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The Junior Tennis Camps begin the week of June 1st and run in one-week sessions, from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. daily Monday-Friday. Cost of the camp is $100 per week for Surprise Residents and $120 per week for non-residents.
Join the City of Surprise on Saturday, May 23, for the third annual Memorial Day Parade at the Surprise Recreation Campus. The parade, which will run along Bullard Avenue, will begin at 8:30 a.m.
Entries for the 2009 event include Luke Air Force Base Honor Guard, Valley Vista High School Marching Band, the ever popular “Fire Up Freedom” fire truck and many more. Immediately following the parade is a wreath laying ceremony at the WWII US Army Air Corps Memorial located next to the Surprise Regional Library in the Community Park. This year the event will feature performances by the Willow Canyon High School theater group and a patriotic art show by Dysart Unified School District students.
The day’s festivities begin with a pancake breakfast at 6:30 a.m. at Surprise Stadium. The breakfast, sponsored by Country Kitchen Restaurant in Surprise, is $3 per person. Proceeds will benefit the Surprise Sundancers. Reservations for the breakfast are recommended and may be done at the Surprise Community and Recreation Services Office, 15960 N. Bullard Avenue.
The Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex is offering a summer session of their popular adult beginner Surprise Tennis University program.
For more information contact Chris Brewer, Tennis Supervisor, at chris.brewer@surpriseaz.com or call 623.222.2400.
City election
Brian Lameir is running against Councilman Joe Johnson in district 5
His web site is vote4vet.com
Surprise Fire celebrates National Emergency Medical Services Week
Emergency Medical Services Week is a national event, traditionally held the third week of May, designed to heighten emergency medical services awareness in the community. EMS Week brings together local communities and medical personnel to publicize safety, with this year?s theme ?Prevent Accidental Injures.? According to the Arizona Department of Health Services 2007 Emergency Room Statistics, 31% of emergency room visits were due to injuries & poisons, most were preventable. In 2008, 73% of the calls Surprise Fire Department responded to were for medical emergencies. Topping the list of emergencies responded to were motor vehicle accidents, heart attacks, and fall Injuries.
The Surprise Fire Department will kick off Emergency Medical Services Week with a large event May 16, 9 a.m. ? 1 p.m. at the Surprise Aquatic Center parking lot, 15831 N. Bullard. Come join us for: Emergency Medical Apparatus Displays, Blood Pressure Checks, CPR/CCR Demos, Car Seat & Bike Safety information, Fall Injury Prevention information, Give Aways and Fun. The Fire Department will hold six smaller events throughout the week at the following locations:
May 17th May 20th
Walmart Superstore Home Depot
9-Noon 9-Noon
13770 W. Bell Rd. 13760 W. Bell Rd.
May 18th May 21st
Bashas Lowe’s
9-Noon 9-Noon
15367 W. Waddell Rd. 13363 W. Grand Ave.
May 19th May 22nd
Peter Piper Pizza Sam’s Club
9-Noon 9-Noon
12851 W. Bell Rd. 16573 W. Bell Rd.
Surprise Youth Leadership participants to face the judges
Student teams participating in the Surprise Youth Leadership Program will present the results of their months-long projects before a panel of judges on Monday, May 11.
The three groups of students will make their presentations May 11, from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m., at the Dysart Education Center, 15802 North Parkview Place, in the Governing Board Room. The students are from Dysart USD schools and Imagine Prep.
The presentations will consist of a 20 minute summary of the project and a 10 minute question and answer period. The presentations will be scored by a panel of judges, which include local education, business and political officials, and averaged to arrive at a composite score. The factors for scoring the presentations will be made up of five categories, including clarity, thoroughness, persuasiveness, visual aids and teamwork.
All participants will celebrate at a Professional Leadership Network Mixer in a few weeks.
The Surprise Youth Leadership Program began in February, in which local school students were matched with a community/business mentor to develop valuable work and leadership skills. The students were assigned into teams where they were tasked with creating a program to benefit the community.
The Surprise Youth Leadership Program was the result of a collaborative partnership between the City of Surprise, Rio Salado College, Dysart USD and the Regional Surprise Chamber of Commerce.
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Should Surprise release records from an internal investigation into conduct of two detectives who were fired?Should Surprise release records from an internal investigation into conduct of two detectives who were fired?Yes
75.86%
No
24.14%
Total Votes: 58
Talk is cheap
Mayor Lyn Truitt and his crew can talk all they want, in the end we get the short stick, what a shame that the City of Surprise has no leadership. Bob Vukanovich.Board OKs $69.5M for Loop 303 construction
Nobody in Surprise including Mayor Lyn Truitt or his crew is addressing what they voted on a few months ago (park & ride), if Goodyear can do this, why can’t we.Goodyear moves forward on park-and-ride
Because all of the Easter eggs, because of rain were given to the Valley View Community Food Bank, I tried to get an answer from Lyn Truitt if we were still supporting the Westside Food Bank. All I received was a written reply in double talk that even a Rhode Scholar wouldn’t be able to understand.
The Surprise City Council members should read this article. Glendale’s Bead Museum faces closure
In these hard times, lets hope that the City of Surprise and Mayor Lyn Truitt will not exploit their senior citizens by enticing them into taking slave labor jobs (low pay & no benefits). Like the Chamber of Commerce, who we support financially are suggesting in developing a call center.Where is the well paying jobs and the good life style we were promised?
