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LOCAL NEWS A2 Thursday, June 1, 2006 www.azdailysim.com Arizona Daily Sun NAU will also get shot at building loan good thing. ASU is currently operating what is to be its Polytech Campus out of some buildings on the site of the old Williams Gateway Airport. It has 5,000 students and offers 33 degree programs. The $103 million in borrowing authority would build new permanent classrooms. By contrast, UA lobbyist Greg Fahey pointed out that the House-approved budget has only $1.2 million for UA-South.

And that is one-time funding. And there is no money for projects' at NAU. Sam Polito, his NAU counterpart, said major repairs are needed on the older building at the schools Flagstaff campus. Blendu said they are that is a campus that largely would benefit residents of one area of Maricopa County. As a Southern Arizona lawmakers it is important that our taxpayer dollars go home, Bee said.

The fight even has divided Maricopa County legislators. One of the big supporters of the $309 million plan is Sen. Robert Blendu, R-Litchfield Park. Blendu admitted to Capitol Media Services he is miffed that ASU does not have a real campus convenient to residents of his legislative district; the closest is in Glendale. In fact, Blendu believes that if NAU gets permission to borrow $103 million it might actually put a new campus in his region.

And that, he said, would be a for each of the schools to use to repay the money that would be borrowed. Supporters, including top Senate Republicans, say the plan is only fair. They contend both the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University have needs, too. But ASU lobbyist Matt Salmon, however, said he fears the effort to provide equity for all and its $309 million price tag could prove too big and politically sink the entire funding plan. And that would mean no money for anyone and, more to the point, no money for ASUs Polytechnic Campus.

That could happen: The proposal, being pushed by Senate President Ken Bennett, R-Prescott, came as a surprise A committe decides ASU shouldn't be the only state university that gets approval for expansion. By HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services PHOENIX Demands for $103 million to build a satellite campus for Arizona State University are being parlayed into a plan to give equal spending authority to two other universities, too. The Senate Finance Committee approved a measure Wednesday to give each of the three state schools permission to borrow $103 million for unspecified capital projects. The Legislature would back that with $7.5 million a year to House Republican leaders. House Speaker Jim Weiers said last night he and his staff were still studying the implications.

The squabble has taken on geographic overtones as legislators from other parts of the state the parts that don't include ASU and its Polytech campus want to divide up the fiscal pie. And theyre not being shy about it. Senate Majority Leader Tim Bee, R-Tucson, pointed out the proposed legislative budget includes no money for some of the priorities that UA has sought, including cash to help recruit and retain top-flight faculty. But at the same time, were asking taxpayers (from around the state) to commit to this building at ASU, he said. And DeatlisFunerals Family dispute leads to stabbing Witnesses at the scene gave officers a detailed description of the suspect.

One person even knew the suspect and said the fight was the result of a family feud that has been going on for years. Officers were not told the reason for the feud. The victim told officers he had been accosted by a relative and they began to have words. During the altercation, the suspect came up to the victim and stabbed him once. Officers went to the suspects house.

The suspect was at home and he was arrested without incident. Officers booked two articles of clothing into evidence that had blood on them. Manuel R. Villegas, 24, 1929 12 N. West was booked into the county jail on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

According to jail staff, he is being held in lieu of $25,000 bond. By DAILY SUN STAFF A Flagstaff man was stabbed in the chest during a fight at a dance Sunday night. According to Flagstaff police reports, officers responded to the restaurant area of the Western Hills motel, 1580 E. Route 66, on a report of a fight at about 11 p.m. Sunday.

When the first officer arrived, he found a man on the ground of a nearby parking lot, surrounded by several bystanders. The officer checked the man on the ground and noticed the man was bleeding heavily from the left side of his chest. The victim took his shirt off and the officer noticed what looked like a deep stab wound. Paramedics took the victim to Flagstaff Medical Center. The victim was treated and released, according to a spokesperson at the hospital.

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Also included is Winslow in Navajo County. For more information or to obtain a news obituary form, contact the newsroom at 556-2241, or submit it online to: azdsnewsazdailysun.com. sures. That followed a state Supreme Court ruling which questioned the legality of putting the spending plans and all the conforming changes in state law into just one or two bills. So last year, Napolitano racked up 16 vetoes on a single day by vetoing the first budget proposal adopted by lawmakers.

