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Maricopa High School graphic design students Kali Starkson, left, and Paisley Larsen design the logo for marketing the blended-learning program 

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March 2012 

Maricopa Notebook 

Debbie Loroña-Marquez 

Drop out!!! 

Sheriff Paul babeu 

Sharing the thoughts and 

opinions of Maricopans 

InMaricopa News asked Facebook followers for their thoughts on the controversy swirling around Pinal County Sheriff 

Paul Babeu and an ex-lover who is said to be a Mexican national and who Babeu is accused of threatening to deport if he 

revealed the relationship. 

Babeu, long tough on illegal immigration, is running in the District 4 Congressional race. 

We asked: Do you support him? Could the situation be handled differently? Should he step down from being sheriff? 

Should he drop out of the District 4 Congressional race? Does it matter if he’s gay? Does it matter if an ex-lover is an illegal 

immigrant? Did Babeu misuse his office? Is Babeu getting a raw deal? What does this mean for his political future? 

(This is a sampling of comments. Find us at Facebook.com/InMaricopa) 

Kimmi Pettrey 

no it does not matter his sexual orientation! there are more pressing 

issues in this area such as drugs , and gangs that the tax payer dollars 

should be going towards. If all the people in office let their skeletons 

out of the closet there would no goverment! Our own past presidents 

and politicians had had affairs and prostitutes and there were never 

asked to step down. If the man is doing his job correctly which alot 

of people feel he is , leave it alone , what goes on in his private life his 

own buisness. 

GrumpyJoe Treadway 

Public Opinion? Just ask “What’s Changed?” Nothing! If there is any criticism, 

it will be the bigots that always make noise about the difference 

in people, not the acceptance of all people being different. 

Jose Linares 

I dont think that his personal relationship should have anything to do 

with his job as sheriff. I fully support him and if it comes out that he 

did threaten his ex-lover with deportation then he should pay for that 

and that only. I commend him for being honest about himself and I 

look forward in continuing my support for Sheriff Babue. I also dont 

think he should drop out of the race, what politician in this day in age 

doesnt have skeletons in their closet? No one is perfect. 

Maryann Spaulding 

I agree with the three above me, Kimmi, GrumpyJoe and Jose. Who 

cares about his personal life. There are much more important things 

to focus on. There is no reason for him to step down or stop pressing 

forward with his career. 

Beverly Ernest Freitag 

I still support him, his sexual orientation should have nothing to do 

with him being Sheriff or running for Dist. 4 Congressional race. I believe 

that these people who are making such a big issue out of this are 

probably illegal and would love to see Sheriff Babeu leave office. He 

has done nothing wrong and we need someone like him to either stay 

Facebook readers look at his record and 

job performance, not his personal life. 

Sheriff of Pinal County or make changes in Washington. What about 

a person’s constitutional rights. Oh yea forgot the President doesn’t 

follow the Constitutional Rights. 

Vincent Manfredi 

Response time cut in half, and a budget in good shape, but some 

people want to talk about his sexual orientation, which is pathetic. 

Tom Candelaria 

All I know is that he is a libertarian-leaning sheriff who refused to 

deploy speed cameras in this county because he believed they were 

unconstitutional and respresented a safety concern. He’s also one of 

the only people in government taking the “Fast and Furious” scandal 

seriously... I support him. 

Anthony Lopo 

Some of the questions cannot be answered until all the facts are out. 

Let’s see what the investigation finds before making any judgments. 

For now, I still support him. Being he is in law enforcement and in the 

position of Sheriff, he should have know better then to be involved 

with a person that is here illegally. Poor judgment on that part. 

Thomas DeGraphenreed II 

This society has not gotten to the place where we over look a public 

servants acts away from his/her job regardless to the time of day.This 

country was built on the principals from The Bible,and what those 

who hold office should be held to, after all, he swore on A Bible to 

uphold his office. 

Jodi Baldwin Rocha 

He has proven himself to be a VERY good public servant! Sexual orientation 

means NOTHING! I fully support him!!!!! 

Jessica Lynne Richards 

I just found a picture of him and his gay lover... wow people, leave the 

poor guy alone. 

Jan DeHart 

I think he’s doing a great job, agree with the above, leave him alone! 

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MUSD to blend high-tech learning 

with traditional teaching methods 

BY CHRISTIA GIBBONS 

Ninety sixth-, seventh- and eighth- 

graders will get a crack at a new kind 

of classroom in the Maricopa Unified 

School District this fall. 

Students from both middle schools 

— 30 in each grade — will pilot a 

program at Maricopa Wells Middle 

School in what educators call blended 

learning. 

To the students, it means using 

the technology with a safety valve: a 

teacher. 

While a software-learning program 

will direct them through lessons at 

their own pace, a classroom teacher 

will monitor their progress through 

computer analytics. At the drop of a 

hat, that the teacher can pull a student 

— or group of students — away from 

the computer and present a lesson a 

different way. 

The teacher will supplement 

learning with more traditional methods 

such as field trips, group discussions, 

and projects throughout the school day. 

“It’s almost a very free, organic 

education,” said Desert Wind Middle 

School Principal Joseph Veres, who is 

shepherding the new program. “Our 

kids want technology, they want to 

have control of their education, and 

they want to go at their own pace.” 

Veres is working on his Ph.D. and 

is researching blended learning and 

teacher effectiveness. 

Deputy Superintendent Ember 

Conley called him a “forward thinker. 

He is the expert.” 

“I’m never satisfied with the status 

quo,” she said. “This is the right thing 

for kids so they can learn, grow and 

expand using technology as a tool.” 

Blended learning is still in its 

early stages of development and has 

its critics. Opponents say it’s too 

socially isolating for students, higher 

achievement isn’t guaranteed, and 

some software programs don’t meet 

educational needs. 

John Huppenthal, Arizona’s 

superintendent of public instruction, 

favors blended learning, and the state 

is working with a math program in the 

Yuma Elementary School District. 

