June 25, 2014 • Vol. 12, No.32
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• Anthem
• Black Canyon City
Freedom rings and cancer is conquered
Jamyia James will be singing the national anthem on July 3 at the Independence Day festivities in Anthem. Savannah Tidd
ANTHEM – Independence Day is more than just vibrant fireworks and elaborate parades. It is being with loved ones and appreciating a life that is protected by few and taken for granted by many. Taken for granted except by Jamyia James, 27-year-old mother, who battled Acute Myeloid Leukemia, recently chosen to sing The Star Spangled Banner at the Independence Day celebration in Anthem. She values every moment, no matter how small, ever since she was diagnosed in 2011. Native to Minnesota, Jamyia, her husband Jahmall, and their
• Carefree
• Cave Creek
• Desert Hills
• New River
• North Phoenix
Train derailment caused by traction issue
• Tramonto
Recall petitions ruled invalid Tara Alatorre
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ANTHEM – The train in the Anthem park partially derailed Sunday evening after the train lost traction with the track. The train operator had passengers disembark when he noticed a traction problem. No one was injured. After the operator disconnected the engine, the train cars rolled back, and one of the cars derailed. Staff then worked to re-rail the train and store it. The Anthem Community Council will be ensuring that the train is fully inspected and repaired before reopening and are committed to ensuring that the train is safe.
CAVE CREEK – A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled to file an injunction last Wednesday, ending the Cave Creek recall elections announced for Councilmen Mike Durkin and Charles Spitzer after invalidating recall petition sheets based on Arizona case law. The judge enjoined the ruling with the lawsuit filed by Cave Creek’s Vice Mayor Adam Trenk and Councilman Reg Monachino a couple of weeks ago, which ended their potential recall elections based on invalidating signatures due to questionable fraud. Essentially, the courts ruled in both lawsuits that certain petition sheets had the same print handwriting for multiple voter signatures of the same household, which invalidates not only those signatures, but the affidavit the
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Local Marine home after Afghanistan deployment
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Inside: Bluhm........................6 Letters......................7 Movie Review..... 10 Arts.......................... 12 Editorial.............. 16 Services................. 17 Crossword......... 20 Classifieds.......... 21
L CPL Brian Vanderpool
BLACK CANYON CITY – Lance Corporal Brian Vanderpool is safely back in the United States after an eight-month deployment to Afghanistan. He returned on June 10. Vanderpool has served in the Marine Corps for two years. His unit is 1st Battalion 9th Marines as a 0331 Machinegunner. Since returning from Afghanistan, Vanderpool has been stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina. Vanderpool is a Black Canyon City native, who spent all his years in school at Canon Elementary School and Boulder Creek High School, graduating
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Lance Corporal Brian Vanderpool, from Black Canyon City, recently returned home from Afghanistan.
from Boulder Creek in 2012. He played football for BCHS, and in his senior year was on their Cross Country team. Vanderpool has been interested in the Marine Corps for years and has been striving to
become a Marine since he was nine years old. He was involved in an organization called Firebird Young Marines from age 11 until he graduated high school, and after graduation he went on to the Marine Corps.
Vanderpool was warmly welcomed home by his family. His parents John and Sharon Kelly report that they are extremely proud of him and his service and dedication to his family, country, and to God.