Thats also what helped her get to a record 58 vetoes in a single legislative session. This year shes managed to reject only 30 so far. But she has not yet received any of the 14 measures in the Republican budget and tax cut package which has provisions the governor already has said are unacceptable. Napolitano, questioned about her soon-to-be-set record, sought to downplay its significance. I think thats a statistic that only you guys take account of, she said.

And Napolitano said she doesnt make decisions based on such counts. I view the bills as to whether or not they make sense, theyre well written, they accomplish the objective that they set out to accomplish," she said. But the governor also suggested that some of the vetoes might have been avoided had the Republicans who control the House and Senate simply negotiated ahead of time about what she would sign before sending her some measures. She conceded, though, some measures were not subject to negotiation. For example, Napolitano has refused to sign a series of measures that would alter state laws on abortion.

The bill that could set the record likely already is on the governors desk: HB 2577, billed by backers as a comprehensive immigration and border security measure, contains some provisions that Napolitano already vetoed earlier this year as separate proposals. Partisan strife and a new budget process are to blame for the 114 vetos. By HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services PHOENIX Janet Napolitano is one flip of the wrist away from making state history. And shes going to do it in record time, too. Napolitano has chalked up 114 vetoes since taking office in January 2003.

That puts her in a tie with Bruce Babbitt. It took Babbitt a Democrat who for virtually his entire tenure also worked with a Republican-controlled Legislature more than twice as long to achieve that goal: He was in office more than eight years. To be fair, Napolitanos pace is not entirely her doing. Several years ago state lawmakers began breaking the budget up into multiple mea moved to Montana where they purchased a 240-acre farm. They returned to the ranch east of Flagstaff in 1967, where he lived out his life.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Maudie Jo (Willis) Drye; his brother Tip Francis and his wife Genevive (Willis) Drye; six living children, Aaron D. Diye, Steven C. Drye, Sydney A. Drye, Richard B. Drye, Ronald L.

Drye and Robin E. Montgomery; 21 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his son, Walter T. Drye. Graveside services will be Friday, June 2, at 11 a.m.

at Citizens Cemetery. Send condolences to www.flagstaffmortu-ary.com. Arrangements are by Lozanos Flagstaff Mortuary. Vernon Ratzlaff Vernon Paul Ratzlaff died on May 26, 2006. He was 81.

Mr. Ratzlaff was bom in Mountain Lake, where he was raised. After graduation from Goshen College (Indiana), he was married to Bonnie Lou Sommers from Indiana. They celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last December. He was an educator who taught elementary and junior high in Minnesota, Missouri and in Arizona at Hopi Mission School, Tuba City Public School and in Cameron.

He developed al- tentative teach- ing methods for i 1 underachieving students. Growing up in a Mennonite RATZLAFF farming community, his first language was Low German. He loved music, playing the trombone until recently. His first job was as a cook in a small restaurant, and he carried those cooking skills on throughout his life. He loved to make soup and bread for family gatherings.

Another passion was to travel, and he often used family travel time as learning experiences. He was a talented collector and flower arranger. As a conscientious objector, he served in alternative service by building a dam in South Dakota and as an orderly in a mental hospital in Pennsylvania. He loved Christ dearly and en- joyed singing in church choirs. He is survived by his spouse, Bonnie, and children Paul (Vicki), Jay (Cheryl), Peter (Michelle) and Gwen.

He is also survived by 11 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother, stepmother and two stepsisters. Memorial services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the Norvel Owens Mortuary Chapel, 914 E. Route 66.

Arrangements are by Norvel Owens Mortuary. James Lee Fann James Lee Fann, dad, husband and friend, died unexpectedly on Sunday, May 28, 2006. He was 72. He was bom on June 14, 1933, in Rolla, to Bessie (Moss) and Benjamin Fann. After his high school graduation in 1952, he was married to Sylvia Bassler.

From 1952 to 1956, he served as a damage controlman in the U.S. Navy, then worked for the McDonnell Aircraft Corporation in St. Louis. Two years later, he moved to Prescott to work in heavy construction for his uncle, Sid Webb. In 1960, he and Sylvia established J.L.

Fann Ditching and Excavating, which became Fann Contracting, Inc. In 1990, founded Qmax in Flagstaff and moved to Williams, where he was married to Elaine Moffitt. He was known for his passion for work, spending 46 years as an entrepreneur. His life inspired love, compassion, fortitude, purpose, dedication, and giving back 100 He loved the outdoors, sailing, fishing, listening to music, and caring for many animals He is survived by his wife Elaine Fann of Williams; his son, Michael W. Fann of Prescott; his daughters Gail Fann Thomas and her husband, Ken of Monterey, Karen E.

