July 4, 2012 • Vol. 10, No.26
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Anthem council unanimously approves purchase of building MARC BUCKHOUT MANAGING EDITOR
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The Anthem Community Council voted by a 7-0 margin at the June 27 Anthem Community Council meeting to approve the purchase of 3701 W. Anthem Way. The building, a $2.3 million purchase, will be used for a variety of purposes from providing office space for Anthem staff, to a welcome center for the community, as well as law enforcement personnel.
For a while it appeared the only measure of controversy at the June Anthem Community Council meeting would be whether the vote on the purchase of 3701 W. Anthem Way would come in time for vacationing Tim Fyke to make it back to civilization before dark. Fyke, who let it be known he was up a hill in order to get cell reception, encouraged the council to get to what turned out to be a unanimous 7-0 vote. The long talked about building will serve a variety of functions from housing council and HOA
staff, serving as a welcome center, providing a home for law enforcement entities serving the area, classroom and meeting space, exercise rooms, banquet space as well as a performance venue among other things. Instead of much debate council member after council member extolled the virtues of the project and what a good deal the community was getting. A couple of residents asked questions about the project, but the reaction to the $2.3 million purchase of the 36,500 square
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Valley adults pride themselves on remaining kids MARC BUCKHOUT MANAGING EDITOR
In six leagues across the Valley and a seventh down in Tucson adults turn out in mass to compete weekly in a game they learned back in grade school. The World Adult Kickball Association has called Victory Lane Sports Complex home since early 2008. Four years later, with some 15 seasons in the books at the fields located just south of Pinnacle Peak Road off 43rd Ave., the latest season is winding to a close with nine teams and some 160 plus players braving the 100 plus degree temperatures every Monday evening. League rep and long-time
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player Brandon Farmer said the reasons for playing are simple. “It’s a social league first and foremost,” he said. “We have all kinds of players. We have some that are uber competitive. We have some out here that take a beer out to the field with them. Anybody can play. There’s a nitch for everybody.” The Desert Hills resident, who plays on a team with his wife, said the social aspect of the leagues makes him look forward to Mondays. “For a lot of us the workplace is one of the few options we have to make friends,” he said. “I’ve made a lot of new friends through this league, people I find myself spending time with outside of kickball.”
For those rusty on how kickball is played, the rules are based loosely on those of baseball, with four bases and a pitching circle. Instead of swinging at a pitched ball with a bat, players kick a round rubber ball pitched at them that must bounce twice before home plate. Defensive players can go the traditional route to record an out, either throwing to a base or tagging a runner, or can simply throw the ball at a runner. Three outs end an inning, with games lasting five innings. Cave Creek resident Aaron Temple initially found out about
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The World Adult Kickball Association offers six leagues around the Valley including one at Victory Lane Sports Complex, located just south of Pinnacle Peak at 43rd Ave. and at Horizon Park, located just south of Bell Road on 56th St.
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