“We’re testing the environment 

ourselves to see the academic gains,” 

Huppenthal said. 

The right software is vital in this 

evolving field, he said. “We would love 

to work with (MUSD) on the selection 

of the software … and how they’ll be 

tracking achievement.” 

William Lange, social studies and 

broadcast media teacher at DWMS and 

a blended-learning proponent, said 

the new program “is the best of all 

things from home schooling to online 

schooling, and the best of brick and 

mortar blended into one space.” 

The program also will use the 

existing Maricopa Online classes, 

which include 30 languages and 

agricultural courses. 

The program will be housed at 

Maricopa Wells Middle School because 

the school is under a state mandate 

to restructure. The blended-learning 

program is one step. 

“We’re in a school improvement 

situation, and we’re in an important 

mode,” Maricopa Wells Principal Rick 

Abel said. 

Some people are concerned the 

new program will only be for the high 

achieving students, or, conversely, the 

behavior-problem kids. 

A system through which students 

apply to the program and then are 

chosen by lottery evens the playing 

field, Abel said. 

“This won’t be an alternative school 

for behavior problems, although that 

“(Blended learning) 

is the best of all 

things from home 

schooling to online 

schooling, and the 

best of brick and 

mortar blended into 

one space.” 

– Desert Wind Middle School 

teacher William Lange 

would not keep a kid like that from 

being included if this could be a better 

way for them to learn,” he said. “We’re 

all about the opportunity for kids.” 

Conley, the deputy superintendent, 

said: “It’s our hope and goal to add 

more kids and a grade each year, so 

we’ll have fifth graders in 2013.” 

Veres said by having the program 

part of the bigger campus, all activities 

from band to athletics to school clubs 

are available to the blended-learning 

student. Transportation logistics are 

being addressed. 

To market and promote the new 

program, Veres is working with the 

Career/Technical Education students 

at Maricopa High School to come up 

with a plan to get the word out to the 

community. 

The program has been named 

MUSD20+1 to represent the district 

moving into the 21 st century. 

“I met with them and these kids are 

incredible. They were just spinning 

ideas and were talking about an iPod 

application for students, among other 

things,” Veres said. 

A model of the fall program may 

be available to incoming sixth graders 

in a four-week, tuition-based summer 

school math program at DWMS, Veres 

said. The details are being worked 

out in conjunction through a youth 

development partnership with the city 

of Maricopa. 

As district administrators and 

faculty continue to ready the program 

for fall, Veres said, “We want to offer 

the best to our students, but the best 

is different. Some will excel with 

traditional learning, some will grab 

the technology. We want to have all the 

options.”

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March 2012 

Getting to know 

Chief Steven Stahl 

BY TIM HOWSARE 

InMaricopa News sat down with Steven Stahl, Maricopa’s new chief of police, 

to find out what makes him tick not only as a law enforcement professional, 

but as a citizen, father and husband. 

Stahl, who lives with his wife Liz in Gilbert, likes to play and watch golf, 

exercise and read. He has two adult daughters, Nicole and Katlynn, who live 

in the Valley. 

Stahl, 51, was raised on a farm in Redfield, N.D., and is the oldest of four 

children. 

He was hired as interim chief in October through an intergovernmental 

with the Mesa Police Department, where he had risen through the ranks to 

commander over a 25-year career there. He was sworn in as the permanent 

chief at the Feb. 21 Maricopa City Council meeting. 

We asked the chief questions about his job as police chief and his professional 

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What are three top challenges facing the 

Qdepartment? 

I think it goes without saying one 

of the challenges was the morale of the 

police department when I came here. 

Morale was pretty low, and I know 

there were officers with applications 

in at other jurisdictions. I responded 

by making myself available to all staff 

and inviting all stakeholders into supervisors’ 

meetings, along with the two 

police labor organizations (Fraternal 

Order of Police and City of Maricopa 

Police Association). 

The second challenge is to attack every 

piece of the Citygate audit that was 

presented at the (Feb. 21) city council 

meeting and begin working immediately 

on remedies to all those situations 

and make the Maricopa Police Department 

even better. (Citygate Associates 

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specializing in evaluations of management 

practices for city departments 

and police departments.) 

The third is the budget. Every budget 

is extremely limited, and we can 

never go back to the way police departments 

had it five years ago when we got 

everything in the way of resources and 

people. Now we have to be smart in the 

way we use resources. 

What are the main safety concerns for 

Maricopa residents? 

The top public safety concern is for 

neighbors to get to know their neighbors. 

Criminals are taking advantage that 

people might see something suspicious 

and not get involved. Even if you are a 

seasonal visitor, there are things you 

can put in place along with the police 

department to help you watch out for 

your neighborhood. In Maricopa we 

are very good with crimes against persons 

and violent crimes, but we have a 

lot of work to do with property crimes. 

We as a society need to get back to 

knowing our neighbors. You are there 

24 hours a day, but police can’t be there 

24 hours a day. 

We want to host block-watch gettogethers 

and HOA meetings. We live 

in Arizona and it’s beautiful outside; 

I’m from the Midwest and that’s what 

we did. 

How close is the department with hiring 

two commanders? 

We have extended an offer to one 

of the candidates and he has accepted 

the offer. He has some things to tie up 

before he leaves his other job sometime 

in March. 

With the second one we are still in 

the interview process. This is a very 

vital position in the city of Maricopa 

and all candidates who have applied 

have been extremely qualified. There’s 

no question they could do the job, but 

whomever I select as the second commander 

has to fit with the community 

officers and not just myself. 

What is your philosophy on law enforce 

ment? 

My philosophy is very simple. Officers 

need to treat every call, everything 

they do, as if they are protecting their 

own community. 

They need to be talking to people. 

Not just talking to people who look like 

bad people, but talking to good people 

in the community. The more you get to 

know people in the community the better 

policing you can do. 

I expect us to ask all kinds of questions 

to get to the core of the issues.

