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Lamb or lion?
Good-bye, old friend
by Geoff Hancock numerous awards for being one the
By now, we may have an inkling as to whether Dugan’s Dairy is closing. One of the cleanest and most effi ciently run dairy
March is going to come in like a lamb and go out like a
last major dairies in Chandler will fi nally operations in the state. Dugan closed
succumb to the developer’s blade. the dairy tour part of his operation last
lion, or the other way around. I’m sure the folks at the
The 38-acre dairy, owned by Richard year, citing personal health challenges.
Chandler Chamber are sending as many positive vibes and Claudia Dugan, has been in The remaining dairy herd will be
as they can to keep away all those “rain gods” for the
operation for more than 30 years. It gone in May, when Maracay Homes
was one of the largest dairy farms in plans to build Stonefi eld II, a housing
upcoming Ostrich Festival, and are hoping for clear,
the area when his father, Richard Sr., development of more than 100 homes
sunny weather. Organizers were sweating it the day before the recent worked his Germann acreage nearby. on the 38 acres of land.
car show in downtown Chandler last week, but the Saturday dawned
The dairy on Dobson Road, just south Good-bye, Richard, and we’re glad
of Germann, was home to Dugan’s Dairy to hear you will be staying in Southern
bright and shiny, to everyone’s relief.
tours, and was Southern Chandler’s Chandler. Thanks for keeping a part of
Sure, it’s almost spring in the desert, but don’t cut off those ugly only venue for kids and families alike to Chandler’s history within our reach for
looking dead leaves off your plants just yet. In the Community section,
get up close to dairy farm life, pet lots of so long.
“critters” and even milk a real cow.
check out the tips about when to prune after the deep frost we had,
Dugan was also Chandler’s mayor
Geoff Hancock is co-owners of the SanTan Sun
and wait until you see new buds emerge. Hopefully that will be after any from 1988 to 1990, and active in many
News, and lives in Fox Crossing with his family.
chance of further freezing temperatures, and it will help you know what
facets of Chandler life and the local
He can be reached at
Geoff@SanTanSun.com.
dairy industry. His dairy received
to cut off and what is still living.
Speaking of lambs, keep your eyes open for sheep around the few
remaining alfalfa fi elds in Southern Chandler. The Sheep Springs Sheep
Company herds are back in the area, and they were spotted near Orbital Letters
to the
the other day.
Editor
There will be one less agricultural fi eld in the area, with Dugan’s Dairy
Missed the point?
had a choice to buy our home or a home
closing this spring. Many people have fond memories of that place. I
While your article (SanTan Sun News
elsewhere that doesn’t have a Covance
took my son and a friend several times when they were little, and have
Jan. 20-Feb.2) does have some validity,
type facility near it, they will inevitably
some favorite photos when they were both about six, “milking” a cow,
you miss the point of Covance opposition
buy elsewhere, wouldn’t you??
entirely. Although www.StopCovance.
How would you like to look out your
petting the animals, and just having a great time.
com and
www.ProtectChandler.com
window and see a huge incinerator
While I was growing up on a large Iowa farm with sheep, corn and
are concerned about animal rights, that
smokestack?? Oh, wait, when they
is not their main focus, nor ours. Our
initially build, they can’t build the
soybeans, it was mostly a lot of work, but now when I look back, I’m
email will address the other issues on
incinerator, but, after the facility is
much more appreciative of that life. So, I was glad my “desert rat” of
why they oppose Covance.
completed, they don’t have to have
a son had the opportunity to see what a real working farm is like, and
My husband and I live in the
approval of anyone other than from
neighborhood adjacent to where
the City of Chandler (who approves
where milk and other products in his daily life come from. We wish the
Covance will soon build. Not only are
of Covance) or Maricopa County
Dugan’s our best for a pleasant retirement. They should be very proud of
we concerned about health issues,
government to build the incinerator.
all they have done for this community for the past 30 years.
think the Ebola virus, but, we are
All the City of Chandler and Maricopa
hugely concerned about our property
county government see are dollar signs.
We appreciate all your wonderful comments and praise for our efforts
values. Everywhere Covance has built
We chose this area of Chandler
in publishing this community newspaper, and the upcoming SanTan
a facility, surrounding properties have
to move to in 2004 (we are life-long
Essential magazine.
signifi cantly dropped in value. If you
valley residents), because of the
lived in our area, which I’m sure you
nearby planned shopping, schools
Laurie Fagen, Editor/Publisher
don’t, you would have these concerns
and “newness” of the area. We were
as well. Even if there is never any type
delighted at the possibility of signifi cant
Geoff Hancock, Advertising/Production
of violation at this facility after it is built,
monetary gain and had planned to stay
any prospective buyer that would buy
here until retirement. Had we known
Oops! – Nicole McCaigue is a resident of Ocotillo, not Fox Crossing, as reported our home, that does their research on
that Covance was planning to build
in the Feb. 17 issue about Seton High School’s theatre performance, where she surrounding businesses in the area and
See Letters Page 32
designed the set.
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