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With the U.S. Supreme Court backing the Affordable Care Act for the second time in three years, Arizona hospitals and health interests say it removes major uncertainty about the health-care law that has extended coverage to more than a half-million Arizonans.

The Supreme Court on Thursday

affirmed a key tenet of the law that extends subsidies for low- and moderateincome residents. The 6-3 decision, written by Chief Justice John Roberts, means that about 126,500 Arizonans will continue to collect tax-credit subsidies that help them pay their monthly health-insurance bills.

Hospitals, doctors and health-care

HOME STRETCH FOR COURT TERM The U.S. Supreme Court has saved its biggest decisions for last. As the court’s term draws to a close, Arizonans still await word on three cases that could have big impacts: the potential nationwide legalization of gay marriage; a lawsuit challenging the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, which could

overturn the state’s congressional map; and whether a lethal-injection procedure used by Arizona and several other states violates the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Visit azcentral.com just after 7 a.m. today and Monday for news on the court’s decisions.

Nation & World: Why the court’s ACA decision matters to consumers, insurance markets, hospitals, doctors and government. Section B

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The epic fall of a Valley tycoon

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A RECORD TO REMEMBER

From Nautilus empire to lengthy prison term ROBERT ANGLEN THE REPUBLIC

On this day in 1990, the heat was enough to drive Johnny Shark (left) into the fountains at the old Patriots Square Park in Phoenix, and overwhelm firefighter Robert Hill (above). By the time the thermometer topped out at 122 degrees that day, the whole city had a day to remember.

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Gordon Hall spent the 1980s playing the part of a larger-than-life Arizona millionaire. The person he most regularly tried to outdo was himself.

The real-estate developer and Nautilus health-club entrepreneur lived on the edge of hyperbole, forever promising the biggest and the best.

He was going to plant a 62-story office tower on the Phoenix skyline, the biggest. He bragged about someday becoming a trillionaire, the wealthiest.

He lived in a 52,000-square-foot mansion, the best.

But Hall, now 61, will likely spend most, if not all, of his golden years in substantially smaller and far less comfortable accommodations: a federal prison cell.

Hall was sentenced last week to 96 months in prison for orchestrating a $93 million tax scam with roots in the sovereign-citizen movement. That’s on top of 180 months he’s already serving for his involvement in a South Carolina Ponzi scheme.

See HALL, Page 10A

25 years ago today, Phoenix’s notorious heat reached its apex Where were you when it was 122? It’s an I-remember-when tale

This series so far Heaviest snow: Wednesday Coldest spot: Thursday Hottest day in Phoenix: Today

for longtime Phoenicians, a badge of honor if you were here to

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experience it: The day the official thermometer hit the highest

Deadliest storm: Saturday

temperature ever. The day the airport shut down because of

Hottest recorded day: Sunday

heat. For all, it was sweltering. For a few, it was a day that would not be survived. Today, 25 years later, reporter Shaun McKinnon examines Phoenix’s most extreme day.

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ALSO No hill for this climber: As an 85-year-old woman from Paradise Valley prepares to attempt the world record for oldest woman to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, she carries the weight of her fund to help poor children on her shoulders. 3A

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The Iraqi pilot of an allied military jet that crashed late Wednesday in Cochise County remains missing after crews put out a brush fire. 3A

Couple remain missing: Volunteers set up a makeshift command post to aid authorities in the fourth day of their search for a Pinal County couple who vanished Monday, leaving behind their children and few clues besides a 7-yearold Honda. 9A

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What if Canadians called our city ‘Phoenix, America’? oday’s question: Why is it that when we Americans refer to a Canadian city, we omit the associated province and simply say, for example, Edmonton, Canada, rather than Edmonton, Alberta? Are we ignorant of the fact that Canadians have provinces just like we have states? I have never heard a Canadian say Phoenix, America or Los Angeles, America. Maybe we are simply too la-

For starters, I’m sure Americans, or at least most of us, know that Canada has provinces, all sorts of them. I would bet, however, that most of us don’t know just exactly where those provinces are.

So unless an issue is specific to a specific province, such as speaking French in Quebec, there probably really isn’t much interest in knowing the province of the city under discussion.

zy to find out specifically where their cities are located. I, for one, feel it is disrespectful of our northern neighbors and would not blame them for feeling a bit resentful.

I seem to be getting a lot of cranky questions lately from you people.

It must be the weather.

I really have no idea what the answer is to this question, but I am perfectly willing to make some halfbaked guesses.

As for “ Phoenix, America,” my half-baked guess would be that most Canadians, in addition to being very nice, are smart enough to know large cities such as Phoenix or Los Angeles are located in the United States.

Is marijuana a plant that is native to North America?

No. Cannabis is native to central Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

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The sun and the clouds mix to ignite a blaz ing display over north Phoenix, as photographed by Evan Boyd.

HOT SPOT THURSDAY COLD SPOT THURSDAY U.S.: U.S.: 120° at Death Valley, Calif. U.S.: Alaska: 37° at Wainwright Arizona: 112° at Lk Hvsu City Other: 34° at Stanley, Idaho Arizona: Arizona: Arizona: 46° at Grand Canyon

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Iraqi pilot’s fate in F-16 crash unknown ABIGAIL GOLDER THE REPUBLIC

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An Iraqi pilot flying a military fighter jet that crashed near Douglas on Wednesday night remained unaccounted for Thursday.

A spokesman for the Iraqi ministry of defense identified the pilot as Brig. Gen. Rafid Mohammed Hassan and said Hassan had been training in the U.S. for four years.

Hassan was at the controls of an F-16 Fighting Falcon when it crashed during a night training mission about 5 miles east of the Douglas Municipal Airport.

A small brush fire sparked by the crash was extinguished by early Thursday.

Iraq’s Defense Ministry and the Arizona Air National Guard said what happened to Hassan, who was the only person aboard when the plane went down, was still unknown.

U.S. military officials have assumed the investigation and some Cochise County Sheriff’s personnel are providing security around the scene, sheriff’s spokeswoman Carol Capas said.

A statement from the 162nd Wing of the Arizona National Guard on Thursday clarified that the F-16 was owned by the Iraqi Air Force. Brig. Gen. Tahseen Ibrahim, a ministry spokesman, said the Iraqi government does not know what caused the crash.

The jet had been flying with the 162nd Wing when it crashed at about 8 p.m.

Wednesday, a U.S. military statement said.

Based out of Tucson International Airport, the 162nd Wing has a fleet of more than 70 aircraft and is the largest Air National Guard fighter wing in the U.S., according to its website. A fact sheet posted there indicates the wing has trained pilots from 28 countries to fly the F-16 and has graduated more than 7,000 fighter pilots since 1969.

The blaze ignited by the crash was about 400 yards wide at its largest point and came within 150 yards of one home, Capas said. It sparked near a gas line, but the line didn’t rupture.

The Associated Press contributed to this article.

85-year-old plans to climb Kilimanjaro for charity CATHERINE SHEFFO THE REPUBLIC

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The sun still hangs low behind the mountains each morning as Anne Lorimor and her terrier mix, Kevan, get ready for their daily walk. But unlike the thousands of other owners and pups across the Valley, Lorimor and Kevan aren’t headed up the street —

they’re headed up the peak be-

Clockwise from top left: Anne Lorimor at the Grand Canyon in 2014. ANNE LORIMOR The 85-year-old, who lives in Paradise Valley, will attempt to be the oldest woman to reach the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. DAVID KADLUBOWSKI/THE REPUBLIC Lorimor tackles the Ariz ona Trail. She’s been an amateur hiker for almost as long as she can remember. ANNE LORIMOR

hind her Paradise Valley home.

Kevan used to bound up each morning, but age has started to slow him down. Lorimor, however, is another story. The 85-year-old great-grandmother will leave Saturday for Tanzania to scale Mount Kilimanjaro, and she hopes to break a world record while she’s at it.

If she succeeds, Lorimor will become the oldest woman to travel all 19,312 feet to the summit. But the potential title isn’t what will motivate

"I look at something and think, ‘This would be fun to climb.’ It’s like pitting your muscles against nature."

ANNE LORIMOR ON THE APPEAL OF HIKING MOUNTAINS

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resident Barack Obama speaks at the funeral today of the Rev. Clementa Pinckney in South Carolina, where many family members of the nine individuals killed during Bible study last week have offered the suspect ... forgiveness.

I am in awe of forgiveness.

I wish I had more of it.

As a child in parochial school, I recited the Lord’s Prayer every day, repeating and repeating the line, “ and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us.�

I tried to live it, but often I’ve failed.

I didn’t feel a tinge of forgiveness for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was formally sentenced to death this week.

One of his injured victims, Jennifer Kauffman, said in court, “ I forgive you and your brother for the harm and terror you have caused me.�

I couldn’t have done that.

Nor am I as good, as strong, as the victims of the Charleston shooter. Dylann Roof is the suspect in that massacre.

Like Nadine Collier, the daughter of 70-year-old shooting victim Ethel Lance, who addressed Roof during a court appearance, saying, “ I forgive you. You took something very precious from me. I will never talk to her again. I will never, ever hold her again. But I forgive you. And have mercy on your soul.�

Or Anthony Thompson, representing the family of victim Myra Thompson, who said, “ I forgive you; my family forgives you. We would like you to take this opportunity to repent. ... Do that and you’ll be better off than you are right now.�

It’s an amazing thing, this ability to forgive. Years ago, I met a father whose daughter was run over and killed by a drunken driver on her first day at Arizona State University. Her name was Jessica Woodin. I’ve spoken to her dad, Doug, many times since Jessica’s death. He forgave the driver, who spent nearly 10 years in prison but now is out, living his life.

When the driver was released from custody, Doug told me, “ I think the most clarifying aspect of a tragedy like Jessica’s is that it happens all of the time. No matter how selfish you get in your grief, you realize that it’s happening to all kinds of people all of the time.

And if you’re like us, you are grateful that you have had all your questions answered and the situation resolved. So many families are left without answers. We’re grateful for that. We must be grateful for that. As for anger or hatred or anything like that, what good is it? The world has too much hate as it is.�

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1. Roberts leads court in affirming health care law WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court

breathed new life into President Obama’s health care law Thursday, rejecting a challenge to its financial structure that could have proved fatal. The 6-3 ruling by Chief Justice John Roberts upheld the availability of federal tax credits that make insurance premiums affordable in all states. 1B

2. Court upholds housing discrimination law WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme

In 1945, 50 countries signed the United Nations’ charter in San Francisco.

Court delivered an unexpected reprieve to civil rights groups Thursday, ruling that housing discrimination need not be intentional to be illegal. 3B

In 1950, President Harry S.

Truman authorized the U.S. Air Force and Navy to enter the Korean War. In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he delivered his famous speech expressing solidarity with the city’s residents, declaring: “ Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).

» Look for coverage of Arizona history on Saturdays in Valley & State In-Depth.

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The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office determined that the Kearny River Fire, which burned over 1,400 acres near the Gila River bed and the town of Kearny, was human-caused and appeared suspicious, according to a Sheriff’s Office statement Thursday.

The fire started in the eastern Pinal County town on June 18 and burned for three days before authorities could get it under control.

The Sheriff’s Office said 300 residents were evacuated as a result of the fire, but there were no injuries.

At least two homes, one vehicle and two shedlike structures were destroyed in the fire, according to the Arizona State Forestry Division. “ We believe the fire was started near the livestock corrals in the northwest part of (Kearny),” Sheriff Paul

Tempe woman gets probation in 2009 death of infant son ALEXANDER S. COREY THE REPUBLIC

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The Kearny River Fire, which consumed more than 1,400 acres, has been contained.

Babeu said in a prepared statement. “ At this point, we have ruled out accidental causes for the Kearny River Fire and are now looking at who was seen in the area when the fire started.”

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A Tempe woman will avoid serving prison time in the 2009 death of her infant son if she successfully completes a lengthy term of intensive probation, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ordered Wednesday.

Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens upheld the plea agreement that Tikquenita Mauesha Memmezzwattay, 26, accepted in May, which includes supervised probation with domesticviolence terms and parenting classes.

Memmezzwattay was arrested in 2013 for the 2009 death of Jenesis Qwalai Pearson, who was born premature.

In her sentencing, Memmezzwattay and her attorney argued that Jenesis’ death was the result of existing medical issues and not her neglect.

Prosecutors argued for the presumptive term of 2½ years in prison. “ We felt a prison sentence was appropriate for the alleged offense in this case,” said Jerry Cobb, a spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office.

Stephens noted during Wednesday’s sentencing that Memmezzwattay has had no record of abuse or neglect with her four other children.

Tempe police Sgt. John Thompson in court testimony Wednesday spoke in slow, steady tones as he recounted the day he responded to Jenesis’ death.

Thompson said that upon entering the house, he encountered the dead child on a couch appearing dehydrated. After searching the home, Thompson also said he found unopened medicine prescribed to the child. “ It appeared that medicine had not been given to him,” Thompson said.

The Maricopa County Medical Examiner ruled the cause and manner of Jenesis’ death was negligent homicide.

In the hours following the child’s

death, Tempe police Detective Vic Bermudez said he got food with Memmezzwattay and that she cried once and laughed at one point. “ I realize people Tikquenita handle shock differently, Mauesha but it just struck me as Memmez z odd,” Bermudez said. wattay Bermudez added that he saw that an older child appeared to be in good health.

Investigators said Memmezzwattay went to a swap meet with her oldest son and fed Jenesis once before leaving and again when she returned around 6 p.m.

Tempe police said the defendant told them her son didn’t like the cold bottle and that because there was no place to warm up the bottle, she didn’t feed him. “ I’ve been in public places with my (own) children when they needed to be fed as babies,” Bermudez said. “ It’s something that could be done. I didn’t find any logical reasoning behind that explanation.”

In court Wednesday, Memmezzwattay’s older sister testified to her sister’s good character. “ I’m shocked that we’re here today, I know that my sister is a good parent,” La’Tekqua Memmezzwattay said. “ She needs her children, just as much as they need her.”

Memmezzwattay’s defense claimed that Jenesis’ death was the result of deteriorating health and a botched circumcision.

Stephens said she took into account Memmezzwattay’s lack of criminal history, her admission of guilt and statements from her family before making a sentencing determination. “ As the mother, you were in a position of trust,” Stephens said. “ I understand you were very young, but you still had responsibility to get help.”

“ As the mother, you were in a position of trust. I understand you were very young, but you still had responsibility to get help.”

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On the day Tony Haffer started his job as the new meteorologist-in-charge at the National Weather Service in Phoenix, the thermometer at Sky Harbor International Airport reached 120 degrees.

At the time, it was the hottest temperature ever recorded there.

Then, on Haffer’s second day, June 26, 1990, the thermometer reached 122 degrees.

It was almost enough to make Haffer yearn for his days at the regional office in Salt Lake City.

Almost. The high temperature in the Utah capital on Haffer’s second day, the day Phoenix learned how hot it can get, was 102 degrees, a full 15 degrees above average.

Some days it’s hot no matter where you go. “ It was a rude awakening,� Haffer said recently. “ I don’t think I had ever personally experienced 110, and that week, I not only experienced 110, I experienced 120. Welcome to the desert.�

In 25 years, the temperature at Sky Harbor has never surpassed 122 degrees. It came close in 1995, but the hottest day in the city has endured as one of the state’s extreme weather events. “ Extremes can happen at any time,�

Haffer said. “ But think about it: The record that day was four degrees above the long-standing record. That’s pretty amazing.�

The record for the hottest day in Phoenix differs from some of the other extreme events in part because most people assume it’s going to get hot here during the summer. That day was just hotter than most.

