November 27, 2013 • Vol. 12, No.2
• Anthem
• Black Canyon City
Former MCSO director indicted
A Maricopa County grand jury recently indicted a former telecommunications director for the county on a range of felony charges. Robert Rampy, who was employed in the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office from 2005 to 2012, stands accused of misusing criminal history records, tampering with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office information system and committing identity theft. The computer hacking and criminal history abuses, according the sheriff’s office, allegedly occurred between Sept. 3, 2012, and Jan. 10 of this year, the period right after Rampy’s unsuccessful bid to become director of the county-wide Integrated Criminal Justice Information System. The defendant had previously resigned from his sheriff ’s office position and then unsuccessfully applied for the other. Sheriff Joe Arpaio said that his office’s internal investigators were first to find the wrongdoing, and their quick discovery of the unauthorized intrusions prevented any interruption or damage to the law enforcement information network. Arpaio also said that he was appreciative of his detective’s work to get to the bottom of this computer tampering case and that he was extremely disappointed by the apparent actions of a oncevalued employee. T he Fede ra l Bu reau of Investigation assisted in the criminal probe.
Postal Patron Cave Creek
• Carefree
• Cave Creek
• Desert Hills
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• New River
• North Phoenix
Student newspaper wins Pacemaker award CS Press was named one of 15 Pacemaker newspapers in the tabloid category by the National Scholastic Press Association. Cactus Shadows was one of only two high schools in Arizona to receive this award. The winners were recognized in Boston on Nov. 17 at the Fall National High School Journalism Convention, which members of the CS Press attended. The paper also received second place in the Best in Show category, said Scott Warren, editor-in-chief of the CS Press. “I was really nervous we weren’t going to get it,” Warren said. “It’s really cool because only a handful of schools in the country get this award.” The NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker contest has awarded general excellence in scholastic newspapers for 86 years. The Miami Herald judged this year’s event. The contest yielded more than 300 entries. Judging is based on coverage and content, quality of writing and reporting, leadership on the opinion page, evidence of indepth reporting, layout, design, photography, art and graphics. The CS Press is student-run, led by 13 student editors with help from faculty advisers Lori Hart and Robert Adamson. There are
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Setting the pace — Members of CS Press’ winning editorial team show off their Pacemaker award. Pictured above from left to right, starting with the front row: Meagan Bondreau, Scott Warren, Shelby Nichols, MacKenzie O’Hearn, Nicole Dusanek, Tyler Bean, Suzanna Gormley, Emily Goodspeed, Jamie Behymer, Jackson Kennelly and Christina Holmes.
Riding clinic honors injured horse trainer Eric Quade Editor
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• Tramonto
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Helping a friend — Stephanie Goodman (in red) came all the way from Idaho to attend last weekend’s riding clinic, donating her time as a trainer. Stephanie and her mother had both ridden with Amy in the past.
Former students and friends of an injured local horse trainer gathered Saturday and Sunday in the Desert Hills area for a riding clinic in her honor. The Amy Barrington Recovery Fund Clinic Fundraiser, which focused on dressage, show jumping and cross country, was held at Carefree Farms off of 7th Avenue. It included not only critique opportunities for those wishing to improve their horsemanship in an arena, but also raffles and silent auctions to help pay for rehabilitation expenses for the one horse trainer who had touched the lives of many of the weekend’s guests, yet couldn’t be there to enjoy their company in person. One of Amy Barrington’s friends who helped organize the fundraiser was Dianna Clarke.
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