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lotions. "I just started doing it when the town was starting out,"
' .-. Also, like other towns, Oro Valley has a bureaucracy of
he said.
inspectors, administrators pe , and aides who see that the ordi- "Somebody had to do it. I've never gotten a dime for it.
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nances and regulations are followed. I've never asked for it."
But in contrast to most other towns,in 4-year-old Oro Val- Most of the town's swimming pools are inspected by Jay
'"` ley the bureaucrats work for free. It's a labor of love, they Wilson,president of Wilson Pools.To avoid a conflict of inter-
say.It's also helped keep the town from having a property tax. est,however,pools built by his firm are inspected by LeVine.
"I don't think the town would ever have survived without "I was active in the initial stage of the town, its infancy,"
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or) volunteers,". says Mayor E. S. "Steve" Engle. He, the four said the seven-year Oro Valley resident. Because he helped
members of the Town Council and the five town planning and start the town and worked for its incorporation, he feels he
.-.h zoning commissioners take no pay. Only the four policemen, should contribute to it.
�"`` ,,' �; three clerks and the town attorney are on the payroll.
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For about three years he's been putting in about an hour a
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,` -ley. Some perform their municipal duties despite working at
,, � � full-time jobs or running businesses. Bill Gallant does both plumbing and mechanical inspec-
f. tions.The retired mechanical contractor has lived in the town
Nathaniel LeVine, retired after almost 60 years in the for nearly four years and said his amount of work varies.
- building trade,puts in 20 hours or more each week as the chief
"Recently there's been so much more construction"in the
''' inspector. He checks all building plans, figures the cost of town,he said,he puts.in about two hours a
each building permit and makes inspections at construction week.
- - t sites. "I think it's really a verygood situation we have t� here. I' want to see Oro Valley succeed as a town.. I have the abi1-
z _. My wife says.it keeps me busy and it keeps my brain
t i ity and I really like it very much,"Gallant said.
., i from going stale. I've always loved the building trade and I
. t like to see things done right,"Levine said. Many of the electrical inspections are done by George
' Niprikas, owner of Lighthouse Electric Inc. He spends an
About four months ago, the town began paying the volun- average of three hours a week inspecting.
teers for their mileage expenses,he said. He usually files for•
building sites both
about$30 a month, but"most of them (inspectors)don't even
= put in for it,"he said. (See ORO VALLEY,Page 3H)
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They teach school during the day and spend a lot of the :A lam\
rest of their time in a tavern. •
But Boyd and Addy Meyer aren't drowning their teachers' - � *)Te'
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blues, nor are they painting the town red.They're just trying a - - ', '
to put a little more green in their pockets.
Since last September, the husband and wife have been
running the Turkey Tavern at 4525 S. Park Ave.They got into J '
the business because they owned the land and building,and the ;, ,`. � • •:�
former operator of the bar-restaurant wanted out. ''-, t.. '+
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Now the Meyers are trying to sell the place, even though ' t _,
Boyd says, "I think I enjoy the business world more than m' 7
teaching." `
He teaches mathematics and coaches freshman basketball ..
at Catalina High School. Addy teaches English anct.home eco- r
nomics at Vail Junior High School. - le*"4*.
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During the school year, their 20-year-old daughter, Dean-
na,managed the tavern full-time. Boyd helped out on Monday _
and Wednesday nights; Addy on Tuesdays and Thursdays; i r,.. . , ty 1* i .4. ,
both on weekends.
Boyd likes activity and coaching very much," his wife �: °.:.4;-----
says. That's a lot of the reason he teaches and gets restless .a• .-- ,,,,
about the business.I consider the business relaxation." � -= _ � ,
This summer,the two have been devoting about 60 hours a .,..• t4,..,
week apiece to'running the tavern. "We have mixed feelings '. %., �� b
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about selling it,"says Addy,"but it's just too much work." _° ,
Besides vin them extra money, the business gives the mow; �
Meyers a sense of satisfaction in being their own bosses,they
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our own work says Boyd. Its toughto determine if you're "1�-=--:-=-� - •
successful at teaching—and the income is the same whether Star photo by Jim Davis
you're good or not." Boyd and Addy Meyer backing up teaching careers behind their bar
Addy complains, "And there isn't as much appreciation of
teachers anymore—not from administrators,parents or kids. New Mexico, where Addy taught fora year as Boyd was fin- High School the next fall. Since then,he's also taught at Palo
Besides low pay, we lack a voice in what is done at our ishing school at the University of New Mexico. Verde and Santa Rita high schools,coaching varsity basketball
schools;we're just puppets." at the latter.
