East Valley Tribune: Chandler/Tempe Edition - Dec. 4, 2016

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BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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ne of the favorite activities of sporting East Valley residents is a hike up South Mountain, which looms over a sprawling quilt of red-tile roofed suburban neighborhoods.

Beyond giving Ahwatukee its identity, South Mountain Park plays a major role in the quality of life of residents who use it regularly and the region as a whole, attracting an estimated 3 million visitors a year.

“People don’t move out here for the cul-desacs. They move out here for the beauty,’’ said Laurel Arndt, an avid bicyclist and hiker who has lived in the area for more than 30 years.

After many years of little change, the park is now on the verge of a substantial update as it heads toward its 100th anniversary in 2024. A $23 million project will bring more parking at trailheads, better restrooms and improved ramadas during a five-year period starting this spring.

Another phase of improvements is expected to stem from the South Mountain Trail and Preserve Master Plan. Residents will have

(Cheryl Haselhorst/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Aubri Stough and Claire Schmaltz return to the Pima Canyon trailhead after a walk with Tux, the dog.

their last opportunity to weigh in on the plan in December, when the third in a series of public meetings will complete the public comment period.

“It’s the biggest change we’ve ever had in South Mountain Park,’’ said Phoenix City Council member Sal DiCiccio, a strong advocate for open space. “It’s going to be an amazing change for hikers and bikers.’’

DiCiccio’s district includes not only South

Mountain Park, but also Papago Park and the Echo Canyon Trail at Camelback Mountain.

He said the city is investing in the preserve system—one of its most important assets.

“You look at our quality of life, it’s fundamental to our community,’’ he said.

An open house is scheduled for Tuesday, from 6-8 p.m. at the Pecos Community See

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wo major East Valley school districts are responding differently to the longsimmering safety issue of whether school buses should have seat belts—and whether that would decrease injuries to children in traffic accidents.

The decades-old issue has taken on new urgency since six elementary school students were killed on Nov. 21 in a school bus crash

in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Police and school officials have said the driver was speeding on a winding road before he struck a pole and a tree.

The force of the crash was so great that the bus was found wrapped around the tree. A Tennessee legislator has called for renewed efforts to require that school buses be equipped with seat belts, even though police have not said whether any lives would have been saved with them.

Johnthony Walker, 24, the driver, was

arrested and charged with five counts of vehicular homicide, with more charges pending. Court documents said he was driving “well above the posted speed limit of 30 mph.”

Walker had been involved in one minor prior accident. There are reports that he had trouble controlling the children and that they did not feel safe with him behind the wheel.

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Nonprofit reaps generous gift from Chandler businessman

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hat do you do with 286 new children’s sweatshirts, 41 pairs of shoes and 576 pairs

of socks?

Give a new store to the group that doles out those items to kids whose parents can’t afford them.

That’s what happened recently when Chandler resident and businessman Michael A. Pollack did for the Assistance League East Valley, a nonprofit that serves needy children and adults in Mesa, Tempe, Chandler, Gilbert, Ahwatukee and Scottsdale.

At his expense, Pollack renovated an 8,256-square-foot store at 2326 N. Alma School Road, Chandler, spending $200,000 in cash and in-kind donations to create the Assistance League’s new thrift store.

Now, with a great street presence through large windows, the thrift store has neon lights, finished metallic ceilings, wood-grain laminate flooring and display cabinets. And the Assistance League also got a deeply discounted fiveyear lease.

“The Assistance League East Valley serves thousands of families here in the East Valley every year. The services they provide through having a thrift store are crucial to our community,” said Pollack.

His Mesa-based Michael A. Pollack Real Estate Investments has been refurbishing commercial and industrial properties in the Valley for more than 25 years, infusing millions of dollars of value into older East Valley communities.

“This is an incredible re-use of a building,” he added.

Pollack is particularly proud that all of the AL East Valley members are volunteers, with no paid staff.

“Through donations and fund-raisers, they help children in the schools with clothes and other items, and they do a really good job,” said Pollack, who grabbed a paint brush to join a group of community volunteers, coordinated by the Painting and Decorating Contractors of Arizona (PDCA), to help prepare the vacant building in August.

Pollack purchased it about a year and a half ago to add to his Pollack Alma School Shopping II, just north of Warner Road. The site was originally Oasis Waterbeds, then Oasis Furniture on rebranding.

“I’ve known a lot of the women for

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Members of the Assistance League/East Valley include, from left, Monica Hale, Barbara Osgood, Ginny Wegener, Jeanne Chapman and Kathy Zeches. Chapman is from Gilbert, and the others are from Tempe.

many years who have volunteered,” he said, adding that he had rented AL East Valley its original space in another Chandler center, again at rents far below market. That store operated for 14 years, but needed modernization and expansion.

“Michael Pollack offered us three options with great visibility, increased square footage, and the best cost per square foot,” said Susan Harrison, AL East Valley president.

The Tempe resident is a former principal of Islands Elementary in Gilbert, where Pollack met Harrison when his wife, Cheryl, was PTA president.

Harrison, who calls Pollack “Our Mr. Wonderful,” said of the new store: “Everyone feels that they are home here.

There’s lots of joy here.”

“The first week, we made more money than we usually do in a month,” she added.

At the grand opening of the store last month, Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny and 85 Assistance League volunteers joined him in stuffing a bus that would be used to distribute the new clothing to needy children at local schools.

An additional 500 people joined in, donating slightly used clothing and household wares for the store. They also purchased items, donated money and bid on a silent auction, raising more than $6,000.

“It was a great day for our community, and we appreciate all of the help the community has given,” Harrison said.

AL East Valley clothes nearly 7,500 school children annually with new

clothing. It also provides 4,000 kits with clothing and personal-care items to 10 agencies working with children and adults in crisis, hosts spelling bees and awards scholarships. The Chandler Fire Department even provides specially tagged Teddy bears, called “AL,” to the children it assists.

Its Operation School Bell began two decades ago by clothing 200 children; in 2015, 7,452 students benefitted.

Assault Survivor Kits helped 4,037 adults and children through hospitals, emergency rooms and other facilities.

And $12,389 in scholarships went to 15 students to intensify or continue their education. The group even schedules birthday parties at a local adult day care center.

The East Valley chapter, in its 21st year, branched out from the Phoenix chapter and is celebrating eight decades of service.

The 101-year-old California-based nonprofit was the first philanthropic organization headquartered on the West Coast, founded after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Harrison explained.