But in the years since, the Weather Service and some of the city’s social-service agencies have worked to raise awareness that extreme heat shouldn’t be ignored just because this is the desert.

At least eight people died from heatrelated ailments during the hottest 10 days in June 1990. The extreme weather likely contributed to the behavior of a wildfire near Payson that killed six firefighters. And the heat from 122 degrees was considered so unpredictable at the time that Sky Harbor airport, one of the nation’s busiest, shut down until the heat receded.

The hottest days in Phoenix may seem like the least-surprising of all the extreme events, but the story is still worth telling. Twice.

The first record The first record broken, on June 25, was a dress rehearsal.

A high-pressure system had intensified over the western United States. In central Arizona, the weather was hot the way it is for those last days before the monsoon sets in. Hot and dry.

Forecasters at the Weather Service office, then housed in a small building at the airport, saw the potential for recordbreaking heat. In June 1990, the all-time high temperature for Phoenix was 118 degrees, reached four times over nearly a century, including July 4 the year previous.

The two primary power providers for Phoenix — they would have to keep the juice flowing as air-conditioners droned through the day — watched their numbers closely as the temperature climbed.

Arizona Public Service reduced service for some major users whose contracts allowed it. Salt River Project asked residential customers to cut their consumption, while assuring them there was no emergency.

Steve Cobb, who was a system operator at SRP, helped watch for any problems during the hottest days of that week and, 25 years later, he still remembers it as a non-event for the utility. “ Without a doubt, the power we delivered during those weather conditions was a commodity our customers had to have,� Cobb said. “ On days like those, it becomes obvious our services are critical to public health and safety. We were ready.�

Randy Dietrich, a retired SRP worker, remembers more about the way the weather affected him. “ I did bicycle to work and remember that going home, I could tell it was unusually hot,� he said. “ My eyes and nose were drying out to an extent that I had not previously experienced in several summers of bicycle commuting.�

On the streets, it became clear this wasn’t something to shrug off as just a hot day in Phoenix. “ It’s miserable,� Capt. Rudy Dimas of the Phoenix Fire Department told The Arizona Republic after his firetruck overheated.

The department received about 11 calls from people complaining about heat ailments and another 11 that turned out to be heat-related. As Monday the 25th ended, the Weather Service delivered the news: The high temperature had reached 120 degrees, two degrees above the old record, not just for that date, but for any day in Phoenix. Tucson set a new record with a high of 113 degrees.

On the Mogollon Rim, outside Payson, the earliest signs of the monsoon had started to appear. Clouds roiled above the ridgelines and produced dry lightning. One bolt struck near Dude Creek, igniting a small fire that would begin to

Though the record was set in 1990, heat waves continued to strike. In 2005, a heat wave killed more than 30 people in the Valley.

Many who died were homeless. City leaders, charity workers and faith groups launched the Heat Relief Network, a partnership to prevent heat-related deaths.

Each year, the network has water-donation sites, heat-relief sites and heat-awareness campaigns. The resources are mapped and updated regularly on the Maricopa Association of Governments' website.

Officials are asking residents to donate water this summer to help serve the homeless and other vulnerable communities. They are seeking additional organizations or faith groups to host water-donation and heat-relief sites.

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The centerpiece on the front page of The Republic on June 27, 1990, told of Phoenix’s record high set the day before. The lead story was even more somber: Six firefighters were killed near Payson. The heat likely influenced the weather the day they died, investigators said later.

spread overnight.

Paraly z ing heat On the morning of June 26, Haffer, the new chief meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Phoenix, went ahead with his plans to visit the office in Tucson. He piled in a car with several other staffers and headed south.

Phoenix forecasters watched the high pressure over the region strengthen.

The models agreed: Tuesday would be hot, potentially hotter than Monday. “ It’s dangerously hot,� Steve Jensen, a Phoenix Fire Department spokesman, told The Republic. “ It’s time to take a serious look if people ought to go outside at all.�

At 1:08 p.m., the temperature reached 120 degrees, officially tying the all-time record set less than 24 hours earlier. In Tucson, Haffer watched thermometers rise to 117 degrees, a new all-time record for any day in that city.

At 1:27 p.m., the temperature in Phoenix reached 121 degrees. June 26 was now the hottest day on record. But at the airport, a more serious issue arose, not at the Weather Service building, but on the runways.

Scores of jet airliners were being grounded, heatbound instead of snowbound, as airlines and air-traffic officials realized they could not predict how the planes would react in such hot conditions.

Heat thins the air, which affects how much weight a plane can carry and how much runway is needed for takeoffs. The airlines keep charts that help pilots and controllers decide what adjustments may be necessary. But those charts, for the most part, stopped at 120 degrees.

America West Airlines, then Sky Harbor’s largest carrier, postponed its takeoffs, uncertain how the heat would affect its fleet of Boeing 737s and its shortrange commuter aircraft. An airline official explained the situation to The Republic: “ The problem is not that the airplane can’t fly at this temperature,� said Mike Coleman, senior vice president of marketing, “ but that no one ever contemplated that they would have to.�

Southwest Airlines also halted its takeoffs, until Boeing was able to deliver instructions on how to handle the heat.

The delays lasted about two hours.

By then, the temperature had climbed one more degree. At 2:47 p.m., the Weather Service recorded what became the official high for that day: 122 degrees. “ When I got back from Tucson, there were TV cameras pointed at the thermometer readouts and the forecasters were watching,� Haffer said. “ Yesterday we had broken a long-standing record and now, we were going to break that record, four degrees above the original record. It was unimaginable.�

And yet there it was.

A deadly high The heat record dominated the front page of The Arizona Republic on June 27, 1990. A bold “ 122� anchored the right side, with the news that three people had died in the sweltering weather.

But the banner headline that day was more sobering: “ Forest blaze kills 6 firefighters.�

In the woods above Payson, the Dude Fire, ignited by lighting a day earlier, exploded at about 2:20 in the afternoon.

Flames burst into the tops of the trees, spewing debris on fleeing firefighters.

Five crew members from the Arizona State Prison in Perryville and their guard died trying to escape.

The heat likely influenced unsettled weather the day the firefighters died, investigators said later.

In the months and years after the temperature reached 122 in Phoenix, a few things changed. The airlines adjusted their take-off procedures to account for temperatures higher than 120, an adjustment that was tested five years later when Phoenix reached 121 degrees.

Though it’s not directly the result of that one day, the Weather Service and some of the social-service agencies have begun drawing greater attention to heat and its risks to people and animals. When forecasts show temperatures exceeding 110 degrees, heat advisories and warnings are issued. “ You still see a lot of this mentality

among the folks who live here,â€? said Paul IĂą iguez, a meteorologist in the Weather Service’s Phoenix office. “ It’s true 110 and higher does happen every summer, but that doesn’t make it any less dangerous.â€?

Cooling trend The day after the hottest day in Phoenix, the temperature reached 118 degrees. On that Wednesday, it represented a cooling trend.

On Thursday, June 28, the high temperature reached 118 degrees, but the high-pressure system that had stoked the atmospheric furnace had started to move away from the Four Corners and humidity levels suggested the monsoon was moving into Arizona.

Phoenix flirted with record heat for a few more days. The high July 1 was 115, a daily record, but then the monsoon took over and the worst of it ended.

In the years since, the temperature reached 121once, in 1995, and 119 just two years ago, but the hottest day in Phoenix hasn’t changed in a quarter century and the number 122 has taken a place in the city’s story.

But as hot as it was — and as deadly, for the people who didn’t make it through — the weather that day was neither the hottest nor the deadliest in Arizona’s history. The deadliest had already left its terrifying mark; the hottest was yet to come.

Haffer retired from the Weather Ser-

The Salvation Army hosts pop-up heat-relief and water-donation sites when there is an excessive-heat warning. All of the sites listed through the network and Salvation Army websites accept water donations.

Heat Relief Network: azmag.gov/heatrelief Salvation Army: phoenixsa.volunteerfirst .org — Dianna M. Naù ez

ABOUT THE WRITER Shaun McKinnon is a writer on The Republic’s storytelling team. He has worked in Phoenix since 1999 and previously covered water and environmental issues.

How to reach him shaun.mckinnon@arizonarepublic.com Twitter: @shaunmckinnon

vice in 2009. He has joined the ranks of volunteer weather observers, reporting the temperature and precipitation each day from his home in Casa Grande.

He can’t forget his introduction to the Arizona heat. As he watched records shatter at his new post, his wife was out house hunting, a search she and the realestate agent abandoned as the day grew hotter. “ I told some of the guys, in jest of course, that I’d been sent here from the regional office to turn up the heat,� he said. “ When it was over, I figured I’d been through the all-time hottest day and I was still there.�

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Study questions if marijuana effective for many conditions LINDSEY TANNER ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO — Medical marijuana hasn’t been proved to work for many illnesses that state laws have approved it for, according to the first comprehensive analysis of research on its potential benefits.

The strongest evidence is for chronic pain and for muscle stiffness in multiple sclerosis, according to the review, which evaluated 79 studies involving more than 6,000 patients. Evidence was weak for many other conditions, including anxiety, sleep disorders and Tourette’s syndrome.

The analysis is among several medical marijuana articles published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. They include a small study suggesting many brand labels for edible marijuana products list inaccurate amounts of active ingredients. More than half of brands tested had much lower amounts than labeled, meaning users may get no effect.

The researchers pooled results from studies that tested marijuana against placebos, usual care or no treatment.

That’s the most rigorous kind of research but many studies found no conclusive evidence of any benefit.

Side effects were common and included dizziness, dry mouth and sleepiness. A less extensive research review in

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Several articles published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association offer analyses about the growing use of marijuana to treat various health ailments and conditions.

the journal found similar results.

It’s possible medical marijuana could have widespread benefits, but strong evidence from high-quality studies is lacking, authors of both articles say. “ It’s not a wonder drug but it certainly has some potential,” said Dr. Robert Wolff, a co-author and researcher with Kleijnen Systematic Reviews Ltd., a research company in York, England.

Researchers evaluated 47 brands of medical marijuana products, including candy, baked goods and drinks, bought at dispensaries in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle.

Independent laboratory testing for THC, marijuana’s leading active ingredient, found accurate amounts listed on labels for just 13 of 75 products. Almost 1 in 4 had higher amounts than labeled,

which could cause ill effects.

Most had lower-than-listed amounts.

There were similar findings for another active ingredient. Products were not identified by name.

Johns Hopkins University researcher Ryan Vandrey, the lead author, said he was surprised so many labels were inaccurate. The researchers note the results may not be the same in other locations.

Twenty-three states and Washington, D.C. have laws permitting medical marijuana use. Approved conditions vary but include Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, glaucoma, kidney disease, lupus and Parkinson’s disease.

An editorial in the journal says approval in many states has been based on poor quality studies, patients’ testimonials or other nonscientific evidence.

The editorial by two Yale University psychiatrists suggests enthusiasm for medical marijuana has outpaced rigorous research and says widespread use should wait for better evidence. Federal and state governments should support and encourage such research, the editorial says.

The psychiatrists note repeated recreational marijuana use can be addictive and say questions remain about the longterm health effects of medical marijuana use and whether its use is justified in children whose developing brains may be more vulnerable to its effects.

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insurers lauded the decision as one that keeps people insured and solidifies the ground rules for an industry that has invested hundreds of millions of dollars in new treatment centers and technology and has been one the state’s largest job creators. “ This was a big one,” said Tom Sadvary, CEO of HonorHealth, the name of the merged Scottsdale Healthcare and John C. Lincoln health systems. “ This really stabilizes our ability to invest” with hiring and technology spending, he said.

More than 165,000 Arizona residents had signed up and paid for health-insurance plans via the federal marketplace as of March 31. Nearly 77 percent of those residents get federal tax-credit subsidies to purchase plans. Another 340,000-plus Arizonans secured Medicaid coverage as of this month through an expansion funded by the health-care law with a local contribution from a special assessment paid by hospitals.

The Supreme Court case, King vs.

Burwell, examined whether Affordable Care Act subsidies that help offset monthly health-insurance premiums are allowed only in marketplaces that are “ established by the state.”

The challengers contended that the phrase, written into President Barack Obama’s signature health-care overhaul, forbade subsidies in Arizona and 33 other states that fully use the health-care law’s federal marketplace, www.healthcare.gov.

The outcome is the second in which Obama secured a Supreme Court win for the politically charged health-care law.

Roberts again sided with his liberal colleagues in support of the law. Roberts also was the deciding vote to uphold the law in 2012. Justice Anthony Kennedy, a dissenter in 2012, joined the majority on Thursday. “ Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them,” Roberts wrote in the majority opinion.

The monthly subsidies are the healthcare law’s chief tool used to make insurance more affordable for moderate- to middle-income families who purchase health-care coverage. Had the subsidies been overturned by the court, one analysis predicted a 132 percent average increase in the monthly health-insurance tab for Arizona residents enrolled in subsidized marketplace plans, according to Kaiser Family Foundation, a non-profit health foundation.

Many would have found no-subsidy plans too expensive and dropped their coverage, experts say.

But the impact could have been more dramatic than higher health-insurance bills for working-class Arizonans. Without subsidies, experts predicted it would ripple through the individual health-insurance market as healthy people dropped coverage rather than pay more costly insurance bills. That could have sent monthly premiums soaring in 2016 as the insurance pools became dominated by sicker people who use more prescription drugs and visit doctors more frequently, a phenomenon called the death spiral.

Although the high court’s decision

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People cheer in front of the Supreme Court after it ruled that the Affordable Care Act may provide nationwide tax subsidies to help moderateand middle-income families buy health insurance. Ariz ona opponents of the law argue it is bad for the state’s consumers and businesses.

ends the latest legal challenge, Arizona political opponents vowed to renew their efforts to derail a law that they say is bad for Arizona consumers and businesses. “ The end of the subsidized exchanges would have been the first step in truly freeing patients, doctors and insurers from government control of health care,” said state Sen. Nancy Barto, a Republican who chairs the Senate Health and Human Services Committee.

The Arizona Senate Republican Caucus said in a statement that GOP lawmakers were disappointed that a majority of Supreme Court justices “ continue to uphold socialized medicine.” “ With today’s ruling, it now becomes clearer that the era of socialized medicine can only be ended with a legislative solution, repealing this fatally flawed law,” Arizona’s GOP senators said.

The Arizona Legislature this year passed a bill that would prevent Arizona from establishing a state-based insurance marketplace, which was viewed as a potential fix if the Supreme Court rejected federal-marketplace subsidies.

When Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed the no-exchange bill into law earlier this year, he said he would have a plan in the event that the 126,500 Arizonans lost their health-insurance subsidies.

Ducey reiterated his wait-and-see approach earlier this week while also criticizing Obama’s health-care law. “ I’d like to see Congress change the entire Obamacare law so it will be something that actually deals with health care rather than just a reshuffling of the insurance,” Ducey told reporters earlier this week.