They returned to Minnesota in 1954, and Boyd started Both like the tavern because they enjoy socializing with
Despite their gripes,the two do plan to return to teaching teaching and Addy substituting near Minneapolis. the people there—customers and employees.
in the fall. A 1960 Christmas vacation here convinced them Tucson But Boyd says, "If we get it sold, I think we'll just kick
Both Minnesota natives, the couple met and married in was a good place to live, and Boyd went to work at Rincon back a little for a while."
She's made a nickname for herself in real estate
By CAROL BORGES keeper for the Coca Cola Co. and, for 10 She went to work in Ventura, Calif., as a sure I could do it." Her former boss con-
The Arizona Daily Star years, as a secretary and real estate agent bookkeeper and assistant administrator fora vinced her she could, and she managed the
for Gene Grassle, father of Karen Grassle of townhouse during the day, and, at night, Newhouse Hotel for three years until it was
She is known as "the Villa Queen" in "Little House on the Prairie"fame. worked part time selling Time-Life Books by sold.
Green Valley real estate circles.
"I watched Karen grow up,"she said fond- telephone and selling World Book Encyclope- After the sale,Brown took a year off from
June E. Brown, office manager of the ht. dias.Pamela,then 18,was a salesclerk. work. "I had to relax," she said. "All our
Green Valley branch of the Tucson Realty& Moving to Los Angeles, Brown worked as expenses were paid at the hotel so I had salt-
Trust Co. since November, said she gained When her husband retired from the Navy, an assistant manager far a development cor- my salary away."
her nickname because she sold so many of Brown said,"we found that we wanted differ- poration for a year until a former boss asked After a trip to Greece, Turkey and Paris
the villas—condominiums—while working en things out of life,so we divorced." her to move to Salt Lake City to manage a with her sister and several trips to Mexico,
for the Haven Management Corp. "Things were rough at first," she said. 350-room hotel.
she went to work for the Prudential Insur-
"I love them,"she said exuberantly about . "There were,periods when I didn't have a "I hesitated at first," she said. "I had ance Co., which transferred her to Tucson in
the villas. "A lot of salesmen look down on dime." never managed a hotel before and wasn't November 1974.
the villas, but I
think they serve � "I didn't like it," she recalled.- "It is so
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' ' lived in a pretty mountain town with streams
p` ' " Brown said #-,',.':$.24:::4--;7::::::;;;4: � ,
��=, ��x � and nice cool clean air." Pamela's boss
�- t the villas are ;.. ". °e =t recommended that she try Green Valley.
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older people who �*
''C'''','.''-:.:,, ,'," -4. • ,. - � been here ever since,"she said."I watched it
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Agrow from a little sleepy town to a real bust-
their own but �; � .p ,,�.� `�'�' ; �}��� � � „
i E a r _ � a��� ... ling,active community.
dont want to . X 1. s
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i maintain it. The �. . ;°�� � ��'� � �
management t , t ,. . office in August or September, Brown said.
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and the villas are ��-
expanded to eight people.
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married her high-school sweetheart. He • emissions will visit Green Valley today and
0.joined the Navy, and, for 20 years, they an.
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their daughter, Pamela,now 32,lived in van- _ . _-
ous parts of the country. Testing will be conducted from 8 a.m. to 3
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During those years, Brown worked as a .,._ isrAP
► area. Motorists are asked to approach the
service representative for the telephone j Star Photo by Caroi Borges mobile unit from La Canada Dr. instead of
company, as an accounts-receivable book- Villa Queen June E. Brown: Things were rough at first' through the shopping center.
PAGE TWO--SECTION H TUCSON,THURSDAY,JULY 20, 1978
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engineer since be- -,, ,, x.- •
fore it was incorpa ` �O'.o Va"e" rated and was re-
cently elected to the ��
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His time as engineer varies from as little as -. < ;: =`��= a
four hours a week to more than 20. In addition, -� �� r M•"'
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he is a professor of civil engineering at the Uri- d,fi . ,,,�
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hours and a lot of weekends,"he said. ;�` :_i ---, �' �` �" '� .•,
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Inspectors --- Geor e Ni rikas, .400<$.*,,-.. --sees that the town has the proper traffic signsg �� •- � . -
and answers a lot of citizens questions. above, does three or four hours of volun- .•' v.4- ..---'‘'.--'417:-8 �.
