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Saturday, December 13, 1997 The Arizona Republic EV11 rewers going, gone from Chandler Telecom firms must pay fee TELECOM, from Page EVl adequately compensated for the use of that property," City Attorney Dave Merkel said, i Mayor Neil Giuliano said competition in the telecommunications business may preclude companies from passing on the fee to customers. He also said the companies were better equipped in convinc ilftcertificatcsl! Compadres have only stated that they plan to make enough money from the deal to replace the parking revenue lost by the team's defection and allow them to continue their charity mission. The county bought the stadium for $4.3 million in 1993 from a partnership that included the Compadres in an effort to negotiate a long-term lease with the When Chandler leaders refused to pay for $5 million in improvements, the Brewers took another offer and left the county to sell the stadium for less than half of what it paid. Robbie Sherwood can be reached 444-7938 or at robbie.sherwoodpni.com via e-mail. Compadre been needed for the Brewers, the deal would have been completed after spring training, said Frank Pezzorello, general manager for the stadium.

"Unless a catastrophe happens, therefc no possibility that the Maryvale stadium won't be done," Pezzorello said. "The Brewers will not be here as of this hour." The Compadres have so far kept their plans for the ballpark secret, as well as how they were able to finance, the deal when, just a year ago, the non-profit group showed only $364,705 in assets. Pezzorello did promise to share more of the Compadre's plan when the deal closes next week. So far, the ready in Maryvale old home, Chandler Compadre Stadium. "The situation with the Brewers is certainly disappointing," said Brock, a Chandler resident "We certainly would have preferred that they stayed, but that evidently wasn't the general consensus." The finality of the Brewers' departure frees the Chandler Compadres to complete their deal to purchase the stadium.

The charitable organization agreed in August to buy the defunct ballpark from the Maricopa County Stadium District for $1.6 million. Had ing people that the fee would be passed on to consumers. "I think the industry won the PR war on this, but they have PR machines much larger than city governments," Giuliano said. Arredondo said he expects Tempe residents to have to pay the fee. "Where do you think the $2 million will come from," he said.

'm PRESCRIPTION GOLF OF ARIZONA time to deliver cheer to shut-ins New stadium nearly By Robbie Sherwood The Arizona Republic CHANDLER The slim chance that the Milwaukee Brewers would spend one more spring training in Chandler is gone. Construction on the Brewers' new stadium in Maryvale is on schedule and it should be open by the time players begin arriving Feb. 2, Maricopa County Supervisor Fulton Brock said Had the stadium been judged behind schedule during -an inspection earlier this month, the team had the option of playing a final season at its Teens take TEENS, from Page EVl Youth from Mesa high schools played substitute for the usual deliverers of Home-delivered Meals, a program sponsored by Mesa Senior Services offered to low income, homebound seniors. As they teamed to give a little back to the community, they found themselves on the receiving end, too. Westwood High School senior Sada Gilbert, the committee's presi-dent, welcomed the experience as a chance to find "a sense of order in the world." "Right now, I'm stressing over applications, the winter formal.

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Right now, during peak evening rush, when 48th backs up the most, drivers get 18 seconds of green light, with the remainder going to Chandler Boulevard. The reason is the heavy freeway traffic coming off I-10 onto westbound Chandler. When the freeway improvements were completed in late summer, the evening commute was causing a solid backup from 48th to the freeway, back onto the ramp and onto mainline I-10. That's improved since the light at 48th was retimed, but it also makes scheduled activity came at a busy time, in the middle of finals. But that didn't stop them from being there or abate their youthful enthusiasm.

Neal Mody, also from Westwood, laughed and flexed his muscles as he picked up a heavy ice chest and took it to his group's car. "Being able to give service to your country is an American's duty," said Mody, 17. "I don't see it as a choice. I don't think most citizens agree, but I'm going to go out there and make a difference. That's why I'm here." And the seniors were certainly grateful that he was.

At 80 years old and proud of it, Garnet Ruhl was touched that the busy students took time to visit her. Her eyes sparkling, she told the youths stories of the recent visit by her daughter, who lives out of state. for long waits for southbound 48th traffic, up to a half-mile at times. "We do favor Chandler because of the backing up onto the freeway," Prowse says. There is some help coming: A new gas station and convenience store is planned for the northwestern corner of 48th Street and Chandler Boulevard.

The developers will be responsible for adding another southbound lane down to Chandler, eliminating the temptation for drivers to use the shoulder (illegally) to get to the light quicker. That improvement should also fix, to some extent, "Lake Ahwatu-kee," because new curbs, gutters and drainage will be installed on the northwestern corner, where the worst of the flooding occurs. The rest of the story is not so good. Phoenix doesn't plan on widening Chandler Boulevard between 46th engineer at Motorola. "I was very surprised and impressed," she said.

"I get tears in my eye when I retell the story." In all other ways, Andrew is a typical kid. He attends Kyrene de la Mirada Elementary School and likes to play with Star Wars characters and computer games. He's also an avid reader who writes stories under the pen name J.R. Datenut. When he grows up, he plans to become either an engineer or "a sports person." He doesn't remember ever even seeing a homeless person.

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"I've been doing this since I was 7," she said. "It's awesome." Trade Taylor, 67, insists she's doing all right, but she didn't mind the offer of a Christmas carol by Gilbert. Her favorite is White Christmas, and Gilbert, eager to please, belted out the first few notes with confidence that waned somewhat as she went along. "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, just like the ones I used to way to kidding Street and the freeway prior to fiscal 2000, which begins in July 1999. The overall problem is the lack of development along the street.

When something is built in Phoenix, the developer is the one who adds the street improvements. That's why it's taken so long for Chandler Boulevard to be improved, as opposed to Ray Road, which was widened to six lanes long ago as the shopping centers, health care facilities, apartments and houses went in. Over the past 1 0 years, Chandler's improvements have inched eastward from 40th to 46th streets, 1ut that still leaves the mess at 48th. Have a question, comment or observation on commuting, traffic, construction, streets? Call Bob Petrie at 497-7941, fax him at 497-7978, e-mail him at or write in care of The Arizona Republic, 106 East Baseline Road, Mesa, AZ 85210. to homeless munity where their family lives and collected blankets and clothes.

"We had a whole floor of bags. They filled the van," Lois said. Of all her four kids, she said Andrew is the one she would most expect to give away presents. He's always been sensitive. When he was 4, he was taken to see Santa Claus at Fiesta Mall in Mesa.

He gave Santa a letter asking for homes for all the homeless. "Come Christmas, we had to explain that that didn't happen," she said. Her disappointed son' replied, "Well, that's all I asked for." Betty Beard can be reached at 497-7982 or at betty.beardpni.com. All (C22) 10-year-old donates presents 3131 E. Lincoln Dr.

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