East Valley Tribune: Gilbert Edition - 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

BY DAWSON FEARNOW TRIBUNE CONTIBUTOR

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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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