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former kindergarten teacher for Higley Unified School District likely won’t be teaching anytime soon after a run-in with the law involving a stalking case.

Arizona State Board of Education this week is expected to revoke any and all teaching certificates for Brooke Rachel Spittell for five years.

Spittell’s last day on her job at Power Ranch Elementary School was Feb. 28, 2018, according

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to Michelle Reese, spokeswoman for Higley Unified. Spittell was hired Nov. 20, 2017 – seven months after her first arrest.

Spittell, 38, holds a Provisional Elementary Education K-8 Certificate that expires July 31, according to education officials.

The anticipated revocation comes after the Arizona Department of Public Safety suspended Spittell’s fingerprint clearance card in September 2018 due to her arrest on charges, including

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own Councilman Jordan Ray plans to run for justice of the peace for the Highland Justice Court, opening his Council seat for an appointment this spring.

Ray filed a statement of interest Sept. 30 with Maricopa County for the upcoming Aug. 4 primary.

“I’ve always wanted to be a judge since I was a kid,” Ray said. “It was one of my motivations to go to law school. And I’ll have

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Ray said one thing spiking his interested in the job is the ability to work with young people.

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he battle lines were drawn between Gilbert lawmaker Warren Petersen – and the Girl Scouts.

The way Tempe Democratic Rep. Mitzi Epstein sees it, it’s against the law to throw things out the window of your car and pollute the environment. So now she wants to extend it to what people release into the air.

Her HB 2339 would make it illegal to release balloons into the atmosphere “for any reason,’’ including any promotional activity or product advertisement.

Petersen, the House Majority Leader, called the proposal “government gone wild.’’

“I will certainly oppose any legislation penalizing children for releasing balloons into the air,’’ he said.

The bill revives a dust-up between Petersen and the girls steming from April of last year when the girls were in thirdgrade and were in a Brownie troop.

Back then, the 15-girl Ahwatukee troop and Scoutmaster Heather Sapp had worked for months on a project involving balloons’ harmful impact on wildlife when birds and animals eat their remnants.

With Epstein’s help, the girls submitted a bill to curb their release – an exercise - as much a civics lesson aimed at teaching them how laws are made as it was their effort to save a piece of the environment.

The bill died without a hearing – as many bills do.

But out of nowhere on April 12, Petersen issued a blistering news release criticizing the long-dead measure.

The release said he “applauded House Republicans for killing” it.

“If enacted, HB 2664 would have prohibited the releasing of balloons into the air, as well as mandating expensive warning label requirements for manufacturers to affix to balloons prior to sale,” the release began.

It then quoted Petersen as saying: “With committee work over, it’s all but certain this radical ‘balloon bill’ will not advance. I’m proud my Republican colleagues killed a bill with such expansive

Doris Pedersen and Laura Hacket of Liberty Wildlife explain why balloons are dangerous to birds and other creatures. (Capitol Media Services)

overreach into people’s lives. Not even 5-year-olds at a birthday party would be safe from such an extreme bill, which would carry a penalty up to $500. This model legislation put forth by my Democratic colleagues is a model of what shouldn’t be introduced in the Arizona Legislature.”

Petersen’s colleague – Glendale Republican Anthony Kern – gleefully tweeted the release.

At the time, Epstein, whose district includes Ahwatukee, said she was acting on behalf of her constituents – namely, the 8- and 9-year-old girls who had been working on the project.

Epstein and the girls noted five states, six cities and two other countries ban balloon releases because of the damage they wreak on the planet.

Dolphins, whales, turtles and many other marine species, as well as animals and birds have been hurt or killed by balloons, which can block their digestive tract as they slowly starve to death. Birds and smaller animals can also become entangled in balloons and their ribbons, left virtually immobile until they die.

Balloons also have been known to spark electrical fires and power outages when they get tangled up in power transformers. Salt River Project estimates its service areas see 80 outages a year caused by Mylar balloons set free.

“It’s not just SRP’s area that is affected; all utility providers, including mu-

nicipal utilities, face the same problem,” the Arizona League of Cities has stated.

“The City of Mesa Energy Resources faces similar Mylar balloon issues especially around graduation season.”

The damage is extensive enough to have prompted college football champion Clemson University two years ago to end a 35-year tradition of releasing balloons en masse at the beginning of each home football game.

Last week, Epstein reintroduce the bill – minus a financial punishment for offenders – with a little more fanfare than the quiet introduction surrounding its introduction last year.

She held a press conference, bringing with her some of the Girl Scouts as well as experts on the subject.

She cited statistics showing about 29 percent of the birds in the United States and Canada – about three billion in all – have disappeared in the last half-century.

“It is more than just balloons,’’ Epstein said, adding balloons are “the most lethal kind of pollution for birds and for every other kind of wildlife out there.’’

This was backed up by Doris Pedersen of Liberty Wildlife, which is involved in not only conservation and education but also helping injured animals.

“The wildlife actually eat them,’’ she said of balloon residue. “It gets in their

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Deaf couple takes on Dignity Health in court

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n Ahwatukee couple is taking Dignity Health and its Chandler Regional Medical Center to federal court over what they consider to be a lack of interpretive services for deaf patients.

Mitchell and Dawn Siegel have been waiting more than five years to resolve a civil complaint they filed against the medical provider for practices they think are discriminatory against the deaf community.

Dawn Siegel visited Dignity’s Chandler Regional Medical Center in 2014 for severe stomach pains and claims she was not provided a sign language interpreter who could translate what doctors and nurses were telling her.

She was instructed to write down what she needed to tell hospital staff or communicate through an off-site interpreter via webcam video.

Siegel found the video service ineffective due to poor visual quality and the interpreter’s inabilities. She claims her requests for a certified, in-person interpreter were not granted during her nine-day hospital visit, resulting in Siegel never wanting to return.

“I should be able to go to whatever hospital I want to,” Dawn said through an interpreter. “It’s not fair.”

The Siegels were among a group of deaf individuals who joined together in 2014 to sue Dignity Health for violating protections under the Americans with Disabilities Act obligating health providers to “effectively communicate” with deaf people.

The other plaintiffs told similar stories of not having access to in-person interpreters at the Chandler hospital or being forced to use the video services.

One plaintiff alleged Dignity’s video service were not working when doctors needed to tell him he needed emergency surgery. Staff had to deliver the news through the patient’s relative over the phone, court documents show.

All the plaintiffs chose to settle their claims with Dignity last year, except for

Mitchell and Dawn Siegel will be in federal court next month for a trial on their lawsuit against Dignity Health’s Chandler Regional Center for its allegedly insufficient services for deaf patients. (Chris Mortenson/GSN Staff

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the Siegels.

The hospital offered to pay $25,000 to resolve the case, Mitchell Siegel said, but he and his wife declined.

“It was insulting,” Mitchell said through an interpreter about the offer.

The rights of deaf people are the same as anyone else, Mitchell added, so they decided it was time for a jury to hear their story.

Elizabeth Tate, a Phoenix-based attorney who will be representing the Siegels at trial – scheduled to begin Feb. 4 – will try to convince a jury Dignity acted indifferently to Siegel’s needs by providing webcam translators the plaintiffs considered to be “woefully inadequate.”

“I think it’s a really inhumane way to address the medical needs of the deaf community,” Tate said.

In response to questions by the Arizonan, a hospital spokesperson said the facility always has interpreters available “to help make important medical conversations with its patients and their companions as clear as possible.”

“Chandler Regional employs qualified interpreters and also provides telephonic and video interpreter services in more than 80 languages available at any time,” the spokesperson added.

The Siegels are not the first deaf peo-

ple to sue a hospital for not providing onsite interpreters.

There have been several lawsuits filed across the country by deaf patients claiming their health was jeopardized by faulty webcam interpreters.

A reoccurring complaint among plaintiffs the quality of the video service, which is often blurry, delayed or simply doesn’t work when needed.

A Pima County woman claims her deaf husband died at Oro Valley Hospital in 2016 as a result of not having an onsite interpreter.

In a lawsuit filed last year, the widow alleges she didn’t know her husband was about to die because the staff couldn’t communicate with her through sign language.

The National Association of the Deaf criticized hospitals that rely too much on video technology to communicate with deaf patients.

In 2016, the association advised medical providers to only offer video translators if onsite interpreters were not immediately available and with the patient’s consent.

“The deaf and hard-of-hearing community has become increasingly concerned about the over-reliance on this new technology without a thorough

examination and dialogue on the appropriateness of the service,” the association stated.

During their multiple visits to the Chandler hospital, the Siegels began documenting their frustrations with webcam translators.

In one video they allegedly recorded in 2015, Dawn Siegel tries speaking sign language with a woman she sees through the webcam. The woman is on the phone and doesn’t respond back.

The woman then holds up a whiteboard to the camera with a message stating, “I need to speak to a nurse/doctor.” The Siegels try to get the attention of a nurse before the video ends.

Mitchell Siegel said the problems with video interpreters is scaring deaf people from getting the medical treatment they’re entitled to receive.

“There are a lot of people are not even wanting to go to the hospital for fear of the communication breakdown,” he said through an interpreter.

Dignity’s lawyers have argued hospital staff met their legal obligations by having deaf patients write notes in English.

U.S. District Court Judge Steven Logan has questioned this argument, finding the plaintiffs in the Siegel case might claim they couldn’t articulate complex medical issues through notes.

“Plaintiffs’ actual English proficiency and defendant’s choice of written communications presents issues of fact as to whether communication between hospital staff and the (plaintiffs) was truly effective,” the judge wrote in a 2019 ruling, “as well as whether written communication in those circumstances was appropriate.”

Janine Stanley, a counselor and deaf advocate for the Siegels, said doctors need to better understand why it’s not permissible to communicate through notes and gestures with deaf people.

A deaf person’s first language is normally American Sign Language and not English, Stanley explained. So, having a sick person write in their non-native

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310-unit complex approved for Val Vista Square

development of adjacent employment, hospitality, retail and restaurant uses at Val Vista Square, town planners said.

According to Norris Design Group, the

applicant, the residential component is a good fit for a number of reasons.

The group said it activates a parcel that has remained primarily undeveloped

in a highly visible and provides a highquality living option to people who want to locate in a vibrant, thriving area along the Loop 202 but not have to worry about maintenance and other concerns that come with owning a traditional singlefamily home.

Residents there will not only support businesses in Val Vista Square but also at SanTan Village and nearby Rivulon, the Norris Design Group said.

The project proposes all the buildings be arranged on the site to promote interconnectivity both inside the residential community and with neighboring developments within Val Vista Square.

The residential project’s intent is for an open mixed-use environment without walls or fences between uses.

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of the Blue Bell Challenge – with others seeking to follow suit and post their own videos.

There also are videos of people spitting into containers of ice tea and putting the containers back for others to buy.

Shope said he’s heard of one such incident in Arizona.

“It’s been our understanding law enforcement has been unable to charge,’’ he said, as there is no specific law in Arizona covering this situation. So his HB 2299, Shope said, is modeled after a law adopted in Texas.

As crafted, it would be a Class 2 misdemeanor to “knowingly introduce, add or mingle any bodily fluid, foreign object not intended for human consumption or unsanitary surface with any water, food, drink or other product that may be consumed by a human being.’’ Violators could end up in the county jail for up to four months and face a fine of $750.

But Shope said the focus of his bill is “these viral wanna-be’s manipulating food products.’’

So HB 2299 reserves its felony penalty – up to a year in state prison for those who

post photos or videos online of what they have done.

“People want to become the next Instagram hero of the day,’’ Shope said.

“It gets a bunch of clicks on a day,’’ he said. “And it makes somebody feel good, I guess.’’

This same penalty also would apply if it turns out someone else ended up consuming the contaminated product.

Shope said the problem may not be limited to grocery stores.

“Places that have buffets have noticed some of this type of behavior as well,’’ he said. “So it runs the gamut.’’

HB 2298 deals with a different kind of interaction between some people and food meant for someone else.

