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🌱 Surprise detention center review opens a new window for public comment

Surprise, Arizona Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello Surprise! Stay connected with the latest updates from around town. Let's dive in! ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • Surprise detention center review opens a new window for public comment
  • Surprise winter-break camp registration opens Monday
  • $100K lottery ticket, multiple $50K prizes sold across Arizona

Also on today's calendar: Target $15,000 Big Check Presentation benefiting Chance Shelter and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: What travels all around the world but stays in a corner? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 85 and low of 60 degrees.
  • Friday: A stray afternoon t-shower, temps: high: 77, low: 57.
  • Saturday: A brief morning shower or two, with a high of 72 and low of 54 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. DHS releases environmental assessment for proposed Surprise detention center (azfamily.com) — Surprise residents have until Dec. 9 to comment on a draft environmental review of a proposed 1,500-person immigration detention center near Sweetwater Avenue and Dysart Road. DHS found no significant environmental impacts, though the review identifies increased demands on city services. Councilmember Chris Judd says supplying water would require about $9 million in infrastructure.
   

2. Surprise residents can register for Winter Break Camp (yourvalley.net) — Surprise families can register starting Nov. 16 for Winter Break Camp at Sierra Montana Recreation Center, with limited spots for kindergarteners through seventh graders. Camp runs 7 a.m.–6 p.m. Dec. 21–24 and Dec. 28–31, costing residents $30 daily plus a $10 registration fee per child. A completed packet must be submitted to finalize registration.
   

3. $100K lottery ticket, multiple $50K prizes sold across Arizona (azcentral.com) — A $50,000 winning Powerball Double Play ticket was sold at the Circle K at 16247 W. Bell Road in Surprise for the Nov. 7 drawing. It was among several big Arizona lottery wins reported over the past week, including a $100,000 fast-play ticket sold in Phoenix.
   

4. Take a Veteran to School Day has Surprise mayor among panelists (yourvalley.net) — About 120 Shadow Ridge High School juniors heard firsthand accounts of military service from local veterans during a Nov. 10 panel moderated by Surprise Mayor Kevin Sartor. Several panelists work at the school, giving students a chance to ask familiar faces how service changed their worldview and shapes their work today.
   

5. Jay Diaz Rios ID'd as Boy Killed in Surprise Accident on Grand Avenue near 163rd Avenue (pacificattorneygroup.com) — Surprise police identified 9-year-old Jay Diaz Rios as the child who died after a four-vehicle crash on Grand Avenue near 163rd Avenue on Nov. 6. An adult was also hospitalized, with no condition update provided. Police are investigating the cause and said impairment was not suspected.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Blue is saying hi he is part of the cheese group up for adoption with Rescue Street.
    Feel free to come by and say hi to him! He’s such a sweet boy!! (Nextdoor Surprise Orchards)
  • I have a house full of items that need to be gone as soon as possible.
    If you are in need of household items, electronics books furniture anything you can possibly think of is still here please message me as soon as… (Nextdoor Asante)
  • Ottawa University posted a job opening for Graduate Assistant Softball Coach (25722) in Surprise. Apply here.
  • Lendmark Financial Services, LLC posted a job opening for Branch Manager Trainee I in Surprise. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Surprise here.

Ok Surprise! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What travels all around the world but stays in a corner?" — Postal stamp (Thank you Donald C. for sending it in!)
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