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Report: 4 Mesa high schools overcrowded

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BY CHRISTOPHER BOAN Tribune Staff Writer

NEWS ...................... 3 Lawmakers coalescing behind Jake’s Law.

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our of Mesa’s six high schools are so overcrowded the district may have to consider building a new one, according to a master plan introduced to the Mesa Public Schools Governing Board last week.

The report by Alpha Facilities Solutions also said the overall condition of many schools at all levels pales in comparison with what they’ve seen in other areas – and elementary school buildings, in particular, need major repairs.

The report culminates a study of the district’s 901 buildings, representing 8.4 million square feet of space.

“While overall high school utilization is at a reasonable percentage, it varies widely among schools,” the report said. “Four schools are projected to be over 100 percent utilization with one projected at less than 75 percent.”

Red Mountain is the most overcrowded with 3,457 students crammed into a building designed for 2,849 – equaling 25 percent over capacity, the report said.

Mesa High and Westwood tied for second-

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most overcrowded, each with a total student population 10 percent above what their buildings were made to accomodate.

Mesa High’s 3,603 students are in a building with a capacity for 3,272 while Westwood’s 3,465 students are in a one that comfortably fits 3,136 pupils.

Mountain View High’s overcrowding is rated at 8 percent above capacity, with 3,386 students in a building made for 3,149.

Enrollment projections for 2024 won’t ease

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Mesa facing yet another recycling cost increase

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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After several years of planning, developers of the Palladium GRID are shovel-ready to start building this retailoffice-residential project near the east end of Main Street in downtown Mesa. You can read about what it will offer

on page 4. (Special to the Tribune)

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esa’s recycling program, already running on fumes from price increases, suffered another blow when both contractors abruptly canceled their contracts.

United Fibers and Waste Management both cited declining demand for commodities and lower prices when they canceled their city contracts – using an opt-out clause. A third facility halted recycling after a fire in October.

The Mesa City Council is scheduled to vote on Monday about whether to authorize a $95,000 hike in its contract with United Fibers, based in Chandler, while Waste Manage-

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EV couple’s hard work helping suicide bill’s advance

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Gilbert couple’s fight – started three years ago in the wake of their 15-year-old son’s suicide – is paying off as a sweeping mental health bill flew unscathed through a series of legislative hearings last month.

Four Senate and House committees each voted unanimously to recommend the full legislature approve Jake’s Law, which would require insurance companies to treat mental health in the same manner as physical illness, finally enforcing a 12-year-old federal law.

Another important provision would create a Suicide Mortality Review Team, aimed at identifying the root causes of each suicide as quickly as possible to prevent more deaths.

But Denise Denslow, the mother of Jacob Edward Machovsky, realizes there are still many challenges ahead before Jake’s Law reaches the desk of Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, who has vowed to sign it into law.

Among those steps are budget negotiations, where the bill’s $8 million price tag will be debated with many other competing priorities.

The $8 million fund’s purpose is multidimensional.

But one goal would expand the availability of counseling and other mental health services to students in schools, addressing problems before the grim prospect of a child viewing suicide as an option for ending their pain.

School districts would have the option of contracting with a mental health provider and billing the state or providing the services and seeking reimbursement from the state.

Mental health advocates view Jake’s Law as a critical next step in suicide prevention, beyond the Mitch Warnock Act, now requires training of school employees to recognize the early warning signs of suicide.

While it seems like a positive sign the House and Senate health and appropriations committees have endorsed Jake’s Law, without a single dissenting vote, “it’s not over. We still have to get them to vote yes,’’ Denslow said, when the bill comes before the full Legislature.

“I tell people all the time, your stories

Ben and Denise Denslow testified before four different legislative committees over the last two weeks to push their bill for expanded mental health programs to curb teen suicides. (Special to the Tribune)

have power. It’s your stories that change hearts and minds,’’ she said. “I think it’s past time for this. We have lost our son.

We can’t bring our son back, but we can make sure it doesn’t happen to someone else.’’

Three years ago, Denslow and her husband, Ben, sold their larger home near Chandler Fashion Mall, in need of a fresh start after Jacob’s death in January 2016.

The couple moved to a smaller house in south Gilbert and plowed the money they made into launching the JEM Foundation in Jacob’s memory. They committed themselves to a non-profit charity, not a partisan political organization – even though politics were a necessary part of getting a bill passed.

“We had a lot of people tell us ‘you will never get a parity law passed in Arizona,’’’ Denslow said.

But the Denslows weren’t going to be discouraged easily.

After two hospitalizations in September 2015, both of them lasting five days, Jacob was discharged from an in-patient program after an insurance company ruled it was not a “medical necessity,’’ even though mental health professionals feared he was not stabilized.

An out-patient program proved inadequate when he took his own life three months later.

Despite a lack of background in politics, the Denslows embarked on a grassroots effort. They spent three years cultivating relationships and learning what it takes to get a bill passed.

They eventually found allies willing to help them. They started with Sen. Sean

Bowie and Rep. Mitzi Epstein, D-Tempe, then built some bi-partisan support by adding influential Republicans, including Chandler state Rep. Jeff Weninger and Chandler Sen. J.D. Mesnard.

Those allies include Sen. Kate BrophyMcGee, R-Phoenix, the chair of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee, where Jake’s Law got a friendly reception and repeated at three other hearings.

Committee members also include cochair Sen. Heather Carter, R-Phoenix, who has long supported suicide prevention and health-oriented legislation.

Legislators repeatedly praised the Denslows and other parents for telling their deeply personal stories at the legislative hearings, proving the human touch can be persuasive.

“I want you to know we know and we care,’’ Carter said, after some tearful testimony. “We will do everything we can to make sure these services are provided in a timely manner, so your sons and daughters did not die in vain.’’

Christie Lee Kinchen, a Scottsdale Realtor, told various committees how her father took his life when she was a child, how she had attempted suicide, amassing massive medical bills during her treatment.

“We need your help. Jake’s Law will save lives. You can be lifesavers,’’ Kinchen said.

Brophy-McGee responded, “the reason you are here is because God has a plan for you’’ to help others.

Randall Bass, a physicist, testified he attempted suicide in the eighth grade, leaving a gash in his head.

see SUICIDE page 12

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Developers, officials cheer downtown’s GRID

BY CHRISTOPHER BOAN Tribune Staff Writer

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rectangular plot of muddy earth is becoming the home of a flashy new development for downtown Mesa.

Crews already are working on the space that abuts the Main Street corridor to build the $75 million Palladium GRID, which features three-tiers of luxury housing and retail development.

City officials and the developers – Tony Wall of 3W Management and Karrin Taylor Robson of Arizona Strategies – held a ceremonial groundbreaking last week to discuss the project, bringing along the Westwood High School Band, local merchants and food.

The mixed-use community, which will eventually wrap around the existing Pomeroy Garage, is tucked into a 3.3-acre plot of land.

When completed, the lot will include 196 “luxury sky” apartments built above the garage, as well as 75 flats, or “microunits” that will be 400 square feet each.

In addition, there are 15 rowhomes with three-story walk-ups along Main Street in front of the existing garage structure.

The project, which was launched in 2017

by Palladium’s project principals will also include 14,000 square feet of Class A office space overlooking Main Street.

Robson said the project will be built in two phases, with the first segment slated to open in December 2020, and the second opening by December 2021.

The first phase involves the flats and

es into downtown Mesa,” she continued.

“I couldn’t be prouder.”

Robson was one of several to discuss the project and was later joined by Mayor John Giles, Councilwoman Jen Duff and Wall.

All of the speakers alluded to the tumultuous effort that Celebrating at the groundbreaking for the Palladium GRID last week were, from led up to the left, project developers Tony Wall and Karrin Taylor Robson and city Councilman David groundbreaking, Luna. (Chris Mortenson/Tribune Staff Photographer) some noting that commercial space, which will be filled by some mid-century bungalows had to be leveled to make room for the GRID. restaurants and offices.

The city had to amend the development Phase one will also include the first of the GRID’s row houses the second phase agreement for the property several times.

Giles shared an anecdote from his days two will include the sky apartments and the remaining row houses, according to on City Council in the mid-1990s, when downtown was moribund.

Robson.

He recalled a wounded dog crossing Robson, who grew up less than a mile away from the development, called the Main Street and wondered if the area ground-breaking a memory she won’t would be better off put out of its misery.

Giles and his colleagues cheered the soon forget.

“I spent the first 18 years of my life downtown corridor’s resurrection from about a block from here,” she said. “And so, those bleak days, stating: “There’s a lot of us that have been waitto see downtown Mesa take off the way it ing for decades for this day. That’s why it has is just phenomenal.

“And to be a part of the first significant is so meaningful, and that’s why I think private investment on Main Street after we’re all so excited.”

Giles pointed out that the GRID is just the city put so much energy and resourc-

This rendering of the Palladium GRID shows the developers’ vision for some of the luxury apartments with the :microunits behind them, (Special to the Tribune)

the latest in a series of development wins for the city, along with The Grove on Main, a 243-apartment complex currently under construction on the other side of South Mesa Drive from the GRID. “This is an amazing stand-alone project, but this is not a stand-alone project. This is part of the puzzle. This is a puzzle piece in downtown Mesa,” Giles said. “We’ve got hundreds of millions of dollars of private investment in a couple of blocks here.

“We’ve got 1,500 housing units in different stages of construction, from the Sycamore Station to Mesa Drive. You’ll soon see it continuing out to the Gilbert Road light rail station,” the mayor continued. “So, all the dominoes are falling faster than we can count them.”

Wall echoed the mayor’s comments, comparing the four-year drive to launch his development to legendary football coach Woody Hayes, who built the Ohio State University football program from the ground-up during his 28-year tenure in Columbus, Ohio.

Wall spun the analogy as a way to underscore the herculean effort the downtown revitalization project has been.

Wall said the GRID project, which partnered with next-door neighbor Benedictine University and the city, is a sign of what’s to come in Mesa.

“I think it’s a signal growth can happen here,” Wall said. “And this is a plan that the mayor and the city council will put in place and their leadership has brought a real focus to downtown and it’s creating a great change.” 

Work already has begun on the GRID site in downtown Mesa, as shown in this photo taken just before groundbreaking ceremonies began last Monday. (Chris Mortenson/Tribune Staff Writer)

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overcrowding, according to the report, which said the same four high schools will remain at least 10 percent above capacity.

Only Skyline and Dobson high schools are under capacity, the consultants found.

Skyline is only 2 percent below its maximum with 2,527 students and Dobson’s student population is 23 percent below maximum capacity.

