July 21 - Aug. 3, 2007
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CNLL “3” sweep
Motorola
leaving Price
Road facility
Move won’t mean job cuts
by Natalie Morris
Motorola is selling its Southern Chandler facility on
Price and Queen Creek roads, but the change will not
translate into layoffs.
“Motorola’s announced global job reductions are
not related to this site consolidation,” according to
Kathi Haas, a company spokesperson. “We’ve had
two major facilities in Arizona, each of which was
not fully utilized. It makes sense to consolidate the
CLEAN SWEEP: The three top divisions in Chandler National Little League (CNLL) went undefeated this season, and facilities to make better use of Motorola’s assets and
all three went to the state championships. See story, Page A+10.
reduce operating costs.”
Gila bets on
Residents vs.
new casino site
Chandler: Suit fi led
Community passes on S. Chandler location
over Covance
by Natalie Morris
The new Lone Butte casino will be constructed
by Natalie Morris
at Kyrene Road and the Santan Freeway, in the
With construction STSN fi le photo
Lone Butte Business Park – not near the Sun Groves,
under way for more FOR SALE: The familiar Motorola satellites seen here along Queen
Creek Road will soon disappear, as the company sells the S.
Cooper Commons, Springfi eld Lakes and Solera
than a month on the
Chandler facility. The high-tech facility was built 22 years ago
neighborhoods as originally proposed. The fi nal
new Covance facility
when it was largely a rural area.
decision by the Gila River Indian Community’s Tribal
in Southern Chandler,
The majority of the company’s approximately 1,200
Council ends months of speculation and controversy
neighbors are heading
Arizona employees currently work at the Chandler
about its initial plans to move the casino near the
to court, hoping to
campus, most of them in engineering-related jobs.
intersection of Hunt Highway and Gilbert Road in
stop the process. The
Motorola plans to bring all of these employees to its
Southern Chandler.
City of Chandler was
Tempe location, about 14 miles from the Chandler
The Casino Expansion Owner’s Team plans to open
served with a Covance-
site. Once the site consolidation is completed during
the new, signifi cantly expanded 120,000-square-foot
related lawsuit by seven
the fi rst half of 2008, the only difference for staff will
Lone Butte casino in late 2008. Sen. Jay Tibshraeny,
Chandler residents and
the Physicians Committee
be the location of their offi ces.
who maintained close communication with GRIC
STSN photo by Shannon Lista
for Responsible Medicine
“Employees likely will experience little change
offi cials throughout the process, believes the decision SUING: Eleanor Weedon of
(PCRM) on behalf of its
related to the move other than their commute and
is positive for all parties.
The Trails in Chandler, one
of the plaintiffs against the
working in a different facility,” claims Haas.
See Casino Page 8
City of Chandler, opposes the
Covance drug-testing facility.
See Suit Page 10 See Motorola Page 6
Priceless second chance for volunteer
by Erica Ramos-Guevara accident involving a drunk driver that killed to really know my parents. They would show
Dwayne Jacobs, 45, of Chandler has a his older brother. Age 14 at the time, Jacobs me pictures before the accident, and some
love for animals, especially his dogs, Tasha suffered extensive brain damage. At the things looked familiar to me. My dad took
and Pepper. His two grandsons keep him time, less than 1 percent of his brain was still a year off from work and worked with me
busy, and his wife, Kris, is the apple of functioning, and doctors had little hope for every day. It was tough. He bought a croquet
his eye. Inside the cozy family room in his his recovery. set and showed me how to play. Then he
Mission Park Ranch home, one can fi nd “I had a complete loss of memory,” says showed me how to put the pieces together
an impressive plaque that reads “Special Jacobs. “I had to learn how to walk again, how and set it up. That’s when my recovery really
Olympics Volunteer of the Year.” to talk again. I didn’t know my parents.” began.”
STSN photo by Shannon Lista These simple luxuries mean the world Jacobs says his parents were the driving Once back in school, Jacobs was placed in
HONORED: Dwayne Jacobs
to Jacobs, a man who almost didn’t live to force behind his recovery, never losing faith Special Education classes. It was then Jacobs
recently won the Chandler
enjoy them. in his potential.
Special Olympics Volunteer of
the Year award.
Thirty years ago, Jacobs was in a car “It took about a year and a half
See Volunteer Page 12
Nail salon
Stuck in
Old teen
Chandler JCC
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Where may chip
the sun, yet
driving laws
school open
GOOD STUFF
there’s competition’s
having fun
out the
to all Business Pages 13-26
smoke, polish window
Clip it! Center Spread
there’s
Active Life Pages 27-29
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Opinion Pages 30-31
Coupons Inside
Things to do Page 32-33
Where to eat Pages 34-35
Community Business Neighbors Clip it! Neighbors Spirituality
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