Last year US Foods, a major wholesale food distributor, conducted a survey of 1,518 people nationally who have food delivered by services like Uber Eats, Grubhub, DoorDash and Postmates as well as 497 who said they had worked for at least one of the food delivery apps.

It turns out 21 percent of customers suspect drivers sampled some of their food.

But the problem actually is larger, with 28

percent of those who deliver admitting they had taken food from an order.

Shope’s solution: license these independent drivers the same way employees of restaurants already have to get certified as food handlers. That, he said, would instruct them on things like safe handling of food and preventing contamination.

Still, Shope conceded, nothing in that bill actually would keep a delivery driver from dipping into the fries or taking a sip of that milkshake. If nothing else, he said, it might make those on the delivery end at least “make a dent and make people feel more comfortable about what they’re eating at home.’’

“I think the public needs a little peace of mind that at least their deliverers have been trained,’’ Shope said.

And Shope said now is the time to act.

“The craze, the direction, is definitely moving in that direction,’’ he said, with food delivery becoming more popular. “I use them as well.’’

No date has yet been set for a hearing on either measure.

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310-unit apartment complex is coming to the mixed-used Val Vista Square development located north of Loop 202.

Town Council last week without comment approved a minor General Plan amendment and rezoning requests, clearing the way for the four, 4-story residential buildings and one carriage-unit building on 9 acres near Val Vista Drive and Pecos Road.

The 55-acre Val Vista Square development is owned by Gilbert Growth Properties and currently houses a Veterans Administration Medical Clinic and a bank.

The town Planning Commission in December 2018 approved an Aldi market on the site, which has not yet begun construction.

The urban-style, luxury residential component is intended to spur the

The 310-unit luxury apartment complex slated for Val Vista Square, depicted in this rendering, is expected to stimulate commercial development in the area, the developer said. (Town of Gilbert)

Lawmaker aims to plug food protection loophole

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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t may be gross to take the lid off a quart of ice cream, lick it, and then put it back on the shelf of a grocery store.

But what it’s not, according to Rep. T.J. Shope, is illegal. So now the Coolidge Republican wants to make it a crime, depending on the circumstances, could lend an offender in state prison.

It’s only one of the ways Shope is seeking to protect consumers.

A separate bill is aimed at those delivering food who, for whatever reason, decide it’s OK to sample what’s in the bag or box. HB 2298 would extend the requirements to get a food-handler’s license to those who work for private delivery services like Uber Eats and Postmates.

But Shope’s main focus is HB 2299.

He said there is a craze of sorts apparently started last year with a girl taking a video of herself at a Texas store taking a container of ice cream off the shelf, licking it and the putting it back.

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Police in April 2017 arrested Spittell, who faced cyberstalking and harassment charges.

Before Spittell was a kindergarten teacher for the district, she was a paraprofessional at Sossaman Early Childhood Development Center from Aug. 7, 2014, until she resigned Oct. 24, 2014, Reese said.

In early June 2018, a complaint was filed in the Maricopa County Superior Court charging Spittell with stalking and harassment. A warrant was issued for Spittell, who was arrested on June 16, 2018.

Spittell on April 24, 2019, pleaded guilty to attempt to commit stalking, a domestic violence offense, according to the document.

In the sentencing memorandum, the counsel for Spittell admitted that between Jan. 1, 2017 and May 4, 2017, Spittell engaged in a course of conduct causing emotional distress to the victim.

Spittell was placed on supervised probation for five years, beginning last June 3, and was sentenced to serve six months in the county jail.

On Jan. 31, 2019, Mesa Police Department was contacted by Spittell’s em-

ployer who reported Spittell was calling her place of business and other employees and harassing them.

On Feb. 1, 2019, the former employer filed a petition for injunction against harassment against Spittell.

The employer alleged that after she fired Spittell, Spittell slandered her to her staff and business associates.

The court granted the former employer an injunction against harassment and Spittell was served with it on Feb. 5, 2019.

In November, the Education Board’s Professional Practices Advisory Committee voted 4-0 to recommend a revocation of Spittell’s teaching certificate for five years.

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Dana Kuhn, an assistant principal, was system,” Kokanovich added. “Chad looks promoted to serve as acting superinten- forward to continuing to work with eddent, although Wilson was still eligible ucators from across the valley to change the lives of the students and communito participate in leadership meetings.

“We applaud the Attorney General’s ties he serves.’’

In a court filing, the Attorney General’s Office conceded the defense raised substantial issues in a motion to remand the case back to the grand jury and further investigation is required.

“Counsel for the defendant raised issues and possible defenses in it’s motion to remand requiring an additional investigation before the matter can proceed to the state grand jury,’’ a prosecutor wrote.

“The parties acknowledge this investigation will likely exceed the 15-day timeframe normally imposed for a remand, so for these reasons, the state requests the case be dismissed without prejudice to allow this investigation to take place,’’ the prosecutor’s motion stated.

The state Attorney General’s Office used an audit by the Arizona Auditor

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felony stalking, misdemeanor harassment and repeated acts involving domestic violence.

According to board document, Gilbert Police were notified in April 2017 by a man who accused Spittell of harassment and stalking.

The man, who was not identified in the document, told police he and Spittell had consensual sex one night approximately two years earlier and Spittell began contacting him by phone and social media six months earlier.

The man also stated Spittell began contacting his friends, family and co-workers on Facebook, asking for his whereabouts and alleging he had mistreated her.

Spittell also reportedly contacted the man’s employers, stating that he impregnated her and forced her to have an abortion.

The man’s girlfriend also reported Spittell constantly harassed her and attempted to sabotage her relationship with the victim.

The girlfriend said she blocked Spittell from accessing her Facebook page,

Brooke Rachel Spittell but Spittell would create new Facebook profiles and continued contacting her and belittling her by calling her derogatory names.

The woman also stated Spittell had contacted her place of employment, requesting to speak with her and then hanging up once she asked who was calling.

The victim and his girlfriend unsuccessfully attempted multiple times to serve Spittell with orders of protection.

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What: Arizona State Board of Education meeting When: 10 a .m., Jan. 27 Where: Schoening Conference Center, 2020 S. Avenue, Yuma.

Charges against EVIT superintendent withdrawn

BY JIM WALSH GSN Staff Writer

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ast Valley Institute of Technology Superintendent Chad Wilson won a major – but possibly temporary – victory after the Arizona Attorney General’s Office agreed to dismiss criminal charges against him.

But the dismissal of theft and misuse of public monies charges against Wilson is without prejudice – leaving open the possibility they could be pursued by prosecutors at some future time.

Wilson was indicted on the charges stemming from his tenure as Apache Junction Superintendent of Schools. The indictment came down only a month or so after the EVIT Governing Board promoted him to superintendent.

Wilson had served in the job on an interim basis prior to the EVIT board’s ouster of longtime superintendent Sally

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AROUND GILBERT Gilbert rents highest in the Valley, survey says

Gilbert rents increased sharply over the past month with the town having the most expensive rents in the Phoenix metropolitan area, according to Apartmentlist.com.

Currently, median rents in Gilbert stand at $1,237 for a one-bedroom apartment and $1,541 for a two-bedroom, the online platform reported.

Rents in town have increased 1 percent over the past month, and are up significantly by 4.5 percent in comparison to the same time last year, apartmentlist. com said.

This is the third straight month that the city has seen rent increases after a decline in September. Gilbert’s year-overyear rent growth leads the state average of 3.5 percent, as well as the national average of 1.4 percent.

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The event like last year is expected to sell out. There are 1,315 open spots.

Those who register between now and Feb. 13 will pay $20 a person, with price going up to $25 from Feb. 14-March 12 and $30 from March 13-19. No race-day registration will take place. Entry fee includes race wristband, bag and special superhero gift.

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Tickets are now available for Actor’s Youth Theater’s first production of the year, Godspell performing Jan. 30-Feb. 8 at Tuscany Theatre, 861 N. Higley Road.

Godspell is about a small group of people help Jesus Christ tell different parables by using a wide variety of games, storytelling techniques and a hefty dose of comic timing. An eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, is employed as the story of Jesus’ life dances across the stage.

Information: aytaz.org/ or call 480907-7050.

Free heart-health screenings for women at Mercy Gilbert

Dignity Health is holding a free health screening at its Heart Health Fair for women 8 a.m.-noon, Feb. 7 in the Healing Gardens of Mercy Gilbert Medical Center,

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3555 S. Val Vista Drive.

Complimentary screenings include cholesterol testing, blood pressure and blood= glucose-level checks, weight and body mass index measurements and diet consultations.

The fair’s goal is to raise awareness about the signs, symptoms and risks associated with heart disease in an effort to sustain a healthy community in the East Valley. In the United States, approximately 43 million women are living with heart disease.

Agritopia offering chef-prepared dinner for Valentine’s Day

Book now for a chef-prepared farm dinner for Valentine’s Day at Agritopia, 5 p.m., Feb. 14-15, Agritopia Orchard, 3000 E. Ray Road, Gilbert.

Price is $150 per person.

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Mayor delivers upbeat assessment of Gilbert GSN NEWS STAFF

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ayor Jenn Daniels promoted the town’s City of the Future initiative in her 2020 state-ofthe-town digital address unveiled last Thursday at Harkins Theatres in SanTan Village.

The 14-minute video takes viewers from when Gilbert was known as the Hay Capital of the World to 100 years later where it’s a thriving community building for its future.

The town, celebrating its centennial this year, is expected to reach build-out in 2030.

“Today, Gilbert is a connected community of innovators and technologists who are focused on making sure our community continues to thrive now and for our future,” Daniels said in the video.

“Building the city of the future is going to take all of us. Get involved, anticipate, create and help people for our children, for our community and for the future,” she said.

The video highlighted how the town used data to improve residents’ lives, citing as one example the construction of Fire Station No. 9 in south Gilbert.

For years, residents in south Gilbert

Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels discussed the town’s growth in her video State of the Town address last week.

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had contended they were underserved when it came to town services.

The area grew in population and so did fire and police calls, so the town looked at the patterns emerging and identified gaps to pinpoint the location to put the station, which benefits residents, according to Melissa Cannon, a data content strategist.

The video included residents such as Joe Johnston and town employees talking about their vision for Gilbert.

Johnston, a restaurateur and the man behind the Agritopia community, said the town will never lose its agrarian roots but people will see “more vertical, more urban, more vibrant” than it is now in Gilbert.

Several town employees also appear in the video.

Genesis Hart, a compliance analyst, said she envisioned a town with more parks and places where people feel they can hang out with their neighbors and

self-driving vehicles.

She said 81 percent of the 1,149 submittals to Gilbert 311 from 2017-19 involved mobility issues such as potholes, traffic signs and traffic enforcement. The town’s app enables residents to report and request a non-emergency issue or service.

The reason why mobility is a problem in town is because population is growing, Daniels said.

Gilbert is expected to reach build-out in 2030 with a population of 330,000.

The town’s Economic Development staff estimated the current population at about 266,000.

What the town is doing to address the issue includes forming an ad hoc Citizens Transportation Task Force late

last year to prioritize and recommend transportation projects to the Council, Daniels said. The nine-member group’s next meeting is Feb. 5.

Daniels said Council is expected to decide in June if it wants to put a ballot measure on the November ballot to fund transportation projects. A figure for the bond also would be determined then.

“Bond elections are not fun,” Daniels said. “They are exhausting, they take a lot of work and they take a lot of patience.”

She said residents support growth, having passed transportation bonds and approving four such measures from 2001-07 totaling about $363 million.

Attendees at the event were directed to an online app to rank their mobility

interact and get involved with one another.

Nine De Castro, a “lean innovator” – a town position aimed at improving the efficiency of town services – said her “hope for Gilbert’s future is to leverage technology to increase human interaction.”

Others in the video wanted to see a more robust bicycle plan, widespread Wi-Fi for connectivity while still keeping the small-town feel.

