May 30, 2018 • Vol. 16, No. 27
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Arizona’s water supply plagued by drought, SRP managers work to ensure steady supply NICOLE HERNANDEZ CRONKITE NEWS
The Salt River, which is currently at 60 percent of its capacity, is home to many types of wildlife. Ester said SRP is worried about the effects of the drought on animals. (Photo by Daria Kadovik/Cronkite News)
Crossing guard at DVUSD school indicted on child sex charges TARA ALATORRE STAFF
NORTH PHOENIX – A state grand jury recently indicted a North Phoenix couple for over 30 counts of child sex crimes, and one suspect briefly worked at Esperanza Elementary School in the Deer Valley School District (DVUSD) as a crossing guard. State Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced that Matthew Kevin Dunlap, 40, and Marisa Ann Claire, 37, were indicted on charges related to sexually abusing a 7-year-old girl and allegedly recording the criminal sex acts on phones and tablet devices.
Claire, who started working as a crossing guard this April at Esperanza Elementary, was indicted on four felony counts, including molestation of a child, sexual conduct with a minor and sexual exploitation of a minor. Dunlap was indicted on 33 counts, including sexual exploitation of a minor, sexual conduct of a minor and furnishing harmful or obscene materials to a minor. DVUSD sent a letter out to parents whose children attend Esperanza Elementary on May 14, about the crossing guard’s CHILD SEX CRIMES continued on page 8
PEORIA: MCSO aviation training at Lake Pleasant
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PHOENIX – Yes, it’s dry. But Arizona’s continued lack of rain and snow doesn’t much bother Charlie Ester of the Salt River Project. “I consider SRP to be a consummate, full time, always thinking about drought. We were formed because of drought, so therefore we always plan for drought,” said Ester, the utility’s surface-water resources manager. Ester said SRP, the largest supplier of raw water to metro Phoenix, has enough water
for its customers – despite coming off one of Arizona’s driest runoff seasons. Officials predict that SRP reservoirs, which are fed by snowmelt from the mountains of northern and eastern Arizona, will receive record low amounts of runoff in 2018 because of a dramatically dry winter. Water managers said Arizona’s snowpack was 28 percent below normal as of March 1, according to KJZZ. However, Arizona had a AZ DROUGHT
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Daisy Mountain Fire Medical deployed to Potato Fire TARA ALATORRE STAFF
SUNFLOWER – Daisy Mountain Fire Medical crew members were deployed to the Potato fire on May 20 that ignited along State Route 87 near milepost 222 causing officials to temporarily shut down lanes of traffic on the highway. Two Daisy Mountain Fire Medical (DMFM) paramedics arrived to the scene of the Potato Fire to act as first responders for emergencies or incidents that could develop while crews were extinguishing the fire. “Our crews are there in a medical capacity to ensure POTATO FIRE
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ARIZONA: Statewide fire restrictions
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Pictured: The Potato Brush Fire that ignited on May 20 along State Route 87 just north of Sunflower. Photo courtesy of DMFM
ANTHEM: Bear spotted in neighborhood euthanized by AZGFD
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