One pending legal challenge seeks to overturn the expansion of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System,

the state’s Medicaid program known as AHCCCS. A group of more than three dozen current and former GOP state lawmakers sued to overturn Arizona’s Medicaid expansion. The lawmakers contend the assessment is a tax that requires the Legislature to meet a two-thirds supermajority to enact the expansion for low-income Arizonans. The case is pending in Maricopa County Superior Court, with oral arguments scheduled next month.

Arizona health-care leaders say the Medicaid-expansion lawsuit could have a significant impact on consumers, hospitals and doctors. “ If the challenge to our provider assessment is successful, the effect it will have on our state will be enormous,” said Peter Fine, CEO of Phoenix-based Banner Health, the state’s largest private employer.

Arizona’s health-care sector has been one of the few bright spots in the state’s economy. Employment in health care and social services grew 12 percent between January 2011 and this May, compared with 8.5 percent growth for all other Arizona industries over that same period, labor statistics show.

Health-related jobs also tend to pay higher wages. Health-care jobs ranked fifth for median annual pay among 22 different industries, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics figures.

Health-care-law boosters also said that people who have access to health insurance tend to be healthier and more productive. “ We see it as an economic-prosperity and economic-vitality issue as much as anything,” said Suzanne Pfister, CEO of Phoenix-based St. Luke’s Health Initiatives. “ Healthy people make for a healthier workplace.”

But critics of the federal health-care law say it does too little to stem rising health costs. Health insurers in Arizona have filed paperwork with state and federal regulators, proposing to raise monthly premiums by 11 to 27 percent for 15 individual plans sold on and off the federal marketplace. Another seven health-insurance plans sold to small groups also propose raising rates by at least 10 percent.

Health insurers said the proposed rate increases, which still must be vetted by regulators, reflect the rising cost of health care and the health-law mandates that prohibit once-common industry practices like denying coverage to the sick.

Republicans in Congress floated a number of proposed health-reform fixes ahead of the decision, but U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said he wouldn’t make a decision about how to proceed until after the ruling. Fearing blowback in the 2016 elections from consumers seeing their premiums spike, most GOP plans included extending federal subsidies at least temporarily.

A proposal introduced by U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., would prevent an extension of subsidies.

Gosar instead wants to repeal parts of the health-care law that he says keep premiums high. “ Too many people are focusing on the subsidies. That’s not the best way to look at this,” Gosar spokesman Steven Smith said. “ This is a solution that is more encompassing and sets the foundation for a free-market approach to phase out Obamacare completely.”

Republic reporters Rebekah Sanders and Ronald J. Hansen contributed to this article.

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The place where 19 elite wildland firefighters lost their lives in 2013 has officially been named the “ Granite Mountain Hotshots Memorial State Park.”

The Arizona State Parks Board on Wednesday unanimously adopted the new name for the site, which will be the future home of a memorial to the men. A planned 320-acre park will pay tribute to the fallen firefighters, who died June 30, 2013, while fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire. “ No words will ever fully convey our gratitude for these 19 heroes — we owe them a debt that can never be repaid,” Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey said in a statement. “ But this memorial, named in their honor, will remind us every day of their sacrifice, and of how blessed we are to have brave first responders like them out there protecting us every day. I’m proud we can honor them with this due tribute.”

Last year, Arizona lawmakers passed House Bill 2624, which set aside $500,000 to purchase the

Everest survivor sets benefit for victims of quake AMY B WANG THE REPUBLIC

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A Scottsdale woman who was rescued from Mount Everest in April is holding a fundraiser Sunday to benefit Nepalese earthquake victims.

Climber and business owner Haley Ercanbrack, 32, was attempting to scale Everest, the world’s highest mountain, in April when an earthquake-triggered avalanche trapped her and dozens of others on Everest.

The avalanche would wind up killing at least 19 people, making it the deadliest incident on Everest. The toll below the mountain was even more devastating. The earthquake on April 25 flattened villages, killing at least 8,200 and injuring as many as 19,000 more.

More than two weeks later, on May 12, a second earthquake would strike Nepal, killing 117 people.

Ercanbrack and her teammates were among the 200 or so people who had to be airlifted from Everest in the days after the earthquake. Upon her return to the United States, Ercanbrack said she wanted to use her experience to help Nepal and its people.

The fundraising event, “ A Night for Nepal,” is a cocktail party that will take place 5 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Mod, a central Phoenix co-working space at 2828 N. Central Ave., Suite 100. Parking is available in the adjacent garage.

Tickets are $35 per person and will be available for purchase at the door or by contacting Ercanbrack at haleyerk@hotmail.com.

The ticket price includes hors d’oeuvres, one free drink and a raffle entry.

Donations will also be accepted.

All proceeds go to Nepalese villages and people Ercanbrack personally knows are in need, she said.

There will also be a screening of “ Avalanche,” a special episode of “ Dateline” about the deadly Everest avalanche that airs Sunday.

state trust land on which the 19 men died. Representatives from the state parks department plan to purchase the 320-acre parcel at a public auction on June 30, the two-year anniversary of the hotshots’ deaths.

“ No words will ever fully convey our gratitude for these 19 heroes. ... But this memorial, named in their honor, will remind us every day of their sacrifice.”

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Tempe OKs smoking ban when children are in car DARREN DARONCO THE REPUBLIC

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Drivers who smoke with kids in the car now risk a fine when driving around Tempe.

A new law designed to encourage drivers to refrain from smoking when they have children in the backseat took effect on Saturday.

Last month, Tempe City Council passed an ordinance to fine drivers $50 for a first offense and $100 for subsequent violations if they smoke while a child is in the car.

The ordinance applies to smokers of all types, including e-cigarette smokers.

However, police cannot pull over a driver solely for smoking with a child in the car.

Police can issue a ticket only if drivers are stopped for another infraction, such as speeding, and have a lit cigarette with a minor present.

Officers could cite drivers for each child in the vehicle.

A judge could waive the fine for first-time offenders if they enroll in a smoking-cessation program.

Councilman David Schapira, who pushed for the ordinance as one of his first priorities when he took office in January,

Coyotes seek $3.75 million payment from Glendale PETER CORBETT THE REPUBLIC

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Attorneys for the Arizona Coyotes filed a motion Thursday to force Glendale to make its $3.75 million payment to the team.

The Coyotes are asking Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Dawn Bergin to deny Glendale’s June 17 motion that the city be allowed to skip its fourth-quarter payment to the team or put the funds into an escrow account until the contract dispute between the two is settled.

The Glendale City Council voted June 10 to kill the Coyotes arena management agreement.

The Coyotes went to court two days later and convinced Judge Bergin to grant a temporary restraining order that kept the contract in force.

In their motion, the Coyotes’ attorneys from Snell & Wilmer argued that allowing the city to skip the payment would undermine the temporary restraining order. “ By seeking to avoid paying for (the Coyotes’) performance through July 1, 2015, the City basically asks the Court to confer a multi-million dollar ‘windfall’ on the City,” according to the motion.

Glendale in court documents last week argued that it has the right to terminate the Coyotes agreement because a state conflict-of-interest law was violated by two former city employees. The city alleges former city attorney Craig Tindall and Julie Frisoni, a former communications director and assistant city manager, were both involved in convincing the City Council to approve the Coyotes agreement in July 2013.

Tindall went to work for the Coyotes less than two months later. Frisoni left the city in April and

the Coyotes hired her as a consultant last month for an international junior hockey tournament bid.

The state conflict-ofinterest law is intended to prevent a government employee from benefiting from his or her involvement in a contract by going to work for the other party in that contract.

The Coyotes’ motion said that Glendale never raised the conflict issue even though it has been aware that Tindall went to work for the team in September 2013 and the Coyotes informed Glendale in April that Frisoni had been hired to work on the junior hockey tournament bid.

The motion also argued that Glendale is using the conflict-of-interest law to force the Coyotes to renegotiate the agreement rather than as a tool to remedy any actual public harm.

Glendale’s arena management agreement requires the city to pay the Coyotes $15 million annually for 15 years in return for $500,000 a year to lease Gila River Arena and a share of the ticket and parking revenue for hockey and concerts. The Coyotes paid the city nearly $6 million for the 2013-14 season.

Glendale’s fourthquarter payment of $3.75 million is due July 1.

The city’s outside counsel, Cynthia Ricketts, argued in her motion last week that the Coyotes risked not being paid for its services by hiring Tindall and Frisoni.

On June 11, Glendale retained Ricketts of Sacks, Ricketts & Case with legal fees ranging from $175 per hour for paralegals to $450 for partners.

The Coyotes and Glendale are scheduled for a pretrial conference Monday.

tried and failed each year he proposed a similar law during his tenure in the state Legislature. “ Six years at the Legislature, and I never even got a hearing,” Schapira said. “ In six months on the council, it’s already a law.”

Critics had argued the law would have little effect on protecting a child’s health since a person who smokes in the car likely smokes at home.

Tempe was poised to become the first city in Arizona to pass such an ordinance.

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MARICOPA â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Volunteers, deputies and concerned residents continued to search Thursday for a missing Maricopa couple whose whereabouts have been unknown since Monday.

Michael, 44, and Tina Careccia, 42, were reported missing at about 7 p.m.

Monday and have not been heard from since, according to a statement by the Pinal County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re still going strong,â&#x20AC;? said volunteer searcher Kaitey Gates. Searchers have been utilizing drones, ATVs and other resources to comb the nearby desert for any clues or evidence in the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disappearance.

Pinal County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigators issued a statement thanking the community for their search efforts and stating that they have been using air, ground and K-9 resources in an attempt to locate the couple.

The Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office also used the statement to dispel rumors surrounding the coupleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s disappearance. Socialmedia users had been comparing Tina Carecciaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photo to the image of a woman wanted in a Mesa bank robbery the day the couple was reported missing. â&#x20AC;&#x153; We have confirmed that Tina is not the person seen in the surveillance photo of the Mesa bank robbery suspect,â&#x20AC;? the statement said, adding that the department appreciates â&#x20AC;&#x153; the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s vigilance.â&#x20AC;?

Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s investigators also stated that the FBI is not involved in the search and believe they have no reason to get the FBI involved at this time.

Members of the search group are asking residents in the area to check their own property and to reach out to their neighbors, according to Gates. Much of the land in the area is farmland, which means volunteers cannot search it because it is private property. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re not going to stop,â&#x20AC;? said Luke Careccia, Michaelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 17-year-old son.

Luke said he made the call to 911 at about 7:15 p.m. Monday night to report his dad and stepmother as missing. The couple left the house at about 5 a.m. in their 2008 Honda Accord and didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t show

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up for any of their appointments.

About three hours later, sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s deputies found the Honda near Ralson and Papago roads, not far from the Carecciasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; home, but detectives said there was no sign of where the couple went from there.

The couple hardly ever went out into the desert, family friend Rita Hernandez said, and it seemed odd that their car was found covered in dirt. â&#x20AC;&#x153; They wouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just vanish and leave,â&#x20AC;? Hernandez said, adding that Michael Careccia always kept his car clean.

Four area residents helped organize the grassroots search party, which began Tuesday. The groupâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Facebook page, Help us find Tina and Mike, had more than 7,700 Facebook likes by Thursday afternoon.

A recent post on the page asked users to not make accusations or negative comments about the couple. â&#x20AC;&#x153; This is an informative page. All leads have been followed and cleared,â&#x20AC;? the post on the page stated.

Interested volunteers were asked to meet at Raceway Bar and Grill, which served as a makeshift command post.

Alexis Kroll, a bartender at the restaurant, said Michael and Tina Careccia were regulars. The two were high-school sweethearts who recently reunited and have been married for the past year, she said.

Early Wednesday afternoon, neighbors, friends and family gathered on the restaurantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s patio with maps and markers to determine where to look next while waiting for search groups to return with news. The volunteers have been combing a 20-mile area between Interstate 8 and State Route 238.

Michael Careccia, 44, is a pilot and Tina Careccia, 42, is an accountant, Luke said.

Michael is a 44-year-old White with black hair and brown eyes, who is 5-feet 10-inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds. Tina is White with blonde hair and brown eyes who is 5-feet 8-inches tall and weighs about 140 pounds.

Anyone with information is being asked to contact the Pinal County Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office at 520-866-5111.

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GORDON HALL IN A 1986 PEOPLE MAGAZINE ARTICLE, EXPLAINING HIS DRIVE FOR BUSINESS SUCCESS

According to court records, Hall held seminars at his Mesa home promising people he could make their tax debts disappear by submitting phony money orders to the Internal Revenue Service. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Participants in a scheme like this typically range from clueless victims who get bad advice to willing participants who could be charged criminally,â&#x20AC;? said Brian Watson, spokesman for the IRSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; criminal-investigation division in Phoenix.

Watson said anyone who paid Hall hoping to get out of a tax debt still owes the IRS. â&#x20AC;&#x153; These bogus filings donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t relieve someoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s tax debt and the taxpayer could be penalized for sending the document to the IRS,â&#x20AC;? he said.

U.S. District Court Judge Neil Wake described Hall as a financial predator during his sentencing, indicating Hall has operated on the losing end of the legal system for decades.

Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s downfall is as spectacular as his rise, with multiple fraud convictions involving mobsters, a Wall Street scandal, a bogus gold- and bullion-investment caper and stashing money from federal investigators.

But three decades ago, Hall was a Phoenix celebrity and rode around in a stretch limousine chauffeured by a woman wearing hot pants.

Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s hilltop Paradise Valley house was something else, indeed. Built by the heir to the Pennzoil fortune, it boasted a 150-seat theater, an ice-skating rink, swimming pool, tennis court and 14-car garage.

In 1986, People magazine wrote that Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s house was â&#x20AC;&#x153; dwarfed by his ambitionâ&#x20AC;? and noted the 44-foot-wide sign he put on the roof proclaiming it the â&#x20AC;&#x153; Gordon Hall Mansionâ&#x20AC;? because he wanted people to know who was at home.

Hall has come a long way from that People magazine interview, where he invoked Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s name to explain his drive for business success: â&#x20AC;&#x153; God said multiply your talents, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t bury them under a rock or Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll take them away.â&#x20AC;?

About a decade after appearing on the television show â&#x20AC;&#x153; Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,â&#x20AC;? Hall was in trouble.

By the mid-1990s, his real-estate empire was struggling.

He lost the mansion and was staring down an indictment on fraud and racketeering charges, accused of helping organized crime families manipulate the stock market.

Rags to riches to rags Hall, who had a penchant for quoting self-help books, eschewing vices and promoting a rigorous exercise regimen, made his first fortune in health clubs.

Born and raised in San Diego, he joined the Army after graduating from high school in 1971.

After his discharge, he moved to Colorado and served three years as a mail clerk in Fort Carson before buying a small fitness center.

With no formal business experience, Hall turned his fitness-center investment into a health-club empire, launching the 24-hour Nautilus chain and making tens of millions of dollars.

People magazine estimated Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s net worth at $60 million before his business model of selling cheap lifetime gym memberships imploded with more members than his facilities could handle.

Hall sold the company and went from pitching health plans to real-estate portfolios.

He reduced his business philosophy to sound bites: Buy it, sell it and buy it bigger. Start with houses, move up to commercial real estate. If he could do it, anybody could do it.

But he couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t.

Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plans were impressive: the tallest office tower in Arizona, a massive downtown Phoenix hotel, the biggest mall in the world.

Enthusiasm, however, could not overcome the 1980s real-estate crash. Projects were grounded, properties sold to creditors.

