February 1 - 14, 2014
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Road to Sochi: Fry shoots for gold in women’s hockey BY MAX KRAUST
Chandler native Lyndsey Fry always dreamed of playing for Team USA in the Olympics, and now that dream has become a reality. Fry is in Sochi, Russia, preparing for the Winter Olympics as a member of the
FORWARD THINKING: Chandler native Lyndsey Fry will make her Team USA debut as a forward on Feb. 8 when the women play Finland. Photo courtesy of USA Hockey
women’s U.S. Olympic hockey team. Fry is one of 21 who will be representing the States Feb. 7 to Feb. 23. “As a kid, I always said I wanted to be an Olympian,” says Fry, 21. “But honestly, it wasn’t probably until the past year and a half to two years where I knew this was what I wanted and this was what I was going to do.” Fry, whose love affair with hockey began with a screening of “The Mighty Ducks” at age 4, is the first native Arizonan to be named to an Olympic hockey team. The official announcement came during the Jan. 1 NHL Winter Classic featuring the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. “I don’t know if it’s really hit me yet,” Fry says. “To hear your name finally be read—especially at the Winter Classic— was awesome.” This isn’t Fry’s first trip around the rink. She was part of the USA hockey team that won the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation Women’s World Championship by defeating three-time defending Olympic gold medalist Canada. The 5-foot 8-inch forward has also competed in two Four Nations Cups and two U18 IIHF
Chance of a lifetime: Students to perform at Carnegie Hall BY BETH LUCAS
The curtain will rise. Bright lights will shine down. And 500 talented middle and high school students will begin a performance that musicians the world over only dream about on the famed main stage of Carnegie Hall in New York City. Chandler is home to three students whose hard work has paid off at a young age: Daphne Guo, 16, a junior at BASIS Chandler; Trey Martin, 18, a senior at Corona del Sol High School; and Sammi Tam, 16, a junior at Hamilton High School. They are among 500 orchestra, band and choral students from 49 states and abroad, who have been selected for the fifth High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. The series is an opportunity for individual middle and high school students to perform on the famed stage, an expansion of a longer-serving program that
hosts entire music groups. “It’s certainly a once-in-a-lifetime event to be performing there,” says Morgan Smith, honors series program director. “It’s a bucket list item for many musical performers—the opportunity to perform on such a stage in front of such an audience is really pretty amazing.”
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ASU Chandler Innovation Center opens downtown
Sports Hall of Fame to honor seven athletes BY MAX KRAUST
technological entrepreneurship and management, and product development and manufacturing technology majors will have classes that meet at the center, explains ASU spokeswoman Jessi Hibsman. “We are committed to engaging talent anywhere it can be found,” says ASU President Michael Crow.
Seven athletes who have represented Chandler with their excellence in sports will be inducted into the Chandler Sports Hall of Fame during a special ceremony on Sat., Feb. 8. “The idea is to induct people who have brought fame and recognition to Chandler,” says Jean Reynolds, public history coordinator for Chandler. “They bring back recognition to Chandler and we celebrate that part of Chandler’s history.” This year’s inductees include four former Hamilton Huskies: Jason Cascio, Eric Farris, Dontay Moch and Daniel Marshall. Other inductees include former Seton Catholic Sentinel Tiffany Pederson Berge, Chandler High badminton coach Lois Truman Emshoff and the 1999 State Champion Chandler Lady Wolves basketball team. A panel of Chandler athletic directors, school district representatives and other individuals choose the inductees, who must be five years removed from high school and consider Chandler as their hometown. One team is also usually selected. Cascio, who was an All-State soccer player and went on to play at the professional level, was surprised when he heard he was being inducted but is glad to see his hard work being recognized.
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BY BETH LUCAS
Chandler—and Arizona—students and innovators now have their own hands-on hub. The City of Chandler, Arizona State University and TechShop joined forces to open a first of its kind facility that Mayor Jay Tibshraeny says will revolutionize innovation not only in his city but statewide. “ASU’s Chandler Innovation Center and TechShop will inject a new energy into downtown Chandler,” he explains. “It’s a great day for Chandler and the state as we welcome this new collaboration to our region.” The ASU Chandler Innovation Center has two key components: ASU’s technology studio, community working space and two classrooms; and the member-based TechShop with $1 million in equipment for inventors to hobbyists to realize their visions. Students enrolled in engineering,
SAMMI TAM: Hamilton High School junior Sammi Tam, 16, joins the High School Honors Performance Series Feb. 9 at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Submitted photo
GRAND OPENING: Celebrating innovation in downtown Chandler are, from left, Mitzi Montoya, ASU vice president and dean for entrepreneurship and innovation; Michael M. Crow, ASU president; Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny, standing; and Jim Newton, chairman and founder of TechShop, kneeling. Photo by Andy DeLisle, ASU
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