Character development for young children through the martial arts is our focus. Mind and • Self-Discipline One project in particular that I didn’t realize it at the time, but Jim martial arts school. body are developed through a fun and challenging activity for the entire family! Kids 3-6, Youth/Adult 7+ •Strength made a strong impression on me. Our was showing me what I needed to do myself Tae Kwon Do • Combat Hapkido • Muay Thai • Self-Defense •Balance neighborhood was built in 1978 with a long to take in a leadership role. We attended •Flexibility leadership training seminars together. Call today and begin your family’s development!We will provide each client with a positive martial arts experience! stretch of common wall along Country Club •Listening Skills Way. Over the years, the paint and stucco He was teaching me in his quiet, patient manner, sharing his knowledge about how SE Corner Ray & Kyrene chipped away and needed to be repaired Martial Arts Academy and repainted. — NEIGHBORS, Page 7 www.jbmaa.com 480.855.5262 BUNNACOFFEETEA & MARKET organic and fair trade Coffee and tea NEW! WEEKEND BRUNCH MENU Saturdays & Sundays from 7am-2pm Taste the difference, be the change NW Corner Elliot & Rural • 480.377.2886 • bunnacoffee.com

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He’s stepped aside now, since he prepared the Caballos —A neighborhood doesn’t emerge simply as avoided, fallen through the cracks or abandoned. Both next generation of leaders to take over in his place. He left a result of building roads and homes, and having busy Stanley and his wife, Jan, have served on the HOA Board behind terrific memories of working together. people running around to work, school and errands. It of Directors as President and other positions several terms, Gail Majors, nominated by the Raintree requires a sort of “social glue” to establish cohesiveness, putting in many hours to build a sense of community which HOA— In our neighborhood, it all begins with Gail Majors. and community bonding. Calle de Caballos is a unique, will remain long into the future. Stanley’s commitment She may not realize the impact she has on us, but she is the supportive, safe, peaceful, and flourishing neighborhood, to his neighborhood extends to his community at large as driving force that keeps us together. Gail makes us more thanks to the steadfast commitment, planning and well. He was the former President, is a current member of than neighbors or even friends, she makes us family. enthusiastic efforts of our neighbor, Stanley Nicpon. the Downtown Tempe Community Association, has been In both civic and social events, we rely on Gail. She is He arranges coordination of irrigation contractors appointed by the Mayor to sit on the Development Review our liaison with the City, spearheading numerous events, to repair and clean out lines, and very often volunteers Commission and serves on the NewTown Board, working including Block Watch programs, safety meetings at the to repair, replace, or purchase new valve seals for the land trust deals to help people in the lower income level to Pyle Center, a neighborhood newsletter, garage sales, and neighborhood. Our neighborhood safety is enhanced due purchase homes. Stanley is very interested in the area of placement of a police car in the neighborhood when a rash to Stanley’s steadfast monitoring of tree and bush growth affordable housing for the “work force” income people in of garage burglaries occurred, to name a few. She is also along McClintock. He trims these trees and shrubs often, — NEIGHBORS, Page 20 the impetus for Super Bowl parties, New Year’s Eve parties, barbecues and other social events. Gail is responsible for forging bonds between and among neighbors. After Gail retired from Motorola a few years ago, ric top treatments, usually placed over a privacy treat- she became especially involved with the children in the ment like wood blinds, cellular shades or pleated neighborhood. She can often be found picking kids up from shades. Kitchen window treatments don’t have to be school, driving them to tennis lessons, or feeding them, 100% utilitarian. Swags and jabot treatments do have simply because they like what they see in her refrigerator! Question: I want to remodel my kitchen, but I their place in the kitchen. Sometimes a simple scal- Gail’s green thumb has lead to the annual sweet potato can’t afford it. What can I do to update the look loped valance in a patterned fabric, edged in a con- harvest in her backyard. The kids emerge muddy from head without breaking the bank? trasting cording is just