26 September 5 - 18, 2009
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Fall Farmers Market back in business Homebuyer’s
More than 30 vendors selling a variety of food items
program continues
and crafts are back for the Downtown Chandler Farmers
Market, held from 3 to 7 p.m. every Thursday on the There are two opportunities left to attend
west side of Dr. A.J. Chandler Park in historic downtown workshops designed to educate the community about
Chandler. Produce, salsa, spices, relishes and breads are the City’s First-Time Homebuyer’s program, which is
among the products sold. Crafts vendors are also part of sponsored by a federal grant to help income-qualifi ed
the market. families rehabilitate and purchase foreclosed homes.
Applications are still being accepted from vendors Sessions are held at 6:30 p.m. Thu., Sept. 24 at
who want to participate, particularly those selling food Chandler High School Multipurpose Room at 350
items. There is no charge to join, but vendors must meet N. Arizona Ave.; and Thu., Oct. 22 at Chandler
all licensing requirements. The Downtown Chandler Community Center at 125 E. Commonwealth Ave.
Community Partnership, the market sponsor, is also inviting The program is funded with $1.4 million received
community groups and schools interested in performing at
Submitted photo
from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
the market to contact the DCCP.
SHOP LOCAL: Local growers and artisans are back every
Development. The City partnered with the Newtown
“Our fi rst year of running the market has already been Thursday for the weekly Downtown Chandler Farmers Community Development Corporation to help
an unqualifi ed success,” says Eileen Brill Wagner, executive
Market in Dr. A. J. Chandler Park.
administer the program.
director of the DCCP. “We are looking forward to growing this market even further this year and showcasing Under the program, buyers of foreclosed area
our local vendors.” homes only pay for the cost of the home – not the land
For more information or to get a vendor application, contact the DCCP at 480-855-3539 or email – reducing the cost of the property. The land is then
dccp@downtownchandler.org. held in a trust to ensure the home remains affordable
indefi nitely.
CONSTRUCTION
Potential buyers cannot have owned a home within
the past three years and must meet certain income
Update criteria. The program includes homeowner education
and counseling services, and buyers might be eligible
New traffi c signal in S. Chandler
for down payment assistance. Purchased homes must
be located within the 85225 ZIP code boundaries.
Southern Chandler drivers take notice of a new The traffic signal services Chandler-Gilbert
Call 480-782-4320 to register for a workshop or for
traffi c signal that was recently turned on at the Norman Community College and those wishing to turn onto
more information.
Way and Pecos Road intersection, one-quarter of a Pecos Road.
mile west of Gilbert Road.
SanTan Sun Chronicles
Chandler City Council action from Aug. 13: Funding approved for design and relocation for a tap-in birdie. Ted Neville birdied the fi nal hole to shoot 67,
of SRP and Qwest utilities associated with the widening of McQueen Road and the intersections and become the fi nal player to shoot 135 (-7) for the tournament.
at Alma School/Ray and Dobson/Chandler; Adoption of a resolution amending the fee schedule
The Ladies Club of Solera in Chandler delivered more than
for Airport rates and fees; A $1 million contract amendment to the McCarthy Construction
3,300 items including money to Galveston Elementary as part
Company for emergency repairs to a broken sewer main in McQueen Road; An amendment to
of their annual school supply drive. Principal Mike Henderson
an intergovernmental agreement with ADOT to include $750,000 in federal stimulus monies and
used the cash to purchase additional supplies on a wish list for
$411,610 in City funds to complete the fi nal phase of the Paseo Trail; A construction contract
the staff and students at the kindergarten through sixth-grade
with Valley Rain for grading, soil stabilization, seeding with native grasses and fencing a 70-acre
school. Pictured are, from left, Pat Sowecke, Jane Seehafer,
storm water retention basin at McQueen and Queen Creek Roads; Council denied a use permit for
Bobbi Anger, Judy Hutson, Galveston Principal Mike Henderson,
a cell phone antenna pole proposed for the campus of Shumway Elementary, believing it to be
Ladies Club President Linda Peiffer and staff member Sonia
incompatible with the neighborhood; and, at the request of Mayor Boyd Dunn, a discussion was
Soria. The children are kindergarteners at Galveston.
held on the possibility of temporarily easing sign codes during the current economic downturn to
allow additional signage in an effort to help local businesses. The Council directed staff to draft
Richard Doria, 56, of Chandler won the Masters Barebow
an ordinance to accomplish this goal and bring it back at the Oct. 22 meeting.
division of the 2009 National Field Archery Championship,
Recap provided courtesy of Jim Phipps and the Chandler Communications and Public Affairs
recently held in Tippecanoe, OH, with a long bow, which he says
Department.
is “rarely done.” Doria explains that the two-day fi eld archery
tournament consists of 24 targets each day, with the distances Photo by Suzy Thomas
Chandler’s Communications & Public Affairs Department was awarded two Telly
unknown the fi rst day. “The archer not only has to deal with
Awards for productions made by the City’s Cable Channel 11. “Sprinkler’s Clubhouse” received
TOP GOLFER: Brad Nicholson
the terrain and the various target sizes, but must also be able to
a bronze Telly in the Children’s category, and “The Day Change Came to Town” earned a bronze
wins 2009 Chandler City
estimate the distances accurately. The barebow shooters have
Telly in the Employee Communications category. “The Day Change Came to Town” is also a
Amateur contest at Bear
no sighting equipment and so shoot the ‘old-fashioned way.’”
fi nalist for the National Association of Telecommunications Offi cers and Advisors (NATOA)
Creek.
The second day of the tournament the distances are marked.
Government Programming Award, to be announced in October. Info:
www.chandleraz.gov.
Info:
www.nfaa-archery.org.
Brad Nicholson, a Chandler native and Hamilton High School grad, took the A.J. Chandler
The San Tan Rotary Club of Chandler welcomed J.D. Hill as its keynote speaker at a recent
Memorial Trophy at the 2009 Chandler City Amateur competition, played on the Bear Course at
meeting. Hill lettered and excelled at baseball, football and track during his athletic career at
Bear Creek Golf Complex in Southern Chandler. Nicholson, a senior at the University of Arizona,
Arizona State University, later played in the NFL and now speaks to groups all over the country
shot a 65 (-6), to fi nish at 135, which included birdies on the fi rst four holes, and a short eagle
about ending the cycle of drug and alcohol abuse. He is the founder of the Catch the Vision
putt in a sudden-death playoff to seal the victory. Dalen Linnerson was the next player to fi nish at
Ministry, which helps sponsor youth sport leagues and camps. Info:
www.jdhill.org.
135, after fi ring a second round 66 and hitting his sudden-death playoff shot a foot from the hole
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