May 3 - 16, 2014
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Cops ‘N Kids Chandler inspires love of reading BY ALISON STANTON
During his long career as an educator in Chandler and Wisconsin, Roger Bonngard saw first-hand how reading helps with literacy and a love of learning. When Bonngard, who is active in the Rotary and other community
organizations, read about the Cops ‘N Kids program last fall on the Racine, Wis., Rotary website, he knew right away that he wanted to bring the program to Chandler. SEE COPS ‘N KIDS PAGE 4
HAPPY TO HELP: When Sage Pierce heard about Cops ‘N Kids Chandler, she donated more than 75 books from her personal collection. “I love kids and I love reading and I want those kids who are less fortunate to be able to have books like I do,” she says. Submitted photo
Chandler man organizes 200-mile charity run BY ALISON STANTON
In June, Chandler resident John Mahnke will travel to Wisconsin to take part in a nine-day, 200-mile charity run called Treatment Trail. Mahnke was inspired to organize the inaugural event after the teenage son of close family friends was diagnosed with a brain tumor. During his cancer treatment, Christopher “Teo” Lorona made the 200-mile journey from his home in Sister Bay, Wis., to Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. Lorona made the trip countless times with his parents, Mahnke says. Lorona is now cancer-free. When Mahnke and his wife, Lory Ruiz, spent the Christmas holidays with the Loronas in 2012, their friends told them about an organization called the GO BO Foundation that helps families of seriously ill children with financial support.
Students honored for art, writing
INSPIRED TO HELP: John Mahnke has organized a 200-mile, nine-day run as a way to raise money for an organization and a hospital in Wisconsin that helped the teenage son of family friends after the boy was diagnosed with cancer. Submitted photo
Mahnke says he was so impressed with the GO BO Foundation—which SEE RUNNER PAGE 8
HEALTH CONNECT
BY BETH LUCAS
Emily Woodward-Shaw immediately saw the photogenic beauty of Arizona when she arrived in the Valley two years ago from the Village of Cheshire in England. The 13-year-old middle school student didn’t hesitate. A photographer since the tender age of 3, she took her camera everywhere, snapping moments in time with unique angles. Visions that gained her recognition among the most talented young artists in the nation as part of the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. “I like to capture the parts people don’t usually see in things,” says Emily, an eighth-grader at Athlos Traditional Academy in Chandler. “A side angle. The details you choose to focus on. I like taking pictures over here, because I’m not used to the cacti. I’m used to cold trees, dead flowers. I want to capture a moment that nobody else understands.” Last year she won a Gold Key, this year an Honorable Mention for her photographic impression of the Van Deren cabin in Sedona she saw on
HONORED: Eighth-grader Emily Woodward-Shaw has won honors for her photography as part of the Scholastic Arts and Writing awards. She displays her first two years’ of honors in the program. Submitted photo
a Pink Jeep Tour with her family. She zoomed into the wood details—all the cracks and abrasions—to carry capture the soul of the cabin, known as haunted, she
Roxanna Donan and Reyna Hively of Dignity Health have fun showing the correct way to brush teeth. STSN photo by Nick Bartlett
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F E AT U R E STO R I E S Bowling benefit to help defray transplant costs. . . . . . . . . . . . COMMUNITY . . . . . . . . . . Page 9 UCR Health relieves chronic, acute pain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 17 Chandler teen nearly ‘Masters’ golf tourney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . YOUTH . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 29 Chandler firefighters featured in steamy novel. . . . . . . . . . . . . NEIGHBORS . . . . . . . . . . Page 49 Flamenco guitarist to make debut at CCA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ARTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 59
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