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Chickens stir debate on city code enforcers UTILIZATION �� 4 �� ENFORCE �� 8 The Arizona Interscholastic Association dealt a discouraging blow to the Hamilton High School football program and its fans last week by putting it on probation for a recruiting violation by an assistant coach. That didn’t stop the team from continuing to practice for the upcoming season. For the reaction and the next step in the process, see page 14 (David Minton)

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor The City of Chandler is moving forward on a plan to allow up to �ive chicken hens in residential backyards. Council indicated it would support such a move in the spring and asked city staff to begin researching what an ordinance would lookButlike.there was one point Council was pretty �irm on: It does not want the police to handle any neighborhood complaints because of chickens. Those complaints would have to go through code enforcement.Andcritics say code enforcement is struggling to do its job now and that chicken complaints would overwhelm them. Not so, says city staff.

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BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor Chandler Uni�ied School District’s intense growth spurt is ending and it faces a future of declining enrollment. The governing board heard what the district is doing to prepare for that future at its Aug. 10 meeting. About an hour was dedicated to a space utilization study, where district of�icials are bringing together a committee to focus on what to do with eight elementary schools when enrollment begins to drop. The eight schools are Bologna, Hull, Frye, Galveston, Navarrete, San Marcos, Sanborn and Shumway Leadership Academy. All eight schools are signi�icantly below capacity. Only Shumway, Sanborn, and Frye are at more than 50% capacity. The other �ive are at half capacity or below, with Galveston having the most space at 42% capacity. Districts use the 100-day mark because enrollment �luctuates throughout the year, so it’s a way to compare what is consistent. Shumway is at 67% capacity, the most of any of the eight schools. The board was told last spring that its demographics were changing. Homes are more expensive and younger families cannot afford to live here. The city’s population is getting older and there are fewer children who will need to attend school. Chandler is not the only district facing that problem, as both Kyrene and Tempe Union school districts last year were told basically the same thing by a demographer. enrollment triggers study of 8 CUSD schools

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THE CHANDLER ARIZONAN | WWW.CHANDLERNEWS.COM | AUGUST 21, 2022 3CITY NEWS SemperFiHeatingCooling.com ROC#309388 ROC#320048 Call 24/7 • 602-641-2960 SystemsNew as low as mo.per$79 • 10-Year Parts & Labor Warranty Included on Two-Stage Equipment • Manufactured in Texas Buy One Year, Get One FREE Call for Details! Not valid with any other offers or coupons. BOGO Deal (Expires August 31st) Call for Details! (Expires August 31st) GAS500CARD$ Not valid with any other offers or coupons. Get 20% OFF HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING SERVICE Tune-Up $ 17.75 Includes Full Unit Inspection, Light Coil Cleaning and a written report of findings. $80 Value Not valid with any other offers or coupons. MADELINEPROPRIETARYOFAMERICANHVACEQUIPMENT Check us out on BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor Last May, three teen suicides over the span of about two weeks shook the Chandler Unified School District. A little more than two weeks into this school year, another CUSD student has taken her own life. A junior in the online school died during the first weekend of August. She was a former Perry High School student. “Kids are dying and they have been for years,” said Sofia Borczon, a sophomore at Basha High School. “Last time we were here we told you what we wanted. Today I’m going to tell you what we need.” More than a dozen people, most of them students, spoke before the Aug. 10 CUSD Governing Board, calling on them to do more on mental health.

She called on the district to hold a student town hall meeting before Sept. 15 to address suicides and mental health issues. That is one of the points of contention between the district’s approach and what the students want. Brenda Vargas, CUSD director of counseling and social services, said the evidence shows putting a spotlight on teen suicides only increases the risk more students will think about doing it. The students say that talking about it removes the stigma and can encourage struggling peers to seek help. “We will meet them … and just go from there,” Vargas said. “I think as we move forward …, what they’re saying is now, they’re saying ‘please listen now, whether it’s Sept. 15, or a different date,’ it’s saying ‘please make this a priority to listen to us.’”

• Putting Teen Life’s suicide hotline number on the back of student ID cards;

• Prevention lessons in kindergarten through sixth grade.

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• Mental health awareness student clubs.

The Board held a study session on the CUSD defends its record on teen mental health topic earlier in the day, outlining all the steps the district has taken over the past five years to improve the mental health ofSomestudents.ofthose students said it’s not enough.“We’ve asked for you guys to listen to us and work with us so this won’t happen again,” said Riana Alexander, a Chandler High senior and co-founder of Arizona Students for Mental Health. “We’ve proposed many reasonable solutions and offered as much insight as we possibly could. All of these were disregarded. “We continue to reach out to you and got little response throughout the summer, if we got any. I’m here under the same circumstances as another young student took her life this weekend. How many students have to die before you make a change and do the job that we elected you to do?”

• Partnering with Arizona State University to offer a mental health toolkit for high school students. CUSD district

In the study session, the district outlined what it has done for teen mental health over the past five years. On Aug. 11, it asked area businesses and nonprofits to bid on providing mental health services to students. Vargas said the district is looking for partners who meet a number of criteria: The expectation that they could see a patient within 48 hours of first contact; their treatments are evidencebased; there are no barriers to service, including language; they have locations throughout the district. The district earlier this year committed to spending more than $5 million to improve mental health services on top of the services they have already beefed up over the past five years. That includes employing 92 counselors and 21 social workers.Someof the other steps include:

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• All 9th graders get a Teen Lifeline presentation.

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CITY NEWS4 THE CHANDLER ARIZONAN | WWW.CHANDLERNEWS.COM | AUGUST 21, 2022 The content of any advertisements are the sole responsibility of the advertiser. The Chandler Arizonan assumes no responsibility for the claims of any advertisement.© 2022 Strickbine Publishing, Inc. The Chandler Arizonan is published every Sunday and distributed free of charge to homes and in single-copy locations throughout Chandler. To find out where you can pick up a free copy of The Chandler Arizonan, please visit www.ChandlerNews.com. CONTACT INFORMATION Main number 480-898-6500 Advertising 480-898-5624 Circulation service 480-898-5641 Chandler Arizonan 1990 W. Broadway Road Tempe, AZ 85282 Publisher Steve T. Strickbine Vice President Michael Hiatt ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT Display Advertising 480-898-6309 Classiﬁeds/Inside Sales Elaine Cota | 480-898-7926 | ecota@TimesLocalMedia.com TJ Higgins | 480-898-5902 | tjhiggins@TimesLocalMedia.com Director of National Advertising Zac Reynolds 480-898-5603 | zac@TimesLocalMedia.com NEWS DEPARTMENT Executive Editor Paul Maryniak | 480-898-5647 | pmaryniak@TimesLocalMedia.com Reporter Ken Sain 480-898-6825 | ksain@TimesLocalMedia.com Photographer David Minton dmonton@TimesLocalMedia.com Design Jay Banbury jbanbury@TimesLocalMedia.com Production Coordinator Courtney Oldham | 480-898-5617 production@TimesLocalMedia.com Circulation Director Aaron Kolodny aaron@phoenix.org Distribution Manager Brian Juhl | brian@timeslocal media.com To Start or Stop delivery of the paper, please visitChandlerhttps://timespublications.com/phoenix/orcall480-898-7901Arizonan is distributed by AZ Integrated Media a circulation company owned and operated by Times Media Group. The public is limited to one copy per reader. For circulation services, please contact Aaron Kolodny at aaron@TimesLocalMedia.com. To receive your free online subscription, please visit: https://www.chandlernews.com/digital_editions/ The decline in CUSD has already started at the earliest grades. Hull Elementary had 721 students at the 100th day of the 2016-2017 school year. Last year, at the 100-day mark it had 538. District officials project the number will be 448 for the 2030-2031 school year. “Over the last two years, our population of students under … five years of age has steadily declined from 8.7% in 2000, all the way down to 6.5% in 2020,” said Leo Schlueter, CUSD executive director of elementary education. “We know that our district’s enrollment is projected to decrease by approximately 270 students per year without strongest enrollment declines happening between ’24-’25 and ’27-’28,” he said. Schlueter said this is not the first time the district has confronted declining enrollment at specific schools and found different ways to utilize that space. Goodman Elementary had 424 students in 2007 and has 663 this year. The key to turning it around, was rebranding the school – which opened in 1988– as Chandler Traditional Academy-Goodman in 2006. There have been other transitions. Erie became Arizona College Prep Erie. Knox became Knox Gifted Academy. CTA-Liberty added a dual language immersion program for Spanish. Humphrey became CTA-Humphrey and Hartford Sylvia Encinas added TOP (Talent+Opportunity=Promise) programming.Andersen is in the process of becoming the district’s first elementary school to be International Baccalaureate certified. IB is a rigorous program that results in personal and academic development and can lead to a globally recognized diploma. In each of those cases, schools with declining enrollment began to increase again. “We wouldn’t have the support of kids that qualify,” Superintendent Frank Narducci said of the possibility of making all eight schools gifted academies, explaining that the district has about 1,500 qualified gifted students. Narducci said they could probably find enough students who are currently outside of the District to support another gifted academy. He also suggested a possible performing arts academy, which he said has scored high in previous communityThesurveys.district could ALSO expand the number of dual language immersion programs. Currently, the CUSD offers Spanish and Chinese Mandarin. It will be the committee’s job to decide what to do with those eight schools, how best to utilize the space.

The committee will comprise five people from each of the eight schools, including the principal, two teachers or staff and two parents. The plan is to have them meet two or three times before November. Then they would present their recommendations to the governing board at its first meeting in NarducciNovember.saidit is possible the committee may decide a school could be repurposed for other uses than students attending classes. “That may be but that’s going to come from the committee,” he said. “So whether that’s the best use of that building or what’s best for that community?”

This map illustrates the locations of the eight elementary schools where declining enrollment is forcing Chandler Unified to study other uses for the campuses. (CUSD)

Board member Lindsay Love asked if they are making sure the members of the committee look like the community they“Arerepresent.wecognizant of like, who’s showing up?” she said. “And what the demographic data is there?"

Heather Anguiano, CUSD’s other executive director of elementary education, replied:“When we’ve worked with the principals and asked them to identify their site representatives, we had asked him to be cognizant of that and pick representatives that really were going to represent their community and represent both sides.” Enrollment is trending downward at eight Chandler Unified School District elementary schools. (CUSD)

Michael Milrot and his son, Michael Jr., say they were in a left-hand turn lane at Frye Road and 94th Street on Feb. 3, waiting to make the turn. They claim the CUSD bus veered into their lane and rear-ended them.

• Trained more than 800 staff members on 700 safeHiring Natasha Davis as a suicide prevention coordinator, a new position. Vargas said those are just some highlights and there are many more steps they’ve taken. One thing the district does not do, however, is send district representatives to vigils held for suicide victims. Board member Lindsay Love questioned that, saying it may help other students who attend. Davis said they prefer to ask their community partners, such as Teen Lifeline, to attend. A couple speakers criticized the district’s presentation because there was no mention of LGBTQ students, who studies indicate are much more likely to face harassment and consider suicide. “In today’s society, we know that our students are struggling,” said Dr. Craig Gilbert, the associate superintendent for pre-K-12 educational services. “They have stresses that are coming from inside school, outside during social media, you name it, the pressures that are coming in. You throw COVID in … it exacerbated what was already there. “I want our students to know that we see you, we hear you, we have been taking all of this information in to look to see what we can do,” he said. “One thing that’s really important to understand, and this is not an excuse, is that we’re a big ship. In order for us to move forward on the things that we’re doing with the number of students, over 43,000-plus, … in a community over 80 square miles, we want to make sure that we’re looking at what we’re doing and it’s something that we can, we can sustain.”

Motorist files claim against CUSD for bus crash

CUSD officials were asked about the case and if there were children on board at the time of the collision. They said they needed time to research the facts before responding. The father said he suffered soft tissue injuries, a strained neck and back pain as a result of the collision. The son claims the incident has given him anxiety. In another legal claim filed, a Chandler homeowner is asking for the City to reimburse him about $3,600, claiming a police SWAT team blew out two windows with stun grenades and used a battering ram to knock down the front door. He claims police were acting on a false tip and there were no charges against the tenant living in the home. David Puscizna filed the claim on July 14 for the property he rents out on Elgin St. Puscizna listed Ontario, California, as his residence.Hewrote there were no injuries, but two windows were destroyed and there was serious damage to the front door and door jamb. Puscizna said no one was home at the time the police broke into the house.

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AChandler man and his son are asking for $25,000 in a legal claim against Chandler Unified School District because a school bus allegedly rammed their car.