To better understand what is happening at the Go Bond meetings
Council held a meeting in 2008, and regards to the General Obligation Bonds.
Need to provide enough specifics so that people understand.
Go Bond Election – November 2009.
Establish Go Bond Committee
For the purpose of sifting through all projects & prioritize projects and make recommendations.
Staff will develop a strategy to identify projects for the Go Bond.
Surprise proposes reductions to FY2010 budget; will trigger layoffs
Surprise AZ (April 22, 2009) The City of Surprise is projecting less commercial construction next year, a key factor in a draft FY2010 budget that calls for a $1.9 million reduction in the city’s General Fund.
“Regretfully, additional layoffs will be necessary to achieve the reductions I believe are required,” said Surprise City Manager Randy Oliver.
The draft budget, presented to the City Council Tuesday afternoon, calls for the elimination of 23 positions, nine of which are vacant. Oliver says the city will reduce positions in support departments and in those whose workload is impacted by the slow economy. There will also be some reassignments due to administrative restructuring that are a result of the staff reductions.
The expected continued slowdown in commercial construction in Surprise accounts for $1.3 million of the anticipated shortfall. $600,000 in additional operating expenditures makes up the rest of the $1.9 million adjustment.
The city collects construction sales tax and other fees from commercial construction activity, so a downturn results in a diminished stream of revenue into the city General Fund. “The recession is ongoing and continues to take a toll on the city budget,” Oliver said.
Since December, the Surprise city council has acted on City Manger recommendations to reduce the current FY2009 budget by $6.8 million, which included the elimination of 32 positions. The city also identified millions in expenditure reductions, reduced employee benefits, froze pay, and took a no-growth approach to departmental budgets, “but more needs to be done,” Oliver said.
Oliver warned if revenues decline or if there is a reduction in shared revenues from the state of Arizona, the city’s ability to provide services will be affected. “We have already cut millions, and if the state reduces shared revenues, we will immediately be into service reductions,” he said. “If the legislature reduces shared revenues by 10%, that will be painful,” he said. “A 20% cut would be brutal.”
The city’s FY2010 General Fund, which is the primary operating fund of the city, is projected to be $70,064,400.
Surprise Community and Recreation Services is gearing up for another season of 4-on-4 Adult Flag Football for ages 18 and over.
League play begins on May 10 and games will be played on Sundays at the Surprise Recreation Campus – 8 Acres Field.
Resident Registration is available from April 25-28, and Open Registration will start April 29 and close May 1. The fee is $300 per team and will include a double elimination tournament.
For more information, please contact the Sports Division at 623.222.2000 or check the Web site at www.surpriseaz.com/recreation.
Surprise has the #1 “FDI Strategy” ranking in Foreign Direct Investment (fDi) magazine’s “North American Cities of the Future Awards 2009/10.” Surprise took first place in the “FDI Strategy” category for micro-communities, recognizing the city’s aggressive strategy to offer high-profile, move-in-ready properties for investors and to provide excellent potential for inward investment.
Surprise gathered other top rankings:
· #4 “North American Micro Cities of the Future.”
· #3 “Business Friendliness”
· Special recognition for “Highest Growth within Knowledge-based Sectors”
Attached you will find student-generated flyers promoting an upcoming Student Against Drunk Driving (SADD) membership recruitment event for a new Surprise chapter, May 2, at the Surprise Sierra Montana Rec Center.
Surprise Community and Recreation Services is gearing up for another season of 4-on-4 Adult Flag Football for ages 18 and over.
League play begins on May 10 and games will be played on Sundays at the Surprise Recreation Campus – 8 Acres Field.
Resident Registration is available from April 25-28, and Open Registration will start April 29 and close May 1. The fee is $300 per team and will include a double elimination tournament.
For more information, please contact the Sports Division at 623.222.2000 or check the Web site at www.surpriseaz.com/recreation.
Registration is now open for Surprise girls volleyball league and girls/boys volleyball camps.
Movie night, This event features a family favorite- Kung Fu Panda (rated G), on the Video Board inside the stadium. Surprise Stadium is located at 15850 N. Bullard Avenue. Gates open at 6 p.m. and the movie will begin at 6:30 p.m.
Go Bond meeting, The next meeting is scheduled for April 28, at 6:30 p.m., in the Jury Assembly Room of the City Court, located in the west-end of the Surprise Public Safety Building, 16081 N. Civic Center Plaza.
A previously-scheduled meeting for April 21 was cancelled and the committee voted to have another meeting on May 12 in the same location and at the same time.
Tennis,The Surprise Tennis and Racquet Complex has been selected the United States Tennis Association Central Arizona Member Organization of the Year.
The Surprise Community and Recreation Services Department is recruiting volunteer van drivers to pick up and drop off participants attending programs at the Senior Center, 15832 N. Hollyhock Street.Drivers are needed Monday – Friday, for four or six hour shifts during the day, once or twice per week. Training, t-shirt and lunch will be provided.
Last weekend’s rain forced the cancellation of the Surprise Spring EGGstravaganza event, an event that was free with the donation of a canned food item to Valley View Community Food Bank.
The Surprise Community and Recreation Services Department still came through with a donation of more than 27,000 candy-filled eggs.
The community will have another opportunity to support the Valley View Community Food Bank, by attending the Movie Night at Surprise Stadium, Saturday, April 25, featuring Kung Fu Panda.
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