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Year in review from Page 1
January 2008
Willis student wins district spelling bee Every Dogg has his day
Council to replace Sepulveda
Pooja Paode, an eighth-
grader at Willis Junior High
The Chandler City Council narrows the fi eld for a
School, outlasts 32 competitors
temporary replacement for Councilmember Martin
to win the Chandler Unifi ed
Sepulveda, has been deployed to Iraq. From nearly
School District spelling bee at
40 applicants, nine are selected for fi nal interviews:
the Chandler Center for the
Rob Barney, Michael Casen, Matthew Gehrman,
Arts with her winning word,
Pedro (Pete) Gonzalez, Kevin Hartke, Rick Heumann,
“marionette.”
Dwayne Klien, Ana Regalado and Jack Sellers. A new
member will be sworn in on Jan. 31.
Pooja Paode
Nomination packets available
Residents start picking up nomination packets to
run for the Chandler City Council in the Sept. 2
primary election.
Alleged Chandler rapist caught
“Good old-fashioned police
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work” is credited with solving
a year-old series of sexual
STAR DOGG: Rapper Snoop Dogg and his All Star Patriots are in
Southern Chandler during the recent Super Bowl weekend as his
assaults in Chandler, according youth football team from Los Angeles played against the Chandler
to Chandler Police Chief Sherry
Cardinals. American Family Insurance agent and Chandler
resident Craig Lloyd, here with Snoop Dogg, helps organize the
Kiyler. She announces the
Snoop Bowl at Hamilton High School. He’s neighbor to Arizona
arrest of Santana Batiz Aceves,
Cardinals 2008 quarterback Matt Leinart.
a Mexican citizen reportedly in
the U.S. illegally, for allegedly
Artists work on ostrich public art
raping a number of young girls
Santana Batiz Aceves
Photo courtesy Mark W. Hill
since January 2007 in what
HOTRODS DOWNTOWN: More than 200 vintage cars fi ll historic
became known as the Chandler Serial Rapist case.
downtown Chandler Feb. 23 for the 5th Annual Classic Car & Hot
Rod Show.
City, Covance zoning case dismissed
All but one count of a lawsuit is dismissed against
Businesses face tough times
the City of Chandler and Covance regarding its zoning
Many SanTan Sun area employees and small
of a parcel of land now owned by the medical research
business owners retool their careers or businesses
laboratory. The suit was fi led by Physicians Committee
to meet the demands of the changing economic
for Responsible Medicine and local residents.
times on news that indicates the state’s economy is
slowing more than previously indicated. In addition,
February 2008
the seasonally adjusted jobless rate in the Phoenix
metro area rises from 3.5 percent in November 2007
Hartke fi lls vacant Council seat
to 4.1 percent in December 2007.
Kevin Hartke, a pastor at a
Perry ditches Dewey
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Chandler church and active in OSTRICH ART: Artists Sandra Neumann Wilderman of Gilbert,
volunteer City roles, will fi ll
left, and Alice Van Overstraeten of Sun Lakes are part of a public
art project with the Chandler Chamber and the Chandler Arts
a seat on the Chandler City
Commission to decorate life sized fi berglass ostriches.
Council, temporarily made
vacant by Councilmember
Martin Sepulveda, who was
March 2008
deployed to Iraq. Hartke is
approved on a 5-1 vote.
Tumbleweed Park holds events
Councilmember
Sepulveda announces Kevin Hartke
re-election bid
Just before leaving to serve a fi nal tour of duty in the
Middle East, Councilmember Martin Sepulveda says
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he will run for re-election to the Chandler City Council
DEWEY’S OUT: Perry High School ditches the classic Dewey
when his term is up in 2009. Decimal System in favor of a bookstore-like layout.
New businesses open downtown
Models open at San Marcos Commons
Russian Oasis, The Tattered Gypsy, LightRain
Images, Urban Tea Loft, Vivi’s Boutique all open in
February. In addition, Avante Salon and Spa opens
in Westcor’s new SanTan Village in Gilbert, and Play
N Trade, a video game franchise, starts up its newest
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location in the Fulton Ranch Towne Center on the
southwest corner of Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo
Road.
Best for young people
The newly opened Tumbleweed Recreation Center
For the third year in a row, the City of Chandler
at Tumbleweed Park gives free workouts for a limited
is named one of “100 Best Communities for Young
time. The 20th Annual Ostrich Festival is held at the
People” by America’s Promise Alliance.
park March 7, 8 and 9 with rides, music, food and fun;
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and the fi rst SanTan Sun Family Fun Run/Walk to
SAN MARCOS COMMONS: Three models for San Marcos Commons
in downtown Chandler open for viewing as fi nishing touches are
benefi t ICAN is slated for April 5.
made to the exteriors and interiors of 37 townhomes. Project
Manager Brian Olson, left, and business partners Tom Hogarty
and Niels Kreipke show off the living room of one.
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