They wanted to encourage that and Chandler City Council obliged at its Aug. 18 meeting by approving a project to turn about 4 acres of vacant land into a multi-use sports field. The church, at the corner of Price and Ray roads, had originally intended to use that land for parking. However, it has seen declining attendance since the pandemic began and started offering services online. Brett said that led to them to decide against expanding facilities, so they won’t need that additional parking. The church plans to install three playing fields of natural grass and a decomposed granite walking trail in its first phase. The second phase includes plans for playground equipment, lights and seating for the sports fields. “We have a 4-acre lot that hasn’t been used for anything in the last 20 years,” Brett said. “And we just kept imagining what it would look like to see our neighbors use that space too. “So we’re leaning into developing that, so our neighbors can come out and have a good time. We’ll have a walking track, multi-sport fields, and we’ll running some youth and children’s rec league, soccer, flag football, those kinds of things on that property.”

Brett said his congregation has raised a $500,000 to build this project. “Our neighborhood needs green space, and we want relationships and friendships with our neighbors,” Brett said. “So it’s a bridge … for friendships is what we’re doing.”

BY KEN Arizonan Managing Editor

Arizonan Managing Editor One of the first things the new colead pastors at Crossroads Nazarene in Chandler said they noticed about their new church put a smile on their faces.

About 4 acres of vacant land on Crossroads Nazarene’s campus in Chandler will be turned into ball fields after City Council approved the church’s application. (City of Chandler)

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The Smiths said they have met with many of the church’s neighbors. “It was overwhelmingly positive responses,” Brett said. “The majority of the neighbors that we talked to are very eager about just having a place. Many of them admitted to already using our campus, and so for us to kind of expand it to make it more readily available, was actually a really exciting idea for the majority of the folks that we talked to.”

“Yeah, things have de�initely increased,” said Mike Dippre, who is the operations director at Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank. “We just went to, we were once month service before COVID. “We went to once week service during COVID, and we just switched back to twice monthonJuly justtotryandcontrolour quantities of food that we’re handing out.” Dippre said even with that restriction, theyareaveraginghandingoutgroceriesto about 110 families day. And the number is going up. “And believe or not, doing every two weeks, we’ve given out more food this Local food banks see rising need, falling help �� HUNGER LAST DAYS TO VOTE!

“And this just made us really happy to see them using our green space for crick et, for just soccer, sports, all kinds of stuff bringing their kids on our playground.”

Two of the neighbors filed letters of concern about the project. One said Crossroads has been a good neighbor so far, but he still has concerns about this project.

Renata Lewandowski wrote: “Since construction will spread harmful dust, noises, pollution and possible scorpion infestation and it will be extreme disturbance after all is finished. This stadium will bring more people, noises and cars. We urge the City of Chandler [Council] to stop this and do not approve any development of sports fields next to our house.”

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It’s unknown how much the push for non-discrimination ordinance to protect Chandler’s LGBTQ+ community played in last week’s election, but the outcome likely assures that Chandler will adopt that ordinance in the near future. The candidates who won election the �ive-way race for three City Council seats according to unof�icial results incumbent Matt Orlando and newcomers Jane Poston and Angel Encinas have all shown strong support for such measure. AndwhileMayorKevinHartkewonasecond term by huge margin over challenger RuthJones,hisoppositionto non-discriminationlawwillputhiminaminorityontheseven-member council as of January, when the winners take their seats. “Ihad coupleofpeoplecomeupandtell me that’s why they voted for me, so know that it’s a contributing factor,” Poston said. “WedidhearabouttheNDO,andmostpeople were very understanding and positive about it.” The last time Council considered an NDO, failed on a 5-to-2 vote, with Orlando and Councilman OD Harris backing it. Poston suggested the current council would adopt a non-discrimination ordinance since the �ive opponents can see where things are heading. would think that would be best result possible,” she said. “There value in having the Council move forward together in the right direction. It’s a positive movefor us as community, and what’s more, is something our businesses want.” Orlando in January will begin his sixth term on Council after capturing 27% of the vote, followed by Poston with 21% and Encinas with 20%. Candidates Darla Gonzalez got 18% and Shifa Farhana 14%. Hartke won by 77-to-23% margin. “I honored that our Chandler voters havetrustedmewithanotherterm,”Hartke said. “Chandler is the best run city in Arizona, gotgreatnamerecognition,and great track record.” Poston was buoyed by her victory. “It’s been nine months of enormous amounts of work,” she said. felt like did everything could, so no matter what hapHartke, Orlando, Poston, Encinas win

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Volunteer Carol Anderson organizes and creates boxes of food to send out at Matthews Crossing Food Bank in Chandler. (David Minton/Arizonan Sta Photographer)

David Ott wrote he’s wor ried about people parking on Mission Park, how quickly the church’s youth leagues might grow, and how will the no noise after 8 p.m. and no lights after 9 p.m. be However,enforced.hesaid the phase two plans concerned him more. “Yikes, so there could be event microphones and music close to where we live? I’m very concerned about this!” Ott wrote. “Volume, duration, event frequency, who enforces, and so on.”

“Some of our first observations were that our neighbors in the community were using our church campus like it was a park,” said Brett Smith, who with hiss wife Tara Smith took over as lead pastors in July of 2020.

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“There are volunteers that can assist them. There’s a tool-lending program we have. There’s other potential avenues of help we can provide them.”

Above: Old toilets sit in the grass next to a home on N. Exeter St. near downtown Chandler, Saturday, August 6, 2022, in Chandler, Arizona. Left: A shopping cart, couch cushions and several old toilets sit in the grass next to a home on N. Exeter St. near downtown Chandler, Saturday, August 6, 2022, in Chandler, Arizona. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer) “Every city is always going to have challenges, especially in lower-income areas where people have less means and time and effort to be able to keep up their homes.”

The reporter then toured the same areas with city staff, asking them about those issues and their challenges. Some of the violations pointed out were furniture abandoned in front yards, broken windows, fences that were leaning significantly, trash in yards, toilets left on sidewalks and in one case a truck missing a wheel held up by a jack – a possible safety hazard. “We’re complaint-driven, primarily, but we do have an expectation that a minimum of 50% of our code inspectors’ case loads are proactive,” said Guy Jaques, the neighborhood services supervisor.Manyof the problem areas seen on the tours were in lower-income neighbor hoods.“One of the issues is those types of neighborhoods, lower-income neighborhoods, is that people don’t tend to complain,” Jaques said. Balch said money is not always the issue to correcting problems.

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He said that kind of complaint is hard to measure and will make it difficult to enforce.Andcode enforcers work a typical business schedule, meaning there’s no one to address any issues on weekends.

“Code violations are not usually an emergency, right?” Balch said. “So we don’t treat it like an emergency. We’ll start dealing with it on Monday morning.”

Code Enforcement To file a complaint, visit chandleraz. gov and search for code enforcement. In addition to filing complaints, you can look up your address and find out who your inspector is. There’s also an app, Chandler PublicStuff. You can call or text 480-782-4320.

“I think we actually have an extremely successful code program,” said Riann Balch, the city’s community resources manager. “We have really high-quality staff and a really tight system with great documentation and great data.” Balch said the work on a chicken ordinance has been ongoing. “Council wanted to be really thoughtful about this,” Balch said. “So between us and planning and zoning, there’s been a lot of research, we’ve researched exactly what every other city is doing in the Valley, compared and then spoken to every city about their challenges and what level of staff resources it takes. “We will be having another discussion coming up with council about where they want to go on this.”

Balch expressed confidence the current code enforcement staff and procedures can handle any chicken complaints in addition to their current work load. “Every city is always going to have challenges, especially in lower-income areas where people have less means and time and effort to be able to keep up their homes,” Balch said. “But, on the whole, I really believe Chandler is in great shape. And we have a system to really respond to these areas. If they just let us know what they are, what their challenges and concerns are, we will absolutely address it.”

Two critics of current code enforcement and opponents of allowing chickens in residential backyards took the Arizonan on a tour of some Chandler neighborhoods, pointing out numerous problems that already exist. The residents did not want to be named.

The city is often able to work with a resident to find a way to address any problems. But in some cases, the homeowner is elderly and physically unable to do whatever work may be required. Jaques said the usual process for code enforcers is when there is a violation, the homeowner will be notified by mail. They are given about two weeks to fix theHeproblem.said80% of the time the problem is addressed after only one citation. There will be a second inspection and if it is not fixed, then a second citation will go out. Defendants then have a week to fix the problem. If it is ignored, the case is referred to the courts for possible legal action.Jaques said his team usually refers only a few cases to the courts each year. “We want to work cooperatively together and find out what the real issue is,” Jaques said. “And if they need assistance, we have neighborhood programs that can provide volunteers, particularly if they’re elderly or they are a veteran.

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The city has six neighborhood code enforcement positions. One is vacant after a new person started Aug. 8. There are also two commercial code enforcers. A separate unit handles alleys, so the neighborhood enforcers don’t deal with thoseJaquesissues.said his team expects it will mostly get noise and smell complaints if the Council ends up approving a limited number of hens in residential backyards.

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Left: Chandler Unified School District is branding its high school cafeterias as “Rally Cafe” and aims to provide a restaurant-type experience for students. (Ken Sain/Arizonan Staff) Right: Pizza is a favorite with Chandler students. (Courtesy CUSD)

Casteel, other CUSD schools get updated cafeterias

CUSD spent the summer improving the Casteel cafeteria. It is also remodeling the ones at Basha and Perry high schools, though they are not finished yet. The goal is to make it easier and faster for students to get the food they want. “We want this to be very much like the restaurant experience they know,” Bracamonte said. The delays at Basha and Perry have been caused by the global supply chain issues. When completed, the three schools will have gravity slides, which will al low students to grab a slice of pizza or a chicken sandwich and move on quickly. There’s also a taco/burrito bar that looks very similar to a Chipo tle serving “Obviouslyline.this is a fairly new school,” Bracamonte said. “We built this in 2015. So, it really didn’t need too much of an infrastructure change. But when we built Casteel, we built it for about 12- to1500 students. We have over 3,000 here,

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Another thing the district is doing as it remodels its cafeterias is to brand them. Casteel students are now eating at Rally Cafe. The walls are painted in school colors and encourage school spirit. When the work is done, there will be Rally Cafes at four of the district’s six high schools, including Arizona College Prep, which opened last year and doesn’t need remodeling. There are plans to do Chandler High, but a timetable for that has not been set. The district is in the process of remodeling the cafeteria at Hamilton High, but that will take longer. It won’t be ready until next school year. The primary challenge at Hamilton is that there’s not enough room for students to eat together. “The cafeteria is over here and this whole hallway is just full of kids sitting by themselves on the ground,” said Kristopher Luo, a senior at Hamilton. Hamilton has 4,000 students and there are four lunch breaks a day. That’s 1,000 students looking for a place to eat lunch at the same time. Only 600 fit in the current cafeteria. Bracamonte said when the renovations are complete, hopefully by the start of the next school year, they should be able to seat 900. To create that space, they are expanding the cafeteria into the school’s atrium and some of the outdoor courtyard. There is another major change for school lunches this year. The federal government ended the universal free lunch program it had started during the pandemic. Bracamonte said it had been a success, with the District serving about 7.1 million meals last school year. This year returns to how lunches were handled before the pandemic. Families that qualify, can still get free meals. Other families that need some help can get reduced-price meals. And the families that can afford it pay full price. Prices for lunch range from $3 to $3.75 a meal. Reduced price is 30 or 40 cents. To apply for either free or reduced lunches, visit myschoolapps.com. “We did see major, major growth in our program over those universal free years,” Bracamonte said. “We have seen some participation decline from last school year to the start of this school year, but we really hope to continue to serve 7.1 million meals this year.”

Chandler Unified School District is remodeling its high school cafeterias to allow students to get their food faster. (Ken Sain/Arizonan)

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Hamilton defensive coordinator Tim Dougherty’s messages to a Cesar Chavez player were ruled a violation of the recruiting bylaw by the Arizona Interscholastic Association. Hamilton plans to file an appeal. (Dave Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer) see HAMILTON page 

“I mean, to be honest, it still doesn’t feel real. It makes you feel like all this work that we have done as a family is worthless.”Thereaction from the AIA’s decision flooded social media. Many supported the action, with many claiming it was “about time” a program of Hamilton’s caliber be reprimanded. According to the AIA, Hamilton has no prior violations.Others aimed their criticism at the AIA board, saying it punished players more thanAIADougherty.Executive Director David Hines made it clear that the association does not have the power to punish employees of the schools or programs. “What’s really challenging for the board at the AIA is these adult people are employees of the schools or school district, and the AIA does not have jurisdiction over personnel issues,” Hines said.

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The Hamilton High School football community is reeling in the wake of the Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board’s Aug. 5 decision to put the program on a year probation, barring the Huskies from the state playoffs this year. Led by a motion from board member Toni Corona, the board acted on an alleged recruitment violation, citing direct messages sent from defensive coordinator Tim Dougherty to a player at Cesar Chavez. The AIA believed the messages were sent with an intent to recruit the player. It left Hamilton parents and players searching for answers. “I feel like when we all found out it was like something being taken away from each and every one of us out of nowhere,” Hamilton senior defensive end Chandler Davis said.