“The Assistance League of the East Valley has been close to my heart for many years with my Aunt Dorothy having served as its first president just over two decades ago,” Mayor Tibshraeny said. “And, with this new, larger facility, the Assistance League can continue to make precious contributions to the people of Chandler and the region.”

Information: assistanceleagueeastvalley. org.

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(Cheryl Haselhorst/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Hikers strike out for a pleasant time on the Desert Foothills Trail in Ahwatukee.

(Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Cars are stacked up along roads leading to the South Mountain trails. A plan to expand parking and to make other trailhead improvements is already generating controversy among neighbors concerned about more noise, pollution and destruction of the desert.

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Center, 17010 S. 48th St.; and on Thursday, from 6-8 p.m. at the South Mountain Environmental Education Center, 10409 S. Central Ave. Phoenix parks employees will display boards summarizing comments received from the public at the prior hearings in June and September, and on an interactive map, Erickson said.

They will explain to residents why they incorporated some suggestions into the plan and did not include others.

The plan’s purpose is to serve as guide to improving a 51mile maze of popular, but sometimes confusing trails. It seems likely that some unrecognized “spider’’ trails created by wayward hikers and bikers will be recognized and upgraded to create a more cohesive system. Other spider trails will be closed and restored.

“These huge plans will merge nicely together,’’ said Inger Erickson, director of the Parks and Recreation Department. “At the same time that we are improving access, they are getting better signage, better sustainable paths.’’

“Obviously, you have to have a starting point. You have to have amenities to direct people to a place,’’ she said. “We are trying to get people on the path and

get rid of those spider trails.’’

The most heavily used trailhead is Pima Canyon, near 48th Street and The Arizona Grand Resort. Erickson described that trailhead as “over-loved.’’

A plan to expand parking and to make other trailhead improvements is already generating controversy among neighbors concerned about more noise, pollution and destruction of the desert.

The new trail marking system will improve safety, making it less likely that people get lost and more likely that they will be found in the event of emergencies, Erickson said.

Emergencies and mountain rescues occur less often at South Mountain Park than other parts of the Phoenix Mountain Preserve system, such as Echo Canyon in Camelback Mountain or Piestewa Peak in north Phoenix, Erickson said.

But that doesn’t mean tragedies don’t occur occasionally.

Although most injuries are broken ankles and twisted knees, two people died in the park within the past year, (Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Signage is usually available at trailheads but is very scarce at some interior locations. The problem is aggravated further by criss-crossing trails.

including a woman who got lost near Telegraph Pass, Erickson said.

The marking system envisioned by Erickson goes well beyond simple metal poles with trail names stenciled on them. It will combine conventional signs and maps with Quick Response codes, commonly known as QR codes.

Visitors will be able to take pictures of the code with their smartphones, which will deliver text on a website.

The system will give Phoenix parks another way to deliver safety tips, such as warning people about the dangers of heat stroke or telling them to stay on the trails. Visitors would obtain directions and other information to help them decide on their route.

The Phoenix Parks and Preserve Initiative, last approved by voters in 2008 and in effect for 30 years, will pay for the improvements. The initiative sets aside one cent of sales taxes for every $10 of purchases, with 40 percent of those funds dedicated to land acquisition and development of the preserves, including trails, trailheads and signage.

Arndt, a land use planner with the Sonoran Institute, has been attending the hearings on the trail master plan.

She said the improvements are overdue, with some trails and facilities in poor condition, and vital to the area’s quality of life. She wonders whether the city can pull off all the changes in the massive, 16,000-acre park with a limited staff.

Better signage will help the park serve its preservation mission by discouraging use of destructive spider trails and restoring them to a more natural state, she said.

“It’s the 80-20 rule,’’ she said, with 80 percent of hikers and bikers following

the trail and the inevitable 20 percent looking for destructive shortcuts.

“The good news is that they have gotten the message loud and clear that they need to do some trail management,’’ Arndt said.

Rather than new trails, “what we need is better definement and management of the trails we have now,’’ she said.

Brad Anders, also an avid bicyclist and an Ahwatukee resident, praised any effort to create a coherent trail system and to reduce confusion among park visitors.

He realizes the system is mainly intended to help occasional visitors, rather than regulars like himself, who sometimes end up assisting rangers.

“Not everything was planned. A lot of it happened over time,’’ he said. “They are trying to get back to a coherent plan.’’

He said the trail system’s problems were apparent when he encountered some German tourists who were lost.

“They were trying to figure out where to go and we were trying to help them know where to go,’’ Anders said.

Mark Schmisseur, an avid bicyclist and hiker, said he tries to help lost hikers all the time. He said signage is usually available at trailheads but is very scarce at some interior locations. The problem is aggravated further by criss-crossing trails.

Schmisseur said he appreciates the city considering feedback from park users before installing the new facilities.

“I am excited about it. We use it extensively. We welcome the improvements,’’ Schmisseur said.

– Reach Jim Walsh at 480-898-5639 or at jwalsh@timespublications.com.

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THE WEEK AHEAD ‘Breakfast with Santa’ coming to Mesa Convention Center

Tickets are on sale for “Breakfast with Santa,” Dec. 17 at the Mesa Convention Center, 201 N. Center St., Building B. Two rounds, with photos and food, will be 8:30-9:30 a.m. with breakfast served until 9:15 a.m., and 10-11 a.m. with breakfast served until 10:45 a.m.

Tickets are $7 for adults and children over the age of 1. Gift baskets and a $100 Target gift card will be raffl ed off at the event.

Raffl e tickets cost one for $2 and three for $5.

Proceeds from the breakfast benefi t city of Mesa’s Community Spirit.

To purchase tickets, go to mesaamp.com or visit the Box Offi ce (Building A) at 263 N. Center St., Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

For more information, visit mesaaz.gov/parksrec or call 480-644-4948.

– TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Four Peaks Brewery collecting items for donation to Maggie's Place

Four Peaks Brewery is collecting new or gently used coats, jackets, scarves, hats, blankets, bedding and towels to donate to Maggie’s Place, A New Leaf and Helen’s Hope chest, benefi tting Arizona mothers, families and foster youth in need.

The drive is also extending its help to the Arizona Animal Welfare League, the oldest and largest no-kill shelter, collecting blankets, towels and comforters to provide warm bedding for animals awaiting adoption.

Valley residents can drop off their new or gently used items at any Four Peaks Pub, not including the Sky Harbor Airport location. Brat Haus, an eatery in Old-Town Scottsdale, is also a collection site.