Building a seventh high school is only one option for correcting the overcrowding, the report said.

Other options include boundary adjustments, realigning grade levels so ninth grade could become part of junior high schools or building additions. Combining additions and boundary adjustments also is an option.

The population at junior high and elementary schools creates far less strain on existing facilities, the report indicated.

Overall, elementary schools are utilizing 80 percent of total capacity for all buildings and junior highs 74 percent.

But the report indicated at least one elementary school’s population is 68 percent above capacity while another is serving only 15 percent of the number of students its building could accommodate.

This imbalance among elementary buildings will require boundary changes, program enhancements to lure parents to under-capacity schools and overall building improvements, the report said. It added the district will need to determine the ideal size for the student population

RECYCLE from page 1

ment canceled its contract as of May 1.

The upcoming vote only affects the United Fibers’ contract while the Waste Management pact will be addressed by the council at a later date.

Scott Bouchie, Mesa’s manager of Environmental Services and Sustainability, said the United Fibers also is cutting back on what items it will accept for recycling.

He said it shouldn’t affect customers in Mesa, which already cut back on the types of items it will accept for recycling in January. Mesa still accepts all types of beverage bottles and jugs, clean metal food cans and paper.

Aluminum beer and soda cans have the highest value and glass has little value.

Bouchie said he believes cardboard,

Red Mountain High School is the most overcrowded of the six Mesa high schools that serve more students than the buildings were designed for, according to a school district consultant’s report. (Special to the Tribune)

elementary schools.

The report did not identify elementary schools whose student population exceeds what their buildings should accommodate, but said eight are at least 10 percent above the capacity while 21 are below.

The master plan is the guiding document the district will be using as it determines how to spend the $300 million bond issue voters approved in 2018.

Officials designated the bond issue would devote $167 million to security upgrades and facility improvements, among other items, and $87 million for technology updates across the district. Another $46 million is earmarked for new buses.

The condition of many facilities is such that many schools will each require mil-

which is still accepted, may have a resurgence in value because of its use in shipping. Although glass has little value, is still accepted because there is a contractor recycling it.

The long list of items no longer accepted to reduce contamination includes large plastic bottles used for such items as detergent and cooking oils, margarine and yogurt tubs, and paper board used for cereal boxes.

Bouchie said United Fibers is increasing its processing fee from $71 a ton to $82 and is reducing the amount of contamination it allows from 10 percent to zero.

The city’s contamination rate is probably closer to 20 percent, with old habits hard to change for residents.

“We have two contractors and we re-

lions to fix critical infrastructure like plumbing and electric systems, according to the consultants’ assessment in terms of their suitability for learning, overall condition and existing technology.

The three scores were combined to give officials a better sense of the shape of the district’s infrastructure.

Overall, elementary, junior high and high schools scored in the 70s on a scale of 1-100, with 80-100 being the “excellent“ range.

When judged by their educational suitability, elementary schools’ average suitability for learning ranked the lowest at 66 while junior highs and high schools had average scores of 75 and 74, respectively.

“Providing facilities to meet the educa-

ceived termination letters from both,’’ Bouchie said.

He said the United Fibers presented its contract change to the city as non-negotiable, adding, “if they don’t approve it, we don’t have a contract.’’

He said Chandler and Gilbert, who also are listed as partners of United Fibers on the company’s web site, are bound to be affected in a manner similar to Mesa.

A lack of available options has forced another East Valley community to shell out more money to handle its recyclables.

The Chandler City Council last week renewed its recycling contract with United Fibers at a notably higher rate.

Chandler’s one-year extension of the contract will cost the city up to $1.2 million – more than double what the city paid United Fibers last year.

tional program goals as described by MPS Portrait of a Graduate will require improvements to most facilities,” the report said.

“Assessment scores indicate elementary schools will be a high priority,” it added.

The lowest rated elementary schools – with scores of less than 65 – were Adams, Crismon, Field, Franklin West, Hermosa Vista, Highland Arts, Holmes, Ishikawa, Johnson, Keller, Las Sendas, Lehi, Lindbergh, Mendoza, Stevenson, Taft and Zaharis.

No junior highs or high schools scored less than 65, the report said.

The technology scores for schools ranged from 71 for junior highs to 73 for both elementary and high schools.

Carl Tickel, in coordination with Dr. John Ross of Advanced Learning Partnerships, told the board the assessments were partly based on input from a 30-person stratsteering committee comprising district administrators, board members, teachers and staff and students and parents.

Major themes voiced by those members included safety and security, diversity and equity, graduate standards, flexible learning environments, capacity and building conditions as well as transparency on how bond money is spent.

Fixing buildings won’t come cheap because of deterioration over time.

To illustrate these points, the report looked at Sousa Elementary School at 616 N. Mountain Road, which was built in 1988. Current needs in the K-6 school, which currently has a population of about 450, require nearly $3 million to fix. 

Chandler was earning more than $500,000 just a couple years ago on the recyclables it gave to United Fibers.

If Chandler had not renewed its contract, the city would have had to pay about $800,000 to haul it’s recyclables to the landfill.

Mesa resisted suggestions it needed to raise rates to save recycling, hoping the reduction in the items accepted would cut costs and contamination.

But a rate increase is looking almost inevitable for the program to continue.

“To change a half-million people’s behavior in a couple of months is not realistic,’’ Bouchie said.

City Manager Chris Brady said the problem with recycling is the lack of a

see RECYCLE page 8

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People differ on next Mesa schools chief’s traits

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Mesa Public Schools survey shows a sharp divide among interested parties over the characteristics they want in the district’s next superintendent.

The survey found that community members, parents and students want someone who primarily is passionate about educating all children while teachers and other staff most favored someone who values their growth and contributions while administrators most want an effective communicator.

And while four of the five survey groups think the next superintendent’s biggest challenge will be “hiring and retaining great staff,” students say the biggest challenge will be “having adequate funding.”

The survey results, delivered to the Governing Board last week by MPS Director of Research Robert Carlisle, are based on 1,988 written responses submitted to the district as the search for a successor to former Superintendent Ember Conley.

Superintendent since mid-2018, Conley quit the job in December after the board raised questions about unauthorized raises she gave key members of her executive

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market for some materials.

“We call it recycling but it’s not being recycled. It’s just being dumped,’’ he said.

“There’s no place to take it right now.’’

Mesa serves 120,000 residential customers who receive a black container for trash and blue container for recycling, both of which are picked up once a week.

The fee is the same whether residents chose to participate in recycling or not.

Mariano Reyes, a spokesman for the Solid Waste Department, said about 60 percent of residents put out their blue recycling container each week.

Since a tougher policy on violations was enacted in January.

The city seized 35 barrels and another 41 customers received warnings that additional, less severe violations will result in their blue barrel being seized as part of a three-strikes-you’re-out policy, Reyes said.

Mayor John Giles said the council is

team.

District spokeswoman Heidi Hurst said survey responses are still welcome.

“The district created the survey and pushed it out to all staff, parents and students multiple times,” she said. “It was also promoted widely in the community through district social media and boosted posts reaching Facebook and Instagram users living in ZIP codes in district boundaries, regardless of if they follow our district social media pages.

“It also was linked from our home page, so any visitors to mpsaz.org could reach it with one click,” Hurst added.

“It’s important to note people could choose more than one category for identification,” she said, giving as an example a teacher who could also be a parent.

The results presented to the board extracted community members from parents and staff and collated responses from parents who were not employed by the district.

But the final results may change since more respondents registered their comments after Carlisle compiled the report given to the board.

Hurst said as of early last week, 2,001 respondents identifying themselves as parents responded, followed by nearly

1,400 students, 1,225 teachers, 763 other district employees and 143 administrators.

While adequate funding ranked as the second biggest challenge in the minds of four categories of respondents, students ranked “upgrading facilities” as their second choice.

Reducing class size ranked as the third most significant challenge for community members and parents. Teachers and administrators ranked “increasing employee compensation” as the third biggest challenge and students put meeting their underserved classmates’ needs in that place.

The disparity in identifying the mostsought characteristics in a new superintendent grew among the different groups of respondents after their first choice.

Community members and parents ranked “strong fiscal manager” as the second most necessary characteristic while staff felt a passion for education was the second most important.

Administrators felt the second most important characteristic would be “team builder and coordinator” while students ranked “effective communicator” in that spot.

Community members, administrators and parents put their third most impor-

United Fibers, whose recycling operation is partially shown above, wants the city to pay more money for its services or else it will quit. (Special to the Tribune)

likely to approve the United Fibers contract change to keep the program going.

But he believes community forums are necessary to hear whether residents

are willing to pay more to continue recycling.

“There will be a public backlash if we ended recycling,’’ Giles said. “I don’t see

tant characteristic as someone who values staff contributions and staff growth.

Staff ranked “effective communicator third and students said “taking responsibility” was their third most sought characteristic in a new district leader.

When it came to the experience they valued most in a new leader, most respondents coalesced around “teacher.”

The results will help the board and its executive search firm as they begin a quest for Conley’s replacement.

The district already has held a series of stakeholder meetings and on March 4, the next step in the process will involve getting stakeholder input on questions for finalists.

The application process closes on March 12, with first-round selections slated for March 27, when the board will identify the finalists for the position.

On April 6, the board will present the finalists in a meeting at Franklin at Brimhall auditorium that will be live-streamed, according to the district.

Finalist interviews will be held at the district’s Student Services Center on April 7, with the next superintendent scheduled to be announced at the board’s meeting on April 14. 

us saying, you have a black barrel, period.’’

He said customers need to exercise better judgment in deciding whether to throw an item into the blue barrel because a bad decision might ruin the entire load.

Instead of making money, recycling now costs Mesa at least $1 million a year more than simply throwing all garage into a landfill, with the costs now rising even more.

“This is not a peculiar problem to Mesa.

This is a worldwide problem,’’ Giles said.

Phoenix City Council recently hiked its collection fee on homeowners by 25 percent, city the continuing problem.

Recycling was once a cash cow for Mesa and most other area municipalities, generating hundreds of thousands of dollars.

But it quickly spiraled downward after China two years ago began rejecting shipments of recyclables because they were too contaminated by garbage. 

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Red tape snarls Mesa inventor’s water plan

BY JANELLE MOLONY Tribune Contributor

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esa entrepreneur JW Jennings patented a way to collect and transfer desalination, that is mineral free, water in order to deliver the clean water to communities and entire countries.

But Jennings claims red tape involving the federal government in one project and state government for a project involving Arizona has stymied him from putting his design to work.