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It’s not just a person shoplifting at 

Walmart. Why do you shoplift? Is that 

the only way you could get something to 

eat today? What can we do to help you? 

Are you out of work and need a job? If 

it was one of my family members, that’s 

what I’d want my police service to do. 

What is one of your best professional 

memories? 

Riding on the skid pads of a helicopter 

for SWAT training and letting go. 

I’ve done so many fun things as a police 

officer, like repelling down the side of 

an elevator shaft; I don’t need to go to 

Disneyland. 

One of the most rewarding times for 

me was when I became a commander 

and I received an email one day from 

one of the students in my classes at the 

Maricopa Community College Dobson 

Campus, where I am still on the adjunct 

faculty, who said he was just hired by 

Mesa PD. He was a student from five 

years ago who said, “I never thought of 

being a police officer until I took your 

class. Some of things you said to me encouraged 

me to be a police officer.” 

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Tell us about your wife and children. 

My wife, Liz, has been an employee 

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what I’ve done as a commander on up 

to my current position without the support 

of an understanding spouse. I feel 

very blessed to have her as a wife as well 

as my two daughters, Nicole and Katlynn, 

who live together in Ahwatukee. 

They have each been in the dance 

world since 2½ years old, and the oldest 

daughter, Nicole, still teaches and 

is a choreographer and dancer. Katlynn 

teaches dance and goes to school 

to be school teacher. I am very proud 

of them. They have also been very supportive 

of me. 

I have worked some details where 

I have been called out in the middle of 

the evening and they have never pried 

or dug into anything I was doing. 

What do you do to relax? 

I exercise. I wake up every morning 

at 4:30 a.m. and do my workout in the 

morning. On weekends I like to golf. 

It’s my three- to four-hour respite away 

from the world. It’s just me and that 

little white thing. 

I love Arizona for the outdoors. To 

be with friends and to laugh and make 

fun of each other and get to hit that little 

white thing. 

What book are you reading now? 

Character and Cops: Ethics in Policing 

(by Edwin J. Delattre). It is filled 

with stories on ethical perspectives 

where leaders have made mistakes 

in the past and what good leaders do 

to promote ethical situations. It talks 

about the Constitution and what certain 

terms mean in the Constitution. 

Do you watch sports? 

I watch golf all the time and Phil 

Mickelson is my favorite golfer. I still 

remember when Phil broke his leg skiing 

and I talked with him for an hour. I 

knew him because my daughter danced 

with his wife; she was a dance teacher. 

He was just a regular guy. 

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March 2012 

NEWS BRIEFS 

eckhardt to have closed Merit 

board hearing March 8 

A Merit Board hearing for Maricopa 

Police Lt. Larry Eckhardt is scheduled 

for March 8. 

Eckhardt was placed on paid 

administrative leave July 22 and then 

sent back to work in the Criminal 

Investigations Division by then- 

Interim Police Chief Steven Stahl in 

November. 

Stahl said in November it was a 

better use of taxpayer dollars to have 

Eckhardt at work than sitting at home. 

City spokeswoman LaTricia Woods 

said Eckhardt has requested a closed 

hearing, so it will not be open to the 

public. 

McDonald loses 

civil suit against city 

Former Community Services 

Director Marty McDonald’s civil 

lawsuit against the city ended Feb. 28 

in favor of the city. McDonald claimed 

negligence, malicious prosecution 

and intentional infliction of emotional 

distress. 

A Pinal County 

Superior Court 

judge granted the 

city’s motion for a 

directed verdict, 

which means after 

hearing all evidence 

presented 

Marty McDonald 

by McDonald, he failed to bring forth 

enough evidence to establish a claim. 

McDonald was placed on 

administrative leave in May 2009, 

one day before being indicted on 

two felony charges stemming from 

the alleged misuse of a city FedEx 

shipping discount. He was terminated 

in August 2009. 

Those charges were dropped when 

McDonald produced an email showing 

he requested his personal FedEx 

account be removed from the city’s 

prior to placing his shipping order. 

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Maricopa health clinic 

Pinal County Public Health has 

relocated its Vital Records office 

to the new Public Health Clinic in 

Maricopa, 41600 W. Smith-Enke 

Road, Building 15. 

Certified copies of birth and death 

certificates are available in Maricopa 

8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through 

Friday. Certified copies are $20 each. 

Amendments/Corrections/Establishment 

of paternity is a $30 fee, 

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Judge sends Stant 

firing back to Merit board 

A Pinal County Superior Court 

judge ruled in February the city 

may have violated former Maricopa 

Police Sgt. Aki Stant’s constitutional 

right to have representation during 

interviews with Internal Affairs 

Investigator Mike Burns, and Stant’s 

termination should be remanded to 

the Merit Board before the court can 

proceed with his $1.5 million lawsuit 

against the city. 

Stant was fired by the city in June 

2010 for failing to answer questions 

during an internal investigation. His 

termination was upheld by the Merit 

Board and then-City Manager Kevin 

Evans. 

Stant and his attorney, James 

Cool, claimed Stant’s due process 

rights were violated when he failed to 

comply with an investigation into the 

actions of one of his subordinates. 

Then-Police Chief Kirk Fitch said 

at Stant’s Merit Board hearing Stant’s 

failure to comply was grounds for 

termination. 

Cool asserted that during Stant’s 

second interview with Burns, the 

investigation had turned into one 

against his client for failure to answer 

questions, but Stant was not made 

aware his job was in jeopardy or 

permitted to have a representative.

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Mail-in ballot primary 

The city of Maricopa is having an 

all mail-in ballot primary March 13. 

All ballots must at the Pinal County 

recorder’s office by 7 p.m. that day. The 

county offices in Casa Grande, 820 E. 

Cottonwood Lane, will be open until 

7 p.m. to accommodate voters handdelivering 

their ballots. 

Councilman Carl Diedrich and 

Christian Price are running for mayor. 

In the city council race for three seats, 

the candidates are Councilman Marvin 

Brown, Bridger Kimball, Leon Potter 

and Rosalin Sanhadja. 