– RACHEL EROH, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Park improvements to be discussed at public meetings in Chandler

Chandler will host a series of public meetings to discuss the master plan for the Dr. A.J. Chandler Park on Wednesday at the Downtown Library, 22 S. Delaware St., Copper Room.

Three public meetings will be held that day: city staff from 1-2 p.m., members of the Downtown Chandler Community Partnership from 2-4 p.m., and downtown residents and the general public from 5:30-7 p.m.

The park is between Buffalo Street and Boston Street, and San Marcos Place to Arizona Place. Arizona Avenue, which runs north and south, divides the park into two areas.

This project will examine the existing features of the park and will develop a conceptual master plan.

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Tempe Community Action Agency hosting Holiday Toy Shoppe for needy families

Each year, Tempe Community Action Agency hosts a Holiday Toy Shoppe, offering families in need a “store” at which to choose gifts for their children.

To order gift donations online, visit Amazon.com and access the TCAA Holiday Toy Shoppe wish list. Items purchased from the wish list will ship directly to TCAA. Volunteers are also needed to help set up and staff the Holiday Toy Shoppe in the days leading up to and during the Dec. 18 and 19 events, which run from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Toy donations can be dropped off through Dec. 16 at the Escalante Senior Center, 2150 E. Orange St., or pickup times can be arranged by contacting TCAA at 480-350-5884.

For more information, contact lexiek@ tempeaction.org.

– RACHEL EROH, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Fantasy of Lights Boat Parade takes to the water

Tempe Town Lake will feature up to 50 decorated boats for the Fantasy of Lights Boat Parade on Saturday.

The event begins at 4:30 p.m. with music, food and face painters. After dark, more than a thousand luminarias will illuminate the sidewalks and paths of Tempe Beach Park. The parade is at 7, with fireworks at its conclusion.

For more information, go to downtowntempe.com.

– TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

Family Day at the i.d.e.a. Museum coming up this weekend

Family Day will feature pictures with Santa at the i.d.e.a. Museum in Mesa. A Mesa Police Department dog and entertainment from the East Valley Children’s Theater help round out the program. Crafts will be available, too.

The event is 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday at the museum, 150 W. Pepper Place in Mesa.

Regular museum admission is $8 for ages 1 and up; free for members.

More museum special events are listed at ideamuseum.org/special-events.html.

– TRIBUNE STAFF REPORT

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Chattanooga police detectives have been focusing on the criminal case and have not offered an opinion on whether seat belts would have made a difference, said Elisa Myzal, a Chattanooga communications coordinator.

She said the investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board, which focuses on how to avoid similar tragedies in the future, is more likely to address the issue of seat belts. No children were thrown from the bus in Chattanooga.

In the East Valley, the Kyrene School District has been replacing its fleet of school buses with propane-powered buses to cut fuel costs, emissions and maintenance. Authorities also opted for a model equipped with seat belts.

“The seat belts add a layer of safety to an already-safe bus,” said Eric Nethercutt, Kyrene’s director of transportation and buildings. “The cargo we transport is people’s kids. There’s nothing more important to them.”

About 80 percent of Kyrene’s buses are equipped with seat belts, and those without seat belts are used only as backups.

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“We felt it was a common-sense move to take that next step for the safety of kids,” Nethercutt said.

But Mesa takes a more traditional approach, citing the heavy-duty steel construction of school buses, the high padded seats and the compartmentalized approach to safety as reasons why school buses rank among the safest possible forms of transportation.

Terry Locke, a Chandler Unified School District spokesman, said Chandler has a fleet of 200 buses that are not equipped with seat belts. He said special-needs buses have seat belts as required by law.

A chart prepared by the American School Bus Council and NHTSA says that between 2005 and 2014, school bus accidents were responsible for less than 1 percent of student fatalities during school travel hours. It says that teen drivers were responsible for 57 percent of deaths and adult drivers were responsible for 23 percent.

The council says students are 70 times more likely to arrive safely at school if they travel by bus than by car.

“School buses are carefully designed on a different transportation and protection model than the average passenger car.

The children are protected like eggs in an egg carton—compartmentalized, and surrounded with padding and structural integrity to secure the entire container.

The seat backs are raised and the shell is reinforced for protection against impact,” the council says on its website.

Jeanne Vandemark, Mesa’s director of transportation, said statistics show that students are more likely to be injured when stepping off or onto a bus than during a rollover accident.

About half of Mesa Public Schools’ larger fleet of buses—mostly smaller buses often used to transport specialneeds students and preschoolers—are equipped with seat belts. The large buses do not have seat belts, and there is no federal requirement to have them.

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(Larry Mangino/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Kyrene de la Mariposa Elementary School students (from left) Basant Abdelrahman, Edward Castro, Joaquin de Leon, Tanish Chauhan, Jeremiah Walker and Madison Ruggeronae are buckled up on the bus.

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommends seat belts for the larger buses but does not mandate them, and only six states require seat belts. Authorities say retrofitting a bus to add seat belts can be a costly proposition, ranging from $7,000 to $10,000 per bus.

Mesa has a fleet of 541 buses and provides about 37,800 rides per day.

Kyrene has a fleet of 110 propane buses purchased after voters approved a bond issue in 2010. Kyrene started with 25 propane buses and bought more once it was clear they were reliable. Kyrene provides about 12,000 student trips per day.

“The bottom line is that we want to protect children, period,” Vandemark said.

But she is not sure seat belts offer a panacea for safety, saying that she believes fires are a bigger threat to school buses than rollover accidents.

Cynthia Wells, a Mesa school bus driver at the time, was praised for quickthinking and resourcefulness when she smelled a wisp of smoke coming from

near her radio on May 8, 2014.

Wells stopped her special-needs bus in a parking lot near Brown Road and Country Club Drive and evacuated an assistant and four Carson Junior High School students without injury.

Mesa firefighters found the engine compartment on fire when they arrived, according to published reports.

A second bus was dispatched to take the students to school.

“I lived through a school bus fire,” said Vandemark, a former school bus driver. “I don’t think they would have been evacuated from the bus in a timely manner if they were wearing seatbelts.”

But Nethercutt said he doesn’t think seat belts would be an obstacle in evacuating children.

“Every kid is used to wearing seat belts.

They already wear seat belts in a car,” he said.