Moreover, he said, the U.S. Department of Energy has even enabled another company to implement his design without paying him a nickel.

Jennings is the CEO of Green Star, an energy and water company based in Chandler.

He came up with the design for a selfpowered water-filtration system producing clean energy two years ago.

Then last December, the U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $100 million-dollar grant to the National Alliance for Water Innovation for research and development on how to make a prototype for Jenning’s project – just six months after Jennings presented his designs to Puerto Rico, which needs to replace its hurricane-ravaged system for providing drinking water.

“How could they put out a grant on my patent-protected system?” an exasperated Jennings wondered.

The Energy Department grant was awarded to the National Alliance for Water Innovation three months after federal officials called for innovative ways to alleviate the “major humanitarian and economic challenge” caused by the depleting Colorado Basin system and other freshwater sources.

U.S. Secretary of Energy, Rick Perry called desalination a “transformational” way to reinforce the nation’s water security.

Jennings said his desalination process is “gravity-fed” and basically as long as the world keeps spinning on its axis, water will keep flowing into the filters.

Because the majority of the construction is deep underwater, the offshore filtration system is also hurricane-proof, he said.

He said the plant could process 200 million gallons of water a day to produce 100 million drinkable gallons in that time.

both U.S. and international patents for the innovative design.

Green Star has been in business for seven years, but “for the past two years, I’ve been working on patenting the concept.

I finally got approval this January 2020.”

Jennings says he came up with his idea for the “desal” plant from things he’d seen in his dreams.

“I’d wake up over the course of six months and write down everything I could remember,” he said, Mesa entreprenuer JW Jennings, shown here with his wife Jenny, celebrated adding powerful images his new patent for a potentially revolutionary water filtration-desalinization and clear instructions process. (Special to the Tribune) for something he’d never In addition to offering a sustainable so- seen before convinced him to begin exlution to the world’s clean water crisis, the ploring their meaning.

“I’d look at my notebook with all these plant would double as a clean energy prodrawings and wordings I could hardly deducer, similar to the Hoover Dam, As water flows through the intake pipes, cipher,” he said.

“What I did was type it all out and it would spin turbines linked to a power generator. Because the system can run off the hydro-electric power it initially creates, there is little fear of blackouts or brownouts to the supply.

He said animal and plant life would be protected from harm in the process through a series of filters and guards that prevent even microscopic organisms from getting into the plant.

Massive pipes will be equipped with filters that “for the majority, nothing can get through,” he said, adding the filters require 50 percent less power to push water through than any other desalination plant currently in operation.

Jennings celebrated The Colorado Basin provides fresh water to seven U.S. States as well as Mexico. his recent accomplish- (Special to the Tribune) ment of being awarded

found it to be an entire system creating clean energy and clean water all at the same time.”

Seeing the potential in this project to change the world, he needed someone to help him translate the conceptual plans into a working prototype.

When asked if he brought the discoveries to an engineer initially, Jennings said he took his idea straight to Puerto Rico instead, proposing to build the plant in collaboration with Governor Wanda Váquez Garced and the local power and water authorities.

According to January 2020 e-mails between Jennings and Garced’s office, the Puerto Rico governor thanked him profusely for wanting to help the island and offered steps to continue working together on his plan to construct a working plant along the U.S. territory’s coast.

Jennings found another opportunity last summer to construct a working model of the desalination plant in West Africa.

He prepared a presentation on how much water the innovation could provide to the country of Senegal.

“The next thing I knew,” Jennings said, “I had the president of Senegal requesting my presence.”

Senegal President Macky Sall invited Jennings to visit so he and a team of engineers and scientists could evaluate the project’s viability.

“They loved the concept,” he said.

Then Sall learned the majority lender on the product would be the International Monetary Fund.

Sall didn’t like this idea even though by this time Jennings had been working with the Senegalese government for 30 days and even participated in a groundbreaking ceremony.

To overcome Sall’s reluctance, Jennings said he proposed a way for the country to earn enough money to pay back the loan over 20 years.

“The system could generate approximately 50-200 million U.S. dollars per year in revenue from [excess] power and water distribution,” if Senegal could sell it to neighboring countries.

With an increase of water and power, the economy would be more able to support new businesses, invite more tour-

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to run the piping through the desert of the Tohono O’odham Nation and allow the water distribution to be managed from the reservation.

There is a virtually empty reservoir on the reservation that hold the water.

From there, “the rest would go into Phoenix,” Jennings said, calling tribal leaders and Munro “completely amenable” to the plan.

The excess water shared throughout Arizona would no longer be considered from Mexico but from within U.S. lands.

The attempt to aid the Southwest’s impending drought was left unsettled, possibly because of the funding Arizona already dedicated to greywater management.

Unless funds are rerouted, or Jennings can find a major Arizona’s drought trend is monitored weekly and the results are published online each Thursday at NEW.AZwater.gov/drought/ investor to help him build drought-status. (Special to the Tribune) a working prototype without political roadblocks, the Colorado Basin. when he took his project to Sonora Gov. green energy founder and inventor will be “I told Munro, I’d like to create a sec- Claudia Pavlovich and Gov. Doug Ducey. leveraging everything he has to protect his ond, separate plant [in Rocky Point] to “They said I can’t simply cross an inter- patent and see his dream come true. pump water back into Arizona,” said Jen- national border with the pipes,” Jenning According to U.S. patent law, Jennings has nings, pointing out his plan would ben- said, and “it would take five to 10 years to up to one year from the time he revealed efit everyone. create a treaty to negotiate this.” his design intentions to acquire the patent But Jennings again encountered red tape A workaround Jennings proposed was and still legally retain all ownership. 

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ists, provide more jobs for residents and improve overall health of the land and its people, Jennings said.

“Long story short, they didn’t want to do it,” Jennings said/ Jennings is making further arrangements to install a working filtration system in Los Angeles, California, and in Rocky Point, Mexico.

“I’ve been working with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power,” he said.

“They’ve got their engineers and scientists working on it.”

Even closer to home, Arizona is facing near depletion of its water resources.

“Phoenix is past the scarcity level of the water table,” remarked Jennings, citing the local government’s strategic contingency plan called “Minute 323” – which effectively cuts off Arizona’s water shares to Mexico to prevent adverse effects on the state’s water supply.

Mexico had been on an emergency water ration since 2017, as Minute 319 provided for in an amendment to the 1944 Water Treaty between it and Arizona.

The Colorado and Rio Grande rivers are still flowing to Mexico’s Sonoran area, but there are other users along their paths.

By the time water reaches Mexico, it’s “just a trickle,” Jennings said.

Jennings met with the Ernesto Munro, the president municipal, or mayor, of Puerto Peñasco to present his solution as an urgent addition to the waters of the

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But after receiving treatment, Bass said he went on to a long and productive career. He said teen suicide deprives society of the contribution victims would have made if they had lived.

The Denslows told the committees how their son wanted to be a fighter pilot and loved hockey, but they recognized signs of mental illness throughout his life.

They tried virtually everything to help him and eventually, Jake was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

“We knew about these struggles at home, but he hid them from the outside world,’’ Denise Denslow testified.

Denslow said her son would likely be alive today if Jake’s Law had been in existence.

But she praised insurance companies for engaging in constructive meetings with suicide prevention advocates long before Jake’s Law was introduced, eliminating a potential source of opposition.

A representative of Blue Cross/Blue Shield was listed as a supporter of Jake’s Law on the Senate’s web site. Many medical organizations also were listed as supporters, including the Arizona Medical Association, the Arizona Nurses Association, Phoenix Children’s Hospital and the state’s three largest hospital chains, Banner, Dignity and Honor.

“People don’t see all the work that goes on behind the scenes,’’ Denslow said, praising Brophy-McGee for her work in putting together a coalition of supporters.

“Ben and I have been working on this for three years.’’

She said she modeled Jake’s Law after Timothy’s Law, a similar measure in New York State. Timothy’s Law was dedicated to the memory of a 12-year-old boy who took his life.

“The system failed them. The status quo is not working. We need to make changes to save our citizens. They deserve better,’’ Denslow said.

Bowie, the early supporter of suicide prevention, said he could not be happier

with the progress of Jake’s Law and it has a high probability for approval.

“This is one the most important bills we will vote on this session,’’ he said during the Senate Appropriations Committee hearing. “We have come so far on this issue and we have so far to go.’’

Bowie said the combination of tragic losses of life, personal testimony from the families of victims, bipartisan support and lack of opposition from the insurance industry are all factors in the bill’s momentum.

“I think it’s all coming together. It has bipartisan support,’’ Bowie said. “The more young lives we lose, the more people are touched by this issue.’’ 

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Scott Bandy, 29, of Chandler was indicted on Feb. 24 for his part in conducting an illegal enterprise meant to sidestep state regulations of the auto dealership industry.

Six other suspects were arrested on Feb. 19, including Ivan Valenzuela, 32, and Oscar Valenzuela-Pena, 31, both of Chandler; Gilbert residents James Nickolas Johnson, 41, Mary Judy Fialko, 65, and James Edward Fialko, 59; Lon Isaiah Chaneyfield, 56, of Mesa.

According to court records, Bandy and his co-conspirators allegedly sold unauthorized dealer’s licenses to car sellers, allowing them to bid on vehicles at wholesale auctions from outside the state.

Arizona law requires car dealerships to

obtain a license through the state Department of Transportation, which obligates applicants to pay taxes and undergo criminal background checks.

Authorities claim Bandy and his partners helped up to 1,500 people skirt around this licensing process in an illegal scam known as “curbstoning.”

This type of scheme most often involves unlicensed sellers flipping beat-up cars and attempting to sell them to naïve consumers.

But curbstoning can branch out to involve a broader network of sellers trying to game the system.

The East Valley suspects are also accused of altering more than 31,000 car titles to make them look like the vehicles were sold through a licensed dealer.

Bandy and the others would allegedly charge $100 for each fraudulent title.

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Local dance company slates fundraiser at Mesa Arts Center

Mesa-based CaZo Dance Theatre will hold its annual fundraiser event with a sneak peak into what it says will be “dance stories like you’ve never seen before.”

CaZo incorporates singing, painting, aerial work, modern beats and creative moves.

The fundraiser – 7-9:30 p.m. March 7 at the Mesa Arts Center – includes refreshments from Bertha’s Cafe and Pita Jungle and a silent auction to follow. The company is raising money for future shows and new rehearsal space.

Tickets are $40 with drink tickets and $30 without. Tickets: CaZoDance.com.

