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bite Lite MOL ARIZONA REPUBLIC WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 2002 B11 ARIZONA School renovation work makes major progress PHOENIX The Arizona School Facilities Board says 39 percent of its public school renovation projects around the state were under way or complete as of June 30, up more than 10 percentage points from mid-May. The $1 billion deficiency correction program should have at least half its projects in. progress or finished by mid-August, Executive Director Ed Boot said. The program is part of a legislative package of reforms to provide more equitable funding for Arizona's public schools. Some lawmakers had criticized it for falling behind schedule in the past year.

All new projects must be in the works by June 30, 2003, and finished by June 30, 2004. Plans for monastery changed by complaints COCHISE STRONGHOLD The proposed construction of a Greek Orthodox monastery and bell tower high hillside of Cochise Stronghold in the Dragoon Mountains has been scuttled, and developers say they will build it closer to the base of the mountains. Church officials had planned to build the monastery about 120 feet above base of the mountains. But the project became a hot potato because of objections by local residents concerned about its impact on views of the area, southwest of Willcox. A compromise was reached last week, and church officials say they will build where the top of the bell tower will be 60 feet above the base of the mountains.

The steep, rugged area was used by the legendary chief Cochise and his Chiricahua 2002 as a result of an auto accident. Survived by husband and father, Clayton; grandparents, Patrick Mary Sullivan, Leonard Roberts; Mimi's sister, Erin (Douglas) Holzar; Mimi's brothers, Patrick, Michael (Beth) Sullivan and their children, Mikaela Brenna; Clayton's sister, Roxanne (Rick) Snyder a and their children, Ariana, Collon Siara; special family pet, Rocky. Also by many loving relatives and friends. Mass of Christian Burial 11 AM Friday, Church of the Risen Savior, 1501 E. County Rd 42, Burnsville, MN.

Visitation Thursday co 4-8 PM, White Funeral Home, 14560 Pennock Avenue, Apple Valley, and also one hour prior to Mass at church. Interment Resurrection Catholic Cemetery, Mendota Heights, MN. In lieu of flowers, memorials preferred to family. White Funeral Home, Apple Valley 952-432-2001. A local Phoenix Memorial Service will be held on August 3rd, 11:00 a.m.

at Valley Cathedral, 6225 N. Central Ave. Margaret F. (Mimi) Roberts, age 36, Jake Patrick Roberts, age and Makenzie Charlotte Roberts, age 15 months, of Highland Ranch, CO, formerly of Apple Valley, MN and Phoenix, AZ; passed away on July 7, Florence L. Robertson, of Phoenix, Arizona, formerly a resident of New Hampshire, was welcomed by a symphony of Angels on the morning of June 26, 2002, at the age of 60 after having suffered a long illness.

She is survived by her husband of 25 years, Burton H. Robertson, of Phoenix, Arizona, and her six children: Sonja Cotton, James Cotton, Karen Illg, Ted Robertson, Terry Cotton and Kathleen Cotton-Blomstrom, and 8 grandchildren. Mrs. Robertson was born the 7th child of 15, in Freemont, New Hampshire to the parents of Florence (Bayley) LeClair and Wilfred LeClair. Unequivocally, Florence is most noted as a gifted artist and loving wife and mother to her husband and six children.

She was a published author, of a poem entitled, "I Am Old." Her beautiful artwork will continue to live through the hearts of her recipients forever. To know Florence, some of her favorite indulgences in this life were red roses, jewelry, especially Indian jewelry, cowgirl boots, jeans and collectible dolls. Not only was she an energetic life force, but she continuously touched the hearts of friends and family with her infectious laugh and kind spirit she would, without a doubt, give you her last dollar. Florence, you will be dearly missed and remember, "May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back, until we meet A private gathering will be held at 11:00 A.M., July 20, 2002 at Rye Central Cemetery, 10 Central Road, Rye, N.H. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Lung Cancer Society in her memory.