Nethercutt said he believes the federal government may require seat belts eventually, especially after the Chattanooga deaths. He said the cost of retrofitting a bus is so high that he would expect a “soft conversion,” with buses that don’t have seatbelts gradually replaced by those with seat belts.

The cost of retrofitting is so high because up to 72 seats have to be torn out and replaced with new ones that can accommodate the three-point belts, he said.

“I would say it is probably heading in the direction that we are going,” Nethercutt said. “What happened in Tennessee will probably intensify the focus.”

– Reach Jim Walsh at 480-898-5639 or at jwalsh@timespublications.com.

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW Man demanded prescription pills, is being sought

A man is being sought after demanding prescription medications from two pharmacies in Chandler.

According to police, the man entered a CVS Pharmacy on 2005 N. Dobson Road at 7:48 a.m. on Nov. 25 demanding pills. At 10:30 a.m., he went to the Walgreen’s Store at 1925 W. Chandler Blvd., again seeking medications.

The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, 5-feet-7, 180 pounds in his late 20s to early 30s, with brown hair and brown eyes. He was wearing a gray hooded sweater, blue jeans and dirty red tennis shoes, to include a black beanie cap that had a skull picture or logo.

Anyone with information can call Chandler Police at 480-782-4130.

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Kai restaurant notches another 5-Diamond ranking from AAA

Kai restaurant in Chandler received its 11th designation as a Five-Diamond restaurant from AAA, making the list for 2017.

It’s the only Arizona restaurant on the coveted Five-Diamond list, the highest ranking by AAA. Kai is inside the Sheraton Grand at Wild Horse Pass.

For 14 years, the restaurant chefs and staff have worked to elevate Native American-inspired cuisine and service standards to national levels of critical acclaim, restaurant offi cials said.

– SHELLEY RIDENOUR, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Patron falls from Man involved in hit-run pleads Gammage balcony, guilty to aggravated assault four hospitalized

A man involved in a Chandler hit-and-run that left an army veteran with life-threatening injuries pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in Maricopa County Superior Court.

Police said Cody James Gibson, 18, intentionally struck Stephen Richardson, 31, with his Honda SUV in the parking lot of a Fry’s Food and Drug Store near Riggs and McQueen roads on April 7.

Witnesses reported seeing Gibson assault a woman at a fast-food restaurant near the Fry’s around 5:45 p.m. When the woman fl ed, witnesses said Gibson followed her, dragging her by the hair to the SUV. Richardson saw the incident while driving and used his vehicle to block Gibson from driving out of the parking lot. When Richardson and his friend got out of the truck, Gibson pressed the gas pedal and struck Richardson, sending him over the vehicle’s hood and drove away.

Richardson suffered a skull fracture, lacerations on the back of his head, and partial hearing loss in his left ear. He was released from the hospital one week after the incident.

Gibson is set to be sentenced Dec. 19 in Maricopa County Superior Court.

– RACHEL EROH, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

Body recovered in Chandler lake; man had been missing

A man found dead in a Chandler community lake on Nov. 27 had been reported missing for a week.

Detectives said Jared Austin Brandstatter, 20, was reported missing on Nov. 21. His body was found at Arizona Avenue and Lake Drive. No cause of death has been reported.

According to the missing person’s report, Brandstatter went for a bike ride on Nov. 20 around 10 p.m. after returning from an AA meeting with his father.

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Four people were hospitalized after a man fell from the balcony at Arizona State University’s Grady Gammage Auditorium on Nov. 27.

According to a statement from the ASU Police Department, all four had injuries that were not life-threatening.

ASU Police said the man stepped over a wall and fell from a second-fl oor balcony during a performance of “Beautiful - The Carol King Musical.” The man’s wife reportedly told police he was headed to the restroom but did not want to disturb other patrons. He climbed over a wall, mistakenly assuming there was a walkway on the other side, and fell onto the crowd below.

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Valley buses now designated ‘safe places’

Teens who are in need of help have an additional 900 places in the Valley to go to seek it.

Every Valley Metro and city of Phoenix bus is now a designated “Safe Place,” part of a program managed

by Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development. Valley Metro light rail stations have been part of the program, along with all QuikTrip stores, libraries and fi re stations in the Valley.

Safe Place is a national youth outreach program that supports young people who are in need of immediate health and safety resources, typically helping homeless, runaway and abused teens.

Safe Place decals, which are yellow and black and state “Safe Place,” have been added to all of the public buses.

– SHELLEY RIDENOUR, TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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former PTA president at three different schools is the new member of the Tempe Union High School District governing board.

Berdetta Hodge of Tempe defeated Ahwatukee businessman Scott Ryan with 15.7 percent of the vote to his 15.3 percent, according to unofficial results.

Hodge will join incumbents Sandy Lowe and Michelle Helm, who clinched new terms in the Nov. 8 election with 19.3 percent and 23.5 percent of the vote, respectively.

A question had been raised about a possible recount between Hodge and Ryan, but a spokeswoman for the county recorder’s office said one will not be ordered.

A Tempe resident for 35 years, Hodge has one child at McClintock High and another who graduated from there.

The Arizona State University graduate has been a Hope’s Crossing board member, a PTA president in three different schools and a booster club member.

She is on the board of the Booker T. Washington Child Development Center, and is a site council member and a volunteer for the Boys and Girls Club of the East Valley Ladmo Branch.

When asked early in the campaign why she was running, she replied: “As a Tempe Union High School District graduate, involved community member and parent, I have experienced and witnessed the positive growth of our district and the substantial impact it has had on both our students and

(Special to the Tribune)

Berdetta Hodge has one child at McClintock High and another who graduated from there.

community.”

“I want to give back to the district that has not only enriched my life, but has also left an everlasting fingerprint on our community,” she added.

In discussing issues facing the district, she said, “I believe that the single most important issue that the district currently faces is ensuring that we maintain adequate funding to sustain smaller class sizes as well as hire and retain highlyqualified, passionate teachers.

“Quite honestly, I believe that our district is on a sustainable path for success, providing and delivering the highest quality of service,” she continued. “As a board member, I will work diligently so that we continue being among the top 5 percent of districts in the State of Arizona.”

New board members will take office in early January.

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Republican legislative leaders oppose killing state income tax He reasoned that such a tax would yield millions in revenue from tourists.

After the election, Bowie, an ad he not lost to Senator-elect Ahwatukee Democrat and the only Sean Bowie, Tempe Republican member of the state Senate who has Frank Schmuck apparently never served in the Legislature, said would have received a cold shoulder he didn’t think Schmuck’s platform from his GOP colleagues in the state resonated with voters.

