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Voters won’t be filling 3 of 6 possible Council vacancies
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NEWS............................. 8 Psychiatric hospital for seniors may be built here.
BUSINESS................. 18 FatCats bowled over by Gilbert fans.
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ayor Jenn Daniels’ abrupt announcement last week that she won’t seek another term means six of the seven Gilbert Town Council seats could change hands this year – with three filled by appointments instead of by voters. Daniels’ decision – which she announced on her Facebook page Feb. 3 – also sets up the possibility of a fight between two council members to succeed her. Daniels in her announcement said she
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would finish her term, which ends Dec. 31. “I do really feel like transition and leadership are really good things for an organization, they do infuse new energy,” she told GSN. “I also almost spent 12 years serving the town of Gilbert. There always has to be an exit point so I decided now it’s the time for me.” In her Facebook post, the mother of four wrote: “I have loved the nearly 11 years I have spent serving Gilbert as both a Councilmember and a Mayor. It’s been an in-
Pols back Gilbert couple’s Wheely fun suicide-prevention plan BY JIM WALSH GSN Staff Writer
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he health care insurance system failed 14-year-old Jacob Edward Machovsky miserably in 2015. An insurance company decided his in-patient treatment for a mental illness was not a “medical necessity,’’ ending the second of two hospitalizations within two months. This decision led to tragedy
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when Jacob, who had turned 15, took his life at his family’s Tempe home in January 2016. His parents, Denise and Ben Denslow – who have since moved to Gilbert – launched the JEM Foundation in Jacob’s memory, setting in motion their mission to save the lives of other teenagers suffering from mental illness. Now, the Denslows are hoping
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Nothing like sitting at the helm of a tractor, or at least 3-year-old Lucas Camp found that out at last weekend’s Truck-a-Palooza in Gilbert. Other kids found different vehicles to have some fun with, as you’ll see on page 16. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)
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