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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2007 WWW.AZDAILYSUN.COM 50 CENTS Condo cash Sharing his musical talents finally online veloper of The Arbors, Richafd Lund of the Phoenix-based Bilt-more Holdings, would provide 8 percent of the price of a unit up to $18,000 in a down payment loan or grant, depending on whether the qualified workforce buyer occupies the unit longer than three years. The 310-unit conversion project has been hailed by Flagstaff officials as a partial solution to the citys affordable housing crisis about 40 borrowers are likely to qualify for See CONDOS, A8 The Arbors has forgivable down payment loans of up to $18,000 per unit for workforce buyers. By J. FERGUSON Sun Staff Reporter More than five months since Flagstaff largest condo conversion project had its grand opening, a $500,000 homebuyer assistance fund is finally available to the public. The fund, created by the de i AREA MEDIAN INCOME Limit to qualify for Arbors down payment assistance Charly Spining has enriched Flagstaff for more than 30 years By BETSEY BRUNER Arts, Culture Community Editor The stories about Charly Spining just keep growing.

He played piano for so long at the Weatherford Hotel they named the restaurant after him. He speaks Chinese well enough to host the Flagstaff Symphonys visiting Chinese pianist in January. And then theres the deadpan wit, as in this line about why he played the piano so well as a 5-year-old for his teacher his mother. Maybe I had the motivation to impress her, he said. DOING MUSIC FOR FUN Spining (rhymes with inning) moved to Flagstaff in 1976 and has been involved in almost every facet of musical life here since he arrived.

Last year, he retired from a career as an accountant, but he hasnt retired from his devotion to music. His prolific artistic talents -have touched both Flagstaff and Sedona. Last Sunday, he accompanied singer George Buf-ford during a concert at the Church of the Red Rocks in Sedona. He is also the treasurer for Chamber Music Sedona, which celebrates its 25th anniversary next year. Its a lot of running up and down the hill, he said.

Ive been a patron since they began. Music is not work for Spin-ing. I think its just enjoying what you do, like any skill, he said. Some people like to make furniture or paint a picture. Its just fun, and you dont expect to make a lot of money at it.

If people enjoy it, you get a little feedback. Spining, who learned Mandarin Chinese while serving in the Navy during the Vietnam era, acted as guide for virtuoso pianist Sa Chens during her Flagstaff visit. He Extracurriculars spared in PUSD OTHER RESULTS William Justice seemingly unseats Mayor Dan Brown in unofficial vote results. Three councilmembers cruise to win unopposed. For a complete breakdown of the election, see A8 Ryan KennedyAnzona Daily Sun CHARLY SPIN1NG WORKS ON his piano skills on Friday morning at his home.

Spining has been a resident of Flagstaff since 1976 and began playing the piano at age 5. Enrichment programs in the Page Unified School District will keep extra spending through 2014 after voter approval. By CIIKLSKA DkWFFSK Sun Staff Reporter Page Unified School District voters extended a 10 percent budget override that funds student enrichment programs at PUSD Schools. The override allows Page School District to levy additional property taxes and exceed its state-mandated maintenance and operations budget limit. The original 2002 voter-approved override was sent to expire in 2010.

It amounts to an extra $96.23 a year in property taxes for every $100,000 of assessed residential value. By re-authorizing the override, voters extended that sunset to 2014. IF YOU What: Flagstaff Light Opera Company fundraiser. When: April 1. Cocktails at 5 p.m., buffet at 6 p.m.

Where: Jotinis Restaurant, Continental Country Club Cost: $30 For more Information: Call 774-6997. music, as well as performing it. The musical demands can vary. When we have a (Flagstaff Light Opera Company) show, theres rehearsal time on weekends, he said. Church takes several hours a week, and theres choir rehearsal and services on Sunday.