Arrangements were handled by Hansen Desert Hills Mortuary. Scottsdale, Arizona. Ben James Robinson, 64, of Pheonix Arizona, died July 8, 2002. Visitation on July 17, 2002 from 6-8pm at Preston Funeral Home, 3800 S. Central Phx.

Graveside services on July 18, 2002 at Greenwood Memorial Cemetery at 11am. Arrangements entrusted to Preston Funeral Home. Peace Corps dream came true Apache followers as a hideout from the Army in the late 1800s. Greek Orthodox officials also have a monastery south of Florence. 2 Marana officers gone after viewing porn films TUCSON One Marana police officer was fired and another resigned after they were found viewing pornographic videos on personal laptops while on duty.

Lee Holcombe was terminated, and James Fuller resigned, police spokesman Richard Vidaurri said. The investigation started about two months ago when Holcombe and Fuller were taking unusually long times to get to scenes where they were dispatched, Vidaurri said. Both had worked in the department for several years, he said. Other officers are under investigation, and more terminations or disciplinary actions are possible. State insurance agency offers aid to fire victims PHOENIX Staff from the Arizona Department of Insurance will be available from 10 a.m.

to 3 p.m. today to talk about insurance with residents affected by the northern Arizona wildfires. The department also will take insurance complaints and help people understand how insurance companies process claims. There will be information and material to help insurance shoppers at Heber's Capps Middle School, 3375 Box Canyon Road. The department of insurance also helps consumers by.

phone at 1-800-325-2548. Compiled from Arizona Republic and Associated Press reports. Kimberly Ann Robinson 20, of Avondale Arizona, passed away July 13, 2002 and was born June 21, 1982 at Luke AFB in Glendale Az. She was a full time student at ASU Main. She was going to start her junior year on August 27, 2002 and was a member of the National Honor Society, local and national and the Deans List.

Kim graduated from Westview High School in the top of her class, on the Honor and Principal's List. Preceded in death by grandmother, Azzie L. Robinson and grandfather, Booker T. Robinson. Survivors include her parents, Robert and Kim Robinson; brother, Hung M.

Robinson, residents of Avondale and Glendale Az. She was very close to very special nephew and mentor Robert Anthony Robinson and a host of relatives and friends. Visitation 5-8pm, Starlight Park Baptist Church, 7901 W. Osborn Rd, Phx. Services 11am, Starlight Park Baptist Church.

Arrangements Crystal Rose Funeral Home. Frank (George) Rodocker, of Glendale, entered into rest July 14, 2002 at the age of 76. Mr. Rodocker was born March 4, 1926 in Adelphi, OH. He was a school teacher before coming to Arizona some 25 years ago.

He is survived by two children, Deborah Lynn Carr and Ronald Warnick, two grandsons, and two granddaughters. Memorial Services will PM, Thursday, July 18, 2002 at the First United Methodist Church of Glendale, 7102 North 58th Glendale, AZ Ronal John Roush, 63, Buckeye AZ, Passed away July 13, 2002 in Buckeye, AZ. Memorial Services, Saturday, July 20 at 10 AM at First Southern Baptist Church of Avondale, 100 N. Central Avondale, AZ. Arrangements by Valley West Funeral Center.

Clara Belle Schlotzhauer, 93, Phoenix Arizona, passed away June 30, 2002. Services: 9:30 AM, Thursday, July 18, 2002, The Beatitudes Campus Of Care, 1616 W. Glendale Avenue, Phoenix, AZ. Hansen Chapel. Jean Ann Schulz, 42, passed away June 20, 2002.

She was born on September 26, 1959 in Memphis, TN. The family moved to Fargo, ND in 1966. Jean moved to Phoenix, AZ in 1987 to be closer to her sister. While in Phoenix, Jean worked as a veterinary assistant and office manager at East Maryland Animal Hospital. Jean was always a child at heart.