The mayoral race should be decided 

in the primary. In the council race for 

three seats, any candidate receiving 50 

percent plus one vote will be elected 

in the primary. Otherwise, the other 

open seats will be decided in the May 

15 general election. 

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wyatt, 6, and Sandy bruce are gathering stuffed animals to be prizes at the March 24 carnival at 

Sequoia Pathway academy. 

From mechanical bull to cake walk, 

carnival offers food, fun 


A mechanical bull, laser tag, vendor 

village and lots of stuffed animals. Oh, 

and a 12-foot alligator. A real one. 

That’s what Sandy Bruce has in 

store for the third Sequoia Pathway 

Academy carnival 2-6 p.m. March 24 

at 19265 N. Porter Road. 

Bruce is this year’s chairwoman 

and said she’s working hard to come 

up with new and fresh ideas for the 

carnival. 

“I’m just a mom who works here a 

lot,” Bruce said. “I love doing this kind 

of thing. I love making things happen.” 

Cost is $9 for kids and $1 for adults. 

Pony rides, the dunk tank, a hoopsshoot 

contest and food are extra. 

For a little added excitement, one 

of the teachers will be riding the 

mechanical bull because students are 

filling up jars with money in a Make 

Your Teacher Ride the Bull contest. 

Each classroom is coming up with 

its own carnival games, and members 

of the Parent-Teacher Organization 

will have some of their own. Each class 

also is putting together a gift basket to 

be sold in a silent auction. A golf gift 

basket already has more than $600 

worth of golf and other items in it. 

There also will be an old-fashioned 

cake walk. 

The Phoenix Herpetological Society 

will be on hand with some of it large 

reptiles for the kids to see and pet. 

And AZ K-9 services will give several 

demonstrations, including a carjacking 

scenario. 

Bruce is dropping clues around the 

school and around town giving the 

public a chance to win a certificate 

good for the admittance of two kids 

and two adults, four hotdog meals, 

four snow cones, four bags of popcorn, 

four hoop-shot tickets, four dunk-tank 

tickets, and 12 raffle tickets. There are 

five clues in all. 

Proceeds for the fundraiser help 

fund a playground. 

“We desperately need one; we don’t 

have much out there,” Bruce said. 

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‘Sweat on Saturday’ scheduled 

for March 10 

CrossFit Maricopa will hold a free 

“Sweat on Saturday,” workout 9:15 

a.m. March 10 at the basketball courts 

at Cobblestone Farms pool park. 

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Leadership academy 

Openings remain for the Maricopa 

Citizens Leadership Academy’s spring 

2012 session. 

Maricopa Citizens Leadership Academy 

provides opportunity for citizens 

to learn about city government and 

how it functions. 

The group will meet once a week for 

six weeks from March 13 to April 18. 

The class is limited to 15 participants. 

Each class runs 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and 

features presentations about different 

aspects of the city. 

Participants must live or work in the 

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Salsa Fest heats up 

for 8th time 

The 8th annual Salsa Festival, which 

drew more than 10,000 people last 

year, is scheduled 4 to 9 p.m. March 31 

at Pacana Park. 

Attractions include: 

• Traditional salsa contest with 

$2,500 in cash prizes 

• Kids Zone with rock wall, bouncers 

and obstacle course 

• Community stage with local acts 

• Live entertainment from “Elvis 

before Noon & Havana Soul” 

• Cantina, tequila tasting 

• Business and craft vendors 

Registration is available for vendors 

in the Salsa Festival Mercado Zone. 

Vendor booths in the Mercado are 

$100 for a 10-foot by 15-foot space. 

Vendors will be required to provide 

their own tent, tables, chairs, sand 

bags, and generator (if needed). 

Those interested in having a booth 

in the Mercado Zone may register 

online or at the Maricopa Chamber of 

Commerce office, , 44870 W. Hathaway 

Ave., Suite 5. 

520-568-9573 

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rotary barn Dance March 10 

The 26th annual Maricopa Rotary 

Barn Dance is planned for March 10 at 

The Duke. 

Dinner starts at 6 p.m. and music, 

provided by the Singing Canucks, will 

play until 11 p.m. 

Proceeds support scholarships and 

community service activities. 

Tickets cost $60 each or $100 per 

couple and are available at Great Western 

Bank and The New HQ. 

Companies and organizations can 

purchase a table for $600. The table, 

which seats 10, will come with special 

signs, identifying the table sponsor. 

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Police, firefighters to call bingo 

Maricopa Seniors will have a Shoots 

and Ladders theme for the groups’ 

bingo games in April, featuring callers 

from the Maricopa Fire and Maricopa 

Police departments. 

The game dates are: 

April 2 (doors open 1 p.m., first 

game 1:20 p.m.) 

April 5 (doors open 6 p.m., first 

game 6:20 p.m.) 

Games are held at The Villages at 

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N. Butterfield Parkway. 

Only cash, with no bills larger than 

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younger than 18 is admitted. 

Admission is $10 per person for 

eight games. Additional games may be 

purchased at the door. 

Space is limited to 40 players. 

Advance registration is required. 

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activities of Maricopa Seniors. 

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Back up your words with you own good name 

BY WAYNE BLOCK 

You will notice my name appears at the 

top of this column. That is not by coincidence. 

This is my version of a letter to the 

editor, or a comment at the end of an 

online news story. The fact that my 

name is attached is as it should be. 

When InMaricopa.com first announced 

in December it would require 

posters to news stories to prove their 

identity, and have their real names be 

available on their posts, there was heated 

debate. 

The majority seemed to feel if you 

had an opinion you wished to express 

publically, you should be required to 

identify yourself. Others claimed that 

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right to free speech and it would silence 

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I did a very unscientific survey of 

the 111 comments attached to Publisher 

Scott Bartle’s story announcing 

the decision and outlining 

the reasons for it. By my 

count 23 posters felt it was 

a good idea and 12 were opposed. 

