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Vol. 79 No. 6
Inside This Week
Glendale firefighter receives award for heroics BY JOE MCHUGH
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lendale firefighter Timothy Webb was awarded with the Lifesaving Award by the city of Surprise for providing emergency medical care to an injured man while he was off duty. Reports say that the former EMT’s quick reactions were an instrumental part in saving the victim’s life. “It always feels good to save somebody’s life and to be able to actually make a difference and make an impact, a positive impact, on a scenario,” Webb said. “It’s pretty common that we in the fire department, see things and like a worst-case
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scenario all the time, and it always feels good to be able to save somebody.” On Aug. 6, Webb heard someone knocking on his door around 3 a.m. Hearing sirens approaching his location, Webb located a man that was engaged with the Surprise Police Department, who was impaled and in need of medical assistance. Webb ran back into his house to retrieve his medical supplies and proceeded to provide emergency care to the man until fire units arrived. His bravery was vital to the man getting to the hospital in reparable shape. In a situation where most may freeze unsure of what to do, Webb jumped right in
without hesitation. “I want to be an asset to the community,” Webb said. “I feel like if it was me that was put in that situation, and I needed help, I’d help somebody else who had the training, and the ability to help, step in and help out. It’s really doing, doing my part. “Treat others as if you want the way that you want to be treated. And having that knowledge of that skill set to where I can help. I’m hoping that other people will do that too.” Formerly of the Coast Guard for over a decade, as well as being an EMT prior to being a firefighter, Webb is no stranger to SEE HERO PAGE 4
City’s residents prepare for Super Bowl visitors BY JOE MCHUGH
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ith Super Bowl LVII making its way to Glendale on Sunday, Feb. 12, the world will be watching the city as it prepares for its biggest event of the year. Not only will millions of eyes be watching the game from home, but hundreds of thousands will be in the city to be a part of the event and experience that comes with one of professional sports’ biggest stages. “I feel like this is a very overwhelming time for Glendale or Arizona in general,” Glendale resident Nicholas Malinowski said. “Both the (WM Phoenix Open) and Super Bowl happening in the same weekend is madness.”
With a clear influx of people coming into town, current residents will have their hands full, but are more than prepared to share their booming city with them. This creates a double-edged sword in the residents’ minds, however, as there are both good things and problems that come with the population nearly doubling over the course of a weekend. The first problem that arises in the resident’s eyes is traffic. “It’s bad enough with people working their daily 9-5s,” Malinowski said. “So, I don’t think anyone’s ready for it.” With the population of Glendale already near 250,000, the day-to-day traffic causes as much as 20-minute delays to travel times, so adding another 250,000 people
into the mix is a problem residents are worried about. But the city is more than prepared to handle the traffic, proposing that all construction be halted during the time of Super Bowl LVII, and an allhands-on-deck effort to help the flow of traffic go as smoothly as possible. A positive to the amount of people coming to Glendale, though, is an opportunity to show off the immense development and growth that the city has seen. Many added amenities include a massively improved Westgate Entertainment District and Arrowhead Towne Center, as well as many activities that have been implemented to the city over the years. “We have this right combination of hotel
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