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Reports surfaced Tuesday that Dougherty had retained a lawyer to help him fight any disciplinary action, including suspension. A message to Dougherty requesting confirmation went unanswered.

Players, like Davis, hope they get a chance.

Shane Johnson, the father of junior linebacker Naji Sherrod, said he heard about the AIA’s decision from his son through text message.

“I feel bad for the kids. I hope they get a postseason,” he said. “Me, having football experience knowing how things run, I want to see how things play out, see where it goes. It didn’t really work me up, but I was surprised by the whole thing.”

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Hamilton self-reported corrective action for the incident to the AIA. It included a three-game suspension that included all team activities, including film, practice and other team events. On Wednesday, Aug. 17, Hamilton Principal Mike De La Torre issued a statement to families and said the school was planning to file an appeal with the AIA. He also thanked the families for their support and patience.

Individuals close to the Hamilton program who wished to remain anonymous said the fallout from the decision has started to divide the community, as many have lobbied for Dougherty’s removal from the program in hopes it will salvage the Huskies’ playoff chances.

Shane Johnson hopes that resolution involves Hamilton becoming eligible for playoffs after its appeal.

“I wanted to provide an update regarding the appeal process stemming from the AIA Executive Board’s decision to put the Hamilton High School football program on probation,” De La Torre wrote. “As we have in this entire process, Hamilton High administration will continue to work with CUSD administration to determine next steps. “Again, our focus is to make every effort possible for students not to bear the brunt of consequences resulting from the reported violations. As always HHS appreciates your support as we navigate this difficult situation.”

“People ask all the time, ‘Why don’t you just punish the coach?’ Legally, we can’t. “The adult, coaches, are part of that program and they are to uphold the bylaws at all times. If things aren’t followed, you’re putting the program in jeopardy, which then affects kids.” Dougherty’s messages to the Cesar Chavez player, according to the board, were violated Article 15.12, which pertains directly to the recruitment of players. Those messages were shared on social media by Cesar Chavez Athletic Director Lenny Doerfler in June. Doerfler took to Twitter to first express his displeasure with the messages. He then went on to share screenshots. “STOP CONTACTING/RECRUIT-

According to the letter from De La Torre, Hamilton and CUSD admins will meet Aug. 30 with the AIA Executive Board to discuss the appeal. That meeting will come three days before the Huskies kick off the season against Centennial.

“We would certainly like to have those things addressed earlier but there’s a process we have to follow,” Hines said. “Unfortunately, this is the first time we had a chance to hear it and we aren’t very far away from the start of the season.”

ING CHAVEZ FOOTBALL PLAYERS,” he wrote. “There is absolutely no reason for a coach, player, parent, trainer or anyone else to reach out to one of our athletes online or in person. A few examples of what our athletes are receiving.” The identity of the player was hidden in the screenshots. However, Dougherty commented on the player’s ability at the defensive line position after watching him during a 7-on-7 and big man competition held by Arizona Varsity’s Just Chilly in June. Dougherty, in the messages, compared the athlete to former Hamilton defensive lineman Deuce Davis, who is now at the University of Arizona. Dougherty went on to explain that Hamilton’s defense has been one of the top units in the state the last three years, and that they “always plan on playing 14 games at Hamilton,” eluding to the Huskies desire to compete for championships. “So only 1/3 of the season against best competition in the state,” Dougherty added. “Iron Sharpens Iron.”

A Maryvale High School grad who has remained in football for several years, he is familiar with twists and turns a situation of this caliber can take before a resolution is met.

“This is absurd. Punishing us kids is not right,” Hamilton senior kicker Matthew Krneta wrote on social media. “Many of us have been working years to have one last shot at a state championship our SENIOR YEAR and we don’t get to play in the postseason.”

The State Bar of Arizona is holding a free legal clinic 4-7 p.m. Aug. 30. Volunteer attorneys will provide free legal consultations. People can sign up to speak with a lawyer in person or make a Zoom appointment. Spanish speaking lawyers will be available. People must pre-register by emailing FindALawyer@staff.azbar.org.

The Tarwater Elementary School Dads Club is hold an inaugural golf tournament to benefit the club’s efforts to help students and staff.

Arizona attorneys offering free legal clinic for family law

The Chandler CARE Center is registering families now who could use a little help around Thanksgiving or the DecemberRegisterholidays.inperson from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. between Aug. 29 and Sept. 30 at one of the CARE Centers. You must be either a resident of Chandler or have students attending a Chandler Unified School District school. Bring a photo ID, proof of address, proof of school enrollment, and a birth certificate for all children not in school. Thanksgiving meals will be distributed on Nov. 19, and toys distributed on Dec. 17.

Deadline to register is Aug. 18. Contact Christopher Tyk at 480-862-2827 or tarwaterdadsclub@gmail.com Register for Thanksgiving and toy distribution help

New BBQ restaurant opens in Chandler Pork on a Fork has opened in Chandler, its second location in the Valley. The BBQ restaurant opened Aug. 11 at the corner of Alma School and Warner roads. It plans to celebrate with a grand opening on Sept. 7. The first 50 people to attend will get a free swag bag filled with Pork on a Fork merchandise. The restaurant’s hours are 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday and Tuesday through Thursday. It’s open from 11 a.m. until 10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays. The Valley’s first Pork on a Fork is located in Deer Valley.

Local breweries partnering to bring Oktoberfest to Chandler Two local breweries are partnering to bring Oktoberfest to A.J. Chandler Park. It’s scheduled for 3-11 p.m. on Oct. 1. Pedal Haus Brewery and SanTan Brewing Company will feature German beer and food. There will also be live music from Hit Rewind and The Dirt. Early bird tickets are available now for $15. Tickets at the door will be $20. Visit either breweries’ website to purchase tickets: pedalhausbrewery.com or santanbrewing.com.

Tarwater Elementary dads rallying for golf tournament

The four-person scramble, open to all ages, will be held at 8 a.m. Aug. 28 at Arizona Grand Resort and begin with an 8 a.m. shotgun start. Tickets are $70 per person and $250 for foursomes and include two drink tickets and a cart. Coffee and a light breakfast will be served and prizes awarded for longest drive and closest to the pin. There also will be a 50/50 raffle.

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CTA-Independence fourth grader wins a laptop Chandler Traditional Academy Independence fourth grader Lavin Bhat is the winner of a new laptop after submitting the top entry in Intel’s Name the Crane contest. Bhat offered the name of “Skyreacher” for an immense 75-story crane that’s being used to help Intel expand its Ocotillo campus. The microchip giant hosted an ice cream party at the school to celebrate. There are only six models of the Liebherr Model LR 13000 crane in the world. It can lift up to 3,000 tons nearly 800 ft. up in the sky.

City asks for storm water management feedback

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Chandler is asking residents to participate in a survey to help it manage storm water runoff better. The survey is open through Sept. 30. The city and the Flood Control District of Maricopa County entered into a partnership last year to evaluate and identify problem areas where flooding takes place in the city. The master plan they are working on is updated often and they want residents to help them know about areas where water pools after a storm. You can fill out the survey at the city’s website, chandleraz.gov.

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The Nov. 8 General Election for the three legislative seats representing northern and western Chandler also will a battle of the sexes of sorts as an all-male Republican slate of candidates vies with three Democratic women.TheArizona Secretary of State is scheduled to canvass the statewide election Monday, Aug. 22, and while a razorthin margin separates the two Ahwatukee residents battling for the Republican Senate seat nomination, a recount apparently is not in the cards.

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Unofficial results show David Richardson won the primary by only 170 votes over Realtor Suzanne Sharer, who in 2020 was defeated in the General Election for the seat held by Democratic Sen. SeanBowieBowie.opted not to run for another term.Unofficial results showed Richardson with 50.3% of the vote, or 12,248, to Sharer’s 49.7%, or 12,078 votes. On the night of the election, Richardson held a 10 percentage point lead. Megan Gilbertson, elections department spokeswoman for the Maricopa County Recorder, said the current margin between Richardson and Sharer is not sufficient for a recount. It would have to be fewer than 50 votes for that, she said. Democrats Patty Contreras and Stacey Travers jumped to an early lead on Aug. 2 in the five-way Democratic fight for the two House Richardsonnominations,apparently will now go on to face businesswoman and state Rep. Mitzi Epstein of Tempe. Epstein aims to jump from the House to the Senate in the vacuum created by Bowie’s decision not to seek a fourth term.Contreras, a retired program manager for the City of Phoenix parks and human services departments, and Travers, a scientist, each maintained a 27% vote share of the total votes among all five hopefuls in the Democratic House primary. Contreras was the top vote getter with 27.75%, 13,050 votes, with Travers getting 27,08%, or 12,738 votes, according to unofficial results. They bested Ahwatukee attorney Paul Weich, with 20.83%, or 9,705 votes; and Chandler candidates Ajlan AJ Kurdoglu, 15.04%, or 7,008 votes and Sam Huang, 9.28%, or 4,325 votes, unofficial results show.Contreras and Travers will advance to face Chandler residents Terry Roe and Jim Chaston, who had no primary oppositions.Both Roe, a retired police officer who will be termed out of Chandler City Council at the end of the year, and Chaston, a CPA, garnered more raw votes than any of the Democratic House candidates, according to unofficial results. Roe garnered 16,355 votes and Chaston 15,104 for a 52%-48% split. However, Epstein received more votes than any of the Democratic or Republican LD 12 candidates with 26,086. Buoyed by a $70,000 loan he made to his campaign, Chaston led fundraising among all LD12 candidates, reporting $134,990 in contributions and $22,484 inEpstein,spending.who made no loans to her campaign and attracted dozens of contributions of less than $100, is the biggest fundraiser in the district. In the latest campaign financial statements filed with the Arizona Secretary of State, Epstein reported collecting $148,372 and spending $26,401.. Sharer reported collecting $19,326 and Richardson $31,527 and spending $12,799 and $24,031, respectively. The total that Richardson reported raising includes over $22,000 in personal loans fromButhimself.ahealthy campaign war chest is not necessarily a ticket to victory, as Kurdoglu’s showing suggests.

A Turkish immigrant who owns a furniture store, Kurdoglu led the race for cash among the five Democratic House candidates.Kurdoglu reported raising $122,260, with $70,000 of that coming from his previous campaign to unseat Republican state Sen. J.D. Mesnard in 2020 during what became one of the most expensive legislative races that year in Arizona. Played out in a district that represents south Chandler, Sun Lakes and part of Gilbert, that race saw both Mesnard and Kurdoglu raise more than $1 million each, with hundreds of thousands of dollars going to both candidates from outof-state individuals and political action committees.Kurdoglureported spending $66,220 – more than his four Democratic rivals –and a balance of $56,039. Weich reported $56,530 in fundraising and spending $49,073. Travers raised $46,497 – including $20,000 in loans –and spent $15,298. Contreras reported raising $36,188 and spending $26,447. Huang, who quit his Chandler City Council seat before his first term expired to run in the Republican primary for Congress in 2020, reported $9,290, including a $5,000 loan whose source is not listed in any of his filings, and spendingThe$11,677.racesin LD 12 – which also covers all of Ahwatukee and parts of Mesa and Tempe – promise a spirited campaign as Republicans try to make inroads into a legislative district that has gone all Democrat in the last three election cycles. Turnout for the election was strong, with 60% of Republicans and 55% of Democrats in the district casting ballots,. Registration totals from the County Recorder show voters registered as independents lead both parties in LD 12. There are 51,843 LD 12 voters registered as independent to 51,685 Democrats and 45,796 Republicans.

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The Arizona Citizens Clean Election Commission has scheduled a debate for 6 p.m. Sept, 1 that will be available only online. All six candidates have said they'd attend. To submit a question for the debate, go to tions/debate-information:azcleanelections.gov/arizona-elecIt’s men vs. women in LD12 general election

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• The Council also approved expanding the patio for SanTan Brewing Company on East Warner Road. The brewery plans to use the extra space for a stage and shade structures. They will be installing speakers so they can provide live entertainment.

“I don’t know how many times staff, or employees, have asked, ‘Is that our day off?’ Well, we can honestly say ... that is your day off.”

Chandler makes Juneteenth an official city holiday

– Councilman OD Harris.

• Council also agreed to spend more than $3.4 million to replace vehicles that have reached their end of useful life. They will be replacing 62 vehicles. More than 80% of the vehicles are for public safety. Anoth er 18% are for utility or special purpose. Only 1% is for the city’s motor pool.

For city workers who have to work on the holiday, they will be able to choose another day to take off during the tax year. It will not roll over if the employee does not use it during the tax year.

