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CUSD unveils school reopening options

BY KEVIN REAGAN Arizonan Staff Writer

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he Chandler Unified School District has provided a roadmap for how its campuses might operate in a postpandemic environment when classes resume on July 22.

Arizona’s third largest school district has not yet officially decided whether its

42 campuses will reopen again for the fall semester, but the plan released last week offers a glimpse into what students might expect if Chandler Unified allows for in-person instruction.

Some highlights include: • Gyms, cafeterias and other large buildings on the district’s campuses would be rearranged to reduce proximity between pupils.

Chandler proposes new rules for Airbnb rentals

• Students would be instructed to walk directly to their classrooms and not congregate in hallways or outdoor areas.

• School assemblies would likely be prerecorded and broadcast virtually. The presence of parents and other visitors on campus would be minimized.

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he city of Chandler is considering new regulations designed to better track short-term rental properties advertised on home-sharing platforms like Airbnb.

The proposed requirements would obligate owners of Chandler’s short-term rental properties to obtain a state tax license and register the homeowner’s name and contact information with the city.

Homeowners would be obligated to appear at the property within one hour upon request from local law enforcement and short-term rentals would be prohibited from any nonresidential uses, according to a draft of new city codes.

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ments when dealing with a residence that had been turned into a party house.

Residents subsequently began showing up at the legislature and telling lawmakers how their communities were being disrupted by a steady stream of rowdy parties.

One of these disturbances ended up turning deadly last year in Chandler. In June 2019, a 26-year-old man was shot and killed during a party at an Airbnb rental near Ray Road and McClintock Drive.

The shooting came only a few weeks after Ducey signed the legislation that allows cities to amend code regulations for short-term rentals.

“Most short-term rental homeowners are good neighbors,” Ducey said in May 2019. “HB 2672 provides a straight-forward enforceThis unidentified rental owner was one of scores who testiment mechanism to penalize ‘party fied before a legislative committee earlier this year in opposihouse’ operators for not upholding tion of additional state controls. (Special to the Arizonan) existing laws on their properties.”

Though the bill passed through Councilman Matt Orlando. “I don’t think the legislature with bipartisan support, these are onerous, at least in my mind.”

Chandler’s elected representatives were The city will spend the next few weeks split on their support for the new state gathering feedback on the code changes regulations. and will ask the council to authorize Republicans J.D. Mesnard and Jeff them in the fall.

Weninger voted against HB 2672, while The new rules come at a time when the Chandler’s four Democratic lawmakshort-term rental industry is attempting ers – Sean Bowie, Jennifer Pawlik, Mitzi to recover from the chaos that’s been reEpstein, and Jennifer Jermaine – voted in cently caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. favor of the bill.

Reservations made through websites Mesnard, who represents District 17, like Airbnb suddenly started to diminintroduced new legislation this year that ish in March as tourism events started to would have reclassified the tax status of shut down and countries began restrictshort-term rentals as a class 1 property, ing the movement of travelers. which are assessed at a rate of 18 percent.

But Airbnb said it’s begun to rebound But the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly from the economic slump and the webended this year’s legislative session site has started to see bookings return sooner than expected and didn’t give to pre-pandemic levels. Over the last Mesnard’s bill a chance to move through 30 days, the company said Arizona’s occupancy rate for Airbnb properties has the House of Representatives.

State Rep. John Kavanagh, R-Fountain nearly doubled.

Hills, also introduced new legislation The topic of short-term rentals has this year that would have given citbeen a recurring one at the Arizona Legies greater authority to crack down on islature as Airbnb has become increasshort-term rentals. ingly popular in recent years for vacaThat bill failed to earn enough votes tioners seeking alternative options. to pass through the House after some In 2016, Gov. Doug Ducey limited local of Kavanagh’s fellow Republicans joined control over these properties after he some Democrats in opposing more consigned a bill that prohibited cities from trols as a violation of property rights. banning the listing of short-term rentals The city of Chandler expressed supwithin their communities. port for both bills before legislators adAs a result, Valley neighborhoods found journed in May. little recourse from their local govern-

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managed short-term rentals.

House Bill 2672 offered local and state governments more autonomy with how it could penalize short-term rentals that had become a nuisance to surrounding neighbors by becoming a hub for raucous, late-night gatherings.

These so-called “party houses” have earned a negative reputation across the Valley as rental homes that essentially operate as mini, revolving-door motels.

Ryan Peters, Chandler’s governmental relations manager, said cities have been finding it challenging to enforce any type of nuisance code with these rental “because the laws are typically enforced against people and not properties.”

Law enforcement can cite the tenant, he added, but that does little to prevent future disturbances since the rental might have a new occupant the following week.

Chandler’s proposed additions to its city enforcement codes are intended to add another layer of accountability by requiring a registration of all homeowners who rent out their properties for stays lasting less than 30 days.

“It provides us with a tool to address the bad actors,” Peters added.

Chandler currently has nearly 600 short-term rentals listed through Airbnb and VRBO, he said, and at least 100 already have a tax license issued through the Arizona Department of Revenue.

Peters said these 100 tax licenses have generated about $150,000 in revenue over the last two years.

If a homeowner is found to be in violation of the city’s proposed codes, they could be subject to a $500 fine and the Department of Revenue would be notified of the infraction. A homeowner who commits three code violations within a two-year period could be found guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.

The idea is to raise the stakes for homeowners, Peters added, so they have an incentive to discourage their tenants from causing any nuisance problems.

Chandler City Council appears to be in agreement with the proposed code amendments as no member objected to the rules during a discussion on June 8.

Some council members found the new regulations to not be too burdensome on the many short-term rental owners who aren’t a nuisance to their neighborhoods.

“This seems really modest,” said Chandler

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Chandler production company has begun filming a documentary that will profile businesses as they attempt to recover from the recent economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Amoroma Productions, which was founded in 2008, is searching for a number of Arizona-based small businesses to spotlight in a film its calling “The Silver Linings Project.”

Kellie Mendoza, co-owner of the Chandler company, said the film will attempt to capture the stories of local business owners who have spent the last couple months weathering through the pandemic’s chaotic impact.

Layoffs, furloughs and shutdowns have all become commonplace in nearly every business sector since the COVID-19 virus abruptly toppled the state’s economy back in March.

Yet, Mendoza’s production team wants to positively focus on the businesses that have persevered through the storm and hope to make it out alive.

Amoroma Productions in Chandler is collecting video stories of how local businesses have survived the pandemic-related shutdown and recession.

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“With so much ambition, hopes, dreams and legacies, small business owners have such unique stories to tell, and never before have they collectively had such immense hurdles to overcome,” Mendoza said. “We aim to share

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Amoroma is currently accepting submissions from businesses interested in being featured in the documentary.

The producers are seeking businesses from a wide cross-section of industries that have been jolted by the recent health crisis in one way or another.

Some businesses already featured in the project have included an art gallery, barbershop, tourism office and coffee shop.

Businesses that are franchises or publicly-traded companies are not eligible.

“This documentary aims to give small businesses a chance to share their compelling and highly relevant stories on a larger stage, which has often been reserved exclusively for large enterprises with hefty budgets and far-reaching platforms,” Mendoza added.

Arizona’s unemployment rate has skyrocketed to levels not seen since the Great Recession more than a decade ago.

Thousands of claims for unemployment benefits have been filed over the last couple months and more than 270,000 of the state’s jobs have been lost.

Like all other businesses across the state, Amoroma has had to navigate an uncertain landscape as the state’s economy has been hindered by the pandemic.

The company gets its unique name from “amor,” the Spanish word for love – an important element of Amoroma’s overall mission as a company.

The filmmakers say they approach their work from an emotional perspective; creating content and telling stories that connect with audiences by pulling on their heartstrings.

Amoroma strives to create a sense of community through each of its projects, the company said, which is why it made sense for them to give back to its business peers by shining a light on their accomplishments.

“As small business owners ourselves, our mission has always been to give other companies a broader voice and help them connect with important audiences on a deeper level,” Mendoza said.

Amoroma regularly produces marketing content for big, upscale clients like The Phoenician Resort, Gila River Casinos, and the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel.

