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Ortega, Janik, Caputi, Durham appear victors BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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ormer City Councilman David Ortega is on track to win Scottsdale’s mayoral election while Betty Janik, Tammy Caputi and Tom Durham appear to have won City Council seats, according to unofficial election returns released Friday morning. The returns showed Ortega leading former Councilwoman Lisa Borowsky with 53 percent of the vote. Ortega received 69,399 votes to Borowksy’s 62,416 as of the Progress’ print deadline on Nov. 6.
Tammy Caputi
Tom Durham
Betty Janik
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In a tight race to fill three seats on the Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board, retired teacher Julie Cieniawski leads 22 percent of the vote. Dr. Libby Hart-Wells is in second place with 18 percent, followed closely by Zach Lindsay and Rose Smith, who both hold 17 percent of the vote. After trailing Smith on Election Night, Lindsay held a slim 220-vote lead as of Nov. 6.
Those results were still unofficial and there were still around 250,000 ballots left to be counted throughout Maricopa County as of early Nov. 6. There was no way to tell how many of those ballots belonged to Scottsdale voters, according to City Clerk Carolyn Jagger. Ortega declared victory on Thursday,
waitresses just say, ‘You want your usual?’” Proudfit’s daughter Janet Hendricks said. His reply: “Yes, M’am.” “I go as often as I could beg my children to take me to the restaurant,” Proudfit told the Progress with a laugh. And after four years as a loyal U.S. Egg patron, Proudfit got a Veterans Day tribute from the restaurant as a thank you for his service: It donated $1,000 in gift cards in his name to MANA House, a Phoenix-
based, peer-support organization dedicated to helping veterans experiencing homelessness. “We chose Norm to receive the U.S. Egg gift cards because we believe that he would be a great ambassador for U.S. Egg in making the right decision for where the money should go,” said George Gebran, U.S. Egg partner. “Being that Norm is a proud vet-
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WWII Scottsdale veteran is honored for his service
FOOD............................. 23 This Thanksiging, it's in to eat out.
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BY KRISTINE CANNON Progress Staff Writer
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very Sunday, World War II veteran Norman Proudfit, along with one of his two twin daughters, occupy a booth at the U.S. Egg on Scottsdale and Shea Roads. And, without fail, Proudfit orders his usual: the Junior Triple Play with a protein pancake, one egg, one sausage and one bacon. “He gets that every single time; so, the
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