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8Th Arizona RcmMtcTHB I'HOKN'IX GAZETTE May 22. 1991 Board member charged in tampering case By Karl Bland Staff writer 25 OFF Chimeneas All Stone Fountains Urns 20-30 OFF 25 OFF Outdoor Pottery i lis! TEMPE Kyrene Elementary School District board member Kathleen Thompson will go before a city judge May 31 on charges 1 I 1 I a a a "The reason it is against the law is because it is very, very dangerous for everyone involved the people working at the scene, the people driving through the scene," Austin said. "If the chlorine had not been under control or had it been some other chemical, someone could have been contaminated just driving by." Up to 70 OFF Interior Pottery P. II I I GRAND FOUNTAINS POTTERY 4765 E. Baseline'Rd.

Phoenix 438-1575 OPEN: 8-5, SATURDAY 8-4 Thru $-29-91 Bl B9 ea e-a E9 K9 During her tenure on the board, Thompson has built a reputation that she moved police barriers at an accident scene. City prosecutors filed a misdemeanor criminal nuisance complaint against Thompson May 16. They contend for questioning safety features of D0N7 WAIL. new schools, construction projects GET YOUR CAR BOAT READY FOR SUMMER! and school programs. In late 1987, Thompson lost part of a finger replacing the heavy LUBE-OIL-FILTER I THOMPSON metal cover of a city of Tempe a pre-trial conference and then a trial.

If she pleads guilty, she could face 30 days in jail or a 750 fine. Tempe police spokesman Roger Austin said a pickup truck carrying chlorine was one of three vehicles involved in the accident, bringing six ambulances, a medical helicopter and a hazardous materials crew to the scene. A roadblock was set up at Warner and Terrace, rerouting traffic through a south Tempe neighborhood where students from Kyrene Middle School and Waggoner and Mariposa elementary schools were getting out for the day. Austin said Thompson, who lives in the area, called police, asking officers to put the roadblock farther east at Warner Road and McClintock Drive to keep rush-hour traffic away from the children. "She called the police department and told us to move the barricades," Austin said.

"She said if we wouldn't do it, then she would have to take some action." The police communications supervisor told Thompson he would call the supervisor at the accident scene and pass on her request, Austin said. "But she went to the intersection of Carver and Rural roads and evidently moved the barricades herself," he said. Just after 5:15 p.m., more than a dozen vehicles bypassed the tampered roadblock and piled up behind the emergency crewg working at the accident scene, Austin said. "As the fire department and some of the officers were working to clean up the mess, all of a sudden there was three lines of traffic coming at them, and there was no way to stop it," he said. An A-frame barrier and a half dozen traffic cones had been removed from the intersection and a detour sign had been taken to the intersection of Warner and McClintock, rerouting traffic onto McClintock.

"As far as I know, the barricades were recovered," Austin said. Police identified Thompson as a suspect when Chandler electrician Duane C. Allen called police from his mobile phone and told them he could see a woman loading a detour sign into a maroon Volvo. He described the woman as having brown curly hair and a light complexion. Allen also gave police the car's license plate number, which Austin said matches the plates on Thompson's red Volvo.

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The lid hunt Sm5 CAM I New OH Filer Satoty Check tWiaowMaa she removed barriers at an April 25 accident at Warner and Rural roads, allowing traffic to pass through a roadblock and jeopardizing cleanup efforts at the crash scene. Thompson could not be reached for comment last week although she has denied moving the barricades and contends she was charged because she complained that children were being endangered. Thompson received a letter from Tempe City Court, ordering her to appear at 9 a.m. May 31. She was not arrested.