The “Silver Linings” project takes on a more communal aspect than the company’s other ventures, since it allows any business to potentially have their story told.

This project is intended to capture the resiliency of business owners, Amoroma said, during a time when they’re encountering challenges they’ve probably never seen before.

“The heart of our economy is reflected in thousands of entrepreneurs who pursue the American dream,” Mendoza added.

Amoroma is accepting written and video submissions from businesses until July 17. Those selected to participate will be notified by late July and the film is expected to debut by the end of the year.

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he Arizona Army National Guard’s presence in Chandler ended Tuesday after nearly a week of armored trucks patrolling around areas that officials feared would fall victim to vandals and rioters.

After Scottsdale Fashion Square was vandalized and ransacked by protestors May 30, the Guard began dispatching soldiers out to other communities to prevent similar incidents elsewhere.

Chandler was one of 11 municipalities in Arizona to request the assistance of the National Guard’s 1,000 soldiers after Gov. Doug Ducey issued a weeklong curfew on May 31 in reaction to the Scottsdale riot.

Over the next couple days, Chandler residents started posting pictures online of armored trucks stationed outside movie theaters and Chandler Fashion Center.

“At the Chandler Mall just getting some food for my family,” one spectator wrote

online. “Out of nowhere three police vans, 20 police cars, an armored truck, and four fully-armed National Guard HUMV’s just roll up... What a time to be alive.”

The Guard’s presence reportedly wasn’t confined to the ground, as military aircraft was used to monitor civil protests in Phoenix, Scottsdale, and Chandler.

According to flight data obtained by Arizona Mirror, the guard used its aircraft to fly over protestors who had assembled in downtown Chandler on June 3. The National Guard decided on June 5 to stop using planes to assist local law enforcement.

Maj. Aaron Thacker, a spokesman for the National Guard, said the military aircrafts were not being used to collect information on protestors.

Law enforcement was utilizing the Guard’s planes as a “viewing platform,” Thacker added, to see if anything dangerous was happening on the ground.

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Kyrene plans numerous changes for schools

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor

Kyrene School District last week became one of the first in the state to roll out a fully developed plan for the new school year – and it includes a fulltime digital program that officials believe will attract students from around the state.

Kyrene School District’s plan for the 2020-21 school year anticipates that as many as half the students will continue learning at home while those who do go back to its Chandler and other campuses can expect to spend more time in the same classroom, even for meals.

They won’t have fall break as the district tries to cram more learning before flu season begins and their parents will be asked to run through a virus checklist before sending their kids off to school.

And children who ride school buses won’t be sitting next to a classmate.

They’ll also have to wear a mask, though masks won’t be required on campuses.

Perhaps the most revolutionary aspect of the plan is the Kyrene Digital Academy, which will offer specially trained district teachers with a curriculum developed by the district that mirrors what kids in brick-and-mortar classes learn.

To be eligible for enrollment, families will be required to have internet access, although the district will supply them with a Chrome book that only the student can use – and only for school work.

While Kyrene may try to help in-district families who can’t afford internet service get plugged in, the current requirement for enrollment is that a family have online capability.

Under no circumstances will families living outside the district be helped with internet service if they want to enroll in the Digital Academy.

Board President Michael Myrick said the Digital Academy had the potential of dramatically increasing the district’s enrollment – and, hence, state funding.

“I think what we’re proposing for this distance partner is going to be very attractive to a number of families outside of the country in school district,” Myrick said. “And so I’m predicting we’re going to have – and I hope I’m right – a boom of out-of-district students but in-state resi-

Sessions like this may likely not be held at least for a while on Kyrene campuses. Not only are students in this photo not at social distance, but they are listening to an outside visitor, which won’t be allowed. (Kyrene School District)

dents who choose that model for all the reasons that were outlined.”

Those reasons, said Pueblo Middle School Principal Dr. Kyle Ross, “will distinguish us from other options that are available in Arizona.

They include dedicated teachers who will be with students throughout the year and interacting live with them as well a curriculum that mirrors that taught in classrooms and “not online content purchased from a vendor,” Ross said.

“Students will digitally interact with their teachers and other students and large groups, small groups and one-on-one activities – just as they would on campus using new and updated digital learning resources developed by our Kyrene staff,” Ross said.

“We will be offering all of our core courses, of course, as well as the same lessons and activities for social-emotional learning that our brick-and-mor-

tar students will receive. “In addition, we’ll be offering special areas and electives for students as well as providing services and accommodations for those students who require them – such as special education and gifted.”

The district also has a “flex option” combining distance and brick-and-mortar learning.

Kyrene surveyed parents, asking them to fill out a questionnaire for every child that would be attending district schools.

Over 9,000 responses were received – representing about three-quarters of the district’s 13,000-student population.

The survey showed 55 percent of respondents favored on-campus learning with the rest favoring some kind of online instruction.

Vesely said the emails she received from parents show the wide range of attitudes and expectations among households that in effect require Kyrene and most districts to offer both in-classroom and distance learning.

Parents will be asked next month to commit to one or the other so the district can adequately prepare for both types of learning.

The hybrid system addresses two major concerns facing all school districts.

The first involves older teachers and staff who are at a higher risk of being infected by the coronavirus and may be concerned of exposure in a classroom full of children.

Those teachers will be assigned to conduct lessons virtually.

Moreover, Kyrene can address social distancing in classrooms and buses with considerably less expense.

The district had studied space needs at all its 25 campuses to determine whether libraries and multipurpose rooms would have to be converted into classrooms.

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way,” Vesely said.

That means desks can be kept six feet away from each other without converting rooms into classrooms – something that would have been impossible to achieve anyway, Vesely said, “because we just don’t have enough staff.”

Vesely also said principals at all Kyrene campuses have been plotting out a range of other scheduling issues, from recess to specialty classes, to ensure students and staff are kept as safe as possible.

Containment model for all grades The model that all elementary and middle school students will be adjusting is one of “containment” – meaning kids won’t be going from classroom to classroom for different courses.

Instead will be served by a team of teachers for basic subjects, specialty classes like music and art and electives in middle school.

“We’re going to have kids stay in their own classrooms to try to prevent and eliminate interacting with large groups of kids and adults,” Vesely said, noting that policy has been advocated by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“Adolescents can’t keep their hands off each other,” she said. “They act, after they get out of every class, like they’re seeing long-lost friends. They come and hug.”

Containment also means they will be eating breakfast and lunch at their desks, eliminating another major occasion for possible COVID-19 spread.

“The cafeteria usually has at any given time 100 to 200 children elbow to elbow,” Vesely said. “So we will have both breakfast and lunch available for kids in their classrooms and we’ve been working with our food service provider to make that happen.”

Vesely said social distancing problems are even more challenging in middle school.

“It’s even worse in middle school in terms of kids going from classroom to classroom every 50 minutes,” she explained.

A “rainy day schedule” will be in effect at campuses – meaning “Kids don’t get dropped off and then go to the playground; kids get dropped off and go right to their classroom,” Vesely said.

At the same time, students whose parents keep them at home will be taking the same subjects online.

“Our teachers are working through June to really develop the engagement

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strategies in an online environment for the lessons,” Vesely said. “It will be Kyrene’s own product and it will be K-8.”

As for masks, students will not be required to wear them on campus unless their parents request it.

“Masks are not necessary when you have social distancing,” Vesely said.

Although teachers can wear masks, for some it’s not possible because younger children need to see their teachers’ mouths to learn things like letter and word pronunciations.

However, children will be required to wear masks on buses because those are enclosed spaces.

Recess time with fewer kids

thinking of creative ideas to keep kids active and get them outside.”

Recess and lunch times will be staggered so a teacher can safely take a class outside “and that we don’t have 300 kids on the playground at one time,” Vesely said.

No visitors, parental wellness checks The district has planned other measures to protect children and staff.

“We’re going to have disposable masks available and we’ll have PPE equipment for people like health aides – people who will be seeing people who are potentially ill,” Vesely said.

“We are buying hand sanitizer by the gallons,” she said, adding that students

We will be offering all of our core courses, of “ course, as well as the same lessons and activities

for social-emotional learning that our brick-andmortar students will receive. In addition. We’ll be offering special areas and electives for students as well as providing services and accommodations for those students who require them – such as special education and gifted.