enough to add pizzazz to a to toe and have been known to jump right into Gail’s pool! ur kitchens have long been the center of ho-hum room. Stagecoach valances, mock throw What the kids (and adults) look forward to the most, our homes. Many of us have happy mem- swags, tabbed valances, all displayed on unique dec- though, is the annual Easter egg hunt. What Gail started ories of the wonderful aromas we remem- orative rods, can really fit the bill too! with 4 or 5 families has grown exponentially. Charts and O And don’t forget those little special accents that ber when our mothers’ were baking. And, since so assignments, along with hundreds of plastic eggs, emerge much of our time is spent in our kitchens, it’s nat- give any room a total decorative look. You’ll need to from Gail’s garage each year. The event culminates in a ural that when considering remodeling or redeco- consider repeating your fabric selection in other areas brunch that is amazing in its abundance. rating this space, you would want your décor to be of your kitchen for a truly coordinated look. How Gail’s husband, Ed, died unexpectedly on July 4. comforting and satisfying – just like a great meal! about adding some upholstered seat cushions or pil- Despite this very difficult time, Gail has doubled her It’s also very important to be sure that your new lows on chairs? Tablecloths, placemats, table runners community efforts. She recently organized a sizable group and coordinating napkins are also a must! discount with a pool company for 11 families to get their redecorated kitchen reflects your likes and your personality. So have fun with your kitchen. pools remodeled. She organizes regular “field trips” for Just remember, be sure to let your anyone who is available at the moment – to the movies, Window treatments are a great addition to any kitchen and they can be made in many styles to cooking personality and color a play, a restaurant, or a grand opening. And always with preferences shine through. coupons for everyone! complement your décor. In fact, more and more homeowners are opting for uniquely designed fab- —Peg Our neighborhood is forever indebted to Gail Majors. Each franchise independently owned and operated Gail is the heart, the engine, the driving force behind our camaraderie and cohesion. Because of her, we have avoided the fragmentation and apathy that affect so many PEG CONWAY • 480.284.6225 neighborhoods. Under her guidance, we have created a www.decdens.com/pegconway • [email protected] MARKET GOT YOU DOWN?o Contact me to discuss how we may be able to position your investments for an uncertain market. 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CdS tennis Kyrene Corridor in title race By Alex Zener orona del Sol High Sports School’s No. 1- Cseeded boys tennis team soundly beat No. Sports Notebook . . . with Alex Zener 16 Mountain Ridge 5-0 in the first round of the 5A Arizona State Tennis Lacrosse contenders Tournament April 14. Then, on April 16, Corona won its match eye division playoffs with No.9-seeded Desert t’s been said that history repeats itself. If that’s the Mountain by a score of 5-4, case, then a fun method of helping kids develop strong, meaning that they’ll face Iathletic bodies and think quickly on their feet is being the winner of the No. 5 Red reincarnated with the emergence of an age-old sport: Mountain versus lacrosse. No. 4 Desert Vista match Played by Native Americans hundreds of years ago, in Glendale on April 21. lacrosse is one of the fastest-growing team sports in the Corona coach Rick United States and is starting to gain some well-deserved Wanta has to be pulling recognition as a fresh, new sport for Arizona’s kids. his strings out, considering It is estimated that 169,000 high school players that this year’s team is nationally are involved in lacrosse—a number of which live probably racquets-down in the Kyrene Corridor. the best varsity boys tennis Altogether, 22 high school varsity teams, 22 high team he’s coached since he school JV teams and 22 junior high school teams compete started at CdS 20 years ago. in Arizona. This year’s team started Although it’s been part of America’s sporting the season strong, taking vernacular for a long time, what usually comes to the the championship trophy at minds of most people in Arizona is Duke University, first, the Kiwanis Invitational in and second, it’s some sort of ball game played on the East February against 32 teams. Coast. The Aztecs continued Originally developed to help Native American men their success by winning prepare for war, lacrosse combines basketball, soccer