As part of the resolution that Council passed, staff will look into ways to allow city workers to celebrate other cultural or religious days of significance. The addition of the holiday is not expected to impact this year’s budget. “I would also like to thank my peers up here for saying yes to this,” Councilmember Christine Ellis said. “It was ... us sitting down again and looking at each other, bringing our own past experience in our own great cultures, having discussion about it, to make sure that we came up with something that was going to benefit everybody.” The other official city holidays are New Year’s Day; Martin Luther King Jr. Day; President’s Day; Memorial Day; Inde pendence Day; Labor Day; Veteran’s Day; Thanksgiving Day; Day after Thanksgiv ing; Christmas and a personal holiday.

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BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor Chandler city workers are getting an additional holiday after the Council officially decided to recognize Juneteenth at its Aug. 18 meeting. “I don’t know how many times staff, or employees, have asked, ‘Is that our day off?’ Well, we can honestly say ... that is your day off,” said Councilman OD Harris. Chandler gives its employees 12 holidays each year. Juneteenth marks the official end of sanctioned slavery in the United States, when the last group of slaves in Galveston, Texas were informed they were free by Union soldiers on June 19, 1865. President Biden made it a federal holiday a year ago. Arizona has not recognized it as a state holiday. Harris said many city services will still be available to residents, such as keeping the pools open. All administrative offices will be closed. City Manager Joshua Wright will decide which other departments re main open.

In other action:

• Council officially certified the results of the Aug. 2 primary election. Councilmem bers-elect Angel Encinas and Jane Poston were both in attendance and recognized by Mayor Kevin Hartke. They will be sworn in and take their seats in January.

• Hartke and Councilmember Matt Orlando won reelection. It will be Hartke’s second term as Mayor and Orlando’s sixth as a member of Council.

• Council also gave the go-ahead to McKinley Glenn, which is a plan to put 22 single-family homes on nine acres at Chandler Heights, a little east of Cooper Road. The homes would all be single story. Cachet Homes is the builder.

• As part of the approval, SanTan can only offer live entertainment until 9 p.m. on Sundays-through-Thursdays, and 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

“Those decisions would be made based on the demand and available water supplies at the time. We are proactively evaluating municipal water uses to identify water saving measures that could be implemented.”Thecityiscurrently in Stage One of its drought management plan. That is using education to encourage residents to take steps to conserve water.

Workman said people who don’t have a pool in their yard but are considering it, expect to pay about $55,000. “It was nearly $35,000 before the pandemic, but it has nearly doubled,” he said.The pandemic has led to a huge increase in the number of new pools being built and also the increase in price, Workman said. “The swimming pool industry has been majorly affected by the pandemic,” Workman said. “The demand for pools went up during the pandemic. “People said if I’m not going to go to concerts, or out to eat, and I’m going to be spending a lot of time at home, well, that money went into their house, and their backyard.”Workman said the pandemic also prompted many people to decide to move to the Sun Belt or sunny areas. He said people moving from expensive areas, such as California, could buy a cheaper home and have extra money to improve it – like adding a swimming pool. “In May of 2020, the demand went through the roof,” he said. “We came to work one day and there were over 100 inquiries for a new pool. And it was like that for quite a while.”

Owning a swimming pool in a desert can help families escape the summer heat. But, all that water sitting in backyards during a drought is being noticed.

Workman said that led some pool companies to oversell, meaning there was no way they could build enough pools fast enough. He said some people have been waiting up to two years for a pool they ordered to be built. The other problem facing the industry right now are the supply shortages every other industry is dealing with. “This year we’re dealing with a crippling concrete shortage,” Workman said. “We’ve had to cut the orders we can take in half.”

“There are no specific restrictions outlined in Chandler’s Drought Management Plan related to the city’s pools and aquatic facilities,” Capps said. 

“The Phoenix metro area is one of the biggest swimming pool markets in the world,” said Cohl Workman, owner of Thunderbird Pools & Spa. The survey ranked Chandler first because about 60% of single-family homes or condos for sale have a swimming pool. For those who don’t have a pool at their home, there are 2.3 public pools for every 100,000 residents. The survey also considered storage space for pool accessories, and said Chandler ranks just above the national average for a 10’x12’rental unit at about $142 per month. Gilbert ranks fourth, and, like Chandler, almost all the apartments in the city have access to pools. Also, about half of the homes or condos for sale in Gilbert feature pools.Ahome with a pool in Gilbert is approximately 9% more expensive than one without a pool, the survey found. Mesa and Scottsdale rank 6th and 7th respectively. Scottsdale has the highest proportion of homes and condos for sale with pools among the top 100 cities, 70%, but all this water fun potential comes with a lofty price tag. Scottsdale homes with pools are 16% more expensive than those without pools, the survey found. Other Arizona cities that wound up in the top 20 were Tucson, Glendale and Phoenix.

Las Vegas officials voted this month to limit the size of swimming pools in that city because of the drought and falling water levels at Lake Mead. Phoenix is encouraging residents to cover their swimming pools to prevent evaporation. Chandler has no plans to limit how its residents use their swimming pools, officials said.

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

Gregg Capps, the city’s utility resources manager, said there are steps they can take if the drought gets worse.

“If we reached Stage Four, which is the highest level of our current plan, there could be restrictions put in place related to outdoor water uses, such as for irrigation purposes,” Capps said.

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A national survey found that Chandler is the best place for swimming pools in the country. It is one of seven Arizona cities ranked in the top 20 in the country, though Queen Creek didn’t make the cut.

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BEST OF CHANDLER • AUGUST 21, 2022 15 PESCADO BORRACHO 2540 South Val Vista Drive, Suite 104 • Gilbert • 480-857-2793 • www.pescadoborracho.com High Tide’s sister restaurant Pescado Borracho, brings you fresh and vibrant handmade food and drink with a southern Baja flair! Come on in and let’s get this fiesta started! High Tide specializes in steam kettle cooking and bringing you the freshest seafood to the valley. Cozy up to our Raw Bar, order a bottle of wine from our custom wine cellar and watch as our chefs prepare your meal in our jacketed steam kettles right in front of you! GILBERT & CHANDLER HEIGHTS - 5045 S. Gilbert Rd. Ste. 1 • Chandler AZ • 480-608-2815 • www.hightidesteelyard.com Thank you to our loyal guests for choosing us #1 in Chandler! FREE HALF DOZEN CHEF’SCHOICE OYSTERS ON THEHALF SHELL OR CALAMARI With this coupon, dine in only with any purchaseExpires 9/30/22 BESTOF 2022 At The Steelyard At The Steelyard

16 AUGUST 21, 2022 • BEST OF CHANDLER FROZEN TREATS & SWEETS Jeremiah’s Italian Ice 4050 S. Alma School Road jeremiahsice.com480-702-0211 Rewind - Craft Soft Serve + Tea 3245 W. Ray rewindtreats.com480-466-0079Road READER RECOMMENDED The Screamery 140 N. Arizona Avenue thescreamery.com480-597-3322 The Screamery makes its ice cream from scratch and one small batch at a time with all-natural ingredients with no arti ficial chemicals. It offers an abundance of at least 24 flavors, including sweet cream honeycomb, ooey-gooey butter cake and bourbon brittle. Be sure to try the popular ice cream nachos made with waffle chips drizzled with hot fudge and topped with a single scoop of ice cream ($7.25). MEXICAN FOOD Valle Luna 1949 W. Ray valleluna.com480-786-3100Road Valle Luna is an old-fashioned, fam ily-owned and -op erated business that proudly serves a diverse menu of Sonoran-style dishes. Try the popular dish, Pepe’s sizzling fajitas, made with a choice of marinated steak, pork, chicken or shrimp and served with choice of beans, Spanish rice, lettuce, cheese, sour cream and guacamole along with warm tortillas ($15.95). RECOMMENDEDREADER La Ristra New Mexican Food 140 N. Arizona 480-590-0002Avenuelaristraaz.com Nando’s Mexican Café 1890 W. Germann nandosmexicancafe.com480-855-4344Road RECOMMENDEDREADER SanTan Brewing Company 8 S. San Marcos santanbrewing.com480-917-8700Place Zipps Sports Grill 4060 S. Arizona zippssportsgrills.com480-398-1776Avenue LOCAL BURGER Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers 1980 W. Germann Road 480-899-2007, coldbeers.com Cold Beers & Cheeseburgers is not your basic burger place. Only the freshest ingredients are used in the kitchen, while all the burgers are hand-formed and cooked to order. Customers can build their own burg er or select from 14 different burgers, including the steakhouse burger made with Swiss cheese, sugar-cured bacon, garlic aioli, garlic oil, herb butter, baby greens, caramelized onions and thyme-roasted tomatoes ($17.50).

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Ocotillo Golf Resort is one of six Mickelson Golf Properties created by Phil Mickelson and Steve Loy across the state of Arizona. It offers a tradition al-style course with rich fairways, waterfalls and colorful flora. The course includes 27 holes of superb golf and was designed by the renowned course architect Ted Robinson. Horse Pass Hotel & Casino 5040 Wild Horse Pass 1-800-946-4452Boulevardplayatgila.com 810 Billiards & Bowling 3455 W. Frye 810bowling.com480-847-3091Road RECOMMENDED Makutu’s Island 6919 W. Ray 480-344-3740,Roadmakutusisland.com

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Established in 2015, Singing Pandas is a fami ly-owned Asian/Chinese restaurant that features a delicious selection of at least 20 entrées as well as having free, nightly entertainment. It offers a Vegas-style tribute show featuring the music of Frank Sinatra, Garth Brooks, Elvis Presley and the Blue Brothers, to name a few. Guests can also book birthdays, anniversaries or other events and enjoy an unforgettable experience.

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Wild Horse Pass Hotel & Casino has multiple options for people of all tastes to escape the heat. Guests can enjoy the full-service Aji Spa, eat at the incredible on-site restaurants, take a dip in the hotel pool, or hit the slots over at the casino. Do not forget about The Showroom, a concert the ater where you can see your favorite touring act perform. San Marcos Golf Course 100 N. Dakota sanmarcosgolfresort.com480-963-3358Street

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18 AUGUST 21, 2022 • BEST OF CHANDLER fun & entertainment RECOMMENDEDREADER Swingin’ Safari Mini Golf 3875 W. Ray safarigolfaz.com480-498-3985Road Aspire Kids Sport Center 50 S. Hearthstone Way aspirekidsports.com480-820-3774 Ocotillo Golf Resort 3751 S. Clubhouse Drive 480-917-6660, ocotillogolf.com

Makutu’s Island is an incredible four-story indoor playground with tunnels, rope bridges, an ar cade and a full-service café. Guests can climb in the giant indoor “tree” and navigate the tunnels, tubes, mole-holes and slides. Admission price includes an entire day of fun. Makutu’s Island also prides itself on being the leaders in hosting top-quality parties in one of the six available party rooms.

Whirlwind Golf Club at Wild Horse Pass 5692 W. North Loop Road whirlwindgolf.com480-940-1500

BEST OF CHANDLER • AUGUST 21, 2022 19 COMMUNITY Thank you for Voting us Best Non-Profit In this year’s Best of Chandler Children’s Cancer Network is a Qualified Charitable Organization for the Arizona Tax Credit. childrenscancernetwork.org 150 W. Chandler Blvd., Suite 1 • Chandler, AZ 85226 Phone: 480-398-1564 • Email: childrenscancernetwork.orginfo@childrenscancernetwork.org BESTOF 2022 BESTOF 2021 Chandler Museum 300 S. Chandler Village Drive 480-782-2717, chandleraz.gov The Chandler Museum is a cultural destination with engaging, community-focused programs and forums, as well as world-class traveling exhibits. Guests can attend engaging and educational public programs for early childhood, youth and adults. The programs include lectures, activities, demonstrations and outreach events, most of which are free to attend. BEST-KEPT SECRET READER RECOMMENDED Children’s Cancer Network 6150 W. Chandler Boulevard 480-398-1564, childrenscancernetwork.org Giving hope to children and families is the Luttrell family goal with the Children’s Cancer Network. The charity supports children and families with programs and services designed to provide financial assistance, promote education, encourage healthy lifestyles, and create an awareness of issues they face related to childhood can cer. Children’s Cancer Network ensures each family is not alone in its fight against cancer. NONPROFIT READER RECOMMENDED Boys & Girls Clubs of America 300 E. Chandler 480-898-8302Boulevardbgcaz.org ICAN: Positive Programs for Youth 650 E. Morelos 480-821-4207Streeticanaz.org Singing Pandas Asian Restaurant & Bar 757 E. Chandler 480-777-5050Boulevard Bisbee Breakfast Club 940 N. 54th bisbeebreakfastclub.com480-590-7907Street