She loved animals, fairy things, children and mischief. Survivors are her father, John Schulz of Fargo, ND; a brother, Matthew Schulz of San Jose, CA; sisters, Elizabeth Schulz of Three Rivers and Lori Castillo of Phoenix, AZ; a niece, Alessandra Castillo; two nephews, Albert and Alex Castillo, and her companion Dennis Gresham of Phoenix. Memorial Services were held by family and friends in Rocky Point and Cholla Bay, Mexico, June 29th, 2002. Erwin J. Seel 80, of Mesa AZ, passed away July 11, 2002.

Private services to be held. Arrangements by Adobe Chapel Funeral Home. Arizona nurse glad for the experience By Mark Cowling Casa Grande Dispatch CASA GRANDE When Sheryal Valencic first landed in the central Asian country of Turkmenistan three years ago, the capital city looked similar to Tucson. But any other comparisons to her Arizona home quickly faded. She didn't speak the language, the food was unpalatable, a toilet was a hole in the ground and baths were taken with a bucket and a bowl.

But Valencic, a registered nurse who had waited 30 years to become a Peace Corps volunteer, didn't turn back; she learned the language, made friends and gave of her knowledge and experience. In return, the impoverished, politically unstable little country gave her a new appreciation for the important things in life. "Time is precious, and they seem to know that there," Valencic said. Valencic had wanted to be a Peace Corps volunteer ever since she graduated from high school in Ohio in 1969, but she put it off to have a family. She was no stranger to volunteering; in 1999, she was the Arizona Red Cross volunteer of the year for her work in Operation Deep Freeze.

The program provided medical care and shelter to Tucson's homeless when winter temperatures dropped below 32 degrees. When her youngest child turned 18, she decided it was time to follow through on her longtime dream. Turkmenistan is a country of more than 4.5 million people, slightly larger in land Florence Elementary School the leg of first-grader Melanie area than California, on the Caspian Sea. After arriving in the capital city of Ashgabat, Valencic had three months of intensive language and cultural training, six days a week, in an old hotel with roaches and broken airconditioning. "If you make it through that, then you get sworn in as a Peace Corps volunteer," she said.

"A lot of people don't make it." She then rode 10 hours on a train to the little village of Bayramaly about the size of Florence 100 miles from the border with Afghanistan. After the train stopped at 3 a.m., she was whisked away by two Muslim men to meet her new host family. Valencic says today that she was fortunate to be placed with that family; the parents were about her age, and she became close to the host mother. Besides the parents, there were two boys in the family, 15 and 17, and two girls, 8 and 10. Valencic's job in Bayramaly was to work with a midwife.

The woman was a virgin who "didn't even know the fe- OBITUARIES Leda May Sisson, 92, of Phoenix Arizona, passed away on July 13, 2002. Services will be private. Contributions to Hospice of Arizona, 2222 W. Northern Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85021. Borge Mosberg Sorensen, 77, Tempe Arizona, passed away July 12, 2002.

Services will be held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery. Arizona Aftercare. Patricia Jane Sprouse, Jane's loving and gentle spirit was accepted into heaven by God, July 13, 2002. She joins her sister, Jill Grider and father William Patrick Sprouse. Jane will missed by her sister, Julie Snyder, who wants her to know that she loves her and her quiet gentle heart.

Jane will be missed by her sister, Charlene Frost, who wants her to know that her spirit will always be with her until they meet again. Mom and Joe love you and your smile and will hold it in their hearts. She will also be missed by her grandmother, Elanor Lawton, Grandparents, Thomas and June Taylor, nieces, Maya Frost and Sarah Grider, nephews, Jeramy and Beau Grider. Her aunts and uncles, cousins and her best friend, Lea Shaffer and her cat, Bella, loved her and will miss her and everyone whose life was touched by her beautiful soul. Scripture Services will be held Thursday, July 18, 2002, 9:00 am by Deacon Barnabas Radke at St.