and the 2008 City of Tempe hockey skills into a fast-paced, exhilarating game involving Boys Tennis Tournament, long sprints up and down the field where abrupt starts compiling 57 total team and stops and precision passes and dodges are part of the points in late March. strategy. The next closest team The Aztec Lacrosse Club, founded in 2002 by was Desert Vista, which Cliff Prausa and Mark Burnside, has since followed came in a whopping 21 the national growth trend by watching its membership points under at 36 team numbers and competitive prowess grow to 45 players at the points. JV and varsity high school level in 2008. Mountain Pointe was The club first competed as a junior high school team third with 27 points, and in 2003 and started competing at the high school level Marcos de Niza finished as Corona Lacrosse in 2005 in the JV division. The team fourth with 7 points. moved up in 2006 to Varsity Division II and currently Corona had three competes in the Arizona Youth Lacrosse League at the singles champions in the Varsity Division I level coached by Craig Fertelmes. Tempe City tournament, Aztec Lacrosse is not high school-sanctioned but David Farrell is among Corona-based lacrosse team members. rather a club team that competes against 10 other division I — Stephen Denton / Wrangler News — TENNIS, Page 12 —LACROSSE, Page 11, Hansen could bring winning inspiration Chances mount for state softball win By Alex Zener of them starters from last season’s team. Corona softball teams have been in the ould it be that senior catcher 5A state tournament mix enough times Ashley Hansen’s cycle will be the over the past few years for the players and Cphenomenon that helps give the Lady coaches to set their 2008 goal to be in the Aztec softball team the confidence it needs running to win another state championship. to go deep into the 5A state tournament These expectations were knocked down a and propel CdS once again into the few pegs when Corona lost its home opener championship finals? against Buena 3-8. The Corona girls softball team started The Lady Aztecs seemed to get back on the 2008 season with lofty ambitions, track by soundly whipping North Canyon partly because CdS has a reputation for 10-0 in their second game but then went fielding good softball teams and partly out and lost to Xavier 0-5 in their third Kyle Ogren Ashley Hansen because of the eight returning players, five — Stephen Denton / Wrangler News — SOFTBALL, Page 21, — Stephen Denton / Wrangler News Wrangler News April 19 - May 2, 2008 Page 10 Our Neighborhood . . . with Tracy Doren Waggoner dilemma: Do we really need another fence? encing surrounds us. We have our pool fences, our My question is this: installation. backyard fences, our Mexico border fences. Fences When a fence goes up, does it Likewise, the open and inviting sense of neighborhood Fand gates around our neighborhoods. Whatever the protect the kids or does it alienate may be changed by enclosing the area. People will be less real or imagined purpose, we seem to have fenced our a neighborhood? Waggoner Park likely to stop at a neighborhood park if there are only world. is full of activity from dawn ‘til limited access points. A park that has been openly enjoyed These barriers give us a certain sense of security, dusk. School kids playing all day by so many for such a long time likely will become an assuming that we feel better when we are fenced in. long give way to soccer practice in underutilized decoration once the walls go up. Waggoner is a Tempe park adjacent to Waggoner the evenings and birthday parties Ballots have been sent home to Waggoner families to Elementary School. and pick-up basketball games on decide whether to fence-in the park. A move is under way to fence the park to help protect weekends. Proponents say it will keep the kids safer; opponents the kids at the school. In the past 40 years, Waggoner see fencing as an unnecessary expense that will destroy the has not had a playground incident related to the lack of a feeling of neighborhood the park now provides. fence around the playground. The fact is, the city of Tempe prefers an open park, so Knowing what I know of children, many see fences as the $20,000 cost of erecting a fence will fall on the school something to be climbed: Once inside a fence, the other district. side beckons the explorer within. That’s a lot fund-raising for a result that will fence in How quickly can a seven-year-old climb a fence to get our fears and fence out our neighbors. What do you think? a wayward soccer ball? My guess is we will see the day the barrier is complete. — Share your thoughts by emailing Climbing accidents seem likely to follow fence [email protected]

