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LOCALSTATE Arizona Daily Sun A2 Thursday, December 27, 2001 www.azdailysun.com Area code switch to 928 becomes final Jan. 5 providers were given a little more than six months to update their systems and come into compliance. The extra time also gave businesses, and local residents time to inform folks that the new code was coming for most of rural Arizona. During those months, 520 has worked as well as 928 but beginning Jan. 5, only the 928 area code will apply in Flagstaff.

Last June, the Arizona Corporation Commission ap- about any other high-tech device needs updating before next week, Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce President David Maurer said the local business community has been quiet about the change. If businesses were upset about it, the Chamber didnt hear a word about it, Maurer said. The corporation commission chose a geographic split, where the states area codes are divided into regions," rather than an overlay. An overlay would re- By JEFF TUCKER Sun Staff Reporter Folks using the 520 area code to connect to Flagstaff phone numbers will no longer be able to do so, starting next week. Much of rural Arizona including the Flagstaff region will completely switch area codes from 520 to 928 on Jan.

5. The new 928 area code actually became functional last June, but telecommunications 1 hurt in Flagstaff crash involving 3 quire folks within the same community to dial all 10 digits of a phone number, regardless of whether it was a long-distance call. Flagstaff switched to 520 five years ago after rapid growth in Phoenix forced the city to monopolize 602. Phoenix has since split into three area codes: 602, 623 and 480. Most communities in Pima, Pinal, Santa Cruz and Cochise counties will retain the 520 area code after Jan.

5. rSTATEBriefe Full board of tribally owned agricultural company resigns WINDOW ROCK (AP) The full board of directors for the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry has resigned, officials said Wednesday. The resignations come after a highly critical Navajo Nation Council earlier this year changed the makeup of NAPIs board and fired its manager. NAPIs farm near Farmington, N.M., hasnt turned a profit in more than 25 years of operation. The tribal council agreed to back NAPI with $10 million that had been set aside for a potato processing plant that never materialized.

Navajo Nation President Kelsey Begaye said he intends to present his appointments for NAPIs new board to a tribal economic development committee on Wednesday. Man arrested on Christmas night for drunk driving dies TUCSON (AP) A man arrested Christmas night for drunken driving died Wednesday after officers at the Pima County Jail found him having dif-ficulty breathing. The mans name was withheld until relatives can be told of the death, said Deputy Steve Easton. Tucson police received a call about a man passed out behind the wheel of a car about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Easton said.

Officers took two breath samples which showed a blood-alcohol content of 0.20 percent and 0.19 percent, Easton said. The presumed impairment level for motorists in Arizona is 0.08 percent. The man was arrested and booked into jail shortly after midnight. Corrections officers checked on him every 15 minutes, Easton said. At 1:55 a.m.

Wednesday, they found him having trouble breathing and called medics. The man was taken to St. Marys Hospital where he died. An autopsy will be scheduled. Greg BryanArizona Daily Sun FLAGSTAFF POLICE OFFICERS JASON HEIL AND GARY BESSON fill out a report following a three-vehicle accident involving a U.S.

Postal Service vehicle at the intersection of Butler Avenue and San Francisco Street at about 3:30 p.m. Wednesday. Reports indicate the Postal Service vehicle was traveling north through the intersection when an eastbound vehicle ran a red light and collided with it, pushing it into a stopped car at the intersection. The driver of the vehicle that ran the red light was treated and released at Flagstaff Medical Center for minor injuries. No other injuries were reported.

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Despite the fact that telecommunications compa-' nies, alarm systems and just entirely in Page, opened June 8 to large audiences, and Planet of the Apes, shot partly at Lake Powell, came to Page a month after its nationwide release, in late August. Haryasz, a versatile 6-foot-10 post player, signed with Stanford following a recruiting battle that involved some of the nations biggest college hoops programs. He began his senior year by averaging nearly 27 points a game to lead Page to an 11-0 start. West, owner of houseboat service Lake Time, and Parks, of Larrys Marine, designed a system that would allow carbon monoxide fumes to escape above the floating vacation homes. Eleven people have died of carbon monoxide poisoning on the lake since 1994, The office had been broken into, and keys to eight other company vehicles had been taken as well as $40 from the petty cash box.

Officers booked both fingerprints and shoe prints into evidence. There is no suspect information, and the case is under investigation. 1300 Piccard Drive Suite 200, Rockville, MD 20850-4303. Jeanne L. Harrison Jeanne L.

Harrison, 66,. of Williams, died Tuesday Dec. 25, 2001. Mrs. Harrison was bom in Lowell, Mass.

