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November 14, 2021

Chandler bond election cruises to victory

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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ith final unofficial results showing widespread public approval, Chandler officials are poised to start issuing $272 million in bonds to pay for infrastructure projects.

All five bond questions on the Nov. 2 allmail election were approved with substantial margins, though less than 40,000 voters – around 22 percent of eligible voters – cast ballots. City Clerk Dana DeLong said ballots went out to 172,000 registered voters.

Still, he added, “There were no problems.”

Turnout was a tad less than the 23 percent seen in a special election in March 2020 but pretty typical for an off-year election.

Here were the early vote totals for each of the questions: Question 1, $73 million for parks and recreation. Voters backed a plan to build and improve the city’s parks by a 68.2 percent to 31.8 percent. The most votes were cast for this particular question. Of the total 37,084 votes, 25,305 were “yes” votes and 11,779 opposed.

Question 2, $25 million for public safety, fire. This had the most support with 76.2 percent in favor and 23.8 percent against.

A total 27,848 voters favored the measure while 8,688 opposed it.

Question 3, $55 million for public safety, police. The proposal to build and remodel existing stations passed with 69.3 percent voting “yes” and 30.7 percent casting ‘no’ votes. pass by a 70-to-30 percent margin.

Question 4, $85 million for roads and transit. This question earned the second highest percentage of “yes” votes, with 73.1 percent in favor and 26.9 percent opposed.

Question 5, $33 million for facilities. This is the first time Chandler has asked voters

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City boasts a sign of the times in West Chandler

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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t’s easy to overlook West Chandler because of the communities surrounding it. Tempe and Ahwatukee established strong identities years ago that can overshadow the western half of Chandler.

The city is taking steps to change that.

“This is a vibrant area of our community,” Mayor Kevin Hartke said. “At times, West Chandler just doesn’t get the love and attention I think it needs.”

Hartke made highlighting the success of the West Chandler employment corridor a priority in his State of the City address.

The city started doing that a couple of

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Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke, standing beneath one of the new West Chandler designation signs, says people throughout the Valley should discover how vibrant the area is.

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weeks ago by installing seven large West Chandler signs at major intersections.

Crews plan on installing two more after they get clearance from Salt River Project. There will also be an advertising campaign.

Most of the campaign is aimed at highlighting the success of the region, instead of in trying to attract new businesses.

Micah Miranda, the city’s economic development director, said there are only a few large pieces of available land left to develop in the area, which is defined as being between McClintock Drive and I-10.

“West Chandler is doing extremely well,” Miranda said. “Chandler is very good at being proactive. We want to stay in front of any potential issues.

“What we’re hoping to do through this West Chandler branding campaign is a couple of things. One, is to raise the awareness profile of the employment corridor to our our specific target audiences,” he said, adding: “Two, the Loop 202 South Mountain is changing driving patterns in the area.

We want to let people know that you can

have a business right here at this intersection, and your new talent pool is now pulling from West Phoenix, Buckeye, Levine, Goodyear area. And those potential employees can be to a Chandler location in less than 30 minutes.”

Chandler has five designated employment corridors. West Chandler with its 29,000 jobs ranks second, trailing only the Price Road corridor, which employs about 40,000.

Uptown Chandler ranks third, followed by airpark and downtown. Miranda said if the Airpark employment corridor develops as they have planned, it could move up to second or challenge Price Road with 35,000 to 40,000 jobs.

Some of the major employers in West Chandler include Intel, Verizon, Avnet, Arizona Nutritional Supplements and the Rogers Corporation. The largest retail area is around The Shoppes at Casa Paloma on Ray Road.

Miranda said some people forget Intel has a facility there that employs 5,500 people, because its Ocotillo campus tends to get most of the attention.

The largest track of undeveloped land in West Chandler is a 49-acre parcel owned since 1994 by the Tempe Union High

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Intel, Dell bridge digital divide at Chandler High

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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he Chandler Unified School District is starting a pilot program with the goal of providing every student a computer that can connect to the Internet. It is doing so with help from two tech giants, Intel and Dell.

“We have to address the digital divide,” said Colleen Flannery, the district’s executive director of technology services. “We have to acknowledge that some of our students don’t have devices at home. They don’t have connectivity at home. It could be either or both. When we’re looking at limitations we have to address that.”

The district’s Governing Board agreed at its Oct. 27 meeting to spend about $2.95 million to purchase 4,000 devices from Dell. Those devices will go to students at Chandler High School when the pilot program gets started, probably in January.

Intel and Dell are donating services and software worth $1.6 million as part of their contribution to the program.

“We believe what is happening with

this pilot in Chandler Unified School District, and Chandler High School, could transform the way that school districts across the country, and even the world, ensure all students have access to the right devices and breaks down the digital divide in a way that is full, cost effective and sustainable,” said Michael Campbell, the global director of education for Intel.

The devices the district purchased are the Dell Latitude 5320 and the Dell Latitude 3310. Both are two-in-one devices, meaning they are a traditional laptop with a touch screen that can act as a tablet.

Some of the devices will come with the ability to connect to the internet without WiFi. They will rely on the same LTE connection most phones use.

However, Flannery said they want to compare LTE and using hotspots that the district uses now, so some students may continue to use that.

The idea for the pilot program started after a meeting last May decided to pursue a more personalized learning experience for students. Officials from CUSD, Intel and Dell got together to brainstorm

how that might work.

“We have some really bright people in the district that tackle these problems all the time,” said Shaun Creighton, the district’s assistant director of instructional technology. But now to have the minds behind, from two really huge industry leaders in the state at Dell and Intel to help us tackle those issues … kinds of leaves us at a loss for words.”

Dell officials performed a client assessment that identified four major issues to address to make a pilot program work. They were: Connectivity, device support, security and ensuring it connects to existing networks and curriculum software as a service support.

Some of the services Intel and Dell are donating include laser etchings of the CUSD logo on the cases of all devices; asset tagging; all devices would be set up to connect to CUSD servers before delivery; each device will get a tune-up each summer to be prepared for the new school year; four years of ProSupport Plus support; and 200 hardware support tickets.

In August the team decided a high

school would be the best place for a pilot program and chose Chandler High.

“They’re really excited about this avenue,” Chandler High Principal Michael Fletcher said. “In our surveys we have 85 percent of our staff is 100 percent ‘let’s get going, why haven’t we been doing this already.’”

Dell’s Leah Rodgers said her company has been working with Intel for years.

She said this is a perfect partnership as they look toward the future of education.

“With barriers removed, students having access to one-to-one technology likely additional innovations can occur within teaching and learning environments,” Rodgers said.

Another part of the donation from Intel and Dell is 185 hours of personal development support for teachers, showing them how to take advantage of the one-on-one possibilities.

“We don’t want to give these devices to students and teachers and say, ‘Here you go, you’re one-to-one now.’” Creighton said. “… If we’re just having kids take notes on a laptop instead of paper and

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CUSD Board OKs 10 more schools for new playgrounds

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he playgrounds at 10 Chandler Unified School District locations will be getting an upgrade soon. The district’s Governing Board approved moving forward with Phase 2 of the plan approved by voters in the 2019 bond election.

The maximum cost is about $4.42 million for this stage, which covers schools built between 1990 and 2005. The playgrounds at the schools in Phase 1, built before 1990, will be wrapping up in the coming weeks.

The 10 schools in Phase 2 are Basha Elementary; Bogle Junior High; Bologna; Conley; Hull; Jacobson; CTA Liberty; Santan Elementary; Sanborn and Tarwater. Core Construction was chosen to do the upgrades.

“There is some very aged playground equipment in use,” said Frank Fletcher, the district’s associate supervisor for support services.

Fletcher said the work done at each location will vary, depending on the school’s needs.

“Some are full replacements, some are

Left: Galveston Elementary School preschooler Bariki Kalembire slides on her school’s recently upgraded playground equipment during a recess period. Right: Like Galveston Elementary School preschooler Lexi Santillan-Mendoza, kids at 10 other Chandler Unified School District campuses will soon have new playground equipment. (David Minton/Staff Photographer) repairs, some are including new braiding, new curbing to keep the Fibar (rubber playground surface) in it. It’s a little different at every facility, but playground structures are pretty typical.”

Fletcher said the schedule has not been set yet for when Phase 2 will begin and end, saying they wait until they get Governing Board approval before going

forward. He said they will need to order materials before work begins.

The work will likely take place while school is in session. And Fletcher estimated it would take three to four months to complete.

“We work when kids are on campus, so they’ll segregate different portions of the playgrounds depending on what

needs to be done. We’ll work at nights, we’ll work on weekends.”

The final phase is for schools constructed after 2005. The Governing Board would have to authorize that expense before any work could start.

The funds to pay for this work are coming from the sale of $290 million in bonds voters approved in the 2019 election.

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verride votes in both Chandler Unified and Kyrene Schools easily won approval earlier this month, enabling both districts to exceed state spending limits by 15 percent for the next seven years.

Final unofficial results from the Nov. 2 all-mail election showed Chandler Unified’s override winning with 55.7 percent of the vote versus 44.3 percent who voted against it. Kyrene’s override was approved 61.3-38.7 percent.

While CUSD voters have consistently backed the the district’s override requests for 30 years, district spokesman Terry Locke admitted, “We were very worried.”

There also had been some concern among Kyrene Governing Board members in the spring as they considered whether to put the override on the ballot.

Masks mandates and pandemic disruptions over the past 18 months were the main reasons for concern.

“The board has had to make some really difficult decisions, one right after the other,” Locke said. “People are upset

for a variety of reasons.”

Locke pointed to votes over masks in school, quarantining students and regular comments about Critical Race Theory, which is not taught in CUSD. Some parents who are regular speakers at the CUSD Governing Board meetings formed an opposition group to the override, but got a late start.

Those controversies plus a worry about demographics trending in the wrong direction and a lower-than-expected turnout raised the concern of district officials, Locke said.

Turnout was just about 21 percent in CUSD and 25 percent in Kyrene.

Locke said most of the people voting are 65 and older, many who no longer have children in schools. They tend to be less supportive of overrides than younger couples who have children in school.

He was also concerned about the amount of misinformation out there. He said he saw a number of untrue statements circulating in his neighborhood.

If voters had rejected it, then tough choices would have been needed to be

made in both districts – although they also had the option of putting the override again on the ballot next year.

But Locke noted, “Next year, we would have had to go through the same override process, while simultaneously making cuts.

We’d have to cut $14 million. You can’t make those kinds of cuts without it cutting deep. Laying off a clerk isn’t going to get it done. That’s one of the reasons why school districts ask for the override a year early.”

Voters authorize districts to exceed the state limit by up to 15 percent for seven years. However, that amount phases out in the final two years so it’s not such a sharp reduction. That’s why districts tend to ask for the override every five years.

Property owners in Chandler currently pay $1.18 per $100 of assessed valuation for the previously authorized override. And that rate is not expected to change with the new override, although rising home values could increase the Kyrene Superintendent Laura Toenjes was gratified by the resounding approval.

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proval, this override continuation will generate $13.8 million in additional maintenance and operations funding which is equivalent to 200 teaching positions or approximately 20 percent of all Kyrene teachers.”

The vote means the district can continue its maintenance and operations budget – which covers basic day-to-day expenses, including salaries – above a limit that is based on a formula that includes enrollment and the distance students travel to school.

At stake was about $14 million in additional annual revenue for the district, which costs an additional $160 in annual property taxes, according to the voters pamphlet.

Specifically, the outcome enables the district to maintain specialized areas instruction such as music and physical education, targeted student support services, competitive salaries to retain and attract high quality teachers and staff and keep current reduced class sizes.

Kyrene opted for an override election this year for a few other reasons.

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Many facilities are getting to the point they need some work, such as new HVAC units, officials noted.

The first project planned is the remodeling of Fire Station 2 at Warner and Alma School. That is considered a priority because that one has the most calls, about 4,500 a year.

The station will be expanded to house an additional two units to deal with the higher number of calls.

Design has already started for that project and construction is expected to begin by the end of June.

Next in line is improvements at the Police Administration Building.

Dawn Lang, the city’s chief financial officer, said members of the citizens review committees who worked on the bond issues helped decide which projects need to be done first.

“Public safety is important, but so are our streets,” Lang said. “It’s balancing all those areas.”

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Noting that the city promises residents that their property taxes would not go up as a result of the bond issue, Lang said the city just reaffirmed its AAA bond rating with the three main issuing agencies and expects an attractive interest rate as a result.

Lang said she appreciated voters approving a facilities bond for the first time.

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Clerk’s office is now conducting a mock election to test mobile voting. DeLong said they began marketing the vote only two days after the election ended.

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ballot with state offices, council and school board races, and other elected positions as well as what likely will be a long list of propositions and there was concern the override question might get lost among all those choices.

The vote this year came at a time when some parents are furious with Kyrene’s mask mandate – masks are optional in CUSD.

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for disposing of the land while a real estate company listed five different approaches to handling that parcel.

At least one option both had suggested would have had the district serve as a landlord, possible in a partnership with a developer, in an arrangement the consultant said could yield millions of dollars in revenue over a long period of time.

Several board members at the time balked at that idea, expressing concerns that it was a distraction from the district’s educational mission.

