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School
Zone Speed Signs To Be Installed
 Solar powered signs will display your
speed in school zones
By Kathy L. Hall
The News
APACHE JUNCTION- During a
special governing board meeting
on Friday, July 20, 2006 the Apache
Junction Unified School District
approved a bid from RU2 Systems,
an Apache Junction company, for
new school zone speeding signs.
The cost of $58,736.57 will be born
by both AJUSD and the City of
Apache Junction, with the city
contributing
$20,000.
The signs will be solar-powered
and note the speed of passing cars.
Some of the signs will also flash
Slow Down when the driver is
exceeding the speed limit by more
than 3 mph.
It was last October when Lori
DAmico stood up during the call
to the public portion of another
governing board meeting to urge
the board to install additional
speed signs in school zones.
DAmico was concerned, along
with other district parents, about
the safety of Apache Junctions
school children because of drivers
exceeding the posted school zone speed
limits.
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Man Threatens City With Lawsuit
 Blames city for legal woes, claims
malicious prosecution in arrest
By Jill Jones
The News
APACHE JUNCTION- Former
mayoral and city council candidate
Elliott Fisher, 42, is threatening to
sue the City of Apache Junction
for Malicious Prosecution following
his arrest on Friday, July 21,
2006 on charges of failure to appear,
criminal trespass and harassment.
A warrant was issued for Fishers
arrest on April 14, 2006 after he failed
to appear in Apache Junction Justice
Court on charges filed by the
City of Apache Junction for failing
to obtain a business license on
rental property and failure to pay
city tax on rent collected on a home
in the 500 block of E. Quail Drive.
Fisher, a traveling nurse, reportedly
obtained permission to make
a telephone appearance in the matter.
An arrest warrant was issued
when he failed to make the pre-arranged
phone call. Fisher says he
was working in Florida at the time
and although he tried to make the
call, he was unable to make the
connection
from his cell phone.
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and see LAWSUIT
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DRO - Setting Designs
On Gold Canyon
 Design Review Overlay chairman speaks to
packed house at Business Association
By Jill Jones
The News
GOLD CANYON- Design Review
Overlay (DRO) Committee Chairman
Bryan Martyn addressed a
packed house at the July 25, 2006
Gold Canyon Business Association
Meeting (GCBA), explaining the
duties of the DRO and upcoming
additions to the Gold Canyon business
area.
Martyn, an Apache helicopter pilot
and major in the U.S. Air Force,
was appointed chairman two years
ago, following the resignation of
former chairman Duane Krecklow.
Since then Martyn has rewritten the
standards and has worked to enforce
and expand on the commercial
standards defined in the guidelines.
Under Martyns direction, the
DRO guidelines have been expanded
to include municipal and
church buildings as well as commercial.
All parties wishing to build
or improve new or existing commercial
properties, multi-family dwellings,
churches, schools or municipal
buildings are subjected to the
DRO guidelines.
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Boys & Girls
Club Golf Tournament September 9th
10th annual tees off at Trilogy Golf
Club @ Power Ranch
The 10th annual Apache
Junction Boys & Girls Club
Golf Tournament will be held
on Saturday, September 9 at
Trilogy Golf Club @ Power
Ranch, 4415 E. Village Parkway
in Gilbert.
The format for the tournament
will be a four-player
scramble and the entry fee per
player is $70 and includes your
golf with cart, range balls, a
continental breakfast, buffet
lunch following play, contest
holes, a putting contest and a
$50,000 Shoot-out. Player
check-in begins at 6:00 a.m. on
September 9th with a shotgun
start at 7:00 a.m.
Several sponsorship packages
are also available for the event
and include a Corporate Sponsor
for a donation of $750 that
includes a corporate sign, a banner
on display plus a foursome
for the tournament; a Hole
Sponsor for a donation of $100
that includes a corporate/individual
sign at a designated tee
box; and a Product Sponsor,
where you can donate a prize
or gift certificate to be used as
a raffle prize.
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