Mesa poet plans reading tour with his new book this month

Mesa poet and self-described activist is publishing a new book of poetry, titled “The World Isn’t the Size of Our Neighborhood Anymore,” on March 3 through Weasel Press and to mark its publication has scheduled several readings.

His spring book tour starts with a reading and open mic at the

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generated up to $7 million in revenue over the last couple of years – making it the biggest curbstoning operation to be taken down in Arizona.

State agencies opened an investigation

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He has subsequent appearances planned in Apache Junction, Phoenix, Flagstaff, Mesa and Tucson.

He is teaching classes for teenagers at Apache Junction and Mesa libraries March 7 and March 11.

“My goal with these classes is to show kids that poetry can be contemporary and that art is necessary and vital in today’s world,” he said. “I want to show them that they can write a poem, that their art can make a real change and impact.

“Being creative not only helps you through the hard parts of life, but it can also deeply resonate with the people who experience what you create, which is why I think it’s so important to introduce kids to different art forms at a young age and show them that it’s good for them to express themselves,” he added.

Mesa museum plans parenting resources conference March 7

will have experts leading workshops that tackle postpartum, intimacy, family support, communication, education and self-care.

The museum will be closed to regular admission during the ticketed event.

Nonprofit 4th Trimester Arizona connects new families to resources, support and nurturing through regular community events.

Sunnee O’Rork, executive director of the i.d.e.a. Museum, said, “When we are at our best, we can focus on the things that help us better support our children and prepare them for the future.”

The event will include times for postpartum yoga, sound healing and meditation.

Sponsors include the i.d.e.a. Museum, First Things First, Southwest Human Development, Arizona Department of Health, Robyn Wilhelm Physical Therapy, Image Legends and Arizona Breastfeeding Center.

The conference is free to WIC and AHCCCS participants with registration. Tickets: 4thtrimesteraz.org.

Hospice of Valley holding big fundraiser to support services

A conference to help new and expecting parents meet their new challenges will be held 9 a.m-4 p.m. March 7 at the i.d.e.a.

Museum, 150 W. Pepper Place, Mesa.

The conference is sponsored by 4th Trimester Arizona, which

Hospice of the Valley’s signature fundraising event — AAHA! an art, food and wine experience! – will be March 14, at the JW

last March after an auto dealer association in California filed a complaint.

A task force consisting of investigators from ADOT, the Department of Revenue, and Arizona Attorney General’s Office worked together and got evidence from a Mesa business and homes in Chandler and

Gilbert.

The seven suspects have all been charged on multiple counts of money laundering and fraud. They’re scheduled to be arraigned in Maricopa County Superior Court on March 3.

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The 2020 honoree is local chef Mark Tarbell, who is donating his popular Tarbell’s Table One — dinner for eight, including wine pairings by Tarbell himself – as a live auction item.

Live auction items include seven nights on a Mekong river cruise with two nights in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; a week in Greece; VIP Triple Creek Ranch experience for four with three nights in a two-bedroom luxury cabin with all amenities as well as air transportation by private jet.

AAHA! raises money for Hospice of the Valley’s charity care programs for patients and families, community programs and the Dementia Care & Education Campus now under construction in Phoenix.

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Volunteers needed for ‘aged out’ foster teens

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oster Arizona, a Mesa-based foster care resource organization, is looking for community volunteers to assist young adults who are no longer being supported by a foster family.

“If we are considering kids who are over the age of seven ‘unadoptable,’ then these kids are left in foster or group homes for another 11 years with no security for their future,” said Kim Vehon, founder of Foster Arizona and program coordinator for what she simply calls “The Housing Project.”

Vehon has begun her third year as the program coordinator for the East Valley philanthropic movement, which provides supports to young adults needing help transitioning to fully independent adulthood.

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The youth who apply to the program are former wards of the state through the

foster care system.

Many turn 18 without the permanency or stability of an adoptive family to guide them through the transition.

Vehon estimates 800 Arizona youth who “age out” annually from foster care and are left disconnected from critical supports they had. Some who join may have become homeless after their separation from a primary caretaker.

“We don’t want to duplicate [foster care] services,” Vehon explained.

The young adults are not being parented, nor are they considered dependents to any person or organization at this point.

Participation is voluntary and designed to close learning gaps which limit their ability to support themselves.

“They’re living independently, but we are giving them a safety net to learn. In other words, they can make mistakes, but

won’t fall on their face,” Vehon said.

As an adoptive parent of four children who were previously in foster care, the mission of the Housing Project is close to Vehon’s heart.

Vehon founded Foster Arizona back in 2013 as a resource for locals who are connected to foster care programs in any way, but the idea for the new program came in March of 2018.

Through corporate partnerships, Vehon secured local housing where up to four youth could stay together and gradually develop their independent living skills. The inaugural year boasted twentyeight participants.

The program has remained near capacity with twenty current adults; three who will graduate soon, and several new ones

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ver since she was a little girl growing up in Ohio, Peggy Wrobleski loved to paint.

“As a child I was amazed at some of my dad’s drawings,” said the Mesa woman, who moved to Arizona in 1980, fed up with the snow and cold of Ohio and, later, Massachusetts. She’s lived in Mesa since 2007.

Wrobleski quickly developed a reputation for her art. “All through school, teachers asked me to do bulletin boards, posters, sports hoops for basketball players to enter the gym through,” she recalled.

And as time has gone on, her fine art has earned recognition in local, regional, national and international competitions.

She also teaches adult workshops in oils, acrylics and pastels.

Now, people can get a first-hand look at Wrobleski’s art, which is on display in an exhibit running through April 14 at the Southeast Regional Library on the south-

east corner of Greenfield and Guadalupe roads, Gilbert.

“Honoring my gift, I am always developing my art, pushing past earlier limits,” Wrobleski said. “What keep me going are the evocative values of art, feelings shared with viewers. Whether I’m working in oils, pastels or acrylics, my goals are freshness, simplicity and attention to the integrity of a painting as its own reality.”

She enjoys plein air landscapes, portraits – and, “when Arizona weather brings me indoors, still life.”

“Abstract painting is a delight too, as it emphasizes design, an important basis for representational subjects as well,” Wrobleski added.

Mesa artist Peggy Wrobleski, pictured painting plein air, has racked up numerous awards and recognitions for her work. (Jimmy Tran/ Special to the Tribune and Peggy Wrobleski)

It didn’t take long in Wrobleski’s life for her work to catch people’s eyes.

As a teen, she had paintings on display at a Youngstown, Ohio, gallery.

Educated at Ohio University in Athens, she then earned a living in commercial art and design in Ohio and Massachusetts fol-

lowed by 12 years as owner/operator of Wrobleski Design in Prescott.

Most of the paintings in her exhibit at Southeast Regional Library were done next door at the Riparian Preserve.

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wo Mesa residents are among four high-achieving Mesa Community College students who were recognized for their outstanding academic achievements and distinguished leadership at the 2020 All-Arizona Academic Team Recognition Ceremony last week.

Shelby Lynch and Kyle Kane are among a total 26 Maricopa Community College students named to the 2020 All-Arizona Academic Team.

All-Arizona students demonstrate academic excellence and intellectual rigor combined with leadership and service extending their education beyond the classroom to benefit society.

Each student is working toward an associate’s degree, maintains a GPA of at least 3.5 and is involved in campus and community volunteerism.

MCC said the students are awarded scholarships or tuition waivers to Arizona’s three universities by Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society of twoyear colleges and academic programs; the American Association of Community Col-

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expected to join mid-year.

Though the program is designed to be one year long, some participants only stay for a few months, while others have applied for an extension.

In addition to housing, there was a noticeable need to equip at-risk adults with a strategy for overcoming setbacks and making daily progress towards life goals.

“Keys to Success with Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation was a natural partner for us,” Vehon explained.

All participants in the Housing Project must agree to participate in growth mindset learning offered by the Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation – which includes setting realistic goals, managing expectations, and developing persistence.

ARTIST from page 17

“Painting in nature enhances visual impact with feelings of actually being there,” she explained.

“A slight breeze, birds and bugs, rain-

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leges; Arizona Community Colleges; the Arizona Board of Regents; and the Follett Higher Education Group.

Judges include local business, civic, education and government leaders.

The second and third round judging takes place in Washington, D.C. by representatives from federal agencies and national education associations. Scores from the national competition determine

each state’s team rankings.

Lynch represents the MCC Red Mountain Campus and Kane represents the MCC Southern/Dobson Campus.

Lynch plans to transfer to the Barrett Honors College at Arizona State University to pursue a master’s degree in business, digital marketing.

Her career goal is to use social media to promote nonprofit organizations.

drops, conversations with passersby... everything impacts the painting process,” she said, adding many of those paintings “are small, as necessary to complete a painting before the light changes.”

She said her outdoor paintings to a de-

gree are meant to bring a little relief to people during the hot summer months in Arizona.

“Office jobs and the heat of our Arizona summers keep us indoors more than we like,” she explained. “Being outside,

The organization also offers college and career counseling as well as job-partnership opportunities to help participants gain financial independence.

Expenses the adults receive assistance with include reduced rent, essential furniture, personal hygiene items, kitchen supplies and more. Donors have contributed computers, bikes, bus passes, or beds as well.

Once a month, the young adults can attend classes such as cooking, budgeting, taxes, and first aid.

“What’s beautiful is we don’t have just one provider,” Vehon said, noting community partners donate their time and talent from a variety of backgrounds and corporations.

ASA Now (Advocacy, Support & Assistance) is one East Valley not-for-profit that recently provided cooking lessons.

A Wells Fargo representative has taught about finances.

The organization is always open to having more talented individuals join in on the movement who can teach on specialty subjects from home maintenance to resume writing.

Foster Arizona and its partners do not consider what they are doing a “hand out,” but more like the latter part of the adage, “If you give a man a fish, he eats for a day; if you teach a man to fish, he eats for life.”

To track the effectiveness of this program, Foster Arizona partnered with Northern Arizona University to measure observables such as jobs acquired, independent housing obtained, school funding awarded, and other evidence of sustainable living.

Participants of the Housing Project are regularly visited by devoted volunteers

Kane will be transferring to ASU, where he will pursue a bachelor’s in biological and biomedical sciences. He plans to attend medical school to become a surgeon specializing in pediatric neurology.

“The All-Arizona ceremony celebrates the outstanding academic achievements, community service and distinguished leadership of students enrolled in Arizona’s community colleges,” an MCC spokeswoman said.

During the award ceremony, emcees are Grant Woods, a Phi Beta Kappa member and past Arizona attorney general, and Ian Schwartz, a local TV meteorologist and reporter.