He does it as a communityservice for the teer work each week as an electrical in• `� - {`
town he helped start.
spector for oro Valley. Nathaniel LeVine, . , --,.‘1,:,..1*. �',f.'1-
right, who as chief inspectorputs in 20 •F '�
Volunteer workers won't always be.needed g pact �� : �. �Y �i , .:
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as Oro Valley grows, Kriegh said, but in the hours a week, checks over a house with - ., 4,-�.
meantime, "There's just enough people out here ' � �< ''" '� �
Fernando Villaman, a dry wall installer. .... •4. --- _ ' 4
who like the town enough. There's always some- .i
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body coming in who wants to help. �� � � q° ��. ' •
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B MICHAEL SMITH berm willgive the school an insulation value workingdrawings, on which bids can be expansion
The Arizona Daily Star three times that of newly constructed homes. made, should be finished by the end of the
A new Flowing Wells school is being de- The heavy insulation, a special cooling year' The few voters in the Catalina Foothills
signed from the ground up with energy in system and solar water heating should com- Construction of the $1.6 million school, School District who turned out yesterday for
mind. And bringing the ground up is the main bine to save the school 30 to 40 percent on its which would take about a year, could come a special election overwhelmingly approved
idea. utility bills,he said. under the 1979-80 budget at the earliest, expansion of the school board from three to
For better insulation, the Robert S. Rich- Although initial equipment costs may be as Bauman said. five members.
ardson School is being designed with an earth- high as for conventional refrigeration equip- He said the school will include grades kin- The vote was 69-3 for the larger board,
en berm abutting the exterior walls.An earls- ment, the utility-bill savings could amount to dergarten through four and will have a capac- said Superintendent John H.Eikenberry.
er idea to build the school completely under- about $8,000 annually, said John Bauman, sty of about 500 students.
ground was abandoned because the dirt would assistant superintendent for business affairs. The expansion was proposed by the dis-
weigh so much the roof would be too expen- The school is designed to have 20 class- trict's Famil Facult Association because of
The school, named for 20.-year board Y Y
sive. rooms, a library and a multi-purpose area, growth in the area. Board members are not
member Richardson,will be located between _
Dick Hanson of Buffington & Hanson, the W. Horizon Hills and W. Green Trees drives which will include a small basketball court,a paid,so the larger membership will not
architectural firm for the school, said the on N. El Camino del Terra. Hanson said stage and a music room. ate additional expense.
Although the building was originally de-
signed for solar heating, Hanson said that The two new seats and two others that
. �a because of the heavy insulation from the expire at the end of the year will be filled in
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be used only for water heating.
� "Cooling is the big problem,"Hanson said,
noting that atwo-stage evaporative system is Marana adopts budget
„� � planned to reduce energy use.Water is cooled
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One evaporative unit will serve four class- - The Marana Town Council adopted a$183,-
;� _, .. -- , w. rooms. Hanson said the administrative area, 000 budget for the 1978-79 fiscal year at a
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which will include a nurse station, a confer- special meeting Monday night.
0 S - ' ence room,a teachers'lounge and a teachers' The bulk of the $11,300 increase over last
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_-----��'"� '1/4 +- the berm design, Hanson said clerestories— Don Frew.
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wall extensions with windows—are planned
Frew also reported that the town finished
to supplement the low-wattage lighting.
N last year -- its first complete fiscal year
.„ . . .t The building has been designed for easy since incorporation—within its budget.
• maintenance, Hanson said, and the landscap- The town marshal has been delayed from
mg of the 11-acre site will include desert moving to the new town offices, FreW said.
vegetation to reduce upkeep and water use. He said he hopes the marshal will be moved
Star photo The school will also be served by its own in to the new building at 12775 N. Sanders Rd.
Richardson School: Designed for energy savings water well. this week.
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Some type of swim meet goes on in TucsonAalmost every Mary Reinecke, president of the aquatic association, i:...,,,,,,7! ,..,,.4.;.- - --,., ..„..,....7:7 ,...:...,.,.., ,,,,, ,,,...;44.x.,‘„,...,"..,.......,
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About 2,500 kids,ranging in age from 5 to 18,participate. kids a chance to grow closer to thosepeoplewho live in their '1-'.2.':%7,3"--',-,-.7.*:.$ts":'1'"'"': ,4"-,,,,;411‘.. ..,...,‘,A,;:„.‘,„;,,,. .4 ,,,,,,,..‘„„431,t,...,,,-„,..,i,i,,,,,N,,,,,,,,,,,, ...„,;,:,.. ,,*, ..,
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help. It's not required that they all look alike i
"Of course,the kids want to win—all people are compet- them a feeling of togetherness if they do,"said Reinecke.