Legislature over the central plank of his It’s not resonating with Schmuck’s campaign platform—eliminating the party, either. state income tax.

Incoming House Speaker J.D. The RepublicanMesnard of Chandler controlled legislature said he wants to focus doesn’t plan to vote on creating a single-rate this coming year—or income tax, collapsing in the near future—to the current system of kill the tax. five tax brackets into In his campaign for one. But it would not the Legislative District be a “flat tax” because 18 Senate seat, Mesnard proposes to covering Ahwatukee (Capitol Media Services) have sufficient tax credits and parts of Chandler, Incoming House Speaker J.D. Mesnard to ensure that those Tempe and Mesa, details some of his legislative priori- at the bottom of the ties at the annual conference of the Schmuck hammered Arizona Tax Research Association. income scale do not end constantly on his plan up paying more. to gradually replace the income tax with Chandler Sen. Steve Yarbrough, the a consumption levy on everything but new Senate President, has a different gas, clothing and food. agenda. In fact, he actually likes the idea

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that Arizona has an income tax. told Capitol Media Services he remains The reason is that Yarbrough has been convinced that lower tax rates are good. a champion of providing dollar-for“We have to recognize our state is in a competitive dollar state income tax situation with places credits to people who like California, Utah, contribute to charities Colorado, Florida and as well as to “school Texas,” he said. choice” programs. That Asked specifically includes one where the about a single-rate tax, donated funds are given Ducey said “anything to parents to send their that lowers taxes, children to private and (Capitol Media Services) simplifies taxes or parochial schools. flattens taxes is a good Yarbrough runs the Steve Yarbrough, the new Senate explains why the state is idea.”

Arizona Christian president, not in the financial condition to start Lowering revenues, School Tuition or expand programs. however, is not what Organization, the largest of the groups that benefits Mesnard has in mind, at least for now. from and gives out those credits. No Mesnard said he envisions a “revenueincome tax means no tax credits—and neutral” proposal, where the amount of Yarbrough’s operation is out of business. money the income tax brings in under The reticence by the two top legislative the current system remains the same.

And there’s something else that could leaders to move toward cutting income taxes could put them on a collision affect how much Arizona can afford to cut taxes: Whether the state has the course with Gov. Doug Ducey.

He campaigned on a promise of money. working every year to move the tax rate – Tribune Managing Editor Paul Maryniak “as close to zero as possible.” And Ducey contributed to this story.

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oug Brewster, Chandler National Little League president, has one goal for his visitors from Tainan, Taiwan.

“We want to show them the best American time we can,” Brewster said.

The 24 10- and 11-year-old boys and one girl who make up the Tainan City All-Star team arrived Saturday.

They are staying with CNLL families and will head to the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell and Sedona, and will tour Chase Field and the ASU baseball field in the next week. They will also shop at Dick’s Sporting Goods. Former D-backs catcher Ken Huckaby will host a clinic for the kids.

“They wanted to go to the Chase Field because there are quite a few famous Taiwanese baseball players,” said Michelle Chang, the organizer and broker/owner of DA FA Realty and Investments LLC in Tempe.

One is Tainan-born Chien-Ming Wang, who pitched for a variety of teams before becoming a free agent.

Chandler Vice Mayor Jack Seller appreciates Chang’s efforts. “(She) has really put together a lot of stuff from them,” said Sellers, the point person for the Sister Cities relationship between Chandler and Tainan. “We’ve had a lot of participation from Doug Brewster, too. He’s arranged a lot of extracurricular activities.”

A visit to Tarwater Elementary School, which has a Mandarin-language immersion program, is scheduled.

The kids will also play baseball games, practice in the morning at Snedigar Sportsplex, and, of course, hang out with their peers’ parents.

“When I had meetings with the parents, they all agreed to host them,” Brewster said. “We were all excited to do it. Each family is taking on two kids for a week. They must drop them off every day and pick them up every night. Do laundry, feed them. There are two kids per family so the kids are comfortable.”

The City Council is scheduled to meet the team, according to Chang. The Chandler/Tainan City teams also will

(Special to the Tribune)

Members of the Chandler National Little League traveled to Tainan last year for a tournament. The players mixed with local players for photos.

play in two exhibition games (Friendship Exhibition) on Saturday at Snedigar Sportsplex, 4500 S. Basha Road. An opening ceremony will be held at 12:30 p.m. to kick off the games, which will be played at 12:45 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Both games are open to the public.

Last year, Chandler National Little League players traveled to Tainan to play exhibition games.

Sellers said officials are in talks for the American children to return to Taiwan next year. Funds must be raised, first.

The new Sister Cities partnership is seeking sponsorships to continue its Little League exchange program and allow for future student exchanges and cultural programming. The sponsorship opportunities range from $25 to $10,000. To view the detailed list of sponsorship levels and benefits, visit chandleraz.gov/diversity.

“We’re contacting companies primarily here in Chandler,” Sellers said.

“What we’ve done is, for a certain level of contribution, Chandler National Little League will hang the company’s banner on the fence during the regular season.

“Hopefully we can get some money out

of that. It’s a little bit problematic.

When you go to these companies, they say approach us April.”

Sellers and Chang traveled to Tainan in late October for the opening ceremonies of a tournament that Chandler National Little League played in last year.

(Special to the Tribune) “It was mainly Chandler National Little League players were greeted in Tainan last year. for a follow-up for our Sister Cities relationship with Tainan that we’re that happened on that trip.” working on, though,” Sellers said. “We Brewster is excited for the kids to met a guy there named Winson Lin and return to Chandler. Baseball players he speaks fluent English. He lives in from the same organization visited two Tainan and he’s the founder of the Giant years ago as well.

Cup Baseball Tournament.

“Our players will go to dinners with “He’s a very highly regarded guy. He’s the team and do quite a bit of stuff with knowledgeable about the whole Little these kids,” he said. “I think they’re going League structure. He said he would be to really enjoy it and get a lot out of it. the main point of contact for Chandler “I told the parents to feed them and Tainan’s Sister Cities program. For whatever you feed your family. Give me, that was a really outstanding thing them the American experience.”

