By Paul Maryniak | Ahwatukee Foothills News
Club West Golf Course was restored to a lush venue, but the Ahwatukee Lakes Golf Course remained deader than a duff.
The South Mountain Freeway started rising out of the desert, but a missing link in Chandler Boulevard opened to provide residents of several HOAs a way around Pecos Road.
There were no Independence Day fireworks, but the 41st annual Easter Parade, the 18th annual Ahwatukee Nutcracker and the 22nd annual Festival of Lights went off as scheduled.