Town Manager Patrick Banger talked about the need to invest in infrastructure now in order to keep the town thriving in the future.

He reiterated a theme first brought up last year – all American cities go through a lifecycle of growth and eventual decline and for Gilbert to avoid this pitfall, it must address issues now.

“We are determined to write our own story in Gilbert different from those cities that have come before us,” he said.

“And by investing proactively instead of reactively in smart technology and other systems, we can build roads, buildings and systems lasting well into the future.”

To view the 2020 Digital State of the Town: gilbertaz.gov/stateofthetown.

Transportation a top priority, Gilbert Chamber told

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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ilbert has taken a number of steps to build its future with a strong emphasis on transportation.

Taking heed of last year’s residents survey, the town is making mobility a top priority, according to Mayor Jenn Daniels, who spoke at Gilbert Chamber of Commerce’s Good Government Series last week.

About 50 people, including Council members and many town employees, attended the event.

“Residents want more efficient movement in Gilbert,” said Daniels, who noted mobility is more than just cars and includes bicycles, scooters, walking and

concerns on issues such as ease of walking, public parking, public transportation, street repair and traffic flow.

Daniels urged residents to give their feedback to the town via email and social media n helping shape Gilbert’s future.

Daniels also touched on the town’s effort to re-brand itself and the upcoming 100th birthday celebration.

Chamber CEO and President Kathy Tilque also spoke, highlighting the chamber’s programs and sharing its 2020 business priorities including continuing partnerships to identify workforce trends, future jobs and needed skill sets, provide an environment for business growth and supporting and enhancing Gilbert’s infrastructure.

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clude Aaron Burroughs, Gregory Kelly, Loren Rohner and Kenneth Sampson.

Ray said he has collected about 1,000 signatures so far and plans to get around 2,000. He’s also got some political endorsements, which he was not ready to announce and anticipates a majority of the council and the mayor will back him.

“I am very pleased with the progress of the campaign,” Ray said.

Ray said the council is expected to appoint someone to fill his seat when he resigns. He said the position would be treated like a board or commission opening, with interested residents submitting an application for council to review before making an appointment.

“There’s so much time left on my term, 2.5 years,” he said. “So, it will be, I suspect, a highly-sought-after appointment.”

Ray was first elected to council in 2011 and won re-election in 2018. His current term ends Jan. 1. 2023.

A justice of the peace doesn’t need to have a law degree but is, in essence, a judge. They preside over civil lawsuits $10,000 and less such as evictions and breach of contract, criminal traffic offenses, including DUIs, and misdemeanor allegations such as shoplifting,

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General to obtain charges of misuse of public monies, alleging Wilson arranged for $133,223 in payments not authorized by the Apache Junction Governing Board to administrators from 2012 to 2016.

In the motion to remand, Wilson’s attorneys argued prosecutors provided the grand jury with misleading evidence. They wrote investigator Tina Mann testified the board needed to approve expenditures in advance.

However, Mann did not mention some expenditures could be approved afterwards while others did not require any form of board approval.

The motion said the state did not provide the grand jury with the policies Wilson was accused of violating.

“Instead, the state’s presentation relied on a witnesses’ flawed and mislead-

underage drinking and violating restraining orders.

Like other trial judges, they also can handle requests for orders of protection and injunctions against harassment.

And they can conduct civil marriage ceremonies as well.

There are 26 justice courts in Maricopa County.

Besides a law degree, Ray founded CREWLegal, a litigation technology company.

“I help attorneys use technology to better present their evidence in court,” Ray said. “In a big litigation that is boring and tough to understand, through technology and strategy I present their evidence.

“My job is to go in there and look at what they have and find the best way to present it so the jury and judge have a better understanding and make a more informed decision based on everything presented to them.”

Over 20 years, Ray said he as been involved with 250 trials, some of the biggest in the country such as the BP oil spill.

“In the last 20 years I’ve been in and out of courtrooms, day-in and day-out,” he said. “I love the law and I love the legal profession and I look forward in a different way to give back to the community.”

ing interpretation of district policy, a mischaracterization of interviews with district employees related to district policy, and a withholding of evidence suggesting Dr. Wilson actually complied with district policy,’’ the defense said.

The defense motion also implied political interference may have played a role in Wilson’s indictment.

It noted a policy advisor for the state Legislature initially requested the Auditor General’s Office investigate the case.

The defense motion said the Auditor General’s initial response was that the mere violation of district policies did not necessarily rise to the level of committing a crime.

Kevin Koelbel, the district’s director of legal services, said the EVIT board will not consider giving Wilson his superintendent’s job back until he obtains the fingerprint clearance card.

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Water looms as big issue for Legislature

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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ust a year after approval of the much-heralded Drought Contingency Plan, Arizona lawmakers once again face tough questions of how to deal with the increased demand for water in the face of drier weather – and getting water to where it is needed.

The 2019 plan provides some shortterm relief for the state as Arizona is required to withdraw less from the Colorado River.

While few are convinced this provides a permanent solution, it could create some breathing room – especially for farmers whose river supplies are being cut.

But the emerging problem is in areas not getting Colorado River water, such portions of Cochise and La Paz counties where there is an emergence of large industrial farms.

In essence, the law on groundwater is it can be pumped by landowners who can put it to “beneficial use.’’ But in much of rural part Arizona, there are no limits on how much someone can take – or, for that matter, even any efforts to measure it.

The effective result is whoever has the longest straw wins. Put another way, if a large farm drills a deeper well than nearby smaller farms or residents, it need not legally concern itself if those other wells dry up.

This is what is happening. The only question is what politicians are willing to do about it.

Some of it comes down to definitions and deciding whether there is a problem.

House Minority Leader Charlene Fer-

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language should not be considered effective, she said.

“Your brain is not working the right way when you’re sick,” Stanley said.

“This shouldn’t be this way.”

As the Colorado River continues to dry up, underground water sources in Arizona are becoming more critical.

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nandez said the first step is figuring out how much is being sucked from the ground every year.

“We should know how much we’re using,’’ she said. “We won’t know how much to conserve if we don’t know what we’re using.’’

But the Yuma Democrat said when she threw out the idea of metering wells at a community meeting “it wasn’t very popular.’’

“People who own land believe the water rights belong to the property underneath,’’ she said.

Complicating any solution politically is one of the larger operations using Arizona groundwater to grow hay to ship to Saudi Arabia to feed cattle there.

In the meantime, some area residents report their existing wells have gone dry, forcing them to drill even deeper.

“We have to stand up to that,’’ said Fernandez who has been one of the key

legislative players in shaping Arizona water legislation. She said there should be some way to distinguish between families living in the area and corporate farmers, “people who don’t have a vested interest in the area.’’

“But who makes that decision?’’ she asked.

Rep. Regina Cobb, R-Kingman, said she would like a state law governing all wells. But she said there is too much political opposition.

“Some areas of the state decided they don’t like to have monitoring,’’ Cobb said. “They don’t want to know what’s in their aquifers.

Cobb said may have made sense at one time.

“We were the ‘land of the free’ in Mohave and La Paz counties,’’ she said.

“We didn’t want any of those things until somebody started coming in and taking our water,’’ Cobb continued,

The language barrier prevents deaf people from receiving other types of important services, Stanley added.

She’s one of the few licensed counselors in Arizona who also speaks American Sign Language, yet most deaf people have insurance plans not even covering

Stanley’s practice.

This leaves deaf people not wanting to seek out help, Stanley said, because they want a counselor they can communicate with directly.

“There are many people out there not getting the mental health they need be-

“then, all of a sudden, we do want it.’’

Cobb said studies done in the western Arizona counties found no aquifer with more than a 75-year water supply.

“If that were Phoenix, we would be halting all new development,’’ she said.

Gov. Doug Ducey appears to view farming by anyone as simply a form of economic development.

“Agriculture’s a big industry,’’ he told Capitol Media Services.

Ducey sees little difference between the use of water by a corporate farm selling hay to Saudi interests and Arizonans growing vegetables for commercial sale.

“We’re the No. 1 leafy green exporter in the world,’’ he told Capitol Media Services.

“Our lettuce and romaine go all around North America,’’ he continued. “Our durum wheat is the wheat they use in Italy to make their pasta.’’

The fight is over more than groundwater regulation.

Some Arizona communities anxious for water supplies for continued growth are looking at Western Arizona as a solution.

For example, Queen Creek is negotiating to buy the rights to about 2,000-acre -feet of Colorado River water belonging to a farming operation there.

In essence, the company that owns the property would agree to stop farming and develop the land for uses that could be fulfilled with local water supplies.

But Western Arizona communities are less than anxious to be seen as the drinking fountains for thirsty urban residents.

Cobb has a plan for that, too. It would entirely prohibit the transfer of certain water rights away from the Colorado River. cause of this reason,” she said.

The Siegels’ attorney did not provide a monetary value of damages they may ask a jury to award them. The attorney said she will determine the number during the course of the eight-day trial.

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field from Oui Cater will use the freshest farm harvest to create the dinner paired with drinks. Photographers will provide souvenir portraits of diners among the farm’s peach blossoms, which will be sent to them at a later date.

For more information and purchase a ticket, go to agritopiafarm.com/valentines-dinner

Annual truck event coming to Desert Sky Park Saturday

The town’s annual Truck-A-Palooza event is 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Feb. 1 at Desert Sky Park, 6624 S. Power Road, Gilbert.

The free event allows people to climb aboard, sound the siren and flash the lights on vehicles such as fire trucks and ambulances. Over 35 vehicles will be features from backhoes to bulldozers.

Food trucks, vendors and a meet-andgreets with first responders and more will take place.

From 9-10:30 a.m., however, there will be no sirens or flashing lights in order to offer sensory-friendly event.

Martial arts studio slates blood drive, defense clinics

Kajukenbo Arizona, a Gilbert-based family-owned business offering Hawaiian mixed martial arts classes, is giving back to the community with two upcoming events open to the public at Kaju AZ, 888 S. Greenfield Road, Gilbert.

Owner/lead instructor Jennifer Corder said her studio’s annual blood drive and free quarterly self-defense clinics are “allow us to give back to our community.”

The blood drive is 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Feb. 1 and donors can call 800-722-2767 or go

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system and blocks their system.’’

And Pedersen said waterfowl mistake what’s left of those shiny Mylar balloons for jellyfish.

The idea is not original to Epstein.

Epstein also pointed out the legislation specifically does not apply to the accidental release of five or fewer balloons and the only penalty would be commu-

to redcrossblood.org (code: Kajukenbo).

Over the past decade, Kaju AZ has hosted 10 blood drives collecting more than 500 units of blood. The drive is one of the largest hosted in the East Valley each year.

Kajukenbo combines karate, judo, jiu-jitsu, kenpo and Chinese boxing. It was invented in 1947 to deal with local crime, as well as to train people in self-defense.

On March 7, Kajukenbo will host a free self-defense clinic for boys and girls ages 5-13 at 10 a.m. and for women over 14 at 11:30 a.m. Participants will learn grappling, grab defenses, hand drills and basic sparring exercises.

RSVP: sifu@kajuaz.com or 480-7553008.

Boys Scouts hitting the streets this week to collect food

Scouting for Food, the annual food drive organized by the Grand Canyon Council of the Boy Scouts of America, began this weekend and will continue through next week in Chandler.

Scouts will canvas their home neighborhoods to deliver notices about the drive, then return a week later to collect donations from their communities to support their local food banks and pantries.

Community members who get a notice are asked to leave nonperishable food items on their doorsteps at 7:30 a.m. Feb. 1 at 7:30 a.m. and a local Scout will stop by to collect them.

People who do not receive a notice are encouraged to deliver food donations to United Food Bank, 358 E Javelina Avenue., Mesa or make a financial contribution at give.unitedfoodbank.org/ge/ scoutingforfood. nity service – picking up litter.

Still, she said, this isn’t so much about enforcement as publicizing the danger of balloons.