As for the broader Chandler program, meanwhile, Miranda said part of the branding effort is to build an identity and give residents a sense of pride. Before beginning the campaign, they met with stake holders.

One thing they heard is some people did not know which city they were in at times.

The northern border of West Chandler jigs and jags north of Ray, so it’s not always easy to tell.

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Trine Nelson, co-chair of the committee that campaigned for passage, said she was not surprised.

“When you talk about what these dollars are earmarked for, we talk about support service staff – occupational therapists, physical therapists, speech therapists, our counseling program,” Nelson said. “All of which we can all kind of agree during the last 18 months are really important services that our students need.”

“That’s some of the place making we’re doing, so people really understand you are in Chandler, and West Chandler is a very distinct part of our town.”

Hartke said the branding effort for West Chandler is similar to one the city did for the Uptown employment corridor a few years ago. He called that a success.

“We relocated some of the businesses along Arizona Avenue. We still got some industrial spaces of light industry on the east side of Arizona Avenue. We brought attention to some of our parks up there. We put in a mural recently in one of our older parks, for example, instead of putting it in a new section. We decorated a lot of the corners with art up there. We’ll be doing the same [in West Chandler] inthe future.”

Miranda said West Chandler may have been overlooked, but it has a great story to tell. And that’s what they will do with this branding campaign.

“There’s a lot of great restaurants, entertainment and shopping, don’t forget about West Chandler. It’s not just the mall.”

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CUSD may see its first elementary IB school soon

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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ndersen Elementary School is looking to change its trajectory in a big way.

The school is starting down a path that it hopes will end by it being the first elementary school in Chandler certified as an International Baccalaureate program.

There are currently only five IB programs at Arizona elementary schools, with another two already in the process of getting certified. That process can take years to complete.

“We are starting now with increasing our level of rigor, increasing engagement and inquiry,” said Kristin Kinghorn, the school’s principal. “We’ll start writing our plans next year so it will be more IB thematic base.”

The International Baccalaureate program has five offices around the world.

About 5,400 schools have been certified as IB programs around the world.

The only one certified in the Chandler Uni-

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The program’s philosophy is to make the students responsible for their own education. The goal is to get them to become self-learners.

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“We believe that by going down this road, we’ll be able to increase the rigor being taught in the classroom,” Kinghorn told the CUSD Governing Board last month.

Andersen is currently seeing a decline in attendance and was given a letter grade of C in 2019, the most recent year available.

Kinghorn said that because they are located on the border of two other districts, Kyrene and Tempe Elementary, an IB program could lead to an increase in attendance by parents who are looking for a more rigorous education for their children.

But it won’t happen overnight.

Kinghorn said it usually takes three or more years to get certified as an IB program. Teachers need to be trained in the IB methods and then officials will conduct school visits to make sure they are implemented.

Just starting down the path may turn around the school’s attendance woes.

It had 537 students in the 2018-2019

school year. That dropped to 520 the following year, and then to 486 last year.

This year it’s down to 475.

The district is projecting an overall decline in attendance based on the number of babies being born.

Becoming an IB program will bring additional costs. Kinghorn and interim Superintendent Frank Narducci said they believe they can cover those costs with existing funds. However, he warned there would need to be adjustments in the future to make it sustainable.

They would be used for professional development for teachers; application fee; hiring a primary years program coordinator; world language exploration; an annual candidacy fee; and costs for the verification visits.

Kinghorn said in a staff survey the move toward becoming a certified IB program was supported by nearly 91 percent.

The next steps for the school is to hold parent information meetings, the first taking place on Nov. 18. There will be additional meetings Dec. 2 and Jan. 6.

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Black Student Union fills big need at Casteel

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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ophomore Bryce Black said he was aware he is in the minority on the Casteel High School campus. He says it’s an unsettling feeling.

“You’re not comfortable being yourself, because you’re around people who are not like you,” Black said.

That was the motivation behind one of his football teammates stepping forward to start a Black Student Union at the Chandler Unified school in Queen Creek.

“There were a lot of Black students that didn’t feel comfortable,” sophomore Jaylen Jones said. “So, I wanted to make a group where they could come together, and we could also bring in other students of all races, all different religions.

“We could share and celebrate our differences.”

Bryce and Jaylen were freshmen when they began to pursue starting the club about a year ago during a pandemic.

“It was difficult to get students to come out to it, because of COVID, … they didn’t feel comfortable being in an enclosed space,” Jaylen said. “We had like 40 kids sign up by the end, just by lunch … It was insane. It was exciting.”

A year later the pair of running backs are seeing the success of their efforts.

More than 60 students are members this year and the BSU held its first event recently with a group outing to Top Golf.

Left: Jaylen Jones is one of the founders and current president of the Casteel High School Black Student Union. Right: Jaleah Hendrix stands in front of members of the Casteel High School Black Student Union as they film a video that will be shown at an upcoming school event. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer) They invited the Black Student Unions from other schools to join them.

But it wasn’t easy getting to that point.

Jones said it was a tedious process to get the club up and running. And then once they started, there was some backlash when the club was just forming.

“There was a little in the beginning that Mr. [Principal Jason] Phillips managed really well,” said Rae Black, a Casteel teacher and a co-sponsor of the BSU. She’s also Bryce’s mother.

“It didn’t trickle down on me, it didn’t

Jaleah Hendrix stands in front of members of the Casteel High School Black Student Union as they film a video that will be shown at an upcoming school event.

(David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)

There were a lot of Black students that didn’t feel “comfortable.

I wanted to make a group where they

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trickle down on the students. After he educated on what the club was on his campus, it wasn’t anything after that.”

Rae Black said that’s a major part of the club’s mission, to educate students.

It’s something that Malcolm Jones, the other co-sponsor for the Casteel club, said he missed when he was younger.

“BSU is something that I didn’t have the opportunity to do in high school,” said Malcolm Jones, who is also the school’s band director. “I think the fact that we’re doing it here at Casteel is really important.”

Rae Black said about 27 percent of Casteel’s more than 4,000 students are African American. That makes them the largest minority group on the campus, which includes 7th graders through high school.

She said they also hope to encourage other minorities to celebrate their cultures.

They already have a success story. A fellow teacher and a student saw the

Black Student Union grow at Casteel from the start and it motivated them to start an Asian Pacific Islanders club.

“They were inspired by the BSU club,” Rae Black said. “We include them a lot, because they are learning and we’re already going.”

Jaylen says they discuss current events at the club’s weekly meetings. They also look to the future and talk about historically Black colleges and universities.

“I still feel like people try not to understand each other,” he said. “I believe racism has decreased incredibly compared to how it was, but I know there are still a lot of issues and still a lot of things that we want to eliminate by being so involved with the community.

“We want to have more events so they can learn more about us, and so they don’t get the wrong idea about the Black Student Union.

We’re just a group that’s trying to have fun, trying to learn, trying to be better.”

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Terros program helps expectant moms break addiction

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Overdose deaths hit a record 93,000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That’s a nearly 30 percent increase over 2019.

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Last December, Pesqueira learned that she was pregnant and worried how her substance use disorder would affect her unborn baby.

Pesqueira was introduced to Terros Health and after receiving specialized MAT throughout her pregnancy, she recently gave birth to a healthy baby girl.

The baby showed no signs of withdrawal.

“I have a daughter and I got my other daughter back,” the Phoenix resident said. “I’ve been clean and successful.

I work and have no cravings. I take my meds there, they have therapy there and I can honestly say this is the best thing.

The program is the best thing if you really want help getting off of drugs.”

Dr. Saul Perea, Terros Health’s chief medical officer, created the MAT program. He works hand-in-hand with patients, their families and, in the case of pregnant women who are addicted to substances, OB-GYN specialists to coordinate integrated and behavioral care.

Terros Health has offered substance use treatments for many years but the MAT program didn’t officially begin until approximately six years ago, Perea said.

This program addresses patients’ overall health by combining FDA-approved medications with behavioral therapy and primary medical care.

“The MAT service started with a vision of providing services to every single opioid use disorder person,” Perea said.

“We had great success with the general public and then we noticed that our pregnant women and adolescents were part of the population that weren’t getting the treatment that they needed.”

Statewide, there aren’t many programs that specialize in the treatment of substance abuse in pregnant women, so Terros Health fills that gap, Perea said.

“A lot of pregnant women still suffer from discrimination and stigma, not only from their own families, but from medical providers, and that’s unfortunate,” he said.

“But we’re doing the best we can to educate people and make sure that they understand and that we give the treatment that these women deserve.”

Terros Health’s trained medical experts, counselors and community health work-

ers use two medication-assisted treatment options: Suboxone and Subutex.

Suboxone can reduce or eliminate withdrawal symptoms and drug cravings without producing the dangerous side effects of opioids. Pregnant women struggling with substance use are given Subutex to help keep themselves and the baby safe while decreasing substance cravings.

“This is actually the only thing that really helps with cravings,” Pesqueira said.

Great communication between patients and providers is especially important during treatment, Perea said.

To achieve this, Terros Health has partnered with NextGen Healthcare, a leading provider of ambulatory-focused technology solutions.

“We provide a lot of the underlying technology that gets used in a lot of medical practices but it’s folks like Dr. Perea… who are doing the hard work,” said Dr. Robert Murry, NextGen chief medical information officer and practicing physician. “We’re just trying to be behind the scenes to let them do their job.”

Terros Health integrates patients’ medical and behavioral health data into a single system using an electronic health records platform called NextGen Enterprise with NextGen Virtual Visits.

This gives clinicians access to a patient’s health record to improve efficiencies and coordination of care, reduce administrative errors and promote total health and well-being.

For expectant mothers, the NextGen system enables Terros Health to work with OB-GYN specialists to care for patients who are deemed high-risk pregnancies.

“Every pregnant woman becomes highrisk,” Perea said. “So communication and coordination of care is really, really important. Being available through telehealth and having all the clinical information that we need at our fingertips with NextGen just makes our life a lot easier.”

Terros Health offers in-person appointments as well as video visits so patients can meet virtually with a provider from the comfort of their home.

MAT providers are also available at the company’s 27th Avenue Health Center in central Phoenix and the Olive Health Center in Glendale.

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Experts worried about cancer screening declines

BY SAMANTHA MORRIS Arizonan Contributor

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he pandemic has kept an alarming number of Americans from getting their cancer screenings.

A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association estimated that in 2020, 9.4 million screenings for breast, colorectal and prostate cancer were missed due to COVID-19.

Norman Sharpless, the director of the National Cancer Institute, estimates that pandemic delays in cancer care will lead to a total of 10,000 excess deaths in breast and colorectal cancers over the next 10 years.

This has prompted local oncologists to encourage people to reschedule screenings they may have put off during the pandemic.

Dr. Rogerio Lilenbaum, a senior physician executive at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center in Gilbert, stressed the importance of early detection, even

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when someone isn’t experiencing any symptoms.

“The whole point of screening is to detect cancer early. If you don’t have the screening test, and you only present to the health care facility when you have symptoms or you have findings, by definition you are no longer at an early stage,” Lilenbaum explained.

“The treatments are more difficult and the outcomes are not the same,” said Lilenbaum.

Danielle Duchini is a breast surgical oncologist at HonorHealth Del Lago Primary Care in Peoria. She has seen firsthand the effects of people skipping their mammograms.

“We are seeing an uptick in the number of cancer cases,’’ explained Duchini.

“People that would have gotten it in 2020, didn’t get caught in 2020, so now they’re getting caught in 2021.”

Duchini recognizes that fear was a major factor in the public’s hesitancy to make

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appointments and wants people to understand that COVID-19 exposure is very limited because breast center facilities are kept separate from COVID patients.

“Please don’t be afraid. As a breast surgical oncologist, I am more afraid of people not getting their screening mammograms, than I am of them catching COVID at a breast center,” said Duchini.

Many patients told her that they had faithfully obtained mammograms every year but that when the pandemic began, they were fearful of being around medical people.

“Not all medical people take care of COVID patients,” explained Duchini.

Duchini recommends that women get screened every year starting at 40 years old, contrary to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Forces’ recommendation that women get mammograms every other year starting at 50.

Dr. Maurie Markman, the President of Medicine and Science at the Cancer Treat-

Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), Arizona’s Medicaid agency, private insurance or through federal

ment Centers for America explained that a leading challenge right now is keeping up the public’s urgency to get screened.

People’s routines have been disrupted and getting that routine back is really important, said Markman.

Markman acknowledges that Americans have a lot on their minds, and for many, screenings may fall low on their list of priorities.

Lilenbaum agrees and reassures the safety of Banner’s facilities, including all the usual protocols, such mask wearing, social distancing, and vaccination requirements for employees.

He made note that all Banner Health employees will be required to be vaccinated by Nov. 1.

“You should not delay this anymore, even though we’re not completely out of the pandemic, don’t wait until sometime in 2022 because it’s not in your best interest,” said Lilenbaum.

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CUSD board rapped over handling of anti-Semitic remark

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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he anti-Semitic remark at the Oct. 27 meeting of the Chandler Unified School District Governing Board caused a swift reaction, both from officials and the community they represent.

The board reminded the community of its policies and procedures before they signed up to speak at the Nov. 10 meeting, and then again just before allowing them to speak.

When the public got the chance to address the board, speakers chastised board members for allowing the anti-Semitic remark and not taking immediate action after it was made. Of the 16 people to address the board last week, 12 made comments criticizing the remark and many of those also rapped the board’s response.

