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Vol. 75 No. 41
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This Week
Glendale garden grows healing for veterans BY TOM SCANLON
Glendale Star Associate Editor
SPORTS ........ 16 Hometown hero leads ACU football
FEATURES .... 20 Glendale student acts in “The Crucible”
OPINION..................... 12 BUSINESS.................. 14 SPORTS ...................... 16 CALENDAR ................ 18 FEATURES.................. 20 RELIGION ................... 24 YOUTH........................ 26 CLASSIFIEDS ............. 30
October 10, 2019
In wraparound sunglasses, a twisted goatee and black leather vest, the burly Bernie Kendall looks like a big, tough dude. Until Robert “Tiny” Hogan rolls up. Next to the hulking Hogan, tackle-sized, shave-headed, flowing Viking beard, Kendall almost looks like a high school kid. On Saturday, Oct. 4, these two Harley-riding, vest-wearing members of the Veterans IV Veterans Motorcycle Association rallied up to Glendale. They didn’t posse up at a bar, a greasy spoon or even a coffee joint. They were hanging out at a rose garden.
It’s a healing thing. Candy Sheperd was there at Glendale’s Sahuaro Ranch Park, helping bring her vision to reality, finally. “Years ago, God put it on my heart that I need to start a healing garden for veterans,” said Sheperd. Two decades ago, she and her husband Bill were founding members of the Rose Society of Glendale. They ran their healing garden idea up the flagpole with the Glendale Chamber of Commerce, Glendale Military and Veterans Affairs Committee, Glendale Parks and Recreation and Mayor Jerry Weiers. Everyone thought it was an idea that should fly. So Candy Sheperd called Tyler Francis
Will Arrowhead Towne Center be a place to live? BY TOM SCANLON
Glendale Star Associate Editor
When news hit that the Sears at Arrowhead Towne Center was closing, some might have thought, “There goes the mall.” Not Kevin Phelps. “Where goes the mall?” thought the Glendale city manager. When he looks at the sprawling Arrowhead parking lot, Phelps sees — potentially, at least — homes, offices, entertainment facilities, maybe even a theme park. Phelps charged his team to look into rezoning possibilities for Arrowhead Towne Center. SEE CENTER PAGE 4
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of Litchfield Park’s Francis Roses. The rose guru of the West Valley came through, big time. “He brought a bus with a crew of 52 people in December,” Candy Sheperd said. “They planted 1,587 roses in four hours.” The plants should be booming and blooming in the fall. But this is more than just an aesthetic boost for a Glendale park. The team behind the garden invites veterans to come to the garden, especially at 9 every Saturday morning, when members of the associations will be on hand to guide newcomers and show them how to help prune, tidy and grow the garden. SEE GARDEN PAGE 3
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