Were Episcopalian, so theres more See SPINING, A8 Voters in the Bodaway, Coppermine, Inscription HouseNa-vajo Mountain, Kaibeto, Lechee and four separate Page voting districts decided for the override. Five of those voting districts are on the Navajo Nation, which has students attending Page schools. The PUSD Budget Override Committee determined that the extra tax money generated by the override translates into whether the school can continue to provide a host of See PAGE, A8 Im spread pretty thin, I guess, but I dont mind, Spining said. I enjoy writing about also wrote a preview and a review of her concert for the Daily Sun. A million government papers kept out of sight Rather than sort out whats a risk, the government sometimes censors boxes of files en masse instead.

$600K in meth seized in car with 4-year-old A Phoenix woman accused of carrying 23 pounds of meth had her granddaughter along as a decoy. Records of concern More than 1 million pages of historical government documents have been removed from the public view since the September 2001 terror attacks. Pages withheld, by category Plansphotos of government facilities and sensitive infrastructure WMKMBBBHI 370,356 Other BMSKW 270,000 Weapons technology (biological and chemical) 187,540 Nuclear technology Wm 103,837 President protection records naa oo.soe Items of potential use to terronsts RS 66,076 Emergency action planning, civil defense, continuity of gov Info 1 9,655 Natural resources 12,703 Terrorism and counterterrorism 38 Middle East-related materials 2 Intelligence gathering and studies 0 about ail federal facilities. But they also include the presumably useless, such as part of a collection about the Lower Colorado River Authority that includes 114-year-old papers. About 80 cubic feet of naval facility plans and blueprints on microfilm, about 200,000 pages were withdrawn since the agency said it didnt have time to go through each individual document.

In all, archivists identified as many as 625 million pages thaft could have been affected under the security program. In their haste to remove potentially harmful documents from view, archives officials acknowledged many records were withdrawn that should be available. The public can still request to see parts of withdrawn documents under the Freedom of Information Act and may in some cases be allowed to see whole files that were re- See RECORDS, A8 program. Archives officials are still screening records, but the number of files pulled recently has declined dramatically, he said. The records administration began removing materials under its records of concern program, launched in November 2001 after the Justice Department instructed agencies to be more guarded in releasing government papers.

The agency has removed about 1.1 million pages, according to partially redacted monthly progress reports reviewed by the AP. The reports were obtained under the Freedom of Information Act. The pulled records include the presumably dangerous, such as nearly half an enormous database from the Federal Emergency Management Agency with information By FRANK BASS and RANDY HERSCHAFT Associated Press Writers More than 1 million pages of historical government documents a stack taller than the U.S. Capitol have been removed from public view since the September 2001 terror attacks, according to records obtained by The Associated Press. Some of the papers are more than a century old.

In some cases, entire file boxes were removed without significant review because the governments central recordkeeping agency, the National Archives and Records Administration, did not have time for a more thorough audit. We just felt we couldnt take the time and didnt always have the expertise, said Steve Tilley, who oversaw the By im JARY DAVIS Sun Staff Reporter Two women traveling with a 4-year-old girl were arrested Friday night after a Department of Public Safety officer found $600,000 worth of methamphetamine in the car they were driving. The women, who were traveling in a red Jeep with Nebraska plates, were stopped on Interstate 40 at the Butler Avenue interchange at about 10 p.m. for speeding, said Sgt. Rod Wigman of the DPS Flagstaff office.

The driver said the group, which included her 4-year-old granddaughter, was enroute to a party in Nebraska. She said the car belonged to a friend but could not name the friend, and she and her adult passenger gave the officer inconsistent statements, Wigman said. The officer obtained written consent to search the vehicle, and police officers, with a drugsniffing dog, found the meth in the spare tire compartment in the trunk. The load of meth See METH, A8 SOURCE National Archives AP Todays WEATHER Classified advertising, 556-2298 Home delivery, 7794189 Internet advertising, 913-8654 Almanac A12 Around the Town A12 Classifieds Cl ComicsIV B5 Dear Abby B5 Lottery A2 Movies A3 Nation A4, A6 High: 67 Low: 30 5-day Fount wr, A12 Inside 32 pages in 3 sections, Volume 61, No. 128 Obituaries A2 Opinion A5 Police Log A2 Worid A7, A9 00001 i it i a.