20 AUGUST 21, 2022 • BEST OF CHANDLER Tri-City Baptist Church 2211 W. Germann Road 480-245-7900, tricityministries.org Tri-City Baptist Church is a multifac eted, multigenerational and multiethnic ministry that seeks to glorify God by building a New Testament local church. TBC strives to share the Gospel of Jesus clearly and compassionately and help His followers grow in their personal re lationship with Christ. As a church fam ily, TBC endeavors to provide practical discipleship opportunities for people at every stage of life and spiritual growth. CHURCH/PLACE TO WORSHIP Compass Christian Church 1825 S. Alma School Road compassaz.church480-963-3997 Cornerstone Church 1595 S. Alma School Road cornerstoneaz.com480-726-8000 READER RECOMMENDED Valley of the Sun Mortuary and Cemetery 10940 E. Chandler Heights Road 480-895-9232 Valley of the Sun Mortuary and Cemetery has served the Chandler area since 1963, taking care of funeral, cremation and burial needs. The funer al home and cemetery are located on 22 acres of thoroughly maintained gardens and lawns. They also understand the unique needs of America’s veterans and their families by creating a veterans memorial service that truly honors the life and sac rifice of your loved one. FUNERAL HOME RECOMMENDEDREADER Legacy Funeral Home 1374 N. Arizona azlegacyfuneralhome.com480-207-2286Avenue Bueler Chandler Mortuary 14 W. Hulet buelermortuary.com480-963-6351Drive business & services JBS Roofing (Tie) 5537 N. 59th Avenue, Glendale jbsroofingaz.com623-247-9252 JBS Roofing has been one of the leading providers of roofing services in Phoenix for over 40 years. It is committed to providing cus tomers with top-quality, energy-efficient and low-maintenance roofs that will save money, reduce pollution and reduce the heat island ef fect. As a full-service roofing company, it serves residential and commercial clients. Monsoon Roofing (Tie) 1901 S. 131st Street, Gilbert monsoonroofinginc.com480-699-2754 Monsoon Roofing is a seasoned, hard-work ing company with more than 30 years of ex perience that is committed to honesty and award-winning client service. It utilizes supreme materials and skillful professionals to provide the finest roof for including tile, shingles, wood shake, walk deck, flat roof, foam and grav el-foam. Monsoon Roofing installation will pro vide years of worry-free protection. RECOMMENDEDREADER Porter Roofing porterroofinginc.com480-460-7602 Azul Roofing Solutions 3225 N. Colorado 480-689-5055Streetazulroof.com ROOFING MonsoonRoofingInc.com 480-699-2754 • info@monsoonroofinginc.com Licensed – Bonded – Insured – ROC187561 100% NO Leak Guarantee Re-Roof & Roofing Repairs Tile, Shingles & Flat Roof 10% Discount for Chandler Residents Thanks for voting for us for Best Roofer BESTOF 2022 Best Roofer

BEST OF CHANDLER • AUGUST 21, 2022 21 Thank You For Voting Us The #1 Hair Salon in Chandler!!! BESTOF 2022 2050480.840.5542TOUCHUPSSALON.COM•INFO@TOUCHUPSSALON.COMNDOBSONRD,SUITEB,CHANDLER85224 Bliss Travel Service 971 W. Hemlock Way blisstravelservice.com480-725-8837 Bliss Travel Service specializes in travel to rivers, ocean cruises, all-in clusive resorts and international vaca tion packages. The staff at Bliss Travel Service even has access to special pricing for its customers. They strive to protect clients’ money and time while offering un biased information and provide special treat ment amenities, like VIP touches and upgrades. TRAVEL AGENCY Dominique blisstravelservice.com480-725-8837Barba Thank You for Voting Us Best Travel Agency 3 YEARS IN A ROW! BESTOF 2022 Best Travel Agency RECOMMENDEDREADER My Escape Vacation Travel myescapevacation.wixsite.com/website708-441-4497 My Magical Travels 1970 E. Ross my-magical-travels.com571-651-6027Drive HAIR SALON/BARBERSHOP READER RECOMMENDED TouchUps Salon 2050 N. Dobson Road 480-840-5542, touchupssalon.com As a full-service hair salon, TouchUps Salon is proud to offer top-tier professional hair services including smoothing treatments, extensions, up-dos, expert haircuts, balayage, ombre and other color processes. Anthony Colello is the owner and founder of TouchUps Hair Salon. His passion for the hair salon industry was born out of a desire to help his clientele always look and feel their best. Floyd’s 99 Barbershop Multiple floydsbarbershop.comlocations Leidan Mitchell Salon 2177 W. Queen Creek Road leidanmitchell.com480-857-4200

22 AUGUST 21, 2022 • BEST OF CHANDLER Thanks for the trust and confidence placed in our company for your HVAC needs BESTOF 2022 Precision Air & Plumbing 3045 N. Colorado Street 480-680-9825, precisionairandplumbing.com Since 1995, Precision Air & Plumbing has performed well over 250,000 service calls across the Val ley. Precision technicians are all NATE certified, which is the top certification in the air-conditioning industry. Technicians can repair all kinds of brands, including Trane, Bryant, Ruud, Goodman, Ama na, Precision, Armstrong, Carrier, Coleman, Honeywell, Janitrol, Lennox, Rheem, York and American Standard. They also offer 24-hour emergency service for immediate needs. AIR CONDITIONER/REPAIR SERVICE PlumbSmart Plumbing Heating and Air 3010 E. Main Street, Mesa 480-654-8865, itsjustplumbsmart.com Croffoot Heating and Air Conditioning Inc. 995 S. Hamilton Street 480-659-0616, croffootheating.com READER RECOMMENDED Polite Pest Co. 480-331-5040, politepest.com Polite Pest Co. has over 10 years of ex perience in pest control services. From general pest control to termite treat ments, the company ensures that cus tomers can rely on the team to handle whatever their needs are. The team uses special techniques based on biology and breeding patterns to eradicate pests. PEST CONTROL READER RECOMMENDED Green Mango 2440 E. Germann greenmangopest.com480-717-8174Road BulwarkPestExterminatingControl 1228 E. Broadway Road, Mesa bulwarkpestcontrol.com480-969-7474

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24 AUGUST 21, 2022 • BEST OF CHANDLER Classic Guys Plumbing and Drains classicguysplumbing.com480-330-2724 Classic Guys Plumbing covers everything from gas or electric water heaters and reverse osmosis water treatment to replacing and installing faucets, sinks, toilets and disposals. It also can take care of repiping or rerouting old pipes, pipes with low pressure and slab leaks. The company prides itself on providing excellent plumbing services at a fair and reasonable price while continually giving back to the community. PLUMBING SERVICE Plumbing Medic 1320 W. Boxwood plumbingmedic.net602-975-2306Avenue READER RECOMMENDED OMG! Nails & Spa 930 E. Pecos 480-550-7641,Roadomgnailsandspachandler.com OMG! Nails and Spa has a mission to provide the finest services in nail care including manicures, pedicures, waxing, microblading, acrylics and eyelash extensions in a relaxing and friendly environ ment. They are equipped with the best in nail care technology and ensure hospital grade disinfec tants for a safe and clean experience. NAIL SALON Greenfield Nails and Spa 1020 N. 54th greenfieldnailsandspa.com480-999-4500Street Grand Nails 3990 S. Alma School Road grandnailloungeocotillo.com480-900-7777 READER RECOMMENDED • Water Heaters • Water Treatment • Sewer Services • Drain Cleaning • Trenchless Repairs • Leak Detection Plumbing Troubles? BESTOF 2021 BESTOF 2022 602.805.1223$50$49OFFServicesDrainClear PlumbSmart Plumbing Heating and Air 3010 E. Main Street, Mesa itsjustplumbsmart.com480-654-8865

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56 AUGUST 21, 2022 • BEST OF CHANDLER READER RECOMMENDED BRiDGES Preschool is a family-owned and -operated preschool serving the East Valley for almost 19 years. The school integrates primary Spanish and sign language, music and movement, children’s literature, zoo phonics, dramatic play, story time and ample outside time into the curriculum. Par ents, grandparents and families are always welcome to tour the campus CHILD CARE CENTER BRiDGES Preschool 1997 W. Elliot 480-963-8300,Roadbridgespreschool.com THANK YOU EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE READERS FOR VOTING US ONE OF THE TOP 3 CHILDCARES IN CHANDLER! We are very proud to provide exceptional care and education for children ages 6 weeks to 5 years and before and after school care for children in Kindergarten - 6th grade. SCHEDULE A PERSONAL VISIT TO LEARN MORE! 1850 W. Germann Road | Chandler, Arizona 85286 | 480.855.5959 www.pcapreschool.com PCA-#228 Dobson-Best of Chandler Ad.indd 1 8/10/2022 9:30:49 AM education Tri-City Christian Academy 2211 W. Germann Road 480-245-7902, tcawarriors.org For over 50 years Tri-City Christian Academy has promoted academic excellence and character devel opment with a biblical worldview. The kindergarten to 12th grade curriculum seeks to develop lifelong learners and prepare students for higher education. Along with the academic focus, the well-rounded program at TCA emphasizes sports, fine arts and serving others with the goal of developing Christian young people who grow and mature physically, socially, academically and spir itually. PRIVATE SCHOOL RECOMMENDEDREADER Valley Christian High School 6900 W. Galveston valleychristianaz.org480-705-8888Street Seton Catholic Preparatory High School 1150 N. Dobson setoncatholic.org480-963-1900Road Premier Learning Academy 940 E. Riggs plapreschool.com480-237-9790Road Phoenix Children’s Academy Private Preschool 1850 W. Germann cadence-education.com480-210-9503Road

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Mike High will start his 40th year of teaching fourth grade at TriCity Christian Academy with the 2022-23 school year. High, who completed his student teaching at TCA, is dedicated not only to his students but also to their families. He is now teaching the children of parents who he taught when they were in fourth grade. Staff members say Tri-City Christian Academy would not be the same without him and his heart for Christian education.

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Lauren Brady moved to the East Valley over 10 years ago from her home state of Georgia. Since that time, she has invested in the lives of children, young people and college students by providing instruction and administrative oversight at various levels. Since 2017, she has served as the principal of Tri-City Christian, where her compassion for students, dedication to her team, and sacrificial service for parents are incontestable.

Coach Paul Brown returned to coach, teach, mentor and lead at his alma mater 22 years ago. While serving as the athletic director, he also taught physical education and coached the varsity boys bas ketball team. He has led his teams to a record 392 wins, 16 trips to the final four and 13 state championships, winning eight of those games. Brown is a true servant leader with the philosophy that is always about more than the game, it is about making an investment in the lives of these young men for their future.

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Liberated in Dachau, Lesser came to the United States in 1947 – penniless, uneducated, and unable to speak English. He settled in Los Angeles, where he married, raised a family and became a successful Realtor. Since 1995, after retiring to Las Vegas, Lesser has been devoting his time as a volunteer, speaking in schools and colleges on the Holocaust. “Ben serves not only as a teacher, but also bears witness to the past, teaching students and adults of all ages the important values of tolerance, democracy, respect for human dignity, and decency,” said Vichengrad. “Despite sorrow and tragedy, his determination to achieve his dreams is a harrowing biography of his life that will inspire all to achieve your own dreams.” 

Holocaust survivor to speak at Chandler arts center

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Ben Lesser “Ben’s story is nothing short of miraculous and heroic and tells his real-life unforgettable story of courage, determination and achievement, promising an engaging, inspiring, and educational Holocaust survivor memoir.”

The urgency of Lesser’s efforts was inadvertently underscored by the fact that Chabad had originally planned to have a different Holocaust survivor.

“As we all know, our current diminishing population of holocaust survivors are of a most fragile and delicate nature which unfortunately sometimes limits or prohibits them from active participation,” said Chabad spokesman Glenn Vichengrad. “We are most honored and fortunate to announce that another Holocaust survivor named Ben Lesser will be speaking at this event. “Ben’s story is nothing short of miraculous and heroic and tells his real-life unforgettable story of courage, determination and achievement,” he added, promising an “engaging, inspiring, and educational Holocaust survivor memoir.”

Lesser was a teenager in Krakow, Poland, and endured imprisonment in four concentrations camps — including Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Dachau — as well as two death marches and two death trains. He and a sister are the only members of his immediate family who survived the Nazis.

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“We’ve heard from the family (who lives in the home) that the AC doesn’t really come on much,” said Dusty Parsons, the chief marketing of�icer for Habitat for Humanity. “When it does, it’s only on for a few minutes, the house … stays very, very cool because it’s a solid double wall of concrete with foam insulation.”

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The printer, made by the German company Peri and donated by them for use in this project, is supported by metal pillars and moved around the site on sliders controlled by computer.