“It’s a reminder to everybody litter really does harm wildlife,’’ Epstein said.

Howard Fischer of Capitol Media Services contributed to this report.

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Gilbert Girl Scout a monster cookie seller

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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ilbert eighth-grader Lily Sheehan’s sales pitch is down pat for the annual Girl Scouts’ cookie-selling season that kicked off last week.

“I say, ‘Hi, would like to buy any delicious Girl Scouts cookies?’” the 13-yearold recited. “And I smile. If they don’t, I ask if they would like to donate cookies to the military. For every no, there’s a yes.”

Lily’s delivery hasn’t failed her yet.

Last year, the Highland Junior High School student sold 3,000 boxes of the confections, earning her a spot in the exclusive Mighty Mint Club for girls who sell over 2,000 boxes of Thin Mints, Tagalongs, Samoas, Trefoils, Do-si-dos, S’mores and Toffee-tastics.

Girl Scouts–Arizona Cactus-Pine Council’s cookie-selling goal this year is 3 million boxes, up from the 2.8 million last

Gilbert Troop 2412 Girl Scouts, from left, Jennifer Marcy, Lily Sheehan and Gessica Sandvall are ready to supply the town’s cookie needs. (Pablo Robles/GSN Staff Photographer)

year.

“The goal goes up every year,” said Alex Anton, a spokeswoman for the Cac-

tus-Pine Council. “Each year we want the girls to strive as much as possible when it comes to cookie sales.”

I was 50 percent Jewish, 42 percent English, and 8 percent Irish. I had no idea about being English and Irish. I always thought I was 100 percent Jewish.”

With both parents deceased, Zatcoff was left on his own to ponder the large portion of his DNA involving two ethnicities he knew nothing about.

“I couldn’t just call up my parents and ask them more about their family history and see if maybe there was something I just hadn’t known about,” said Zatcoff.

He began looking at the matches his DNA results showed through the website. He said he was puzzled that he wasn’t linking to any relatives who shared his last name other than his sons.

“I found it a bit odd,” Zatcoff recalled.

“But at that point I just shrugged it off and figured maybe none of them had

taken a DNA test.”

He decided to take the other popular brand of at-home DNA testing and see if the results were any different.

A few weeks later, the second test not only confirmed the same DNA breakdown as the first but also showed close DNA matches to people Zatcoff had never heard of or met before.

It was at that point that he turned to his sister for help.

“I had been sharing the results with my sister who was instantly intrigued by it all,” he said. “It became clear that she or my brother were the missing link.

I had to see if their DNA matched mine in order to confirm if this was something that we all didn’t know about our genetics, or if I was the odd man out.”

Zatcoff’s sister, Teri Peterson, said his

The Council’s top cookie seller last year was Maddie Dunlap of Parker, who sold 4,043 boxes, according to Anton.

Although membership in the Girl Scouts overall has been declining over the past few years, cookie sales have been climbing. The Cactus-Council, which covers northern and central Arizona, has just shy of 20,000 girls.

“Actually, the per-girl average has been going up,” Anton said of the sales. “Each girl individually has been selling more cookies than the past year.”

All of the council’s sale proceeds stay in Arizona and a portion is given back to the troops to help fund their activities. Five of the cookie varieties sell for $5 while the S’mores and Toffee-Tastics, gluten-free cookies, sell for $6 a box.

“Girls usually spend it on projects they are working on, community service projects, go on trips, whatever they need as a

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DNA test changed Gilbert man’s life forever

BY MONIQUE SELEEN GSN Contributor

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ilbert resident Greg Zatcoff never expected that some saliva sent off as part of an at-home DNA test kit would forever change his identity.

Zatcoff, a retired sergeant with the Arizona Department of Public Safety, was 56 when he found out that the man who raised him was not his biological father.

“I took the test just like everyone else – to find out more about the breakdown of my heritage,” said Zatcoff.

About a month later, he received an email saying his DNA results were in and that’s when he got the first of many surprises.

“I was a little confused at first,” said Zatcoff. “The results came back showing

DNA results sparked her curiosity but that she was a bit skeptical at first.

“When he shared the findings, it seemed like there was a mistake,” said Peterson. “I thought, ‘how accurate can this be?’”

Peterson took a DNA test for herself and after a couple weeks of anticipation, the results showed she was 100 percent Jewish, exactly what Zatcoff expected his to be.

“I was a bit surprised when we compared our results,” said Peterson. “But regardless of our DNA, we will always be brother and sister.”

Because the DNA results had linked Zatcoff with relatives on his mother’s side but none on his father’s, he said he

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troop,” Anton said. “Girls sometimes save the money for years to go on trips later on.”

Troop 2412, which includes Lily, Jenny Marcy, 13, and Gessica Sandvall, 13, planned to donate some of its proceeds this year toward an animal rescue group in Gilbert. Last year’s cause was Sunshine Acres Children’s Home in Mesa.

The six-week fundraising campaign is more than just hawking cookies for the scouts.

“It’s taught me money management, people skills, goal setting and probably leadership,” said Lily, who has been peddling cookies since second grade and has been selling 2,000 boxes a year for many years.

The other skills scouts also learn are business ethics and decision-making, Anton added.

“This is a great way for girls to get out in the community, meet new people and become more comfortable speaking to new people,” which will help them later

on in life, she said.

The girls sell most of their cookies by knocking on neighborhood doors, which the Girl Scouts compared to kind of like DoorDash for Girl Scout Cookies, and at booths stationed most notably in front of grocery stores such as Fry’s, Bashas’ and Safeway.

The game plan is to position the girls at all the doors of a store to optimize reaching customers, said Liz Marcy, Jenny’s mom and co-leader of the troop.

“They engage with every person that enters and exits a store, saying ‘hello’ and saying ‘good bye,” added Danaleigh Sheehan, the other co-leader and Lily’s mom.

“Often that triggers interaction for selling cookies. It’s not like high-pressured; they’re not jumping the customers.”

Lily added last year she also sold the cookies at school, her church and at some sporting meets and credited her family’s help for her high-sale volume.

The girls are accompanied by a guardian when they are out selling.

Scouts also can sell cookies online by building their own cookie website and

managing their virtual sales.

Sheehan said she and Lily spent on average 24 hours a week selling cookies last year. The family last week had on hand an initial stockpile of 1,000 boxes of cookies.

The troop for 2018-19 sold 5,933 boxes; for 2017-18, 5,826 boxes and for 2016-17, 4,790 boxes, according to Sheehan.

Although Marcy admitted “it’s very competitive” selling cookies in the Val Vista Lakes community where quite a few other troops also are based; at the end they all work collaboratively.

And, she said when she passes another scout’s booth, she tries to leave behind a contribution.

People who don’t want the calories can opt to buy the cookies as a donation to the military or for the nonprofits St. Vincent de Paul Food Bank and St. Mary’s Food Bank. Last year, customers donated over 10,000 cookies through the Girl Scouts’ Cookies for the Community program.

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aging and a new signature cookie – Lemon-Ups, crispy lemon cookies stamped with an inspiriting message like “I’m a leader,” and “I’m an innovator.” The new cookie replaces the Savannah Smiles cookie.

Thin Mints is the No. 1 seller, followed

by Samoas , a caramel and toasted coconut-covered cookie, according to Anton, who added the shortbread Trefoils were the very first cookie sold by the Girl Scouts.

For Lily, Thin Mints also is her top seller while her favorite cookie is the Do-si-dos, an oatmeal-and-peanut butter cookie.

A pro at selling cookies, Lily is upping her goal this year to sell 3,500 boxes of cookies and land a place in the Mighty Mint Club again, which offers rewards.

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knew it meant he had no biological relation with the man he thought to be his dad.

“It all felt a little gut-wrenching,” said Zatcoff. “I don’t know if it’s because I feel bad that my dad didn’t know, or if it’s because I feel a little out of place.

Probably both.”

Soon after that realization, Zatcoff began making contact with the strangers the DNA site showed as his closely related family members.

“I went from having lost both my parents more than 20 years ago, to discovering that I still had a living biological parent and four half-siblings, all only a state away,” said Zatcoff. “They were as stunned to find out about me as I was about them.”

Although eager to learn more about his new family members, Zatcoff said he knew he had to tread lightly.

“Naturally, they were skeptical, guarded, and shocked,” he recalled.

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product of an affair in which I had no part in. I deserved to know this part of my story.”

Finally, last Feb. 2, almost a year after taking the first DNA test, Zatcoff spoke on the phone to his biological father for the first time.

“I was a little nervous,” said Zatcoff. “I was hoping he would be open to getting to know me, but I wasn’t sure how it would go.

We ended up talking for around an hour. He was very pleasant and I could tell he was a family-oriented man.”

Lisa, Zatcoff’s wife of over 36 years, said this whole ordeal has

profoundly impacted her husband and their family.

“It took away everything we thought we knew about his sister, his brother, his mom, and his dad,” said Lisa. “He really wants to build this relationship with his biological father because it might pull everything together for him after feeling like it was all pulled apart.”

In the year that has followed, Zatcoff has been in touch with one of his half-sisters and a brother-in-law, and he and his biological father have started discussing the idea of meeting face to face for the first time.

“I hope we have the opportunity to meet in person and continuing developing a relationship with my newly discovered family,” said Zatocff, adding: “I want to get to the point where we can talk on a regular basis and meet more frequently. I don’t know how much longer he’ll be around so I want to take this opportunity to get to know him while I still can.”

Gilbert resident, Greg Zatcoff, displays the shocking results of his DNA test, including a picture of the father he never knew he had..

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Losing weight requires attention to details

BY DR. PUNYA RAMAN GSN Guest Writer

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s January comes to a close, it’s the perfect time for a motivational boost. New Year’s resolutions don’t keep themselves after all.

If you’re hoping to lose weight and gain wellness in 2020, I’m offering my tips for success from 25 years in the clinical setting.

Losing weight seems simple in theory – consume fewer calories than you burn – but this journey is often complex, wrought with myths, challenges, and even self-sabotage. Here are seven simple strategies.

Remain honest. Write down the top three reasons you want to lose weight.

Keep these front and center. Be mindful of your food patterns, like times of day you eat more, eat poorly or let stress take over.

Be aware of what motivates your actions. If you’re journaling your food intake, commit to being 100 percent truthful on that log.

Don’t set yourself up for failure. We’ve all heard of the cabbage soup diet and others that push one type of food or exclude food groups altogether. It’s important you don’t start a weight loss plan you can’t adhere to: life happens, restaurants happen, parties happen.

Commit to eating nutritious food that fuels your body: fruits, vegetables, whole grains, lean proteins, and nuts; limit sweet, salty and processed foods.

Practice portion control. Even healthy foods cause weight gain if you aren’t watching your portions. Pay attention to serving sizes. When you eat a meal, envision your plate in quarters: half goes for veggies, a quarter for protein and a quarter for whole grain carbs with little space for oil, butter or cheese.

Allow yourself what you’re craving but in moderation: a few chocolate chips,

a couple of pretzels, a few sips of wine.

Don’t eat directly out of a bag, serving dish or other container, especially in front of the TV. Don’t fly by the seat of your pants.

When it comes to healthy eating and losing weight, planning is paramount. Map out weekly meals, shopping to ensure you have a nutritious array of options when and where you need them.

Build meals and snacks around what you enjoy and what’s in season. Relying on convenience stores or fast food restaurants often results in poor choices.

Make time, space for your health. You should also make time for exercise, stress reduction techniques, hobbies, and activities with friends.

Celebrate life’s joys in non-food ways: with a hike, bike, bath, trip to a bookstore or movie with a pal. That may include weight loss but it isn’t the whole picture.

Avoid in unhealthy behaviors. There is no “magic pill” – like over-the-counter diet pills or supplements – for losing and

keeping weight off. It’s about eating reasonable portions of healthy food throughout the day, most days.

Don’t skip meals and “save up” calories for a big binge. This tends to result in weight gain, not loss. Your strategy should be sustainable, focused on positivity not deprivation.

