February 16 - 29, 2008 www.SanTanSun.com Relentlessly local coverage of Southern Chandler and our neighboring communities
SanTan Sun area businesses,
employees must “stay nimble”
Changing economy requires adaptability
by Natalie Morris
Once a business solely
dedicated to interior design,
Chandler’s Carol Mickey Designs
now incorporates remodeling
and real estate staging. The extra
elements of her business are
helping Mickey succeed in spite of
a sluggish real estate market and
an uncertain economic outlook.
Like Mickey, many SanTan
Sun area employees and small
business owners might need to
retool their careers or businesses
STSN photo by Gordon Murray
to meet the demands of these
REINVENTING: Interior designer Carol Mickey of
Chandler, right, has added complementary services for
changing times.
her clients, including for June Joyce and puppy Bentley,
See Economy Page 8
which also help Mickey stay competitive. She recently
remodeled June and Phil Joyce’s kitchen late last year.
Hartke has bright
hopes for Council
by Natalie Morris
The newest member of Chandler’s City Council is not
Photo courtesy Mark W. Hill
new to Chandler. A 22-year resident of the city, Kevin
HOTRODS DOWNTOWN: Vintage cars and hot rods will line the historic downtown
Chandler streets Feb. 23 as the 5th Annual Classic Car show takes place from 9 a.m.
Hartke has watched Chandler grow right alongside his
to 4 p.m. More in Community on Page 6.
family. Although his current position is temporary, he’s
hoping to fi nd a more lasting role on the Council in the
near future.
Perry Library shelves
“Chandler has done an incredible job of growing and
becoming really the economic envy of the Valley while still
Dewey, stirs controversy
Kevin Hartke
having a sense of a small-town feel with our downtowns and
parks,” Hartke shares. “We’re faring well now economically
compared to other similar surrounding cities that are facing some pretty huge
by Sharon Schnakenburg say they go to the library to browse,”
crunches. We’ve been wise and conservative fi nancially so that we’re sitting pretty
Typically, libraries aren’t the place says MCLD Deputy Director Cindy
See Council Page 10
for scandal or controversy. However, Kolaczynski.
Perry High School is bucking the
trend and stirring the industry
with its new library, which ditches
S. Chandler artist’s desert
the classic Dewey Decimal System
in favor of a bookstore-like layout.
drawing a winner
Meanwhile, a representative of the
Perry Branch Library’s “parent” by Jen Bondeson
entity, the Maricopa County With colored pencils in hand,
Library District (MCLD), says Fox Crossing resident Mary Bossler
Perry is the fi rst, but won’t be the says she captures more detail in her
last to follow the new approach. drawings than any photographer could.
Although Melvil Dewey’s Appearing to agree are judges for the
125-year-old Dewey Decimal STSN photo by Gordon Murray “Desert Botanical Garden’s Botanical
System lent its structure to
DEWEY-LESS: The new Perry High School library looks
Art and Illustration Program Exhibit,”
libraries ever since its creation,
more like a bookstore, and doesn’t use the Dewey
who selected one of Bossler’s drawings
Decimal System.
customers wanted something for display in the Ottosen Gallery.
different when it came time to build Accordingly, District Director Bossler’s vivid agave plant now
the Perry Branch Library on Perry High Harry Courtright decided that the hangs among other student and teacher
Photo courtesy of the artist
School land in Gilbert. Perry Branch Library would be drawings in the gallery at the Desert IN THE DETAILS: A detailed botanical illustration
“Library customers played the most organized into U-shaped, general topic Botanical Garden, located inside Papago
of an agave plant by Fox Crossing artist Mary
Bossler won her a spot in a Desert Botanical
important role in molding the Dewey- “neighborhoods” like those found in Park in Phoenix. Garden gallery show.
less concept. On annual surveys, 75 The exhibit makes its fi rst appearance
percent of the District’s customers
See Dewey Page 12
this year, featuring the best of
See Artist Page 13
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