Hall was nearly broke. Nearly. He moved his family to a rented house in Mesa, and in 1992 parlayed what he had left into a publicly traded used-car business called Eagle Holdings, which targeted high-risk borrowers with high-interest loans.

Hall left the company in 1994.

But not before federal securities regulators said he made $2 million on a pump-and-dump stock scheme.

Frau d conv ictions The Securities and Exchange Commission filed a civil lawsuit against Hall in 1996 for securities fraud, saying he grossly inflated Eagleâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s value and then sold stock on the exaggerated share prices.

By that time, Hall was making a serious comeback in the health clubs as

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The publicly traded Mesa company showed signs of success with aggressive marketing statements and earnings reports hyping growth and revenue.

Federal regulators saw similarities between HealthTech and Eagle. In 1997, Hall was indicted on criminal racketeering charges. He was accused of working with the members of the Genovese and Bonanno crime families to manipulate his companyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stock price.

Authorities said Hall paid off stock promoters who bribed stockbrokers to run up the value of HealthTech by promoting it to customers. The SEC suspended trading in HealthTech stock, which Nasdaq later delisted.

Hall maintained his innocence, saying he was duped by the promoters who hid their Mafia ties when they signed on as consultants.

A Manhattan jury convicted him in 1999 after four mobsters pleaded guilty in the case. It was the largest prosecution at the time to involve members of organized crime manipulating the stock market.

Hall was sentenced to 87 months in prison and 3 years of probation. But court records show his criminal career was just getting started.

Hallâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s probation in the securities case was scheduled to end in 2010. Less than two years later, authorities said he and his 22-year-old son, Benton Hall, became embroiled in a Ponzi scheme involving bogus silver investments.

Authorities said the Halls agreed to help a key figure in the South Carolina scheme hide $1.5 million from federal investigators, including the U.S. Secret Service.

According to federal prosecutors, Wallace Howell received commissions for steering two investors to Atlantic Bullion & Coin.

The company purported to make money on silver trades but was a sham that paid dividends to earlier investors using the cash from new ones, prosecutors said.

When the scheme unraveled, Howell panicked and sought the Hallsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; help to ensure the money he stole couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t be seized, prosecutors said. â&#x20AC;&#x153; Howell transferred to the Halls approximately $1.5 million in property, gold and silver coins, equipment and cash,â&#x20AC;? federal authorities said in a news statement last year. â&#x20AC;&#x153; The Halls then

worked to hide this money from the federal receiver and law enforcement.â&#x20AC;?

Gordon Hall was convicted of conspiracy to obstruct justice and wire fraud in April 2014. He was sentenced to 180 months in prison and ordered to pay $172,000 in restitution.

Benton Hall was sentenced to 24 months and was also ordered to repay $172,000.

$93 million tax scam Conviction in the South Carolina case didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t stop federal authorities in Arizona from coming after Hall and his son for running a tax scam.

By 2013, prosecutors said Hall had become a frequent attendee at sovereigncitizen seminars.

Sovereign citizens are a loose-knit group of tax protesters who use interpretations of archaic laws, including admiralty and common law, to assert their freedom from government authority.

Many like to suggest the IRS is an unlawful enterprise.

At one of these seminars, Hall partnered with Brandon Adams, 40, of New Mexico and together they devised the scheme to send fake money orders to the IRS, according to court records.

As part of a plea deal with federal prosecutors, Adams admitted that he and Hall conducted how-to seminars on using fake money orders to nullify a tax debt.

Among the debts Hall tried to erase were his own, Adams said. â&#x20AC;&#x153; In January 2013, I created two money orders in order for Gordon Hall to pay off his United States tax liability from 1996 and 1997,â&#x20AC;? Adams said in his plea agreement. â&#x20AC;&#x153; I knew that these money orders were means to defraud the IRS.â&#x20AC;?

Authorities said Hall and Adams submitted 149 fictitious money orders totaling about $93 million to the IRS. Hall and Adams sold clients on the idea that sending a money order to the Secretary of the Treasury creates an accounting entry and reduces any tax liability to zero.

In his own plea agreement, Benton Hall admitted knowing â&#x20AC;&#x153; these fictitious money orders were intended to defraud the IRS.â&#x20AC;?

Adams was sentenced last week to 40 months in prison. Benton Hall was sentenced to 27 months.

Gordon Hall pleaded not guilty and went to trial. He was sentenced last week to 96 months and the judge ordered that he serve his time consecutively â&#x20AC;&#x201D; or back to back â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with the 180-month sentence in South Carolina.

That totals 23 years, meaning Hall will be about 84 years old when he gets out of prison.

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State-government debt declines in Ariz ona RUSS WILES THE REPUBLIC

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Like consumers learning to live on a tight budget, state governments trimmed their net taxpayer-supported debt in 2014 for the first time in roughly three decades.

Aggregate general-obligation state debt eased to roughly $510 billion, down $6 billion from 2013.

It was the first decline in the 28 years that Moody’s Investors Service has tracked this information. Arizona reduced its direct taxpayer-supported debt to $5.7 billion from $5.9 billion in 2013, Moody’s said.

The credit-rating agency predicted

state debt levels will be flat or dip a bit more in 2015 before starting to push higher. “ Most states will continue to avoid major new debt-service commitments in the face of moderate revenue growth and continuing pressure for increased education and health-care spending,” Moody’s said. “ Few states have announced large new borrowing initiatives.”

Eventually, though, debt levels will start rising again as states “ seek to address a backlog of deferred infrastructure needs at a time of stagnant federal transportation aid,” Moody’s added.

Arizona’s state-government debt came to $846 per capita last year, equiv-

alent to 2.3 percent of personal income.

In both measures, Arizona’s debt ranks slightly below average.

Most of the overall debt decline last year resulted from a reclassification of general obligation borrowings in Texas.

Excluding that, overall state debt was largely unchanged, dipping by less than $1 billion, Moody’s said.

The study excludes local-government debt and state debts supported by revenue from specific projects rather than by taxpayers.

Reach the reporter at russ.wiles@arizonarepublic.com or 602-444-8616.

HOW STATES RANK Figures reflect general-obligation or direct taxpayer-supported borrowings.

Rank State 1 Connecticut

State debt/capita $5,491

2

Massachusetts

$4,887

3

Hawaii

$4,867

4

New Jersey

$4,138

5

New York

$3,092

31

Arizona

$846

SOURCE: MOODY’S INVESTORS SERVICE

Google’s new self-driving cars cruising roads in Silicon Valley MICHAEL LIEDTKE ASSOCIATED PRESS

PHOTOS BY CHERYL EVANS/THE REPUBLIC

Brunn Roysden had one minute to pitch his myType keyboard, a foldable product that uses Bluetooth to connect with Apple and Android devices, to a group of panelists Thursday during a FundingPost venture-capital conference at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix.

Pitch perfect: Startups tout ideas to investors JUSTIN SAYERS THE REPUBLIC

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More than 40 startups from across the Southwest were on display Thursday at Grand Canyon University at a roundtable presented by FundingPost.

Entrepreneurs had the chance to hear from guest speakers, network with fellow startup owners and pitch their ideas to a group of angel investors. “ They have an opportunity to share their vision in one minute, and what they can expect is an opportunity to talk to people that write checks and invest in companies,” said FundingPost regional director Scott Kelly.

This was the third FundingPost event in Phoenix. At the previous two, investors gave money to seven companies.

One of those startups was Crowd Mics, a smartphone app that connects with a room’s sound system and wireless router, eliminating the need for microphones.

Naomi Clark shares her Mr. Moe pillow. She says it helps people express emotions better.

Silicon Valley-based angel investor David Koehn initially gave the company $205,000, and just closed a $1 million investment this week.

Koehn, who attended Thursday’s event, said he looks for entrepreneurs with integrity, transparency, passion and

a unique idea that he can market. He invests in five to seven companies a year.

Brunn Roysden, a former nuclear engineer and attorney, pitched the myType keyboard, which is a foldable keyboard that uses Bluetooth to connect with Apple and Android devices.

He’s made 6,000 units and sold 5,000 of them over the past 21⁄ 2 years, financially relying on himself and a Kickstarter campaign.

Although funding would be nice — he’s looking for about $500,000 — he mostly came to the event for information about how to better his company, because the Phoenix market is tough on tech entrepreneurs. “ If you go to Silicon Valley, you knock on three doors, you’re going to have four projects,” he said. “ Here, you knock on four doors, three of them can’t even spell entrepreneur.”

Metro Phoenix can be a difficult See STARTUPS, Page 15A

Familiar scam resurfaces when caller wants money to fix virus JUSTIN SAYERS THE REPUBLIC

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Phone scammers are reinventing an old ruse.

A Surprise woman said she’s been receiving calls from a fake tech-support company in recentmonths.

The caller told her that she had a virus on her computer and that they’d need $200 to fix it. “ They didn’t say much,” said Carole Ball, 74. “ They told me they needed me to send them so much money.”

In the scam, the caller tries to get remote access to a victim’s computer. They then either implant a virus to steal personal information or ask for money to remove a non-existent virus.

This time around, a caller identifying a company called Direct Assist contacted Ball from numbers with New Jersey, Florida, Washington, Delaware and foreign area codes, she said. When The Arizona Republic

called the numbers, they were disconnected.

Ball didn’t give the company money and removed all personal information from her computer after she noticed it was acting strangely. She notified the Surprise Police Department and put her number on National Do Not Call Registry, but the calls have not stopped. “ It’s very scary,” she said. “ I almost cried.”

Officials from the Surprise Police Department say they haven’t seen an increase in reported phone scams, but they recommend caution with telemarketers because anyone can be a target, said Sgt. Norm Owens, the department’s public-information officer.

If you’ve received one of these calls, notify the fraud unit at your local police department or contact the Better Business Bureau at 877-291-6222. You can also file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission at ftccomplaintassistant.gov.

SAN FRANCISCO — The latest models of Google’s self-driving cars are now cruising the streets near the Internet company’s Silicon Valley headquarters as an ambitious project to transform the way people get around shifts into its next phase.

This marks the first time that the pod-like, two seat vehicles have been allowed on public roads since Google unveiled the next generation of its selfdriving fleet more than a year ago. The cars had previously been confined to a private track located on a former Air Force base located about 120 miles southeast of San Francisco.

Google announced last month that it would begin testing the curious-looking cars last month, but hadn’t specified the timing until Tuesday when it disclosed the vehicles are driving up to 25 miles per hour on the roads around its Mountain View, California, office.

Google had installed its robotic driving technology in Lexus sports utility vehicles during the first few years of testing before developing the smaller prototype. The new models are designed to work without a steering wheel or brake pedal, although the vehicles will be equipped with those features during the initial runs on public roads.

A human will also ride in the cars to take control in emergencies, just as has been the case with the self-driving Lexus vehicles during the past six years.

The debut of the pod-like car will help Google get a better understanding on how well its technology works around other vehicles steered by people. California’s Department of Motor Vehicles have given Google permission to send up to 25 of its latest self-driving cars on neighborhood roads.

If all goes well, Google hopes to gain regulatory clearance to remove the steering wheel, brake pedal and emergency driver from the prototype.

The earlier models of Google’s selfdriving cars had been involved in 13 minor accidents through more than 1.8 million miles on the roads, according to the company. Google blamed the collisions on other vehicles in every case except one when the company says one of its own employees was steering.

Motorists who encounter Google’s latest self-driving car while they are in Mountain can share their experience with the company at google.com/ selfdrivingcar/contact/.

Thursday’s results Dow Jones -75.71 17,890.36

NASDAQ -10.22 5,112.19

S&P -6.27 2,102.31

Investors deliver a healthy shot in the arm to stocks of healthcare facilities after the Supreme Court affirmed Obamacare’s tax credits for all U.S. consumers. 4B

Gas prices The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline Thursday compared with a month earlier: AREA Phoenix Scottsdale East Valley West Valley

THURSDAY $2.72 $2.83 $2.72 $2.71

LAST MONTH $2.81 $2.88 $2.80 $2.81

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Market Summary ARIZONA’S BUSINESS

FOR TRADING ON THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015

Stock footnotes: n = new issue within the past 52 weeks, s = stock split or stock dividend amounting to 25 percent or more in the past 52 weeks.

TOP EMPLOYERS 52- wk High Low

Stock

ABM Aetna AmExp Boeing CVS Health Cemex CntryLink Cigna Comtech CorrectnCp Costco Dillards Discover eBay FedExCp FlowrsFds FordM Freescale Gannett GenDynam HomeDp HonwllIntl Humana

33.69 130.17 96.24 158.83 106.88 13.14 45.67 167.00 40.69 42.31 156.85 144.21 66.75 63.30 185.19 23.62 18.12 45.67 38.48 147.03 117.99 107.10 219.79

ARIZONA- BASED COMPANIES

%YTD Last Chg Chg

24.22 71.81 76.53 116.32 74.64 8.39 31.51 85.75 26.30 32.05 114.51 100.00 54.02 46.34 145.08 17.46 13.26 15.29 25.95 114.04 77.95 82.89 115.51

33.54 +.19 +17.1 132.60 +5.09 +49.3 79.88 - .86 - 14.1 142.45 - .55 +9.6 105.01 - .32 +9.0 9.51 +.07 - 2.9 29.92 - 1.96 - 24.4 169.77 +4.02 +65.0 30.57 +.40 - 3.0 33.73 +.07 - 7.2 137.45 - .89 - 3.0 107.70 - 1.80 - 14.0 59.04 - .28 - 9.8 61.60 - .01 +9.8 172.80 - .62 - .5 21.61 - .35 +12.6 15.44 - .06 - .4 41.56 - .15 +64.7 36.90 - .11 +15.6 144.13 - 1.39 +4.7 112.24 - .11 +6.9 103.36 - .74 +3.4 197.37+13.14+37.4

NYSE Diary

Advanced Declined Unchanged Total issues New Highs New Lows

Stock

Intuit Jabil Kohls Kroger LockhdM Lowes MarIntA McDnlds McKesson Medtrnic MorgStan MotrlaSolu NustarEn OrbitATK Penney PulteGrp Raytheon Rogers Schwab SearsHldgs SwstAirl SwtGas Starbucks s

Diary

920 1,116 2,214 1,999 124 131 3,258 3,246 84 84 47 117

52- wk High Low

%YTD Last Chg Chg

109.21 77.96 103.60 +.55 +12.4 24.95 18.03 22.04 - .24 +1.0 79.60 50.90 63.36 - .63 +3.8 77.74 48.58 72.95 +.01 +13.6 207.06 156.23 189.99 - .18 - 1.3 76.25 45.70 69.66 - .42 +1.3 85.00 59.61 76.17 - .21 - 2.4 102.18 87.62 95.79 - .85 +2.2 243.61 178.28 229.33 - 1.20 +10.5 79.50 59.83 75.48 +.59 +4.5 40.26 31.12 39.22 - .42 +1.1 70.26 56.83 58.35 +.06 - 13.0 68.33 50.91 61.77 - .64 +7.0 80.99 46.16 74.16 - .87 +38.7 11.30 5.90 8.79 +.01 +35.6 23.36 16.56 20.42 - .12 - 4.8 113.36 89.17 98.24 - 1.07 - 9.2 84.92 51.40 68.75 - 1.78 - 15.6 33.78 23.35 33.25 +.18 +10.1 48.25 24.10 28.28 - .52 - 14.3 47.17 25.86 34.49 +.14 - 18.5 64.20 47.21 53.24 +.16 - 13.9 54.44 35.38 54.07 +.36 +31.8

