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Ahwatukee State Trust Land on the block May 26 BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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tion that will drive up the price. That’s not an unrealistic expectation, given three factors: the critically low inventory of homes for sale, the parcel’s ideal location in a high-quality community abutting the South Mountain Freeway and the required zoning for homes, multifamily units and commercial already in place. The department must advertise the auction for the next 10 weeks, giving developers an ample amount of time to examine reams
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he state Land Department has set May 26 for an auction of 373 acres along Chandler Boulevard between 19th and 27th avenues, paving the way for the eventual construction of as many as 1,050 new houses as well as an undetermined number of apartment or condo units and some commercial development. While the starting price is $105 million, the department is hoping for a robust turnout at the live auc-
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t wasn’t supposed to happen again. Another return of leukemia to 13-year-old Logan Gidley wasn’t what anyone anticipated. The positive results from a biopsy �lummoxed his doctors, who did not understand how the cancer cells survived his previous chemotherapy and other treatments – and a bone marrow transplant of May 8, 2020. The teen’s third recurrence of cancer also has rattled his mother and stepfather, Krystal and
Chalking up support for Tempe Union High School District teachers and other employees Sunday evening were Laura Chapnek and William Chapnek at Mountain Pointe High School. They were among a group of parents and legislators who wanted to show their support for staff as in-class learning began for the first time in nearly four months. For the story, see page 3. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff Photographer)
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Ryan Lehr; his father Eric Gidley and stepmother Renea; his younger sister Juliette Gidley, 9; and his grandparents. If there was any good news it was that the cancer cells had not invaded his circulatory system. On March 4 Logan was admitted to Phoenix Children’s Hospital for a lumbar puncture, followed the next day with the start of the �irst round of chemotherapy. Last Friday, Krystal Lehr said the chemotherapy being administered this time was targeted. “It’s newer chemo that doesn’t tear the body up so much,” she
said. “That has everything to do with research and development.” Lehr said Logan was able to come back home March 10, though the intravenous chemotherapy treatments require daily trips to the clinic. “Every day we go to the clinic and get chemo infusion. His can-
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Logan Gidley faces a second excruciating bone marrow transplant after doctors diagnosed new leukemia cells. But the 13-year-old Ahwatukee teen is hanging tough through a third bout with cancer. (Special to AFN)
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