There were four others 

for which I couldn’t determine 

a position. 

Count me firmly in the proidentification 

column. 

First, let me explain as I have in 

the past, that I am not an employee 

of InMaricopa. I am an independent 

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various publications. My columns will 

not be censored. 

Sure, this one is firmly in favor 

of the InMaricopa policy. Others, in 

the future may not be quite as 

friendly. 

I have been reading InMaricop.com 

for about three years, 

two of them before moving here 

last May. 

Virtually every major newspaper 

in the country requires 

letters to the editor be signed 

with the writer’s real name. In 

fact, almost all newspapers will then 

verify that the name signed actually belongs 

to the writer. 

And yet, newspapers have no shortage 

of readers wishing to express their 

opinions on a daily basis. 

It is only in the online world where 

anonymity of opinion took hold. 

The cries about limitation of freedom 

of speech, to me, hold no water. 

InMaricopa.com, and other outlets 

that are beginning to require some 

form of personal responsibility for 

written words, do not prohibit anyone 

from expressing their views. The sole 

exception is the often quoted “shouting 

fire in a crowded theater,” as noted by 

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in 

the Supreme Court case of Schenck vs. 

United States in 1919. 

Claims the requirement of accountability 

inhibits whistle-blowing also fall 

deaf on my ears. 

Sure, it can be difficult for someone 

to stand up to authority, whether it be 

an employer or government, however if 

a cause is important enough, the courage 

can be found. Like-minded people 

can get together and protest is certainly 

not unheard of in this country. 

There instances in which fear of retribution 

is a legitimate worry. However, 

much of the inanity that has passed 

for “discussion” on many of the boards 

I have read over the years is actually 

prompted by the cloak of anonymity. 

It becomes far too easy to hurl unwar- 

ranted comments when nobody knows 

your name. 

Comments on news stories are now 

far more reasoned, if fewer in number. 

However, the basic idea of requiring 

people to take responsibility for their 

words is still sound. 

I recently spoke with Maricopa’s 

new Chief of Police Steve Stahl, who 

publically thanked InMaricopa for instituting 

the policy at a recent Chamber 

of Commerce meeting. 

“The public is entitled to state their 

comments,” Stahl said. “Everybody 

has the first amendment right to free 

speech and I respect that and I truly 

believe in it. 

“In Mesa, we had the same problem. 

When we met with the media we said 

some of this blogging gets very hateful 

and very spiteful and encourages 

spiteful and angry comments back and 

forth. They encourage arguing on line, 

but they can do it anonymously and 

that’s where I find it dangerous ground 

on the First Amendment right, where 

if you encourage and are promoting 

anger and spite toward individuals or 

entities, I no longer believe that you 

should be able to do it anonymously. 

I think you should be required to state 

who you are.” 

Stahl noted that the level of news 

`story comments has become more 

civil since the requirement took effect. 

“The City of Maricopa has great people. 

They want the best for their community, 

they want the best for America,” 

he added. But people get emotional 

over topics and sometimes they let that 

emotion encourage them to say things 

they wish, later on, that they probably 

hadn’t said in that way.” 

It has become common in America 

these days for people not wanting to 

take responsibility for their own actions. 

It’s always someone else’s fault. 

It’s time to bring responsibility 

back. 

Wayne Block is a columnist and sports 

writer for InMaricopa.com.

March 2012 11 

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Maricopa Seniors focuses on 

health, wellness and safety 

BY THERESE STARKEY 

Maricopa Seniors, Inc. starts providing 

information this month targeting our 

residents age 55 and older. Allow us to 

introduce ourselves. 

While we focus on health and wellness 

issues, we work closely with members 

of Copa Seniors — a club dedicated 

to providing recreational and 

social activities for seniors — 

to provide a comprehensive 

quality-of-life approach for all 

senior residents of Maricopa. 

Our organization is governed 

by a seven-member 

board of directors and assisted 

by a seven-member advisory 

board. Anyone providing voluntary assistance 

is an associate of the organization. 

We do not have memberships. 

We have three core programs: 

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Working with the Pinal County 

Community Action Human Resources 

Agency through a grant from United 

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to seniors age 55 and older. These 

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and/or emergency medical personnel 

are sent to the residence. 

Volunteers come to a resident’s 

home to set up the pendant and companion 

call box and record medical and 

pharmaceutical information, 

which is kept confidential. The 

completed forms are placed in a 

zip-lock bag and left on the refrigerator 

for quick access. Our 

first responders know to look 

for the information in that spot. 

This quick access to vital 

information can make a difference 

between life and death when seconds 

count. 

Pendants have no monthly fees and 

there is no contract. Maricopa Seniors 

requests a one-time donation of $50, 

which goes to the human resources 

agency, but a pendant is never denied 

because of an inability to pay. 

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Fundraising activities include 

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You have a few options. There are 

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but they’re not interactive and 

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If you have products to sell 

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Mastering a craft takes time and 

discipline. And if there are two people 

who know that to be true, it’s Steve and 

Cynthia Portrey. 

The couple opened their business, 

Wood & Weaving, in Maricopa in 2008. 

Steve specializes in woodworking, 

creating one-of-a kind segmented 

bowls. Cynthia makes shawls, blankets 

and table runners, but says she most 

enjoys making one-of-a-kind scarves. 

The couple creates and sells 

their crafts out of their home in the 

Glennwildegroves subdivision. 

“We really like it here,” Cynthia 

said. “Everything we do is handmade 

from an artisan. You wouldn’t find 

anything like this in a mall. We sell out 

of our house so we can sell it 30 percent 

cheaper than through a store.” 

Steve creates bowls by layering rings 

of wood on top of each other. Once the 

layering is complete, he turns the bowl 

on a lathe to smooth the edges. 

“I’ve been turning bowls since 

1998,” Steve said. “It’s never out of the 

same wood. It’s never the same shape, 

and never the same size.” 