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By MICHAEL SMITH though. So when his customer,who coinciden- "That was the only thing that was bringing While still in Arkansas,he soon learned the
The Arizona Daily Star tally had suffered a heart attack at the time me out of it—continuous work. The more I dangers of plumbing as he was finishing work
Neither broken neck nor stroke nor gloom of his stroke,called a few weeks later,Gonce worked,the better I got." on water lines under a house. .
of heart attack could keep Lilburn T. Gonce went off in a new truck to finish the job of Of course,you can get too much of a good "I had an armful of tools and just raised
from his appointed rounds. For 30 years, he installing fixtures at two Tucson homes under thing. up under a beam," Gonce said. "That's the
-was a persistent plumber. construction. last thing I remember."
Two years later,as the spring desert heat
Now, at 83, the transplanted Arkansas Still operating with a numb left arm, he began to rise, Gonce found himself in the He said he had headaches and dizziness
farmer has dry hands,and tools for sale.The put in a bathroom sink and came down to the annual ritual of cooler servicing. After a constantly after that and couldn't remember
last time his tools were up for auction,Gonce last nut to tighten. "But the only way I could break for a lunch of chowchow and sauer-
was really steamed. get to that nut was with my left hand," he kraut, he felt some pain in his chest, so he arrangged by wife,
fe,Mellvira convalescent trip
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"My wife and children didn't think I-'d x`�" rested far a bit.
work no more" after he suffered a stroke i�-.�-" He forced his numb fingers to turn the nut "I couldn't turn my head. Just to turn it
g He had worked on 11 coolers that hot day, was like every bone in my neck was grinding
1962, he said. So while he lay in bed with no and finished the job, he said,so the contrac- and for most of thejobs, "I'd been”up and
feeling the left side of his body, "theysold tor "never did know that there was anything p together, he said.
inYt g down off the roof four or five times," Gonce
my power sewer tools and my truck," Gonce wrong with me." said. It would be several years before an X-ray
said. What doctors couldn't do, plumbing could, He went back to work in the afternoon,but would show that Gonce had broken his neck.
It's hard to keep a good pipe wrench down, he said. the pain got worse. "I don't know to this day if I ever got paid
"I thought it was the cabbage.Then I seen
for that job,"he said.
y A;, it was something deeper and went home." Despite the physical strain, Gonce insists
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4 as' it always paid him a fair wage and gave him
*'.. , '` • fered a coronary thrombosis,in which a blood the independence he wanted. "I've just been
r clot breaks through an artery to the heart. 'used to working by myself all my life."
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t �e .,,,,.. You've got to be tough,though.
. � ' . 4--- . . . r .�. take his doctor's advice to leave his wrenches
ri_� . ' t alone for a while. He was idle for three Like the windy day four years ago when he
:, - • - :r ..•. , .. ,.,-tie 1..: , -• months,he said. climbed to the topof an unsteadyladder with-
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=; ' �= .'"' c . . nearlytwo.He had stoppedworkinghis fami-
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• : ``-:' . . -f•-', .,.a -4ly's farm near Harrison, Ark., during the his scalp back in the process.
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\IN." ': , �� -._,' - .; - .4 time,"he said. It must have seemed routine for Melvira,
- 78, his wife of 58 years, as she drove to the
• Government relief offers of food to his hospital while he held his scalp on.
• 11'x- . - neighbors made his meager crops worthless,
:: a , , -�, �- • he said. So, after stabs at factory work and "I said, `Daddy, don't you have no feeling
0!"-fr ''' �-� x. '�� blacksmithing, "I just went out and bought in your head?'
.� .. "' , - , . __._.� a„,,,,. tools,” and he was in the pipe line
me some '
'� � • . for good. "He's just a tough old man,"she said.
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Thanks to a joint effort by business and City and county crews will provide the
• ': °legovernment, area residents will soon be able labor for construction.
ir,t . :;1A.- ---... . - ,;�.� ,� to use exercise trails at two public parks. City Recreation Administrator Dick
_ • -, , • :=-7f,....,, ..- ,.. ,,,, The quarter-to half-mile jogging trails will Schaefer said he hopes to have the materials
�,. - 4,„ have 20 do-it-yourself exercise stations and and design within a month for the trail at
- `"` -4-'--- will be built at Freedom Park and Fort Lo- Freedom Park, located between South Swan
°� ` r` - . well Park. The trails are part of a national and South Craycroft roads on East 29th
may. �� ./�"��� � `. � _. rMl� � � _
. ,ad s;-. .• ° . _ program promoted by the J. C. Penney Co. Street. He said the trail should be ready for
, �:: ��. e ,'oma - Inc.and the Jaycees. use in the fall. The City Council approved the
�.- f.•�r project last week.
