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AROUND TIIM VALLEY Tiik Arizona Em iu.ic Holiday gifts for public figures who have been naughty or nice LAURIE ROBERTS Dinks Oven. Just the thins for downsizing when times are tough. Feed the superintendent's $165,000 12,000 car allowance in one side and see what pops out. For Rep. Bob Stump: Iully IKket Magic Movin Clubhouse.

Whether you're in Tulle-son or north Itioenix, home is where the clubhouse is. A must have gift for the congressman who doesnt seem to know here to call home. For Mary Manross: Blue's will your property tax bill! Woi kk! Just ask the folks at Scottsdale National. For the Arizona Cardinals: Grow to Jro Baseball. For years they've had trouble on the field.

Now they can't even find it. Maybe it's time fur a change. For Maricopa County's supervisors: Air Hogs. Is there a more perfect gift for public servants who see fit to shove aside underprivileged kids in their haste to score sky-box seats for the World Series? Batteries not required. Fueled by sheer gall.

Finally, for the man itli the incredible of timing. Mike DiFelice: Dream Deluxe Fantasy Jewelry Set. Comes with everything a nightclubbtng athlete could ask for. Ring not included. Robert it columnist hy the NorViedM Community sactioov Reach her am it foberHfl arionairpublic Com Of (CO?) 444 6873.

Clues Follow the leader game. Maybe she can pick up some tips. For the Arizona Diamondbacks: Magic Show! 2S-Trick Magic Set. Twenty five of them treated us all to a dose of it this fall. Seems only fair to return the favor.

For Valley developers: Fisher Price Moo 'n View Cow. A handy gift for anyone holding desert Kid's not quite ready to be bulldozed Put Moo 'n View on the land and not only will your grasses disappear, so The Anona Republic teractive car. A great gift for the guv on the go. Comes equipped with dashboard radio and car phone for those frequent jaunts to Ihnetop. Car interacts with the governor so the taxpayer's plane doesn't have to.

rMlo: HigUeUWroirthpole. I brrr From: Robert s4vlf help.az Subject: The list Greetings, Jolly one. Hope this finds you fat and happy land preparing to fly forth with little holiday cheer. We could sure use some. One gripe before we get started on this year's list.

I you about sendinn those lumps of coal last year. 'As I expected, our leaders im-; mediately declared them alter-; native fuel and issued tax re-; bates to all comers. I think I -speak for all of Arizona when I say thanks a lot. But, as Rudolph might say. no use getting your nose all bent out of shape.

As per your Instructions, I've kept a close eye on goings-on around here this year and I am ready to report that some of those you me keep under surveil-' lance have been naughty, some have been nice, and some have been, well, knuckleheads. Still, Uhey all deserve to have something stuffed down their chimneys. Here's what I recom- mend: For Jane Hull: A Barbie in- For the Arizona House: I-kemon inflatable table and chair sets. No mahogany and leather here, but at $29.99 a set. our leaders should sit far easi er on this durable heavy-gauge vinyl than they ever could on the $400,000 stuff that now I rj I) adorns their offices.

l-or Kanuau onant: bee Don't Say. The Senate president who fires staffers for i iil nl iiV 4 tmv -mi ri r- i writing letters to the editor de serves a special version of this VI I 1 '-ilU ifU If imeless toy. Iull the string and nothing comes out. IN For the Scottsdale School ti Board: The Incredible Shrinky I Our Name Says It All pened. The feedback has really encouraged us." Letters and thank-you notes wallpaper one of the studio's walls.

Sponsors are buying advertising. Residents, such as station producer Ronny Cromwell, are pitching in to do what they can to make the station a suc cess. And although a majority of the growing number of listeners are adults, many Wickenburg teens are tuning in after games to listen to 17-year-old Chris Richardson host "Light in the Night, a contemporary RADIO 'Format ia big hit I mm Pnne 1 community for retirees and those whose families have lived in the area for years. However, a recent surge in home construction and the 'widening of U.S. 60 northwest Tof the Valley is attracting people.

And KBSZ's new for-Tnat has them tuning in. Weekday mornings, listeners can catch host Christal Creel talking with special guests on Around the Town, followed by a Beth-and-Bill-type program with Creel and Peterson. Saturday mornings, Keri Plezia, a a Holley King, is the "Rockabilly Queen," playing a mix of rock, country and the blues. Resident Jeanne Tirpak said she enjoys the big-band-era music often played. "And the news and Around Town," she added.

"We all don't take papers, but we put the radio on." Another program favorite is the live broadcast of Wick-enburg High School's football games, which is what prompted Pete Peterson to even consider buying the station two years ago. He hated that the local games weren't aired. After months of hesitation, he bought the station and its license for about $70,000. "We started out knowing it was going to be a lot of hard work, and it's turned into a lot of fun," said Peterson, 56, a Wickenburg resident since 1951. "There's been kind of a magical thing that's hap Christian program.

"I love Christian music, and I love the Lord, so this is a great combination," said the high school senior, who only months ago was unsure what he wanted to do after graduation. He now plans to continue his education and pursue a career in broadcasting. Pete Peterson himself worked at KBSZ in the early '60s when the station first began broadcasting. He passed up a scholarship to Eastern Arizona College in Thatcher to work as a deejay at a Flagstaff radio station. Peterson went on to work at several stations in the Midwest as on-air talent and in sales and management before owning two radio stations in Texas.

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