Each bowl takes Steve 50 to 60 

hours to complete with an average of 

400 pieces of wood per bowl. 

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for each bowl. 

Steve said he once had a woman 

from Baltimore ask him to build her an 

urn from black walnut for her dead dog 

because the dog used to always pee on 

her black walnut trees. 

“That’s what she picked out for her 

dog,” Steve said. 

Steve also builds bookshelves, cabinets, 

wall units and television stands. 

Though Cynthia said she has had 

an interest in weaving since 1990, she 

did not seriously start refining her craft 

until 1998. 

She uses tencel, alpaca, wool, 

mohair, cotton, linen and rayon. 

“My specialty is I like putting 

ribbon in the scarves,” Cynthia said. “I 

like using lots of color versus plain.” 

Cynthia buys all her fabrics 

wholesale so she can keep her prices 

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“Fibers can get pretty expensive,” 

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The couple showcased their art 

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Maricopa Economic Development 

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orbitel exec honored 

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Jermoe Erickson, vice president of 

engineering for Orbitel Communications 

in Maricopa, was inducted into 

the Arizona-New Mexico Cable Television’s 

Hall of Fame at a dinner held recently 

in Phoenix. 

Members of the arizona 

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State Capitol to meet with 

legislators. among those in 

attendance representing the 

city of Maricopa were, from 

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Councilman Marvin brown 

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Arizonans and New Mexicans have 

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Kirkman to head trade group 

Keith Kirkman, president and CEO 

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Many of those cases were diagnosed 

when a pregnancy test was done. 

The rate of gonorrhea infection 

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Investigation and interviewing 

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exposed to or infected are given 

the chance to be tested and treated. 

There are many arguments against 

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For example, “If I have not had intercourse 

recently, why do I need to be 

tested?” 

Many infected people do not have 

any symptoms and the only way to 

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high chlamydia rates, nearly 80 percent 

of those infected have no symptoms, so 

most go undiagnosed and untreated. 

The Centers for Disease Control and 

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sexually active Americans have a sexually 

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Maybe it’s being able to see out to a 

bench in a shady spot in the backyard 

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an arrangement of candles drawing the 

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or a glass jar filled with clothing pins in 

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A hint of possibilities. A touch of, 

well, sizzle. 

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assessing a future home when the 

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Is your real estate 

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or consultant? 

BY PAT LAIRSON 

One Saturday morning I was at my real 

estate brokerage office for floor duty. 

This is when an agent commits to being 

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time for the purpose of answering calls 

or servicing people who might walk in 

and have questions about a property. 

The phone rang and I picked it up, 

“Pat Lairson, Coldwell Banker.” On 

the other end I hear a woman, 

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the price of the property on …” 

and gave me the address. 

I looked up the property on 

the Multiple Listing Service 

and in the meantime struck up 

a conversation with the woman 

to build rapport and find 

out more about who I was talking with. 

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wall, a line of defense drawn. 

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March 2012 

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MuSD trains on the concept of 

backward Design 

Maricopa Unified School District 

held a two-day workshop and training 

session recently for nearly 50 employees 

on the concept of Backward Design 

in education, which analyzes the 12th 

grade requirements and expectations 

working back to kindergarten to define 

requirements for each grade. 

“Professional development is a key 

initiative for our district this year and 

training on such analytical methods to 

define the scope of work per grade levels 

allows our staff to set expectations 

for students in a different manner than 

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said. 

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living in the area of western Pinal 

County served by CGRMC. 

This scholarship opportunity is offered 

to any graduating senior or current 

college student who plans to enroll 

or is enrolled in a vocational school, 

college or university studying for a career 

in health care. 

The scholarship application must be 

completed and mailed or delivered by 

March 16. 

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On March 9 and March 30, the 

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students can pay $1 each time to forego 

wearing a uniform. 

Spring break is March 12-16. 

There will be a PTO meeting at 6 

p.m. March 20. A student-led conference 

is scheduled for March 21. Popcorn 

Friday is March 23. 

The school will host two Character 

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On March 30, the school will host 

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in academic League 

Maricopa Unified School District is 

conducting the sixth year of Academic 

League, a friendly competition among 

elementary schools. 

Each competition consists of two 

team a fifth graders at Santa rosa from 

Jacquelyn bui, Jillian Fullmer, Justin 

Florie, Chandler Chang compete in the Feb. 28 

MuSD academic League. 

rounds in which teams answer multiple 

choice and open-ended questions related 

to grammar, spelling, social studies, 

science and math. 

Each elementary school creates two 

teams of 10-12 students representing 

fourth and fifth grade. 

Jan. 31 results: 

grade 4 

Saddleback ...... 21 

Santa Cruz ........ 13 

Maricopa .......... 12 

Butterfield ........ 25 

Pima Butte ....... 23 

Santa Rosa ....... 19 

grade 5 


Santa Cruz ........ 12 

Maricopa .......... 20 




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grade 4 





Santa Cruz ........ 22 

Maricopa 

Elementary ...... 19 

grade 5 





Santa Cruz ........ 24 

Maricopa 

Elementary ...... 21 

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Saddleback will 

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Maricopa will host 

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Location TBA 

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March 2012 InMaricopa.com EDUCATION 21 

BY STAff 

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MHS photography 

students ready 

for state contest 

Two Maricopa High School Digital 

Photography students are headed for 

a state competition March 27 and 28. 

They received invitations to the 2012 

SkillsUSA Arizona Championship at 

the Phoenix Convention Center after 

wins in the Pinal County Regional 

Competition. 

Mariel Manuel and Collette Olsen 

placed second and third, respectively, 

in the Arizona Region 3 Skills USA 

competition in January. 

The two competed against students 

from Casa Grande’s Vista Grande High 

School. Five students from each school 

were tested on numerous photographic 

skills, along with a timed photo shoot. 

Others on the MHS team placed fifth, 

sixth and seventh. 

“I was surprised to finish so high; 

it was a good experience,” Mariel said. 