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Students will still go outside for two recess breaks – but they won’t have a chance to catch up with their friends in other classes or grades.

“They’ll go out for recess but only with their group of kids. They won’t go out with all of the first grade, all of second grade, all of third grade,” Vesely said.

“What happens in that model is that you really do contain any contamination or any spread of infection and you limit it,” she continued, adding: “So, if one of those classes was to become infected with COVID-19, we may not have to close the whole school because we have it contained.”

“We want our kids to go outside because being outside is very good for them,” she said.

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will be put through their paces washing their hands frequently.

At the same time, visitors will not be allowed.

“We’re going to be careful and not let other adults onto our campuses,” Vesely said.

“This will be hard as we’re not going to be able to have volunteers. We’re not going to be able to have people from community college working in our schools, at least until things start getting safer and better.”

At the same, the district is providing parents with a wellness checklist not unlike those used in workplaces.

“We’re going to depend upon parents to help us out there,” Vesely said, “and then when the kids get to school, the first thing they’re going to do is go wash their hands because we don’t know what they’ve touched before on their way to school. They will wash their hands in their classroom because we have sinks

in our classrooms.

“But if we have any reason for a child to do a temperature check,” she continued, “of course, we’re going to have health aides and nurses to follow up and check temperatures. But we’re not going to go classroom to classroom and take temperatures.”

As for determining whether children have sustained what some educators have called “learning loss” from the shutdown that climaxed last school year, Vesely said the district routinely starts a new school year with academic assessments.

This year the district also will be giving additional attention to students’ emotional and mental health.

Vesely said the district has been assessing middle school students’ socialemotional health for several years and that it likely will extend those assessments to elementary students as well.

Those assessments help staff identify children who are struggling emotionally, enabling the district to have counselors and parents work together to address any major issues.

The district will also have before- and after-school programs, but they too will follow a containment model “where smaller groups of kids will be with an adult and they’ll stay with that group in those environments,” Vesely explained.

“We’re going to mirror all of our procedures and protocols in the before- and after-school environment,” she said.

And intramural sports likely will be held, although they may not start as early in the school year as they have in the past.

“We’re going to use obviously the guidance of the Arizona Interscholastic Association and focus on sports that can support social distancing,” Vesely said.

While some PTO activities will be curbed by social distancing, Vesely said they’ll still have fundraisers as they do in cooperation with local restaurants.

“We will evaluate whether we can have things like fall festivals and carnivals – things where large groups of people converge on a school,” she said.

“We hope by the beginning of October, we will have a better idea if that can ease up,” she said, noting: “It’s our responsibility to protect our kids but even more so our community and to do what we can to help them minimize the spread.”

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tized on a regular basis.

• Teachers and students would have the option to wear face masks but only staff that regularly interacts with the public would be required to wear them.

• Plexiglas shields are expected to be installed in school offices and CUSD has already ordered 700 cases of hand sanitizer and 2,800 dispensers to be stationed throughout every campus.

• Some elective courses – like choir and band – might have to be discontinued due to an inability to maintain safe distances between students. Singing and wind instruments also have been identified by experts “super spreaders” of COVID-19.

Assistant Superintendent Craig Gilbert said the district’s COVID-19 task force is still reviewing how electives can be safely taught and final decisions have not been made yet.

The details listed in the district’s reopening plan are not permanent, he added, and are subject to change in the coming weeks. “We are continuing to have conversations as we move forward,” Gilbert said.

Parents would feel better about sending their children back to campuses if teachers and staff wore masks, a Chandler Unified survey found.

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Regardless of the plans CUSD is making to protect the health and wellness of its students, some parents have already

expressed a wish to not send their children back to school next month.

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Several Chandler police kneel with peaceful protesters

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ozens of protestors gathered in Chandler June 2 for a peaceful demonstration that ended with city police kneeling alongside activists outside City Hall.

Chandler became the latest city to host protestors outraged at the recent death of George Floyd, an African-American killed on May 25 after a Minnesota police officer knelt down on his neck for several minutes.

Similar to recent demonstrations in Phoenix and Tucson, the protestors in Chandler called for social justice, police accountability, and a basic acknowledgment of the violence committed against Floyd.

Unlike some of the protests in both Phoenix and Scottsdale May 30, however, the Chandler demonstration was peaceful.

“The system is clearly flawed,” said 20-year-old Ashanti Grayer of Chandler, who stood along Arizona Avenue for

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Peaceful protestors gathered at Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard, then marched down to Chandler City Hall on June 2.

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he Chandler Chamber of Commerce is hosting a series of roundtable discussions focused on addressing issues of racial diversity in the workplace.

In the days following numerous “Black Lives Matter” protests around the Valley, the Chamber announced it would be starting a dialogue with local business leaders on how the community can move forward after so much civil unrest.

Chamber President Terri Kimble said her organization is attempting to build unity and embrace diversity by holding conversations that aim to help business leaders progress forward during a period of social discord.

She also said the Chandler Chamber would participate in the U.S. Chamber of Commerce national initiative to address

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inequality of opportunity, including a national town hall June 25 where community and business leaders aim to plan concrete actions that government and the private sector can take through education, criminal justice reform, employment and entrepreneurship.

“Discrimination, injustice and violence allow no place for our business community to grow,” Kimble said. “Our communities are hurting, and we see it as our job to not only help them heal, but also to offer hope.”

The Chamber strives to make Chandler better, Kimble added, and will continue being an agent of change in the future.

“We are committed to doing our part to provide businesses equal access to high quality services no matter their race, religion, economic or ethnic background,” she stated.

The Chamber hosted its first virtual roundtable earlier this month with five African-American leaders of Chandler’s business community.

During the 30-minute video chat, the panelists took turns assessing the country’s current crisis and told Kimble how local businesses can take steps to incorporate more inclusive practices.

Crystal Blackwell, owner of Crystal Clear Results, said the community is at a moment where everyone should practice some restraint by keeping silent and letting others voice their concerns.

“This is a great opportunity for everyone to exercise some deep listening,” Blackwell said.

The young people leading all these recent protests have different expectations when it comes to diversity, Black-

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hours holding a sign stating “Silence is Violence.”

Local officials need to speak out more loudly on these recent incidents of police brutality, Grayer said, and not just implement curfews – referencing Gov. Doug Ducey’s weeklong order to restrict public protests after rioters caused millions of dollars of damage at Scottsdale Fashion Square.

However, a demonstration that drew more than 1,000 protestors to downtown Scottsdale June 7 was peaceful and organizers met with city officials there to discuss various issues.

Ducey called the circumstances of Floyd’s death “tragic and abhorrent.”

But Grayer said she wants to hear more from her elected leaders on what they’ll be doing to ensure not another person unjustly dies at the hands of law enforcement.

She said it was important that protests be held in communities like Chandler because local residents need to see that their neighbors care about this issue.

“I think it’s important to speak out against injustices anywhere that you see them,” Grayer said.

Other protestors tried getting the attention of Chandler residents with signs exhibiting slogans like “Arrest Killer Cops” and “Silence is Compliance.”

Hannah Babington, a recent graduate of Horizon Honors High School, filled her sign with names like Eric Garner and Philando Castile – other black men previously killed by police officers elsewhere in the country.

“There wasn’t enough room on the sign for how many black people were innocently killed by cops,” the Chandler teen said.

Babington said it’s time for the country to make some systematic changes because she doesn’t want the next generation to grow up in this type of environment.

“We’re here to make change and it’s going to happen,” she added.

Several motorists honked their horns as they drove past crowds of demonstrators huddled around the intersection of Arizona Avenue and Chandler Boulevard.

The mass gathering eventually migrated down to City Hall, where protestors took a moment to silently kneel and raise their fists into the air.

At least three officers of the Chandler Police Department took part in the demonstration by kneeling alongside the protestors.

The deaths of George Floyd and Dion Johnson, a Phoenix man fatally shot by a state trooper last month, have reignited demands from some community leaders for Arizona’s police agencies to be more transparent in how they operate.

Chandler Police already has an oversight commission made up of 15 civilians who are tasked with reviewing and

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scrutinizing use-of-force incidents involving the agency’s officers.

