July 15, 2015 • Vol. 13, No.29
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Renovation of Kiwanis Community Park to begin this weekend ELIZABETH MEDORA STAFF
NEW RIVER – The Kiwanis Community Park in New River is getting some TLC this summer. Work is slated to begin July 17. Community volunteers are welcome to join in the work. The community park, located off 15th Ave. and New River Road in New River, will be seeing new use in coming months. The ball fields are being cleared up, and new teams will be coming to play. With more people using the park, some areas need some updating and renovation. “We realized we needed to have the bathrooms updated,” noted Kiwanis member Tony Gutowski, who is spearheading the renovation efforts. “After 25 years, it needed to be done.
There’s nothing wrong with the building; it just needs some TLC. With our hard water, it’s just tearing up everything.” Daniel Ficker, manager of the
North Valley power outage caused by downed power lines NORTH VALLEY – Multiple APS customers in Anthem, New River, and North Phoenix had no electricity on the afternoon and evening of Sunday, July 12. According to APS representative Alan Bunnell, the outage was weather-related. Due to weather conditions, three electrical poles with lines attached were downed. Bunnell said the electrical lines that were affected are located at Photo View to Rockaway Hills and 67th Ave. to 31st Ave. Bunnell noted that the outage began at 11:21 a.m. on July 12. Altogether, 1,541 customers lost power in the outage. over the course of the evening.
“We had everybody back in by 2:20 this morning (Monday, July 13),” Bunnell said. APS posted periodic notes on the outage page on their Web site. APS responded to Facebook posts on their page and Twitter postings, noting that they were trying to get electricity back up and giving updates on the numbers of customers restored to power. If your neighborhood’s power goes out, call the APS outage line at (602) 371-6861 to report multiple outages. See local outages and outage information at www.aps.com/en/global services/outagecenter/Pages/ home.aspx.
Tramonto Home Depot, will be helping provide both supplies and labor for the project. Ficker noted that there will be “quite a few phases” for the
park renovation project. Ficker said the first phase will be the bathroom. “We’re going to be repainting and resurfacing the whole
thing,” Ficker said, adding that they will be putting in all new bathroom fixtures. “That will be the first phase,” Ficker noted. The next phase will be resurfacing the concrete pad at the park. Ficker added that they are planning to install a large grill so park-goers can grill food on-site. They also plan to replant some trees and add irrigation; the trees will provide shade for the playground area. Ficker got involved with the project after being approached by New River/Desert Hills Community Association representatives and Kiwanis members. Ficker offered store resources to help with a community project and was put
KIWANIS PARK continued on page 10
New MCSO helicopter named for Deputy William Coleman
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ANTHEM – The Maricopa County Sheriff ’s Department has added a new helicopter to its fleet. The Bell 407 GX helicopter was shown at July 7 ceremony
at Deer Valley Airport. This addition to the MCSO fleet honors Deputy William Coleman; MCSO noted in a release that the tail number on
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the unit memorializes Deputy Coleman, badge #977. Deputy Coleman was killed in the line of duty in Anthem on Jan. 8, 2012. Memorials in Anthem have been set up in his memory, including a field at the Anthem Community Park that was named after him after the tragedy. This new helicopter cost about $3.5 million. It is specifically equipped for search and rescue missions and has already seen airtime in rescue missions. Deputy Coleman, a New River resident, was a longtime veteran of the MCSO force and served for almost 20 years.
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