Anthony's of Padua Catholic Church, Casa Grande, AZ. J. Warren Funeral Services Cole Maud Casa Grande Chapel. Stephen W. Starks, 49, Phoenix Arizona, passed away July 7, 2002.

Army. Graveside Services Thursday, July 18, 2002 at 10 AM at National Memorial Cemetery of AZ at 23029 N. Cave Creek Phoenix, AZ. Mesa Heritage Mortuary. Dorothy Stearns, 76, Phoenix Arizona, passed away June 30, 2002.

Memorial Service to be held at a later date. Adobe Chapel Funeral Home. Mark Grande Dispatch nurse Sheryal Valencic bandages Powers. male anatomy," Valencic said. "What she did know was all the people in the village." Valencic taught the young woman the basic four food groups and nutrition.

They took pictures of different foods and went door to door to educate the women of the village on healthy eating habits. "Most of them didn't realize what you ate impacted your unborn child." She taught reproductive health to a class of young teenagers at: camp. The class of boys and girls wore "pregnancy aprons" weighted down with rocks, and had to take an uncooked egg with them everywhere for a week. Valencic taught anatomy and physiology lessons to a group of English teachers at an elementary school, so they could teach the same information in Russian and Turkmen to their students. The local school was poor, going only as high as the ninth grade, and using old Soviet-era textbooks from the 1970s.

"A nice piece of chalk was a cherished item," Valencic said. Students saved their schoolwork to use later as toilet paper. Because so few people had refrigerators, food was usually fresh, bought every day or so at an open bazaar. So much effort went into preparing dinner, the Turkmens took their time eating; dinner usually lasted two hours. "We'd all sit and talk, and I miss that now," Valencic said.

A few weeks in Turkmenistan also caused her to miss Greg Young, her boyfriend of 10 years back in the United States. After declining his marriage proposal for years, she said she realized, "He unconditionally, me." loves She me; called he him to say she wanted to marry him. It wasn't the most convenient news for Young, who had just moved to Missouri and built a house. But within two weeks he had sold his property and quit his job. They met in London and were married on Dec.

13, 2000. The couple started off their married life in Turkmenistan, with Young volunteering "on his own" without the backing of the Peace Corps and for no pay. One of his big projects was helping to rebuild a local cafe. Valencic originally was scheduled to be in Turkmenistan until December 2001, but Sept. 11 cut her service short.

The Peace Corps believed that Americans in the region were in danger from terrorists, and the 127 volunteers in Turkmenistan were evacuated and sent home. After the Peace Corps, "I have a renewed idea of how important my family is," Valencic said. After leaving Turkmenistan, she was drawn to a job as school nurse in an elementary school in Florence because she missed the casual, friendly pace of her little Turkmen village. Connie (Ramage) Surrena, 60, Born Charles A. Donna Jean Ziehl, of Phoenix July 6, 1942- After a long battle with Watson, was Arizona, passed away July 7th, 2002 lung disease quietly passed away on born September Born June 4, 1939 in Warren, Ohio July 15, 2002.

She will be missed by so 25, 1922 in Cal- Beloved Mother and Friend. A memo many as the love and kindness she vin, OK. He has rial service will be held at 4pm July shared can never be replaced. Members been a resident of 27th, 2002 at The Missionary Chapel of her immediate family include, husband Robert, brother Terry and sister Crystal. Daughters, Jody (Tim) Feigel of Pittsburgh, PA, Alice McCauley of Gilbert, and son Blaine (Staci) McCauley of Jacksonville, Fla.

Stepchildren include Sue Murray, Robert Surrena, Cheryl Smitley, Peggy Sue, Larry Surrena, and Robert Cross. Her grandchildren are Ben, Maggie, Miranda, Anthony Ruiz, Katie and Brody McCauley. She also had 11 step-grandchildren. Her 'extended' family spans from eastern Ohio to southwest Arizona and includes all of her dear friends from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and the people who loved her so much. She will be sadly missed.

