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Zipps from page 45
Winning essay from page 45
GAME DAY DESTINATION: Zipps Sports Grill is serving sports fans and families alike at Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo Road—the restaurant chain’s 10th Valley location. STSN photo by Ron Lang
days a week from 11 a.m. till 2 a.m. For information, call 480-398-1776 or visit zippssportsgrills.com. K.M. Lang lives and writes in Sun Groves. To contact her, email kmlang@santansun.com.
FINGER FOOD: “We’re definitely known for our wings, our focaccias and our burgers,” says Zipps Sports Grill’s marketing and public relations coordinator, Nicole Momont. STSN photo by Ron Lang
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Momont explains. “They’re a little thicker and more moist than a pita, and they’re served warm. Our most popular is our Monaco, which is grilled chicken, mozzarella cheese and ranch dressing, served with a side of sweet jalapeno dressing.” The restaurant boasts more than 30 TVs and a 100-inch “TV wall,” and when televised games are sparse, guests 21 and older can create their own competitive fun with Zipps’ pool tables, shuffleboard and Golden Tee. “All of our restaurants have those amenities, so when there isn’t a game, there is definitely stuff for everyone to partake in,” says Momont, adding that the atmosphere at Zipps is designed to bring neighbors together. “We want you coming in and actually socializing with the other guests. I mean, these are the people who you live with, who your kids go to school with. We have a lot of people who come in by themselves, and the next thing you know, everybody’s friends.” Zipps Sports Grill at 4060 S. Arizona Ave. is open seven
neighborhood grocery store in Florida. According to Justin, Oskar “was appalled at what was then racial discrimination of African Americans in his community.” He quoted Oskar as saying, “This time not religion, but color of skin. Yet it was discrimination all the same.” Oskar made every effort to treat his AfricanAmerican customers with dignity and respect, and he became the first business owner in the area to employ African Americans. “Many people scorned Oskar, but Oskar did not care because it was the right thing to do,” Justin wrote. In closing, Justin noted that, “In his final remark, Oskar said to me, ‘Do what is right.’ I take that saying into my heart to this very day. … I have learned that moral courage comes not from others, but from within.” Justin read his winning essay in its entirety to the 70plus people gathered at the awards event. Afterward, Melissa Medvin, associate director of education for ADL’s Arizona Region, shared a story of her own. She was at Dobson High School for a Holocaust Awareness Event. One of the guest speakers was a man named Oskar Noble. “As a survivor, I thought he might be interested in attending the reception to hear the kids read their moral courage essays,” Medvin explains. “He accepted my invitation. I then went home and in the afternoon called Justin to tell him he won the essay contest. Prior to calling him, I reviewed his essay. Imagine my surprise when I read about a man named Oskar!” Only then did Medvin put two and two together. Oskar Noble, the subject of Justin’s essay, sat next to the young man during the awards ceremony. They were both beaming from ear to ear. Noble said he was very impressed not only with the essay, but with Justin himself, and was humbled that Justin had found inspiration in his own life’s story. To read all of Justin’s winning essay, visit mie. azcentral.com.
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