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0.4 percent sales tax that would have created funding for the Mesa police and fire departments, and also built t was a festive event, not just a routine facilities for a downtown Arizona State press conference, when Mesa City University campus and completed the Manager Chris Brady announced a Benedictine University campus. Cameli popular decision: the appointment of was one of three internal finalists for the Mary Cameli as Mesa’s new fire chief. job and had been serving as interim fire A trailblazer since she was hired as chief since September when Harry Beck one of Mesa’s first two retired. female firefighters in 1983, Beck served 13 years as Cameli carries on a family Mesa Fire Chief after a long legacy in the fire service. career with the Phoenix Her brother, Gil Damiani, Fire Department. He was retired after serving as a named Career Fire Chief of Mesa deputy fire chief. the Year by the International “I feel so blessed to work Association of Fire Chiefs with such great people,” in recognition of 43 years a beaming Cameli said in the fire service. to a packed house in a Cameli said she is seeking conference room that additional funding to included many firefighters continue the innovative (Will Powers/Tribune Staff Photographer) and several family Mary medical program after a Cameli was named members. “Thank you so the Chief of Mesa’s Fire and major grant expires. She much for this privilege. Medical Department. She praised deputy chiefs Mike We will continue to excel. became one of Mesa’s first Dunn and Cori Hayes, Quality customer service is female firefighters in 1983. the other two finalists, what we do every day.” and said they make a great Cameli, Mesa’s first female in the management team. role, assumes command of the Mesa “I am very humbled and honored to Fire and Medical Department, which serve in this capacity,” Cameli said. “I has a national reputation for progressive think it’s trying to meet the needs of the leadership and medical programs. public and continue our service at the These programs include a two-person level we have.” unit, including a captain and a nurse Reach Jim Walsh at 480-898-5639 or at practitioner, who respond to low- –jwalsh@timespublications.com. level calls.

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Lorenzo Perez, one of the owners of Venue Projects, describes his company’s renovation project at the historic Alhambra Hotel as “not for the faint of heart.” Once finished, the building will be leased to Benedictine University for student housing.

Perez and his partner, Jon Kitchell, came upon the Alhambra after a friend, who owns the building next door, told them the hotel’s previous owners might be amenable to selling. Since the two men were looking for a downtown Mesa project, it made sense to look into the prospect.

Perez remembers being stunned when he walked into the Alhambra because the 122-year-old building was largely intact.

While some modifications had been made, he knew they could “quickly be undone.”

As he viewed the “small rooms with a lot of character,” he began thinking about what Venue Projects could do with the building. His first thought was to convert it to creative office space, but then he thought of Benedictine University.

Perez was a member of the downtown Mesa visioning committee.

“I fell in love with downtown Mesa and its buildings,” while part of that group, he said.

Through the committee he met and worked with Jo Wilson, an administrator at Benedictine. He remembered conversations about how Benedictine needed student housing and put the two things together.

“I thought this was a perfect opportunity for Benedictine,” Perez said, so he reached out to Wilson who told him that Benedictine “needed housing in a big way.”

An agreement was reached and the building will soon become a dorm leased to Benedictine by Venue Projects of Phoenix and Community Development Partners of Newport Beach, California, the owners of the Alhambra. The two firms paid $960,000 for the building.

The renovation price tag is $3.5 million.

(Shelley Ridenour/Tribune staff)

Flaviano Vazquez measures the length of a portion of the ceiling in what will become a Benedictine University dorm room at the old Alhambra hotel in downtown Mesa. Vazquez works for True Value Drywall, a subcontractor on the restoration project.

The Alhambra is expected to house its first Benedictine University students in January. There’ll be space for about 30 students then, with room for about 30 more coming in the spring when construction is completed.

Featuring both single and double dorm rooms, the building will also include a cafe, lounges, laundry facilities, an exercise room, patios, outdoor common areas and study areas.

Charlie Gregory, Mesa campus executive officer at Benedictine, said having a historic building as the college’s dorm is cool, because the main Benedictine building was once a hospital.

The Alhambra is on South Macdonald Street, about a half block off Main Street and about a mile from Benedictine’s main Mesa campus at 225 E. Main St. As Perez scouts for projects for his company, he keeps three things in mind: finding a good opportunity, looking for holes in the community and preserving old and historic structures.

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Bob Dylan’s Nobel prize is subject of ASU class 2011. He took the Nobel class in 2009. because of the quality of his lyrics, Butler said he found the class “really his status as a cultural marker and the interesting,” but admits he didn’t choose changes he’s led in the music industry. eave it to Bob Dylan to be so Dylan as the winner.

Does Professor pervasive that an Arizona State “I wouldn’t have Horan have a theory University English professor is thought that was an about why Dylan won planning a summer class on his receipt of option,” Butler said. in 2016? the Nobel Prize for literature.

Instead he chose an Maybe.

It’s not only because Elizabeth Horan Israeli author “who still “There’s a growing is a Dylan fan, she insists. She has taught hasn’t won.” body of work about a class on the Nobel literature prize every Butler has no qualms Dylan by scholars,” fall semester for about two decades. This with the academy’s Horan said, “and year, it didn’t make the fall schedule. choice of Dylan as the there have been some Because Nobel winners are typically winner this year. changes within the announced in October, students in “I think it’s great Nobel committee.” those fall classes predict a winner in the that Dylan won She describes Dylan literature category, explain and discuss ... recognizing a as “a populist with their choices and then spend the latter recognizable figure in clear roots in populism weeks of the semester talking about the America.” He’s chosen and racial issues.”

(Shelley Ridenour/Tribune staff) winner. to view Dylan’s win as “a Arizona State University Professor Because this year’s Without fail, Horan said, every break in a difficult year Elizabeth Horan teaches a class literature winner was semester at least one student predicts in America” that allows every year on the Nobel Prize for announced a week Dylan to win. Last year, he was the people “to remember literature. The next class, to be later than other Nobel in the summer, will focus choice of three students. that there were some offered prizes, Horan said she exclusively on Bob Dylan’s 2016 win.

“It was ironic that the one semester I good things in America was tipped off that skip the class, Dylan wins,” she said. this year” and said it “there was a potential Mesa resident Todd Butler earned a gives people a reason to celebrate. controversy.” Then when the chairwoman degree in English literature from ASU in Butler speculates that Dylan won of the Norwegian Nobel Committee made such a short announcement about Dylan’s award, her hunch was reinforced. Those announcements often involve about 15 minutes of talk by the chairman, but Dylan’s was about three minutes long.

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Horan isn’t part of the crowd who has said a songwriter isn’t creating genuine literature and therefore Dylan shouldn’t have won.

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Likewise, she said “it’s ridiculous to think only songwriters will win again.”