Chandler Police Chief Sean Duggan has recently described the video footage of Floyd’s death as “disgusting” and promised that his officers are not taught to use that level of force on civilians.

“That tactic is not something I’ve ever seen condoned or trained in,” the chief said this week in a video posted by the city.

The protestors represented a wide spectrum of the community’s population; young and old, black and white – the crowd’s diversity was particularly memorable for 71-year-old Ahmad Daniels.

The Tempe resident said he was moved to see so many young activists turn out and support causes he’s been fighting for decades.

The Chandler protest is only one of several that Daniels, an African-American, has attended during his lifetime.

He said he has marched for civil rights and protested against wars and feels as if history continues to repeat itself.

“I haven’t seen much change in my 71 years,” Daniels said.

The public has begun to slowly realize that issues raised by the African-American community are not petty, he said, and have been part of a systemic institution of oppression.

“There’s not a chip on our shoulders – there’s a foot on our necks,” he added.

“Those feet have been there for decades.”

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well added, so it will be up to business leaders to listen and make changes.

The recent deaths have reignited a national debate on police accountability that’s been culminating since the Black Lives Matter movement was formed in 2013.

Peaceful protests have erupted in nearly every major city across the city over the last two weeks and even the suburban regions have begun to experience civil unrest among its residents.

Hundreds began assembling in downtown Chandler on June 2, resulting in a series of more demonstrations around City Hall and the Chandler Police Department headquarters in the following days.

Former Chandler-Gilbert Community College Vice President William Crawford, another Chamber panelist, said he was encouraged to see so many young people take an interest in democracy by participating in the protests. It’s now up to all citizens to educate themselves further, he added, on how the justice system operates and search for reforms.

Crawford, who’s also a retired Phoenix police officer, said he understands the challenges of working in law en-

forcement. Yet the job’s difficult nature shouldn’t excuse any type of unprofessional misconduct, he said.

Law enforcement officers are often the most visible component of a community’s justice system, Crawford added, but there are several more layers worth scrutinizing and reexamining during this watershed moment.

“We need to make sure that we are implementing community-policing practices throughout the justice system,” Crawford said.

The Chamber’s panelists recommended businesses undergo initiatives that include training their human resources departments to eliminate any racial bias existing within current hiring practices.

Cindy Banton, founder of AVID Consulting, encouraged local business owners to reach out to their peers and to not be afraid of connecting with others who may appear to be different from them.

“Fear makes this thing ugly,” Banton said. “If we subside the fear, then things will be a lot better.”

The Chamber will be hosting more roundtable discussions June 24, Sept. 23 and Dec. 3. Members can register for the virtual events at chandlerchamber.com.

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ere is the full text of Chandler Chamber of Commerce President/ CEO Terri Kimble’s statement The Chandler Chamber is guided by our mission: To support business and our community by providing vital programs and services that attract and retain business while embracing our diversity. We promote this mission by deepening our long-held commitment to diversity and inclusion and by finding new ways to listen, understand and build unity.

With a country divided by fear, anger and frustration, I believe our commitment to diversity and inclusion has never been more important. Individuals of diverse backgrounds and cultures make Chandler a better place and allow us to serve our diverse business community better.

Discrimination, injustice and violence allow no place for our business community to grow. Our communities are hurt-

ing, and we see it as our job to not only help them heal, but also to offer hope.

As our nation struggles with equality and inclusion issues, the Chandler Chamber will continue to work with community leaders to identify opportunities that will generate lasting change – now and for years to come. We are committed to doing our part to provide businesses equal access to high quality services no matter their race, religion, economic or ethnic background.

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Big ifs confront big rebound for economy here

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rizona and the East Valley will recover from the pandemic-fueled recession and become global economic giants over the next 10 years if business and political leaders invest in infrastructure and education – and strap on their seatbelts for lightning-fast change.

That was the gist of three presentations June 3 to the PHX East Valley Partnership, an influential group of business, education and community leaders.

Holding their annual meeting virtually for the first time to observe social distancing, they heard sobering but upbeat forecasts from Arizona State University President Michael Crow, Greater Phoenix Economic Council President/CEO Chris Camacho and Dennis Hoffman of ASU’s W.P. Carey School of Business.

While Camacho and Hoffman – economist/director of the Carey School’s L. William Seidman Research Institute – provided analyses of how quickly the state and region might rebound from the recession, Crow starkly outlined the challenge ahead.

“What’s going to happen in the future is all things are going to accelerate – technological change, economic change, social change, cultural change, biological change. They’re all going to be accelerated,” Crow said.

“What that means, then, is that if you want to win economically, if you want to be competitive going forward, your agility is going to be really, really important.”

All three speakers stressed that an educated, nimble workforce – coupled with a huge investment in transportation and hitech infrastructure – are critical to a durable and vibrant post-pandemic rebuilding of the regional and state economy.

“The agility of your workforce will be even more important; for them to adapt to technological change, even more important; your ability to deal with disruption, even more important; your ability to be resilient, even more important,” Crow said.

“And if you aren’t those things and if you’re not a part of building businesses that do that, prepare for that and make that happen, you won’t be in the front wave of economic opportunity or in the front wave of economic growth,” he added.

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To illustrate the need for “highly agile, highly adaptable, technologically sophisticated” businesses and institutions, Crow suggested how Arizona could have responded to COVID-19 if it had been better prepared.

“If we had high-speed internet connectivity to every home, we could have found ways to take economic advantage of that,” he said.

“We could have accelerated educational outcomes across the entire population,” Crow continued.

He cited a group of ASU students who built a network of 3D printers to produce personal protective equipment for anyone who needed it, adding: “If you can do that, then you could build a completely distributed manufacturing network across the entirety of Arizona.

“You could be a part of new, advanced manufacturing with people running small shops in their homes. You could be involved in all kinds of distributed manufacturing, distributed systems, distributed everything, distributed commerce.”

“That doesn’t take away from core businesses or core opportunities or restaurants, clubs or shops or businesses or stores because you’re driving up the economy,” Crow said.

Camacho said that as the market reopens, “we’re all paying attention to consumer confidence” and that “as a consumer-driven economy, we need people to spend money.”

That is especially important, he said, because the 114,000 small businesses in Arizona employ over a million people, warning some cities are “expecting worse conditions than they’ve actually experienced thus far.”

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Camacho spotlighted several emerging trends – some encouraging and some troubling.

He said manufacturing, financial services and professional services “may have a shorter recovery term” while transportation and airports will continue to struggle.

If there is no significant COVID-19 spread, however, “we do believe greater Phoenix and the East Valley in particular are going to fare very well in this next de-

cade.”

He said his organization’s conversations with 1,000 large companies indicate “a massive redistribution of headcount” that will benefit regions offering “modern infrastructure, high-quality labor pools... and more affordable quality-of-life amenities and housing” as well as transportation access to top markets.

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Chandler modifies pension payoff plan

BY KEVIN REAGAN Staff Writer

through the years,” she added.

Chandler is in the same troubling predicament as most every other Arizona municipality when it comes to ensuring the future pension benefits of its cops and firefighters.

A shortfall in the statewide pension trust fund has been raising annual contributions paid by individual cities – limiting some from being able to hire and recruit additional public safety staff.

For example, Phoenix’s pension liability is estimated to have topped $4 billion.

Chandler’s contribution rate has more than doubled from the $9 million it paid in 2015 to the $20 million the city paid this year.

“It’s significantly grown over that period of time,” Lang said, “and this is the area we really need to make a difference.”

Arizona’s Public Safety Pension Retirement System had been fully funding benefits up until the early 2000s, but a series of unwise investment decisions made by the system’s Board resulted in cities getting saddled with a bigger financial debt.

In 2017, the Pew Charitable Trusts ranked PSPRS as the third-worst performing government trust fund in the country.

PSPRS representatives have said it has taken measures to better diversify the fund’s portfolio and ensure greater returns on investments.

Yet, cities like Chandler are still dealing with a pension fund that’s 60-percent funded.

If a city continues to operate without fully funding its pension balance, then it risks creating intergenerational inequities among taxpayers and city employees.

