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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
Carefree seeking input on town revitalization BY ALLISON BROWN Foothills Focus Staff Writer
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arefree town officials are inviting residents to an open discussion regarding the comprehensive signage and circulation plan and village master plan to get input, feedback and answer questions Tuesday, June 28. The comprehensive signage and circulation plan is under the umbrella of a larger revitalization plan for the town center, a project that has been in the works since 2015. According to Economic Development Director Steve Prokopek, the purpose of the comprehensive sign and circulation plan is
see REVITALIZATION page 4
Dr. Kevin Gasser changes lives 1 smile at a time
U.S. Marine Chuck Hale is stronger because he served
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BY ELIZABETH TURNER Anthem Veterans Memorial
Cave Creek’s Gerveler makes University of Iowa dean’s list
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sk veterans why they joined the military, and the answers vary. Many came from military families and that is all they knew. Others seek adventure or discipline. A few entered in search of something, but not sure exactly what. Chuck Hale was one of the few. “The first 12 or so years of my life, I lived with my mother in Auburn, Washington,” he
said. “I was a lost kid, no direction, no father figure. My grandfather had been in the Army and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He came back with his own demons. He lived with PTS — which didn’t have a name there and seeking help in those days was a sign of weakness. Life was difficult for him; he was angry and abusive.” When he was 13, Hale moved to Phoenix with his mother after she remarried. Her new husband adopted him. “I still had no real purpose in my early life,
no true direction,” Hale said. “I wasn’t great in school; I never got in trouble, but I never excelled either. We were away from our extended family, but my mother ensured the entire family stayed in touch. At the time, I never really paid attention. I always felt, even after moving and getting a father who loved me, that there was some dark cloud over me.” His grandfather died by suicide when Hale was 20, so the family returned to Washington to attend his funeral.
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