“It’s not your ordinary egg pho- 

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didn’t want to portray a typical interpretation 

of an egg. Although the main 

focus of the photograph is the eggs, I 

added interest by drawing the Avenged 

Sevenfold skeletons onto them to guide 

the eye to follow around the picture, 

not only capturing the skeletons, but 

also the curve of the eggs.” 

Colette said she appreciated meeting 

other students in the regional contest 

who share “my love for photography, 

and I’m excited to study and prepare 

for the state competition.” 

“In this particular shot, the contrast 

is what inspired me to take this 

image,” Colette said. “The brightness 

of the sun’s reflection, the darkness 

of the shadows, and the smoothness 

of the sand create a visually striking 

photograph.” 

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March 2012 

Spring cleaning for the soul 

BY REV. ERIC BROWN 

Have you noticed we all tend to accumulate 

bad habits? Good habits are 

hard to accumulate, but bad habits 

tend to pile up with no problem. 

Let’s say you have a scoop of ice 

cream one night before you go to bed. 

You enjoy that ice cream and consider 

it a harmless indulgence. And since it 

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the house a thorough scrubbing. Your 

soul needs the same sort of cleaning. 

Over the years, our souls get 

burdened with dirty, messy, dusty 

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damaged, just as our exterior, physical 

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spring soul-cleaning. 

You do it by choosing a bad habit 

(just one, or maybe two — no more) 

and choosing to stop the bad habit for 

this short time. Do not try to stop the 

habit forever, just for 40 days. 

If, for example, the problem is that 

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Forty days is a long time, but not too 

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will notice something amazing: You did 

not need that bad habit after all. 

After 40 days of not yelling, you find 

other ways to communicate. After 40 

days without ice cream, you find you do 

not need the ice cream. The habit will 

be broken and you will find other blessings, 

too. Your relationships will be 

better without the yelling. Your health 

will be better without the ice cream. 

This practice of giving up and the 

length of time I suggest may sound 

familiar to you. For 1,500 years or 

so, the Christian church has invited 

the faithful to celebrate the season of 

Lent. Lent is 40 days devoted to prayer 

and fasting, and is the 40 days before 

Easter. This year, Easter is celebrated 

on April 8. 

During Lent, Christians give 

something up (we call it “fasting”) 

and spend time in introspection, 

considering the bad habits that have 

accumulated. For Christians, the 

season of Lent began Feb. 22. 

Even if you are not a Christian, or 

if you are part of a Christian tradition 

that does not celebrate Lent, try 40 

days of habit breaking. Even non- 

Christians accumulate bad habits, 

sins, and wrong choices. Give it a try 

— clean out your soul. 

Eric Brown is pastor of Journey United 

Methodist Church in Maricopa. 

JourneyunitedMethodist.org 

Motorsports Motorsports Day Day 

Car Show & Food Drive 

*Great Music 

*Dash Plaques 

*Show awards 

*Childrens 

activities 

*Car Bash 

*Food & Fun 

Saturday, March 24 9-2pm 

18705 N John Wayne Pkwy 85139 ( HWY 347 1/2 mile south of RR) 

FREE FREE Admission! Admission! 

Come Join US & Bring the Family! 

Hosted by 

First Baptist Church of Maricopa 

www.fbcmaricopa.org 

480-899-7873 

“Loving God, Loving Others, Serving All”

March 2012 InMaricopa.com RELIgION 23 

at one time Don Hoctor, pictured by his 

yellow car, owned more than 5,000 cars, said 

Motorsports Day organizer Steve barcak. in the 

‘60s, Hoctor bought more than a 100 acres and 

started Hidden valley auto wrecking, he said. 

the fourth annual vehicle show is March 24. 

RELIgION BRIEFS 

Church to host 

Motorsports Day 

Cars, boats, trucks and motorcycles 

will be on display at the fourth annual 

Maricopa Motorsports Day and Food 

Drive 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, March 24 

at the First Baptist Church of Maricopa, 

18705 N. John Wayne Parkway. 

The event is free, but attendees are 

asked to bring a can or box of food or 

other item to donate to the needy. 

For 50 cents, attendees can take a 

swing at the bash car. There also will be 

reasonably priced food and beverages 

available. 

All proceeds go to the church’s food 

pantry. 

There will be 10 show classes. There 

are no fees to enter. Everyone who 

enters a vehicle will get a free metal 

dash plaque plus their choice of a free 

hot lunch with drink. 

People can pre-register their vehicle. 

FbCMaricopa.org 

our Lady of grace tees off at 

Southern Dunes 

Our Lady of Grace Catholic Church 

will hold a golf tournament March 31 

at Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club. 

Entry fee is $500 per teams or $125 

for individuals and includes cart, practice 

balls, tee gifts, prizes and lunch. 

Proceeds go to the church’s building 

fund. The deadline to enter is 

March 24. 

520-568-4605 

ourLadygraceChuch.org 

Spring Fling to include crafts, 

baked goods 

Maricopa Community Church is 

holding its Spring Fling 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. 

March 31 at the church, 44977 W. Hathaway 

Ave. 

The boutique includes crafts, photo 

solutions and baked goods. 

Maricopa Community Church is 

looking for additional vendors. Spaces 

are $15 and a table, if needed, is $10. 

All fees go directly to the church’s 

building fund. 

The Maricopa Food Bank will 

accept donations, and anyone making 

a donation will get an additional entry 

for a door prize. 

602-390-8999 

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24m SPORTS InMaricopa.com 

March 2012 

STUDENT ATHLETE SPOTLIgHT 

Running back Randel 

Barber makes the grade 

BY WAYNE BLOCK 

It was obvious throughout the football 

season that Maricopa High School 

running back Randel Barber was a 

special talent and had a great chance of 

earning a college scholarship. 

The only real question was whether 

he could qualify academically. 

What he accomplished in the 

classroom during the first semester 

of his senior year, lifting his grades to 

the point where he eventually signed 

a scholarship to attend Minot (N.D.) 