“If people are using board meetings as a way to indulge in hate speech, you need to cut the mic, condemn their statements in real time, and remove them from the meeting – and future meetings,” said Krista McKinney, a Chandler resident. “An email condemnation while

still allowing a platform for hate speech is not good enough.”

During public comments at the Oct. 27 meeting a Queen Creek woman repeated a number of conspiracy theories and ended her remarks with an anti-Semitic slur. The District issued a statement the following day condemning the remark.

As people entered the Nov. 10 meeting, they were told if they wanted to speak they had to limit their comments to something the board could actually address. They were also handed a sheet of paper that addressed public participation at board meetings.

“The Governing Board and administration condemn acts of intolerance and denounce them as contradictory to the core values of Chandler Unified School District,” Board President Barb Mozdzen read before public comments began on Nov. 10.

“Indeed, Chandler Unified School District denounces hate speech … We express deep support for those hurt, and make it clear that such behavior is unacceptable.”

Only one of the public speakers spoke out against Critical Race Theory, which is not taught in the school district. That

topic has been brought up repeatedly at recent meetings where a group of parents have criticized the board over CRT, masks, vaccinations and quarantines.

“You might be a majority in this room, but you’re clearly just a loud organized minority that is trying to get attention for your cause, whatever that might be,” said Carrie Goode, a Gilbert resident. “Leave these folks alone and let them do their job.”

She said the last thing the board needs is to be harassed over Critical Race Theory and indoctrinating students.

McKinney, the Chandler resident, said she doesn’t know what Critical Race Theory is since it’s not part of the CUSD curriculum, but she does want her children to know the true history of the United States – including the ugly parts.

There were many speakers like McKinney and Goode.

“Board, you need to shout down loudly any bigotry,” said Chandler parent Rebecca Masterson. “It’s your job. We have elected you, please speak for us.”

“This should not be a safe space for conspiracy theorists, extremists, and

even white supremacists to come here and spew vitriol,” said Jennifer McPhee, a Tempe resident with a child in the school district. “We can see you sit complicit, silently unresponsive to remarks that take place in this room. … I’m begging you to just do better.”

“I am tired of seeing Arizona school boards held up to the nation and amplified as examples of ignorance, racism and anti-science sentiment,” said Scottsdale resident Julie Gunnigle. “I’m tired of having our state tied to this nonsense, and I’m embarrassed on your behalf when I watched the meeting a few weeks ago where blatant anti-Semitism conspiracy theories were spouted.”

“This is a problem and calls for a response in the moment,” she added. “Because otherwise, all you’re doing is giving a platform to people who to seek to outconspiracy theory each other in hopes their video will go viral in their own group of insular extremists on social media.

When this board says nothing in the face of ignorance, anti-Semitic and racist comments, it tells the community it is OK.”

changes, like whether schools can mandate masks for staff and students, into bills that are labeled only as relating to the budget.

Also, now voided are a host of other measures. (See story on page 21) But Gov. Doug Ducey is still fighting the Biden administration over his denial of millions in grants that Tempe Union and Kyrene school officials have expected. Ducey is punishing both districts and others that imposed mask mandates.

At stake is $5.2 million for Kyrene and $2.8 million for Tempe Union.

Ducey last week told federal officials that there’s nothing illegal about his using COVID grant dollars in a way that financially penalizes schools that impose mask mandates.

In fact, a top staffer says there’s a good reason to divide up the $163 million only among schools that do not require masks.

“Experts have warned that masks can be harmful to children’s emotional development,’’ Jason Mistlebauer, a member of the governor’s budget staff wrote to the Treasury Department, the organization that provided the dollars in the first place.

“Seeing faces and reading emotional cues are critical for school-aged children.’’

Anyway, he said, studies show there is a low risk of transmission among students.

Mistlebauer said all that allows the state to use the funds to “empower parents and children to make the best decision based on information and recommendations provided by the Centers for Disease Control and other scientific sources,’’ pointing out the CDC is not requiring masks in public schools.

But it remains to be seen whether those arguments wash with the feds.

Last month Deputy Treasury Secretary Adewale Adeyemo wrote to Ducey saying that the state was improperly using its $163 million from a COVID relief program. Adeyemo gave the governor until Nov. 4 to say how he intends to “remediate’’ the issues or face a demand for refund of the cash.

But it’s clear from the letter from Mistlebauer that Ducey has no intention of giving the money back.

He told Jacob Leibenluft, the Treasury Department’s chief recovery officer, that the rules that came with the give says that

states have “broad flexibility’’ in how to use the cash.

Mistlebauer said the way Ducey looks at it, Arizona is complying by using the dollars to address disparities in educational attainment and increased educational hardships resulting from the pandemic.

The governor also is using the cash to give out $7,000 vouchers to parents who want to pull their kids out of schools with mask mandates and instead send them to private and parochial schools without such a requirement.

In upholding a lower court ruling, the justices also slapped down arguments by Roysden that the Legislature alone decides whether what it puts in bills complies with the Arizona Constitution.

Justice William Montgomery got more specific, citing provisions in one challenged bill labeled only as dealing with “budget procedures.’’

“So how does dog racing relate to budget procedures?’’ he asked.

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on’t expect any change in Kyrene School District’s requirement for facemasks on campus anytime soon.

The Arizona Supreme Court Nov. 2 voided a ban on mask mandates in public schools and a host of other legislative changes, ruling it was illegal for Republican lawmakers to pile them into a handful of budget bills.

“Since the Supreme Court ruling is in alignment with the previous court ruling, it means no changes for Kyrene at this time,” Kyrene spokeswoman Erin Helm said.

“Ditto,” added Megan Sterling, spokeswoman for the Tempe Union High School District.

Kyrene and Tempe Union re-imposed a mask mandate after a Maricopa County judge overturned the ban.

Without comment, the judges rejected arguments by Assistant Attorney General Beau Roysden that there’s nothing inherently wrong with the process that lawmakers have used for years to put policy

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Study finds Chandler man gave pets COVID-19 ARIZONAN NEWS STAFF

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cientists say a Chandler resident is the world's first genetically documented case of COVID-19 transmission from a human to an animal.

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, last week announced that it has published its findings from an ongoing study in the journal “One Health.”

While there are five pilot studies nationwide examining COVID in animals, the TGen study is the only one to include genomic sequencing of the virus from both pet and human samples.

“This level of testing resulted from TGen’s overall efforts to monitor the virus and its potentially more-dangerous variants by sequencing as many positive human samples of the virus as possible,” TGen senior science writer Steve Yozwiak said.

Hayley Yaglom, a TGen epidemiologist at the institute’s infectious-disease lab in Flagstaff and lead author of the study, said the Chandler case is “the first example we had from the project that demonstrated the likelihood of virus transmission from a pet owner to animals in the household.”

“This is a great example of using genomics to gain intelligence about pathogens,” said David Engelthaler, Ph.D., director of TGen’s Pathogen and Microbiome Division, the branch of TGen studying infectious diseases. “This study shows that we can not only use genomics to help track COVID variants across the globe, but we can also use this technology to track exact transmissions, and in this case transmission from pet owners to pets.”

Patient confidentiality prevents TGen from saying much about the man at the center of the study’s discovery, except to say that the “pet parent” infected his dog and cat.

“The pet parent was not yet vaccinated, took little precaution to protect his cat and dog and entertained guests who were not vaccinated. The owner recovered from COVID, and both his pets were asymptomatic,” Yozwiak said.

The animals were confined to an apartment and “had little-to-no opportunity to be exposed to the virus and so

TGen epidemiologist Hayley Yaglom, giving one of her own dogs a hug, led the landmark study on COVID-19 transmission by a Chandler man to his pet dog and cat.

(Courtesy of TGen)

it was highly unlikely that the pets infected their owner,” he added.

“Plus, in each case examined in the study, it was the pet parent who exhibited COVID first,” Yozwiak said. “Worldwide, there is no documented case of COVID transmission from a pet to its pet parent.”

Researchers were unable to tell if the dog or cat were infected first, or if one infected the other, “though that is a possibility,” he added.

The Chandler dog and cat “were buddies who had close contact with each other,” researchers said.

TGen’s infectious-disease laboratory is located in Flagstaff, and is its base for all its anti-COVID research.

In this study, Yaglom and a veterinarian from the Arizona Department of Health Services visited the homes in Coconino and Maricopa counties of pet owners who have tested positive for the virus in the past two weeks and test their pets for COVID. Arizona researchers tested 39 dogs and 22 cats in 24 households and found 14 positive cases of COVID in pets among six households.

TGen’s COVID animal study is conducted under a grant from the Arizona Department of Health Services. Funds

come from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in coordination with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists.

The Chandler man and his pets “all were infected with the identical strain of coronavirus: B.1.575, an early and unremarkable version” of the COVID-causing virus, Yozwiak said.

“Fewer than 25 documented cases exist of Arizonans infected with this strain, according to information drawn from the COVID variant tracking dashboard that TGen maintains for the CDC and ADHS,” Yozwiak added.

To date, more than 46,000 positive samples of Arizonans with COVID have been genetically sequenced, he said.

Researchers deduced that the virus spread from the pet parent to either the dog or cat, or both.

Yaglom said the findings reinforced the need for pet owners to protect their pets by getting vaccinated.

If they do get COVID, they should wear masks when they are around their pets.

“As difficult as it might be for many pet owners, they should avoid cuddling, kissing, allowing pets to lick their faces, or sleeping with them,” Yozwiak added.

Owners don’t have to completely isolate from their pets, Yaglom said, but

they should minimize contact “as best they can” while they exhibit COVID symptoms.

The study will continue through the rest of 2021 and might go into 2022 if researchers obtain additional funding, which would allow them to continue education and outreach efforts, bolstering active surveillance of the virus.

Dog and cat owners who have tested positive for COVID-19 within the past two weeks are eligible to participate in the study. The tests are free. Owners must be at least 18, provide consent and fill out a questionnaire. The pet must be vaccinated against rabies, mainly housed indoors, and tolerant of the handling and restraint necessary for routine veterinary care.

A veterinarian is present when samples are taken. No animals are harmed in the course of this study.

Pet owners must wear masks during sample collection, and project staff will wear masks and gloves. Spanish-speaking staff will be available, as needed. Pet owners will be notified of test results within 3-4 weeks. For pets that test positive, owners may be asked to enable collection of additional samples. Positive tests will be reported to the Arizona State Veterinarian and ADHS. For more information about testing pet dogs or cats for COVID, or to participate in the study, emailcovidpetprojectaz@ tgen.org.

TGen, an affiliate of City of Hope, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to conducting groundbreaking research with life-changing results. The City of Hope is a world-renowned independent research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases.

Both institutes complement each other in research and patient care, with City of Hope providing a clinical setting to advance scientific discoveries made

by TGen. TGen is focused on helping patients with neurological disorders, cancer, diabetes and infectious diseases through cutting-edge translational research.

TGen physicians and scientists work to unravel the genetic components of both common and complex rare diseases in adults and children.

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Chandler asks residents to help test mobile voting platform

The City of Chandler is asking residents to help them test a mobile voting platform. “We want to test the application, see if it works, see if we can break it,” Vice Mayor Mark Stewart said. “See if it’s something years down the road we might be able to use for our elections.”

The mock election began Wednesday and will continue through Nov. 30. Any Chandler resident who is 13 years or older can participate. The app relies on blockchain technology to keep it secure.

Participants will be asked to provide ID verification before they can cast their votes. The election will be similar to the just-concluded city bond election, with the five bond questions on the ballot. In addition, there will be two additional questions the city added about mobile voting.

Participants will be able to vote with their phones or tablets. To participate, visit chandleraz.gov/blockchain.

Woofstock returning to Tumbleweed Park Saturday

When you want to really spoil your dog, or just meet other dog owners who are as crazy about their pets as you, there’s no better place to bring Fido than the City of Chandler’s Woofstock Nov. 20, which is returning a year after the pandemic forced its cancellation.

From 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. dog owners and dog lovers should head to Tumble-

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weed Park with well-manned leashed pooches for hiking adventures or pet spa.

Pet Adoptions will be available through the Maricopa County Animal Care & Control and Arizona Humane Society and low-cost vaccinations can be purchased through Dignity Veterinary Hospital.

Canine sporting demonstrations at various times throughout the day will be presented by Arizona Supercharged Flyball Team, Brittany Rescue, Chandler Police K9 unit and Dog Training Elite. There also will be pet caricature drawings and portraits available, “pet psychic readings” by Terrie Wallace and a “Puparazzi Photo Contest.”

All food and drinks are pay-as-yougo. There are no ATMs on site; some vendors may accept credit cards. A full schedule of activities is at chandleraz. gov/explore/special-events/woofstock.

government and in their community.

Applications must be filed by Dec. 3. For details: chandleraz.gov/civic.

City completes Uptown public art projects

Uptown Chandler is more artistic after two new public art projects were completed. The city added 90 banners on light poles near major intersections with a design by a local artist. They replace banners installed in 2017.

Also, artists have painted the traffic control boxes of 11 cabinets in Uptown Chandler. They join 10 others that were painted in 2019. The Arizona artists were asked to created a Chandler-inspired design.