�, -, Signs at each exercise station will give
f..,. ; , instructions in different moves,such as jump- The county can go ahead with work on the
.: '" �a , • ing jacks, knee bends, lot hops and chin-ups. trail at Fort Lowell Park, at North Craycroft
The signs will be donated by Penney's. Equip- and East Fort Lowell roads, as soon as final
w ' a-- ment will be provided for the Freedom Park designs are accepted,said Jim Munson,assis-
trail by the Tucson Jaycees and for Fort tant superintendent of recreation. He said he
Lowell Park by the Pima Jaycees. expects the trail to be ready by November.
opening delayed
Tucs------,‘,4 ..1. Pool's
. . . .
Freedom Park is not free from ting cement, subcontractor Whitaker Aqua-
the statewide cement shortage, so area kids tech Pools is about 28 jobs behind schedule.
will have to wait a little longer before taking He said most of the project is complete, and
z. a plunge in the new pool. Whitaker has promised the pool will be fin-
,�4 . CityArchitect Russ Eleysaid the junior fished in the next week to 10 days.
J
Olympic pool,first scheduled to open in June, The 40-acre park,south of East 29th Street
Tools of trade --- The workbench behind his home is pretty quiet then July, now is tentatively set for comple- between Swan and Craycroft roads, was giv-
tion in August. The $267,850 project includes en to the city 1975 b the U.S. Bureau of
now that he's retired, but 83-year-old Lilburn T.Gonce still hangs on to some of tY inY
the 25-meter-by-25-yard main pool, a circular Outdoor Recreation and has been developed
the giant wrenches with which he wrestled pipes for 30 years. Gonce had more training pool, a bathhouse and a concession partially with federal funds.
to contend with than most plumbers, though, weathering a broken neck, a area.
stroke and a sympathetic family who once sold off his truck and tools. (Star Winn Mutterer of Mutterer Construction The bureau provided about$150,000 for the
photo by Jim Davis) Co. said that in addition to problems in get- swimming-pool project.
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Neighbors
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flying in
Ex-pilot off - and II ” areer
By DANNY MADDUX
The Arizona Daily Star
Fred McNeill jumped from the cockpit of a U.S.Air Force
plane into a legal career at age 41 and wound up flying again _ � . ` 7.�-�..
this time with the
Narcotics Strike Force. q: - ,,,,,,,z,,,-„..-:-.°: _�t •
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Retired Maj' McNeill is a new deputywith the Pima C =
J' :°” 3 a x'*a " ,',F' tet' ',i � .+1;.'' :r Si---,.
" H�=3a'� "'a.�A..4 x,� ... � 'rs ,�,F�.. �"�,. `�t:, t`,✓;.�
also head of the air section of the � ,.� a �. � �
Attorney's Office and is
strike force. �' -•°�
eastside since 1966 wanted t4 ' �: , w - �� 'ty
McNeill who has lived on the � � � � ?
Force career that in-
stay active after ending a 23-year Airt 1.,
•
cluded flying combat missions in Southeast Asia and service in . °`
a guided-missile unit.
So he chose law and"gent to work for the county attorney �
after graduating from the University of Arizona law school 4 ..
t ,
"I get bored very easily if things aren't moving," McNeill r
says, describing the county attorney's office as "the most
.
stimulating place in town.
The 46-year-old veteran is the chief pilot for the strike' . �"'
force, but currently his duties consist mostly of acquiring w
and getting them ready for service. .. ." �.
e W, r
planes
McNeill and his wife have seven children, rangingin a e iiir,,,..,4:„;,,-,,,,_,,,,,-.;-' � '., ; '.ay.. ,� 41 ' ''p °< y�. e ,g {.from 8 to 20.The family lives in Indian Ridge Estates subdivi- ...�� ,.„ i, �� .. , �.�
slop. - � 11: =� _ - .
�r rn:7 - aialtmss' "�
The strike force has two planes and just bought another. „,:,:i, .-...,-.,..,.-
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McNeill says they're almost always used for transportation it! ”{�' Ufi'''''',14, +r+w.`v.3.ode + x '
rather than border observation,which he calls ineffective. ,.; .4i.,.,...... «�
When McNeill decided to become a lawyer,he thought he'd �� � :_
R
said goodbye to a lifetime around planes. He was an airplane � � �- - �.
mechanic in the service, then worked at an airplane-engine :„‘..-.,-,..-.:-.:,:;.5„i„::;:;=J;toi:::;,:":„,„:.,.. "factory. He joined the aviation cadet program and received a :.) .�
commission in 1957.
While going to law school, McNeill served as an intern in i ' c- .._ ,
- .
the county attorney's office and as law clerk for the strike
force.His air career began anew in the summer of 197fi. ' 11111111111111
yrf . 3 ry I.
