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THE SUNDAY
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Sunday, May 22, 2016
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INSIDE THIS WEEK NEWS |
Tiki style thrives
Reality TV 11
Brothers’ high-tech fishing bobber competes for grand prize
COMMUNITY | Brunchies 12
Landmark Chandler restaurant closes down amid laughs, tears
Polynesian vibe is a hit in EV
BUSINESS | CycleBar 18
Spin studio offers high-intensity workouts with plenty of amenities
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B:10” T:10” The tropical enthusiast says the hobby gives him a Pierre Mosley carves Tikis in his spare time out of abandoned palm stumps. break from his job as an air traffic controller at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. (Tim Sealy/Tribune contributor) S:10”
iki culture is experiencing a renaissance in the East Valley, and a surprising variety of enthusiasts are taking a dive into the midcentury decor. Take Mesa resident Pierre Mosley, who after another stressful overnight shift as a tower controller at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport likes nothing more than retreating to his backyard tropical oasis and unwinding by firing up his chainsaw and How Tikis came carving castaway to the East Valley palm tree trunks – Page 10 into towering Tiki statues. Classic Tiki “My job’s very cocktail recipes stressful,” Mosley – Page 10 says, “and I needed to find ways to leave the stress at work and not bring it home.” He found the answer, he says, in Tiki. Tiki came to the East Valley in the 1960s, when Hawaiian décor was all the rage. Not everyone could make it to the middle of the Pacific in those days, so what became known as “Desert
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