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Police To Begin
Community Safety Meetings
 Community oriented policing program to
being January 27, 2007 You're invited!
By Jill Jones
The News
APACHE JUNCTION- Apache
Junction Chief of Police Glenn Walp
has announced the kickoff a new
community-orientated policing program
designed to develop communication
between the citizens and
the police department.
The first Community Safety
Meeting will be held on January
25, 2007 at St. George Church, 300
East 16th Avenue, beginning at 6
p.m., and will encompass residents
living in the vicinity from Tomahawk
Road east to Idaho Road,
north to Old West Highway, east
to Tomahawk Road and south to Southern
Avenue.
The police department (AJPD) will
continue to hold additional meetings
in various sectors of the city
and residents will be notified by
door hanger invitations, which will
be placed on their doors prior to
the meetings by members of the
AJPD, Police Auxiliary and Police
Explorers.
The goal of the Community Safety
Meetings is for the department to
gain a firsthand understanding of
individual public safety concerns,
so those concerns can be addressed
and resolved in a coordinated
partnership between the citizens
and the department.
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Fund Established To
Assist AJ Firefighter In Time Of Need
 Wells Fargo Bank locations are accepting
donations to fund
By Jill Jones
The News
APACHE JUNCTION- The International
Association Fire Fighters
Local 2260 have set up a memorial
fund in support of Apache Junction
Fire District Firefighter and
Paramedic Ryan Kellogg, 34, who
lost his wife Jennifer Kellogg, 23,
to a brain aneurysm on December
24, 2006.
Jennifer was born in Payson, Arizona
on October 7, 1983. She married
Ryan Kellogg on December 12,
2004 and the couple recently celebrated
their two-year wedding anniversary
with a trip to
Disneyworld on December 12. The
furthest thing from their mind was
life insurance. We mistakenly assumed
that a healthy, vibrant 23-
year-old girl did not need to think
about those things yet, said Ryan
Kellogg.
Now Kellogg is faced with funeral
expenses and those associated
with the new home they purchased
only one year ago. His fellow
firefighters have been supportive,
said Kellogg, who expressed his
gratitude to the fire district and local
union. The guys have taken
money from their own pockets.
They've been wonderful. However,
even with their support,
Kellogg said he is a long way away
from meeting the unexpected funeral
expenses.
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Five Arrested In DUI
Operation
 Over 900 vehicles pass through AJ
checkpoint
By Jill Jones
The News
APACHE JUNCTION- A total of
five DUI arrests were made, twentyfour
citations issued and four search
warrants served after more than 900
vehicles passed through a DUI
Checkpoint on Apache Trail on December
27, 2006.
The Apache Junction Police Department
(AJPD), the AJPD Auxiliary
Patrol and the AJPD Explorers,
along with the Department of Public
Safety combined efforts to send
a message to Apache Junction drivers
that not only is it not OK to
drink and drive, but also that drivers
are expected to operate their
vehicles according to the law.
Of the 24 citations issued, eleven
citations were for driving on suspended
licenses, four for no financial
responsibility, four for driving
without licenses, four for expired
registration violations and one was
for speeding. In addition, one
individual
was arrested for the possession
of drug paraphernalia.
This was a very successful operation,
said Civilian Commander
Jay Swart. Over nine hundred vehicles
were processed.
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Little
League On-Site Registration Jan. 10 & 13
 Website registration available @
www.ajll.org
By Chuck Baker
The News
Apache Junction Little League
will be conducting its first on-site
registrations for the 2007 season
this coming Wednesday, January
10 and Saturday, January 13.
Parents who register their child
before January 16 can save $10
off of the regular registration fee
of $85 and on-line registration is
available anytime at
www.ajll.org.
The Wednesday, January 10 onsite
registration will be held from
6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Little
League Field Complex, located on
the northwest corner of Ironwood
Drive and Broadway Road, just
north of Superstition Mountain
Elementary
School. The Saturday,
January 13 registration will be held
from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon,
again at the Little League Field
Complex. Parents should bring a
certified copy of their child's birth
certificate.
Additional on--site registrations
are scheduled for Saturday, January
20 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon at Prospector Park, 3015
N. Idaho Road, and Saturday, February
3, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon at the Little League Field
Complex however, on-line registration
at www.ajll.org will be
available throughout the registration
period.
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