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CASA GRANDE Out of, state residents LaFoy, and Donald Lawson Were reported jn good condition at Hoemako_ Hospital after; suffering head and back injuries in a traffic accident last Wednesday on Interstate 8 near Stanfield.Killed in the 'same accident property:{EDITOR'S NOTE: 'As a public service,. The Dispatch today is publishing answers to questions it posed to Casa Graiide Elementary School District officials relative to the proposed 12 3 million bond election. set Tuesday, March 3®,)Q. What is the precise plan for disposal or Central Schoolwas Evelyn Mary Lawson, the wife of Donald Lawson. ■A. A .recent appraisal of the Central School property estimates its valueat $125,00®. The apprabal.was done bv J|. According to the;. Arizona Leslie Hansen Son, Appraisers. ;. . :Highway Patrol officers, LaFoy Q, Will Central School property go to the highest bidder or sold UwsonJ 71, was driving a for a minimum of SmGOO? . - . Yv:.’. A. Sealed bids will be. received (hf hiwri) of. trustees and they will be opened at a regular qpen meeting of the board. I'pon opening and examining the bids, the board may takecamper eastboundoni^a when a high wind created % a passing truck blew the vehicle into a1 ditch; Time of .the accident was several courses of action;. Ia.ti2:l2 p.m.Donald Lawson, 45, the son of the elder nian, was sitting in the front seat while, Evelyn. si,; wife of Me younger Lawson,. was in the camper the said.' ./►i ; A.'Accept the highest bid. if the, board: accepts any bid, it must accept the highest bid.. :2. Refuse all bids. If the board is not satisfied, it may refuse all bids and re-advertise on another occasion: Due to the wording on the ballot, the property cannot be: sold for less than |125,OQO but can be sold for more, f :Q. What is; the operating expenditure per student? How -does. LaFoy is a . resident of this contrast with other comparable districts? '.Such as Chandler Eugene; Ore while his son lives. Safford! Coolidge and:or Prescott) ;in Anaheinii: Cljf., • v'/£' . • A. The expenditure per student in the; Casa Grande-’ Mrs' Lawson was dead on Elementary School District last year was $652.76 per Average arrival at Hoemako; Hospital Daily Attendance, (Figures for this year will hot be knownaccurately until the close of .the fiscal, year, V This figure includes operating expenses arid capital outlay expenditures^ ' The state average per pupil was $664.99 and the Pinal County ; average was $623 98. Other Pinai County figures include;with multiple ihjurieai. She was taken to Cole, and Maud Mortuary-. .; . •' j.'L~:'y. ■ Patrolman said seat belts were installed in the front seat of the vehicle hut none were in the camper:FLORENCE — : ,A: one-car accident near here killed a 21-; year-old Coolidge man Friday night:-,,;v :• X--;: The driver of the car, Phillip S. Mills, was killed when his car wient out ;of control oh Canal Road one mile west of O S. 80-89; Mills was thrown from the car, the .Highway; Patrol reported; ■ • ■ V\.\cCoolidge. $588.3; Eloy $52^,81; Florence. 581.^4;Maricopa $685.91: Ray .. $671.46; ' Sacaton $94fi.88 Stanfield #685.43; Superitr $563.37;; Triltfc 1803.20,v The highest cost per ADA LAST YEAR WAS IN ChampieDistrict in Yavapai County.: Costs, there were $2370:24. However; there were fewer than five students per ADA in title district. The lowest cost was in Thatcher in Graham County where the cost was $410.89-Tltis was truedespite the fact thkt Thatcher is basica lly a small district with approximately .550 sOidents. . ^ v-'-:-in Maricopa County cost o£ districts of size comparable to the Casa Grande Elementary District include:Continued orv page .12 '.iv--.'.. • *• * / •'* m S-. \.l . • i ■ ‘I ’ r*CASA GRANDE - ■ Ed Contreras; chairman Of ^the .• Citizens Grievance C^jnwttee, las called a meeting ofin-terested citizens and parents for : 7;a) p.m. Tuesday (tomorrow) at the Armory on. Cottonwood r Lane here . . ■■■■.