Approach eating as an adventure. There are so many healthy food choices out there, so consider each new exploration a learning experience.

Color your plate with purples, oranges, and greens and try a new kind of fish.

Consider going meatless occasionally to give beans or vegetables top billing. On your adventure, cast fried foods, processed meats and sugary drinks aside.

Strive for your personal best. Don’t compare yourself to others, as this is your very own journey.

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Health-conscious juice bar coming to Gilbert

BY CECILIA CHAN GSN Managing Editor

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he clean-eating trend continues to grow new businesses in Gilbert with the planned opening of Kaleidoscope Juice, providing a menu with fresh-pressed juices and names like Digestive, Regeneration and Skin Flush.

Gilbert will be the first East Valley location for the local health and wellness company. Six are in Phoenix and Scottsdale.

“We wanted to branch out from our current shop locations and bring our juice and healthy food to a new market that we believe is our perfect demographic,” said Alexandra Maw, founder and co-owner of Kaleidoscope Juice.

“We are buzzing with delight to open our shop in Gilbert and share our passion for mindful eating and high vibe foods with this new community,” she added.

Its 1,100-square-foot building at 60 W. Vaughn Ave. is expected to open at the end of February, with the exact date to be announced. It will feature a walnut-wood

cold-pressed juices, smoothies, coffees, acai bowls, grab-andgo salads and more.

The new location also will feature a baking-production area that will allow the company to expand its offering of gluten-free, vegan and sugar-free baked goods.

“We wanted to bring the baking experience Brooke McGregor, left, and Alexandra Maw are expanding their Kaleidescope Juice busi- into our shop to ness into the East Valley for the first time with an outlet in Gilbert. (Special to GSN) showcase what we have always bar, banquet seating and a communal ta- done behind the scenes,” said Maw, a Paradise Valley resident. ble where customers can dine in.

Currently, Kaleidoscope serves a variety Menu items include fresh-pressed and

of protein cookies, gluten-free muffins, keto brownies and quick breads.

Maw said the eatery’s best sellers are the Flu Shot and Immortal Machine smoothies and protein cookies.

Flu Shot is a smoothie touted to support immunity through antibacterial and antiviral superfoods.

The drink includes acerola cherry, raw garlic, turmeric, ginger, apple, lemon, hemp seeds and more. A 16-ounce cup will cost $10 and $12 for 24 ounces.

The Immortal Machine, advertised as an adaptogenic meal replacement, includes ingredients such as banana, almond butter, Immortal Machine powder, Sunwarrior Protein, gluten-free oats and cacao nibs.

The cost for that smoothie is $8.25 for a 16-0unce cup and $9.25 for 24 ounces.

There will be herbal tonics like the Mushroom Latte and Bulletproof Hot Chocolate and Bulletproof Coffee – which is certified clean coffee with brain octane oil and grass-fed butter.

that aims to “inspire, mentor and enable youth to reach their full potential through culinary, nutrition, and arts education.”

“The ISA Foundation’s $33,000 grant will support a new program to teach healthy living habits to fatherless youth in New Orleans,” a foundation spokeswoman said.

IDEA Public Schools in Texas received a $40,000 grant to expand a farming program that teaches kids how to grow and eat locally grown, healthy food.

The foundation also gave a grant to HD SOUTH, the Gilbert history museum.

Partnership for a Healthier America in Washington, D.C., – which helps impoverished children learn healthy eat habits to

nizations “that align with the foundation’s focus on healthy nutrition and support for underserved children, wellness education for all, and aid for those affected by natural disasters,” the spokeswoman said.

The next round of funding will be announced in July and grant applications will be sought between March 15 and April 15.

The ISA Foundation is also helping others through sales of IsaKids Super Smoothie, a nutritious snack. For each bag sold, Isagenix donates one meal to a child in need through the foundation.

So far, nearly 72,000 meals have been donated, including 7,192 meals from a

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he ISA Foundation, operated by Gilbert-based Isagenix International, has handed out 601,000 in grants in its latest funding cycle to groups as close as the Heritage District and others as far away as the Caribbean.

The grants, which bring the foundation’s total value of its philanthropic support to $2.5 million, helped 21 American nonprofits with projects ranging from nourishing food-insecure families to assisting communities after natural disasters.

Ranging from $5,000 to $100,000, the grants helped nonprofits such the Emeril Lagasse Foundation, a New Orleans group

avoid medical complications later in life – received a $50,000 foundation grant to expand a fresh food initiative that seeks to “uplift the health and well-being of food-insecure children and families nationwide by providing more fresh food in food banks.”

“Each grant cycle has brought tremendous nonprofit organizations to our attention, allowing us to partner with people who are as passionate as we are about providing much-needed assistance to communities around the world,” said Isagenix Chief Legal Officer and ISA Foundation board member, Justin Powell.

Since its inception in 2018, the ISA Foundation has given financial support to orga-

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Customers also can purchase superfood add-ons such as spirulina, kale, raw honey and coconut meat.

The other company operator is Brooke McGregor, a Scottsdale resident.

Maw founded the company in 2008 while attending Arizona State University

through a grant program. She started with home deliveries and grew the company organically to where it is now.

“We don’t have any other locations in the works for now,” Maw said. “We really want to focus on getting Gilbert integrated in the community.”

Eating organic, unprocessed foods has been a trend for a few years with “more

of a healthy revolution” expected in 2020, according to Pollock Communications, an independent, entrepreneurial New York City-based agency.

The company cites a survey among 1,259 registered dietitian nutritionists who noted the hottest food and nutrition trends for this year – including the increasingly popular keto diet, fermented

The state’s health care and social assistance industry, which managed to weather the recession with no real losses, continues to grow, adding another 3,700 jobs in the past month. That includes 2,700 new positions in doctor’s offices and clinics.

Doug Walls, the agency’s labor market information director, said construction, which generally is weak this time of year, actually added 1,100 workers, the best in a decade. That puts year-over-year construction employment growth at 12,000.

There were no new jobs added in manufacturing in December. But that still leaves Arizona with an annual growth rate of 3.6

percent, compared with just 0.4 percent with the rest of the country.

Overall wages in the state are up by by $1.14 an hour in the past year – 4.4 percent – versus 2.9 percent nationally. Leading that change is manufacturing, where hourly wages are 8.3 percent higher than a year ago. That brings the average wage in that industry up to $29.23.

Wage growth also was above the national average, including 5.7 percent in financial activities for $32.28 an hour; 5.6 percent in leisure and hospitality with $17.40, and 4.9 percent in construction boosting the average wage to $27.72.

Arizona jobless rate continues to dive

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rizona’s economy continues to improve, with the state’s jobless rate dropping in December to the lowest point since January 2008.

New figures from the state Office of Economic Opportunity show the private sector added 7,300 jobs between November and December. That put the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 4.6 percent.

The national jobless rate remained at 3.5 percent.Overall, private employers added 80,500 jobs in the past year.

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special “buy one, donate two” promotion during the product’s launch in August.

The foundation is also supporting volunteer initiatives, including a recent service trip with one of its first grant recipients, SERV International, a Georgia-based nonprofit that uses food as a catalyst to transform lives.

Isagenix International, which was established in 2002, sells systems for weight loss, performance, vitality and well-being, personal care and beauty and financial wellness​. It boasts of a half-million customers worldwide and more than 100 products, packs and systems globally.

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foods, non-dairy milks, and plant proteins – to name a few.

And, according to Pollock, this year green tea pushes out coconut products from the top 10 superfoods list, while a “healthy” label holds strong as a leading consumer-purchase driver, surpassing cost and taste, yet again.

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ocal real estate entrepreneur and philanthropist Michael Pollack is again helping the Assistance League East Valley.

Pollack is the title sponsor of the nonprofit’s Mardi Gras Casino Night and is donating $10,000.

The Assistance League’s mission is “improve the quality of life of children and adults while fostering self-esteem.”

The casino night starts at 5 p.m. Feb. 22 at Oakwood Country Club in Sun Lakes.

Pollack for over 46 years has built his business largely around reviving rundown shopping centers and their surrounding neighborhoods across Arizona, Nevada and California, with more than 11 million square feet of real estate projects.

He and his affiliated entities are one of Arizona’s largest privately held shopping center owners and operators.

Over the years, the real estate mogul has donated well over $200,000 in monetary and in-kind contributions to the East Valley

120 chapters nationwide.

“A s s i s t a n c e League East Valley is a tremendous organization that has helped and continues to help thousands of hard-working families and children right here in the East Valley,” said Pollack.

“I encourage East Valley real estate entrepreneur Michael Pollack has donated more than $200,000 for everyone to the Assistance League East Valley. (Special to GSN) donate and lend a hand to this organization so they can continue helping chapter of Assistance League.

Those contributions include renovating Valley families who desperately need our the building for the organization’s upscale assistance and care,” he added.

The all-volunteer group provides new thrift shop at 2326 N. Alma School Road in school clothing for more than 10,000 Chandler.

The store helps fund the Assistance children each year, as well as 12 college scholarships and over 5,000 clothing and League’s programs in the East Valley.

The East Valley chapter is among hygiene kits for victims of assault or crisis.

The organization also has expanded its efforts to helping homeless teenagers who are on their own, without support from parents or guardians.

“The incredible success of our thrift shop, and much of our community endeavors, would not have been possible without the continued support of Michael Pollack,” said Janifer Gorney, president of Assistance League of East Valley.

“Michael paved the way for our Assistance League chapter to realize our dream of a beautiful shop that better serves the community.”

The Casino Night will feature casino-style gaming, music, live and silent auctions and a sumptuous buffet. A $75 registration fee includes dinner, game chips, free drink and entertainment.

Professional dealers provide blackjack, roulette and craps tables. Auction items include trips and events, including premium tickets to an Eagles concert at Talking Stick Arena.

Reservations can be made at assistanceleagueeastvalley.org.

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Paralyzed in accident, this woman was reborn

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ GSN Columnist

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he was born in September 1989, which makes her 30 in calendar years but it’s really the date of her rebirth that matters now.

So much of what Christa Cairus once was ended in that moment, June 27, 2010 – when then-boyfriend’s motorcycle crashed at more than 40 miles per hour into a parked fire engine along Route 66 near Albuquerque.

The impact should have killed her. Instead it crushed Cairus’ spinal cord at the C-5 vertebrae. Her head denting the fire truck left Cairus unable to move her legs or her hands, though she can still move her arms.

It’s tempting to describe Cairus as “confined to a wheelchair,” though little about the Goodyear resident suggests confinement.

Cairus is lifting weights as we chat, working on her triceps and shoulders. Her workout will take two hours. Then she’ll drive to pick up her three young kids from daycare and spend the balance of Monday caring for them and her husband, Eric, a Phoenix police officer.

It’s a light day because Cairus, a special education teacher and Special Olympics coach, has the day off from her full-time gig at La Joya High School in Avondale. Tonight, maybe she’ll find time to work on her second Master’s degree, this one in special education.

One thing Cairus won’t find time for? Pity.

“It’s obvious that I have a disability, but I don’t refer to myself as disabled,” she explains.

“I can essentially do everything I want to do. I just can’t do leg day with you at the gym.”

If a day in Cairus’ life sounds exhausting, understand that her whirlwind schedule is world’s better than life before the crash.

She has recently published a memoir that

details the old Christa. Beautiful Survivor: Escaping the Statistics has little to do with her accident. Instead, it focuses on Cairus’ escape from an abusive relationship that included her boyfriend forcing her to have sex with other men for money. His is a name she rarely speaks now, except as a profanity.

The boyfriend escaped the motorcycle crash with road rash and one maimed finger. Cairus escaped him back home to Iowa in 2012.

Two years later, Christa, at the time a single and paralyzed mother of one, met the Army soldier she would marry in November 2014.