The boxes are on Alma School Road, Arizona Avenue, and Warner and Elliot roads from roughly Knox north to Western Canal.

Chandler now accepting CIVIC History Bites to highlight Native Land Acknowledgment program applications The Chandler Museum’s History Bites Mayor Hartke and the Chandler City Council are taking applications for CIVIC, an interactive, 12-session program providing Chandler residents with a behind-the-scenes look at city services.

The free program will again launch in January 2022 and is the latest offering by the City to help residents connect with their government. During each session, participants will meet with city leaders, tour facilities, participate in interactive sessions and learn how to stay engaged with their local

program plans to highlight the Native Land Acknowledgment in December. It pays tribute to those who took care of the land that most of us live, work, and enjoy today.

Doreen Garlid, a member of the Navajo Nation who was elected to Tempe’s City Council, will lead the discussion. It is scheduled for noon, Dec. 7 at the museum, 300 S. Chandler Village Drive. There is no charge for the 30-minute program

about/philanthropy.

Grants are provided to local non-profit and charitable organizations to use in their facilities as well as their events and fundraisers. They can use the grants for signage for facilities, banners for events or fundraisers or building, monument, directional or wayfinding signs.

This year’s recipients are AFS Arizona, Aid to Women Center, American Diabetes Association, Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Chandler International Film Festival, Child Crisis Arizona, Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation - Southwest Chapter, East Valley Veterans Parade, Exchange Club of Chandler - Wreaths Across America, Ex-

change Club of Chandler - Field of Hope.

Applications for the 2022 round of winners must be submitted by Dec. 17.

To obtain an application: 480-821-1100 or email allisonke@sarchandler.com.

Signarama owner Allison Kast-Eichenberg has given $350,000 in grants since the program began in 2011.

“Our Signs of Hope program is one of my favorite things,” Kast-Eichenberg said. “Every year I am inspired and grateful for the amazing people and organizations we have the privilege to partner with through our grant program.”

A member of Parents of Addicted Loved Ones said Signarama’s program “is important to use” and praised the

Chandler Museum offers exhibits, gift ideas

Chandler Museum has a couple exhibits and also has some gift ideas for holiday shoppers.

“Bigger than Boxing: Zora Folley and the 1967 Heavyweight Title” looks at the 1967 Heavyweight Championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Chandler fighter Zora Folley.

“Greatest Photographs of the American West” offers selections from the National Geographic Archive. Each image captures a different aspect of the West including interactions among the people, visitors, and wildlife, as well as landscapes with endless skies, boundless plains, and dramatic mountains.

Docent tours are Sundays at 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. and people can register at eventbrite. com/e/docent-tour-tickets-169158306047.

For gift ideas, check out the “Museum in a Box” offerings, including one that enables participants to explore architecture with a Frank Lloyd Wright themed activity box.

New is the Museum in a Box with supplies for four Southwest-themed holiday activities and a book. Families will learn about The Legend of the Poinsettia, and then follow instructions to make bright flowers out of felt. Other projects include: working together to design luminarias, arranging mini-cotton-boll wreaths, and assembling a tree inspired

by Chandler’s Tumbleweed Tree.

Chandler sign company offers grants to nonprofits

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r. Rogers probably never heard of Signarama Chandler when he said: “All of us, at some time or other, need help.

Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That’s one of the things that connects us as neighbors – in our own way, each one of us is a giver and a receiver.”

But Signarama, 3144 N Colorado St., knows who Mr. Rogers is and is taking his advice to heart with its annual Signs of Hope program. The program for 2022 has been launched and details are at signarama.com/locations/az-chandler/

business’ encouragement.

Jodi Stoken of Child Crisis Arizona, told Kast-Eichenberg, “We appreciate all you have done and we love the work you do!”

Kast-Eichenberg said she believes Signarama has “something valuable to offer this world and (we) are committed to finding a way to share it.”

Signarama Chandler is a locally owned and operated company specializing in commercial signs and graphics.

Signage “is incredibly important and a part of our daily lives,” she said, adding that while an ideal customer for Signarama Chandler is a locally owned business with a storefront signage also can be important for nonprofit and charitable organizations.

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Speakers who addressed the Tempe Union Governing Board about SROs included, from left, Mountain Pointe student Hudson Ellis, graduate student Matt Crisler, Sherry Kettner, Corona student Liam Halton, student Isabelle Jacot and Kelsey Haake. Of the above, only Crisler lauded the abolition of SROs. (YouTube)

Mystery, controversy surround TU’s SRO resolution

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Arizonan Executive Editor

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ystery surrounds the Tempe Union Governing Board’s announcement that it may revisit its resolution to abolish school resource officers at the same time that controversy over the resolution continues to roil the community.

Three students, a grandmother and at least two mothers ripped the decision in appearances before the board at its Nov. 3 meeting while a graduate student and a mother spoke in favor of it.

Meanwhile, three former board members and other community leaders signed an open letter asking the board to reconsider the decision. (see page 38) And scores of people took to social media to debate the board’s resolution, which aims to abolish SROs at all six high schools before the next school year.

The board agenda said, “At the November 17 meeting or at an earlier date and time, Governing Board members will discuss and consider for approval a Resolution to clarify, revise or supersede the Resolution that was approved at the October 13 meeting.”

Board President Brian Garcia, who first opposed SROs in June 2020, didn’t do much to clarify that agenda item.

The resolution was the focus of an emergency executive session Oct. 25. District officials and board members are forbidden by law from discussing what goes on in such closed-door sessions.

All that Garcia said at last week’s meeting was that the board intended “to help clarify key points in” the resolution and

“provide clarity because of the call for that clarity and to kind of address also elements of misinformation.”

Asked later what “misinformation” Garcia was referring to, district spokeswoman Megan Sterling replied, “No comment.”

Superintendent Dr. Kevin Mendivil, who has not appeared to be enthusiastic about the abolition of SROs during past meetings when the subject has come up, also said the board intends “to provide clarification.”

Stating that clarification would be coming “because we have listened,” he also addressed the board and said, “You have listened to the community, to our teachers and so I I think that that needs to be known.

“It may not feel like that right now out there, but you have five board members that are listening. And so, I appreciate that,” Mendivil said.

The board voted 3-2 last month to abolish SROs with board members Berdetta Hodge and Andres Barraza casting surprise “no” votes.

While they had been supportive of the move to abolish uniformed officers on campus in the past, both Hodge and Barraza were critical of the way the resolution had been handled. Hodge wanted a formal survey of staff, students, parents while Barraza complained of having no input in it.

Garcia and board members Armando Montero and Sarah James say SROs are an intimidating presence on campus, particularly for students of color.

Two speakers who addressed the board echoed that feeling, saying SROs tended to “target” students of color and subject them to harsher disciplinary action.

But among the critics was Mountain

Pointe student Hudson Ellis, who asked board members if they even knew “how long it takes for a police officer to arrive on campus” if a shooting were to occur.

Hudson indirectly referred to the board's other vote Oct. 13 – with Barraza and Hodge opposing and Garcia abstaining – that deprived Mountain Pointe and Desert Vista high schools of having trained SROs on campus. Instead, they are getting available officers assigned on a day to day basis that Mendivil called "a revolving door."

Hudson said SROs understand and know how to deal with special education students while officers “off the street” lack the training to do so. He also asserted that the eight or nine Desert Vista students who spoke in favor Oct. 13 of abolishing SROs “don’t portray the entire Tempe Union School District.”

“There may be some students that don’t agree with police officers,” Hudson said, “but there’s also some students that don’t like teachers. Are we going to get rid of the teachers?”

Corona del Sol student Liam Halton also criticized the board, stating, “students shouldn’t have to choose between SROs or mental health experts.”

“The people who voted on this issue will face second-hand effects and consequences,” Liam said. “If someone were to show up with a lethal weapon while an SRO wasn’t present, students and administration who didn’t get much of a say in this will face the direct effects… I have a sister coming in next year and I’m nervous and worried about our safety.”

Sherry Kettner, whose granddaughter attends Desert Vista High, said the deci-

sion indicated that “the voices of the few have overridden the voices of many.”

She noted opposition by all six high school, principals, Tempe Police and other community leaders while supporting it were groups that identified with socialism.

"I don't understand how we can take the argument of somebody from an organization that represents socialism over and above so many qualified professions that have our children's well-being in mind," Kettner said.

But graduate student Matthew Crisler applauded the board’s decision and encouraged it to look “at the entire apparatus of policing and exploitation that targets youth.

“In that vein, we should stop using only the language of vulnerable youth or vulnerable students and start talking about targeted students – students who are targeted by truancy laws, state of abandonment, criminal codes. high-stakes testing, gentrification and predatory employers.”

Danielle Pollett, a Mountain Pointe mother, said she doubted many teachers responded to a poll on the issue and urged a series of roundtables at campuses to give "students an opportunity to brainstorm what physical and emotional safety should be like in their near future."

But parent Kelsey Haake, who identified herself as a member of an Alaskan Indigenous tribe, ripped the board's decision, calling it “abysmal.”

“I truly believe that this was a bad resolution and I’m scared for my children – my native children that are going to be going through the Tempe Union School District without the SROs that are here,” Haake said. ■

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Chandler veteran: Don’t just say thanks, do something

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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ou probably won’t see Chandler resident Seth Haahr wearing a hat or T-shirt this Veterans Day that shouts he served as a scout in the Army.

“I don’t like putting myself out there as a veteran,” said Haarh, who spent a year in Afghanistan. “I’m not, ‘Hey, look at me, I’m wearing a veteran T-shirt or something like that.’ … That’s not my identity, so I don’t care about that recognition.”

Not wearing anything that identifies him as a veteran helps avoid those moments when people try to show their appreciation.

“I think there is a lot of lip service that goes into it, were people say, ‘oh, thank you for your service,’ but they don’t actually know what that means,” Haahr said.

Chandler veteran Seth Haahr says thanking veterans on Veterans Day often seems devoid of meaning and suggests people should show their gratitude by doing something to help some of them. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer) “That’s one of the reasons why I actually hate it when people say, ‘thank you

for your service,’ because most of the time it’s just an empty gesture. But, I’m

still thankful for it at the same time.”

Haahr suggested instead of thanking a vet with words, do something.

“If you do genuinely care and are truly appreciative you can say, ‘Hey, I hope you don’t think it’s empty words, but I appreciate your service,’ but what’s more important is actually doing something about that,” he said. “Words carry a lot of weight, but action means more than words.

“So, if it’s volunteering at a veteran homeless shelter or donating to organizations like the military or the Purple Heart, or DAV [Disabled American Veterans], anything like that. That carries more weight than someone saying, ‘thank you for your service.’”

Haahr jokes about how he ended up

see VETERAN page 27

Hamilton teacher wins prestigious national award

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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amilton High School teacher Scott Reed says you generally see the same faces in most advance placement classes. One source of pride for him is that’s not the case in his AP psychology class.

“About a third of my students, it’s their only AP class they take,” Reed said.

“They’re challenging themselves to hang with the ‘honors’ kids. And I think that’s a huge help to them.”

Reed was named the high school winner for the 2021 Mary Margaret Moffett Teaching Excellence award. The award is one of six awarded nationally by the Society for the Teaching of Psychology.

It wasn’t so long ago that psychology wasn’t taught in high schools. Now, it’s all Reed teaches. And, Hamilton has hired a second full-time AP psychology teacher.

“People don’t realize like a million

students take high school psychology throughout the United States,” Reed said.

When he first started teaching AP psychology 24 years ago Reed said he had one class.

Now, there are ten.

What draws them?

First, one topic they learn about is developing your memory, something every student can appreciate. They also research different personality types, which is a topic that is usually popular with students.

They enjoy taking personality tests that reveals something of their own nature.

They also study cognitive biases.

“Students definitely learn about themselves,” Reed said.

“They’ll do this project called Hamilton High School psychology teacher Scott Reed 50 slips, where they ask 50 difwon the 2021 Mary Margaret Moffett Teaching Excel- ferent people to write a word lence award. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer)

down about their personality, and they’ll compare it to the [personality tests].”

Despite the popularity of psychology at Hamilton, Reed says it’s still not taught everywhere. He said he doesn’t have the exact numbers, but suspects it’s getting close to being taught at a majority of the nation’s high schools.

Despite the popularity, Reed says he still has to dispel some misconceptions when a new year begins.

“They think it’s going to be all about like disorders, and they also think it’s about reading people’s minds,” Reed said. “Another misconception is they don’t understand it’s a science. And we need to treat it as a science.

“One of the things we do the first few weeks is get rid of a lot of the common misconceptions – 10 percent of our brain; left brain right brain.”

Reed said he always had the backing of both the school and the district in getting AP psychology started at Hamilton.

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Chandler Realtor and his team last month scored a home run on behalf of a Scottsdale woman fighting breast cancer with a benefit barhopping event that raised $25,000.

The Darwin Wall Team last week presented Rachel Ivey with the proceeds of its eighth annual Save Second Base Pub Crawl, which sold 400 tickets to people who could then cruise nine Chandler bars for a drink. The event also had 41 sponsors that filled swag bags for participants with a variety of goodies.

The money raised this year far exceeded the $15,000 that the Darwin Wall Team raised with its 2020 pub crawl to benefit another cancer victim.

