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CrossWoods Indoor Golf collected donations of approximately 4,000 golf clubs Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley has
and more than 30,000 golf balls for deployed troops overseas, as well as for a local relocated to the Chandler Community Center at 125 E.
U.S. VETS home, Luke Air Force Base troops and the Arizona National Guard’s 366th Commonwealth Ave. in Chandler while construction
Maintenance Company now in Iraq. U.S. VETS, Inc. and Bunkers in Baghdad were continues on their new facility. The completed building
both instrumental in helping CrossWoods sort and coordinate the equipment drive. will be certifi ed through the Leadership in Energy and
B. Richard Ellis, LIT Millennium, Inc. and ING Clarion Partners allowed CrossWoods Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating
to use empty offi ce space for temporary equipment storage, and PING Golf donated System. The Chandler Compadres are raising funds for
boxes to ship the equipment. Info:
www.crosswoodsgolf.com.
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programs for the new facility through a commemorative
Neighbors Who Care received the Regional Excellence in Coordination Award
brick program. Each brick costs $200 for individuals
of 2009 for nonprofi t organizations from the Maricopa Association of Governments (MAG)
or $500 for corporate sponsors. The facility currently picks up youth from Knox, Bologna,
Transportation Ambassador Program. NWC was founded in 1995 by the Southern Chandler and
Shumway, Humphrey and Sanborn elementary schools as well as Chandler High. Info:
Sun Lakes community to serve the homebound elderly and now serves more than 700 clients.
www.buymybrick.com or email
mindye@clubzona.org.
New volunteers are always needed. Info:
www.neighborswhocare.com.
Cab driver bites robbery suspect’s ear
A cab driver pulled into the apartment complex located at
3999 S. Dobson Rd. in Chandler at about 1 a.m. Fri., Aug. 7
to drop off his rider. According to Chandler Police Detective
David Ramer, after coming to a stop, the patron pulled a gun
on the cab driver and demanded cash.
Ramer says the cab driver grabbed the suspect’s gun, pulling
the gun down between the front seats, forcing the suspect to
lean over the seats and closer to the cab driver.
“With his hands holding the gun down between the seats,
the cab driver then bit the suspect’s ear,” notes Ramer. “The
Matthew Mailhot
suspect fi red one shot, striking the driver seat of the vehicle
and then responded in turn by biting the cab driver.”
After a struggle, Ramer says the suspect fl ed from the cab.
“While carrying the suspect’s gun, the cab driver ran after him,” continues Ramer.
“After a brief chase, the cab driver stopped and called police.”
The police were able to catch the robber in the complex, and the suspect, identifi ed
as 29-year-old Chandler resident Matthew Mailhot, was taken to an area hospital to be
treated for his injuries.
Once released from the hospital, Mailhot will be booked into the Maricopa County
jail for armed robbery.
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