52- wk High Low

Stock

StarwdHtl 87.99 Supvalu 12.00 TRWAuto 107.25 Target 85.81 TenetHlth 63.61 UPS B 114.40 UtdhlthGp 123.76 WalgBoots 93.42 Wendys Co 11.71 ZionsBcp 32.66

776 1,264 1,984 1,496 150 170 2,910 2,930 130 117 28 47

52- wk High Low

Stock

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Nasdaq composite

19,000

5,200 5,000 4,800 4,600 4,400 4,200

18,000

5,112.19 - 10.22

17,890.36 17,000 - 75.71

DEC JAN

FEB

16,000

MAR APR MAY JUN

DEC

Record high: 18,312.39, May 19, 2015

%YTD Last Chg Chg

AV Homes 17.44 12.93 15.08 +.05 +3.5 AccelrDiag 31.86 15.37 27.03 +.20 +40.9 AMERCO 338.41 231.53 326.45 - .76 +14.8 AmAirlines 56.20 28.10 42.24 ... - 21.2 AResidPrp 19.68 16.83 18.99 +.03 +8.1 AmkorTch 11.65 5.77 6.39 +.02 - 10.0 AmtechSys 13.00 7.52 10.16 - .01 - .4 ApolloEdu 34.55 16.00 16.25 - .07 - 52.4 Avnet 47.27 35.53 42.56 - .44 - 1.1 CavcoInd 87.90 62.08 76.12 +.16 - 4.0 FstSolar 73.78 39.18 50.97 - .39 +14.3 FrptMcM 39.32 16.43 19.74 - .82 - 15.5 GoDaddy n 33.00 24.15 31.01 - .45 +18.6 GrCanyEd 51.99 36.95 43.92 +.58 - 5.9 HlthcreT rs 30.28 23.02 23.80 - .08 - 11.7 Innsuites 3.32 1.63 2.71 ... +8.4 InsightEnt 32.80 21.59 31.99 +.02 +23.6 InsysTher s 42.69 11.26 35.74 - 3.00 +69.5 Inventure 14.11 8.51 10.48 - .07 - 17.7 JointCp n 12.99 6.00 11.23 +.08 +76.0 KnightTr 34.73 23.17 26.75 +.03 - 20.5

68.53 82.22 - .17 +1.4 7.57 8.46 - .04 - 12.8 87.41 105.46 ... +2.5 57.26 84.50 +.16 +11.3 41.47 56.21 +6.13 +10.9 94.05 98.94 - .45 - 11.0 78.74 122.33 +3.16 +21.0 57.75 86.36 +.21 +13.3 7.61 11.43 +.14 +26.6 23.72 32.21 +.03 +13.0

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EASY ACCESS TO STOCKS

Dow Jones industrials

NASDAQ

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KonaGrill

28.66 16.02 20.77 +.46 - 10.0

LifeLock

19.15 12.30 17.23 +.20

LimelghtN

4.43

Meritage

2.11

4.11

- 6.9

- .04 +48.4

49.90 31.69 49.17 +1.35 +36.6

Microchp

52.44 36.92 49.34

- .14 +9.4

MobileMini

49.68 34.32 43.35

- .15 +7.0

OnSmcnd

13.50

6.76 12.51

- .01 +23.5

PinWst

73.31 52.13 56.31

- .21 - 17.6

ProvidSvc

55.99 34.03 45.08

- .67 +23.7

RepubSvc

42.05 36.72 39.65

- .18

SpiritRltC

13.00 10.28 10.00

- .29 - 15.9

- 1.5

Sprouts

38.45 26.98 28.00

StoreCap n

24.06 19.25 20.47

... - 17.6

SwiftTrans

29.44 18.53 22.98 +.26 - 19.7

- .09

- 5.3

TASER

35.95 10.46 33.82 +.04 +27.7

TaylorMH

23.12 14.96 21.08 +.11 +11.6

UnivTInst

12.88

ViadCorp

28.82 19.92 27.78 +.21 +4.2

WstnAlliB

34.89 21.43 34.47 +.09 +24.0

7.94

8.39

- .09 - 14.7

S&P 500 index

2,200 2,100 2,000

2,102.31 1,900 - 6.27 DEC JAN

MAR APR MAY JUN

Record high: 5,160.09, June 22, 2015

52- wk High Low

Stock

FEB MAR APR MAY JUN

1,800

Record high: 2,130.82, May 21, 2015

INTERNATIONAL MARKETS Market

52- wk High Low

Last

Chg

%YTD Chg

Paris 5281.95 3789.11 5041.71 - 3.64+18.00 London 7122.74 6072.68 6807.82 - 36.98 +3.68 Hong Kong 28588.52 22529.75 27145.75 - 259.22+15.00 Tokyo 20935.47 14529.03 20771.40 - 96.63+19.03 Toronto 15685.13 13635.53 14897.50 - 50.01 +1.81

MAJOR INDEXES Index

High

Low

Dow 30 Indus 18036.10 NYSE Comp 11094.79 Nasdaq Comp 5141.71

Close

Chg

17890.36 17890.36 11030.77 11035.73 5102.16 5112.19

%Chg

- 75.71 - 30.41 - 10.22

- .42 - .27 - .20

52- wk High Low

Last

YTD

52 wk

Index

High

S&P 500 2116.04 Wilshire 5000 22391.57 Russell 2000 1287.46

+.38 +6.20 +1.81 +.79 +7.94 +16.74

Low

Close

Chg

2101.78 2102.31 22243.19 22258.09 1278.57 1283.28

%Chg

- 6.27 - 66.73 - .64

- .30 - .30 - .05

YTD

52 wk

+2.11 +2.71 +6.52

+7.41 +7.06 +8.69

WIDELY HELD STOCKS (TOP 75) Stock

AT&T Inc AbbVie Alibaba n Allergan Altria Amazon Amgen ABInBev Apple Inc BHP BillLt BHPBil plc BP PLC BcoSantSA BkofAm BerkHa A

52- wk High Low

37.48 32.07 70.76 51.37 120.00 77.77 317.72 201.91 56.70 40.26 452.65 284.00 173.60 114.93 128.35 102.21 134.54 89.65 73.91 42.15 71.44 38.54 53.48 34.88 10.66 6.61 18.21 14.84 229374 185005

Last

36.18 69.82 85.24 309.15 49.16 440.10 158.76 125.50 127.50 43.34 41.97 41.89 7.46 17.37 209600

MUTUAL FUNDS Fund

Chg

%YTD Chg

+.40 +7.7 +.60 +6.7 +.07 - 18.0 +.49 +20.1 +.19 - .2 - .74 +41.8 - 1.13 - .3 - .59 +11.7 - .61 +15.5 - 1.05 - 8.4 - 1.17 - 2.4 +.06 +9.9 ... - 10.4 - .12 - 2.9 - 900 - 7.3

BerkH B Biogen Boeing BrMySq BritATob CVS Health Chevron ChinaMble ChinaPet Cisco Citigroup CocaCola Comcast Disney ExxonMbl

52- wk High Low

152.94 480.18 158.83 69.86 123.36 106.88 135.10 75.52 105.88 30.31 57.64 45.00 61.24 114.56 104.76

122.72 290.85 116.32 47.34 102.50 74.64 98.81 47.59 75.31 22.49 46.55 39.06 49.33 78.54 82.68

Last

139.45 411.29 142.45 66.84 112.04 105.01 98.34 65.61 87.15 28.40 56.19 40.02 60.88 114.45 83.93

Chg

%YTD Chg

- .64 - 7.1 +.64 +21.2 - .55 +9.6 +.03 +13.2 - .41 +3.9 - .32 +9.0 - .93 - 12.3 - .90 +11.5 - .82 +7.6 - .11 +2.8 - .47 +3.8 - .17 - 5.2 +.52 +4.9 +.68 +21.5 - .75 - 9.2

Stock

Facebook FstRep pfD GenElec GileadSci GlaxoSKln Google A Google C HSBC HomeDp Intel IBM JPMorgCh JohnJn LloydBkg MasterCrd

89.25 24.95 28.68 123.37 54.78 608.91 599.65 54.42 117.99 37.90 196.40 69.82 109.49 5.65 96.31

62.21 22.04 23.41 80.46 41.25 490.91 487.56 41.20 77.95 29.31 149.52 54.26 95.10 4.35 69.64

87.98 23.32 27.04 120.23 43.51 557.95 535.23 46.64 112.24 31.99 166.08 68.65 99.12 5.55 94.46

Chg

%YTD Chg

- .88 +12.8 - .03 - 1.2 - .22 +7.0 - 1.78 +27.6 +.17 +1.8 - .62 +5.1 - 2.61 +1.7 - .52 - 1.2 - .11 +6.9 +.08 - 11.8 - .89 +3.5 - .37 +10.4 - .21 - 5.2 +.04 +19.6 - 1.05 +9.6

Stock

Medtrnic Merck Microsoft MitsuUFJ Novartis NovoNord Oracle PepsiCo PetChina Pfizer PhilipMor ProctGam Qualcom RoyDShllB RoyDShllA

52- wk High Low

79.50 63.62 50.05 7.62 105.82 58.21 46.71 100.76 150.80 35.53 91.24 93.89 81.97 88.13 83.42

Last

151,869 125,468 123,256 107,226 102,406 91,090 77,651 76,641 74,837 72,594

193.88 53.08 53.07 192.00 53.09 192.01 103.82 45.69 21.56 59.85

%YTD Chg Rtrn

- .57 - .38 - .36 - .57 - .38 - .57 - .15 - .08 - .04 - .14

+3.1 +3.8 +3.8 +3.1 +3.8 +3.1 +7.0 +7.1 +1.4 +2.2

Fund

Chg

%YTD Chg

59.83 75.48 +.59 +4.5 52.49 57.90 - .34 +2.0 40.12 45.65 +.01 - 1.7 5.13 7.35 +.01 +32.9 84.17 100.82 - .81 +8.8 41.72 56.47 +.14 +33.4 35.82 41.06 - .14 - 8.7 87.46 94.83 - .46 +.3 101.64 115.54 - 1.40 +4.1 27.51 34.02 - .21 +9.2 75.27 81.30 +.49 - .2 77.10 79.39 - .12 - 12.8 62.26 65.26 - .09 - 12.2 57.89 59.99 - .27 - 13.8 56.82 59.23 - .30 - 11.5

52- wk High Low

Stock

Sanofi Schlmbrg TaiwSemi 3M Co Total SA Toyota UnilevNV Unilever UtdTech UtdhlthGp VerizonCm Visa s Vodafone WalMart WellsFargo

57.42 118.76 25.77 170.50 74.22 145.80 45.22 45.99 124.45 123.76 53.66 70.69 39.46 90.97 58.26

Last

43.57 75.60 19.39 130.60 46.61 108.40 36.78 38.79 97.30 78.74 45.09 48.80 28.63 71.70 46.44

51.49 86.67 24.08 155.92 51.85 134.87 43.32 44.51 113.30 122.33 47.44 68.62 37.48 71.86 57.17

Chg

%YTD Chg

- .15 +12.9 - .84 +1.5 +.18 +7.6 - 1.62 - 5.1 - .01 +1.3 - .53 +7.5 - .12 +11.0 - .27 +10.0 - .67 - 1.5 +3.16 +21.0 +.15 +1.4 - .24 +4.7 +.01 +9.7 - .52 - 16.3 - .37 +4.3

COMMODITIES

30 largest funds listed by size

Total Assets ($Mlns) Last

Vanguard 500Adml Vanguard TotStIAdm x Vanguard TotStIdx x Vanguard InstIdxI Vanguard TotStIIns x Vanguard InstPlus Fidelity Contra American Funds GrthAmA m American Funds IncAmerA m American Funds CapIncBuA m

Stock

Total Assets ($Mlns) Last

Dodge & Cox IntlStk PIMCO TotRetIs Vanguard WelltnAdm Vanguard TotIntl x Dodge & Cox Stock x American Funds InvCoAmA m Vanguard TotBdAdml American Funds CpWldGrIA m FrankTemp- Franklin IncomeA m American Funds WAMutInvA m

71,487 68,391 67,626 62,042 61,052 59,573 59,106 57,624 52,892 52,584

%YTD Chg Rtrn

45.14 - .17 +7.3 10.57 - .01 +.2 67.82 - .18 +1.6 16.63 - .18 +8.4 183.96 - 1.12 +3.3 37.63 - .14 +3.0 10.69 - .02 - .5 48.08 - .13 +5.6 2.37 - .01 +1.2 40.96 - .05 +.9

Fund

Fidelity Spartan 500IdxAdvtg American Funds AmBalA m Vanguard IntlStkIdxIPls x American Funds FnInvA m Harbor IntlInstl Dodge & Cox Income x Metropolitan West TotRetBdI Vanguard InstTStPl T Rowe Price GrowStk Vanguard HltCrAdml

Total Assets ($Mlns) Last

50,738 48,800 46,732 45,742 45,053 44,500 41,719 41,683 41,359 39,281

%YTD Chg Rtrn

74.51 - .22 +3.1 24.86 - .04 +1.6 111.21 - 1.28 +8.4 53.72 - .09 +5.0 71.99 - .15 +11.1 13.59 - .11 10.79 - .01 - .2 48.02 - .13 +3.8 56.87 - .05 +9.5 100.60 +.78 +15.9

Commodity price/unit High Gold $/oz.

Silver cents/oz.

Copper cents/lbs.

Wheat cents/bushel Oil(bbl) $/bbl Nat.gas $/btu Gasblnd cents/gal.

Cotton cents/lbs.

Corn cents/bushel Cattle cents/lb.

Low

Settle

Chg

1175.90 1171.50

1171.50 1580.5 264.55 532 59.70 2.850 2.0368 64.88 376.50 148.50

- 1.10 - 4.3 - .10 +14 - .57 +.091 - .0187 +1.12 +10 - 2.17

265.05 533 60.46 2.854 2.0714 65.09 377 150.55

264.20 513 59.43 2.752 2.0137 64.31 363.50 148.40

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Never? Good. Then why do consumers make it so easy for ID-theft criminals to break into their personal identity information through poor password management?

Of course using the same password for multiple online accounts makes life easier, but it also increases your online security risk and exposes you to data breaches.

Here’s the harsh reality of easy access for cyber crooks. In the past year alone, 40 percent of consumers experienced a security incident where they received a notice that their personal information had been compromised, an account hacked or had a password stolen.

Therefore, if your one single password is hacked, all of your other accounts using the same password are at risk.

And though various companies and organizations have increased education

among customers and employees, 47 percent of consumers are using a password that hasn’t been changed in five or more years, according to the June 2015 TeleSign Consumer Account Security Report.

Weak or inadequate password management trends are surprising considering the growing risk and the headaches that ID theft victims face when their identities are used fraudulently.

Telesign’s report was supported by an international study of digital security concerns and practices and revealed the following about consumer habits: » Consumers have an average of 24 online accounts, but use only six unique passwords to protect them. » 73 percent of accounts use duplicate passwords. » Consumers rarely change their passwords, with 77 percent using a password that is one year or older.