"The strike force had seized an aircraft in a drug raid," -?,.,:::',7*
McNeill recalls. "There wasn't a soul in the office who knew San'photo by Scott Braucher
anything about aircraft.They had this airplane and they didn't Prosecutor-pilot Fred McNeill checks out new airplane received from the federal government
know what to do with it.
"I said, `Hey, guys,you've got the lowest-paid pilot in the "A trial is sort of a civilized form of combat," McNeill Now he often finds himself working under attorneys who
state of Arizona working for you.' •
" says. "There's the same sort of aggressiveness, pre-planning are younger than he is. But he says he draws on his experi-
and skill." He adds that being a lawyer requires "somebody ence of having flown with pilots much older and much younger
McNeill was swornin last fall after passing the bar exam. who enjoys getting out and mixing it up a lithe." than himself.
Since then he worked in the justice court and was recently "In flying, you learn a little bit of humility," he says,and
moved to the felony section. He is preparing a number of Y
cases,one of which will become his first Superior Court trial. McNeill says he was very comfortable attending school no pilot—or lawyer--can fake it.
with young law students. "Doing that cerl:ainly keeps you feel- ••If you go into a courtroom and you aren't good,there will
As a new prosecutor, McNeill says he's "still learning." ing young,"he says."I can relate better to my kids because of
But he's excited by the courtroom dogfights. it.,,
some some young buck in there who is good. He'll teach you
humility."
-:
McNeill oversees one other pilot on what are mostly pas-
senger runs by strike force officials to far-flung offices in
- f{ Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. He says officials
� i
can spend more time on the job and less in transit because of
ALthe plane.
_ A °�• He adds that planes are also the best wea. „-
tfir?* ' '' ' ----:---' . - ..„ ,..i„-....
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pons for surveil-
z
` , - ,�`� lance in complex drughauls that maycover several hundred
miles.
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+ He feels he can-be-useful in fighting drugsmugglingbe-
cause "I understand the smuggling pilot's philosophy and his
i Ale •-•" .°
01
• ' personality.
'l'ir ' McNeill says he's debriefed manydrug.-smu in1).-0-
..i.•
ilots
'41 ''..2,•.-1.-*- I '-4° zt g gP
who have been arrested, many of them Vietnam fliers, and
� � ` " Y finds they are often drawn by the challenge.
°' tN. i "They enjoy the activity as much as or more than the
w
• t. ,: pay,"he says.
�.A mss, ,�
�� Fire-protection contract OKd
}.d. „. - ^�'
f'-',':.,,-�� :i - The Sabino Vista Fire Dis- Station 41 at East Tanque
�-.•. -: :.� �'.:;:v- :::- trict northeast of the city has Verde and W rightstown
.
signed a contract calling for roads, according to Michael
�� the private Rural Metro Fire Halladay, chairman of the
Department to provide fire fire district board of direc_
4.
. and emergency services in tors.
Artist at work -- Chris Stanley, 16, adorns a
i'''''
the 1978-79 fiscal year. The fire district, which
basement wall at the Palo Verde High School gymnasium was formed in December,
The fire district, coveringwill
with a painting of a Titan,the nickname of the school's ath- pay $3l,000 for the ser-
letic teams. The painting is a reproduction from a Frazetta 461"4"
about 800 homes in about two vice, county records show.
illustration called "Atlantis." Staple has had little forma! � square •miles northeast of Before July 1, Rural Metro
.Y . North Sabin° Canyon and had provided protection to
art training and says he mhented his talent from his moth- 1 East Cloud mads, will be individuals on a subscription
u e ' basis.
er,who paints portraits.(Star photos by Jose Galvez) V served by Rural M tro s
TUCSON,THURSDAY,JULY 20, 1978THE ARIZONA DAILY STAR SECTION H—PAGE SEVEN
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All around town
Youth Alternatives only paper in town just for teens .
By LISA H.SAGE Zucker edits as little as possible,and says mostly go in as they were written." week—Zucker said he feels that many of the
The Arizona Daily Star he insists on only two things—no cuss words Stories in the only issue to date included kids put more work into their stories than the
Bob Zucker believes in rights for teen- and no sloppy journalism. experiences in living in a group home, run- few hours a day they spend in the staff office.
agers. He also believes in a free press. Put "Responsibility is the No. 1 word. I make ning away, rape, a night in a juvenile deten- "I have received a lot of favorable re-
them together and you have Zucker's dream, few assignments.Mostly I let the members of don center, and the possibility that the mili- sponse since the paper went out," Zucker
Youth Alternatives, a newspaper exclusively the staff write about problems as they see tart'draft will be revived- said. "Most people are agreeable with the
for teen-agers. them or things they have actually expert- Although the staffers get paid for working idea behind the paper and I've heard only a
Zucker says teen-agers "have a right to enced. I clean up the stories a little but they on the paper—$2.65 an hour for three days a couple of dissenting opinions."