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Corona Lacrosse, in its third varsity year, finished Earlier in the season Corona lost by only one goal More information about Arizona Lacrosse and the the regular season with an 8-5 record and in a four-way tie to the Pride in a close game 8-9. The winner of this first- state tournament schedules can be found at the Arizona behind Brophy and Chandler Hamilton. round state tournament game was scheduled to play No. Youth Lacrosse League website at http://www.azlax.com/. One of the club’s most accomplished players takes 1 Brophy on April 19 at Chaparral High School in the pride in his Native American heritage. semi-finals. The finals are scheduled April 26 at Chaparral “Playing lacrosse has been a long tradition in my High School, and the Aztec players have every intention of family,” Jordy Patterson said. playing that night. “I have several relatives that have played at the “Our chances look really good to me to make it to college and professional level. As a Native American, I am the finals,” Cliff Prausa said. “We have proven that we can proud to play a game that my ancestors invented.” play with any team in the league. Besides, I like being the Patterson, who plays the midfield position, was underdog.” introduced to lacrosse by his dad, and is one of the original Prausa is also expecting to see several of the Aztec Aztec Lacrosse Club players. He leads all Arizona Division players on the 2008 all-stars team because so many of I players this season in goals scored at 57, equaling 4.38 them started playing as youngsters when the club was goals and 6.15 points a game. He also has 23 assists. Last founded in 2002 and are now juniors and seniors. In 2007, week he scored seven goals in a 12-8 upset win over No. 2- Corona Lacrosse had seven players selected to the all-stars ranked Chandler. team, including Patterson, Allen, Spencer Nelms, Matt “One of the strengths of our team is that we have Prausa, Dunlap, Jarrod Wellman, Brock Ehrhart and an excellent goalie, Zerric Butters, and experienced Butters. attackmen and midfielders in Will Allen and Dylan One reason to play lacrosse could be to receive an Dunlap to help control the game,” Patterson said. athletic scholarship because lacrosse is one of the fastest Butters is ranked second in Division I goalie statistics. growing sports in the NCAA. He has received 283 shots at the goal this season and saved For instance, Patterson is being recruited by several 189, or about 67 percent, of them. 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The Aztec Lacrosse Club offers a fall clinic that Wrangler News April 19 - May 2, 2008 Page 12 2 seeding for Brophy plays out, the two Tennis teams will meet in the finals April 22 at in From Page 9 Glendale. No.3-ranked Tucson Salpointe Catholic, with Kyle Ogren winning at the #4 with a 15-0 record, may be the spoiler position, Daniel Larsson at #5 and Ben by seeking its fifth straight state 5A title. Duong at #6. CdS also had two doubles Salpointe recently beat Brophy 7-1 in a champion teams with Raghu Menon and California tournament but the results Tanner Hatch winning the #2 spot and at did not factor into the AIA power-point #3, Daniel Larsson and Ben Duong. rankings. In addition, Garret Dunn finished Both CdS, with No. 4-seed Desert Vista second in the #1 singles position and and No. 8 seed Mountain Pointe in their Tanner Hatch finished second at the #3 Central Region, and Brophy, with No. 10 singles. Scottsdale Desert Mountain and No. 16 The team of Garret Dunn and Kyle Glendale Mountain Ridge in their Desert Ogren finished second in the #1 doubles Valley Region, benefited in the AIA power- spot. point rankings. None of Salpointe’s regional The Aztecs continued their domination foes, Casa Grande, Sierra Vista Buena or defeating every team in the Central Region Tucson High, made the top 16. to be crowned the region champions For information, schedules and results for outright. Over the regular season, CdS the Corona boys tennis teams go to Corona’s outscored their opposition 109 team points athletic website at http://www.aztecathletics. com/. Remember the Titans to 26. The only team match they lost was The state tournament bracket can be found 3-6 against powerhouse Brophy early in at the Arizona Interscholastic Association site Players from Corona del Sol and Marcos de Niza high schools, along with team members from February. 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