She worked 27 years for the U.S. Forest Service and was a lifelong member of the Catholic church, She also enjoyed playing bridge. Mrs. Harrison is survived by daughters Catherine and Jennifer Harris; sons Michael and David Harrison; mother Jeannette Lamoureux; sisters Denise Murtha and Michelle Lamoureux; and six grandchildren. Her father, Albert Lamoureux, preceded her in death.

vehicles 2001 highlights most of them aboard houseboats in which the colorless and odorless fumes were vented onto the back swim decks. Glen Canyons Roberts replaced the popular Joe Alston, who realized a dream by taking on the superintendent position with Grand Canyon National Park. Among Roberts first tasks was to study a proposal to ban personal watercraft from the million-acre recreation area. The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks forced the cancellation of tours for Glen Canyon Dam and the closure of a lake access point, the Chains.

The Page school district released school at 8:30 a.m. that day, for fear of a follow-up attack on the dam of Navajo Generating Station. Charged with DUi Darrick H. Chee, 21, of Leupp, was arrested by Flagstaff police and charged with extreme DUI at 10:36 p.m. Tuesday.

Seth J. Adams, 23, of 3708 S. Cochise was arrested by Flagstaff police and charged with DUI at 11:07 p.m. Tuesday. Visitation is scheduled for Friday from 3 to 5 p.m.

at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 900 W. Grant Ave. in Williams. Services will be at 1 p.m.

Saturday at the church. Burial will be at the Calvary Cemetery in Flagstaff. Flagstaff Mortuary is handling arrangements. Shelly King Welch Shelly King Welch, 44, Flagstaff, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001.

Mrs. Welch was bom in Caldwell, Idaho, and was a long-time California resident before moving to Flagstaff. She was a member of Mensa and loved to train and ride horses. Mrs. Welch is survived by her husband, Barry; daughter By TODD GLASENAPP Sun Correspondent PAGE Pages pride had an up-and-down year in 2001.

More like down-and-up. Census figures released in March showed the community near the southern end of Lake Powell grew by just 211 people through the 1990s. City officials claimed the Census Bureaus 6,809 count should have been more like 9,000 during a boom time for the rest of Arizona. But Page had cause to boast despite a flat population. Two motion pictures filmed in Page and Lake Powell were released in the summer Evolution and Planet of the Apes.

In November, Page High School basketball star Matt Haryasz signed a nation- POLICELog Business burglarized; truck stolen The owner of a local business discovered his business burglarized and a company truck stolen on Christmas day. According to Flagstaff police reports, the owner of Fast Freds Hauling Service, DEATHSFunerals Luis E. Cancino Luis E. Cancino, 78, of Los Angeles, died Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2001.

Mr. Cancino was born in Flagstaff and worked as a carpenter. He also served in the U.S. Army during World War and was a member of Jerome Verde Valley Club. He is survived by his wife, Hope V.

Cancino; daughters Carolyn and Judy; sons Russell, Glenn and Edward; sisters Jenny, Beatrice and Lucy; 12 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. His brothers Sam and Ray preceded him in death. A mass is scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday at St. Guadalupe Church, with funeral services following at Citizens Cemetery.

Norvel Owens al letter of intent to play at Stanford next year. And two local men, Bill West and Larry Parks, developed a system to head off the tide of houseboating deaths on the lake from carbon monoxide poisoning. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area acquired a new superintendent, former Washington, D.C.-based administrator Kitty Roberts, and Page elected a new mayor and three new councilmembers. Mayor Dean Slavens March 13 election touched off a series of controversies that led to the departure of 26-year City Attorney Charles Stoddard and an attempt to discharge City Manager Don Klepper, hired in January to solve Pages fiscal problems. Evolution, filmed almost 5409 E.

Empire got to work just after 10:30 a.m. to find that the east-side gate had been cut with a welding torch belonging to the business. A 1968 blue and white Ford pickup truck with Fast Freds decals bearing the license plate 3NA804 had been taken from the garage. Mortuary is handling arrangements. Jeannettee A.

Diaz Jeannettee A. Diaz, 17, of Flagstaff, died Saturday, Dec. 22, 2001. Ms. Diaz was born in Flagstaff.

She was a student and loved to paint. She is survived by parents Er-linda Diaz of Flagstaff and Alex Diaz of Casa Grande; brother Orlando Diaz of Flagstaff; and grandmother Helen Diaz. She was preceded in death by grandparents Tony Garcia, Flora Garcia and Alex Diaz; and uncle Mike Garcia. Services are scheduled for 1 p.m. Saturday at Flagstaff Mortuary Chapel, 302 W.

Oak Ave. Contributions can be mailed to Lupus Foundation of America, Ariel; parents Paul King and Loretta Kirkpatric of Ridgecrest, brothers Ron and David King of Ridgecrest; and sister Sherri King of Ridgecrest. Visitation is scheduled for Friday from noon to 1:30 p.m. at NorveL Owens Mortuary, 914 E. Route 66.

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