free speech;long live the First Amendment." Zucker said teen-agers' main concern is
"Words are important. Right now this - , , .a ;
unemployment.
newspaper is the only way teen-agers in Tuc- � '.' � "Making money and finding a job is really
son can communicate with one another about """•" ' - .� - -- ` important to these kids,especially since a lot
. ._ �-a � � po Pec y
relevant issues concerning them all," said R.."f,:, \ .r.tl of them may be living away from home. For
Zucker. ........, ;' '_, s'..21 ' ..
rt • this reason the paper lists various places in
• art re Rx�rr vis _
the city where young people can go to find
Sitting behind a cluttered desk and finger- �� ��
ing an Associated Press style book,he canon- ..:".'irks-
:�..�. ,--- employment,"he said.
o Fight
ued, "Do you realize that one-third of Tuc- .,j • x{Wet,
"I think what a lot of us fail to realize is
. gib
son's population is composed of people under = + - 0 that the problems as these kids see them,the
age 18 and right now this paper is reaching :...... . problems they write and talk about,are total-
. 7 ,,
.+
only one-eighth of that third?" `a x�A 0,4. ly different from the problems I faced as a
Zucker explained that his brainchild isl .
� w teen. And that wasn't that long ago," said
sponsored by the YWCA Teen Outreach pro- - 1 _ - Zucker,24.
gram,the Tucson YWCA and the Pima Coon-` '-- - '. ity? So far, the paper has been distributed to
ty Juvenile Justice Collaboration. .4..•. w_ � 15,000 people. Most of the drop-off points are
a i ''. businesses that cater to teen-age clientele,
Zucker, whose salary is paid through ',
's ��'- =. '� and Zucker says he is still getting calls for
Comprehensive Employment and Training .
Act funding, said money will run out at the
` '� papers.
end of July and the paper will cease to be, ���! "These kids have something tangible now.
after only one issue,if more isn't then found. . \ ' t r; They can see What they've done. It's just a
"The teen outreach program is a resource \ ' A. , .i real satisfactory feeling to know it can suc-
ceed."and activity program for teen-agers. When a • `. .' 0
you get down to it,the purpose is to keep'em
busy, off the streets, and let them know '*4 (110 ;-• '4 '.,' i ,,,k' 4*,
they're doing something worthwhile," Zucker N. '. '..
r e 2�F.
4
said. t o`� IVioving, repairs
"A lot of these kids have been in trouble t .A'
before. Some live in grouphomes, some are '1,-, ....,,,, occupy 3 towns
- r
, , r -<-b. �a
...•_.4,e,
dropouts, and some are just interested in t,:# . : ,
seeing how a paper is run,"he added. �.: . Three of Tucson's neighboring communi-
. ` 4 ties are in the midst of sprucing up or paying
While Zucker's title is editor he contends ��`�" � � :_
that he is that in name only, saying that his �x for their governmental headquarters.
staff does almost all the work except layout. °. ., a .• South Tucson's city hall, which is more
"There are about a dozen kids on the staff, fi * • .. -
y- than 40 years old, is getting a face lift. The
��` $16 000 project was started a month ago and
ranging in age from 13 to 18. After a staff is ``'�' `���""4-
picked,and before any sort of writing begins, ; '�` �� will be completed in about 60 days, said City
all staff members are given an orientation ;r5�..� A Manager Rene Gastelum. It will include plas-
4 tering the facade and front porch.
session. _ �..
Marana is preparing to move into its new
"I stress the basics of journalism to the . - ' - town hall from a nearbybuildingit has been
kids---fairness, accuracy, libel laws, plagia- . ' ,��- : , .
rism laws,thingslike that.Theytake itpretty ..* ' . c.,, `r `.. ` leasing.The new building at 12775 N. Sanders
•
-Star photo by Sarah E.leen Road is on 21/2 acres the town plans to buy
seriously and try to abide by what I've told -
them,"he said. Bob Zucker: Showing respect for teen-agers, free press from the state.