Speakers included Larry Penley, chairelect of the Arizona Board of Regents and James Brimhall, Northland Pioneer College, Northern Arizona University alumnus and previous All-Arizona Scholarship Award recipient.

He completed an internship with Arizona Public Service at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station before accepting a job with Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque and obtaining his MBA from the University of New Mexico.  who provide emotional and practical supports as needed.

The volunteer mentors may also stand in as a long-term friend or family member who isn’t otherwise there.

“Right now, we have a big need for male volunteers,” Vehon pled.

She is looking for several community members who would be willing to visit with young males and assist with their journeys.

Volunteers are trained, screened and asked to commit to a year of service. They can contact Kim Vehon directly to sign up for the next quarter’s onboarding training held on March 21st. She can be reached at kim@fosterAZ.com or by phone at (480) 760-5008.

More information: fosterarizonahousingproject.org.  breathing deeply, and getting healthful exercise are benefits to both body and soul. It is the exuberance of this feeling I want to share.”

She can be reached at pwrobleski@ cox.net. 

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Mesa native’s Chia Cookies take country by storm

BY CHRISTOPHER BOAN

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he course of Audrey Martinez’s life changed while she trained for her first marathon at the age of 50.

The Mesa woman, who spent much of her life as a bookkeeper and became a self-proclaimed health enthusiast, was seeking a solution to her training needs and stumbled upon chia seeds as a solution.

The seeds, which are native to Central America, are hydrophilic – which means they absorb up to 12 times their weight in water.

That meant that Martinez could eat the seeds, usually in the form of a handmade bar or cookie, while on a run and gain the hydration and energy boost she needed to complete her training.

Martinez used that experience to launch her cookie company, Audrey’s Chia Cookies, which has catapulted from being sold

Audrey Martinez of Mesa has become a rock star among foodies and fitness enthusiasts with her Chia Cookies.

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in a few AJ’s Fine Food stores when they launched in 2017 to more than 400 retail-

ers around the country.

The Mesa native delved into the reason

Superhosts are highly-rated, experienced and committed to providing great stays for guests, according to Airbnb. Felice has maintained a 90 percent response rate or higher from them.

“I’ve been lucky,” she said.

When she first started, her parents questioned who would want to stay there, she said.

“I guess I proved them wrong,” she added.

Felice has hosted a wide range of guests with various lengths of stay. Some of the longer stays have been by winter visitors as well as new residents who need a place to stay until they find a permanent home.

In the summer, the bulk of her guests are locals seeking a staycation, especially if they do not have a pool to survive the Arizona heat.

At one point she said, her casita was booked out for an entire year.

“It’s fun, and not a hard job. You never get sick of doing it and we get to meet a variety of people,” she said. “I try to run my business like a very nice hotel.”

Some of the casita’s more notable amenities include the privacy that comes with a separate entrance and parking space, access to the pool and close proximity to outdoor activities.

Felice offers extra amenities similar to a nice hotel – including everything from breakfast and toiletries to a small dog crate since she allows pets.

The venue’s privacy and peaceful surroundings enable one young guest from Taiwan to send five days meditating, Felice said.

Felice said she and her husband listed their private casita with Airbnb because they had the extra space and the means to earn extra income.

The constant bookings allow her to now

she decided to give chia seeds a chance back in the day and the results she saw during her training regimen.

“I started researching the best foods for energy and I came across chia seeds. So, I started testing it during my training,” Martinez said.

“So, I’d go one week with chia, taking chia, and then one week without. And the weeks that I did, I felt so much more energized and easy-going.

“And then after a while, I started noticing the other benefits of chia, like the gut health and the hair and nails and overall feeling good and mental clarity. That’s when I kind of became obsessed with chia and I kept trying to get everyone to eat chia.”

Martinez realized that most chia products at the time came as either a peanut butter alternative or in gel form—neither of which sounded appealing.

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Mesa home on Airbnb’s ‘most wish-listed’ sites

BY NICOLE D’ALONZO

Tribune Contributor

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private East Mesa mountain casita with stunning desert views, beautiful pool in a private yard and a short distance from Tonto National Forest is on Airbnb’s list of “Most Wish Listed Homes” in Arizona.

Owned by Caroline Felice and her husband, the home in ZIP code 85207 has earned a 4.95 overall rating from guests – giving the couple “SuperHost” status on Airbnb.

Since Airbnb named Felice’s $99-pernight casita to the Top 15 list, it has been getting a lot of attention with 456 views in just one week.

The couple have hosted more than 600 guests in the three years they have been renting the home, garnering 272 positive reviews.

work from home. They also own a cabin in Strawberry that they occasionally list on Airbnb.

The Felices’ neighbors have not only accepted the Airbnb guests, but have rented out their casitas on the site as well.

When she started, one neighbor noticed a different car in the driveway every so often and inquired with Felice.

After the conversation, her neighbor, who owns a similar space asked how to do it. Word spread through the neighborhood and a couple others followed suit.

“So, there will be four of us right in the same square,” said Felice. “It’s just extra income that makes life easier.”

If Felice’s casita is booked, she will share occupancy leads with her neighbors. The arrangement has become a unique hospitality experience.

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“When they first contacted me, they wanted to know if I would donate samples for one of their projects, and I thought to myself, ‘this is awesome’,” she said.

“They mentor young girls to grow up to be healthy and I just really like that because they use running in a way to build confidence and stay in shape, and it just resonated with me.

“So, I sponsored a girl and ran with her and I’m getting more and more involved with them. It’s a charity I believe in and I just love it.”

Martinez looks back at the last few years as a whirlwind that’s been a blessing in the truest sense, achieving something she never thought possible.

She’s thrilled with the growth of her chia seed bars and the way the public has bought into the vision she had when she launched the product, sharing a sense of disbelief at how the last half-decade has unfolded.

“It’s funny how doors start to open,” Martinez said. “People will ask me, ‘how did you do that?’ and I don’t even know how to describe it … It’s amazing.

I frequently think to myself, ‘somebody pinch me.’ It’s been a great journey. It’s exciting.” 

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That’s when she decided to try to bake them, aiming to create a shortbread cookie product that would be popular with people of all ages.

Martinez’s next task was finding someone to bake the product on an industrial scale and help distribute it – which was difficult as she had never worked in a commercial bakery before.

“In the beginning we didn’t think about farmers markets. We were committed to getting into grocery stores,” Martinez said.

“The actual first grocery store that we got into was AJ’s Fine Foods and from there we started getting noticed by big grocery stores, not even knowing what it takes.”

Martinez recalled emailing the titans of the grocery industry, including Walmart, before her company was picked up by ecommerce giant, Vitacost.

The connection to the Kroger-owned online retailer got Martinez on the map, with several other national, and even international retailers soon picking up her packaged cookie products, from Fry’s to Sprouts and Whole Foods.

“We basically went from contacting people to having them contacting us. It’s

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Although Felice has had success with her neighbors in Mesa, the neighbors in Strawberry are a bit more private and not as welcoming to the idea of living next to an Airbnb destination.

“They don’t even know my name, they just call me the Airbnb lady,” Felice said.

She said out of respect, she notifies her neighbors before she rents the cabin. In order to keep the peace with her Strawberry neighbors, Felice said she only allows families who are usually guests she already he

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amazing,” Martinez said. “Now we’re getting into hospitals, we’re in airports, we’re getting into convenience stores, we’re going to start going into offices.”

Martinez’s goal of-late has been to give back to the community that raised her, dedicating much of her time to helping several local nonprofits.

Her main philanthropic mission has been to assist the Girls on the Run chap-

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“I see all these articles about Airbnb hosts having problems. I have never had a problem,” she added.

Despite the few reports over the years of bad Airbnb guests and police involvement, Mesa Police spokesman Nik Rasheta said his department has not received any reports about rowdy Airbnb guests.

Felice believes one reason she has had a relatively smooth booking process is that her guests tend to be over 50 and she has a two-person occupancy limit.

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She also looks at past reviews of guests and guest information, including the reason for the rental, to maintain security.

A bipartisan group of legislatures in both the State House and State Senate have advanced bills that would restore some of the local controls on short-term rentals that were removed in 2016.

But Gov. Doug Ducey has signaled that

he’s happy with the state of the law as it exists now, saying he doesn’t want to over-regulate what he calls a growing business in Arizona.

The Legislature also showed a deep divide between lawmakers who say the current law doesn’t protect neighborhoods from rowdy behavior at some short-term rentals and those who say the issue is a matter of property rights.

It’s unclear if supporters of more local controls have the votes to get the measure through the Legislature – or whether Ducey will veto it if it does pass. 

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Regular trip to Florida brings mostly heartbreak

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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very few weeks, I board the airplane in Phoenix and fly east to Florida. There is no joy in the journey, a trip to vacation land that feels like anything but vacation.

I’m headed back to the house where I grew up to visit my father, years old but going on what feels like so many more years.

Mostly I go to take inventory. How much worse has he gotten? How much more of him has seeped away with each passing month?

It has been 27 months since my mother passed away. My father, married to her for more than 53 years, seemed a sure bet to follow her immediately. Instead, he has survived, somewhat improbably.

A few weeks after my father lost his

wife, he agreed to go to the doctor – a neurologist – to see why his hand and tongue had begun to tremble. That was when he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

I am not in the business of ranking horrors, comparing one form of human suffering to another, but I can say this much about what my father is going through: Being robbed of your life a little bit at time, dying a little bit more every day, looks worse to me than, say, taking a bullet to the brain or keeling over dead of a sudden heart attack.

When the One Great Scorekeeper decides it’s time to make a final slash mark and total up my days, my prayer is he does so decisively.

I am not afraid of death. But I am afraid of dying.

Never one for doctors, my father also has proven not to be one for any help at all.

He says his medication makes him groggy, so he skips it. My younger broth-

er and nephew have moved into the old house to help with his care, but he says he doesn’t need the help. He doesn’t want visits from a nurse, doesn’t want a home health aide, doesn’t want to do anything except watch old westerns on TV. For the better part of a year, I fought this, tried everything I could think of to help him get over his depression and rejoin the living.

I’ll confess I feel fresh out of ideas.

Finally, my brother and I chipped in and bought him a remote-control recliner that does everything except function as a hovercraft. At least the man can watch Gunsmoke and Bonanza and The Virginian and Have Gin Will Travel in style.

For two years, it has been the subject of our phone calls: What are you watching on TV? Mostly he claims not to remember and then turns my attention to his other passion in life: Filing his taxes.