Aside from needing stronger password management, single-factor authentication — or the use of only one cat-

Startups

for early-stage entrepreneurs.

She cited Co+Hoots co-working space, the Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation at GateWay Community College, Arizona State University and Desert Angels in Tucson as some of the big players in the local community. “ So many entrepreneurs feel at the early stage that they have to know everything and, if they don’t, it’s a weakness,” she said. “ I think that entrepreneurs that are most successful are the ones that ask for help and are really candid and really transparent about what they need.”

One success is Code Technology, which collects patient outcome data for primarily orthopedic surgeons, said cofounder Breanna Cunningham.

Cunningham, a nurse, had to learn the business side of the company on the job. Five years later, the business serves hospitals around the U.S. Connecticut-based FundingPost is a nationwide network of entrepreneurial pitch conferences, Kelly said. They’ve held more than 300 events in 13 years.

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place for entrepreneurs, said Courtney Klein, founder and CEO of Seed Spot.

Her business serves as an incubator for startups by providing connections to mentors, talents, workspace and capital.

While investment usually comes in the later stages of a business, people in metro Phoenix aren’t necessarily interested in the high-risk, high-reward business of funding startups, she said. “ The investor community has been very resistant to embracing true earlystage startups,” she said. “ I think in order for a vibrant startup community to thrive, we need risk-taking investors that are willing to invest in early-stage companies in Arizona.”

Klein said without incubators, finding a “ connective tissue” can be difficult for entrepreneurs. As a result, the startup community works together to provide

egory of credential is a contributing factor in security incidents.

As a result, “ 68 percent say they want online companies to provide an extra layer of security, such as two-factor authentication, to protect their personal information.”

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is the process where a consumer or employee provides two means of identification from separate categories of credentials.

Three credential examples are something you know (e.g. password), have (e.g. smart card), or are (e.g. fingerprint).

While the report states that 2FA is widely available, 61 percent of consumers have not enabled it for any accounts.

Also stated is that of the consumers not using 2FA, 56 percent are unfamiliar with two-factor authentication, 29 percent don’t know how to turn it on and 29 percent say none of their online accounts offer it.

My top password defenses are easy, but they do require your attention.

» Change default passwords immediately. » Do not share passwords and change your password every 90 days. » Consider using a passphrase (i.e. multiple words or a sentence) instead of a password as they are inherently more complex, yet easier to remember » Use 10-character passwords including lower- and upper-case letters, numbers and signs. » Do not use personal information such as names, initials, birthdays, anniversaries, cities, pets, etc. » Realize and accept that no password is “ unbreakable” and it can be stolen.

Mark’s most important: Don’t help ID-theft criminals victimize you by making your password an easy passport to ID theft.

Mark Pribish is vice president and ID-theft practice leader at Merchants Information Solutions Inc., an ID theft-background screening company in Phoenix. Contact him at markpribish@merchantsinfo.com.

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Republicans have long opposed the Affordable Care Act but were wholly unprepared for the fallout had the Supreme Court gutted the law.

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GOP gets a reality check he Supreme Court’s “ Obamacare” decision eased the health-care anxiety of millions of Americans and solidified President Barack Obama’s legacy.

But the other side didn’t lose, either.

The decision saved Republican opponents of the Affordable Care Act from the job of fixing what would have been broken had the court thrown out subsidies for those who don’t get their insurance through state exchanges. And let’s face it, the opponents don’t have much in their tool kit.

Had the court denied subsidies to 6.4 million people in the 34 states that use the federal exchange, including more than 126,000 in Arizona, the pressure would have been intense for Congress to avert the anticipated chaos. Our state’s leaders’ hands would have been severely tied because of a law passed and signed this year prohibiting the establishment of a state exchange.

Republicans who railed against the law since it was passed are not ready with an alternative plan. The grasping for ideas was such that some suggested a temporary patch to extend Obamacare until a GOP president could dismantle it.

Talk about kicking the can down the road.

The nation deserves better.

Republicans opposed to Obamacare have not come up with a feasible alternative. But they would have been called on to produce one pronto had the court invalidated subsidies for people in federally-run exchanges.

This court decision saved them. It also gave them a reality check.

It’s one thing to oppose an idea and fight a good fight against it. It’s something else to keep up the battle for years and use obstructionism as a political rallying cry.

Enough.

The Affordable Care Act has survived two Supreme Court challenges, not to mention all those votes in Congress. It was a central issue in the 2012 presidential election.

The law is extending health insurance to 16.4 million people, according to March figures from the government. It’s based on a Republican idea signed into law by Mitt Romney while he served as governor of Massachusetts. It’s not perfect, but improving it makes far more sense than trying to kill it.

In this case, opponents were asking the court to eviscerate the law based on a careless phrase that could be read to limit subsidies to those on state-run exchanges.

The court applied simple common sense by looking at the whole law.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the 6-3 majority that “ Congress passed the Affordable Care Act to improve health insurance markets, not to destroy them.”

A too-strict reading of the language without considering the context of the entire law “ could well push a state’s individual insurance market into a death spiral.”

He said it was “ implausible” that Congress intended that to happen when it passed the law.

This is the second time that Roberts, a conservative, has led the court in upholding key provisions of Obamacare.

It’s time other conservatives act like adults and accept that this law is here to stay.

That doesn’t mean the job is done.

A law this big requires monitoring, refining and improving. There are plenty of provisions that irk those on the right and left. Fixing the law is an appropriate job for Congress, one that was always anticipated until Republicans made it clear they had no interest in tweaks.

It’s time for the GOP to drop “ repeal and replace” and turn instead to “ retain and refine.”

Brnovich has it right on fund cuts to charters erhaps you heard: The Supreme Court just settled a long legal fight over some clumsy language in the nation’s healthcare law. But the justices weren’t alone in trying to figure out what lawmakers really meant to say.

Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich has stepped in with an opinion clarifying a portion of next year’s state budget dealing with charterschool funding.

The Legislature and Gov. Doug Ducey calculated that their bare-bones budget should include a $6.3 million hit to the public-private hybrid schools in the coming fiscal year, and no more than $20 million over three years — a manageable amount in the eyes of charter-school advocates.

But Superintendent of Public Instruction Diane Douglas saw the law differently.

By her Department of Education’s calculation, the plan to eliminate extra funding for some small charters actually should cost a larger number of charter schools a total of $15 million next year, and about $70 million over three years. Unsurprisingly, charter operators balked.

According to their reading of the education funding bill, Senate Bill 1476, charter-school chains with more than 600 students at multiple sites would lose the special funding, which was intended to help fledgling charter operations survive. But according to Douglas’ office, the law meant schools with fewer than 600 students at multiple sites would lose out, too.

Brnovich’s assessment of the true meaning of SB 1476 reflected the expressed views of the people who supported and passed the law. Ducey and Republican legislative leaders insisted Douglas misread the law from the start.

Ducey, who expressed strong support for charter schools during his campaign, took heat for recommending any cuts. But in a year of such anguish-inducing austerity, the governor, to his credit, made the effort to spread to the pain.

It just wasn’t quite as much pain as Douglas sought to inflict.

Brnovich has the call right on the charter-school cuts. As Democrats are saying now about the language of the Affordable Care Act, author’s intent has to count for something.

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GOP wasn’t ready to win Obamacare lawsuit he U.S. Supreme Court got it right, legally, in upholding “ Obamacare” subsidies in exchanges run by the federal government. And although Republicans are screeching about the decision, the court did them a big favor, politically.

The Affordable Care Act assumed that states would run exchanges through which individuals could purchase health insurance. It offers generous subsidies for buying insurance from such exchanges, for family incomes approaching $100,000.

As it turns out, most states (including Arizona) chose not to establish an exchange. In such cases, Obamacare calls for the federal government to establish an exchange for the state.

The act, however, says the subsidies, in the form of tax credits, are available for policies purchased on an exchange “ established by the State.” According to the lawsuit, that means the subsidies are unavailable in states where the federal government runs the exchange.

There is little evidence Congress intended such a result. The federal government doesn’t run one big national ex-

change for everyone in states that chose not to establish their own. Instead, the federal government sets up what is truly a state exchange in each such state.

The policies offered on a federally administered exchange such as that established for Arizona are specific to that state and not available in any other state.

The premiums charged are specific to that state.

Although administered by the federal government, the exchanges are, in all other respects, state exchanges. The most logical reading of the law is that, when a state declines to establish an exchange, Congress intended for the federal government to step into the shoes of the state for all exchange purposes, including the availability of subsidies.

Now, judges shouldn’t be rewriting statutes. But they also shouldn’t be hiding behind literalism to undermine legislative intent.

Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion does a workmanlike job of identifying and honoring congressional intent in a bill he kindly describes as having “ more than a few examples of inartful drafting.”

In dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia would hang Obamacare with literalism.

But what was most significant about Scalia’s dissent was what was missing: Any reference to legislative history that would suggest Congress intended that subsidies not be available for policies purchased on a federally administered state exchange.

Although Republicans are cheering Scalia and giving Roberts another round of raspberries, they were politically unprepared to actually win the case.

Obamacare will implode. The requirement that all insurance include first-dollar coverage of a wide range of medical services and treatments is unaffordable. Supporters of Obamacare can spin all they want, but the incentives in Obamacare are badly misaligned in ways that are just beginning to manifest themselves. The finances of Obamacare will get progressively worse.

Obamacare did, however, change the politics of health care in a way Republicans don’t understand and aren’t willing to acknowledge.

In any system of universal access, the health care of the chronically and seri-

ously sick has to be heavily subsidized.

And after Obamacare, the federal government will be expected to be the insurer of last resort.

There is room within that constraint for a far more market-oriented healthcare system. But all the useful GOP ideas to move in that direction — buying policies across state lines, more robust health-savings accounts, creating tax parity between employer-provided and individually purchased insurance — neglect that fundamental, new expectation. Assigned risk pools don’t get the job done.

If the Scalia view had prevailed, Republicans would have had a civil war over whether to temporarily extend Obamacare subsidies to federally administered exchanges. And the hole in their approach to replacing Obamacare would have been exposed.

Obamacare will eventually implode.

But Republicans are lucky the court didn’t blow it up.

Reach Robb at robert.robb@arizonarepublic.com.

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Opinions LINDA VALDEZ EDITORIAL WRITER

DOUG MacEACHERN EDITORIAL WRITER

Primary reveals GOP candidates as out of touch

Obamacare wins, but still built on foundation of lies

Republicans are not well-served by a primary process that makes them look petulant, childish and out of touch with mainstream America. But the American people are wellserved by seeing how eager these candidates are to trample moderation in defense of extremism. The GOP reaction to the Obamacare ruling was a dazzling exercise in bloviating for the base. Let’s just hope somebody besides the base is taking notes.

President Obama is said to have won a huge “ victory” with the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision. Fine. But it is still a law built on lies from beginning to end, which the public has noticed. Rasmussen, just three days before the Supreme Court decision, found “ most voters still want to make major changes in it or dump it completely.” Obamacare may be legal, but in the eyes of a majority of voters it remains an expensive dead weight, falsely sold.

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TOM STORY MY TURN

Obamacare survives, thanks to politically motivated court

On tragic day 25 years ago, I learned how little I knew

Once again, the U.S. Supreme Court has bent over backwards to rule in favor of the Obama administration and keep “ Obamacare” alive in today’s decision regarding the latest challenge to the health-care law, King vs. Burwell.

Since the Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010, leaders from around the country have tried to work with the feds to improve and mitigate the law’s impact on their citizens.

Unfortunately, many felt they couldn’t get the improvements they needed and have gone to court over the law, but the sad truth is that the court has regularly and consistently focused on a political agenda rather than following the law.

Instead of allowing the American political process to work as it was designed, a majority of the Supreme Court justices decided to embrace a political agenda. This undermines their position as the people who objectively resolve our disputes.

In his dissent, Justice Antonin Scalia strongly criticized the court for this shift in priorities: “ Words no longer have meaning if an exchange that is not established by a state is ‘established by the state,” he wrote. “ Under all the usual rules of interpretation, in short, the government should lose this case. But normal rules of interpretation seem always to yield to the overriding principle of the present court: The Affordable Care Act must be saved.”

The court’s ruling states that the IRS is legally paying subsidies for insurance policies bought on the federal exchange, healthcare.gov. It ignores the very plain wording of the law that says the subsidies would be paid only to those “ enrolled in through an exchange established by the state.”

This is a terrible precedent where the court is changing the meaning of laws passed by Congress on the fly and without oversight. Simply put, this ruling effectively demands that Congress reopen the law and repeal it. Otherwise, the American people and our states are going to be smothered by it for decades to come.

We’ve already seen in polling research that Americans want Obamacare reformed, and even the law’s primary beneficiaries, exchange enrollees, want Congress to make major changes that benefit everyone.

Those changes need to include giving the states freedom to manage their own health-care programs again — not continue to assume the federal government knows what is best for people in Bisbee and families in Flagstaff.

We know our own needs best. That’s why 35 of my colleagues and I joined together urging Congress in a letter to reform Obamacare, and we were joined by lawmakers and leaders in 32 states calling for the same relief.

A major factor in the law’s unpopularity has been the string of broken promises from the president and former congressional leaders about the impacts of Obamacare — rising premiums and skyrocketing out-of-pocket costs. And, of course, we all remember the old line about being able to keep your doctor and your plan. Sadly, too, many have lost both since 2010.

The law has been as much a disaster for states. Nearly half the states that have their own exchanges are crumbling, eating up limited public money on surging costs with huge technical issues and low enrollment. These aren’t what you would call success stories.

So, now we stand together to ask this new Congress to fulfill their promise to the American people and lead. Help us make this country great again. Help us dismantle Obamacare and reform our health-care system with patient-centered solutions that will work for everyone.

It’s time to give the states the power to help people again, and it’s time to protect the American people from a politically-motivated, activist court.

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the deadly Dude Fire. On June 26, 1990, the fire killed six members of a Type II fire crew in Walk Moore Canyon north of Payson. The firefighters were inmates and a guard from Perryville Prison. Former Arizona Republic photojournalist Tom Story was at the Dude Fire on the day of the tragedy. He shares with us what he remembers from that day along with some photos not published until now.

Nancy Barto is a Republican state senator representing District 15 in Phoenix.

I was in Show Low photographing a ranching story on June 24-25, 1990, and I stopped in at the Dude Fire on June 26 on my way back to Phoenix.

The fire began the day before.

I became interested in shooting wildland fires in 1989 and had been to a couple of smaller fires around Arizona that year.

I owned my own protective Nomex gear, gloves and hard hat, but was making do with some hiking boots.

June 26, 1990, was the record 122-degree day in Phoenix and photojournalists in the Valley were going nuts chasing weather stories. I was more than happy to be on a fire away from the record Valley heat.

I got to Payson at midmorning, met with fire information officer Pete Libby and got ready for the media tour he was organizing. As everybody was scrambling around, I went to the supply trailer to get a fire shelter. I carried that shelter until it was no longer legal to use in 2010.

When we arrived at the Bonita Creek Estates, private land inside the national forest boundaries, we parked our vehicles near a fire engine. I followed their hoses to where some firefighters were set up to protect a burnout operation being done by the Flathead and Zig Zag Hotshots. The area they burned out helped protect what is called the “ Corner House” in Bonita Creek Estates.

After a while, I made some images I was happy with, and Libby hiked us back up to the road where we had parked.