Ivey, 44, is a single mom who has been struggling with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

“Rachel was so grateful,” said Paulina Matteson, one of the Dawrin Wall Team members. “She attended our event too and was going around and thanking ev-

Members of the Darwin Wall Real Estate Team presented a check for $25,000 last week to Rachel Ivey, who is g raised through their 2021 Save Second Base Pub Crawl, Tuesday, November 9, 2021, in Chandler, Arizona. (David Minton/Staff Photographer) eryone that came out to support her. We are praying for her. She wants to come out and help at our event next year.”

Money raised through the pub crawl

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volunteering.

“I didn’t stand a chance is kind of the running joke with the family,” Haahr said.

Both of his parents served, as did both grandfathers and quite a few uncles and step-brothers.

He said he was still working his high school job and trying to get up for a 6 a.m. English 101 class every morning when he decided to volunteer.

“Do the military, do my part as far as serving the country, get benefits and everything else too to try and set myself up, and give myself a chance to mature before I tried that school thing full time.”

He entered service in 2008 and two years later he was in Afghanistan, hunt-

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However, he hears from other teachers around the country that is not always the case.

ing for explosive devices near Kandahar.

“I joke with the people that I was there with that it looks like that area between Florence and Coolidge, just a little bit less refined,” he said.

Haahr said they had good engagement with the local population and that led to tips that helped them find improvised explosive devices. Other teams were not as lucky, finding the devices as Haahr calls, “the hard way.”

He said he also engaged the enemy in the mountains.

Haahr said the way the Afghanistan war ended was not a surprise to those who served there.

“Mad, disappointed, hurt, all those adjectives,” Haahr said of his feelings at how the war ended.

“The senior leadership might have gotHe said one teacher told him they had 100 students sign up, but the school was only willing to give them two classes.

“There’s no way in hell they’d do that to AP history, or AP language,” Reed said.

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ten that intel that, ‘Hey, the Afghan National Army will be able to sustain, but anyone who spent 10 minutes on the ground could have told you otherwise.

It ultimately needed to happen, but the manner in which it happened was the disappointment.”

Haahr doesn’t blame one political party or president. He said all of them could have done better.

Since leaving service Haahr was busy trying to help one of his Afghan translators flee the country before the Taliban could get to him.

Since he left service Haahr dedicated himself to helping one of his interpreters and his family come to the U.S. “They bled, cared more about our mission, than any of the politicians there,” he said.

He said he knows he has the support of his administration. Especially because of the results. Last year more than 100 Hamilton students passed the advance placement test. Reed said no other

The interpreter, his wife and daughter boarded a flight last month and made it to the U.S. “He’s the lucky one and he still had a really bad time of it,” Haahr said. “And he’s still just grateful for everything. I talk to him all the time.”

Once he left the Army, Haahr enrolled at Arizona State, but he saw a need to help other veterans like him. He started a club to help veterans returning from Afghanistan transition to college life.

He earned his degree in applied biological sciences. He now works for USAA. While he probably won’t be seen wearing a veterans cap or T-shirt, there is one thing that gives away his service.

“That’s the only reason why I have a veterans’ plate on my truck, because if you’re speeding …” he said.

school had more than 40.

“When we go take the AP test, some of my students who take five or six AP tests, say it’s a totally different crowd on AP psychology day.”

A Q&A with Hamilton teacher Scott Reed

The American Psychological Association asked Hamilton teacher Scott Reed about teaching.

What do you hope students take away from your class?

I do love the term “psychological literacy.” I hope students will see the world differently and understand themselves and others with a broader understanding that psychology can bring. For many of our students this might be their only exposure to psychology in a classroom, and I hope they leave wanting to know more about the science of psychology.

What is your favorite topic or lesson to teach?

I love teaching “research methods” as I can see students throughout the year critique research from a variety of fields including psychology.

The students today are bombarded with information from so many sources, and it is a critical skill for everyone

to learn to properly critique what they are seeing. I also really enjoy “personality” and see a lot of students become comfortable with who they are as a person through learning about this topic.

What is the most memorable moment in your teaching career?

My most memorable moment was finding out I was elected to the TOPSS Committee, first as a member-at-large and then as the chair. The APA members and their committees are so supportive of high school psychology.

The TOPSS website and lesson plans were so important in my development as a psychology teacher; it was wonderful to be part of some of the accomplishments of this Committee. Thanks to TOPSS I was able to attend the 2017 National Summit on High School Psychology Education, two APA conferences, and the APA/Clark University Workshop for High School Teachers twice, and meet so many other psychologists and psychology teachers.

What do you enjoy most about teaching?

I taught 6th grade, and then middle school math, and then high school math as I was building the psychology program at Hamilton High. I really loved teaching in general, but the students love psychology.

My students have done a number of service projects for the National Alliance on Mental Illness and participated in many of the NAMI walks. Many of my students’ passions go beyond the classroom.

What advice would you give to newer teachers of psychology?

When I started teaching psychology almost 25 years ago there were not a lot of materials that were easy to obtain. Now I feel there is so much out there that it is overwhelming.

Every single one of us has a different situation as most new psychology teachers have to teach other subjects and are often the only psychology

teacher at the school. It is a good thing to look to see what others are doing but be careful of making social comparison to other teachers.

What advice would you give to veteran teachers of psychology?

Be an advocate for our subject! Psychology should not take a “back seat” to other subjects. I hear too many stories of this from teachers I have met over the years. Also do your best to try to network with the newer teachers in the area. I also somewhat jokingly tell psychology teachers to not let out the secret that we have the best teaching job on campus.

What does it mean to you to receive the Moffett award?

Seeing the names of past recipients is so humbling. One of the nice things about teaching psychology is that the community is strong. I am so grateful to have been able to meet and learn from so many of the prior winners of this award.

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ore than 200 parishioners and others gathered Nov. 6 for the long-awaited groundbreaking ceremony that kicked off the conversion of the St. Benedict’s Catholic Church building.

“This is a wonderful day for us,” Pastor Fr. James Aboyi, V.C., declared. “The hour has come.”

No one in the crowd needed a reminder of the seven years of planning, frustration and, at times, heartbreak, that the congregation of about 1,300 families had endured to reach this milestone for the parish that began 36 years ago, though Bishop Thomas Olmstead, leader of the Phoenix Catholic Diocese, alluded to that long journey several times in his message.

He singled out Aboyi when he referred to the most heartbreaking moment in the congregation’s journey – the August 2018 passing of their beloved pastor, Fr. Bob Binta – who had led the initial planning for a new church on St. Benedict’s site on S. 48th Street just south of Chandler Boulevard.

Olmstead recalled how Aboyi comforted Binta during his final few months’ battle with cancer and then picked up his mantle as the chief cheerleader for the project.

“I’m so grateful for the way Father James came and assisted him in the last months of his life and then continued on with his work,” Olmstead said.

“It’s a real tribute to Christian fraternity and love for one another in Jesus Christ.”

He likened Binta to Moses, who “saw the Promised Land from a distance. He did all the major planning.”

The bishop made passing reference to the other setbacks – which included city planning bureaucrats’ insistence that any new building be set back from 48th Street to the point where the existing building would have to be torn down.

Formed in 1985 in Chandler, the congregation moved several times until it landed in Ahwatukee in 2004.

The existing building was meant to be used for mass and other services only for three years and then converted for other uses.

When planning began seven years ago, the congregation envisioned a $7 million construction project, and even set up an outline one Sunday after Mass of where the new building would be located.

By mid-2018, just six weeks after launching a fund drive to cover half the cost of a

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20,000-square-foot church, the building committee had raised $2.5 million.

But Binta died and then, in May 2019, building campaign General Manager Eamonn Ahearne announced that the committee was dialing back its schedule after some financial soul-searching.

A planned opening of a new church on Christmas Day 2019 was postponed.

As construction costs rose and the city refused to budge on its position, the committee switched gears and decided to convert the existing building with a massive exterior and interior renovation that will transform the building in time for the first mass to be celebrated on Christmas Day 2022.

All the frustration and disappointment of the last two years gave way to an atmosphere of celebration and relief at the groundbreaking Saturday.

Olmstead recalled how St. Benedict became “the father of modern monasticism,” fleeing to the mountains and becoming a

The campaign and funding teams for the project turned shovels at the groundbreaking for the new St. Benedict’s Church. (David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer) hermit after visiting Rome as a teenager 1500 years ago and discovering it in a state of “great cultural and political disarray.”

He noted that Benedict lived by the principles of “prayer, study and work” and said the church’s adjacency to St. John Bosco Catholic School represented the congregation’s own adherence to those principles.

Olmstead also reminded the audience that “a beautiful church will be worth all

the sacrifices you have made” and that “church architecture is an expression of our love for Jesus Christ.”

There were multiple turnings of shovels for the traditional groundbreaking to recognize all the different individuals and groups that had brought the congregation to this point.

They included the campaign and fund-

titude to help raise funds to take down cancer are nothing short of amazing.”

Vickers said she didn’t know if she would live to see her daughter graduate high school. She did, and so much more.

She also saw her son graduate and now has welcomed a grandchild to the family.

She has been cancer free since the 2010 surgery that removed a portion of her lung.

“The nurses from United Healthcare kept calling me and they said, ‘You have a very rare aggressive disease, you have a very poor prognosis, what are your doctors doing?’” Vickers said. “I said I had surgery, I’m good. They said, no, you need to travel to a big cancer center and see doctors, and blah, blah, blah.”

So she and her husband traveled to Indiana, hoping to find a way to extend that poor prognosis.

“For me it wasn’t a good experience,” Vickers said. “They didn’t really have any answers for me other than move there and start some really aggressive chemo.

I felt I was cancer free.”

She and her husband went back to their hotel and saw a video on TV, spontaneous healing by Dr. Andrew Wiel.

“I just pulled out my notebook,” Vickers

said. “We went there with a lot of hope, trying to find answers. And we came home and felt that wasn’t the right option for us. I chose not to have any chemo.”

Instead, she watches what she eats.

Vickers eliminated diet sodas and prepackaged foods and added in regular exercise. Goodbye Lean Cuisine, hello kale.

“We made a lifestyle shift at that point because it was a matter of life or death,” she said.

Running marathons has helped ease some of the guilt she felt when diagnosed. Her daughter had earned a trip to Washington, DC because of a project she did in middle school. The whole family was going to go for the National History Day celebration, but then her doctor called and said she needed surgery.

“I told the doctor I’ll have surgery when I get back from that trip, and he said, ‘No, you can’t wait. You have to cancel the trip — go for surgery.’ She didn’t get to go.”

A few years later Vickers and her daughter flew to Washington, DC to run the Marine Corps Marathon. Despite both getting injured during that event, they completed it.

ing teams, including Eamonn and Karen Ahearne, MacGarret Becker of the Steier Group, Mario Ella and David Gryp of Notre Dame Credit Union, Pastoral Council President Fran Polimene, Finance Council President Debbie Smith and Jennifer Sentz.

The design and construction team consists of Patrick Hintz of Diocese Building & Property, HDA Acrhitect Bruce Scott, Geoffrey Schwan of Double AA Builders Ltd., and co-leads Bob Przekop and Deacon Ed Winklebauer.

The support team and church staff also turned a shovelful of dirt, including Carol Engel, Marilyn Johnston, Carol Lawless, Aboyi, Fathers Wilfred Yinah and Manasseh Iorchir, Bosco Principal Jamie Bescak, Mary Jane Livens, Amy Fletcher, Nick and Nikki Garza, Clare Gisla, Heather Maloney and Jennifer Sentz.

Several Bosco students also had their hands on shovels: Carta Acosta, Elle Bescak, Rylan Keane, Ella Lowe, Madeline Morrisey, Hogan O’Malley, Jasmine Schlapfer, Viana Vazquez, Daniela Fimbres and Meghan Tuzzolino.

Chandler woman races to benefit cancer fight

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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handler resident Karen Vickers went to Indiana in 2010 seeking answers.

She had just been told she has a very rare and aggressive form of cancer and she had maybe three years to live.

She found the answers that she credits, in part, for keeping her alive 11 years later, but they didn’t come the way she thought they would. She ran the New York City Marathon Sunday for the third time as part of the American Cancer Society’s DetermiNation program. It was her seventh overall marathon. She finished in 7 hours, 51 minutes, and 20 seconds.

“It felt like the ground was being pulled out from underneath me,” Vickers said of her diagnosis of a malignant phyllodes tumor. “My daughter was only 12 at the time. … she was just finishing up middle school.”

The American Cancer Society explains DetermiNation as an “event endurance program, spanning a variety of sports including cycling, running, hiking, yoga, and more. The collective efforts of the dedicated athletes who use their for-

“I had sprained my ankle, and she had twisted her knee,” Vickers said. “When the Marines are cheering for you, and telling you to keep going, you just keep going.”

Vickers says she’s not a fast marathon runner. She does a combination of running and walking. Missing part of her lung definitely impacts her endurance.

There are no DetermiNation running events in Arizona, something Vickers said she hopes changes. She plans to run in the Lost Dutchman Marathon in February that starts in Gold Canyon.

However, she worries because they have a time limit and she’s not sure she can finish in six and a half hours.

But Vickers says she feels this is part of her purpose in life.

“It kind of helped change my focus from being a cancer patient and getting stuck in that. It’s been very good for me.”