Kenneth Skinner’s house sits on a hillside in north Phoenix on July 1, 2022. The home is constructed with expanded polystyrene foam and Sabscrete, a concrete mix developed by Strata International Group. (Troy Hill/Cronkite News)

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A mid global climate change and a chronic shortage of affordable housing, local construction companies and nonpro�its are taking innovative steps to make homes more energy ef�icient and environmentally sustainable. Strata International Group, headquartered in Phoenix, has made a name by building homes out of foam and concrete, and Habitat for Humanity of Central Arizona has successfully 3D printed a home for a Tempe family – the �irst structure printed in Arizona. These energy ef�icient and affordable materials and techniques arrive at an opportune time. A 2018 study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition reported a shortage of more than 7.2 million rental homes for low-income renters, and a 2019 report by the International Energy Agency and the U.N. Environment Programme found that the construction industry accounts for 39% of energy-related carbon emissions. To form the structure of a house, Strata uses a system it calls SABS, which utilizes an expanded polystyrene foam similar to Styrofoam. The foam is shaped, the shapes are bonded together into walls, ceilings and �loors, then coated inside and out with a layer of the company’s special concrete mix, called Sabscrete. It holds everything together, protects the foam from impact, weather and �ire, and allows the surface to be painted and textured. No lumber or steel is used.

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Contractor Kenneth Skinner, who’s using SABS to build his personal home in north Phoenix, expects the solar panels he’s installing on the roof to meet all his energy needs because of the insulating foam. Because SABS doesn’t use lumber, it’s a big cost savings at a time of supply chain issues and in�lation. “It was going to cost me somewhere between $35,000 to $40,000 more … because of the lumber prices,” Skinner said. “So that’s right when I got introduced (to) Strata, and so I saved that money.”

Habitat for Humanity took another approach to affordable, sustainable homes: a giant 3D printer. The equipment applies thin layers of concrete, one over the other, until a full wall or frame is erected, then workers pack insulation in the space between the wall layers. Once the exterior and interior walls are complete, the �loors, ceilings and installations are completed using traditional building techniques.

Habitat for Humanity estimates 70% to 80% of the 1,738-square-foot, three bedroom house was printed. It’s the �irst 3D printed home the nonpro�it has built – and the �irst in Arizona – and the idea came from two ASU graduates in sustainability. Habitat of�icials say they can’t calculate an exact cost for the project because most materials were donated, but they hope to use this technology to build more at lower costs.

“These houses are built to last 300, 400, 500 years,” said Amir Saebi, executive operations manager at Strata, adding that the foam acts as insulation – meaning less energy is required to cool or heat homes. That bene�its both homeowners and the environment.

But it’s not entirely eco-friendly, as Saebi acknowledged. Expanded polystyrene foam is made from petroleum waste products, he said, but that impact is offset because the homes are expected to last centuries – far longer than contemporary homes made of wood.

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Managing Editor

The Chandler Drum Circle is mark ing its 10th anniversary this year, but not a lot of people have prob ably noticed. For a drum circle, they’ve been pretty quiet. Now as they are coming out of the pan demic, that might be changing. “Last Sunday (Aug. 2) it was amazing,” said Bart Salzman, one of the co-found ers of the group. “I’d say oh, we had 38 people here, that’s a record.” Salzman said he got the idea to start a Chandler drum circle after attending a First Friday event in Phoenix. He, Julia Norton of Sun Lakes and Lori Wollery of Chandler formed a drum circle that made its debut in 2012. Those first few events were held downtown during the farmer’s market. However, it wasn’t long before vendors trying to sell their food complained they couldn’t hear their customers because of theSo,drumming.theChandler Drum Circle moved to the SoZo Coffeehouse patio. However, during the summer it started to get hot and there was not enough room for a drum circle inside. So the drums stopped beating for nearly seven years. Then came a surpris ing request: The Chandler Library was interested in hosting the drum circle. “I said, ‘My drum circle at the library? You got to be kidding?’ So I responded to her, and I said, ‘Well, if you give us a room for free, yeah, I’d love to do it.’ We get anconairLibrary helps drum circle no longer miss a beat see TEENS

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Riana Alexander knows what strug gling with mental health is like. “I’ve struggled with anxiety my entire life,” the Chandler High se nior said. “But in 2021, I was diagnosed with depression, and it just kept get ting worse. I was missing school a lot. I was not eating, I was withdrawing from friends, I was just not myself. It got to the point where I did withdraw from school. I can go on and on about how hard it was. “I think it’s important to remember that struggling with depression and struggling with suicide isn’t like ... cry ing all the time and wanting to end your life. It’s like ongoing constantly,” she continued. “When I was struggling, I was still going out every day and talking to friends and smiling and laughing. “But I was still struggling, there’s a ton of physical symptoms that come along with it. Like I was always sick all the time. And I think it’s something I would not wish on anybody.”Rianais co-founder of Arizo na Students for Mental Health, which officially became a non profit on Aug. 4. The group formed at the end of the last school year after three Chandler Unified students died by suicide and attended a governing board meeting to demand more help for struggling students. They settled on wearing purple tie-dyed shirts to give their group a visible identity. “It was like a cheap way for all of us to be in unison,” explained Elle Mramor, the group’s other Chandler teens’ nonprofit seeks more mental health help

Chandler Unified students who are organizing efforts to push for more mental health services for teens include, form left, Riana Alexander, Elle Mramor, Lucy Wagene and Jayden Riecken. (David Minton/Staff Photographer)

The Chandler Drum Circle is marking its 10th anniversary this year, though various occur rences stopped it from convening for seven years. Now it has found a home in the Chan dler Library. (Special to the Arizonan)

Mackay says when the drum circle is going, you can feel it throughout the building. “I remember the first time that we had this, you know, back before the pandem ic, I remember being like, what is going on? You could feel it. Like it was all over.”

Another member of their group said he knew the Perry High student who died last May. The other two suicides last May involved Hamilton and Chan dler high school students. “We weren’t the closest of friends,” said Jayden Riecken, a sophomore at Basha High School, adding that they at tended the same middle school and “he sat at my lunch table for a while and we had some classes together.”

co-founder and an eighth grader at San tan Junior High.

A facilitator leads the circle. Salzman said he feels very fortunate to get a pro fessional, Frank Thompson, to volunteer to lead“WhatChandler’s.isamazing about him, is he doesn’t say anything, but you know when it’s time to stop,” Cassie Bent ley said. “And everybody stops. And he changes the rhythm, he didn’t say any thing. He just changed his rhythm in the beat and you just follow along.” Wollery, one of the co-founders, ex plains why she enjoys being part of the circle.“It’s amazing how we become cohe sive,” she said. “When everybody comes in, and it’s like, ‘Well I don’t play drums, I can’t do this!’ And then it kind of be comes a heartbeat. For a non-profes sional bunch of amateurs, it’s an amaz ing thing to be part of.”

The teens would love to see their group expand to other parts of the Val ley and state. But they say they’re not satisfied with CUSD’s response and want to see more results by the end of the year. “I think we’ve gotten ourselves out there, but we haven’t made a huge im pact,” Elle said. “We’ve gotten people on our side, but now we just need to take the people we got and like, tell them what we need, like what we want.

A drum circle at the library kind of destroys the stereotype of a librarian shushing everyone to be quiet. “We do story times here in the morn ing, and I will tell you right now, when you hear what 30, 40 kids jumping up and down and you know, it’s not a quiet place,” said Librarian David Mackay.

McPherson also urged city officials to: have warning signs of suicide included in utility bills during September, which is Suicide Prevention Month; set up we binars regarding youth mental health hosted by the vice mayor; dedicate city funding “to youth prevention, not just crisis;” and sponsor or support outreach events hosted by local non-profits. In just a few months the teens’ group has attracted considerable news cover age and filed the necessary paperwork to be recognized as a nonprofit.

Chandler educator and mental health advocate Katey McPherson said the ef fort can’t be left to the school district alone and has been urging city officials to take a more proactive role in address ing teens’ mental health. “We have lost dozens of students to these feelings in addition to those who have also overdosed on substances,” she told city administration and council members in a recent email. “When we as parents, cities, municipal ities, and school districts come together with law enforcement and other nonprofit entities there is not a diffusion of resources, there is an amplification,” she said. “Several local municipalities have begun this work and have fantastic pro grams in place because of it.”

The teens said one way to help im prove students’ mental health is for adults to engage kids in serious conver sations about mental health and suicide – which they say aren’t happening now. “When it’s talked about now, people, honestly, they joke about it because they’ve just never heard (about) it like un til middle school. A lot of kids my age have not been educated about it at all,” Elle said. “And I know it’s a really hard topic to swallow, but you can’t just leave them without that knowledge and then sud denly in the seventh grade throw it all in their face,” she said. Riana“Whenagreed.Istarted to talk to people about it and open up about it, it just makes everything so much easier,” Ri ana said. “And I think that’s where the district needs to start as well. Because I know it’s hard for people to talk about it, and I know it’s a difficult subject, and people don’t want to talk about it. But the reason that people don’t ask for help is because no one talks about it.”

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A fourth member of the group is Lucy Wegener, an eighth grader at Santan Ju nior High. She said teachers and school staff need to have more training. “Which would help teachers be able to recognize more signs, and even stu dents, and maybe they would get more comfortable with it,” she said. “So the students around them feel more supported when it comes to sui cide and know that you’re not as alone as you think you are.”

“There’s not that much time we can waste because it’s happening, it’s gonna be ongoing. Just because there’s a new year doesn’t mean it’s going to stop.” ditioned room once a month. She put us down and we started in 2018. “Then the pandemic hit.”

Jayden believes some good has come from their appearance before the CUSD Governing Board. “After the meeting, we had emails back and forth between some of the board mem bers and stuff,” he said. “Not all of them were productive. Some of them were just, ‘hey, thanks for coming out and speaking,’ but I feel like we were raising awareness.”

She noted that in 2017, in the sum mer of 2017, the Town of Queen Creek, Queen Creek Unified School District and Higley Unified lost four students in 90 days to suicide and that “the response from the Town and school district was to dig in and to find out why. “The survey data was used to align programs, services, and personnel to as sist students on a daily basis,” she said, noting that Gilbert municipal and school officials also worked together under the leadership of former Mayor Jenn Dan iels, though the pandemic disrupted plans.

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One person who was attracted to the sounds and is now a regular part of the group is Niti Garg of Chandler. She said she was in the library and heard the drums, and felt compelled to see what was happening. “I come to the library with my kids all the time,” Garg said. “And one time I heard something going on. I was very shy, like what’s going on and they’re like, come, come. They’re very welcoming. I’m not a musician, I don’t play anything. And my kids enjoy it. So that is my number one thing.”

The drums began thumping again in January and attendance has been grow ing. Anyone can join and no musical tal ent or experience is needed. They have a limited number of drums available for anyone who wanders in.

Chandler Drum Circle When: 2 p.m., first Sunday of every month Where: Downtown Chandler Public Library, 22 S. Delaware Website: chandlerdrumcircle.word press.com Who can drum? Anyone Bart Salzman leads a drum circle rehearsal at the Downtown Library in Chandler. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)

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AWriterccording to Nancy Silver, the cofounder of the Two Pups Well ness Fund, it started with a sick dog and a promise five years ago. As Silver sat in the waiting room of a veter inary hospital, she was horrified by the num ber of pet owners she saw leaving the hos pital feeling defeated because they could not afford to pay for the care their pets needed. “When my two dogs were sick, I would watch people go into the veterinary hospital and have to turn around because they didn’t have the money to help their dog,” Silver said. “I knew I had to do something about that.” After the passing of her second of two rescue dogs, Silver decided she has seen the same scene two too many times and she called upon a good friend and former neigh bor of hers to kickstart the Two Pups Well ness Fund — Bip Haley, the former owner of the Naked Horse Gallery on Marshall. “Bip originally had an art gallery across the street and my two dogs — La cie and Mr. P. — would come out and sit at the top of the stairs and wait for Bip to bring them treats every day,” Silver said. Upon the passing of Mr. P. in 2017, Sil ver decided to treat Haley to a dinner where she gave her pitch of starting a wellness fund that would help fund ani mal shelters in providing care for their animals, fund surgeries and pay for pet’s medication.“Wewent to dinner and I saw her vi sion and work and I knew who needed help out there,” Haley said. After toasting their glasses to a new venture, the two were quickly intro duced to the needs that animal rescues across the state were facing. “Immediately when we started, we got a phone call that a dog was hit by a car and we were asked if we could help,” Haley said. “That was our first project and once word got out, it just started snowballing.”Haleysaid that when she and Silver started the Two Pups Wellness Fund, they anticipated funding two to three cases a month. But they have since been funding any where between 10 and 20 dogs a month who had myriad needs. “It can go anywhere if this dog is sick – if it needs complete blood work and exam shots to where it needs longterm medication for valley fever or heart worms or if it needs surgery,” Haley said. “Then there are spe cial projects like when shelters go down with a disease and they have to quarantine,” she added. “We’ll go in there with the funds to treat those dogs.” Their reach over the past half-decade has spread far outside of the Valley as the fund has cut checks to 55 shelters and rescues Onestate-wide.shelter that found the Two Pups Wellness Fund to be a lifeline is the Glendale-based animal rescue, Steal ing Hearts Rescue. “There are all kinds of grants that are open for shelters all over the place but trying to get them is worse than pull ing teeth,” said Stealing Hearts Rescue founder and director Toni Cerepanya. “Fortunately, with the Two Pups Well ness Fund it’s an easy form that says what you need and why and that’s it. Because of that, we can pay for medical procedures for dogs we would have had to euthanize.”