The Marana marshal's office is also locat-
• ed on the lot. Mayor Don Frew said he hopes
Views are
sthe new building will be ready early next
Zoning month. Renovation of the two buildings will
cost$4,000.
on use of funds In Oro Valley, the staff is settled in a new
(Cases scheduled for public hearings Tues- - northwest corner of North La Canada,Drive town hall. The building, at 680 W. Calle Con-
Tucson residents are being asked to speak day before the Pima County Planning and and West Magee Road. Request: To rezone cordis, was completed in December. Since
out next week on a plan for citizen participa- Zoning Commission.) from SR (suburban ranch) to CR-1 (low-den- then a new furnace and draperies have been
tion in the use of future federal funding. sity single family and cluster residential). - put in.
The plan,drafted by the city's Human and North Property: Approximately 154 acres at The town has a building fund for purchase
Community Development Department, calls Property: Approximately 10 acres on the southwest corner of North First Avenue and of the $67,500 hall. About 50 people have do-
for a community-wide committee and neigh- east side of North Northern Avenue about 600 East Naranja Drive. Request: To rezone mated $8,460 to the fund. Another drive will
boyhood committees to make proposals for feet south of West Camino Cortaro. Request: from SR (suburban ranch) to CR-1. (low- begin after Labor Day, said Mayor E. S.
use of about $5 million in 1979-80 Community To rezone from SR (suburban ranch, one density single family and cluster residential). "Steve"Engle. _
Development Block Grant funds. homeper four acres) to TR (transitional).p ( ) Property: Approximately 2 acres south--
Much of next year's funding will go `o Requires amendment to the Thermal Belt east of North Thornydale and West Magee
continuing projects in the program,now in its Area Plan roads. Request: To rezone from SR (subur- Highway-improvement
fourth year. The U.S. Department of Housing Property: Approximately 42 acres south of ban ranch) to CR-3 (urban-density single
and Urban Development last month approved West Camino del Cerro between North Ran- family and cluster residential), projects starting soon
Tucson's fourth-year application for 20 proj- cho del Cerro and the Camino de Oeste align- East
ects. ment.Request:To rezone from SR(suburban -
ranch)to CR-1 (low-density single family and Property: Approximately 7.4 acres at About $3 million worth of highway im-
The meetings Monday and Thursday nights cluster residential). northwest corner of South Harrison Road and provements on the city's northside and as. far
were scheduled because of changes in the East Sellarole Street. Request: To rezone south as Pima Mine Road will get under way
structure of the citizen committees and in Property: Approximately 4 acres on west from SR (suburban ranch).to CR-3 (urban- within the next few weeks.
HUD regulations. City Council adoption of the side of North La Canada Drive about%mile density single family and cluster presidential), North Oracle Road between Glenn Street
plan is scheduled for Aug.7. south of West Ina Road, Request: To rezone Rogernd oad will be improved at a cost of
Both public hearingswill be at 7 p.m. in from SR (suburban ranch) to CR-1 (low-den- Property: Approximately 160 acres north- g p
sity single family and cluster residential), east of Old Spanish Trail and Rincon Creek. $2.3 million.
the Community Center Mohave Room. Request: To rezone from SR (suburban The contract tograde,
- Property: Approximately 5 acres on the drain and place
•
south side of West Orange Grove Road about ranch)to CR-1 (low-density single family and asphalt concrete; construct concrete box
• s " mile east of North La Cholla Boulevard. cluster residential). Requires amendment to culverts, curbs and gutters; and install road-
Request: To rezone from SR (suburban Rincon Area Plan, way lighting, signals and signs was awarded
Citizen participation groups in city Wards ranch) to CR-1 (low-density single family and Property: Approximately 20 acres on east recently to the Ashton Co. Inc. of Tucson by
I and 5 will elect officers and representatives cluster residential). side of South Wilmot Road about 1/3 mile the state Transportation Board.
to the Citizen Participation Council at meet- south of Interstate 10. Request: To rezone The project is expected to be completed in
Property: Approximately 150 acres at from SH(suburban homestead) TH trailer
ings next week. northeast corner of North Shannon Road and to (trailer about 10 months.
Ward 5 elections are set for 7:30 p.m. West Linda Vista Boulevard. Request: To homesite). The board also approved resurfacing of
Monday in the Firefighters' Hall, 2264 E. rezone from SR (surburan ranch) to CR-1, South the Old Nogales Highway between Interstate-
Benson Hwy. CR-4, CR-5 and TR(low-density single family Property: Approximately 160 acres near 19 and Pima Mine Road.The$633,375 project
Ward 1 will elect officers at 7:30 p.m. to high-density multiple family and transition- Three paw . Request: To rezone from GR should be completed in less than four months.
Thursday in El Rio Neighborhood Center, al). (general rural) to CR-1 (low-density single New Pueblo Constructors Inc. will do the
1390 W.Speedway. Property: Approximately 7 acres near the family and cluster residential). resurfacing of the 7.2 miles.
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