Yuma Sun (Newspaper) - June 17, 2009, Yuma, Arizona 4 SUfi JUNE 17,2009 50 CENTS ANOTHER Not this French toast he'll l It's melon season and time for melon Catch our newest slideshow at Today's 97 * Details on Cl 2 63780 11 70050 1 Subcontractors still waiting to be paid on Hilton project Original on the went under control BY JOYCE LOBECK SUN STAFF WRITER The good news is that several local subcontractors were used to construct the recently opened Hilton Garden The bad news is that they haven't been paid As a said Mark owner of Hansberger Refrigeration and cash flow is I've had to borrow money to keep going and incurring That isn't He hasn't been paid for the expenses he incurred on the project for equipment and taxes for April and leaving an outstanding of about Hansberger said several other local subcontractors who worked to get the hotel open are in the same It had nothing to do with the developer or the general said Larry director of hotel development for Clark Inc. caught in the web of the financial he He explained that Specialty Finance the bank that provided the construction loan for the and its parent Silverton were placed under control of the FDIC as receiver on May 1. were told it would be business as Kimball Apparently that's not he has been funded on bur he A letter Clark Inc. sent to subcontractors dated May 27 stated that million in hard and soft cost payment applications were submitted to the Specialty Finance Group over five weeks ago and none have been SEE District 1 athletics still up in the air Administrators make a call to action to concerned parents BY WILLIAM ROLLER SUN STAFF WRITER In the midst of the economic Yuma Elementary District 1 Superintendent Darwin Stiffler assured a crowd of administrators and coaches Tuesday that if the money is a vibrant athletic program will prevail in the District 1 needs to raise to continue its current athletic program of five sports each for male and female teams for the next year but as of now there are no identified funds to support Stiffler funding level of schools is going down and may get worse over the next three years but my greatest hope is to establish a stable sports program for years to Stiffler told a crowd at the Fourth Avenue Junior High School PHOTO BY RANDY SUM THE GOOD NEWS is the new Hilton Garden Inn and adjoining Pivot Point Conference Center in North Yuma are now both open for The bad news is several local subcontractors reportedly haven't been paid for the work they did on the Teen injured in early morning shooting Incident appears to be gang related PHOTO BY RANDY SUN A CRIME SCENE investigator takes photographic evidence while investigators look for additional clues near the scene of an early Tuesday morning shooting in the 2400 block of 3rd BY JAMES GILBERT SUN STAFF WRITER A 19-year-old male was shot early Tuesday morning while outside of a residence in the 2400 block of West 3rd St. According to Yuma the incident occurred at 1:56 a.m. and appears to be It is not known yet whether the shooting was a drive-by or a confrontation of some The whose name has not been released was transported to the Yuma Regional Medical Center with life-threatening Clint spokesman for the Yuma Police said the victim was later flown to a hospital for No further details were immediately available from police Tuesday Some residents in the neighborhood woke up Tuesday morning to yellow crime scene tape blocking off a large area in front of the residence where the shooting As of 8 a.m. there were several unmarked police cars and the crime scene vehicle at the Crime scene investigators could still be seen combing the area for A few residents from the homes across the street watched all the activity for a The Yuma Police Department encourages anybody with arty information about this case to call Sgt. Ron Rodriguez at 1-928-373-4670 or 78-CRIME to remain James Gilbert can be reached at or 539-6854. This was the second meeting in a week District 1 convened to huddle over a plan to keep middle school sports on the bring a recommendation to the the governing board as long as it's sustainable and practical the district will likely do what you Stiffler we see a critical mass of parents to make it e n. This meeting was well publicized but we need more than was here He said that the first thing that must be tackled is raising the funds to assure a quality athletic Then a model can be decided Some of the different models District 1 athletics could adopt would be to repeat the current program or a modified program of only four sports may be implemented or even a system of Stiffler Under this program tier one includes all students interested in playing Students will be charged a fee to defray It is basically a program and at the end of the season intramural squads will play against one SEE DISTRICT 1/AB f f But we * need to see a critical mass of parents to make it This meeting was well publicized but we need more than was here J - Darwin Yuma Elementary District 1 Superintendent Triple digits making a comeback after cool Low-pressure system caused unseasonably temps BY JOIN LEE SUN STAFF WRITER These cool summer days were just too good to A low-pressure system that has kept temperatures in the low 90s is causing the mercury to reach triple digits according to the National Weather Today's high is forecasted to be 97 up from the forecast of 92 on temperatures are expected with a predicted high of 101 been experiencing a weird weather pattern for this time of said Mike meteorologist with NWS in - The almost chilly June evenings were a result of a low-pressure system hovering over the western suppressing the normal high pressure that brings the hotter Paddock that low-pressure break system is he And the high that is building is predicted to stay over the Paddock forecasts that temperatures will stay in the triple digits through this weekend and into next