Entering its fifth year as a nonprofit, Two Pups Wellness Fund and co-founders Nancy Silver, left and Bip Haley have saved the lives of over 10,000 dogs by funding life-saving procedures and care through state-wide animal rescues.

As the Two Pups Wellness Fund enters its fifth year, the nonprofit is excited to announce it is bringing back its signature Booze and a Band event and Silver hopes to eventually take the nonprofit national. “All I want to do is save dogs, that’s all I want to do,” Silver said. Info: Two Pups Wellness Fund accepts checks and grant funding. To contribute or find out additional information, visit twopups.org

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Ahwatukee Fear Free pet sitter expands to Chandler

A hwatukee resident Tracy Zipay’s business is as much about people as it is about dogs. She enjoys them both. As she reflected on the first anniversa ry of the pet sitting business she started a year ago in the community she’s called home for more than two decades, Zipay waxes enthusiastically about the people she’s“Wemet.have been blown away by all the goodness in this community,” she said. “First, by the trust that has been given us by those who hire us to care for their furry family members; and second, by the good will of those who promote us through nominating, voting, and sharing theirThatexperiences.”dogsbring her as much joy is hard to miss, as anyone can see on face book.com/yesspet, her business’ Face bookWithpage.anextensive history of fostering dogs and working with American Ken nel Club Labrador Retrievers, she also became Ahwatukee’s first pet sitter cer tified in Fear Free pet sitting before she started The Pawsitive Pets Sitter LLC. The philosophy of Fear Free pet treat ment and sitting is rooted in just what it says: alleviating and preventing anxi ety, fear and/or discomfort among cats andDr.dogs.Marty Becker, an Idaho veterinary behaviorist who is called “America’s Vet erinarian,” claims to have invented the concept in the mid-1980s, though there are other clinics and people who take credit as originators.

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Flanking Calvin are Taylor Zipay, left and her mother Tracy Zipay of The Pawsitive Pets Sitter. Tracy started Pawsitive a year ago to provide Fear Free pet sitting services in Ahwatukee and Taylor joined her in March to extend that service to Chandler. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)see PAWSITIVE page 30

“As its first client, celebrating 25 years with Commit, this serves as a testament to the dedication, talent and innovation this team brings to its partnerships.” – Denise Seomin

Commit Agency President David Ralls formed the Chandler company 25 years ago with his stepmom. (Special to the Arizonan)

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor

Chandler-based Commit Agency is marking 25 years in business, saying it has become one of the Valley’s longest-running ad agencies af ter it “successfully navigated mergers, acquisitions, multiple economic reces sions and a global President/co-founderpandemic.”David Ralls and his stepmother, Elaine Ralls, formed the agency while he was pursuing business studies at Arizona State University. “Elaine’s background in business and her reputation in the community as a leader was impressive,” Ralls explained. “The opportunity to work with and learn from Elaine as my mentor was invalu able; I was essentially signing up to get a doctorate in business.” The pair bought a local marketing agency that was for sale and piqued their interest.

“Our focus was on meaningful analyt ics, great creative and measurable re sults,” Ralls said. “We grew 20 percent a see AGENCY page 29

“The business of marketing was ex citing to us because it would allow us to work with really smart people, help companies grow and give back to the community,” Ralls said. The agency had been focused on help ing companies like America West Air lines (now American Airlines), the Ari zona Cardinals, IBM, Hewlett Packard, The Phoenician and others with “cus tomer relationship management” pro grams and “customer acquisition,” he recalled.Rallsadded creative and media ser vices to the agency’s service offerings in 1999 after hearing from a client that there was a need locally for an agency with a foundation in data analytics that also offered creative and media strategy.

Chandler ad agency marking 25 years

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Ralls said he is not only excited about the continued evolution of the industry through technologies like AI and machine learning, but also the increased focus and investment being made by leading com panies that “want to ensure great cus tomer experiences are being delivered throughout the customer journey.”

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“What gets me excited is figuring out ways to ensure that what a brand is communicating through marketing is also being delivered across the entire customer journey so that when those customers have a great experience, they share that through positive reviews that amplifies the brand,” he said.

“The influencer economy and social media platforms are allowing customers to amplify great brands that get it right more so than ever was thought possible 25 years ago.” from page 28

Like most things, it started with a need, Owner Jim LaBrie likes to tell people about how he founded Bug & Weed Mart over 40 years ago. LaBrie had been teaching at Alhambra High School and felt bugged by critters that snuck into his home. However, since he was on a teacher’s salary, he couldn’t afford an extermina tor. So he decided to do the best he could by going to hardware stores and pur chasing the best bug juice he could find. Unfortunately, the sprays didn’t do the trick. So, he kept searching until he stumbled into a small shop in Mesa that had what he needed. LaBrie was able to purchase the same chemicals used by professional exter minators and his creepy-crawly visitors took a hike. He became so impressed by the con cept that he kept a close eye on it and eventually purchased the business he once patronized, giving birth to Bug & WeedBeforMart.eJim knew it, the business began to swarm its way from its humble begin nings in Mesa to four more locations in the valley: Gilbert, Scottsdale, Tempe and“WePhoenix.started as one store in Mesa and our customers who drove from other ar eas told my dad ‘hey, we’d love to be able to come to see you’ or ‘is there a chance you could open (another) store’ and the business finally justified enough growth,” said Jim’s son Joe, who joined the busi ness in 2010 and currently operates the Scottsdale location in addition to acting as the companies director of operations. One by one, the stores kept opening and the timing became perfect for Jim to turn the business over to his daughter Cara and son Joe. Although he admits he did put his kids through the wringer in the years leading up to their transition. “Terrible, I had to fire them four times,” Jim said with a laugh after being asked what it was like to work with his children. “But it worked out pretty well because it is a business relationship and they’ve learned enough over the years about how to do things and they’re quite mature.”

Joe believes that the tide is be ginning to settle in terms of hav ing items on backorder. “It looks like things are finally starting to mellow a bit and I’m very happy to say we have not been out of stock for anything our customers have needed,” Joe said. This has come at the most op portune time -- Joe has just be gun stacking his shelves in prep aration of the re-emergence of scorpions and mosquito season. “Scorpions have kind of been the long-standing given here,” Joe said. “However, in the last couple of years, we’ve seen a lot more mosquito activity and the West Nile virus is here which is a pretty real issue.”

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Those are not the only critters that Joe has seen jump into the fold in recent years either. “We’ve also seen a roof rat infestation that used to be focused on just a couple of neighborhoods, and many more plac es now than it used to be,” he said. However, Joe feels confident in his products and authentic approach to cus tomer service but in terms of the future expansion of the business, he plans to continue to do whatever his dad wants.

Info: bugweedmart.com Bug & Weed Mart owner Jim LaBrie stands next to his son Joe. Their business has been around for over 40 years. (Special to the Arizonan) year for the next 10 years to become one of the largest agencies in Arizona.”

However, Joe and Cara have proven their worth by managing their way through shortages of certain products and dealing with rising costs. “There were some spikes that were crazy recently. And that was followed by the unavailability,” Joe said. “I’m very proud to say we’ve worked dili gently to maintain stock on all of our items even though it’s been a little bit of a hop, skip and a jump to where I will have to stuff prod ucts in my trunk and lug them from one store to another some days.”

Bug & Weed Mart thrives with family

In 2015, the agency focused on the “expe rience economy” – the intersection of search and customer experience – and moved to downtown Chandler, acquired a digital agency and rebranded as Commit Agency. Today, Commit comprises of 30 employ ees in account service, branding, research, strategy, content, creative, data analytics, experience design, media (digital, tradi tional and social) and web development. Its clients include Goodwill of Central & Northern Arizona, Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, eegee’s, The Phoenician and the Maricopa County Elections Department. “The value, success and longevity of a company is determined by its associates and the relationships they cultivate,” said Denise Seomin, director of public rela tions and marketing for The Phoenician. “As its first client, celebrating 25 years with Commit, this serves as a testament to the dedication, talent and innovation this team brings to its partnerships,” she said.

Moreover, she noted, “We provide the added benefit of pet enrichment.” Among those services are pet sitting in the owners’ home for durations ranging from daily visits that include play time to overnight and even extended-stays. She offers special puppy sitting and even takes a dog to her home if a client has a special need for that. Zipay began her business after what she calls an apprenticeship with Kate McPike, another Ahwatukee pet sitter who over time rebranded her business K8’s Cats to care strictly for felines. “Kate is not part of my business, but we are unofficial ‘partners,’” Zipay ex plained. “I refer cat-only clients to her, and she sends me the ‘mixed’ clients she gets – dogs and cats. Kate is an invaluable resource for me, though, she is my men tor and helps me immeasurably. Her catonly business is going gangbusters, too.”

To learn more about The Pawsitive Pets Sitter, see yesspet.com. 

As for The Pawsitive Pets Sitter, Zipay stresses that her mission is to “keep that good will and trust” she has earned in Ah watukee by “providing the best pet care possible” and offering “several services not readily available by other sitters.”

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Over the past year, Zipay also expand ed her services into Chandler because her daughter Taylor joined her in the business.Besides offering the same services in Chandler that her mother offers in Ah watukee, Taylor is also fine-tuning a pet treat that will be available soon through the company website. Taylor went to Horizon Honors from kindergarten through her sophomore year, when she transferred to Desert Vista largely for its science programs, Zipay said. She earned a full ride scholarship to Arizona State University’s Barrett, The Honors College and graduated summa cum laude with her bachelor’s in molec ular biology/biotechnology and a minor in chemistry in 2017. “Her scientific mindset, along with her compassion give her a unique approach to working with our anxious and fear ful clients,” Zipay said, citing her family’s lifelong pet ownership and pet fostering for the Humane Society. Added Taylor: “I have a lot of fun de termining which toys and games each of our clients would best enjoy, and it’s so uplifting to see them engage on a differ ent level.” It’s not a one-way street where The Pawsitive Pets Sitter and the community is concerned, either. For all that support Zipay says she gets from the community, her business also gives“Weback.sponsor activities and events when we can, like the Ahwatukee Easter Parade/Spring Fling, and contribute to a variety of pet-related causes. We’ve been given so much, we want to give back.”

WASHINGTON page 32

BY ZACH ALVIRA AFN Sports Editor

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AIA introduces big school sports changes

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“As far as his conditioning, his strength, his speed, he admits that at his old school in Detroit they didn’t work very hard on that stuff during the week,” said Bottrill, who has frequent conversations with Washington about Michigan being a native himself. “They didn’t do condi tioning like we do or lift weights like we do. He had to get acclimated to that. It was really hard for him in the beginning.

The Arizona Interscholastic Asso ciation Executive Board on Mon day approved an extra state track division and a true state championship format.Theproposal was announced Aug. 12 during the first annual AIA media day held at the association’s offices in Phoe nix. Executive Director David Hines also had updates on other sports, including football, basketball and girls flag football. “We will run a true state championship with a trophy and a banner,” Hines said. “We are going to have a California-style state meet where the elite of the elite get to go against each other.” State track will now have a fifth divi sion. Currently, there are four divisions, with the fourth designated for schools in the 1A, 2A and 3A conferences. Division V will be for 1A and 2A schools and leave Division IV for 3A teams. The other divisions — I, II and III — would remain unchanged, servicing 6A through 4ATheschools.proposal also included a new for mat for the state championship meet, which typically kicks off in the second week of May. The meet will now begin a week ear lier and crown division state champions.

Left: Chandler senior defensive lineman A’Mauri Washington has become at home in the program since transferring from Detroit before his junior season. He’s also become one of the most sought-after recruits with offers to several schools across the country. (Dave Minton/Staff) Right: Chandler coach Rick Garretson said Washington’s progression from the first day he arrived on campus has been something to see. He wasn’t able to finish a workout in the early stages of last year. Now, he’s leading them. (File Photo)

A’Mauri Washington can’t help but smile and laugh when he thinks about his first workout as a mem ber of the Chandler Wolves football team heading into his junior season last year.

A’Mauri Washington at home with the Wolves

BY ZACH ALVIRA Arizonan Sports Editor

The Arizona Interscholastic Association on Friday announced a new proposal for state track that would crown a true state champion, much like in the Open Division for football and bas ketball, which will take place for the first time this year. (Dave Minton/Arizonan Staff) see see AIA

Between the heat, the weight training program and field work, Washington was forced into his back in what head coach Rick Garretson described as a “cockroach position.” Washington was gassed. He said it was the first time he had ever had a workout and practice with the intensity level that high. The over high temperatures didn’t help, either. “I remember just laying on my back and I was like, ‘I need some water,’ this is killing me,” Washington said. “There was so much going on I didn’t think I could make it through it. But I made it through.”Garretson and assistant coach Collin Bottrill saw potential in Washington the first day he stepped foot on Chandler’s campus. And for good reason.

