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Barker Only Winner In
Council Primary
 Four to vie for two remaining seats in
May— Smithson beats Eck in recall
By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
The News
City Councilwoman Robin
Barker easily won a second
consecutive term, garnering
1,673 votes in the Tuesday,
March 8, City of Apache
Junction Primary Election,
according to the unofficial results
from Pinal County Friday,
March 11.
Council members Jeff Serdy
and Chip Wilson along with
contenders Christa Rizzi and
Dave Waldron will vie for the
two remaining seats in the
May 17 General Election.
“State law allows for both
a primary and general election,”
said City Clerk Kathy
Connelly.
“In order to be elected at the
primary, a person needs to get
a majority of the ballots cast
(2,863 ballots per the unofficial
results). In order for
someone to be clearly elected
at the primary, they needed to
receive 1,433 votes. Anyone
who did not receive at least
that number would either go
into the general election or
would be eliminated. State
law also requires that I put
forward two candidates for
any remaining seats. As of
now there are two seats remaining
to be filled which requires
that four candidates go
forward.”
Mayor John Insalaco ran unopposed
in the primary and
also won another term.
The General Plan question,
which is considered a blueprint
to the city, passed 1,988
to 817.
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Kollenborn’s ‘Legends’
To Benefit Search & Rescue
 Classic multimedia show is March 23
By Betty Swanson
The News
One of the most perennially
popular programs in the history
of Apache Junction will
be presented on Wednesday
evening, March 23, when
Tom Kollenborn takes the
podium at 7 p.m. to narrate
his spectacular multimedia
show “Legends of the Superstitions”
in a benefit performance
for Superstition Search
& Rescue.
Location of the event is the
Gold Canyon United Methodist
Church, 6640 S. Kings
Ranch Road in Gold Canyon,
three blocks north of U.S.
Highway 60. Tickets are $10
per person and can be purchased
in advance.
Noted historian, educator,
explorer, photographer, author
and newspaper columnist
- Tom Kollenborn is all
of these things. He has spent
his entire life pursuing a passion
to discover, preserve and
protect the history and the legends of
the Superstition
Mountain Wilderness and,
further, to share the wonders
of this majestic and mysterious
area with those intrigued
by it.
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and see
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 Larkin Alcohol Level
.110
Sheriff’s office will be submitting two
charges
By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski
The News
Pinal County Assessor L.
Paul Larkin’s blood alcohol
level was .110 when he was
arrested last month on suspicion
of driving under the
influence on Monday, Feb.
7, according to an Arizona
Department of Public Safety
Crime Laboratory report released
by the Pinal County
Sheriff’s Office.
Tim Gaffney, the PCSO
spokesman, said his office
will be submitting these
charges to the Coolidge City
Court this week:
1. Driving while impaired
to the slightest degree by alcohol.
2. Driving with a blood alcohol
concentration of .08 or
more.
Larkin was arrested on suspicion
of driving under the
influence after an anonymous
tip was sent to the Pinal
County Sheriff’s Office
through its website on Feb. 7,
Gaffney said.
He said the anonymous tip
read, “The Pinal County Assessor
frequents the Kokopelli
Moon Saloon every day
(Monday through Friday)
around 3 p.m. until around
5 p.m. then, inebriated, he
gets into his late-model silver
Dodge Dakota and drives
home. Why does the Pinal
County Sheriff turn a blind
(eye) on this?”
According to Gaffney, at
5:26 p.m., Larkin drove his
2008 Dodge Dakota out of
the Kokopelli Moon Saloon
and traveled west on Highway
287 toward Christensen
Road.
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AJHS
Girls Tennis Team Tops Combs, 7-2
 By Chuck Baker
The News
The Lady Prospector varsity
tennis team nearly pitched
a shutout versus JO Combs
this past Tuesday at home,
winning an 8-1 decision.
The only point lost came in
number two doubles by an
8-4 score.
In singles, Alejandra Escanuela,
playing in the number
one slot, earned a 6-4,
6-4 victory. Alyssa Villegas
prevailed 6-1, 6-3 at number
two singles, Mandy Johnson
won 6-2, 6-4 playing
number three singles, Kayla
Brown picked up a 6-3, 7-5
victory at number four singles,
Monica Lawson won
6-4, 6-1 playing number
five singles, and AJHS got
a forfeit win at number six
singles.
The number one doubles
team of Escanuela and Villegas
won their match 8-4,
Johnson-Brown dropped an
8-4 decision at number two
doubles, and AJHS won
number three doubles by
forfeit.
In an update from the
March 3 match versus Gilbert
Campo Verde, the Lady
Prospectors split the three
singles matches but swept
all three doubles matches
for a 6-3 team victory.
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and see
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