This is where I remember meeting up with the Prescott Hotshots. It was around this time that we were listening to radio traffic that indicated the fire had jumped the road and we could not leave the area. We were cut off.

I sort of remember the clouds and smoke getting darker and the whole atmosphere becoming more weird.

Some of the firefighters started looking nervous and the decision was made for everybody to go up to a “ safety zone” that had been built and burned out the night before.

A safety zone is firefighter-speak for an area cleared of flammable materials. It can be used for relative safety by firefighters in case of a blowup.

We all hiked up a steep dirt road and I remember it took what seemed like a long time to get to the safety zone, which was about an acre. Once there, we saw Prescott Hotshots cutting down a few trees near the edge of the burned out area while other members of the crew watched.

I remember some talk about how we “ may have to deploy shelters.” Mine was in my daypack and after we got to the safety zone, I fished it out and left it on top of my pack.

As I photographed the Prescott Hotshots, I starting thinking something along the lines of: “ If these guys are this shaken up, maybe I should be concerned, too.”

This was long before we knew the fate of the Perryville crew.

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Members of the Redmond Hotshots watch as the Dude Fire burns near their safety z one in the Bonita Creek Estates area of the Tonto National Forest on June 26, 1990.

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Tom Story, then of The Ariz ona Republic, works during the Dude Fire 25 years ago.

As the main body of the fire arrived, we saw large flames outside the safety zone. Propane tanks vented and exploded in the distance. Big flames. Big show.

I photographed the Redmond Hotshots watching the goings on.

Some medics had gone down to Walk Moore Canyon to check on the Type II crews there and they returned with a burn victim on a backboard. More trees were cut to make a bigger landing spot in the safety zone and a helicopter arrived to evacuate the burn victim.

After the evacuation we left the safety zone and walked to where our vehicles were parked. I photographed a burned house. The fire engine had some fire damage, as did Pete Libby’s Forest Ser-

vice Blazer, which had several windows blown out and the paint scorched. Some of the paint on my truck was burned, the taillights were melted, the weatherstripping on the camper had dissolved, and the fiberglass camper shell had blistered in places.

We didn’t have digital cameras at the time, and my film would have to be developed before my photos could be printed. It was late in the afternoon, so to make deadline I asked Channel 12 to fly my film back to Phoenix, which they did.

I stopped at the Houston Mesa store, about a quarter mile from the camp, and used a pay phone to call the photo desk to let them know what was going on.

It wasn’t until then that I learned that six firefighters with the Perryville Prison crew died when the fire burned over them. They were forced to deploy their fire shelters after their escape route was cut off by a giant wall of fire.

Killed in the fire were Sandra Bachman, a guard for the firefighting crew from the Arizona State Prison ComplexPerryville and inmate-firefighters James Ellis, Joseph Chacon, Alex Contreras, James Denney and Curtis Springfield.

The Dude started me on a journey into the world of wildland fire, taking me to over 200 fires of all sizes throughout the Western states.

What I learned at the Dude Fire was how little I really knew. Wildfire is a serious business and could become a matter of life and death.

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If court ruled other way, it would still be judicial activism I don’t get it. The right wing/Republicans/conservatives are complaining about “ Supreme Court judicial activism.” Why? Aren’t they the same people that brought the case before the Supreme Court and wanted them to rule on Obamacare? Why would they want the Supreme Court to interfere on a law that was enacted after the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the presi-

dent all signed off on the law?

If the Supreme Court ruled in their favor, wouldn’t that be judicial activism?

Like I said, I don’t get it. Sounds like sour grapes to me.

— Alan Nemer, Phoenix

The flag of the Confederacy flew for a society fighting for slav ery The Confederate flag is the symbol of

a society based on slavery which is an immoral abridgment of individual rights. As opposed to the original 13 colonies that broke off from England, the Confederacy’s secession was not legitimate.

The Confederate States of America left the Union for no other reason than to preserve the evil practice of man holding property in man.

— Michael Renzulli, Phoenix

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Patrick Macnee, star of 1960s TV series ‘The Avengers’ LYNN ELBER ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — Patrick Macnee, the British-born actor best known as dapper secret agent John Steed in the long-running 1960s TV series “ The Avengers,” has died. He was 93.

Macnee died Thursday of natural causes with his family at his bedside in Rancho Mirage, his son Rupert said in a statement. “ The Avengers,” a clever spy drama that began in 1961 in Britain, debuted in the United States in 1966. It ran for eight seasons and continued in syndication for decades afterward.

Macnee’s umbrella-wielding character appeared in all but two episodes, accompanied by a string of beauti-

ful women who were his sidekicks. The most popular was likely Diana Rigg, who played sexy junior agent Emma Peel from 1965 to 1968. Honor Blackman played Catherine Gale from 1962 to 1964, and Linda Thorson was Tara King from 1968 to 1969. “ We were in our own mad, crazy world,” Macnee told the Wichita Eagle in 2003 when “ The New Avengers” was being issued on DVD. “ We were the TV Beatles. We even filmed in the same studio.”

But while he made his name internationally playing a smart, debonair British secret agent, Macnee was never a fan of the James Bond movies. “ I think their stories aren’t that realistic,” he told Salt Lake City’s Deseret News in 1999. “ I think the sadism in them is horrifying. ... On the other hand, the books — the James Bond books — were fascinating.”

Macnee nearly lost the role of Steed because of his aversion to violence. In a 1997 interview with the Associated Press, he recalled being told by producers that he would have to pack a gun on “ The Avengers.” “ I said, ‘No, I don’t. I’ve been in World War II for five years and I’ve seen most of my friends blown to bits and I’m not going to carry a gun.’ They said, ‘What are you going to carry?’ I thought frantically and said, ‘An umbrella.’ ” Macnee, who managed to make the improbable weapon seem probable, later became an outspoken opponent of the proliferation of privately owned guns.

Macnee became an American citizen in 1959 and moved to Palm Springs in 1967, saying the dry desert air benefited his daughter, who suffered from asthma.

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Bernal, Guillermo (Vince)

Guillermo (Vince) Bernal, 66 of Glendale, AZ, passed away June 18, 2015. He was born December 20, 1948. Survivors include his brothers Gilbert, David and Sal, sisters Rachel, Katie and Annie. Preceded in death by his Father, Mother, brother Mike and sisters Ofelia, Effie and Margarita. John 3:16 - For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. Services will be held Friday June 26, 2015 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m at Victory Outreach, located at 4655 W. McDowell Rd, Suite 101, Phoenix, AZ 85035. The service will be officiated by Pastor Tony Garcia.

Cassity, Marina Galvan

47, of San Tan Valley, Arizona, passed away on June 7, 2015 only a few days before her birthday. Marina was born in Mexico, and spent all of her childhood there.

Through determination, hard work, and pride in herself, Marina learned English to the point of fluency within just a few years, and eventually became a U.S. citizen. At first Marina worked odd jobs to help support her family and always made the best of everything. However, her goal was to leave behind menial work and earn a salary in an office. She eventually rose to the position of Quality Control for Refinance Applications at Bank of America, and was often recognized for her speed, accuracy and work ethic. Nevertheless, the one thing she was forever most proud of was her son, Alejandro Boone Cassity. She is survived by her Husband Brian, their son Alejandro Boone, her parents Rojelio Galvan Soto and Maria Ausilio Nava Reyes, her brother Pedro Galvan Nava, and sisters Norma Delia Galvan Nava, Roselia Galvan Ramsey and Yolanda Galvan Nava. Services celebrating her life will be held on Saturday, June 27, 9:00 am with a reception beginning at 8:00 am, Mariposa Gardens Memorial Park, 6747 E. Broadway Rd. Inurnment and committal of her place of rest will begin at approximately 2:00 pm, June 27, Desert Lawn Cemetery, 1415 S. 1st Avenue, Yuma, AZ, 85364.

Chavez, Frank A.

Surprise, AZ: Frank A. Chavez, 53 of Surprise AZ went to be with the Lord on Sunday June 21, 2015. He was born on Nov 15, 1961. Frank loved to follow NASCAR racing, with Jeff Gordon as his favorite driver; he rarely missed a race at PIR. He had a great sense of humor and was a great storyteller.

Frank is survived: By his Mother Dionicia Chavez; son’s Frank, Andres and Marco; Grandchildren Mark and Layla; Sisters Lupe, Melinda, Grace & Anna; Brother Carlos and by his life partner Rose Cisneros, He was preceded in death by his Father Frank Chavez; Funeral services/ showing will be held on Friday, 26 June at the Our Lady of Perpetual Hope Church at 5614 W Orangewood ave Glendale, AZ. Friends may call from 10-11 (26JUN) with a Catholic Mass to follow (11AM). Burial services will follow at the Holy Cross Cemetery immediately following the mass.

Corneliusen, Ronald "Ron"

87, of Mesa, AZ (formerly of Lenexa, KS) passed away June 23, 2015. Ron’s early years were spent in Benson, MN until he joined the Army in 1946. He spent his service years in El Paso, TX, Korea, Japan and Germany. After retiring from the service, he began a career with Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms as an inspector. To his children he could do anything; build storm windows, sew couch slipcovers and bake the best bread. He is survived by: Colleen (Carl) Lorson, John (Caren) Corneliusen and Ann (Jim) Balquist and six grandchildren: Nick, Elizabeth, Kylie, Hunter, Brian and Brett; sister Donna (Harold) Krenz of MN and all his friends at the Red Mountain Café. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Mesa Public Libraries or KAET Arizona Public Television.

Dick, Ellen Fuqua "Billie"

Former Parker, AZ resident Ellen Fuqua "Billie" Dick died of natural causes in Prescott on June 23, 2015. She was 99. Born in Parker in 1915, Mrs. Dick attended Parker schools and the University of Arizona. She lived in Tucson for several years before returning to Parker. She commenced teaching school in 1952 at Parker Dam and taught there until her retirement in 1980. Her family pioneered the Parker area, moving there in 1915. Her father, Berkeley M. Fuqua founded the Parker Commercial Company, a long time business there.

She was preceded in death by her mother, Carrie Bates Fuqua; her father Berkeley; two brothers, Hubbard and Granville; four sisters, Ruth, Mabel, Senee and Carrie. Her daughter, Linda Dick Simmons died in 2005. She is survived by her son Henry F. "Roby" Dick (Nell) of Prescott; three grandchildren and two step-grandchildren Austen Haydis (Brenda) of Oceanside, CA; Deborah Haydis Taft (Steve) of Fallbrook, CA, and Grant Dick (Sunshine) of Mesquite, NV; Chris Kulp (Sara) of Scappoose, OR and Katie Gannon(Jesse) of West Richland, WA. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren Corina and Lyle Docker, Ethan Taft, Elise Dick, Mathew, Addison and Kyle Kulp and Reese and Tanner Gannon. Also, a host of nieces and nephews whom she loved dearly, Ruth Carson, Bill and Jay Carson, Jeane Conroy, Berkeley Rourke, Kim Hester, Anne Hester Kuhn and Pat Creighton. A large and loving family will miss her. At her request, there will be no services. Her ashes will be inurned in the family plot at the Parker Cemetery. Please log on to www.ruffnerwakeli n.com to sign Ellen’s guestbook and share a memory with the family.

Flemons, Larry Dean

63 of Phoenix, passed away on June 20, 2015. Visitation Friday June 26th 5-7 PM at Bethesda Community Baptist Church 906 E. Jones Ave. Phoenix.

Homegoing service Saturday June 27th 11 AM at Bethesda C.B.C. with a pre-service viewing at 10 AM. Interment at East Resthaven Park Cemetery. Preston Funeral Home serving the family.

Mary Jane Harper passed away on June 21, 2015 in Phoenix, AZ. A resident of Phoenix for over 45 years, Mary was born in Marquette, MI on December 1, 1938 to Lloyd and Hazel Britton. With a successful real estate career for over 40 years Mary was well respected by her clients and peers alike. As an avid golfer she was one of the longest tenured members of Moon Valley Country Club.

Mary’s zest for life was infectious and everyone who met her was her best friend in minutes. She cheered the underdog and always saw the best in everyone. The first to start the party and the last to leave Mary always had a good clean joke and an amazing card trick that could be topped by none. Mary is survived by her three sisters, Gail, Henrietta, and Margaret, three children Greg, Mark and Kelly, and three stepsons, Tom, Ken and Bill from the love of her life Roger. Together they had ten grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to We Care Foundation of Arizona, PO Box 83024, Phoenix, AZ 85071. A celebration of Mary’s life will be held at 10:00 am Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Hansen Chapel, 8314 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85020. Please visit www.hansenm ortuary.com for condolences.

Harris, Robert Joseph

Loving husband, father, grandfather passed away on June 7, 2015. He was born in 1936 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He attended school in Lake Forest, Illinois and high school in Bay Village, Ohio. He obtained a business degree from Arizona State University and an MBA from Harvard College. He served in the U.S. Army (Chaplain’s Assistant) for 4 years. He had a wide range of talents and interests and his career involved banking, hotel real estate (development, mergers and acquisitions), college teaching, owning a car dealership and being a probation officer. Bob loved being with family and his grandchildren. Our marriage was defined by I John 4.7-12. To us all, "GPA" was a very special man. He had a wonderful sense of humor, enjoyed music, especially at church, and loved playing cards, games and discussing issues. He was a gifted writer and avid reader. He enjoyed looking at real estate from empty lots to homes. He is survived by his wife, Amy, of 50 years; children: Elizabeth Lindh (Robert), Kristin (William) and Joel; grandchildren: Mason, Nicole, Kristin Lindh, Frederick Harris and Liam; and his brother James (Patricia) Harris. He was preceded in death by his parents, Joseph and Edith Harris; and brothers, Richard and William. A memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 28 at 2:00 at Calvary Church of the Valley, 6107 N. Invergordon Rd., Paradise Valley. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Phoenix Rescue Mission, P.O. Box 6708, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6708.

Krahn, William James

Educator, teacher, mentor. Graduate of Arizona State University; Northern Arizona University. Teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School District and Tempe Elementary School District. Taught and coached track and field for both school districts as well as all physical education. Bill taught all of the Tempe Elementary Schools and at a later date, he taught math. Worked with Hi-Y Clubs. Former President of the Arizona Education Association. Heart transplant recipient of 21 1/2 years, Water Safety Instructor, Pool Manager of Phoenix, Tempe and Mesa swimming pools. Member of the Board of Directors or Friends Helping Friends, an organization founded to help with his heart transplant that now continues to help the Tempe Elementary School District for any employee or retiree of the district with catastrophic medical illness. Past member of the New Heart Society, long time member of the East Valley Retired teachers Association. Member of Mesa Baptist Church. Survived by his wife Deborah, of 48 years, daughter, Dorinda, son, Jared, brothers, Howard and Robert, 10 grandchildren, 1 great grandchild, 23 nieces and nephews, 8 great nieces and nephews. A visitation will be held at 2:30 pm, with funeral service to follow at 3:00 pm, on Saturday, June 27, 2015, at Resthaven / Carr-Tenney Mortuary & Memorial Gardens - Chapel of Reflection, 4310 East Southern Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85042. Contributions may be made in memory of William J. Krahn to Joni and Friends Wheels for the World, P.O. Box 6088, Albert Lea, Minnesota 56007-6688 and / or Friends Helping Friends in care of Landings Credit Union, 2800 South Mill Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85282, (480) 967-9475. www.t d3friendshelpingfriends.com. Please visit www.resthavencarrten ney.com.

