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Wednesday December 30, 2020
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They are some of the people who made 2020 memorable BY PAUL MARYNIAK AFN Executive Editor
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efore 2020 slips into the rearview mirror, here are 12 people who impacted Ahwatukee or represented a signi�icant development that touched the community. Jennifer Armer. As the founder of the Armer Foundation for Kids, which helps families who have a child or children suffering from a catastrophic medical condition, Jennifer Armer is one of countless Ahwatukee residents who make giving back individually or through an organization a mantra in their lives. This year, Armer also opened a thrift store at 9830 S. 51st St., Ahwatukee, to help raise funds for
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her charity. Sen. Sean Bowie. The vaunted “blue wave� this election cycle pretty much turned out to be a trickle, but Ahwatukee resident Sean Bowie handily won reelection to a third term. His and the victories of fellow Democratic Reps. Mitzi Epstein and Jennifer Jermaine suggest Legislative District 18 likely will remain a Democrat stronghold for some time to come. Anya Chaudhry. Anya Chaudry was not only Ahwatukee’s sole winner of a prestigious Flynn Scholarship, but she also is representative of thousands of high school seniors here and across the nation who lost proms and typical commencement exercises to the pandemic in May. One of several Thunder valedictorians in
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the school’s virtual graduation this year, Anya was one of only 19 seniors in the state to win a Flynn. Wilson Gee. This hasn’t been a great year for Wilson Gee. With two of his four Ahwatukee golf courses closed, his woes in 2020 mounted after a judge held him in contempt of court and ordered him to have the long-dormant Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course open for business in two years or pay $3.5 million in sanctions. While he has tentatively sold the Club West golf course, the buyers are running into their own problems with homeowners over a plan to build houses on part of the site.
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