The pension benefits and costs could be different for a cop hired in 2020 than their predecessors because the city’s funding liability had not been paid off.

As a result of this conundrum, nearly every municipality across Arizona has spent the last decade grappling with the financial demands of fully funding its pension liabilities. The state legislature passed a bill in 2018 that requires every city to come up with plan to resolve its debt.

A few years ago, Chandler decided it would attempt to fully fund its pensions several years earlier than other municipalities, in part, by overpaying each year into the system.

The city overpaid $2.5 million in 2017, $5 million in 2018, and $25 million last year.

Chandler expects to make an addition-

al payment of $15 million during the upcoming fiscal year – which could be delayed if the COVID-19 pandemic winds up hurting the city’s finances greater than expected.

If the city didn’t overpay each year, Lang said Chandler could still have an unfunded liability of about $20 million by 2036.

“The more you can pay now, the better we’re going to be in the long-run,” she said.

Lang said a new actuary brought on by the PSPRS Board this past year has made some corrections to the system’s estimations and calculations.

Because of these recent changes, Lang said the city has gotten a more accurate financial picture of what its pension liabilities will look like over the next 20 years.

It quickly became obvious that Chandler wouldn’t be able to achieve 100-percent funding by 2027, she said, prompting a need to revise the city’s original plan.

Chandler’s current unfunded liability is still not nearly as high as the city’s surrounding neighbors.

The most current numbers show Mesa having an unfunded pension debt valued at $654 million, Tempe’s was $319 million, and Glendale’s was $272 million.

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to contain the pandemic, “companies in those markets are really trying to grasp what this remote-worker model is going to look like in the future.”

That means Silicon Valley companies in the future could employ East Valley workers without the need to relocate them to California, he said.

Still, Camacho said, the pandemic has created uncertainty in the Valley’s office market.

“They’re still uncertain as to whether you’re going to see mass subleases coming on the market,” he said, saying it’s unclear if companies will need less space because more people will work remotely or if they will need more space because of social distancing.

“I do believe this pandemic has really matured the mindset of corporate America,” Camacho said, “and we just need to maintain our very judicious approach of how we’re making intentional investments in the right areas while we’re main-

taining a pro-business approach on taxes and the regular office environment.”

Hoffman outlined how a greater emphasis on education in Arizona in the last 20 years has generated 250,000 more college and university graduates than there would have been if the state had not radically broken from a century of looking at higher education as a luxury for the privileged.

By making higher education more accessible to more high school graduates, he said, the state has yielded an estimated $26 billion in spending power it otherwise would have never seen.

He also echoed Camacho: “Chris talked about the fact that people in Silicon Valley are going to be working remotely. So why not live in the East Valley and work for a Silicon Valley firm? Some of you out there want their businesses to move here. They will. If we attract, create and retain young and talented wage workers, businesses will continue to show up on our doorstep.”

Crow noted that ASU distributed 17,000 degrees last month – a record – and said the university will be working on a hybrid approach in the fall semester that will enable students to return to safer, redesigned campuses but also enable them to tap into classes online.

And he also delivered a sobering reminder to his virtual audience: “The virus is a thing that comes along with an eight-billion-person planet.

The virus comes along with complexity.

These kinds of viruses have been predicted for some time. There’s been several that haven’t had the kind of impact that this one has had. This is the next one, not the last one.”

“Our reaction to all of this was pretty much the result of really poor planning, really poor understanding, a really poor grasp on what a global pandemic could be.”

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he City of Chandler has extended the amount of time it expects to fully fund its pension liabilities for police officers and firefighters.

Chandler had expected to pay off its $180-million liability for the future pension benefits of its public safety personnel by 2027.

But that goal no longer appears to be financially viable, according to Dawn Lang, the city’s management services director, because it could jeopardize the city’s spending capacity.

“We would deplete our General Fund one-time dollars,” she explained.

On May 28, the Chandler City Council approved a revision to the city’s pension plan that puts off fully funding the debt until 2036 – the same year several other cities have set as their deadline for resolving their respective pension deficits.

This new plan could end up saving Chandler more than $100 million over the next couple decades, Lang said.

“We feel it is a very financially-prudent plan that leads to additional savings

He foresees Phoenix, Southern California and northern Mexico forming a new “America’s triangle” that will become a major global economic force.

“Labor and modern infrastructure are going to be the two key differentiators in this next wave of corporate growth,” he said.

That means, he said, “we must maintain a pro-business approach to how we invest in education, how we modernize our tax code” since Arizona’s “lack of natural disasters” already has many companies looking in the state’s direction.

“I don’t think there’s a better market in the United States with all of these key pieces, these key ingredients that will allow us to compete,” Camacho said.

“We have to unequivocally continue to invest in modern infrastructure, but also continue to invest in” the education system, he said.

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Police Academy Association’s raffle basket a win-win ARIZONAN NEWS STAFF

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he Citizens Police Academy Association of Chandler made a local man happy and helped raise money for a worthy cause recently.

It presented a basket with $1,200 worth of coupons for a Sedona getaway to Nathan Zdilla of Chandler.

CPAAC comprises alumni from the Chandler Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy class who want to give back to the Chandler Police Department and act as goodwill ambassadors to the community.

“I’d just like to say thank you very much,” Zdilla says. “All the time and dedication you give to the police department is very much appreciated.”

Zdilla purchased the winning ticket at a recent annual Chandler Public Safety Fair, a partnership between Chandler police and fire departments.

A former Chandler police cadet studying for an emergency management degree through Northern Arizona University online, Zdilla is working full-time for Chandler Police as a police investigative specialist.

“I’ll be investigating incidents where no suspect is on scene, such as burglaries, fender-bender accidents without injuries, whenever there is a police report requested,” Zdilla explained.

CPAAC members Linda Goth and Lorraine Bacuita gathered the donated items for three nights of lodging at Elements Hotel, food and activities in Sedona.

The items included gift certificates to Renee’s, Secret Garden, Mesa Grill and more. There was a donated round of golf

from Oak Creek Golf, a glass-blowing tour and flower-making session from The Melting Point, a coffee press, coffee donated by Starbucks at Queen Creek and Alma School in Chandler and other goodies.

The basket was a fundraiser for CPAAC to support the nonprofit’s activities.

“We are pleased with the fundraiser, and I believe the community learned more about who we are and what we do to assist the Chandler Police Department,” said Aaron Tippetts, CPAAC president and a member of CPAAC since its inception.

“We appreciate all the vendors who donated to the gift basket.”

CPAAC is a volunteer organization that supports the mission of the Chandler Police Department and the Citizens Police Academy class sponsored by CPD. CPAAC members remain engaged and receive ongoing informational updates, spread the word about Chandler Police Department’s community services, participate in community activities, provide occasional volunteer support to Chandler Police Department and more.

CPAAC normally meets monthly at the Main Police Station with guest speakers related to law enforcement, future service projects, fundraising opportunities and networking. Dues are $20 annually.

Membership in CPAAC requires completing Chandler Police Department’s Citizens Police Academy, which is offered twice yearly at no cost to attendees. Full details are available by visiting cpaac.org/members.

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they don’t intend to have their child physically return to school. Another 27 percent said they were undecided and the remaining 65 percent plan to send their children back.

Several parents indicated they probably wouldn’t send their child back if CUSD schools were to restrict or eliminate extracurricular activities.

When asked if cutting sports and club activities would impact the parent’s choice, 52 percent of the survey’s respondents said they were “less likely” to have their child return.

The reopening plan calls for recess activities that can be done independently – like an obstacle course. After-school clubs would be restricted to only those that allow for social distancing between students under the district’s plan.

Parents appeared to favor implementing protocols that called for regularly monitoring students and staff for symptoms of the COVID-19 virus. Sixty-one percent of survey respondents were “more likely” to send their child back to school if CUSD conducted daily temperature checks on its employees.

The survey further showed 34 percent of respondents prefer having their child learn through a hybrid model of instruction, which would allow for both virtual and in-person teaching.

Chandler Unified’s reopening plan offers a blueprint for how it could potentially offer hybrid model that had students attending school in-person a couple days per week.

Schools would operate on a rotational schedule; one group of students attends school on Monday and Thursday, then another group attends Tuesday and Friday.

