Wrangler News - Online Edition

Volume 15, Number 23

November 19, 2005

Photo by David Stone

Hundreds turn out to debate SRP plan

By Doug Snover

Salt River Project’s second “open house” to explain why the utility needs to string a new high-voltage power line through the Kyrene Corridor turned quickly into a call for citizens and city officials to hold a different kind of meeting to tell SRP decision makers exactly where to put the proposed line.

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• Inspiration, from some real pros

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Do you favor under grounding new SRP utility lines even at a cost of $10m?

Yes — 80%

No — 20%

Undecided — 0%

By Matt Stone

Thanksgiving may be synonymous with stuffing yourself with turkey and cranberry sauce until you burst, but its true meaning, giving thanks, has been lost to some.

By Mark Moorehead

Johnny Cash is one of only two musicians inducted into both the Rock ‘n’ Roll and Country halls of fame. The other was his buddy Elvis Presley. There’s little we don’t’ know about Elvis. However, mention Johnny Cash’s name and a lot of people draw a blank. At best they may recall a couple of his songs, like Ring of Fire or Folsom Prison Blues. But ask if they know anything about his life before June Carter and few will recall a single insightful fact, myself included.

By Ethan Holly

Senior Lisa Helmers ended her recruitment this week and nobody was as happy as she was.

By Doug Snover

Kyrene Corridor residents and their representatives in Tempe and Chandler city halls are scrambling to find ways to persuade Salt River Project to bury a proposed 69-kilovolt power line that Tempe Councilwoman Pam Goronkin says is “a really threatening issue” to the area.

By Elan Head

Last time in this space I promised to weigh in on Thanksgiving leftovers.As I started thinking about the leftover “problem,” it occurred to me how lucky we are to have it at all.

By Matt Stone

Hannah Shanken, 12, has always loved to perform, whether in school plays, singing or dancing. Now she’s getting a chance to do what she enjoys on center stage, as she and Camp Broadway open the 79^th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.

By Doug Snover

Tempe’s elementary and high school districts should begin the overdue process of breaking up the “dinosaur” that is Tempe Union High School District rather than wait for a state commission to look at redistricting statewide, longtime Tempe Union Board member Mary Frances Lewis says.

By Matt Stone

To those who would prefer having their days filled with enrichment rather than complexity, baseball great Matt Williams has some fundamental advice.

• Split school districts now, board member advises

• Neighbors irate over Tutor Time nursery

• Dancer gets moment of fame at traditional Macy's parade

• Discerning Diner

• Director 'strikes gold' in casting Phoenix as rock 'n' roll legend

• Sports Notebook

• Cities join forces in power-line dispute

By M.V. Moorhead

Thanksgiving is an American holiday, so it may seem odd for me to suggest a British television show as a way to celebrate it. But somewhere on the long list of things for which I’m grateful is the BBC comedy Chef!, coupled with the fact that it is finally available, complete, on DVD.

Matt Whitlatch & Katie Huch

Matt Whitlatch is an eighth grade student at Aprende Middle School and a member of the Jaguar’s undefeated boys’ cross country team.

• A Thanksgiving message from transplant recipient: Thanks!

• Kyrene's student athletes of the week

• BBC's 'Chef' a tasty T-Day accompaniment