State, is the reason he has been chosen 

the InMaricopa Spotlight Athlete . 

Barber’s 1,384 rushing yards and 

23 touchdowns were well documented 

and witnessed by thousands of fans. 

It is effort in the classroom, though, 

that determines an athlete’s true future, 

and Barber, while he may have learned 

the lesson later than most, rose to his 

full potential last semester. 

For athletes to qualify for a 

scholarship at an NCAA Division I or 

II school they must be certified by the 

NCAA Clearinghouse. 

That group examines each athlete’s 

academic record, trying to predict 

whether he or she will be able to handle 

college-level work and remain eligible. 

Barber seemed on the verge of 

not receiving certification by the 

Pete HerZog 

randel barber’s work in the classroom lifted him 

to scholarship-eligible status. 

clearinghouse. 

Knowing his college future was on 

the line, he went to work. 

“I’ve seen him grow so much as a 

person and as an athlete and a leader of 

our program,” Cory Nenaber, Maricopa 

head football coach, said. 

“He took four online classes last 

semester, on top of a full load in school, 

to be able to raise his GPA. It’s such a 

tribute to him, the work that he did on 

his own and to get it done by Christmas, 

which was his goal,” Nenaber said. 

Barber registered for the online 

classes in the middle of September, 

completed his work before the holidays 

and had a 3.5 GPA. 

“That showed what he really 

wanted, and how badly he wanted it,” 

Nenaber said. 

The soft-spoken Barber 

understands the opportunity that his 

hard academic work has given him, 

and he seems ready for the challenge of 

being a student athlete at the collegiate 

level. 

“At first I didn’t think I would be 

able to do it,” he said. “I’m just grateful 

that I had the chance, and was able to 

pull it off.” 

He said he knows college will be 

more difficult than high school, but he 

is ready. 

“I think so. I just have to work hard 

and do the assignments,” he said. 

He plans to major in criminal 

justice and work in the juvenile justice 

system.

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InMaricopa.com SPORTS 

The boys 

of spring 

BY TOM GIBBONS 

Ron Hudson and his neighbor, Ed 

Wardzala, were attending a spring 

training game a few years ago when 

they realized working at a ballpark each 

spring might have advantages. 

“We wouldn’t have to pay $20 every 

time we wanted to see a ballgame,’’ 

Hudson said. 

Hudson, a retired principal and 

teacher, and his Province neighbor are 

enjoying their fourth season working at 

Tempe Diablo Stadium, spring home of 

the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. 

The Angels are one of 15 Major 

League Baseball teams calling Arizona 

home for spring training and playing 

exhibition games through March in the 

Cactus League. The games are played 

in 10 ballparks, all within 60 miles of 

Maricopa. 

The Angels’ home park is closest 

and features the top draw in the Cactus 

League this season — first baseman Albert 

Pujols. Pujols, considered the best 

hitter in baseball for several years, led 

the St. Louis Cardinals to the World 

Series last fall, then signed a $254 million, 

10-year contract with the Angels. 

Hudson, whose duties have ranged 

from watching the clubhouse while 

players work out to helping keep the 

beer plaza safe and sane, said Pujols 

has been accommodating to fans 

and autograph-seekers, particularly 

youngsters. 

“He’s a classy guy,’’ Hudson said, 

adding many fans have traveled from 

the Los Angeles area. 

About 60 percent of fans who attend 

Cactus League games are from out of 

the area, said Brad Curtis, president of 

the Diablos, a Tempe civic group, and 

the Cactus League Association. 

Attendance dropped from an 

average of 7,436 per game in 2008 to 

6,418 in 2009 after the recession hit. 

toM gibbonS 

above: baseball great albert Pujols is now 

an angel. 

right: workers put the finishing touches on 

tempe Diablo Stadium, spring home of the Los 

angeles angels of anaheim. 

It rose the past two seasons and the 

league averaged 6,848 a game in 2011. 

Ticket sales for Angels games were 

running about 20 percent ahead of last 

year’s pace, Curtis said before the first 

game. 

“There’s an uptick in most places,’’ 

he said. 

For some, spring training offers a 

little taste of what used to be home. 

Michael Winer, 27, works in the city’s 

Economic Development Department 

and lived in Milwaukee most of his 

life. He spent a year in Oklahoma and 

moved to Maricopa in September. 

He said he planned to go to Maryvale 

to catch some Milwaukee Brewers 

games. “I am really glad to get a chance 

to do this,’’ he said. 

Rudy Lopez, who works in the 

Development Department Planning 

Division, has worked for the city for 

five years after going to school at ASU. 

He grew up in San Francisco and as a 

college student appreciated that his 

hometown Giants played in nearby 

Scottsdale. 

“It felt good knowing they were just 

down the road,’’ he said. 

He plans to take in a few spring 

training games. 

“It only takes about 30 minutes 

from Maricopa,’’ he said. 

team: Los angeles angels of anaheim 

Park: Tempe Diablo Stadium 

address: 2200 W. Alameda Drive, Tempe 

Driving distance from Maricopa: 27 miles 

team: oakland a’s 

Park: Phoenix Municipal Stadium 

address: 5999 E. Van Buren St., Phoenix 

Driving distance from Maricopa: 32 

miles 

team: San Francisco giants 

Park: Scottsdale Stadium 

address: 7408 E. Osborn Road, Scottsdale 


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address: 1235 N. Center St., Mesa 


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Park: Salt River Fields at Talking Stick 

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Park: Maryvale Stadium 

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toM gibbonS 

Cactus League plays ball in 10 Valley stadiums 

teams: Chicago white Sox, 

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Park: Camelback Ranch 

address: 10710 W. Camelback Road, Phoenix 


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address: 16101 N. 83rd Ave., Peoria 


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Park: Goodyear Ballpark 

address: 1933 S. Ballpark Way, Goodyear 


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The birth of your baby is a unique and special event to be cherished forever. Our 

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