Some district leaders worry how this hybrid schedule could inadvertently create extra work for Chandler’s teachers.

Lara Bruner, a member of the CUSD Governing Board and a teacher at Mountain Pointe High School, pointed out that teachers would have a limited number of hours during the week to juggle both classroom and online assignments.

“When will teachers have time to create online curriculum in addition to preparing for in-person instruction?” Bruner asked at last week’s board meeting.

Sara Wyffels, a Spanish teacher at Chandler High School, is also concerned about the workload of her colleagues.

Chandler Unified parents would feel less inclined to send their kids to school if no extracurriculars were offered, according to a district survey.

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Teachers will need time to thoroughly prepare for a format that asks them provide instruction in two different modes, she said, noting, “There’s a concern of possibly teachers getting overloaded with a combination of virtual learning and in-person learning. I think that could burn a lot of people out.”

Wyffels was part of a committee that helped the state Department of Education draft its guidelines for reopening Arizona’s schools.

The state guidelines were intentionally designed to allow individual districts to determine what works best for their community, she said. Whatever decision Chandler Unified decides to make, Wyffels hopes it will take into account the input given by the district’s teachers.

When Chandler was forced to close its schools in March, Wyffels said it was stressful trying to quickly transfer curriculum over to an online format.

“It was exhausting trying to keep up,” she added. “We basically had one week to sort of get everybody on board. It was really hard.”

One issue the district has with its hybrid-teaching scenario involves uncertainty surrounding the state’s funding formula.

Craig Gilbert said Arizona’s current rules don’t account for a split-model of education. If students were to learn remotely online a couple days per week, he said, it’s not clear whether the state will pay CUSD for teaching them on those days.

“In order to get funding from the state, students have to be attending the brickand-mortar school or an approved online (program) in order for the district to be funded,” Gilbert added.

Morgan Dick, a spokesperson for the Arizona Department of Education, said school districts shouldn’t see their funding levels change in a hybrid format if they already have an online program approved by the state.

The Arizona Board of Education must review and approve a district’s online program before it can be offered to students. CUSD is authorized to provide online programming for grades 5-12 and has recently applied to expand its program for all grade levels.

Any funding formula changes would be contingent upon legislative action, Dick added, and the Department of Education is advocating for the state to be flexible in the upcoming the school year with it how disperses funding.

That could be one of the issues the Legislature might address if the governor calls a special session to focus only on virus-related matters. So far, the governor has not indicated if and when he might call a session. The Legislature ended its session early because of the pandemic.

The district’s reopening plan further offers some guidance on how schools might function entirely online.

Schools would develop a “master schedule” to block out when teachers are expected to teach, plan, grade, and hold office hours.

The CUSD Counseling and Services would offer live video calls with students and create a crisis-response team to respond virtually to emergencies.

Superintendent Camille Casteel said she hopes students can return to campus soon and regain a sense of normalcy.

She highlighted how more than 60 percent of CUSD families have reported concerns they have about the socialemotional health of their children.

That’s why it’s important to offer some face-to-face interaction for the district’s students, the superintendent said, because CUSD wants them to feel secure about the world again after so much recent turmoil.

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Poll links virus fears to political affiliation

hospitals remain under an executive order banning them from doing elective surgery.

He acknowledged that hospitals have been conducting non-essential surgeries since the governor modified his directive in April.

But Ptak said that permission always has been under the condition of being able to show not only bed capacity but also sufficient supplies of equipment like masks, gowns and gloves.

And he said it is up to each hospital to curb elective procedures when they cannot meet the conditions.

There were 1,274 of those beds in use by people with a positive or suspected COVID-19 diagnosis, the second highest

figure since records were released.

ICU bed use by coronavirus patients at 413, with a record 846 patients seen in emergency rooms.

Overall, the health department reported another 1,556 new cases, bringing the statewide total to 29,582. There also were 25 deaths, putting the tally at 1,095.

Noble said the key to the partisan divide may be the messaging that comes from leaders of both parties.

“For example, when you’re talking about the whole ‘fake news’ thing, when you’re looking among Republicans they’re the ones that probably believe that the most ,’’ he said.

“Well, who’s talking about that?’’ Noble continued. “Trump. And he’s got a

massive megaphone.’’

He said this partisan divide on COVID-19 is not just here in Arizona.

Overall, Noble said, it has largely been the states with Democratic leaders that have imposed the greatest restrictions in efforts to curb the spread of the virus. By contrast, he said, states led by Republicans also are “health conscious, but, hey, we need to get the economy back on track.’’

Noble conducted the survey of 600 likely voters last week, about two weeks after Gov. Doug Ducey dissolved his stayat-home order and lifted closures for most businesses, albeit with recommendations on things like social distancing.

But even at that point, he found that 49 percent of those asked still believed the state is acting too quickly in removing restrictions, versus 34 percent who contend the state is moving too slowly and is risking hurting the economy.

Yet 19 percent of those questioned strongly approve of how Ducey is handling the COVID-19 situation, with another 40 percent saying they somewhat approve.

Noble said that may change when he does his next survey the first week of July. He pointed out there has been extensive publicity in the past week about a spike in the number of cases as well as a sharp increase in people hospitalized.

The survey consists of about 40 percent live calls and 60 percent automated responses and is considered to have a margin of error of 4.0 percent.

Guard officially stopped providing assistance to the agency on June 9.

There was no specific incident that prompted the city to request the Guard’s assistance in Chandler, the agency said.

But Chandler had reportedly been targeted by online agitators as a possible site for more looting and vandalism.

Shortly after the Scottsdale riots, social media threats had begun circulating online that called for the vandalism and destruction of the Valley’s other shopping centers – including the Chandler Mall.

Windows and doors were quickly boarded up around the Chandler Fashion Center in the following days and the Guard dispatched a number of armored

vehicles to patrol the mall’s parking lots.

Thacker said the Guard’s soldiers weren’t instructed to conduct law enforcement activities and they had no authority to arrest citizens.

“We were not on the ‘front lines’ dealing with the community but, rather, were more commonly at locations that required a presence,” Thacker said, “which freed up law enforcement to provide support to the protests.”

The Guard’s activities varied depending on the needs of each community, Thacker added, and were based on what was requested from the individual city.

Other cities that requested the National Guard’s assistance include Flagstaff,

Glendale, Goodyear, Kingman, Phoenix, Prescott, Scottsdale, Tempe, Show Low and Queen Creek.

Several leaders of these cities have said they sought the Guard’s assistance to ensure the public could safely hold civil protests.

Mayor Kevin Hartke has recently expressed support for the community’s ability to stage peaceful protests and thanked law enforcement for being able to safely manage the demonstrations.

“I stand with the peaceful protesters and our diverse residents, leaders, educators, business community and those who have poured their hearts and souls into this City,” the mayor said on June 5.

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ow scared Arizonans are of COVID-19 could depend on their political affiliation.

A new statewide poll finds that just 32 percent of people who identify as Republicans say they are at least moderately concerned about the spread of the coronavirus in Arizona. That’s down a full 10 points from the same time last month and is 23 points less when concerns hit their peak in April.

By contrast, 85 percent of Democrats say they are extremely or moderately concerned about how the virus is spreading in the state.

And what’s more significant is that figure actually is three points higher than in April.

Pollster Mike Noble of OH Predictive Insights said the numbers highlight what has become an increasingly partisan view of the risk of a disease that he said does not discriminate based on race, religious and party lines.

Yet, he said, it shows the kind of political polarization that appears to be surfacing on many other issues.

The survey comes as state health officials said Wednesday there were 6,369 in-patient hospital beds in use, whether

by COVID-19 patients or others. That amounts to a record 83 percent, the highest level since the pandemic began.

Ducey's press aide Patrick Ptak said

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Chandler is one of several East Valley communities that have seen protests over the recent deaths of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Dion Johnson in Phoenix – two African-American men who died at the hands of law enforcement.

Chandler’s protests have remained relatively peaceful with no reports of demonstrators getting arrested or stores being looted. Some Chandler police officers have even participated in some of the protests by marching and kneeling alongside demonstrators.

