Newsday (N.Y.): Royals ready to repeat, but they know it won’t be easy

By Art Spander
Special to Newsday

SURPRISE, Ariz. — This city was created in 1938 on Sonoran desert scrubland 25 miles west of Phoenix. “I’ll be surprised if the town amounts to anything,” said Flora Mae Statler, the founder, unintentionally providing a name.

The population of Surprise — surprise! — now is more than 117,000.

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