It’s where I will be as you read this:

In the old house in Florida poring over whatever bank statements my dad has stacked beside the microwave on the kitchen counter. It’s where the “important mail” goes now.

Not a rich man, my father’s stack won’t be high, but it will be complete; he also doesn’t like throwing things away.

Maybe we’ll order a pizza. Maybe if we’re lucky, we’ll find that episode of Bonanza where Joe puts Hoss on a strict diet, so he can win the big flapjack eating contest. It’s one of my dad’s favorite reruns.

He still laughs every now and again and he still smiles when I show up at his front door.

I never imagined any of this, least of all my father giving a shaky hug to a guy bearing a stack of 1040 tax forms.

But hey, I guess that’s how life goes. It’s what happens when you’re busy making other plans.

Effective communication about recalls is critical to combat foodborne illness.

Although they might not be the cause of a recall, grocery stores are access points in the food safety system in which consumers frequently interact.

Grocery stores often have unique information about us and our purchasing habits making it easy to improve transparency about recall notification efforts.

And they should.

Based on publicly available information, the Arizona PIRG Education Fund recently assessed whether the nation’s 26-largest supermarket chains tell customers about recall policies, in-store notification, and direct customer notification.

Eighty percent of the nation’s 26-largest supermarket chains – including Albertson’s, Safeway and Whole Foods – received a failing grade for recall information. Only Harris Teeter, Kroger,

Smith’s and Target received a passing grade.

To avoid consumers needing to go on a scavenger hunt to find out if food they recently purchased was recalled, we recommend the following:

Grocery stores should: • Post food recall notification policies on their website and provide a copy upon request.

• Post signs for recalls at the cash register and on the store shelf where the product would normally appear for at least two weeks for perishable food and for at least one month for frozen foods. Use the information collected through loyalty programs to directly alert customers of recalled products within 48 hours of a recall.

Improved communication needed for food recalls

BY ADAM GARBER Tribune Guest Writer

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s consumers, we rely on the food safety system when we buy groceries. And, we expect if one of our purchases were recalled our grocery store will warn us.

However, a new report by the Arizona PIRG Education Fund states Americans are not hearing about food recalls and communication breakdown can have serious repercussions for public health.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 48 million Americans continue to get sick from the food they eat every year.

Although the food safety system focuses on getting recalled food out of stores, individual consumers may be unaware they have contaminated food in a pantry, refrigerator or freezer in their home.

FDA and USDA should: • Require stores to make recall notification policies available on their website and upon request.

• Require stores to post signs about recalls at the cash register and on the store shelf where the product would normally appear for at least two weeks for perishable food and for at least one month for frozen foods.

• Require stores to create direct customer notification programs alerting consumers of recalled products within 48 hours of a recall.

Consumers should: • Sign up for recall alerts on the FDA website at fda.gov/safety/recallsmarket-withdrawals-safety-alerts and USDA website fsis.usda.gov/ wps/portal/fsis/home.

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Follow FDA and USDA social media accounts for updated information about recalls.

• Ask the customer service desk for information about how you can be notified about recalls for food you purchase and where recall notices are posted in the store.

Until customers can easily find information on food recalls, many people will unnecessarily put their health at risk.

Adam Garber is the consumer watchdog for the Arizona PIRG Education Fund, an organization that conducts research and education on issues in the public interest. The organization’s report, Food Recall Failure, can be found at arizonapirgedfund.org.

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early 200 of the best football players from across Arizona and six other states flocked to Williams Field High School in Gilbert Sunday morning to showcase their skills as part of invite-only camp.

The Under Armour All-America Camp Series made its first and only stop in the Valley on Feb. 23, inviting athletes from Arizona, Utah, California, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and Nevada to partake in a day of position specific drills being filmed to send off to college coaches across the country. It was also an evaluation period for those involved with the Under Armour All-America Game that takes place every January.

The East Valley was represented by 79 athletes in total, all from different schools across Gilbert, Chandler, Mesa, Scottsdale and Ahwatukee.

game in nearly two decades after finishing the regular season 9-1 overall.

They came back to force o v e r t i m e against Liberty in the 6A championship game, but ultimately fell on the last play of the game.

George Ramirez, a junior safety last season, played an inteRed Mountain safety George Ramirez was one of three Mountain Lions invited to the gral role in Red Under Armour All-America Camp Series on Sunday, Feb. 23 at Williams Field High School Mountain’s run in Gilbert. (Zach Alvira/Tribune Staff) to the title game.

On defense, he accounted for 70 total Red Mountain enjoyed a breakthrough season in 2019, as the Mountain Lions tackles and two interceptions. He also advanced to their first championship saw his playing time on offense increase

throughout the playoffs, as he caught 22 passes for 366 yards and six touchdowns, two of which in the title game to help force overtime.

Now preparing to enter his senior season, Ramirez expects a bigger role as he will be looked upon to step up as even more of a leader.

“I’m hoping to get my team right on both sides of the ball,” Ramirez said. “I want to be a leader for (defensive coordinator Kyle Enders), be a leader for (head coach Mike Peterson). I want to show the upcoming class how we do things at Red Mountain.”

Ramirez received his invitation to the Under Armour All-America Camp through social media. He accepted shortly after. It was his chance to showcase his skills in an even more competitive environment, as he went up against some of the top receivers in Arizona and from

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Lucero finding new purpose as CGCC basketball coach

BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

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livia Lucero’s path to becoming the head women’s basketball coach at Chandler-Gilbert Community College was one she didn’t expect so soon after he playing career had ended.

She was part of a Highland girls basketball team that made a run to the semifinals her senior year in 2013 under legendary coach Miner Webster. She was one of the top basketball players in the state and was recruited by several division I college programs.

But if there is one aspect, she learned from her basketball career that she is now teaching the women who play for her, it’s to always find that balance between life both on and off the court.

“This is another classroom,” Lucero said. “I don’t think they expected to come

and learn non-basketball things.”

Lucero was hired to take over the CGCC women’s basketball program ahead of the 2019-20 season. She joined the staff of former coach Brian Rosario at the midway point of the season last year.

Rosario had been a part of the staff that recruited Lucero out of Highland to Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. The day after Lucero verbally committed to LMU, Rosario and the rest of the staff were relieved of their duties. Rosario wound up as the head coach at CGCC. When Lucero reached out to him in January 2019, it was in attempt to help out as a volunteer the next season. But Rosario had other plans for her.

“I texted him and told him I was thinking of trying to get into coaching and I wanted to just try to help out the next sea-

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Chandler Gilbert Community College women’s basketball coach Olivia Lucero, a Highland grad, has had the unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of young women through the sport she loves. (Chris Mortenson/Tribune News Staff)

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surrounding states.

Overall, he was pleased with his performance. He hopes he will catch the eyes of coaches, as all film taken in each drill for the event will be sent to college programs across the country.

“I felt like this is one of the best performances I’ve ever done,” Ramirez said. “I felt conditioned and everything. I want to be the best and coming out here and being around some of the best really helps.

“I don’t feel like I’m at the peak of my potential yet but I’m going to work toward it during the season.”

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son,” Lucero recalled. “He told me to come into his office and talk about it so I did. He asked me to finish the season with him. I was surprised.”

Lucero finished the 2019-20 season with the Coyotes. Rosario taught her the ins and outs of coaching a juco program.

From scheduling, to creating practice plans, to arranging travel, she learned it all. When Rosario informed her he had been hired as an assistant at Pepperdine, Lucero applied for the position.

She admits she didn’t expect to get the job, and to this day remains stunned someone would trust in her to take over a college program without years of experience.

“It was definitely a surprise in the sense of the timing of it,” Lucero said. “Emotionally, it’s draining. Being responsible for even 10 girls is a lot.

“They’re always on my mind. I’m always thinking of ways to help them not even always in basketball, but life.”

Lucero played four seasons at the varsity level for Highland under Webster. She became a starter her junior season, which kicked off a career in which she became a three-time All-City and All-Fiesta Region player. She was also a two-time All-State 5A and All-Section II selection.

She helped lead the Hawks to a 32-3 season as a senior, in which they made a run to the state semifinals. She graduated as one of the top-10 scorers all-time at Highland.

“Playing for coach Webster was obviously a really big deal,” Lucero said. “You knew you were coming into a winning program. You knew you were going to

camp.

Desert Ridge quarterback Austin Kolb went into the Under Armour All-America Camp with the determination to compete and standout amongst some of the top players in his position in the region.

He looked to carry over what was a breakout season as a junior, when he threw for 2,980 yards and 22 touchdowns to lead Desert Ridge to region title and appearance in the quarterfinals of the 6A playoffs.

“It feels good to be recognized for a great season,” Kolb said of the Under Armour camp invitation. “It’s great out here to be competing with the best and it’s an opportunity to see where I’m at.”

Now preparing to enter his senior season, Kolb hopes to continue improving compete for state championships. It was kind of the way we thought about our team and the way we thought of ourselves as individuals.”

As a junior, she started to gain interest from several Division I college programs.

She made a verbal commitment that same year to Loyola Marymount and despite a coaching change shortly after, signed with LMU to continue her basketball career.

Lucero thought of LMU as her dream school. One of several small Jesuit schools in the West Coast Conference, LMU overlooked the Pacific Ocean and had views just to its right of the Hollywood Sign in Los Angeles. But with the breathtaking views came high expectations to succeed both on the court and in the classroom, something Lucero admits she struggled with early on.

“LMU was an amazing experience for me but it was one of my most challenging experiences,” she said. “I felt like my connection with the coaching staff and honestly, my own decisions, were to move on.

At LMU I had to grow, and there was pain in growing.

“I thought if I were to move on, I could experience my own happiness and my own joy and, in a way, come back to me.”

By the time her sophomore season had concluded, Lucero had come to realization that transferring would be beneficial for her mentally. She said she had started acting “out of character,” and felt starting over would help her refocus on not only herself as a basketball player, but also as a person.

Northern Arizona University had been one of the several teams to recruit Lucero

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both at his position and as a leader at Desert Ridge. The Jaguars lost several senior starters to graduation, including Kolb’s top targets Aidan Lee and Andrew Chino.

But he expects others to step up in their absence, and ultimately help lead Desert Ridge to its first championship.

“Winning a state title for Desert Ridge is the number one thing in our mind,” Kolb said.

“We just want to compete with the best.”  Desert Ridge quarterback Austin Kolb hoped to catch the eyes of college coaches on film after competing at the Under Armour AllAmerica Camp Series. (Zach Alvira/Tribune Staff)

out of high school. She took that into account when seeking a transfer destination.