Chandler Police said the National

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wo Chandler sisters are attempting to give away hundreds of pairs of sunglasses to nurses and doctors working on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Nicolette Krienert, a Hamilton High School student, and her sister Taylor, a Bogle Junior High student, have spent these last few weeks forming a business that sells a variety of stylish sunglasses.

After their schools closed back in March, the Krienert sisters decided to spend their spare time founding We Give a Shade, an online venture that sells a palette of sunglasses.

The shades range in price from $10 to

Chandler sisters Nicolette and Taylor Krienert have a business, We Give A Shade, that sells sunglasses. They recently donated 1,000 to healthcare workers in Arizona and two other states. (Special to the Arizonan)

$15 and each style has its own name.

The “Lucas” sunglasses have a sleek, retro design that’s reminiscent of a bygone era. The “Blair” glasses suggest a luxurious, exotic look with its leopard pattern printed around the rims.

And the “Jackie” model has big, ovalshaped shades that easily hide the eyes of their wearer – similar to the glasses worn famously by Jackie Kennedy Onassis.

The Krienert sisters said sunglasses seemed like the perfect product to start selling in the summer, as more Arizonans look for protection from the hot sun.

“We decided to sell sunglasses instead of another product because it is some-

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Former Chandler councilwoman launches a podcasting career

BY JANELLE MOLONY Contributor

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ormer Chandler Vice-Mayor Nora Ellen has officially declared her retirement from politics to pursue a new career path in podcasting.

Her show, titled Women Starting Over, features women who have overcome major financial setbacks and achieved success.

“It’s intended to encourage an entrepreneurial spirit,” said Ellen, the mother of state Sen. J.D. Mesnard, a Republican and longtime lawmaker who represents south Chandler and a portion of western Gilbert.

“I want all women to know they can be empowered when it comes to income, money and finances, no matter what their current situation is,” Ellen said.

“Just turn it around.”

Even before her withdrawal from the 2020 re-election – in which she initially had intended a second run at one of two House seats in Legislative District 17 –

Former Chandler Vice Mayor Nora Ellen is dropping a political career, at least for now, and embarking on a unique podcast career. (Special to the Arizonan)

Ellen began recording success story interviews with women from around the country in a local studio.

She admits, there are several types of “starting over” that her guests touch on, including marriage and divorce, career

changes, relocations, and even re-defining one’s social sphere due to a serious life change.

There are women in a corporate job who want to launch their own business.

For others, starting over was not by their own choice.”

Some of the women interviewed found themselves asking: “How did I get here?”

“What do I do to begin?” and “Why didn’t I do something sooner?”

Ellen can relate to her guests because she’s been through a gamut of life changes where she’s had to learn to regroup instead of rebound.

“When you’re starting over doing something else, you have to become someone else. It’s uncomfortable!” she explained. “If not, you’ll end up in the same place you were before.”

Her first episode launched on Apple Podcasts in March with a warm welcome to her inaugural audience.

The stories shared are positive and up-

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lifting, but have nothing to do with her political past.

This venture is yet another example of how the award-winning Realtor-turnedcouncilwoman has “started over” herself.

Wishing she had a show like Women Starting Over when she went through a divorce, she said she would have appreciated a guide to affirm her strengths and encourage her to develop them into a financial asset.

Ellen said her biggest learning curve as a new podcaster in her sixties has been to navigate the technology required to record, edit and process the audio files.

“It’s easy for me to connect with women and give them hope, encouragement, and inspiration. I want them to hear ‘If she can do it, so can I.’” But to reach a broad audience, she’ll

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need to become more savvier to Twitter and Instagram.

Due to the impact of COVID-19 and the closure of studios, Ellen had to outfit a quiet space in her home to continue recording.

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lationships,” she added, but hers will hinge on the financial factors involved in the individual’s stories.

Women are driven both into and out of relationships due to matters of financial security and a couple’s spending or in-

I want all women to know they can be “ empowered when it comes to income, money and

finances, no matter what their current situation is, Just turn it around.

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As for her competition in this field, Ellen said, “I haven’t found anybody who is empowering women who have had to start over, like I am.”

Other shows are “usually about re-

– Nora Ellen

vesting habits.

Ellen’s desire is to shine a light on finding financial freedom whether the woman is in a relationship or not.

New episodes of Women Starting Over

are being released each Wednesday.

Ellen is also writing a book by the same title which will expand on the conversations heard on the podcast. Each podcast guest she interviews has a different backstory or direction they have taken, but “the book is more step-bystep, instead of a sound byte, and it’ll be more geared towards the individual reading the material.”

Ellen remains open on whether she will ever run again for a position in local or state government.

But she added that she is quite satisfied with her current endeavor and the time it allows for her to enjoy being a grandmother.

Nevertheless, she’ll still be vying for listener “votes” and ratings on her new platform. Those who are interested in participating in a guest interview can reach Nora at Nora@NoraEllen.com.

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thing that they will be able to keep and use every day rather than just keeping it at home,” Nicolette said.

But the intention of starting of the business was not just to make some extra money.

The sisters were looking for a way to give back to the community during a tumultuous time when the COVID-19 pandemic had put a strain on health care workers.

“The concept of this business is to give back to the front-line workers and other people who are still working everyday to save lives and help others,” Nicolette said, “and give them something positive after their hard days at work.”

The sisters claim to have donated up to 1,000 pairs of sunglasses to health care workers in Arizona, Iowa, and Michigan.

The medical team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center reported getting a shipment of 100 pairs of sunglasses from the Krienert sisters.

The ultimate goal is to sell up to 4,000 pairs and give away 2,000 to nurses, doctors and firefighters.

The sisters said they most enjoy receiving pictures of nurses donning the

The concept of this “ business is to give back

sunglasses while walking through the hallways of their hospital.

It’s great to see some joy on their faces, the sisters said, at a moment that must be particularly stressful and challenging for them.

Entrepreneurship appears to run in the Krienert family, since the girls’ mother started her own business a couple years ago by selling t-shirts online.

Jennifer Krienert founded Rock Your Different after a benign tumor was detected in the eye of her youngest child.

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The condition required Krienert’s son to wear an eye patch – motivating her to come up with a clothing line that embraced a message of diversity and inclusion.

“I don’t want kids to be ashamed because they’re different,” Jennifer said in 2017. “The mama bear came out with this. I don’t want anyone to make fun of them because they’re different.

Like her daughters, Krienert gave a portion of her proceeds back to the community by making donations to Phoenix

to the front-line workers and other people who are still working everyday to save lives and help others, and give them something positive after their hard days at work.

”

– Nicolette Krienert

Children’s Hospital.

The Krienert sisters said their parents inspired them to pursue their own business ventures and hope We Give a Shade could lead to more entrepreneurial opportunities in the near future.

“We hope We Give a Shade will continue to grow so we can give away more sunglasses and keep putting smiles on people’s faces,” Nicolette said.

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Stillery still plans for downtown debut

BY DENA ROCHE Contributor

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s restaurants reemerge from their pandemic half-life, Chandler residents can still look forward to Nashville’s hottest restaurant and live music venue, The Stillery, opening in the New Square development in downtown Chandler.

Despite the hardships being felt by the restaurant industry and the overall economic downturn, The Stillery is still on track to open by November.

The Stillery is the brainchild of husband and wife serial entrepreneurs Steve and Alane Kovach, Chandler residents for the last 30 years. They have two Stillery locations in Nashville.

They also own a local construction company and are co-owners of the popular The Living Room restaurants and ChOP Steakhouse in Chandler.

The 5,800-square-foot Stillery will become the largest live music venue in Chandler when it debuts.

Some of Nashville’s top performers will bring a wide variety of musical styles to the stage every Thursday-Saturday, with no additional cover charge for the entertainment.

According to Steve Kovach, The Stillery is actually going to be able to bring in even bigger name acts ready to debut new tracks after the COVID-19 crisis.

The Stillery is known for its fromscratch kitchen serving elevated comfort food and a wide variety of southernstyle mason jar cocktails and local craft beers.

The same menu is planned for Chandler, swapping Arizona brews for the Nashville suds.

During the current shutdown, The Stillery has kept one of its restaurants in Nashville open to provide take-out on weekends and has kept all of its managers on the payroll.

