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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
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As area teen suicides mount, Tempe Union mulls its next steps
AHWATUKEE FOOTHILLS NEWS BY JIM WALSH AFN Staff Writer
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day after a teen suicide prevention conference at Desert Vista High School, another Tempe Union district student shot himself to death. The 15-year-old Chandler boy became the third Corona del Sol High School student to kill himself in two years – and at least the 10th East Valley teen to commit suicide since July. The tragic juxtaposition of the two events at Tempe Union high schools demonstrates the difficulty of preventing teen suicide and the risks of more happening when a cluster already has occurred. “The biggest predictor of teenage suicide is one in the area. Given that there is a cluster,
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IN CHAOS ROCKS
SUICIDES on page 15
(Kim Carrillo/AFN Staff Photographer)
Scores of Ahwatukee residents, such as Beth Cook, below, showed up early Sunday, Nov. 12, for a memorial run/walk at the site along Lakewood Loop where neighbor Martha Hilts was struck and killed by a motorist while on a pre-dawn run Nov. 2. The motorist was arrested on a manslaughter charge after preliminary tests showed her blood alcohol level was right at the point for a determination of drunk driving. Police also said the odor of marijuana was detected in her car. Mrs. Hilts is survived by her husband and two children, 8 and 12, who also attended the run/walk around the loop in her honor.
Water pipe break leaves homeowner here angry at city
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BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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or three days last week, MonaLou Callery watched water gush from the meter box in front of her Ahwatukee home, wondering when Phoenix Water Services crews would arrive. On Tuesday, Nov. 7, she called the department and was told someone would be out there that night. When no one showed, she called the next day and was assured “a
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