All it took was one visit, along with some family history, for her to make the move from Los Angeles to Flagstaff. Both of Lucero’s parents, Eloy and Kerry, graduated from NAU. “NAU had been on me since Highland.

They were in the stands throughout my entire career. It was a change of scenery with the trees, the mountains, the snow.

When I was transferring, I was set on becoming a physical therapist and NAU has an amazing PT program. I wanted to challenge myself academically.”

While majoring in exercise science, Lucero averaged 15.98 points per game in three years with the NAU women’s basketball team, the fourth-highest average in program history. She also recorded the second-highest free throw percentage in program history by making 81.9 percent of her shots from the line.

After graduating from NAU in 2018, Lucero went on to play professionally overseas in Switzerland. She spent one season there before returning to Arizona where she sought an opportunity to coach.

Now midway through the season at CGCC, Lucero admits both she and the women in her program have grown together. At 25 years old, Lucero admits there were, at times, struggles drawing a fine line between being a coach and a friend, especially given her close proximity in age to the women on the team.

She sought advice from her assistant coaches, Leon Sutton and Montana Walters, both of whom had experience playing and coaching basketball at a high level.

But Lucero admits there have still been plenty of instances this season where she has found herself questioning her own coaching ability.

“I’ve thanked them for being patient with me because I don’t know it all, I’m not going to act like I do,” Lucero said. “It’s been a learning process for me, the other coaches, my players, but I feel like we have started to develop a connection.”

Through all the growing pains from seeing the game from a different perspective, Lucero still says she is amazed at the opportunity she was given to not only teach a group of women the sport she adores, but to also make a difference in their lives.

To her, the wins and losses don’t matter. Sure, she says she enjoys winning, but Lucero has realized that isn’t the most important aspect of the game.

Lucero aims to help make each player on her team both competitive and accountable in everything they do, whether it be on the court, in the classroom or outside of school altogether.

“It’s an incredible blessing and it makes me feel like this is part of a bigger plan,” Lucero said. “It’s not about me, it’s about an opportunity I have to change lives.

Even if you make a tiny difference in one person’s life, that’s something.” 

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or the 56th consecutive year, people will be donning their kilts and tartans next weekend as the Caledonian Society of Phoenix holds the Scottish Games at Steele Indian School Park.

Held 9 a.m.-5 p.m. March 7-8, the games and side events are dedicated to “all things Scottish,” according to Darryl Toupkin, a member of the Phoenix Scottish Pipe Band since 1964 who helped start the Phoenix Scottish Games since 1965.

“We were encouraged by an old piper by the name of Jock Sneddon,” Toupkin explained. “Jock used to visit here in the winter from Nevada to get away from the cold. He took on the training of our pipers and also encouraged competition as a way to improve the quality of the band – sound advice, times have not changed in this manner.”

The Phoenix Scottish Games are pro-

The Ghillie-Dhu Pub Styage is one of several venues at the Phoenix Scottish Games that offer bands, storytelling and other performances reflecting the art of Scotland. (Special to GetOut)

duced by the Caledonian Society of Arizona, the largest Celtic organization in the state, to promote Scottish culture through art, education and athletics.

Funds raised at the event support

scholarships to aspiring and professional Highland athletes, musicians and dancers, and/or other individuals or organizations whose mission, project or program promote Scottish heritage.

“We see theater as not just the show.

It’s the experience. Because we are a freestanding building, it’s very stylized. It feels like something special to walk into,” he said.

Renovation architect Artie A. Vigil III of Phoenix-based AV3 Design Studio said that the project’s vision was that of Dietlein’s.

“Dave’s vision for the theater is to bring Broadway production to Gilbert. With that comes the energy and excitement for families young, old and everyone in between to get an experience that feels authentic, charming and invigorating,” Vigil said.

“The marquee, front courtyard and lobby all are designed as a sequence of experiences that lead up to the show,” Virgil added.

What does it look like inside?

The concession stand has been removed to expand the lobby. Emerald green couches provide seating. The carpet of black, white and gray in a fan design makes a

bold statement. The box office is clearly visible.

The remodeled restrooms feature the black and while hexagonal floor tile popular in the 1920s. Lights, moldings and other decorative elements complete the stylization.

Dietlein created the 350-seat theater-inthe-round in 2003.

The thousands of returning patrons who frequent its musicals The marquee beckons at the newly renovated Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert.

(Srianthi Perera/GetOut Contributor) and dramas appreciate its intimate feel. equipment that will enhance the quality Hence, it wasn’t in the plan to increase of the productions, the owner said. seating inside the theater.

Brian and Julissa Ricks have been atBut the lighting and sound system resee HALE page 30 ceived an overhaul to state-of-the-art

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hose glory days of 1930s Hollywood may have disappeared from California, but a glimpse of them has resurfaced in Gilbert.

The renovated Hale Centre Theatre in downtown Gilbert wears its new look proudly.

The big beige building of last year has given way to Hollywood Regency style with art deco trims and colors.

A huge marquee features video and moving graphics advertising the shows; it leads patrons inside the tall glass doors.

Just don’t expect Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn to be around.

“We want the experience to happen when you walk up,” said Dave Dietlein, Hale owner, who spent years perfecting his musical and drama productions and recently focused on improving the Heritage Square destination.

Toupkin said the two-day event essentially offers five categories of fun activities.

Of course, there are the games, which all are steeped in centuries-old traditions.

They include Caber Toss, Sheaf Toss, Stone Put, Scottish Hammer Throw, Weight over Bar and Weight for Distance, He said people will be “astonished at pageantry of the opening ceremonies of the games,” with the winners going to the world amateur Highland Games championship.

Then there is entertainment and includes a bagpipe competition and a Highland dancing competition as well as other groups performing on the Ghilli Dhu Pub Main Stage.

The Wicked Tinkers will lead a singalong and Stoney Bank and Scott Jeffers are in the lineup of performers. A Dogs in Kilts competition will be held at 3 p.m.

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Besides folklore and music at the Learners Arm and Kiltlifter and Kiltlifter Tap Room stages, people also can enjoy pipe bands performing throughout the park.

Food and beverages include Scottish meat pies. “the best fish ‘n chips in the

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Valley,” four beer gardens, a whiskey tasting tent, scotch and chocolate tastings and a cigar lounge, Toupkin said.

Under the category of family activities are a genealogy tent, representatives from over 56 clans, a chance to don “Highland apparel” for a photo, a vintage British car show, a Highland boutique, vendors and experts who can help people plan a trip

“Any time you do a big change, it’s natural to have doubts about your decisions,” tending Hale’s shows since 2015 and they Dietlein said. “Now that it’s complete, I wouldn’t go back. I’m glad I did it because didn’t stop for the construction.

“Even though we already liked it the way how it functions is so much better now.”

Earlier, Hale’s props were built, and it was, the new renovations just made it scenes and costumes were stored offsite more fabulous,” Julissa said, adding: “The vibe the old building gave was one and the employers were scattered.

“Now it’s very collaborative. We can of a small-town theater, which we loved.

The new renovations make it even more communicate by the hour as one team of a Broadway theater, but still in a small- working toward one goal. It was much more difficult before,” Dietlein said. town feel.”

The construction was difficult as well The Gilbert couple also appreciates the because the theater couldn’t just shut main stage.

“We love that they have kept the main down. The shows went on amidst the stage the same. The stage is what gives it work. When the building’s outsides was a very unique quality of presentations and torn down, it looked like “a combat zone.”

Contractors, whether painting or carintimacy we love,” Julissa added.

While the exterior, lobby and theatre got peting, had to clean the mess and neaten these enhancements, the real winner is up at the end of day because people were coming to a show. backstage.

In the height of summer, the women’s Hale received a 10,000-feet extension, a nearly doubling in size, that made it possi- restrooms were torn up, and they were ble to add its own in-house wardrobe and compelled to use portable toilets outside.

Dietlein had his share of stress, as well, costume department, a 3,200-square-feet dance studio, a 3,000-square-feet prop leading to “lost hair, little sleep and aging.”

“I’m obviously relieved to have it done,” shop, green room, conference room, storage and service yard with a covered load- he said. “I was having to produce all the shows, and work on the construction with ing dock.

The renovation was a large and costly the contractors. It was a lot of work.”

While the main theater area sports the undertaking.

Hollywood Regency aesthetic, the costume shop, dance studio and other areas don’t comply.

“Traditionally, western American cities prior to World War II were architecturally diverse,” Vigil said. “Bisbee, Flagstaff, Prescott, Old Tucson are all great examples of this tradition of fine-grain urbanism.

“Building scales were generally smaller and many buildings were built at various times on a city block. This combination A stunning lobby awaits Hale Theatre patrons when they first enter the renovated venue. (Srianthi Perera/Special to the Tribune). of diversity in architec-

to Scotland.

And then there are activities for kids, who can visit Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster; learn archery and caber tossing, capture prizes in a “duck pond,” learn the Scottish game of golf and check out costumes.

Toupkin said the fifth category is the “fun outing” the games offer.

“There’s lots to do for every age,” he said. “Don’t leave Fido at home because we are pet-friendly.”

Parking is free and veterans and seniors can quality for admission discounts.

“Bring a lawn chair or blanket; Indian Steele Park is lovely,” he said.

Tickets/information: phoenixscottishgames.com. 

ask questions. If it rains or it’s too warm for comfort, people come under the marquee. The new courtyard offers outside seating as well.

“Every town or city needs a legitimate theater in there. We are in the center part and by improving the area and improving the theater, it only betters the expeDave Dietlein, owner of the Hale Centre Theatre in Gilbert, is proud of the results of rience when they an extensive renovation of his Heritage District venue. (Srianthi Perera/Special to come down here,” the Tribune).

Dietlein said. ture and scale creates a very dynamic and Besides, his main focus with the makecharming street-scape,” he added. over was to create a special experience for On this project, each function has been theatergoers. It couldn’t be done if the thedesigned as its own building. ater was in a strip mall or if it was huge.

The theater was intended to stand out “This is a timeless idea,” he said. “We on the streetscape, and its design was stand out differently.” inspired by 1920’s and 1930’s Western To see a show at Hale Centre Theatre, Americana art deco buildings. visit haletheatrearizona.com  The dance studio, office loft building and production building are standalones.

The theater’s new look is having an “off the charts” reaction from people, Dietlein said.

Passers-by are curious enough to stop, open A stunning lobby awaits Hale Theatre patrons when they first enter the renovated the door and venue. (Srianthi Perera/Special to the Tribune).

