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Peoria gears up for Super Bowl traffic BY JOE MCHUGH
Peoria Times Staff Writer
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ith Glendale set to be the site of Super Bowl LVII, all eyes will be on the city to pull off a successful event in every aspect, traffic included. But Glendale isn’t the only city that will need to be in tip top shape, as Peoria, due to proximity, will also have to bring it’s “A” game to support executing the streamlining of traffic just as well as
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Glendale. “We want to showcase how nice our roads are and have easy access to some of the businesses in the area,” Peoria city traffic engineer Chris Lemka said. “When we talk about the Super Bowl, we have to imagine it’s not a day event. Activity started way before that, in fact, they’re going to start soon. So, we’re really looking at the couple of weeks leading up to the Super Bowl, especially the week of the Super Bowl, because that’s when we see a lot of visitors in
the area.” Lemka has been working closely with Glendale to make sure that everyone is on the same page. One topic of conversation is the area of Northern Avenue, which is a direct through street to get to State Farm Stadium. The week of the Super Bowl, there will be no construction on that street to make sure there are minimal obstacles on the road for a more efficient form of SEE TRAFFIC PAGE 2
PUSD has a new clerk of the board BY JOE MCHUGH
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FEBRUARY 2, 2023
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n Jan. 12, the Peoria Unified School District Governing Board appointed Heather Rooks the new clerk of the board. Serving in her first term as clerk of the board, Rooks is dedicated to furthering the education of Peoria Unified schools and holding the board accountable to making positive change in Arizona education. “I’m ready to shake things up,” Rooks said. “I’m ready to solve some issues that are going on right now. I’m ready. I’m very excited.” Replacing Cory Underhill, Rooks is coming in with a head of steam. Rooks
has been active in the community for the better part of three years, and has been vocal about her opinions, driving her to run for the Peoria Unified School Board. Of the two seats available, Rooks received over 42,000 votes, good enough to secure the most votes in the state. “I was elected by our community members, our taxpayers, and I ran on that with my campaign,” Rooks said. “I will hold transparency, I will hold accountability, I won’t be afraid to say something, to ask something, and get to the bottom of what is actually going on versus what I’m being told.” Being heavily involved with the commuSEE PUSD PAGE 2
Heather Rooks is the new clerk of the board at the Peoria Unified School District. (Submitted)
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