Despite her paralysis, she has had two children with Eric Cairus, though the pregnancies – like so much else she has faced – were anything but easy. Cohen, her second child, came five weeks early amid pre-eclampsia and life-threatening blood clots in Cairus’ legs.

“I don’t know how that pregnancy didn’t kill me,” she says. “Sitting in this position all the

time was awful. It’s like sitting here having a watermelon in your lap. I had these pains in my legs, blood clots, urinary tract infections.”

Carter, her firstborn, will be 10 in March. Son Cohen is 4. Cora, the couple’s daughter, turns two in a few weeks. Cairus is working on a second book. She has dreams of becoming a motivational speaker and one day playing wheelchair basketball.

In between being a wife, a mother, a teacher, a coach, a weightlifter and a writer, she’s also found time to amass 13 tattoos. Some are self-explanatory, like “I Refuse To Sink” inked on her right shoulder. She has her kids’ footprints in tribute and a rollercoaster to symbolize her life.

Then there’s a quote from Proverbs 31:25: “She is clothed in strength and dignity and she laughs without fear of the future.”

Laugh Christa Cairus does. It is a joyful noise and the soundtrack to her new life.

We once again set new records in virtually all of our service categories in 2019. More twin beds, cribs, back to school kits and birthday packages were provided than ever before. One category, however, saw a year over year decline – our home safety packages.

In order to be licensed as a foster home, the state has a home inspection process. Required safety items must be present, including fire extinguishers, first aid kits and more.

In an effort to remove a deterrent to stepping up to help children in need, Arizona Helping Hands will provide these items to families going through the licensing process at no cost.

This program served 860 families in 2019, a decline of 15 percent from 2018.

Online communications on our social media feeds also tell the tale: families are being asked to expand their licenses to take in additional children.

One recent family we met shared in the process of closing their license, a caseworker requested they consider one more placement – a baby who otherwise would not have had a home for the holidays.

The Department of Child Safety is constantly

seeking more families to come forward to help.

These kids need love and safety. The placement centers are no place for any child to spend time. They need the support and comfort of a family unit.

At Arizona Helping Hands, we do everything we can to support foster families and improve life for boys and girls.

We are frequently the first stop on a family’s foster care journey, stepping up to help with the basic needs of beds, clothing, diapers and more.

We share resource information with foster parents to help in the challenges that arise with children who have faced trauma.

Our community education forums have included classes on educational rights of foster children, modalities for dealing with substance-exposed newborns and more.

Foster licensing agencies hold information sessions on how to become a foster parent in our community room. Arizona needs foster families.

Do you have a home and a heart that you can open to a child in need?

One caring adult can make a permanent impact in the life of a child.

It’s also important to know that not everyone can be a foster parent, but everyone can play a role in supporting the 14,000+ children in foster care.

You can pick up an extra package of diapers and wipes the next time you’re at the store, volunteer in our birthday dreams program or utilize your company’s matching program to make a donation go a bit farther.

The State of Arizona has a tax credit program allowing married taxpayers to donate $1,000 ($500 for single taxpayers) and get every penny back when you file your state tax return. You can help these boys and girls and it will cost you nothing.

If you have a heart and a home you would like to open to a child in foster care, please join us for an upcoming Foster Parent Orientation.

Sessions are held on the third Thursday of each month at our offices at 3110 E. Thunderbird Road, #100 Phoenix.

There are children in need – will you be there to lend them a helping hand?

Foster child statistics point to troubling trend

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he most recent semi-annual report issued by the Arizona Department of Child Safety indicated there were 14,205 Arizona children in out of home care on June 30, 2019.

After consistent declines from a peak of 19,000 children in 2014, this report reflected an increase of 3 percent from Dec. 2018. While this doesn’t sound significant, it means 423 more children were in the system more than six months earlier.

That report also reflected another very concerning statistic: The number of Arizona licensed foster homes dropped to a record low of 3,987 – a 6 percent decline from the prior report.

More children, combined with fewer homes, presents challenges for ensuring the safety of children who have been abused and neglected.

Arizona Helping Hands is the largest provider of basic needs to children in foster care throughout the State of Arizona.

-Dan Shufelt is president/CEO of Arizona Helping Hands. Information: azhelpinghands.org. dshufelt@azhelpinghands.org.

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reg Haagsma spent the last 23 years building Valley Christian’s boys basketball program into a powerhouse at the 3A level.

Haagsma led Valley Christian to eight title games during his tenure as head basketball coach, winning six championships.

The Trojans’ most recent title came last season, when they beat Pusch Ridge in the championship game.

Nearly a year later, Haagsma once again has Valley Christian on track to win a state title. But he doesn’t believe this year’s team has reached its full potential despite a 16-2 record through 18 games.

“We aren’t there yet,” Haagsma said.

“Playing against teams like Scottsdale Christian and Paradise Honors again later in the year, those are really good defensive teams. We have to learn how to share the ball, play at their pace and get quality shots against better defense.”

Paradise Honors, a 3A power itself in Surprise, is the only Arizona-based team that beat Valley Christian so far this season. The Trojans’ only other loss came against Hurricane from Utah in December at the Lake Powell Holiday Classic.

Even leading up to the blowout loss against Paradise Honors, Haagsma said he didn’t exactly like what he saw from his team. Lacking in size compared to last year’s state-championship squad, the Trojans struggled with rebounding on both ends of the floor.

“We have a lot of guys that can put the ball in the hole,” Haagsma said. “When we focus on the fact we have to move it to the open guy and keep the ball moving, we are a really good team. We have to continue to develop chemistry.”

Valley Christian’s game against Bourgade Catholic was one of the Trojans’ most complete games this season. They dominated both ends of the floor, gather-

Valley Christian senior guard, Logan Phillips, is one of the few returning players from last year’s team and has picked up where he left off by averaging 24.1 points per game. (Pablo Robles/AFN Staff)

ing rebounds and finding open shooters along the perimeter and in the paint.

The team showed its effort to build chemistry with one another was coming along, which presents a dangerous scenario for upcoming opponents.

Much of this chemistry stemmed from Haagsma’s efforts to get younger players involved in the program early on. It also comes with the bond formed by players during club and summer league tournaments rubbing off on the rest of the team.

“A lot of these players were on JV last year, but we practiced together and against each other all the time,” Valley Christian senior Logan Phillips said. “It’s basically like they come in knowing how we play. They already know what to do.

They adapt well being at the next level.”

Phillips, a 6-foot-7 guard, was the only non-senior starter on last year’s championship team. As a junior, he led the team in scoring, averaging 16.1 points per game. He picked up where he left off last season, as he leads Valley Christian with a

staggering 24.1 points per game average.

Four other players average at least 7.5 points or more a game for the Trojans, including Shane Haagsma, Greg’s son.

Jackson Risi, who transferred into the program this past summer from Desert Vista, also plays a key role despite sitting out half the season due to the Arizona Interscholastic Association’s transfer rule.

Risi brought a different mentality to the Valley Christian program having come from a one among the favorites to win the 6A title this season. While the competition may not be the same as he had become accustomed to in the state’s biggest conference, he still has aspirations to move on to the next level.

For this reason, he plans on bringing the same level of intensity every night he steps out onto the court.

“I’m still hungry. I still want to get looks for college,” Risi said. “I just try to bring it whenever I can. I can’t just chill yet. I still have things I want to accomplish.”

Risi decided to transfer shortly after

his junior season at Desert Vista ended.

Along with feeling he may benefit from a small-school environment, he wanted to have the ability to express his faith. Valley Christian offered that opportunity.

Teammates and other students at Valley Christian welcomed Risi with open arms in the summer, when he began practicing with the basketball program. Fitting in was easy, especially given the relationship he had already begun to build with Phillips in summer ball just a year before.

“One of the reasons I came to Valley was because of [Phillips] and his family,” Risi said. “We got to know each other better and I felt like I already knew some people here. It made the transition really easy.”

Risi’s impact was felt right away both in practice and the last two games, when he was finally able to suit up. He scored 14 points in Valley Christian’s loss to Paradise Honors. He scored another 12 against Bourgade Catholic.

“He just doesn’t miss,” Phillips said of Risi. “That opens up the floor for everyone. He can also attack off the dribble.

He’s a playmaker and it really helps.”

Valley Christian is currently ranked third in the 3A Conference, according to the AIA. With seven games remaining in the regular season, the Trojans have set themselves up to clinch home court for most of the postseason should they win out the rest of the way.

But Haagsma and the players know that isn’t an easy task, especially in region play with a matchup against Paradise Honors awaiting in February. But as long as they continue to play together as they recently have, they’re confident they can make yet another run and defend their state title.

“We talk about energy and effort in the locker room,” Phillips said. “That’s what makes us play better in every single way.

“If we just continue to have energy whether it’s a blowout or a really close game, we will be fine.”

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Casteel’s Brett Huston to step down to focus on health

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asteel basketball coach Brett Huston can feel the numbing sensation on the right side of his face on a daily

basis.

It’s a constant reminder to monitor his movements in an effort to not spark a jolt of pain that at times can last for days.

“You have to do everything you can to not move your face in a way that triggers the pain,” Huston said. “But it can happen really at any time. It’s debilitating.”

Huston has battled Trigeminal Neuralgia (TN) for 14 years. He was diagnosed at the age of 30, a rarity for the neurological condition that normally affects women over 50 years of age.

According to the Mayo Clinic, less than 200,000 people suffer from TN a year, which is caused by a blood vessel applying pressure to the trigeminal nerve from the right side of the mouth to the brain.

“My first episode I was in the bathroom shaving just like normal,” Huston said. “I started to shave on the right side of my lip and all of a sudden the pain started to shoot across my face. I had to call my wife in to help me.”

Not yet aware of his condition, Huston visited doctors and a neurologist before finally being diagnosed with TN. He was prescribed a medication to help limit the number of painful episodes.

Shortly after a major episode in October, he underwent a procedure called CyberKnife surgery, which uses radiation on the trigeminal nerve as it enters the brain stem. However, because the procedure occurred during the school year, he has yet to stop taking his medication.

He won’t know how successful the surgery was until after the season.

“Now just isn’t a good time, we are in a stressful situation of competing for a playoff spot,” Huston said. “I think it did help but we won’t find out until we try to reduce medication.”

Huston’s coaching career began in Tucson at Flowing Wells when he was in his early 20s. He then spent time at Queen Creek before becoming an assistant under Neil MacDonald at Campo Verde.

a week.”

Even during some of his more painful events, Huston tries his hardest to be there for his students and players.

Along with coaching the varsity basketball program, Huston also oversees the junior varsity, freshman, Casteel basketball coach, Brett Huston, announced he would step down after the season eighth and to focus on his health as he deals with a rare neurological issue called Trigeminal Neuralgia.

(Chris Mortenson/GSN Staff) seventh grade basketball proHe was later hired as an assistant at Co- grams on Casteel’s campus. He’s the 5A rona del Sol under Sam Duane. He helped Conference Chair for basketball and teachcoach the Aztecs when they became a top- es Comprehensive Health at the school and is the public address announcer at 10 ranked team in the nation.

One day, Duane approached him and football games.

Additionally, he hosts the Mr. Colt pagtold him about a small school opening in eant, does the campus announcements, Chandler. Huston applied and was hired.

“I love small school ball,” Huston said. “It runs a community service and sports dewas supposed to be 3A or 4A. We opened bate clubs, and is part of the equity team it and I think we did such a good job mak- which promotes inclusion. In the fall, he ing it a desirable school the enrollment also helps as an assistant on the golf team.

“It’s not like my hands aren’t full,” Husjust spiked.”

Huston has coached the Colts to a 61-44 ton said. “But with not running a yearrecord in nearly four full seasons at the round program it will be a nice way for me varsity level. Casteel is currently 7-13 this to take a step back.”

Huston comes from a family dedicated season. He’s led the Colts to the playoffs each year, but it hasn’t always come easy to education. His father, Paul, worked for Gilbert Public Schools for 32 years. One of when considering his physical health.

