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SPORTS ......................... 30 Scottsdale dentist works hard to save athletes' teeth.
ARTS................................. 32 Art flourishes at the Hermosa Inn.
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Sunday, December 2, 2018
Winners get no Never too old to party say on schools chief �inalists BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Progress Managing Editor
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he Scottsdale Unified School District Governing Board has chosen not to include newly-elected members in the process to select finalists for the district’s open superintendent position – against the advice of consultants it hired to help with the search. Patty Beckman and Jann-Michael Greenburg were elected Nov. 6 to fill seats vacated by outgoing members Pam Kirby and Kim Hartmann. Beckman and Greenburg will not take office until after the current board selects finalists from a pool of candidates presented by consultants from McPherson & Jacobson, a national search firm. The firm is vetting 25 applicants who submitted applications for the job and will present qualified candidates to the board. Currently, the ��� BOARD ���� 15
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She may have just turned 101, but Scottsdale resident Rosaria Papa still enjoys a good party. And that's what she did last weekend. Read her story on page 18.
Local man may determine fate of famed racing school BY PAUL MARYNIAK Progress Executive Editor
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he future of an internationally renowned East Valley racing school with a multi-million-dollar-a-year operation may rest in the hands of a Scottsdale businessman who specializes in saving companies from �inancial ruin.
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that the owners Bob and Patricia Bondurant of Paradise Valley blame largely on the loss of a lucrative military training contract, sporadic payments from two struggling auto manufacturers and the loss of a line of popular racing cars. Located at Wild Horse Pass near Chan-
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