Clark agrees with his professor. He said people who argue that Dylan isn’t a writer because he writes poetry and songs have “a narrow definition of what a writer is.”

Defining any art is a difficult task, Horan said.

“Art is for reaching people,” Horan said. “It appeals to our emotions, our better selves, our community. Song in particular does that.”

The Dylan Nobel class is planned as an online course, running for almost eight weeks this summer. Because it’s coming after the 2016 announcement and quite a bit before the 2017 winners are chosen, Horan will change the tenor of the class from past classes.

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“The class will look at the origins of his voice and his music.” Students will discuss the controversy surrounding his Nobel prize, the process and his decision not to attend the awards ceremony.

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ways and tell old Arizona stories,” he said of Venue Projects.

Perez and Kitchell founded Venue Projects in 2008 after working together at Kitchell Contractors. Jon’s father, Sam, had founded that firm, which is now employee-owned.

They began Venue Projects with plans to do infill and redevelopment projects.

Kitchell and Perez are proud of their reputation as redevelopers, as opposed to new construction contractors.

“We’re always looking for unique buildings with heritage,” Perez said. “We really are about community building and place making. We’ve become community and economic developers as much as we are property developers.”

Perez and Kitchell say they want to “create, inspire and serve, not manage.”

Perez is bothered by “the demolition culture of Arizona.”

“How are we ever going to have a historic building here?” he asked. “We’re trying to save as many of them as we can.”

Because of that, Venue Projects has a mission “to tell Arizona stories through

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Anyone who donates a new, unwrapped toy during the Holiday Toy Ride will receive a ride in a Chandler fire engine.

The toy collection point at Chandler Fashion Center is near the valet parking area outside of the food court on the south side of the mall. An adult must accompany all children 6 years of age and younger on their ride.

Toy donations can also be dropped off in the lobby of the Fire Administration Headquarters at 151 E. Boston St. through Dec. 16 or at any Chandler fire station.

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Altered Tails to offer $20 surgeries for cats

Altered is offering a $20 spay and neuter surgery promotion for all cat owners in Maricopa County. This special rate also includes rabies and FVRCP vaccinations.

Cat owners must mention the “Merry Fixmas” campaign when they schedule their appointment. This campaign is based on availability.

Visit alteredtails.org or call 480-8071200 for more information or to schedule an appointment at the Mesa office at 7246 East Main St.

creative redevelopment,” he said.

The Alhambra is the oldest building Venue Projects has renovated. They’ve worked on buildings constructed in the 1920s, but nothing older, Perez said.

Learning the processes and rules for historic renovations “has been somewhat educational for us,” he said.

Essentially, the exterior of the building can’t be altered because the building is listed on a historic register, but interior work isn’t restricted much The workers reuse every brick they remove, part of the process Perez refers to as “peeling the onion and harvesting the old materials.” They’ve saved some of the redwood removed from the building and will create picnic tables for the outdoor courtyard from that wood, Kitchell said.

Perez is optimistic that the Alhambra could give other property owners in downtown Mesa incentive to rehabilitate their buildings and boost the vibrancy of downtown. The addition of 60 residents who live, walk, attend classes, eat and “do everything in downtown Mesa will have an impact,” he predicted.

– Contact reporter Shelley Ridenour at 480-8986533 or sridenour@timespublications.com.

Residents urged to recycle leftover paints, stains, finishes

Stardust Building Supplies is hosting a paint recycling event to collect latex and water-based paints, stains and clear finishes Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Paint can be dropped off at Stardust Building Supplies, 1720 W. Broadway Road, Mesa. A fee of 40 cents per pound will be charged. The event is open to the general public and businesses.

Paint collected will then be recycled

by GreenSheen for reselling. Oil, alkyd, lacquer, urethane or other chemicals will not be accepted.

For more information, go to stardustbuilding.org.

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Massing of the Colors ceremony held in Tempe

The Apache Trail Chapter of the Military Order of the World Wars Is inviting the public to join them for the invites the public to celebrate the 24th Annual Massing of the Colors & Service of Remembrance.

Marcos de Niza High School will host the event, which celebrates the lives of fallen veterans.

The event is 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at 6000 S. Lakeshore Drive, Tempe.

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Think you’ll get that earworm out of your head? Don’t stop believin’

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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his is tough to confess, because it calls into question so much of what makes me me: My intellect, my taste, even the essence of my manhood.

Still, they say confession is good for the soul. So, here goes.

My name is David and I suffer from a super-serious case of what psychologists call INMI. Spelled out, that’s “involuntary musical imagery,” or, in laymen’s terms, “earworms.” Or, as we put it at my house, “a freakin’ raging case of tragically awful songs being stuck in my head for days on end.”

Like for the past week, Bruno Mars riffing his way through “24K Magic.”

What, that’s not a big deal to you? Try being a 51-year-old sitting in a meeting with executive team of a bajillion dollar company, the group allegedly focused

on public relations strategy, while you’re mostly thinking to yourself, “24 karat magic in the air/Head to toe so player/ Uh, look out!”

Uh, thanks, Bruno. And no, playa, I don’t want to “put my pinky rings up to the moon.” Hell, I don’t even own a pinky ring.

Frankly, that song still beats this summer, when I spent a month mentally reciting Britney Spears’ “Work B*tch.”

You know: “Go call the police/Go call the governor/I bring the trouble/That means the trouble y’all/I make it bubble up/Call me the bubbler.”

And let’s not even discuss the summer of 2007, when the final episode of “The Sopranos” featured Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’.” That song spent a good three months atop the mental Casey Kasem Top 40 chart in my head.

Fortunately, thanks to a team of British shrinks, I now know I’m not alone. They just published a study titled “Dissecting an Earworm: Melodic Features and Song

Popularity Predict Involuntary Musical Imagery” in the journal “Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity and the Arts.”

Their verdict? “Musically sticky” songs are “usually faster, with a fairly generic and easy-to-remember melody but with some particular intervals, such as leaps or repetitions that set them apart from the average pop song.”

That whispering you hear? That’s me doing a karaoke version of “Bad Romance” by Lady Gaga, cited by study participants as the worst earworm tune of recent years. Also on the list: Maroon 5’s “Moves Like Jagger” (which always makes me imagine a senior citizen injuring his hip on a high kick) and “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen.

The scariest part of the study?

“Our findings show that you can, to some extent, predict which songs are going to get stuck in people’s heads based on the song’s melodic content,” said Dr. Kelly Jakubowski, the lead author.

