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An edition of the East Valley Tribune
Sunday, February 16, 2020
Cook resigning Tuesday to become Assessor
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BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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ilbert Councilman Eddie Cook is expected to resign from office at Tuesday’s Council meeting as he begins his new job as Maricopa County’s new tax collector, finishing his disgraced predecessor’s term that ends in December. County Board of Supervisors voted 5-0 last Friday to appoint Cook to the assessor job, one of five finalists chosen for interviews earlier in the week.
The appointment roils Gilbert politics in a number of ways, creating the first of two vacancies that will be filled by appointments rather than voters and setting up a potentially wide-open race for mayor that already includes incumbent Councilwoman Brigette Peterson. “I was impressed by all five candidates,” Supervisor Steve Chucri said at the special board meeting. “But there’s only person we can select. We can’t have five county assessors.” With that said, Chucri made the motion
to appoint Cook. “This appointment is very important for a number of reasons,” Chucri said. “I’ve known Eddie Cook for eight years. He’s the right leader for the right time.” Chucri said Cook has no ego, is a tactician and has an engineering background – all of which will serve the office well. Supervisor Jack Sellers echoed Chucri’s comments. “This has been a very trying time for us
see COOK page 3
Nearing 100, Gilbert’s ‘Bread Man’ no loafer
BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor
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arty Sherbecoe is a World War II veteran and will soon join the centenarian club but that’s not his local claim to fame. To friends and neighbors, the Gilbert resident is known as “The Bread Man.” “I never wanted to bake bread,” then he said, but once he got his hands on some dough, there was no turning back. Sherbecoe, 99, said he and his wife were visiting one of their sons, who at the time owned a home bread machine introduced into the
World War II veteran and Gilbert resident Marty Sherbecoe will soon turn 100, but he doesn’t let age keep him from from working his magic in the kitchen. (Pablo Robles/ GSN Staff Photographer)
U.S. market just five years prior. His wife, Beverly, saw the machine and wanted one, too. “So I said, ‘All right, I’ll get you one but because you never read instructions, I’ll make the first loaf and show you how,’” the retired industrial engineer recalled. That was 26 years ago. Since then, his wife passed and Sherbecoe graduated well beyond automatic bread machines. Today, he uses an 88-year-old restored candy scale to weigh the high-protein flour and a KitchenAid commercial mixer to knead his dough, which he shapes by hand
see VET page 4