“He told us that was the hardest he’s ever worked after a spring skills work out.”Washington played at Oak Park High School in Detroit his first two years of high school. He came out to Arizona to visit his mom in February 2021, right af ter his sophomore year. At the time, she

Washington is a staggering 6-foot-4 defensive lineman with a long wingspan and quickness off the ball despite his 295-pound frame. But those skills didn’t show right away, it took a new level of work ethic Washington didn’t have back in Michigan, where he moved from ahead of his junior season.

New for Open Division football

Divisions IV and V would compete at one location over the course of two days. Divisions II and III would compete the same day at a separate site, and Division I on its own elsewhere. From there, the top 18 athletes and teams for all events in all divisions will be merged and move on to compete in preliminaries of the overall state championship meet. The top nine from each event would move on to the second day of the state meet. There, state championships for in dividuals and teams will be crowned. “We have done a lot of data on that,” Hines said. “At one point we would’ve had a 1A kid win the state championship, it was a girl that ran the 100. We had multiple kids at 2A and 3A that would be state champions and then of course four, five and six. It will be fun to watch.”

The AIA will host an Open Division bas ketball tournament for boys and girls to conclude the winter sports season this year. It will feature the top eight teams from the 6A-4A conferences and the next best rated eight teams from those conferences. Those 32 will be put into a bracket, with the first round taking place before other conference tournaments. The sec ond round of the Open tournament will coincide with conference play-in games, which feature an additional 16 teams.

Hines said the AIA will also introduce 335-second shot clocks for 3A-6A confer ences this season. The 1A and 2A voted against them.

Basketball Open Division

Those who are eliminated from the Open Division will be placed back into the conference playoffs with teams that win play-in games. Those teams from the Open will main tain their original ranking before being taken to the Open tournament. The eight who remain in the Open will then play for a true state championship, much like the football format. Conference champi ons will still be crowned for 1A-6A.

32 THE CHANDLER ARIZONAN | WWW.CHANDLERNEWS.COM | AUGUST 21, 2022SPORTS had recently moved to the Valley. He initially only planned to stay for a short period of time. But he never left. Knowing he had to make a decision as to where to attend and continue his foot ball career, Washington chose Chandler. At the time, the Wolves were already a powerhouse nationally that was getting ready to defend its fifth straight state title. But Washington was oblivious to Chandler’s success in the past. He knew nothing about the program until he saw the state championship trophies on his first day. “I just kinda chose Chandler by ran dom,” Washington said. “I didn’t know anything (about the team’s success). I just walked right into it.” Getting adjusted to the intense work outs was a struggle for Washington at first. But he never gave up. Eventually, he started to improve. In the early stages of his Chandler career, simply finishing a practice was a daunt ing task. As he became accustomed to the way the program ran, the workouts and practices became easier. At the same time, he became dominant on the defen siveWashingtonline. helped lead Chandler back to the Open Division state cham pionship game. He had 42 total tackles, 13 of which for a loss. He was fourth on the team with six sacks last year, often demanding double teams from opposing offensive lines due to his power off the ball.With a breakout season came national attention from major college football programs. He already held offers from Northern Arizona and Arizona before his junior season. In late September, Wisconsin extended an offer. By midOctober, he had offers from schools from all over the country, including Florida State, Michigan and Texas A&M. Offers from the likes of Oklahoma, LSU and Oregon followed, among sev eral others. In July he announced LSU, Oregon and Oklahoma as his top three schools. Washington said he plans to commit on Sept. 6, a few days after the Wolves play their first game in San Diego against Cathedral Catholic. As it stands, he still doesn’t know where he plans to commit. “It gives me enough time to sort of nar row everything down,” Washington said. “I’m very Washingtonexcited.”has become a leader for the Wolves now as he enters his senior season. Instead of lying on the ground during workouts, he is leading them. He’s also become the in-house DJ for the team, choosing music in the team’s weight room. He’s become more than just another player in the Wolves’ program. He’s be come family. Garretson will often give Washington a ride home after practices. Those car rides rarely involve football talk.“We have a really nice relationship,” Garretson said. “We hardly ever talk football. We’ll talk about things like how to have a conversation with an adult or a recruiter. Just getting to know him, his mom, his family, it’s been a really cool thing. If kids need help, my staff helps and that includes me.” Washington has some personal goals he aims to accomplish as a senior. He wants to lead the team in sacks on the field while maintaining his 3.5 GPA off it. He also aims to help lead Chandler to a state title. The Wolves were dethroned last year by Saguaro in his first season with the Washingtonteam.said enrolling at Chandler has dramatically made a positive impact on his life. The team made him feel at home. The coaching staff became father figures to him. Now, he wants to repay them by helping them win a state title.

From the start of basketball playoffs through the first few days of March, the AIA will host 275 tournament games. All championship games will take place at Veteran’s Memorial Coliseum in Phoenix. “It’s a humongous job but we’ve worked with the coaches and our schools, and we think we are going to have, basically, 30 days of state basketball,” Hines said.

“Chandler brought me in as a family,” Washington said. “When I first came, I didn’t know anybody and never really spoke but now when I walk around ev eryone is like, ‘Oh, big Mike!’

 WASHINGTON from page 31 AIA from page 31

The Open Division for football was in troduced in 2019 to bring together the 6A-4A conferences and to crown a true state football champion. At the time, Saguaro was dominat ing at the 4A level. The Sabercats were moved up to the 5A level two years ago and again to 6A with the most recent up date to the football classifications. That change also brought up teams like Cac tus and American Leadership Academy - Queen Creek, two 4A schools that made the Open Division last season. Hines said a vote in May by the 4A Con ference committee to continue includ ing the conference in the Open Division finished in a tie. But to offset that, new multipliers were introduced. All 6A teams will receive a multiplier of 10 after the regular season. Teams in the 5A Conference will have a multipli er of nine and 4A teams a multiplier of eight. Hines said this will even the play ing field, to a certain degree. In retrospect, it will reward teams that play a tougher schedule in the higher conferences. And while it doesn’t fully eliminate 4A teams from contention, it makes their path to the Open harder. “Our process of reclassification has made a huge difference in the parity of high school football,” Hines said. “Even with the multiplier, if they’re good enough, a 4A team can still make the Open.”

During the regular season, shot clocks will be used if schools have technology in place. If they don’t, games will be played without them.

In the playoffs, however, shot clocks are mandatory for all games. If a host school does not have the technology, the games will be moved to a different venue.

“We may not have got (a champion ship) last year, but I can’t go out empty handed.”

“We are going to have a committee to gether and start talking about that,” Hines said. “We are hoping to tie that to state football. The culminating event for that would be tied to our state football.”

“All state games, 3A through 6A, will use a shot clock,” Hines said. Girls flag football Girls flag football has grown exponen tially in the last few years. The Chandler district crowned its first-ever champion after district-play between the six high schools last spring. With Chandler leading the way, other dis tricts have now started recruiting studentathletes for programs at their high schools. Mountain Pointe, all Mesa schools and oth ers have jumped on board this year. With that, the AIA has identified girls flag football as an emerging sport. If it continues to grow, it could officially be come a sanctioned sport under the asso ciation as soon as next year.

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Superstition Energy Storage, LLC invites you to learn about and provide input on, the proposed Superstition 230-kilovolt (kV) Generation Intertie (gen-tie) power line project (Project). Superstition Energy Storage, LLC, a private utility company, is planning to build an approximately 440-foot-long power line on privately owned land in Gilbert, Arizona. The new power line would run from a privately owned parcel directly into the existing Corbell Substation and will not cross any other nearby privately owned land. The power line would connect the separate Superstition Energy Storage Project to the existing regional electrical grid, via the immediately adjacent existing Corbell TheSubstation.Arizona Corporation Commission (Commission) and Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee (Committee) are the permitting authorities for the Project. In September 2022, Superstition Energy Storage, LLC plans to apply for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) through the Committee and Commission to allow for construction and operation of the SuperstitionProject.

NOTICE TO WILLIAM DODD The State of Tennessee, Department of Children’s Services, has filed a petition against you seek i ng to terminate forever your parental rights to Kassia n Nicholas Junior. It appears that ordinary process of law can not be served upon you because your whereabouts are un k nown. You are hereby ordered to serve upon Marlen e Simpson, attorney for the Tennessee Department of Chil dren Services, 1979 St. John Avenue, Suite F, Dyersburg, TN 38024, an Answer to the Petition for Termination of Par e ntal Rights filed by the Tennessee, Department o f Children’s Services, within thirty (30) days of the last day of publication against you pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. §36-1 117(n) and Rule 55 of the Tenn. R. of Civ. P. for the relief demanded in the Petition. You may view and obtain a copy of the Petition and any other subsequently filed legal docu ments at the Dyer County Juvenile Court Clerk’s Offic e in Dyersburg, Tennessee. You are also ordered to appear on September 16, 2022 at 9:00 am at the Dyer County Juvenile Court in order to contest the petition filed against you, and failure to appear or otherwise file an answer with the clerk of this Court before that date will result in a finding being entered against you by default. Entered this 25 th day of Ju ly, 2022. Jason Hudson Respectfully submitted, ______Mar l ene Simpson, BPR # 025691 Attorney for DCS 1979 St John Ave., Ste. F Dyersburg, TN 38024 731-286-8304 CER TIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and ex act copy of the foregoing pleading has been served via email on the 20th day of July, 2022 to the following: Mark Butler, Esq. PO Box 846 Dyersburg, TN 38025 _____ cc: Loretta O’Neil, DCS Representative Published: East Valley Tribune, July 31, Aug 7, 14, 21, 2022 /

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Notice of Hearing SUPERIOR COURT OF ARIZONA IN MARICOPA COUNTY - NOTICE OF INITIAL HEARING ON PETI TION FOR TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD RELA TIONSHIP. Case JS518885. In the Matter of Opie Baker , Name of Minor Child. Notice is hereby given that the Peti tioner Kathleen Robles has filed a Petition for Termination of Parent-Child Relationship with the Juvenile Department o f the Superior Court in Maricopa County regarding th e a bove-named child or children and: Christopher Baker , name of parent or parents whose rights are to be determined, as well as any other known parties' names. An initial hear ing has been set to consider the petition: Date: October 27, 2022. Time: 9:15am. Before Commissioner Bodow At the Maricopa County Superior Court (Juvenile Department) loc ated at: [X] Southeast Facility, 1810 S. Lewis St., Mesa, A Z 85210. Published: East Valley Tribune, Aug. 21, 28, Sept 4, 11, 2022 / 48548

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Energy Storage, LLC is currently soliciting public and stakeholder input on the Project and is interested in hearing your comments. Questions and comments can be submitted via the forums listed below: Mail: Superstition Gen-Tie Project c/o SWCA Environmental Consultants 20 E Thomas Road, Suite No. 1700 Phoenix, AZ 85012 Telephone: (480) 581-5413 Email: SuperstitionCEC@swca.com Virtual Open House: A virtual open house will also be held to provide information about the Project and facilitate comment submittal: www.suTheperstitionopenhouse.com.formalProjectcomment period will take place from July 29 to September 1, 2022, but additional opportunities to comment will extend past this period. Additional Project information can also be found online at https://www.superstitionenergystorage.com. We look forward to receiving your comments and answering your questions. Published: East Valley Tribune/Gilbert Sun News/Chandler Arizonan, Aug. 21, 2022 / 48532 Public Notices IN THE JUVENILE COURT OF DYER COUNTY, TENNESSEE IN THE MATTER OF: KASSIAN NICHOLAS JUNIOR, DOB: 08/14/2020 NO. 7746 A CHILD UNDER 18 YEARS OF AGE ORDER FOR SERVICE BY PUBLIC ATION It appearing to the Court from the allegations of the Petition for Termination of Parental Rights, Motion for Ser vice by Publication and the Affidavit of Diligent Search that the whereabouts of William Dodd are unknown and cannot b e ascertained by diligent search; therefore, the ordinar y process of law cannot be served upon William Dodd. It is, therefore, ORDERED that William Dodd be served by pub lication of the following notice for four consecutive weeks in The Mesa Tribune, a newspaper published in Maricopa County, Arizona. It is further ORDERED that if William Dodd does not enter an appearance or otherwise Answer the Petition, further personal service or service by further pub lication shall be dispensed with and service of any future no tices, motions, orders, or other legal documents in this mat ter may be made upon William Dodd by filing same with the Juvenile Court Clerk of Dyer County, Tennessee.

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