Glendale’s Community Newspaper
Vol. 77 No. 24
Inside This Week
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Former fire chief honored with plaque BY LAUREN SERRATO Glendale Star Staff Writer
NEWS...............6 EJ’s returning to in-person auctions with Moran piece
SPORTS ........ 14 Vettori strives to be his country’s first MMA champ
June 10, 2021
Former Glendale Fire Chief Gray Crabtree was honored with a plaque dedication ceremony in front of Fire Station 151 on May 26. Firefighters, dignitaries, retirees, family and friends gathered at the station for a small ceremony to celebrate his legacy. Those who spoke during the ceremony referred to him as innovative and commended his commitment to putting citizens’ needs first. “He was very active in the community, very outgoing,” said Vice Mayor Ian Hugh. “A way you could describe him: You have two fire trucks, identical fire trucks, but only one of them is turbo charge — that was Gray. He was turbocharged.” Gray died in May 2020, but his legacy within the department lives on. His granddaughter’s husband is a captain with Glen-
dale Fire, and his son, Glenn, is the deputy fire chief with the Mesa Fire Department. Glendale’s current fire chief, Terry Garrison, continued with the fire truck analogy, and said Gray built a fire truck and station that was so perfect, all Garrison had to do as chief was change a tire every so often. “If you’re willing to take charge of people, be willing to take care of people. And I think Gray Crabtree did that better than anybody I know,” Garrison said. “He was from a generation of fire chiefs that are just the most special group of people in the world because every innovation that they’ve made, every idea they had, did two things: increased customer service capabilities and
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Mesa Fire and Medical Deputy Chief Glenn Crabtree, Gray Crabtree’s son, and Glendale Vice Mayor Ian Hugh hold a fire ax that once belonged to Gray. It is back in Glendale at Fire Station 151, where it will remain. (Photo by Bette Sharpe/Glendale Daily Planet)
Super Bowl LVII date set for State Farm Stadium BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI Glendale Star Executive Editor
FEATURES .... 18 First grade science teacher wins national award
OPINION..................... 10 SPORTS ...................... 14 BUSINESS.................. 16 FEATURES.................. 18 RELIGION ................... 24 CLASSIFIEDS ............. 28
The Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee has chosen the date for Super Bowl LVII at State Farm Stadium — Feb. 12, 2023. “The selection of the date for Super Bowl LVII means we are getting closer to the event all of Arizona is anticipating,” said David Rousseau, Arizona Super Bowl Host Committee chairman. “The exposure and economic impact it brings to our region is unmatched, and so
is the level of community support required to execute such a massive undertaking.” Arizona was selected to host Super Bowl LVII in May 2018, marking the fourth time that a Super Bowl was awarded to the state. It is the third time the nation’s most popular sporting event will be played at State Farm Stadium, and first since Super Bowl XLIX following the 2014 season. Arizona joins South Florida, New Orleans, Los Angeles and Tampa Bay as the only sites selected to host the Super Bowl at least four times.
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The last time the game was staged in Arizona, it produced a record economic impact for the state. A 2015 study by the Seidman Research Institute, W.P. Carey School of Business at ASU determined that Super Bowl XLIX, the 2015 Pro Bowl and related events produced a gross economic impact of $719.4 million for the region. That was the largest economic impact of any special event held in Arizona. In addition to the games played in Glendale,
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