The viewing will take place from 6pm to 8pm, Wednesday, July 17th at Meldrum Mortuary and Crematory, 52 N. Macdonald Mesa. The funeral celebration will be held at 10am, Thursday, July 18th at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 5620 E. Adobe Mesa. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions to the Hospice Family Care Palliative Care Center, 5037 East Broadway Rd, Mesa.

Jon Sutton, age 32, of Prescott Valley AZ, passed away July 12, 2002. Born December 3, 1969. A Celebration of Jon Sutton's Life 11:00 a.m., Friday, July 19, 2002 at First United Pentecostal Church 2820 Mountain View Drive, Prescott Valley, AZ. Concluding services 1:00 p.m., Friday, July 19, 2002 at Mountain View Cemetery. Prescott, AZ.

Arrangements by Arizona Ruffner Wakelin Funeral Home Cortez at Carleton, Prescott, AZ Atley William Tate, of Peoria AZ, passed away July, 13, 2002. Services are 11am, July 17, A.L. Moore Grimshaw Sunnyslope Chapel, 614 E. Townley Phx. Goldye K.

Tuchman, 89, Phoenix Arizona, passed away July 14th, 2002. Memorial Service will be held at a later date. Camelback Sunset Chapel. Dody Watkins, 59, of Flagstaff AZ, went home to be with the Lord July 13, 2002. Visitation July 17, 2002 from 6-8 PM at Norvel Owens Mortuary, 914 E.

Route 66. Funeral service July 18, 2002 at 11:00 a.m. at the Lamb God Bible Church, 2615 E. 7th Ave. Contributions to the Carden the Peaks School, 7680 E.

Gemini Flagstaff, 86004. Arrangements under the direction of Novel Owens Mortuary Phoenix since 1958. A veteran of WWII, he served as a ball turret gunner on a B-17 in the European Theatre of Operations for one year and six months. 17th mission, he was shot down and was held prisoner of war for one year and three months. He worked for Edison Brother's Shoe Co.

out of St. Louis, MO for 30 years, serving as Store Manger of Baker's. Shoes and opening and managing the Chandler's Shoe Store in the Biltmore Fashion Park. Upon retirement he went to work for 10 years in the Shoe Salon at Saks Fifth Avenue. He is survived by his devoted wife Mary; daughter, Robin; son, Gary; step-son, Robert Fry; sister, Wilma D.

McQuade; grandchildren, Erin, and Nicholas Fry and Liam Watson, daughter-in- law; Colleen Kavanagh. Memorial Service will be held Thursday, July 18th 2002, 10:00 A.M., A. L. Moore Grimshaw Bethany Chapel, 710 West Bethany Home Road. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to American Ex-Prisoners of War, 14425 West Gunsight Drive, Sun City West, AZ Frances Wiatrolik, born in Gary, Indiana on March 22, 1926 to Joseph and Katherine Tachik, passed away on July 15, 2002.

She graduated from Lew Wallace High School in 1944, and married Harold Wiatrolik on February 1, 1947. They relocated their family to Sister Bay, Wisconsin in 1972 and then to Phoenix, Arizona in 1976. Frances was a realtor with Allan Jeffryes Realty for 15 years and resided in Phoenix 25 years. She was an active member of St. Frances Xavier Catholic Parish.

She is survived by her husband, Harold, her son James, his wife Carol and granddaughters Alena and Trava in Denver, Colorado, her daughter Sally Ann Wiatrolik in San Francisco, California, and her son Brian Wiatrolik in Phoenix, Arizona. She also leaves behind a brother, Jerome Tachik, a sister-in-law, Victoria Kochek, and numerous nieces and nephews in Indiana and Phoenix. A brother, George Kochek, recently preceded her in death. Visitation will be held from 5:00 9:00 P.M., Thursday, July 18, 2002 at Whitney and Murphy Arcadia Funeral Home, 4800 East Indian School Road, Phoenix, Arizona. Funeral Mass will be offered at 10:00 A.M., Friday, July 19, 2002 at St.

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