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15 YEARS OF YOGA
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t was exactly a year ago today that Stuart Anderson took the last bicycle ride of his life. As an eye witness recalled, it was still dark around 5 a.m., Nov. 7, 2017 – three days after his 54th birthday – when Anderson and about a dozen other cyclists were riding down Chandler Boulevard near South Central Avenue. Suddenly, Anderson pitched forward off his bike, his body violently skidding some 50 yards along the pavement. He never regained consciousness and died 21 days later, felled by the condition of Ahwatukee’s streets. “His front tire hit a hole or something and
he went forward and just hit the ground,” recalled Mark Schmisseur, a longtime Ahwatukee cyclist who was riding right behind Anderson. “I mean it was scary and there were people around on their bikes trying to break, to avoid him and avoid whatever cracks or whatever he hit.” Every day cyclists in Ahwatukee say they take their lives in their hands See
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Heavy rains last month help create dangerous dips and other hazards in the paths that cyclists use when they ride along many Ahwatukee streets. While cyclists say the city tends to fix ptoholes promptly after receiving a complaint, they say it’s not as quick with cracks and debris.
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hile many of their counterparts will be matching in Mesa or Phoenix, members of Ahwatukee’s only military service organization will be marking Veterans Day weekend in a bit less crowded atmosphere. The American Legion Post 64 Color Guard – often a frequent feature at public events around the community – will be at the car show and pancake breakfast at 8 a.m. Saturday at the Shoppes at Casa Paloma on Ray Road just across the I-10. Legionnaires also will be presenting their program, titled “Evolution of the Flag,” at a Mesa elementary school and at a meeting of the Ahwatukee Recreation Center Women’s Club on Monday. (AFN file photo) The color guard also will be opening the Ahwatukee American Legion Post 64 Commander Pete Meier, a ARC’s annual arts and crafts fair Nov. 17. local Realtor and member of the Ahwatukee Foothills Village Post 64 Commander Pete Meier said Planning Committee, served in the Army in the mid-Sixties. IMPLANT SPECIAL!
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that the Ahwatukee unit figures that the East Valley and Phoenix parades have all the color guards they can handle, allowing local members to mark the day in different ways. The post also is still working on its major fundraiser of the – its annual golf Dec. 7. The funds it raises helps the post conduct a variety of activities throughout the year. Members have been working for months lining up sponsors as well as players and gifts, and still could use more help. They can contact dpatterson27@ cox.net or 602-791-6843 if they want to help the post. Veterans organizations nationally have wrestled with declining interest by younger men and women who have completed their military service, and the Ahwatukee post is no different. “I think when people first get out, See
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