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Chef service serves healthy meals to seniors

BY KEN SAIN Arizonan Staff Writer

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un Lakes resident Peter Landman said it was becoming an unhealthy routine.

Because of health problems, he and his wife, Susan, were too tired to do a lot of shopping and cooking – so, their dinners were beginning to look the same.

“We weren’t eating well,” Landman said. “We’d get around to dinner time and hadn’t thought of anything, or prepared.

She’d end up with grilled cheese or peanut butter and jelly sandwich every night.

I would do pretty much the same, have maybe cold cuts, or peanut butter and jelly.

“We were getting out of really wanting to make the effort.”

Landman said he began to think about

about Chef for Seniors.

The service has a chef come to your home to prepare a week’s worth of meals in your kitchen.

The chef does all the shopping and cooking, and even cleans up after.

Peter Landman said it is just what they needed.

Chef Robb Nicklin comes every two weeks and make 14 meals, or Chef Robb Nicklin prepares a sizzling dish at the home of enough for seven days Peter and Sue Landman in Sun Lakes. for the two of them.

(David Minton/Arizonan Staff Photographer) That gives them the moving into an assisted care facility, freedom to go out for a something neither of them really want- meal if they’re feeling up to it, or to make ed to do. That’s when a friend told them themselves something when the mood

strikes. And they still get a week’s worth of meals ready to heat and serve.

Landman says he likes the idea of the chef cooking in their home.

“I like that idea because I see what’s going into the food,” he said. “And I feel more comfortable that way.”

Nicklin says he’s enjoying the job, which he has been doing since 2017. He lost his job as an instructor at the Art Institute of Phoenix. He was 60 at the time and was looking for a job, but not getting many offers.

He saw Chef for Seniors in a Facebook post and it intrigued him. He had been an executive chef at OakWood Country Club in Sun Lakes when it first opened.

He knew he liked to cook, and he loved

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he charitable foundation for Chandler-based apparel company State Forty Eight is still trying to figure out where it can do the most good.

“This first year, you know, we kind of went out there with a lot of intentions around the programs that we wanted to launch,” said Alyssa Moore, the new executive director of the State Forty Eight Foundation.

“This first year has really been about … having conversations with our different business partners, talking to our supporters and really seeing, you know, what it is they need out in the community.”

The foundation launched in December of last year. After having those conversations, it just staged its first event in September – a seven-week entrepreneur speaker program.

“It was our first program we’ve ever done, it was really exciting,” Moore said.

“We had over 200 people in attendance.”

She said they secured more than $12,500 in grants and they plan to give that money away to entrepreneurs to help them start their businesses.

They are currently accepting applica-

Left: Alyssa Moore is the new executive director of the State Forty Eight Foundation.

Right: State Forty Eight CEO and co-founder Michael Spangenberg said that by forming a foundation, the Chandler apparel company can expand its efforts to give back to the community. (Special to the Arizonan) tions for that grant money. The top grant will be for $2,000. Others will be $1,500, $1,000 and $500.

“It was a lot of work to get this thing off the ground,” Moore said. “Really trying to build up that curriculum, figure out who made sense for which part of the curriculum, and then finding those individuals.”

One of their next events is to help the Phoenix Rising break a food-packing record set by the Arizona Cardinals. The United Food Bank is helping.

The three organizations hope to find 200 volunteers to pack emergency food bags from 5 to 7 p.m., Nov. 17 at the Rising’s stadium.

The United Food Bank provides 75,000 meals daily and an emergency food bag can feed a family of four for up to a week.

Moore said there’s a reason they chose entrepreneurship as their first program.

“If you’re going to be developing out specific programming within your organization, it’s something you should be an expert at,” Moore said. “We’re not experts at youth mentorship, we’re not experts at feeding the hungry. That’s why we create partnerships. That’s what we did on the State Forty Eight side.”

She said that’s the plan they want to follow going forward: Using the same blueprint they used to build State Forty Eight to build their foundation.

“On the entrepreneurship piece, that’s what we know,” Moore said. “That’s our bread and butter. We’re connected to so many local businesses, which means most of them are startups themselves.”

And their foundation is hoping to help the next set of business leaders get their start.

State Forty Eight was started in 2013 by three local entrepreneurs as a casual clothing company that is inspired by Arizona.

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working with seniors, so he bought a franchise for most of the Southeast Valley.

“The absolute bliss of it, isn’t really there anymore,” Nicklin said of his love for cooking.

“It’s something that I’ve been doing my whole life. I’m very good at it, I’m very efficient at it.”

Nicklin started operating his franchise in January 2020, and just as he started getting some regular clients, the pandemic hit.

Nicklin said he shut it down soon after because of concerns for his wife, who has a medical condition that could put her more at risk to COVID-19.

As he restarts his business, Nicklin says his clients have many reasons for hiring him.

“I have clients who are trying desperately to stay in their homes, they don’t

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“We’re so much more than just selling Tshirts and hats,” said State Forty Eight cofounder and CEO, Michael Spangenberg.

“The foundation will prove that we stand by what we say and that we really want to make a difference in the community.”

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want to go to an assisted living facility, especially after the last year,” Nicklin said.

“I’ve also got some clients who are younger workers, and they have noticed they are starting to eat more and more fast food, and not feeling so good about it.”

Nicklin said his service is much more affordable than eating fast food or eating out and gives those busy young people a healthier option.

“We are not just dropping food off,” Nicklin said. “Chefs for Seniors works in the homes of people who need help or are tired of cooking. Knowing that we are helping our clients continue to enjoy their freedom and independence is the most fulfilling part of our work. It’s about good food and good company.”

Landman said he was impressed with by local entrepreneurs Spangenberg and brothers Stephen and Nicholas Polando to show their appreciation for Arizona.

The brand “represents a lifestyle, a sense of community and is an expression of pride,” and “is about redefining the status-quo and inspiring others to rise up and stand for something they believe in,” according to State Forty Eight’s website.

the options, showing a print out with four pages of meal ideas.

Nicklin said that list is just the beginning. He offers the list to give people ideas, but he’s open to cooking other meals that aren’t on the menu.

“If you can name it, I can make it,” he said.

Landman said he’s happy with the service. He said they tried one of those services where you order fresh meals online and have them shipped to your house. He said he didn’t enjoy the meals.

That’s not the case with Chef for Seniors, and he says he plans to remain one of their customers.

With 95 percent of seniors reporting that they want to remain in their homes as they age and the senior population in the US expected to increase 30 percent

between 2020-2030, the demand is growing for services like Chefs For Seniors that enable the elderly to remain independent.

Long-time restaurant owner Barrett Allman and his his son Nathan Allman started the original location of Chefs For Seniors in 2013. In addition to the Chandler/ Sun Lakes area, the company also has franchise locations in 60 other markets.

“We are excited to begin offering the service in Chandler and believe this will help us reach even more seniors needing help with meals and wanting companionship,” Barrett Allman said.

“Over the last six years we’ve proven this service fills a need for our clients and provides great opportunities for chefs.”

Information: chefsforseniors.com/ chandler-sun-lakes.

Last year, State Forty Eight established the State Forty Eight Foundation with a mission “to enrich and strengthen Arizona through thoughtful partnerships, inspired community action, and investment in the changemakers of tomorrow,” it said.

The nonprofit contributes to the wellbeing of Arizonans by organizing fundraising and events for community causes, con-

ducting workshops and providing mentorship to educate and inspire Arizona youth.

It also offers start-ups entrepreneurial education and access to resources by partnering with incubator organizations, Spangenberg said.

“It’s very rewarding to help people follow their passion and make a difference in the community,” Spangenberg said.

tion. There was a three-year period where Social Security cost-of-living annual increases totaled 35.40 percent, consisting of: 9.9 percent increase in 1979; 14.3 percent in 1980; and 11.2 percent in 1981.

Federal Reserve Bank Chairman Paul Volcker raised interest rates to the highest level in US history: federal funds rate of 20 percent; prime borrowing rate of 21.5 percent; and a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage on a house was 18 percent.

It led to a serious recession with: unemployment over 10 percent; the entire savings & loan industry going out of business; and hundreds of banks going bankrupt. There were cities in Texas where it took 10 years before housing values recovered to their previous levels.

Why did Volcker do this? The inflation of the 1970’s, started by the OPEC oil embargo of 1973, led to seriously high inflation that eroded the value of savings and normal families struggled to buy necessities.

Volcker saw this as a cancer on America. In normal cancer, the cure (surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation) can be worse than the disease. The high inter-

est rates did eventually stop inflation, but at the cost of millions of Americans suffering during a huge recession.

Once inflation was wrung out of the economy, it did lead to an economic boom enjoyed by future presidents such as Bill Clinton, and both Bush Presidents.

If inflation becomes hyper-inflation, history has darker lessons. Hyper-inflation destroys the middle-class, which is the glue that keeps all countries stable.. The hyper-inflation of the 1930s led to the collapse of the German economy (a precursor to World War 2) and the Communist Revolution in China.

A future article will talk about how one protects one’s financial future if inflation lasts for years.

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Inflation’s history in U.S. is not very pretty

BY DR. HAROLD WONG Arizonan Guest Writer

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ere are some recent headlines and key facts from recent ar-

ticles: “Here’s why your food prices keep going up” by Laura Reiley and Alyssa Flowers in the Washington Post: “Compared to August, 2019, the Consumer Price Index for meat, poultry, fish and eggs has gone up 15.7 percent.”

“Social Security cost-of-living increase will boost benefits 5.9 percent in 2022 as inflation spikes” by Paul Davidson in USA Today. “This is the biggest annual increase since 1982.”

“A key measure of inflation surged to a new 30-year high” by Anneken Tappe, CNN Business. “The price index tracking consumer spending – the PCE price index – was up 4.3 percent over the 12 months ending in August. That was a faster pace than July’s 4.2 percent. Inflation continued to run at the fastest pace since January 1991.”

There are two consumer items that re-

ally hit home for the average American household: the price of bacon and the price of gasoline. When I stop at Fry’s grocery store, the price of one pound of bacon is $7 vs. $5 one year ago.

When one looks at gasprices.aaa. com/?state=AZ website, the average price (of all blends) was $3.467 on Oct. 26 vs. $2.250 a year ago. For premium gas, it’s $3.986 per gallon on Oct. 26 vs. $2.789 a year ago.

A historical lesson if inflation continues to accelerate: In October 1973, Arab nations attacked Israel on Yom Kippur. They formed OPEC (Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries) and used an oil embargo as an economic weapon for the first time.

Within, six months, oil had gone up from $3 per barrel to $12 per barrel and caused inflation the rest of the 1970’s. The 1979 Oil Crisis was the “second oil shock.” Because oil is used heavily to grow, transport, and dry food, the price of food increased substantially. The price of soy beans quadrupled to over $13 a bushel.

The US experienced the worst of all worlds: “stagflation” – which is stagnating economic growth coupled with infla-

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e have, between all of us, more than a century of school board service in Tempe/Ahwatukee Foothills/Chandler and Phoenix. We know our community. We know that our community has many differing viewpoints. And, most importantly, we know that we must always keep our ears, minds and hearts open to one another.

Our diversity as a community is what makes us what we are. We love and support our Tempe Union family of schools and we rise now to defend them. On behalf of our students, staff and parents, we ask that all of you reading this join in our call, too.

The Tempe Union Governing Board has taken a sudden, unprecedented and illadvised narrow vote to disband all school resource officers (SROs). These are the highly trained individuals who are NOT police, per se, but are active school community players who are fully invested in their love of students, highly capable of dealing with not just safety or threats, but health and emotional issues as well.

These are not just officers sitting in a patrol car in the parking lot and glaring at kids. For goodness sakes, these men and women are integral partners in the school culture of safety, equity and respect.

The resolution adopted by a narrow 3-2 margin says that it seeks to address “equitable discipline practices.”

Actually, it does nothing of the sort.

SROs do not set policy, advance arbitrary disciplinary measures, nor counter the directives of the school governing board.

They follow them. Their service being questioned now is unworthy and forces a negative debate of anecdotal trashing.

But the board majority says that they wish to “build positive community relationships, ensure a safe learning environment for students and staff, and address students’ and staff social and emotional needs.”

However, as a governing board, one might wish to acknowledge that if you

have the slightest interest in supporting staff, you actually need to listen to them, too. Over 90 percent of Tempe Union staff support the SRO program according to a recent survey, including every single school principal. So much for the “emotional needs” of staff.

As for building “positive community relationships” one might start by not ignoring your community voices. That means, as difficult as it is, listening to every perspective, being deliberate, taking the time to hear from the diverse and wonderful community of voices that we are. This resolution completely muzzles parent and community leaders who are now joining us in the ranks of the alarmed since we are all simply being told that SROs will go away.

We believe and many others believe that this perspective, in all actuality, recklessly ignores student equity, health and safety in favor of political pandering.

Make no mistake, police reform and long overdue student equity issues must be discussed as we continue to grow as a community and learn how to better interact with one another on behalf of our most precious resource, our children. As difficult as this process can be for many, we know that this is exactly what must be done as past governing board members.

But the action you have taken is not that. Your action is pure politics and anecdotal hysteria run amok. How else can we view a governing board resolution that states the solution is to eliminate SROs before the study demanded of the superintendent is actually made?

In other words, study this and come to a pre-ordained recommendation and conclusion because it has already been decided. No need to further discuss, listen or understand.