Fann and Jim McKown of Chino Valley; Sarah Bird and her husband, Brian of Phoenix; and six grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his mother Bess Foster; stepfather, Clyde Foster; and close family friend, Sharon Miller Kobayashi. Memorial services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Calvary Chapel, 2313 E. Highway 69, Prescott.

Graveside services will follow at Mountain View Cemetery at 1051 Willow Creek Road, Prescott. The family suggests memorial donations may be made to the Mercy Ships (mercyships. org) or Smile (operationsmile. org). Arrangements are by Hampton Funeral Home.

Aaron Drye Aaron Monte Drye, bom July 23, 1920, in Winslow, died May 29, 2006, in his home at Twin Arrows, on the D5 Ranch. He was 85. He was the fifth child bom to Walter T. and Natie S. Drye and raised on the homestead in Anderson Mesa.

At the one-room school on Anderson Canyon, he acquired an eighth-grade education. He and his wife were married on OcL 18, 1941, at her parents home, on East Cherry Avenue in Flagstaff. He was hired by the U.S. Army to guard the Canyon Padre Bridge during World War II. When his post was relieved, he was re-assigned to the Navajo Army Depot as a Calvary Night Rider.

He later worked for his father-in-law Forrest J. Willis, chief of police in Flagstaff, as a deputy. He also worked for the Coconino County Road Department and Arizona Highway Department In 1944 the couple purchased a cattle ranch from his uncle Less Drye in Quemado, N.M. Longing for home, in 1948 they sold that ranch and bought a ranch from Emmitt Kellum 25 miles east of Flagstaff. In 1965, they leased their ranch and GREAT summer camps offered by Flag police release.

GREAT is a 12-week program offered to students in the Flagstaff Unified School District. The curriculum focuses on enhancing self-esteem, refusal skills, handling peer pressure, role models leadership and life skills. GREAT, which began in Flagstaff in 1993 to deliver an anti-drug and anti-violence message, is a cooperative effort among teachers, police and students. For more information about the summer camps or to be a counselor and to receive an application, contact the police department at 556-2212. By DAILY SUN STAFF Flagstaff police are looking for seventh-grade graduates of Gang Resistance Education and Training interested in having fun this summer at two, two-week summer camps.

Police are also looking for adults interested in being counselors during the summer camps. According to information from the Flagstaff Police Department, the program includes field trips to museums, a water park, a river rafting trip, a Diamondbacks game and more. Its an exciting way to wrap up the school year, stated Sgt. Tom Boughner in a press Police seize 9,000 poimds of marijuana in Glendale about 6,000 pounds, authorities said. Police said that they arrested one suspect in the case and recovered two rifles and two handguns from the home during the raid.

GLENDALE (AP) Police raided a Glendale home on Wednesday and seized up to 9,000 pounds of marijuana in what authorities are calling one of the largest drug seizures in the history of Maricopa County. A police spokesman said the marijuana had an estimated wholesale value of up to $4.5 million. The previous largest seizure by Phoenix investigators was PoliceLog Powerball: 1(420-22-4349 (3) The Pick: 27, 16, 30, 19, 40, 6 (13) Fantasy 5: 2, 12, 5, 24, 15 Pick 3: 8, 5, 0 SUDOKU ANSWER Harley-Davidson black leather boots and Harley-Davidson black sandals from a white 2002 Chevrolet Avalanche parked at Crazy Bills, 3130 E. Route 66. The burglary happened between 5 p.m.

and 6:56 p.m. Monday when the victim went to get something to eat The victim came outside to find the left rear window shattered and the items missing. Computer theft Someone stole a black custom computer tower from the front yard of a residence on the 100 block of Sycamore Street between 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Monday.

The victim told police that he is moving and set the computer by the moving truck before he left. He said whoever took the computer probably thought he was throwing it away. The tower is worth about $900. Man stabbed A man was stabbed with a pen-like object on the 700 block of west Coconino Avenue at 6:28 p.m. Monday.

According to police reports, the victim told police the whole incident happened while he was driving with his wife and kids, when suddenly he was stabbed. The wife and children of the victim had different accounts of exactly where the victim was stabbed. There is some possible suspect information and the case has been given to detectives. Vehicle burglary Someone stole a black leather laptop case with paperwork and bank statements, and Residents who want to reporta crime but wish to remain anonymous may call Silent Witness at 774-6111 or (877) 29-CRIME. Rewards of up to $1,000 are given for information that leads to an arrest.