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Consultant for the following:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified firm or team to act as the Construction Manager at Risk for the following:

i.d.e.a. MUSEUM RENOVATIONS 150 W. Pepper Place

BROADWAY ROAD PHASE 1 – MESA DRIVE TO STAPLEY DRIVE

PROJECT NO. CP0916

PROJECT NO. CP0666

The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Consultant to provide design services for the i.d.e.a. Museum Renovations Project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Construction Manager at Risk (CM@Risk) to provide Pre-Construction Services assistance and complete Construction Services as the CM@Risk for the Broadway Road Phase 1 Project. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The following is a summary of the project. The required tasks will be reviewed with the selected Design Consultant and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the contract scoping.

The following is a summary of the project. The required tasks will be reviewed with the selected CM@Risk and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the contract scoping.

The City of Mesa will renovate the idea Museum to expand gallery space, improve office space, and add new amenities to the facility. Final construction funding will be a combination of bond funding and fund-raising campaigns. Complete scope of work will be determined by the final available funds and will include some combination of the following: relocating the main office space; expanding gallery space; relocating main entrance; adding classrooms, a gift shop, and café; and expanding available outdoor spaces.

Reconstruct Broadway Road from Lesueur to Spur Street. Reconstruct the Stapley Drive intersection with Broadway Road with added right turn lanes on all four approaches. Reconstruction includes full depth pavement reconstruction, new concrete curb and gutter, new concrete sidewalk, new ADA ramps and driveways up to the R/W throughout the corridor. Also install landscape to complete the corridor improvements.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on March 5, 2020, at 8 am, at the Mesa City Plaza Building, 20 E. Main Street, Mesa, Arizona, in Conference Room 501. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees.

Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural-engineering-design-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by March 19, 2020, at 2 pm. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-selfservice).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.

ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk

BETH HUNING City Engineer

New traffic signal equipment on Broadway Road at the intersections of Horne, Solomon, and Stapley Drive. Install streetlights and Intelligent Transportation System equipment throughout the corridor.

Install new underground utilities (water, wastewater, storm drain, gas and electrical power) as designed to upgrade existing mainline and distribution lines within the new roadway construction area.

Underground City of Mesa 12Kv overhead electrical lines from Lesueur to Horne.

The estimated construction cost is $25,000,000 to $30,000,000. The total estimated project cost is $42,000,000.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2020, at 9 am, at the Mesa City Plaza Building, 20 E. Main Street, Mesa, Arizona 85201, in Conference Room 501. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the presubmittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contra ct decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. The RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/construction-manager-at-risk-and-job-order-contracting-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide eight (8) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by March 19, 2020, at 2 pm. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Construction Manager at Risk selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen

City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Mar 1, 8, 2020 / 28869

Published: East Valley Tribune, Feb. 23, Mar 1, 2020 / 28601 / 28903

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Public Notices

Public Notices

CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA

NOTICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT For the Falcon Field Airport Development of Davcon/Mesa Hangar

ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants for the following: CONSULTANT ON-CALL LIST FOR Landscape Architecture The City of Mesa is seeking qualified Consultants to provide design services and/or construction administration services on an on-call basis in the following area/category: Landscape Architecture Services. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

From this solicitation, the Engineering Department will establish a list of on-call consultants for Landscape Architecture Services. This category is further defined below: Design and/or construction administration of projects located within City right-of-way, City-owned buildings and properties, shared-use paths, parks, retention basins, and sporting facilities. Tasks may include design services, cost estimating, value engineering, design concept, site master plan preparation, construction documentation, utility coordination, renderings and graphics to assist in project visualization and public outreach.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, to assure that contract decisions are made in public, and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural-engineering-design-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10 point. Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00 pm on Thursday, March 12, 2020. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name and On-Call Landscape Architecture Services.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-selfservice).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Michele Davila of the Engineering Department at Michele.Davila@mesaaz.gov.

ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Feb. 23, Mar 1, 2020 / 28602 / 28904

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NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has approved a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) for the proposed Davcon/Mesa Hangar project at the Falcon Field Airport (FFZ) in Mesa, AZ. The purpose of this notice is to announce the availability of the documents for review.

The City of Mesa, Arizona, owner and operator of the Falcon Field Airport, has signed a Master Tenant Lease with a private developer who proposes to construct a hangar development area commonly referred to as the Davcon/Mesa Hangar Development. The proposed project would develop approximately 23 acres located in the northwest quadrant of the Airport. The Development would include the construction of aircraft hangars, ancillary office space, and potential aircraft manufacturing space.

The Final EA and FONSI found that the project is consistent with existing environmental policies and objectives as set forth in the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and will not significantly affect the quality of the human environment.

In accordance with current Council on Environmental Quality regulations, copies of the FONSI and Final EA may be viewed electronically at https://www.falconfieldairport.com/ about-us/news-room or viewed at the following locations:

Public Notices CITY OF MESA PUBLIC NOTICE The Mesa City Council will hold a public hearing concerning the following ordinances at the March 16, 2020 City Council meeting beginning at 5:45 p.m. in the Mesa City Council Chambers, 57 East First Street.

1. Repealing Mesa City Code Title 3, Chapter 3 (“Utility Departments”) and replacing it with a new Title 3, Chapter 3 titled “Water Resources, Energy Resources, and Environmental Management & Sustainability Departments.” The new language includes the creation of a Utility Assistance Program, the permitted uses for the utility system revenues, and the permitted transfer of Utility Funds, primarily for Public Safety.

(Citywide) 2. ZON19-00710 (District 6) Within the 7000 to 7600 blocks of East Guadalupe Road (south side) and within the 2800 through 3100 blocks of South Sossaman Road (west side). Located south of Guadalupe Road and west of Sossaman Road. Rezone from NC-PAD to RS-6PAD (6.7± acres); and major modification of an existing PAD (213.7± acres). This request will allow for the development of a single-residence subdivision. Sean Lake, Pew & Lake, PLC, applicant; B & K Land & Investment Co., owner.

DATED at Mesa, Arizona, this 1st day of March 2020.

DEE ANN MICKELSEN, City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune Mar. 1, 2020 / 28893

Falcon Field Airport Administration Office 4800 E. Falcon Drive Mesa, AZ 85215 Mesa City Clerk’s Office Mesa City Plaza 20 E. Main Street, Suite 150 Mesa, AZ 85201

Published: East Valley Tribune, Mar. 1, 2020 / 28786

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FILED 2nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Bernalillo County 1/28/2020 4:10 PM James A. Noel CLERK OF THE COURT Leanne LeCompte STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO Case No. D-202CV-2019-06993 SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT HARRY L. TIPTON, JR., DIANE TIPTON, LARRY BARRERAS, DIANE GUTIERREZ, Plaintiffs, v.

PHILLIP C. WARD, GEORGE A. OCHS and MARGARET I. OCHS, deceased, ALBERT A. OCHS, deceased, DELBERT P. OCHS, deceased, ALVIN G. OCHS, deceased, CAROLYN R. KETTELL, daughter of George and Margaret Ochs, MARILYN WEBB, daughter of George and Margaret Ochs, MELVIN L. OCHS, son of George and Margaret Ochs, DELMER J. OCHS, son of George and Margaret Ochs, and other unknown heirs or persons claiming by and through and under GEORGE OCHS AND MARGARET OCHS, the Unknown Claimants of Interest in the Premises Adverse to Plaintiffs, Defendants. NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF QUIET TITLE SUIT STATE OF NEW MEXICO COUNTY OF BERNALILLO TO: the following named Defendants listed below who have not otherwise disclaimed interest, against whom service is hereby sought to be obtained: The unknown heirs of the following named deceased persons: Estate of Albert A. Ochs Estate of Delbert P. Ochs Estate of Alvin G. Ochs The following named defendants by name, if living; if deceased, their unknown heirs: Carolyn R. Kettell Marilyn Webb Melvin L. Ochs FILED 2nd JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT Bernalillo County 1/28/2020 4:10 PM James A. Noel CLERK OF THE COURT Leanne LeCompte Delmer J. Ochs Other unknown heirs or persons claiming by and through and under George Ochs and Margaret Ochs who may claim a lien, interest or title adverse to the Plaintiffs Pursuant to New Mexico Rules Annotated Rule 1-004(K), you are hereby notified that the above-referenced Plaintiffs have commenced suit against you in the above-captioned case, the general object of which is to quiet the title to a parcel of real property located in Bernalillo County, New Mexico and which are more particularly described as follows: The East Half of the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of the Northwest Quarter of that certain parcel of land lying within the exterior boundaries of the Alameda Grant in Township 11 North, Range 2 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian, Bernalillo County, New Mexico, described as follows: BEGINNING at a point which is common to the South line of Alameda Grant and to the corners of Sections 16 and 17 in Township 11 North, Range 2 East, New Mexico Principal Meridian; running THENCE N0º02′E, a distance of 8545.10 feet to a point; THENCE S89º55′30″W, a distance of 5275.80 feet to the Southeast corner and the True Point of Beginning; THENCE S89º55′30″W, a distance of 5425.28 feet to the Southwest corner; THENCE N0º02′E, a distance of 5280.0 feet to the Northwest corner; THENCE N89º55′30″E, a distance of 5425.28 feet to the Southwest corner; THENCE S0º02′W, a distance of 5280.0 feet to the True Point of Beginning, containing 5.0 acres, more or less, RESERVING, HOWEVER, an appurtenant easement over the North, East, South and West 20.0 feet of said property unto GRANTOR and all persons claiming under it, and unto the general public for road purposes, and reserving said easement unto GRANTOR and all persons claiming under it, for the placement, maintenance and operation of public utilities; Subject to taxes for the current and subsequent years, assessments, easements, restrictions, reservations, Water and Sewer Agreements recorded in Miscellaneous Volume 35 at pages 527 and 559, Building Restrictions, Zoning Regulations and patent reservations of record in the Office of the Clerk of Bernalillo County, New Mexico. You are further notified that unless you enter your appearance in said action on or before March 20, 2020, judgment and decree will be rendered against you by default and the relief requested by Plaintiffs will be granted and decreed. The name and address of Plaintiffs’ attorney is Ian Bezpalko, The Bezpalko Law Firm, P.O. Box 7635, Albuquerque, New Mexico, 87109, telephone number 505-341-9353.

1/29/2020 James A. Noel Clerk of the District Court /s/James A. Noel Deputy Clerk. Published: East Valley Tribune, Feb. 16, 23, Mar 1m 2020 / 28560

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