Lopez , Miguel O.

61 of Phoenix, Arizona, passed away on May 28, 2015. Services have already been held. Arrangements entrusted to Funeraria del Angel Greer Wilson Chapel.

Myers, Magdalena Pflug (Leni)

"Earth Angel" accepted the Lord’s hand with trust and love and journeyed into the Light to be Home with family, loved ones and pets, on Friday, June 20, 2015. Her tremendous love of family, animals, friends were of utmost importance. She loved and appreciated the United States, and with pride flew the flag and carried this great nation in her heart. Magdalena (Leni), born March 10, 1932 in Moragy, Hungary, the daughter of Magdalena and Anton Pflug, and granddaughter of Magdalena Kohn. She was preceded in death by her husband of 52 years retired Army Master Sgt. Raymond A. Myers, Jr. She is survived by her son Raymond A. Myers, III, daughter Elizabeth A. Myers, sister Elizabeth Pflug Clanton, cousins in Hungary and Germany, nieces, nephews, sister and brothers-in-law, and wonderful friends and her beloved doggie, "Foxy". We will miss her beautiful smile and loving heart. Memorial service will be at 6:00 PM Friday, June 26, 2015 at Hansen Chapel, 8314 N. 7th Street, Phoenix, AZ 85020. Please visit www.hansenmortuary.com for condolences.

Paddleford, Esther Cameron

Passed away peacefully with her family by her side on June 21, 2015, in Carefree, just two weeks shy of her 103rd birthday. Born in Seattle on July 2, 1912, she joins her two husbands, the late David Cameron, Sr. and the late George S. Paddleford, both of Palo Alto, Calif. She is survived by her daughter, Victoria Hall of Sedona and son David Cameron, Jr., of Scottsdale, one granddaughter, Kimberly Valent of Anthem, and a sister, Edna Forbes of El Cerrito, Calif. Her great-grandchildren, Cameron, Hope and George Valent will miss their "Munner", as will a number of children, grand and great-grandchilden from the Paddleford family, all of whom loved "Grandma Esther" very much. Contributions in memory may be made to the Avenidas Senior Center, 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto Calif., 94301. At her request, no service will be held.

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Foster, Myrl Carroll

passed on June 22, 2015, at Payson Regional Hospital. Preceded in death by his parents, Carroll H. Foster and Edna F. Foster, three older brothers; Ralph, Harold, and Reginald. He is survived by his wife of 31 years, Sharon, a son Myrl Bradley Foster, two sisters; Alice Knight, Warroad, MN and Phyllis Olin, Phoenix, Arizona. Myrl was an Arizona resident for 70 years after moving from Vermont. He was a member of Carpenter’s local #408 for 55 years. He is also a member of Payson Nazarene Church. A memorial service will be held at 5pm at the Payson Nazarene Church on HWY 87 and Tyler Parkway with supper after.

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Jessie Faye Parker 73, of Glendale, AZ., went to be with the Lord, June 21, 2015. She was preceded in death by Clerance "Rusty" Parker and Mary Frances Short; survived by her loving daughter Vicky Marie Miller and her beloved sister Betty (Bud) Kitchens. She loved the Lord, desert wild flowers and watching her humming birds.

She will be missed and loved by her family and we all know she is in the Kingdom of Heaven with Rusty and Frances. Graveside services for immediate family only will be at Phoenix Memorial Park June 26, 2015. Please share a memory and or sign the guest book at www.almoore-grimshaw.

Phillips, David E.

David E. Phillips, 68 of Phoenix passed away June 22, 2015. He was born on March 28, 1947, in Corvallis, Oregon, the son of Harry Robert and Doris (May) Phillips. David served in the US Army during the Vietnam War. He worked as a project manager for most of his career in both the transportation and health care industries. David enjoyed bird watching, motorcycle riding, and watching the AZ Diamondbacks play baseball. He also liked shooting hoops, and had a passion for teaching children at Christ Church of the Valley. He leaves his wife of 48 years, Joyce (Wiebe) Phillips, 4 children, Jaynelle Philips-Rude, Tony Phillips, Jason Phillips and Steven Phillips, 8 grandchildren and his sisters, Patty, Sharon and Carol. His Celebration of Life will be held at Christ Church of the Valley, 7007 W. Happy Valley Rd, Peoria on Tuesday, June 30th at 10:00 am. In lieu of flowers donations in David’s memory can be made to CCV Children Ministries.

17, of Goodyear, AZ passed away on June 19, 2015. Jessica was a beautiful young lady and had much to offer the world. She loved her family, especially her mother with all her heart. She had a great affection for all animals especially her dog, Poo-Poo. Everyone who knew Jessica was touched by her kindness and contagious smile. She will be missed by all her family and friends. May she rest in peace with her dad Jake and her grandmother Josie.

Jessica is survived by her mother and stepfather, Teresa and Tim Garcia, her sisters, Unique Rico and Brielle Garcia. She was blessed to have her grandparents, uncles, aunts, and countless cousins. Visitation and Rosary at St. William Catholic Church in the Cashion Neighborhood of Avondale, AZ. on Thursday, June 25, 6-8 p.m. Funeral Mass at St. William celebrated by the Auxiliary Bishop of Phoenix Eduardo Nevares on Friday, June 26, 10 a.m. Burial to follow at Louis B. Hazelton Cemetery in Buckeye, AZ.

Rourke, William "Bill"

passed away on June 19, 2015 at the age of 80. A Gathering will begin at 11am, followed by a Celebration of Life at 12 noon, Saturday, June 27, 2015 at Greenwood Memory Lawn Cemetery - Serenity Chapel, 2300 West Van Buren Phoenix, AZ 85009.

Sarra, Robert

76, of Scottsdale, AZ, passed away Thursday, June 18, 2015. Funeral Mass will be held at St. Maria Goretti on Friday, June 26, 2015, with burial to follow at City of Mesa Cemetery. Arrangements entrusted to Messinger Indian School Mortuary.

Schall, Stuart

Loving and devoted friend, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, passed away at his home in Tempe, AZ on Wednesday, June 17, 2015. Bud was born in Three Rivers, Michigan on October 18, 1929 to Donald Arthur and Marion Frances (Belote) Schall. He joined the U.S. Air Force in 1947 and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant in 1950. Bud moved to Arizona in the mid-1950’s and began a career with AiResearch (now Honeywell) that spanned 34 years, 3 months, 2 weeks, 4 days and 45 minutes. He retired as a Supervisor in the Research and Development Laboratory in December 1989. Bud loved all things in nature and exploring the great outdoors. He ran marathons, hiked trails all over Arizona, and he enjoyed fishing and camping with his brother and friends from work. He was an avid rock collector, was extremely knowledgeable in astronomy, and was an excellent artist and photographer. Bud leaves behind his beloved ancient cat, Zackary, who just turned 19 years old. Bud will be missed by his three daughters all living in Arizona: Diana Lee Fletcher of Prescott Valley, Julia Rouvier of Flagstaff, and Wendy Schall (Kim) of Gilbert. He adored his five grandchildren- Jesse Lee Fletcher, Haylee Rae Fletcher, Daphne Rose Ill (Jake), Ravi Leo Rouvier, and Justin Lee Cherington (Chanelle). He also loved telling others about his four great-grandchildren: Avah Karren Cherington, Hunter Stuart Cherington, Lorelai Lee Ill, and Reed Thomas Ill. He is preceded in death by his parents, and his two brothers, Robert Donald Schall and Donald Irving Schall. A special thank you to Bud’s neighbors who loved and cared for him as a family member, and to his physical therapists at Preferred Rehab Spine & Sport where he enjoyed his rehabilitation over the past couple of years. Your kindness and support meant the world to him. Bud believed in "paying it forward." In that spirit, please consider making a contribution to a charity, organization, or individual in need, not just in his memory, but throughout your life.

Services will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 10:30 a.m. at Resthaven Carr Tenney Mortuary & Memorial Gardens, 4310 E. Southern Ave., Phoenix, AZ.

Sloan, Jack

87, of Scottsdale passed away on June 23. Born in Chicago, Illinois on April 5, 1928 to Robert and Laura Sloan. After serving in the Navy he graduated from American University, Washington, D.C. He leaves his wife Shirley of 64 years, daughter Linda of Cave Creek, AZ, Jeff of Bend, OR, three grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. A private service will be held for family. Memorial donations to Hospice of the Valley or Junior Golf Association of America (jgaa.org). Arrangements entrusted to Messinger Pinnacle Peak.

Smith, Marilyn

D. Marilyn (Hall) Smith entered her Heavenly Father’s eternal home on June 14, 2015. Marilyn was born October 31, 1935 to Forist and Helen Hall of Mishawaka, IN. She married Paul R. Smith on February 5, 1955 and they moved to the Phoenix area in 1959. Grateful for having shared her life are her husband of 60 years, her four loving children: MelaDee (Smith) Ammann, Travis Smith, Bradley Smith, and Penny (Smith) Hemenway, their spouses, and six wonderful grandchildren. She is also survived by her older brother, Charles Hall of Granbury, TX. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Vernon, and her sister Jean. Although Marilyn battled through numerous health issues much of her adult life, she never lost faith in her Redeemer, Jesus Christ, which was so dynamically demonstrated by her love for others and her love of God’s creation. A celebration of her life will be held on Saturday, July 25, 2015 at 10:30 AM. The service will be at Valley Community Church of God, located at 3250 N. 40th St. in Phoenix, AZ. Luncheon to follow. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Hospice of the Valley, 1510 E. Flower St., Phoenix, AZ 85014, or at ww w.hov.org.

Voorhaar, Joan

85, of Scottsdale, AZ passed away on June 1, 2015. Married to Frederick (Dick) Voorhaar. They moved several times for his work with Motorola, which took them from Illinois, California and Arizona, where they lived since 1959. Joan was a devoted wife and mother to her four children: Richard, Nancy, Martin and William. Besides being a homemaker, she also worked outside the home as a cashier at Saguaro High School. She lived in Scottsdale until the summer of 2014, when she moved to Elmcroft Assisted Living in Tempe.

She is survived by her children: Richard (Ellen) of St. Paul MN, Nancy of San Jose CA, Martin of Westminster CA and William (Mary) of Tempe, AZ. Her three granddaughters: Kelly, Britta and Morgan, her extended grandchildren and great grandchildren: Sarah, Kylie and Kyra Jacobsen, and countless friends and family. She was preceded in death by her husband Dick, her brother Ed and her parents. A Memorial service will be held on Sunday, June 28th at 4pm at Green Acres Mortuary, 401 North Hayden Road, Scottsdale, AZ

Young, George B. Sr.

George B. Young, Sr. was born in Prescott on August 20th, 1915 and died on June 23rd, 2015 at the age of 99.

His wife, Chonita Marie died in July 1999. He was the 7th of 8 children of John Charles Young and Mary Contreras and the last surviving sibling. Both parents died early leaving 7 boys and 1 girl to fend for themselves. As a result, George and his brothers learned to be street-wise and helped each other during the recession years while their sister was like a mother to them. George and his brother Bobby worked at the Phoenix produce market.

George started driving trucks to and from California at an early age of 13-14. He started as a laborer in the steel foundry of Arizona Iron & Steel Casting Works and quickly advanced to Foundry Foreman and Superintendent while working with National Malleable and Steel Casting Co., Yuba Steel Rolling Mills, Mallin Brothers Foundry and lastly with Newell Scrap Metal and Recycling Co. of Texas. He traveled widely in the USA and abroad in Europe, Asia and South America as a Foundry Consultant and Sales Representative. George loved food, reading and history and had a fantastic memory of historical events and places and had a great gift of storytelling about the past. He is survived by his 5 children; Evelyn (Wilfred) Fernandes, George B. Jr. (Lucy) Young, Virginia (Rudy)Guglielmo, Charles A. Young, and Sylvia (Larry) Farrell; 14 grandchildren, 21 greatgrandchildren and 4 great-great grandchildren. Viewing will be held 6-8 PM on Sunday, June 28th at A. L. Moore Grimshaw Mortuary 710 W. Bethany Home Road. Funeral service will be held Monday, June 29th at 10 AM at Sts. Simon and Jude Cathedral; interment to follow at St Francis Cemetery. Please send tributes to www.almoor e-grimshaw.com

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28" 4k Widescreen LED Monitor â&#x20AC;˘ 3840x2160 Resolution â&#x20AC;˘ 5ms Response Time â&#x20AC;˘ DVI, HDMI, DisplayPort Regular Price $399 In-Store Sale Price $329

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28"

16:9 Aspect Ratio

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70" Class Smart 4K Ultra HD TV â&#x20AC;˘ Dual Core Processor â&#x20AC;˘ THX Certified â&#x20AC;˘ Wi-Fi Built-in, HDMI, USB

70"

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69.5" Actual Diagonal Screen Size

Some Open Box Some Demo Not Available in All Stores

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Trusted Name Brand 60" Class LED HDTV

60"

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$400

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59.5" Actual Diagonal Screen Size

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$10

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â&#x20AC;˘ 3 Speed Settings â&#x20AC;˘ 4 Hour Auto-Off Timer

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8,00 BTU Window Air Conditioner

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300W Peak Powered Reachargable Speaker â&#x20AC;˘ 6.5" Woofer â&#x20AC;˘ Built in USB/SD/FM Radio & Bluetooth â&#x20AC;˘ Built-in Equilizer Regular Price $74.99

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Refurbished to Original Factory Specifications

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Trusted Name Brand 7.2-Channel Dolby Atmos Ready Network A/V Receiver

Regular Price $299.99

16" Oscillating Stand Fan with Remote Control

$10

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Regular Price $199.99

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â&#x20AC;˘ 400 Watts Peak Power â&#x20AC;˘ 4" PolyPlasâ&#x201E;˘ Midrange Driver, Dual ž" Dome Tweeters & Dual 6 1/2" Woofers Regular Price $194.95 In-Store Price $149

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Borderlands 2

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â&#x20AC;˘ Quad Cores @ 2.05GHz â&#x20AC;˘ Socket AM1 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 25W TDP â&#x20AC;˘ Integrated Radeon R3 Graphics on Processor

Read: 550MB/s Write: 530MB/s

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Regular Price $34.99

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Athlon 5350 Desktop Processor

Regular Price $284.95

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$41

4-Way, Dual 6" Floorstanding Speaker

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480GB AMD Radeon 2.5" 7mm Internal Solid State Drive

â&#x20AC;˘ Class 10

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DVD-RW

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32GB

$50

64GB Slate USB 3.0 Flash Drive

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Regular Price $1098

Regular Price $2799

â&#x20AC;˘ 15.6" Actual Diagonal Screen Size â&#x20AC;˘ 4GB Memory â&#x20AC;˘ 1TB Hard Drive â&#x20AC;˘ Windows 8.1 Regular Price $448 In-Store Sale Price $349

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Desktop PC with Radeon Graphics Performance

15.6" Quad Core Laptop

28" Actual Diagonal Screen Size

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Water Resistant IP64 Certified

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Mon-Fri 8-9, Sun 9-8 Prices Good Friday, JuneSat 26, 20159-9, Only.

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3035 W. Thunderbird Road Tel (602) 445-8800 Fax (602) 445-8818

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