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BY JIM WALSH TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
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Teachers learn to ‘Stop the Bleeding’ in a crisis situation.
BUSINESS ................. 22
Higley players don't let size keep them down
Sunday, September 11, 2016
East Valley’s tragic 9/11 experiences radiate hope, peace
COVER STORY
This Week
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Tempe’s Changing Hands is more than a bookstore to readers.
Zia Records founder mourned
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After getting rid of the front lawn, Carl Hermanns planted drought-tolerant stalwarts such as red yucca, fairy duster, red bird of paradise and Arizona Yellow Bells at his home in Tempe.
Xeriscaping grows as a way to save water, bring beauty Renovated front yard ‘looks like it belongs here’
ifteen years ago, the East Valley and the rest of the United States froze and watched in horror as planes hijacked by terrorists crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City, the Pentagon and a field in western Pennsylvania. Many Americans cried as the tragic news footage was seared into the nation’s collective memory, playing repeatedly on news reports as more than 3,000 victims were mourned, the worst foreign attack on U.S. soil since Japan bombed Pearl Harbor 60 years earlier. It seemed as if the world was coming to an end that morning. Others in the East Valley suffered a personal loss that would change their lives See
9/11 on page 3
SEPT. 11: 15-YEAR ANNIVERSARY Flags help heal in Tempe ..............Page 5 Leibowitz: More to do ................ Page 20 Pastor's 9/11 journey ................... Page 29
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GREAT ESCAPE .......27 ‘Escape’ into a world of challenging puzzles.
COMMUNITY ............... 14 OPINION....................... 20 BUSINESS ....................... 22 SPORTS.......................... 24 FAITH ............................. 29 CLASSIFIED .................... 31
hen Carl Hermanns and his wife, Jeanne Powers, moved from San Diego in 2001 to teach at ASU, they were attracted to Tempe’s ranch houses and the established Meyer Park neighborhood especially. The emerald-green lawn in front of their new home seemed out of place in the desert, though. “It looked like a back-east kind of lawn,” Carl said. Jeanne was more blunt. “It was ugly.” In the last couple of decades, much of the Valley has shifted from grassy lawns to
Cities offer incentives ...................Page 8 xeriscaping, Gilbert Water Conservation Specialist Haley Paul said. It saves water, and it shows an appreciation for the natural desert. Knowing little about desert plants and xeriscaping themselves, Carl and Jeanne joined the Desert Botanical Garden. They also took a class from the City of Tempe, taught by Ron Dinchak, longtime Life Science teacher at Mesa Community College and designer of the award-winning Xeriscape See
XERISCAPE on page 4
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Rana Singh Sodhi stands outside the gas station at the memorial where his brother, Balbir Singh Sodhi, was killed in an attack after Sept. 11, 2001.