If Thompson pleads not guilty at the arraignment, she will be given THOMPSONS AUTO BOAT REPAIR 1325 E. Main, MESA 7.3riSat callfor appointment (Just East of Stapley) oliSo 833-1 071 sliced through her little finger on her left hand, cutting it below the first knuckle, as the lid slammed into place. But employees in the Kyrene school district, who asked that their names not be used, said they doubted Thompson would take her concern for safety as far as to tamper with a roadblock. "That's a little extreme, don't you think?" one employee said. NVENTORY PRE-i LI DWM Valley roundup NEW CARPET Fabric Source Designer 9x12 12x15 12x12 it it it -50 FF $7995 $9995! I Lamer Sizes Installation Available I Home Textiles 5 OFF I IHDOOWOUTDOOR Sale I COMMERCIAL 5 Council delays action on Smith's site PHOENIX A controversial zoning case on a site for a proposed Smith's grocery store was postponed by the City Council after the developer's representative asked for more time to woo neighbors who have been vehement in their opposition.

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But because only seven council members attended last week's meeting, only one negative vote would have spelled doomed for the case, and the council agreed to postpone until the fall. Smith's wants to build a "superstore" on the tract. While the developer has 2,300 petition signatures supporting the plan, as well as endorsements by the planning staff and Planning Commission, several neighborhood groups have vehemently opposed it. They say the development would put too much strain on an area that already has an overabundance of commercial zoning. Sun City Stadium gets new owners Security guides offer downtown help PHOENIX Work downtown and need to know where you can get your pumps reheeled? Are you a downtown visitor panicking because you don't know how to get back to the freeway? Wondering where to find the hottest downtown night spot after work? Look for the purple shirts.

The Phoenix Downtown Partnership sent forth "security guides" last week to act as walking information booths and extra sets of eyes and ears. Their purple shirts coordinate with the DASH shuttles, another downtown perk sponsored by the partnership. A minimum of three, maximum of six, guides patrol downtown every day from early morning until late at night 1 a.m. on the weekend. They carry maps, flashlights, have been trained in CPR and first-aid and at least one guide on duty can speak Spanish.

Guides carry radios and portable phones, and work closely with the Phoenix police downtown bicycle patrol. Neighborhoods fighting for control PHOENIX Borrowing a line from a movie, northwest Phoenix residents are mad as hell and they aren't going to take it anymore, and they're getting nearly $100,000 from the city to back them up. Two northwest Phoenix neighborhoods recently entered Phoenix's Neighborhood Fight Back Program, which will fund crime reduction and neighborhood improvement programs. Unlike the five other areas already enrolled in the city's fight-back program, residents here aren't trying to regain control from criminals, they're trying to keep control, said Tom Woods, whose home is within the program boundaries. "Gangs, no one likes to use the word, but we got them," Woods said, adding, "We never had even a piece of graffiti until about two years ago." The spray-painted words and symbols seemed to foretell a growth in crime for the otherwise attractive neighborhoods, residents said.

But such soon may fade. Phoenix police Sgt. K.W. Nielsen of the Cactus Precinct said area residents show great willingness to get involved, which aided by city funds, should give residents Fortunately Legal Commiinity usiness (Jul LIlOLo SUN CITY Three Valley men have found their own field of dreams in Sun City. Using the corporate name "Field of Dreams," Bill Dugan, Craig Kimmell and Terry Van Gundy signed a one-year lease agreement for the Sun City Stadium, 111th and Grand avenues, from the Resolution Trust Corp.

They renamed the park Sun Cities Stadium. The men who made the only offer for the stadium are buying it for less than the $695,000 listed price, but the exact amount will not be made public until the final purchase papers are signed. The men bought the stadium primarily to provide a playing field for their 4-year-old Men's Senior Baseball League. It also will be 4 ilA "SS-- '00 for fcs02'' prep" competition. Packed with convention information, this section also acts as The Arizona Business Gazette understands that attorneys need used for community events.

The 12 xk -acre stadium had been closed since December, when the Senior Professional Baseball Association of Florida folded, taking with it the Sun City Rays. The Rays had used the stadium since November. -JW'li good results on efforts to thwart urban blight. One of the neighborhoods is bounded by Northern, Glendale, 35th and 23rd avenues; the other by Glendale, Maryland, 27th and 23rd avenues. 1 your guide to events.

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