•Answersto • coriiplaints regarding. North School problems and policies will; be aired, along with consideration of ihe elementary school bond issue. ■ ; V V-' ;7 .. * *■ r • • ■■.r,.;m. today there weire 341 acre feet 'available water, storage behind Coolidge Dam. This represents a decrease of 1,519 acre feet from Wednesday^ total. . vy.-,f 'CASA GRANDE — Tuesday’s baseball game at Francisco Grande between the Lotte Orions, Japan’s Pacific League Champions, and the Cleveland Indians will be highlighted by a pregame ceremony; .^ It will find Mayor Jimmie Kerr presenting Orions’ general manager, Kazuyoshi Takeda, a proclamation declaring the Japanese baseball team to be henceforth known as the Casa Grande Lotte Orions. ■Kv7;;V-1. .In addition, the president of the chamber of commerce, Franklin D. Coxon, will be on hand to officially thank the . team for becoming a welcome part of the community during this spring’s practice season and to extend to them ah invitation to return next year. ;The ceremony will take place at 12:45 with the baseball game scheduled to begin at 1p m. 'Carmel lot owners are attempting tcj organize to protect ; their in vestmerrfs following the . financial: collapse of Wendell West Co.. the developer. of■ -Desert Carm^Kv: ’V- -v' •! ■Wendell West, its affiliated companies and its partners including; ehtertaineF Pat; v. fiotwie, are currently tiling for bankruptcy ih: Sea 1^.; Wash.. ■; C; f; Smalley. % former tract manager at Desert CM-mel who . resigned in Jia^rdi, 1970, and ttlio is still a rfesicfem at ite . huge :• dev'elopment.' is the organizer of the Desert Carmel Lot Owners Associatiiw. .J La veil Harper of Casa Grande, attorney, for the owners, siaid the assoctatiori is not planning any legal action agaii^t the develqpers at the :f*esent time. K.’We only have an ; in-vestigatiye function.* he said.• “We want, to determine if all agreements .have been lived up to/;:; •••In a tetter - to lot owners. Smalley said, *’I know it has been :'a'. trying time.' far ail lot ow ners, as it has been for me. to protect Ih^ir investments and I think: I, have the. miethod to: remedy the situation; I believe that Only a group tevel can yie' protect our investments and demand certain information froni the new developers;; Thenew develi^er referred to is the North Americaa; .Acceptance Co; of Arizona which was deeded the Desert Carmel property late last year, Smalley said, Wendell West began selling many of its properties prior to the court fw'oceetfings At its high jp^ni;the company liad developments in nine states: , and sales staffs across the nation Boone was involved in many of the ^motions:Wendell West filing for bankruptcy, under Chapter 12 of the! federal - bankruptcy laws'./ which allows a debtor to file petitions for real property arrangements 'hoping for areorganizatioh so that creditorsmay be p«ud ovlt;?r a longer period of time. ?. -,According to a j: fedieraf bankruptcy; referee, this is the. bigg^t ; Cieipter 12 case - in ; history. The partnership's assets are listed at $23 million • with dlt;ribta at $66 million^ ^3 million of them Unsecured, v A committee of W^’s 4,$X?0 creditors ;^rc3currently reviewing a recrganixation plan which calls fw fafmation 0lt; a corporation to jUUte ov» the;: Plans also call for the cor* ; poration to issu* 10*y^ ccft-vertible debentures ft* 50 per :cent of the debt and stock inihe . corporation for the other half.: creditor of the partnei^hip is Ray.; Ryan Enterprises, a: Califorhijt rlt;Mite*tote r firm •. which is owed over $S million by the detor.^ V ■; ‘ .• ■■■ Accop^^toaWaid^West • attorn^r, Vrf:v.the-:' •
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Casa Grande Dispatch
Casa Grande, Arizona, US
Mon, Mar 22, 1971
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