The 45-year-old’s most recent severe his brothers, Rod, is the athletic director at episode came back in October, just days Mesquite High School. His other brother, before the surgery to help fix his condi- Jeff, works at Arizona State University.

Chris, his third brother, is the only one tion took place. He described it as a pulsing sensation for the first couple of days, not involved in education. He is a territoriclimaxing after a few days before the pain al manager for Home Depot.

“We always joke that he is the one that gradually declines in about a week’s time.

A mild episode usually involves a shock made it out,” Huston laughed. “But he also of pain throughout the right side of his makes probably three-times more than all face three times a minute. During severe of us, so it worked out well for him.”

Huston’s wife, Jena, who he met in colepisodes, he can have as many as 60 or lege at Arizona State, is a psychiatrist at more shocks of pain a minute.

“There are times when it takes me to my Perry. His oldest son, James, is a senior at knee immediately,” Huston said. “But there Casteel and became the manager of the are times they come in a cluster where I basketball team after knee injuries dewill lose 10 pounds because I can’t eat for railed his playing career. Huston also has

two other sons at Casteel; Liam is a sophomore and Nathan is in eighth grade.

Part of his decision to take a step away from leading the basketball program revolved around his family. He jokes about his wife being a “basketball widow” due to his early mornings and late nights. He also wants the opportunity to be there more for his sons, especially James, who will likely attend one of several premier academic institutions in California next year.

“We went on a college tour over fall break and it was the first time I really put basketball last,” Huston said. “I know this will give me a chance to be a dad and not just a coach.”

While Huston’s decision comes at a time where focusing on his own health is more important, he admits there was still a sense of regret. He prides himself on always being there for others, whether it be his family or all of the players in the basketball program.

Huston’s resignation from the basketball program doesn’t signal the end of his tenure at Casteel. He still plans to teach for as long as the school will have him, or until he is physically unable to do so.

He will also be taking over the golf program, which has a promising season ahead this fall after a top-five finish at the 2019 state tournament and all of its golfers returning. He will also remain the head coach of Nathan’s club basketball team.

“I’m still going to be around and here for the kids if they need me,” Huston said. “I think that made it easy on some of them knowing I wasn’t leaving the school.”

As senior night for the Colts rapidly approaches, Huston recognizes his time as the head coach is coming to an end. This year’s senior class is the second he has coached and is comprised of players who left their junior high to attend Casteel in eighth grade and help build the program.

While he has closed the door on his future as a head coach, he still hasn’t ruled out becoming an assistant. But for now, he will enjoy the time he has left with his team and focus on his health to benefit himself and his family.

“It’ll be a tough night, I’m not going to lie,” Huston said. “Everyone on this campus knows how much I love being a Colt.”

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hen Austin Burke was a child, he remembers his parents not allowing him to go to the Birds Nest. An established national anthem singer by elementary school, Burke instead stayed at home while his parents attended the Phoenix Open-sponsored concerts.

This year, he jokes, he’s getting a babysitter for his parents so he can open for Dierks Bentley on Friday, Jan. 31, at the Coors Light Birds Nest.

“It’s a dream come true for me,” Burke said. “It’s my first-ever hometown show.

I know I played Country Thunder, but I never played my hometown of Scottsdale, Arizona. It’s really surreal for me.

“Obviously, I grew up going to the Waste Management Phoenix Open and

Austin Burke spent so much time there as a kid watching the golfers.”

Bentley and Burke are on the bill along with Miranda Lambert and Cody Johnson on Wednesday, Jan. 29; G-Eazy and special guest on Thursday, Jan. 30; and Kygo

and special guest on Saturday, Feb. 1.

“There’s a lot of pride around our event,” said David Baum, Birds Nest chairman. “To be able to see these acts like Dierks, Kygo, G-Eazy and Cody Johnson Miranda Lambert in a small, intimate setting is incredible.

“The acts are attracted to that, too, because sometimes they don’t have the opportunity to play to these smaller venues.”

Baum has been attending the Birds Nest for 20 years and has seen the event

evolve.

“On the tournament side, it’s a bigger and better venue,” he said, “The Birds Nest is right there with that. In the last five years, we’ve grown even more with the large, national-scale acts performing.”

This year, the VIP experience has been upgraded, according to Baum. The main tent will be split in half – one for general admission and the other for VIP. “It will no longer have a platform viewing the performance,” he said. “There’s a lot more surface area and an upgraded bar area and food experience for the guests in VIP. Additionally, we’ve added cabanas over the VIP section. We’ve traveled around and taken best practices from other concert venues and other festivals around the country to incorporate what we can do.”

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D SOUTH will offer a series of informative programs for people of all ages this month. Programs are led by artists, historians, storytellers, botanists and scientists; experts in their field who share their knowledge and skills with our community.

Home of the Gilbert Historical Museum and located in the heart of the heritage district, the building opened as Gilbert Elementary School in 1913. It is the oldest building in Gilbert and is the only one on the National Register of Historical Places.

Gilbert Museum is a repository of artifacts chronicling the town’s rich history, featuring newly remodeled exhibits and interactive displays.

Many of the educational programs are free, while some come with a small charge

to cover materials. Information: hdsouth. org/calendar. Unless otherwise noted, registration is required for the one-time events at hdsouth.org.

WEEKLY PROGRAMS Yoga

7-8 p.m. Thursdays. Join Marilynn Igleski, certified yoga instructor, helps participants relax while conditioning muscles. Open to all levels of yoga experience. Please bring your own yoga mat. Open to ages 14 and up. Free for members, $5 for non-members.

Story time

9:30-10 a.m. Tuesdays. AZCEND and HD SOUTH present this free program. Attendees can then tour the museum for free.

EVENTS Guided tour of Riparian Preserve 10 a.m.- noon Feb.1 Celebrate World Wetlands Day with a guided tour of the Riparian Preserve. Park Naturalist, Jennie Rambo, will lead participants through the beautiful preserve to spot winter waterfowl, learn more about the wetland areas, and enjoy the stunning preserve and all it has to offer. She will also discuss how wetlands are crucial for species survival.

Ages 10 and up. Wear comfortable shoes.

Participants should meet at the Riparian Preserve parking lot off Guadalupe Road.

Registration is required.

Members $5, Non-members $10

Hiking for wellness and enjoyment

6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 4 Thomas Hulen, HD-

SOUTH program coordinator and hiker extraordinaire will share his experience and knowledge of hiking in Arizona with an emphasis on hiking in one of the Phoenix metropolitan area’s mountain parks.

He will discuss equipment, safety, and other topics that will make hiking pleasurable, safe, and healthy. Registration is required.

Free.

French genealogy

6:30-8 p.m. Feb. 5 Gordon Mulleneaux of the Mesa Family History Center will assist participants how to weave through the complexities of their French family history. Learn common genealogy terms in English along with their French equivalent.

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ith a new month comes a whole new series of activities and presentations at Southeast Regional Library .

The library is located at 775 N. Greenfield Road, Gilbert and is open Monday-Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.

Here’s the lineup for February. Unless otherwise noted, registration is required at mcldaz.org/southeast or 602-6523000.

Valley fever: The facts

10-11 a.m. Feb. 1 Over 9,000 cases of Valley Fever have been reported in Arizona this year. Dogs and other pets are also at risk. Join representatives from the American Valley Fever Association to learn more about this potentially serious disease. Who is at risk? What are the symptoms? What

treatment options are available for both humans and our pets?

Citizen science for beginners

1-2 p.m. Feb. 4 Citizen science? Neighborhood science? What does it all mean? How can I get involved? Join us for this introductory program. Explore some of the Citizen Science kits available at the library. Includes hands-on use of the kits. Find out about monthly citizen science meet-ups here at the library. Prepare for Citizen Science Month April 2020. Seating is limited.

Thursday Night Film Club

6-8 p.m. Feb. 6 Join us on the first Thursday of each month as we view and discuss film classics and favorites from the 30s through the 80s. General discussion will take place after film screenings, as time allows.

Citizen science meet up 4-5 p.m. Feb. 11

Contribute to scientific research by participating in citizen science. Connect with others in the community and learn about new opportunities, share your findings, and learn what the library has to offer to support citizen science efforts. Come connect with others who love science. For adults and students age 10 and up accompanied by an adult.

Teens crafters

6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 12 Teens (ages 12-18), join us for this fun evening of creating. Each time we meet we make a new project. All materials are provided.

Computer basics

2:30-4 p.m. Feb. 18 Learn the necessary skills to begin using computers! Join us to cover using a computer mouse, keyboard, and practice using various introductory computer programs. This class is for those new to computers and requires no previous experi-

ence. Computers will be available.

Out: A Teen Alliance

6-7:30 p.m. Feb. 18 LGBT+ teens and the LGBT+ community’s allies are invited to Southeast Regional Library for Out: A Teen Alliance. This program will vary monthly as we discuss different topics effecting teens and the LBGT+ community.

Stocks, bonds, and mutual funds

1:30-3 p.m. Feb. 19 You’ve worked hard to save some money and now you want your money to work for you. Join us to learn the basics of investing to grow your savings while ensuring a safe and secure financial future.

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6:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 19 Race over to the library to participate

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in a high-speed Mario Kart tournament for teens ages 12-18. Registration not required, but space is limited.

4-5 p.m. Feb. 25 Join a discussion on different military events that changed the course of history.

6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Feb. 20 Did you know that you could get eBooks from the library? Meet Libby! We will walk through how to set up the Libby app so you have access to eBooks and eAudio right at your fingertips!

3-4:30 p.m. Feb. 26 We will cover the basics of Android Phone and Tablet use: connecting to WiFi, going online, downloading & using apps, and taking pictures and videos. We will also go over library e-books and e-audiobooks.

Creative Crafters: Paper quilling

10-11:30 a.m. Feb. 24 Join us at the library to talk about crafts and create your own with other local enthusiasts! New crafters and all skill levels are always welcome. Project is self-directed, all supplies will be provided. This month’s craft is “Paper Quilling.”

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Now living in Nashville, Burke is looking forward to opening for Bentley, who helped him propose to his then-girlfriend, Lexi. The couple married on New Year’s Eve in Tennessee.

On the day of the show, Burke will release his new single “Desert Child.”

Another new song will make its way on the setlist, “Young Love,” which was written by Thomas Rhett. The country star coproduced the song.

“He’s been super involved in the process and the fact that he wants me to sing it is so special,” he said. “I’ll be singing that song and just lots of new songs I sang in Gilbert the night before Thanksgiving.”

“Everyone in Arizona loved it when I played it in Gilbert,” Burke said. “I’m re-

Teen Movie Night

6 p.m. Feb. 26 This fall a huge monster movie will be coming out in theaters! Get ready for it by joining us to watch a previous film in the series universe. Ages 12-18 only. Snacks will be provided.

ally owning being from Arizona. I’m a fifth-generation native. I will always have a special place in my heart for Arizona, and to get to go back and play it with Dierks is going to be so special.”

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Through contemporary newspaper accounts culled from 27 territorial Arizona newspapers, John has identified 36 organized baseball clubs that played for sport, recreation and entertainment during Arizona’s formative years. He travels across Arizona, lecturing to interested audiences on the finer points of baseball history.

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her experiences. Lucy will also discuss and help spread awareness for “World Rare Disease Day” through education and information.

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During this informative program, Marilyn will present her extensive photographic history of work and commerce in Arizona.

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6:30-8 p.m. Feb. 25 In partnership with the Gilbert Sister Cities organization, Jennifer Yang and other members will discuss how Chinese immigrants helped build the railroads that led to the development of the United States. Discussion will include points regarding the history of the railroad in Gilbert, the Chinese immigrants that settled here and their impact on our expanding community.

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6-11 p.m. Feb. 29 Celebrate Gilbert’s Centennial in Roaring 20’s style! The evening will include a silent auction, live auction, dinner, and 20’s themed entertainment. Tickets are required and may be purchased on our website.