Trust us, you do not have it figured out.

We do not state this out of hubris. We say this out of the learning experiences we have all had as governing board mem-

bers and that we now hope you will engage with us as partners by not just ruling over us.

We join you in this admission, that sometimes we just don’t get it right. We know that this is not because any of us are bad people or that we have bad intentions. It is because we are human. Sometimes our filters get clogged. Maybe “COVID Crazy” takes over. Sometimes, we just have a bad day. We temporarily think that the voices we listen to are the only voices that matter.

We all do it. We’ve all done it. It is always wrong.

We have heard from many, many folks in the last few weeks. They represent every nook, corner and cranny of our community. And we also have anecdotal evidence regarding the positive impact SROs have on our students and staff.

One Tempe Union student, for example, responded this way to the question, “What do you think of the Governing Board voting to remove SROs from your campus?” The answer, “I don’t think that’s a good idea. We have like 3,000 kids on campus and not one trained security person? We really like our SRO. He goes into the Academic Lab and teaches us about crime, laws, and forensic evidence. He’s really cool.”

Students see the SROs as another support person they can trust and turn to when they need help. And yes, ALL students should feel this way based on trust and personal safety! They won’t get that by our governing board playing politics with the SROs – and they never will if this resolution is fully enacted.

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Talented core guides Hamilton to third consecutive state title

BY DREW SCHOTT Arizonan Staff Writer

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eading into the 2021 season, Steve Kanner won eight state titles and three national championships at Hamilton High School.

After his Huskies Men’s Golf squad beat 51 schools at the Bart Granger Memorial in Texas, he knew the group was capable of a special season.

“That was really the highlight of the regular season,” Kanner said. “That really spurred us on. It really just confirmed in our minds that we were a strong team and someone to reckon with here in Arizona.”

On Nov. 4, Kanner’s team proved him right. Hamilton brought home its third consecutive and ninth overall state title in the Division I State Golf Championship at the Omni Tucson National. Five Huskies golfers finished with 10 of the best scores — including the top four.

Hamilton played five tournaments ahead of the state championship and won

From left: Jaylen Choi, Mahanth Chirravuri, Vincent Cervantes, Nick Lippe, Wyatt Chapman, Anawin Pikulthong and Kush Shah are all part of Hamilton’s golf program that won its third consecutive state title under head coach Steve Kanner this season, running away from competition in Tucson. (Courtesy Steve Kanner)

two of them. A Huskies golfer finished in the top four in four of the contests, including junior Wyatt Chapman’s first place finish in the Hamilton Invitational.

Chapman, who couldn’t play until the Bart Granger Memorial due to transferring from Casteel High School, joined Hamilton because of the team’s talent and his interest in pursuing college golf.

Alongside players such as senior Mahanth Chirravuri and junior Anawin Pikulthong, committed to the University of Southern California and Arizona State University, respectively, Chapman played his way onto an impressive roster of some of the state’s top high school golfers.

“The level of skill at Hamilton is just unreal,” Chapman said. “We’ll just keep pushing each other like we did all season. Because at the end of the day, we all want to beat each other. That’s just kind of the mindset. It’s a really good (one) and that motivates us to practice.”

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ver the course of the last six years conversations surrounding high school football in the state have shifted from “who will be the favorite to win the title?” to “who can knock off Chandler?”

The answer to that question, at least the last two seasons, has been the Wolves’ rival just down the street, Hamilton. Any time the two teams meet, regardless of record, it brings out the best in both program’s Division I athletes. It’s one of the top rivalries in the state and has been recognized around the country as of last year when ESPN’s cameras flocked to Austin Field to take in the Battle of Arizona Avenue.

It’s no question two of the largest schools

Hamilton’s rise to a national power for yet another time took place two years ago in head coach Mike Zdebski’s second season. This year, ahead of its annual contest against Chandler at the end of the season, the Huskies are No. 15 in the nation, five spots behind the Wolves. (Andy Silvas/Contributor)

in the district have been the best in the state the past two seasons. And it’s likely they will meet again this season for the coveted Open Division state championship.

But Hamilton and Chandler are no longer alone as the top dogs from that part of the East Valley making headlines in the Open Division rankings. Basha, a program littered with young talent, is here to stay.

“I’m really excited with where we are at and what we have in our program. We have a lot of really good young football players in this program,” Basha coach Chris McDonald said. “It’s nice to be in the conversation. We have been in that conversation since the beginning of the year, but we’ve got to finish. We have to actually do it. We haven’t completed the job.”

Basha’s win over a previously undefeat-

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Despite the upcoming graduation of Chirravuri and Nick Lippe, sophomore Vincent Cervantes — the top individual golfer at the state championship (134) — is optimistic that the team will continue its success. A glimpse at the Huskies’ future came at the Hamilton Invitational.

Without Chirravuri, Cervantes and Pikulthong due to their participation in individual tournaments, Hamilton took on five other schools at the Bear Creek Golf Complex in Chandler.

Chapman and Lippe tied for first — Chapman won on a scorecard playoff — Kush Shah finished fifth and Jaylen Choi placed ninth.

“Winning that tournament, it really showed the depth of our team,” Lippe — a senior — said, “(and) that we have a lot of skill.”

Throughout the season, Kanner witnessed the development of his championship squad and recognized their camaraderie. He credited the team with a “tremendous” work ethic and a drive to improve on the course.

From the practice range to the weight room, the longtime coach saw how his team

Vincent Cervantes won the individual championship this season and was followed by teammates Anawin Pikulthong, Mahanth Chirravuri and Wyatt Chapman for second, third and fourth. Nicholas Lippe also placed seventh for the Huskies. (Steve Kanner) was enjoying the process of improving.

“That really says a lot about them,” Kanner said. “To be able to do that and then carry it over in a competitive environment like a tournament collectively, not only individually.”

This mentality was evident in the state championship. The Huskies won by 27 strokes. The top four finishers — all Huskies — all shot between a 134 and a 140.

Hamilton’s fifth golfer — Lippe — shot a 144 and finished tied for seventh place.

Its success in Tucson continued a historical streak for the program, as the Huskies made the postseason for the 23rd year. It also created new marks. According to Kanner, Cervantes is the first sophomore to win since Richard Lee, a 31-year-old Hamilton graduate who currently plays on the Asian Tour.

Despite Brophy College Preparatory winning the first two tournaments of the season, Hamilton’s five golfers and late season victories have continued to establish it as the elite program of Arizona high school golf.

Two of those five are Chirravuri and Lippe, who recently concluded their final seasons of high school golf.

“We both played all three state championships that we won the last three years,” Lippe said. “We’ve contributed a lot to the team and helped bring back a lot of wins. I feel like we’ve been a part of a lot of winning tournaments.”

Even though the season doesn’t start until next fall, Cervantes is excited for the upcoming campaign and expressed confidence in the returning roster.

“Next year, we’ll do our best and give it all we got,” Cervantes said.

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ed Highland team on Oct. 22 allowed the then-8-0 Bears to jump from No. 5 in the elite eight rankings to No. 2, just behind top-dog Chandler and one spot above Hamilton. It also allowed the Bears to crack MaxPreps’ national top-100 rankings for the first time this season.

Hamilton has since overtaken Basha as the No. 2 seed behind Chandler, pushing the Bears to No. 3. That national ranking will likely continue an upward trend.

Basha finished the season with a perfect 10-0 record for the first time ever.

It would also likely set up them, Chandler and Hamilton as the top three seeds in the Open Division. Which means at least two of the three would be set up for a collision course in the semifinals.

Hamilton coach Mike Zdebski credits the rise of all three Chandler schools to the youth programs in the area.

“I think it’s pretty unique and it shows you this area of Phoenix and the East Valley is supported by a lot of really good youth football teams,” Hamilton coach Mike Zdebski said. “That’s where these kids get started. You have a lot of quality kids coming into these programs.”

Several Hamilton players took to social media after the Oct. 26 rankings revealed Basha had leap-frogged the Huskies after their bye week. Some weren’t happy. Some shared a laugh through emojis. All of them vowed the rankings would take care of themselves.

While Hamilton’s main rival is and will always be Chandler, a mini one of sorts has been brewing since the summer.

Cole Martin, one of the top junior defensive backs in the country, and junior Deshaun Buchanan, a two-way running back and linebacker with Division I offers, donned the green and gold this season for Basha after transferring from Hamilton.

The two added even more talent to a roster littered with major Division I prospects.

Both teams feel they have what it takes to take down the other. Both feel they have the best chances to take down Chandler, which has won five straight state titles at the highest level. Hamilton, though, had the first opportunity on Nov. 12 when the two met for the regular-season finale, a game that featured two top-15 ranked teams in the country.

Currently, Hamilton is No. 15. Chandler is No. 10.

“It’s great when you have schools that

close in proximity playing at a high level,” Chandler coach Rick Garretson said.

“Coach Z has done a great job over there at Hamilton and Coach McDonald has done an unbelievable job over at Basha where he’s taken that program over the last couple of years from where he started from. It’s good for Arizona football, it’s good for the Chandler community, it’s good for everybody.”

Chandler prides itself on being Chandler. It doesn’t worry about any teams other than whoever is next on the schedule. The players, several of which will be playing on Saturdays for Power Five schools, stay focused on the task at hand.

They all know what it feels like to win championships. And they all want that feeling to continue.

The balance of power shifted to the Chandler area long ago, and nobody should be surprised if it remains for years to come. Chandler’s freshman and junior varsity teams are undefeated. Hamilton’s freshman and junior varsity have had success this season. Basha’s varsity roster is filled with sophomores and juniors at nearly every starting position.

Outside of the Open Division, at least this season, Perry has been in contention for state titles. Casteel won the 3A title in 2017 and has since moved up to the 6A Conference where it will contend this season for the championship. Arizona College Prep, a 3A team, won its firstever region title in 2020.

The future continues to look bright for the Chandler district in football and several other sports with Chandler, Hamilton and Basha leading the way on the gridiron.

Along with the usual suspects of Saguaro, Chaparral, Liberty, Highland and others sprinkled in, these three programs will be top contenders for state titles for the foreseeable future. And this year will be the first look at what the rivalry between the three Chandler schools could become.

“We are extremely proud of all our sports here in CUSD. Football gets the optics, and we are fortunate to have a multitude of successes there,” Chandler Unified School District Athletic Director Shawn Rustad said. “It’s attributed to our school’s leadership, our coaches who work relentlessly and our awesome families and student athletes.

“As far as the Open is concerned that could be is exciting, but right now each program is taking it game by game.”

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Public Notices NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0018 (HERNANDEZ & TRANSFER FOR YOU LLC ONLY) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Amended Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded under Instrument Number 20210032990, records of Maricopa County, Arizona. The owner(s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2022: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Annual, (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Biennial Even Years, (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Biennial Odd Years fee interest in Unit No(s)/ Interval No(s)/Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”)/(SEE EXHIBIT “A”)/(SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-0704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the “Declaration”); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road, Mesa, AZ, 85215. Tax parcel number: 201008093. Name and address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit “A”). Trustee: Sharon A. Urias, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700, Scottsdale, AZ, 85255, Phone no.

(480) 306-5458. Manner of trustee qualification:

Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law.

EXHIBIT “A” - NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments RUTH M HERNANDEZ 1740 SW 18 St Miami, FL 33145, 1/104, 28E, 139, Biennial, 2018-2020, $759.00; TRANSFER FOR YOU, LLC & JOSH UNGARO, AGENT 402 B #112 W. Mt. Vernon Rd Nixa, MO 65714, 1/52, 40A, 225, Annual, 20182020, $3,326.45; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0039 (RILEY JR.) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded under Instrument Number 20210916756, records of Maricopa County, Arizona. The owner(s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2022: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Annual, (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Biennial Even Years, (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Biennial Odd Years fee interest in Unit No(s)/ Interval No(s)/Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”)/(SEE EXHIBIT “A”)/(SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-0704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997,

in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the “Declaration”); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road, Mesa, AZ, 85215. Tax parcel number: 201008093. Name and address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit “A”). Trustee: Sharon A. Urias, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700, Scottsdale, AZ, 85255, Phone no.

(480) 306-5458. Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law.

EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments WILLIAM G RILEY JR. & JEAN M RILEY 2001 Crappie Cv Bellevue, NE 68123, 1/52, 20A, 122M, Annual, 2019-2021, $1,165.57; ARTHUR FLUDD JR & PAULA E FLUDD 13017 148th St Jamaica, NY 11436, 1/104, 49E, 132M, Biennial, 2019-2021, $885.91; TIMESHARE TRADE INS, LLC 10923 State Highway 176 Walnut Shade, MO 65771, 1/52 & 1/52, 33A & 2A, 121 & 237P, Annual & Annual, 2018-2020, $4,454.02; GREGORY A MOSER & STEPHANIE A MOSER 9341 W Via Montoya Dr Peoria, AZ 85383, 1/52, 40A, 127, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; GREGORY A MOSER & STEPHANIE A MOSER 9341 W Via Montoya Dr Peoria, AZ 85383, 1/52, 41A, 127, Annual, 20192021, $3,351.88; TIMESHARE TRADE INS 10923 State Highway 176 Ste E Walnut Shade, MO 65771, 1/104, 7E, 123M, Biennial, 2019-2021, $885.91; FLOYD H COX & H. AGNES COX 720 N 56th St Lincoln, NE 68504, 1/52, 48A, 125, Annual, 20192021, $3,351.88; HARRY E CONWAY & CAROL D CONWAY 1513 N Westgate St Wichita, KS 67212, 1/52, 49A, 235, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; JOHN E. MICHAEL & ALAYNE MICHAEL AKA Alayne Michael Todd 25231 Spindlewood Laguna Niguel, CA 92677, 1/52, 11A, 136, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; GERALD W NIMERICK & MICHELE A NIMERICK, Co-Trustees of the Gerald and Michele Nimerick Management Trust dated October 19, 2004 1600 Texas St Apt 421 Fort Worth, TX 76102, 1/52 & 1/52, 32A & 33A, 226 & 226, Annual & Annual, 2019-2021, $6,628.19; DELORES A HAUER 402 N True St Griffith, IN 46319, 1/52, 34A, 235, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS VACATION OWNERSHIP ASSOCIATION 32997.0040 (COMMERCE SYSTEMS, LLC) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded

under Instrument Number 20210916757, records of Maricopa County, Arizona. The owner(s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2022: Painted Mountain Golf Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Annual, (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Biennial Even Years, (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Biennial Odd Years fee interest in Unit No(s)/ Interval No(s)/Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”)/(SEE EXHIBIT “A”)/(SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-0704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the “Declaration”); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road, Mesa, AZ, 85215. Tax parcel number: 201008093. Name and address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit “A”). Trustee: Sharon A. Urias, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700, Scottsdale, AZ, 85255, Phone no.

(480) 306-5458. Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law.

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Public Notices Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments TOTAL COMMERCE SYSTEMS, LLC AN ARIZONA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 989 S Main St Ste A435 Cottonwood, AZ 86326, 1/52, 11A, 231, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; PHYLLIS DENISE JEFFERSON 8 Mcchurch Ct Apt E Randallstown, MD 21133, 1/52, 37A, 226, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; TOTAL COMMERCE SYSTEMS, LLC AN ARIZONA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 989 S Main St Ste A435 Cottonwood, AZ 86326, 1/52, 41A, 129, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; JASON C TRAFTON & BRENDA TRAFTON 15827 Pine Cone Ln Tomball, TX 77377, 1/104, 46E, 122M, Biennial, 2019-2021, $885.91; JAB PROPERTIES INVESTMENT, LLC A TENNESSEE LIMITED LIABLITY COMPANY 4544 3rd Ave S Saint Petersburg, FL 33711, 1/52, 12A, 229, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; KASSI HARRIS 3000 Green Mountain Dr Ste 420 Branson, MO 65616, 1/52, 16A, 124M, Annual, 2019-2021, $2,620.95; KIPP JOHANNSEN PO Box 7293 Seminole, FL 33775, 1/52, 13A, 224M, Annual, 2019-2021, $2,620.95; TOTAL COMMERCE SYSTEMS, LLC AN ARIZONA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 989 S Main St Ate A435 Cottonwood, AZ 86326, 1/52, 20A, 228, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; MARINA BAY AND MIDLER SERVICES, LLC, A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY 28 Shannon Circle Mascotte, FL 34753, 1/52, 29A, 125, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; ALEXANDRU COLEV PO Box 692468 Orlando, FL 32869, 1/52, 6A, 230, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; JACE ELLIS BINGHAM 6 Anne St Canton, NC 28716, 1/52, 18A, 117, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; JERRY WAYNE THOMPSON 124 Mill Creek Cir Lot 7 Jesup, GA 31545, 1/52, 8A, 133, Annual, 20192021, $3,351.88; NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS 32997.0041 (GROUPWISE) The following legally described property will be sold pursuant to the power of sale under that certain Notice of Delinquency of Assessments recorded under Instrument Number 20210916758, records of Maricopa County, Arizona. The owner(s) (see Exhibit “A”) have breached and defaulted under the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements and Bylaws of the Association by failing to pay the amounts as specified herein. NOTICE! IF YOU BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFENSE TO THE TRUSTEE SALE OR IF YOU HAVE AN OBJECTION TO THE TRUSTEE SALE YOU MUST FILE AN ACTION AND OBTAIN A COURT ORDER PURSUANT TO RULE 65, ARIZONA RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, STOPPING THE SALE NO LATER THAN 5:00 PM MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME OF THE LAST BUSINESS DAY BEFORE THE SCHEDULED DATE OF THE SALE, OR YOU MAY HAVE WAIVED ANY DEFENSES OR OBJECTIONS TO THE SALE. UNLESS YOU OBTAIN A COURT ORDER, THE SALE WILL BE FINAL AND WILL OCCUR at public auction to the highest bidder in Suite 700, at 8585 East Hartford Drive, Scottsdale, AZ 85255, in Maricopa County, Arizona, at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 28, 2022: Painted Mountain Golf

Villas Interval Interest consisting of: (i) an undivided (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Annual, (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Biennial Even Years, (SEE EXHIBIT “A”) for Biennial Odd Years fee interest in Unit No(s)/ Interval No(s)/Assigned Year (SEE EXHIBIT “A”)/(SEE EXHIBIT “A”)/(SEE EXHIBIT “A”) PAINTED MOUNTAIN GOLF VILLAS CONDOMINIUM, according to the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions, and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas Condominium recorded in instrument no. 97-0704664, and plat recorded in Book 451 of Maps, Page 11, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, by which an Owner is entitled to occupy a Unit for one (1) Interval on an annual or biennial (whichever is indicated above) and recurring basis, the exact Interval to be established every year (or, for biennial, every other year) by reservation, all as defined and governed by the Declaration of Dedication, Interval Ownership Plan, and Covenants, Conditions, Restrictions and Easements for Painted Mountain Golf Villas, dated September 18, 1997, and recorded October 8, 1997, in instrument no. 97-0704665, records of Maricopa County, Arizona, as amended (collectively, the “Declaration”); and (ii) the non-exclusive right to use and enjoy the Common Area, and to use and enjoy the Common Furnishings contained in such Unit, during such Owner’s Use Period, as provided in the Declaration. For convenience in inventory control, conveyancing, and titling, an Interval Interest is granted in a specific Unit; however, this interest does NOT carry with it the right to use that specific Unit. Property address: 6302 E. McKellips Road, Mesa, AZ, 85215. Tax parcel number: 201008093. Name and address of owner(s): (See Exhibit “A”) Delinquent Assessments: (See Exhibit “A”). Trustee: Sharon A. Urias, 8585 East Hartford Drive, Suite 700, Scottsdale, AZ, 85255, Phone no.

(480) 306-5458. Manner of trustee qualification: Member, State Bar of Arizona Name of trustee’s regulator: State Bar of Arizona. This is a non-judicial foreclosure proceeding to permit Painted Mountain Golf Villas Vacation Ownership Association, An Arizona Nonprofit Corporation, to pursue its in rem remedies under Arizona law.

EXHIBIT “A” – NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE Owner(s) Address Undiv Int ICN Unit Assigned Yr Yrs Due Delinquent Assessments JOHN W MCMULLEN 2811 Citrus Lake Dr Unit J101 Naples, FL 34109, 1/104, 45O, 137, Biennial, 2019-2021, $2,035.36; LIZDENNI LIBEL GIL SANTO Casa #195 Los Limones Nagua, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1/52, 33A, 229, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; JAMES ANDERSON & CAROL ANDERSON 207 N 9th Ave P.O. Box 26 Winneconne, WI 54986, 1/52, 40A, 236, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; DAVID SKINNER, LLC A NEVADA LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY C/O Holiday Equity 3605 Airport Way S Seattle, WA 98134, 1/52, 34A, 232, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; MICHAEL C MAXWELL 401 N Brookhurst St Ste 116 Anaheim, CA 92801, 1/52, 17A, 122M, Annual, 2019-2021, $2,620.95; WENDY JOSEFINA GIL SANTOS Edeficio Luz Maria 1 Apt # 7 Calle Duverge #124, Capacito San Francisco De Macoris, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 1/52, 33A, 127, Annual, 2019-2021, $3,351.88; Published: East Valley Tribune Nov. 14, 21, 28, Dec. 5, 2021 / 42205

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT STATE OF NEVADA, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF ELKO CASE NO. DC-CV-21-46 Dept. I CHARLES LIZER and DENYSE E. LIZER, husband and wife, Plaintiffs, vs.

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NOTICE TO CREDITORS In the Matter of the Estate of Laura Mae Griffin, Deceased or The Roy J. Griffin and Laura M. Griffin Living Trust, Deceased NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the undersigned has been ap-pointed as the Personal Representative of this estate. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present their claims within four (4) months after the date of the first publication of this Notice or the claims will be forever barred. Claims must be presented by delivering or mailing a written statement of the claim to undersigned Personal Representative at 94-176 Anania Drive #271, Mililani, Hawaii.

96789. DATED this 10 day of NOVEMBER, 2021 /s/ Robert E. Griffin, trustee. Published: East Valley Tribune, Nov. 14, 21, 28, 2021 / 42776

YOU HAVE BEEN SUED. THE COURT MAY DECIDE AGAINST YOU WITHOUT YOU BEING HEARD UNLESS YOU FILE A RESPONSE WITH THE COURT WITHIN 20 DAYS. READ THE INFORMATION BELOW CAREFULLY. To the Defendant named above: A civil Complaint has been filed by the Plaintiffs against you. Plaintiffs are seeking to recover the relief requested in the Complaint, which could include a money judgment against you or some other form of relief.

If you intend to defend this lawsuit, within 20 days after this Summons is served on you (not counting the day of service), you must: File with the Clerk of the Court, whose address is shown below, a formal written response to Plaintiffs’ Complaint.

Pay the required filing fee of $198.00 to the Court, or file an Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and request a waiver of the filing fee.

Serve (by mail or hand delivery) a copy of your response upon the Plaintiffs whose name and address is shown below.

If you fail to respond, the Plaintiffs can request your default. The Court can then enter judgment against you for the relief demanded by the Plaintiffs in the Complaint, even though you have never appeared in Court. To enforce the judgment, Plaintiffs could take money or property from you or some other relief awarded by the Court.

If you intend to seek an attorney’s advice, do it quickly so that your response can be filed on time.

Given under my hand this 20th day of April, 2021.

CLERK OF THE COURT Rebecca Plunkett, Deputy Clerk ISSUED AT THE REQUEST OF: Robert J. Wines, Esq. Robert J. Wines, Prof. Corp.

687 6th Street, Suite 1 Elko, NV 89801 Published in : The East Valley Tribune October 31, November 7, 14, 21, 2021 / 42253

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IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN AND FOR PINAL COUNTY Case No: DO2021-01436 NOTICE OF HEARING ON PETITION TO ESTABLISH PATERNITY, LEGAL DECISION-MAKING, PARENTING TIME AND CHILD SUPPORT (Honorable Patrick Gard) n Re the Matter of: CORY SCHINDEHETTE, Petitioner, and MELISSA VARGAS, Respondent. TO: MELISSA VARGAS, Respondent/Mother in the above referenced matter. A Petition to Establish Paternity, Legal Decision-Making, Parenting Time,and Child Support and a Motion for Temporary Orders Re: Legal Decision-Making, Parenting Time and Child Support has been filed by Petitioner, CORY SCHINDEHETTE; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN: The Court has set a telephonic hearing on the Petition to Establish Paternity, Legal Decision-Making, Parenting Time, and Child Support on the 14th day of December, 2021 at 10:00 o’clock a.m., at the Pinal County Superior Court, located at 971 Jason Lopez Circle, Building A, Florence, Arizona 85132, before the Honorable Honorable Patrick K. Gard.

The Honorable Patrick K. Gard’s division can be reached at (520) 866-5405 and HYPERLINK "mailto:nbrokaw@courts.az.gov" nbrokaw@courts.az.gov. The hearing shall be set for 15 minutes, and the Court will not hear or take evidence at this hearing. FAILURE TO APPEAR TELEPHONICALLY AT THE HEARING MAY RESULT IN THE COURT ISSUING A CIVIL ARREST WARRANT, OR WHERE APPLICABLE, A CHILD SUPPORT ARREST WARRANT, FOR YOUR ARREST. IF YOU ARE ARRESTED, YOU MAY BE HELD IN JAIL FOR NO MORE THAN 24 HOURS BEFORE A HEARING IS HELD. Counsel and/or parties shall provide the Court’s Judicial Assistance, Natalie (520-866-5405 & HYPERLINK "mailto:nbrokaw@courts.az.gov" nbrokaw@courts.az.gov) with a telephone number, not less than two and not more than five judicial days prior to the hearing; the Court shall initiate the call as near the scheduled time as the Court’s calendar permits. Requests for reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities must be made to the office of the Judge or Commissioner scheduled to hear this case five days before your scheduled court date. If you are receiving this Notice by publication, you may obtain a copy of the Petition by submitting a written request to: Renee King, 7702 E. Doubletree ranch road, Suite 300, Scottsdale, Arizona 85258.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 27th day of October, 2021. GUYMON LAW /s/ Renee King Renee L. (Cook) King, Esq. Attorney for Petitioner.

Published: East Valley Tribune, Nov 14, 21, 28, Dec 5, 2021 / 42723

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