The Stillery restaurants in Nashville have drawn raves for their food, and inventive presentation.

(Special to the Arizonan)

We recently sat down with the Kovachs to learn more about The Stillery’s debut in Chandler.

Q. You have deep roots in Arizona, why did you launch The Stillery in Nashville and not in Arizona?

A. We did a construction project in Nashville and found at that time there wasn’t a strong culinary scene downtown and we saw an opportunity. We had gotten into restaurants about 10 years ago as a passion project because we are foodies and believed we could fill a void in the Nashville market.

Q. The Stillery opened in 2015 in Nashville and launched a second location there in 2017. What made you decide to bring it to your hometown?

A. Our friends from here who had been to The Stillery in Nashville kept beg-

ging us to open a location here. There really isn’t anything like it in the Southeast Valley and when our business partner Spike Lawrence began developing New Square it seemed like the ideal time and location.

Q. What has made The Stillery a success in Nashville that we can expect here?

A. We have excellent chefs, we make everything from scratch, from our cheese to our sauces, and we have outstanding cocktails. But more than all that, we have a stellar team. We will replicate the menu and find the same quality staff for our Chandler location that we’ve been lucky enough to find in Nashville.

Q. What kind of music will you have?

A. Coming from Nashville people expect

it to be country, and we will have that, but we will also feature other styles.

Our focus is on bringing the top singer songwriters from Nashville to Arizona.

Q. What is your signature dish and signature mason jar cocktail?

A. Our Hot Chicken Pizza is the house favorite. This special type of fried chicken is unique to Nashville. We use it, white sauce, cheddar, mozzarella and bacon to top a ranch crust pizza.

Our most popular Mason jar libation is the Stillery Sour featuring American bourbon, blackberry jam and sour.

The Stillery is slated to open this fall in the New Square development at Arizona Avenue and Chicago Street. Job interviews are expected to start after Labor Day. The restaurant will be open for lunch, dinner and weekend brunch.

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Rangers’ Woodward focuses on outreach in Arizona

BY COLE BAILEY Cronkite News

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he 2019 season was Chris Woodward’s first as manager of the Texas Rangers, but his leadership style was years in the making.

He was looking forward to employing more of those lessons in his second season – before Major League Baseball shut down due to COVID-19. He and his wife, Erin, a nurse practitioner who has worked at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa, are staying home in Chandler.

“With my wife being a health care worker, it’s obviously important,” Woodward told reporters during a conference call recently. “Regardless of that, we’re just trying to help as much as we can. We have a lot of family, friends, and people that are really struggling right now in the world, in our communities – in Arizona where we live, and also in Texas – we know people are really struggling through this whole situation. We’re just doing anything we can to help in any way possible.”

And although he misses baseball, he understands why the season was put on hold.

“It is tough, but the good thing is we have a lot of time,” Woodward said. “My mind is always going back and forth, trying to stay informed with the latest is with the virus, how it’s spreading, and trying to keep our family safe. But I try to communicate with our guys everyday – at least half the team or a third of the team and staff everyday. I reach out to let them know I’m thinking about them, see how they’re doing, see what they’re doing to stay safe. Then obviously on the baseball side, to make sure they’re trying to stay as ready as possible.”

He feels ready.

Before his coaching career began in 2013, Woodward played in parts of 12 major league seasons with six franchises. He saw managers and coaches come and go, including Hall of Famer Bobby

Texas Rangers manager Chris Woodward is staying at his Chandler home while baseball remains shut down because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Reno Del Toro/Cronkite News)

Cox and former Red Sox and current Indians skipper Terry Francona.

Playing under managers like this provided Woodward with a lot of inspiration for his managerial career, and it gave him an idea of what style clicked from a player’s perspective.

“I played for 19 years, so when you play that long, you’ve had every different type of coach and every different type of manager,” Woodward said during spring training. “There’s been some tremendous people in my life that have steered me in the right direction. The more you see, the more you learn, whether that’s from some one person or 15 different people.

“I definitely had examples of what not to do; obviously not pointing fingers to one particular person, but those are learning things. Those are things that you learn, like, ‘OK, what feels right, what doesn’t, what’s the best way to motivate a guy better.’”

Although his rookie season in Arlington wasn’t without its ups and downs, it was overall successful considering some

of the factors at play. Star outfielder Joey Gallo missed more than 90 games, and the Rangers had only two pitchers who started more than 18 games, but they still managed to improve from 67 wins in 2018 to 78 last year. According to Woodward, his players’ willingness to embrace change was a big reason they made strides.

“I think they adjusted last year and realized fairly quickly the expectations and standards that we set out,” Woodward said. “They rose up to that fairly quickly. This isn’t a cult where it’s, ‘Hey, you got to buy in or else.’ This is for their benefit. I think they understand that.

They’ve fully embraced that everybody here has a purpose to make them better players, which in turn will make us a better team and in turn make their lives better financially.”

In Woodward’s eyes, communication may be the most important part of his job. He doesn’t lecture players in his clubhouse, he tries to make them feel comfortable while giving them the tools to maximize their production.

“I’m not here to tell them what to do, I’m here to help them understand how to improve,” Woodward said. “Coming from a finger-pointing place, typically you get (a negative) reaction, but when there’s care and love and, ‘Hey man, we want to make you the best player possible,’ people tend to be a little bit more open to that.

“If we had one game to play and the world ended tomorrow, I’d probably motivate a little differently, clearly. Backagainst-the wall typically gets a lot out of a guy, but there’s no long term in that.

I’m trying to get these guys to be good for as long as we have them.”

This focus on longevity is a big reason why Woodward has chosen to take a more hands-off approach to managing. Building relationships is a vital step in reaching this goal in his view, and his way of achieving this means walking the line between promoting positivity and pushing players to take the extra leap.

“Obviously, a positive state of mind is a healthier state of mind,” Woodward said. “That doesn’t mean we’re all happy and joyful in the clubhouse. We’re working hard and we’re getting after it.

We’re challenging these guys every day, but with a positive, optimistic outlook on things to keep our bodies and minds healthy.”

With the MLB season postponed due to the pandemic, Woodward must wait to improve upon his solid debut. When baseball does resume, though, he has high expectations for these Rangers.

“I think we’re always making adjustments in what we do, but I think we’ve really taken everything a step further,” he said. “I think our players are ready for more. They’re ready to take things to a deeper level as far as how we do things and why we do things. It’s cool to see that. Our staff is the same. They’re also pushing a bit harder. It raises the stakes a little bit, and I want our guys to embrace that.”

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THE STATE OF HAWAII TO: DAVID ANDREW PROVOST, whose last known address is: 7726 Baseline Road #207, Mesa, Arizona 85209.

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that a petition for adoption of the above-identified child born to PRANA JETAMIA SABAT, formerly known as PRANA JETAMIA PROVOST, the child’s mother, has been filed in the Family Court, First Circuit, State of Hawaii.

THE PETITION ALLEGES that your consent to the adoption of the above-named child by the Petitioner above-named is not required and may be dispensed with pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 578-2(c) as amended.

A hearing on the Petition will be held on July 14, 2020 at 1:30p.m. at the Family Court located at the Kapolei Court Complex, 4675 Kapolei Parkway, Third Floor, Kapolei, HI 96707-3272.

IF YOU FAIL to appear at the hearing on date and time and at the place noted above or if you fail to file a written response to the allegations reflected in the Petition for Adoption, further action may be taken including the granting of the adoption without further notice to you. Your written response should be addressed to the Presiding Judge, Family Court, First Circuit, Kapolei Court Complex, 4675 Kapolei Parkway, Kapolei, Hawaii 96707-3272.

FAILURE TO OBEY this notice may result in an entry of a default and default judgment against you.

YOU ARE FURTHER NOTIFIED that the child, the adoptive parents and the natural parents have rights under H.R.S. Section 578-15 regarding confidentiality of adoption records after the child reaches age 18.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, May 26, 2020.

Clerk of the above-entitled Court STEVEN PATRICK SABAT 4202 Lanakila Ave. Pearl City, HI 96782 Published: East Valley Tribune, June 7, 14, 21, 28, 2020 / 31012

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