Created by Jerome Robbins, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick and Joseph Stein, the musical won nine Tony Awards in 1964, and was made into an award-winning film in 1971.

The show features iconic songs such as “Matchmaker, Matchmaker,” “Sunrise, Sunset” and “If I Were a Rich Man.” On the national tour, actress Ruthy Froch plays Hodel, Tevye’s second-oldest daughter.

This is her first national tour, but the actress has also been in a regional production of “The Diary of Anne Frank” and the John Travolta film “Gotti.” “Fiddler on the Roof” was very important to her father, who introduced her to the show.

“It was something we shared together,” Froch said. “I think that is what made it so special, his excitement over showing me ‘Fiddler.’ He plays the piano, so he would sit down at the piano and play the music to ‘Fiddler.’ Of course, connecting to his Jewish roots makes him very

happy, and watching him do that only brought out my joy in it.”

In the show, her character Hodel seeks to defy tradition by getting just her father’s blessing instead of his permission to marry a radical named Perchik, the man she loves.

When Froch first saw “Fiddler on the Roof,” she identified with Hodel’s intelligence and wit.

“She is searching to find where she belongs in this town, a place where women don’t really have control and don’t have much power. As a very powerful young woman internally, whether she externalizes that and gets punished for it or acts out in her own way, she is very strong,” Froch said.

Her character strives to find her own way in the family as the middle child. All of the sisters go through their own journeys in defining their own lives.

“Between Tzeitel, Hodel and Chava, you are watching three young women realize what they want, how to get what

they want and standing up for themselves and realizing the power of their voices. Especially today and especially for young women, to watch somebody do that live and in front of you is palpable and exciting,” Froch said.

The cast performs an updated version of “Fiddler on the Roof,” created for the 2015 Broadway revival. This version contains new choreography from Hofesh Shechter.

Like many of her castmates and audience members, Froch has a long history with the show. When she was in high school, she played the role of Tzeitel.

Froch said when watching the show as adults, audience members often see “Fiddler” in a whole new way. This is especially true during moments when Jewish people are discriminated against by those in power.

“As a high schooler, you can understand it, but it’s so much deeper in our adult lives, especially with the way that our world is,” Froch said.

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he musical “Fiddler on the Roof” debuted on Broadway in 1964. The show continues to find audiences because it tells a story of family and culture appealing to different audiences.

It is also one of a few musicals out there focusing on Jewish characters and culture. The national tour of “Fiddler on the Roof” will visit ASU Gammage from Jan. 28 to Feb. 2. It follows Tevye, a dairyman in Imperial Russia with five daughters who is trying to maintain his cultural and religious values despite outside influences.

His three oldest daughters Tzeitel, Hodel and Chava are also caught between their desire to follow their father’s wishes and marry for love.

The family must find a way to reconcile this conflict as they also face anti-Semitism and eviction from their village in Czarist Russia.

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Public Notices

Homes For Rent

Notice of Public Meeting Town of Gilbert FY 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan & Annual Action Plan Public Meeting The Town of Gilbert will host a public meeting for Gilbert’s 2020-2025 CDBG/HOME Consolidated Plan and 2020 Annual Action Plan.

The public meeting is available to allow public input on meeting the needs and priorities of the community.

The 2020-2025 Consolidated Plan (CP) and Annual Action Plan (AAP) is required by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in order to receive federal funds under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and HOME Investment Partnership Funds.

Anticipated resources, eligible range of activities, and needs will be outlined to be included in the five year and annual action plan (AAP). Focus areas will be on housing, community development and other programs designed to improve the quality of life for low and moderate income Gilbert Residents.

Public Meeting Thursday, February 5, 2020 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

Heritage Center 132 W Bruce Ave Gilbert, Arizona 85233 Persons with disabilities or requesting information in other languages are encouraged to contact Melanie Dykstra at 480-503-6956, AZ Relay 711 or melanie.dykstra@ gilbertaz.gov to request information in an alternate format or language.

To the extent possible, additional reasonable accommodations will be made within the time constraints of the request.

Published: Gilbert Sun News, January 26,2020 / 27xxx

PUBLIC NOTICE The City of Chandler Housing and Redevelopment is requesting comments on the proposed 2020-2025 Five-Year Plan and 2020 Annual Plan prepared for the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The plans are comprehensive guides to the policies, programs, operations, and strategies for meeting local housing needs and goals. The plans are available for review at the Housing Office located at 235 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ, 85225, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on our website chandleraz.gov/affordablehousing from Jan. 27, 2020 to March 12, 2020. A Public Hearing will be held at the Housing and Redevelopment Office on Feb. 12, 2020 at 6 p.m., located at 235 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ, 85225.

Written comments must be addressed to “Annual and Five-Year Plans” at the address above and must be received by March 12, 2020 at 5 p.m. For more information, please contact Amy Jacobson at 480-782-3200. Persons with disabilities requiring assistance or alternative forms can contact the Housing Office at 480-782-3211 or the Arizona Relay Service at 800-367-8939 or TTY 7-1-1, TTY English 800-367-8939, or Español 800-842-2088, or email chandler.housing@chandleraz.gov.

AVISO PÚBLICO La División de Vivienda y Redesarrollo de la Ciudad de Chandler está solicitando comentarios sobre el Plan a Cinco Años 2020-2025 y el Plan Anual 2020 propuestos, preparados por el Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo Urbano de los Estados Unidos. Los planes son guías completas a las normas, los programas, las operaciones, y las estrategias para satisfacer las necesidades y las metas locales de vivienda. Los planes están disponibles para su revisión en la Oficina de Vivienda ubicada en 235 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ, 85225, de lunes a viernes de 8 a.m. a 5 p.m., y en nuestro sitio web chandleraz.gov/affordablehousing del 27 de enero de 2020 al 12 de marzo de 2020. El 12 de febrero de 2020 se llevará a cabo una audiencia pública a las 6 p.m., en la Oficina de Vivienda y Redesarrollo ubicada en 235 S. Arizona Ave., Chandler, AZ, 85225. Los comentarios por escrito se deben dirigir a “Annual and Five-Year Plans”, enviarse al domicilio mencionado previamente, y deben ser recibidos a más tardar a las 5 p.m. del 12 de marzo de 2020. Para más información, por favor llame a Amy Jacobson al 480-782-3200. Las personas con discapacidades que requieran asistencia o formas alternas se pueden comunicar con la Oficina de Vivienda llamando al 480-782-3211 ó por medio del Servicio de Relevo de Arizona al 1-800367-8939 ó TTY al 7-1-1, TTY en inglés al 1-800-3678939, ó en español al 1-800-842-2088, ó escribiendo una nota electrónica a chandler.housing@chandleraz.gov.

Published: East Valley Tribune, January 26, 2020 / 27824

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CARE AND PROTECTION, TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS, SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION, DOCKET NUMBER 19CP0008HO, Trial Court of Massachusetts, Juvenile Court Department, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS, Hampden County Juvenile Court, Holyoke Division, 121 Elm St., Holyoke, MA 01040 TO: Jesus Gonzalez or the father of Joilyn Aida Gonzalez born on 11/15/2011 to April Danielle Richard in Northampton, MA: A petition has been presented to this court by DCF Holyoke, seeking as to the following child: Joilyn Gonzalez, that said child be found in need of care and protection and committed to the Department of Children and Families. The court may dispense the rights of the person(s) named herein to receive notice of or to consent to any legal proceeding affecting the adoption, custody, or guardianship or any other disposition of the child named herein, if it finds that the child is in need of care and protection and that the best interests of the child would be served by said disposition.

You are hereby ORDERED to appear in this court, at the court address set forth above, on the following date and time: 02/24/2020 at 9:00 AM Other Hearing.

You may bring an attorney with you. If you have a right to an attorney and if the court determines that you are indigent, the court will appoint an attorney to represent you.

If you fail to appear, the court may proceed on that date and any date thereafter with a trial on the merits of the petition and an adjudication of this matter.

For further information call the Office of the Clerk-Magistrate at 413-322-6700 WITNESS: Hon. Lois M. Eaton, FIRST JUSTICE, DATE ISSUED: 01/14/2020, Donald P. Whitney, ClerkMagistrate Published: East Valley Tribune, Jan, 26, Feb 2, 9, 2020 / 27628

Notice of Categorical Exclusion For the Town of Queen Creek Encanterra Reclaimed Water Exchange Agreement The Water Infrastructure Finance Authority of Arizona (WIFA) has received a request for financial assistance from the Town of Queen Creek to purchase/exchange effluent from the Trilogy at Encanterra community for recharge that would enhance the sustainability of water for Queen Creek and provide quality water to the community.

WIFA staff analysis concluded that this project qualifies for a CATEGORICAL EXCLUSION following the requirements of A.A.C. R18-15-106, as amended.

The proposed project will not impact the environment either by itself or in combination with other projects, and the environmental information provided has met statutory intent of the WIFA’s environmental review requirements.

CW-007-2020 – Encanterra Reclaimed Water Exchange Agreement 22350 S. Ellsworth Rd, Queen Creek, AZ 85142-9311 Documentation regarding the proposed project is available for review at WIFA, 100 N. 7th Avenue, Suite 130, Phoenix, Arizona 85007.

WIFA complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Alternative formats for the project documentation are available upon request. Please contact Samantha Lemke, Environmental Program Specialist, (602) 364-1326 for any requests or inquiries.

Published: East Valley Tribune, Jan. 26, 2020 / 27707

Public Notices Notice of Availability of a Draft Environmental Assessment for the Proposed SkyBridge AZ Business Park at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Pursuant to Title 49, United States Code, Section 47106(c)(1)(A), notice is hereby given that the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority (PMGAA) proposes to seek Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval of the Airport Layout Plan for the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport for the proposed SkyBridge AZ Business Park project. FAA will also approve the proposed taxilane, ramp, and hangar uses. The proposed project is a mixed-use development that includes a joint United States (U.S.)-Mexico Customs inspection facility and air cargo hub and consists of both aeronautical and non-aeronautical land uses. Anticipated businesses include air cargo, aerospace and auto parts, food processing (dry goods and refrigerated products), e-commerce, office/research and development (R&D), retail, and a hotel. A Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) has been prepared to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed action and has been prepared pursuant to the requirements of Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and Section 509(b)(5) of the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982, as amended. The FAA is the Lead Agency to ensure compliance with NEPA for airport development actions. The Draft EA was prepared in accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, Environmental Impacts: Policies and Procedures and FAA Order 5050.4B, National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Implementing Instructions for Airport Actions. Pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, and the Department of Transportation Act, the Draft EA includes an analysis of prudent or feasible alternatives, potential impacts, and mitigation measures, as appropriate.

Beginning January 27, 2020, a copy of the Draft EA will be available for review at http://www.gatewayairport.com or at the following locations during normal business hours through February 25, 2020: • Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority, 5835 S. Sossaman Road, Mesa AZ 95212-0919 • FAA Phoenix Airports District Office, 3800 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1025, Phoenix, AZ 85012 • Mesa Main Library, 64 E. 1st Street, Mesa, AZ 85201 • Southeast Regional Library, 775 N. Greenfield Road, Gilbert, AZ 85234 • Queen Creek Library, 21802 S. Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85142 Any written comments on the Draft EA should be submitted to the following address: Mr. Carl D’Acosta, Environmental and Safety Coordinator Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport Authority 5835 S. Sossaman Road Mesa, AZ 85212-0919 cdacosta@gatewayairport.com The cutoff date for comment submission is not later than 5:00 PM – Mountain Standard Time, February 25, 2020.

Please allow enough time for mailing. All comments must be received by the deadline, not simply postmarked by that date. Before including your name and telephone number, email, or other personal identifying information in your comment, be advised that your entire comment - including your personal identifying information - may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask FAA in your comment to withhold from public review your personal identifying information, FAA cannot guarantee that it will be able to do so.

Published: East Valley Tribune, Jan. 26, 2020 / 27756

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