September 16, 2015 • Vol. 13, No.37
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Jags community joins Make-A-Wish to celebrate fulfillment of local boy’s wish JESSICA WATTS STAFF
ANTHEM – Spirit and kindness is still alive and well in Anthem, and the Friday, Sept. 11 football game was an especially happy one, despite the Boulder Creek High School 54-3 loss on Friday night against Mountain Pointe High School. At halftime, the Boulder Creek Jaguars had still yet to score, but the Jaguars and the community of Anthem came together to make a wish come true. The Jaguars welcomed 9-year-old Aidan Hanson, an Anthem resident, to the field for halftime. He and his family watched and listened as the band, cheerleaders, and pom team played and danced to some of his favorite Disney
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Pictured: Melissa Stevens from the Make-A-Wish Foundation with Aidan Hanson and his family.
songs. On Sept. 15, 2014, Aidan was diagnosed with multiple medical conditions, including atypical cystic fibrosis. Melissa Stevens from the Make-A-Wish
Foundation joined Aidan and his family during the halftime show. Once the band finished
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YCSO detectives seeking burglary suspect BLACK CANYON CITY – Yavapai County sheriff ’s detectives are searching for the suspect who burglarized a Black Canyon City business. In a Sept. 10 release, YCSO noted that, on Aug. 28, YCSO deputies were called to the Black Canyon Community Health Center regarding a burglary. “An employee at the Health Center told deputies she arrived around 8 a.m., noticed the back door was unlocked, and that the receptionist area had been ransacked,” the release stated. An envelope containing cash had been stolen. A portable safe had also been stolen from the business. “The safe is described as 2 feet by 2 feet in dimension, dark grey in color, with a digital keypad to unlock the door. The exact monetary loss has not been disclosed.”
According to the report, the suspect(s) gained entry by using a rock to smash out a front window. The burglary occurred between 6 p.m. on Aug. 27, when the Health Center closed that evening, and 8 a.m. on Aug. 28. A detective from YCSO’s Criminal Investigation Bureau is investigating the incident, as well as leads obtained over the last few days. Additional information is still being sought regarding this case. Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Todd Swaim at (928) 554-8605 or Yavapai Silent Witness at 1(800) 932-3232. Callers to Silent Witness are eligible for a cash reward if the tip leads to an arrest.
Lennar development annexation discussed at community meetings ELIZABETH MEDORA STAFF
ANTHEM – The planned Lennar development Circle Mountain Ranch, to be located at the north end of 43rd Ave. on the west side of Anthem, may be annexed into the Anthem community. The Anthem Community Council will vote on this at an evening meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 16 and make their recommendation to Pulte. (Updates on this continuing story will be available at www. TheFoothillsFocus.com after the Sept. 16 vote.) Originally, the homes were slated to be built as part of
Phoenix and, while located across the street from Anthem homes, the new homeowners would not have use of Anthem amenities or pay Anthem assessments. Pulte has put forth a proposal to annex Circle Mountain Ranch into Anthem. The homes will be built whether or not the annexation proposal goes through. The proposed annexation was discussed at two community meetings. At each meeting, Pulte provided details on what the home sites would look like and the projected impact on the Anthem community. Construction would start as
early as 2016, with the last homes sold in 2019. According to Pulte representatives, the annexation will bring in additional capital for the community, including an up-front transfer fee from the builders and over $150,000 each year in quarterly assessments to the Anthem Community Council. “I’m hoping that a large amount of that money is going to be put towards new facilities and expansion and improvement,” Phil Turner, Vice President of Land for PulteGroup’s Arizona Division, said at the Sept. 9 meeting.
Resident reaction to the proposed annexation was mixed. Several residents brought up traffic issues and community center use. It was
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Rendering reprinted courtesy of PulteGroup
Pictured is a conceptual rendering of a Pulte home plan.
noted that the development has already been approved by the City of Phoenix, including
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