“This could help aspiring songwriters or

advertisers write a jingle everyone will remember for days or months afterwards.”

For the love of Pete, let’s pray that whomever is responsible for that abysmal Express Flooring jingle—“Express Flooring is the best/Call 800-Express”—never uncovers the magic formula. I’d hate to think they could make that commercial any worse—or any more insidious.

On to the million-dollar question: How do you dig earworms out of your head? The psychologists’ advice includes listening to the tune all the way through to flush it from your subconscious; distracting yourself by listening to a new song; or simply trying not to think about it and letting the song fade away naturally.

Me, I’ve tried all those cures. The only thing that seems to work with this malady is time. Because, like noted INMI causer Mick Jagger has said for many years now, over and over and over: “Time, time, time is on my side/Yes it is.”

– David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Reach him at david@leibowitzsolo.com.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Thank you, voters!

Some of the candidates I voted for won and some of them lost in this year’s elections. However, I wanted to commend and congratulate my fellow Maricopa County voters on their repudiation of the current sheriff in our county. He has shown and proven himself to be egocentric and full of narcissism, and we have deserved and needed better for many years. We didn’t vote him out of office because of his party affiliation but because of his personal agenda almost always trumped his law enforcement obligations.

Thank you, Maricopa County voters, for being able to differentiate between a con artist and a law enforcement professional.

– Richard K. Meszar – Mesa

About the Electoral College

For those who believe that Ms. Clinton should be president because she won the plurality of the vote (yes, she did not get a majority), they might consider the reasons the Founders embedded the Electoral College in the Constitution.

It should also be considered that they

invented a form of government that has not only lasted 228 years, but has seen a stable, peaceful change of the top office 43 times—the exception being the secession of the southern states. Once the Civil War ended, there has been an unbroken succession of peaceful transfers of that power, and with it, the building of the most economically successful and most powerful nation in the world.

The genius of the Founding Document is that it spreads political change over both time (every two years for congressmen, four years for president and six years for senators) and geography, preventing chaotic change and protecting the minority from excesses of majority rule. It created a constitutional federal republic—not a democracy—and a federation of states with representative democracy. The effect was to spread political equality across the vast geography of our country. The two-party system that has evolved from this unique governing principle has been the vehicle for the checks and balances preventing unresponsive abuse of power.

But Ms. Clinton won the most votes.

Shouldn’t she be the next president? Only

five times out of 58 national elections has the elected president received less than the plurality of votes—two of the last three new presidents. But, while Clinton won the popular vote by about 2 million votes (drop California’s vote and she loses), she lost the geographic vote—“…the vote that reflects the different ways that Americans live”—catastrophically.

Out of more than 5,000 counties in the United States, Ms. Clinton won barely 300.

It is the function of the Electoral College system that levels the playing field so that densely populated geographic areas don’t dominate the national will. That is why our country is not called “The United People of America” but is, in fact, “The United States of America.”

– Jim Barber – Mesa

Caring for others

The headlines are clear; no matter which side of the election we came out on, people are motivated to make a difference in the way our government leads. The best way to make sure your values and opinions are represented is through direct advocacy and citizen engagement. Americans want to have

more influence on political processes, but many don’t know how.

I volunteer with CARE Action, the global humanitarian organization that’s eradicating poverty through the lives of girls and women, because I understand when women are equipped with the right resources, they are change-makers. CARE Action provides bipartisan, easy-to-understand advocacy training and national and local opportunities to learn about and lobby on issues like humanitarian assistance for refugees and natural disasters, gender-based violence, eradicating maternal mortality and improving global food security. These issues impact American lives and our national security, which demand that we do our civic duty to raise our voices.

CARE Action’s advocates are all over the U.S. Our influence on legislation to reduce poverty and improve human rights is significant and effective. Now more than ever, citizens must mobilize, organize, apply political pressure and let our representatives know what matters. Learn how at CAREAction.org.

– Anissa Rasheta – Mesa

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Republicans get a second chance – let’s hope they don’t blow it

BY TOM PATTERSON Tribune Contributing Writer

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ot many of us get to have do-overs after a gigantic fail. Yet Washington Republicans are getting a golden opportunity to redeem their policy failures of the past. They better not mess it up again.

We all remember the Republican legislative majorities of 2010 and 2014, their victories propelled by a base appalled at our national decline under Barack Obama. But once elected, they went into a shell, not making a dent in Obamacare, overregulation or the growth of the welfare state. They caved repeatedly on budget negotiations, out of fear a government “shutdown” would be blamed on them and weaken their prospects for reelection. They had their priorities.

Their fecklessness deepened public disgust with a self-seeking, out-of-touch Washington establishment. It inspired a massive blowback that resulted in the

Trump phenomenon. Voters were so eager for change, they elected the most unpopular major presidential candidate in history in hopes of achieving it.

The improbable result was that Republicans were the beneficiary of the very firestorm they helped ignite.

This time, they have the presidency and a mandate for reform that is beyond dispute.

Of course, they still have headwinds.

The mainstream media is pitching a fit that Trump is appointing people to his administration from the political Right.

Protesters are refusing to accept the election results. Obama, hyperpartisan to the end, plans to hang around Washington and promote his agenda, defying decency and tradition.

It’s not clear as of this writing whether Republicans will keep their eye on the ball this time. The appointments have been mostly encouraging (posting a battle-tested school-choice advocate at Education was brilliant) and people are saying the right things about economic growth, energy and immigration. But as usual with Trump, there’s not much e a m and l a nsome d Vworrisome i l l a ’s meat on D ther bones

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indicators.

For example, there has been a move by some House Republicans to lift the 2010 ban on earmarks. If we’re serious about reform mode, why is this even a question?

Earmarks are undebated add-ons to appropriations bills. They are generally local pork projects granted to individual legislators. Their elimination played a role in Republicans regaining the House in 2010.

Now, some House Republicans argue that Obama ended up taking the money and the credit, so what was the point? Yet frustration over Obama’s unconstitutional power grabs doesn’t justify a return to cronyism and corruption. Speaker Ryan put this one on hold, but it’s undecided.

Earmarks aren’t that consequential but Obamacare is a major threat to our nation’s financial stability, to our healthcare and to business growth and employment. No issue was (rightly) flogged more by Republicans during the election. Yet now many are urging that repeal be scrapped and only cosmetic Uchanges PCOM NG EVENTS be Imade.

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Our former Gov. Brewer is telling Trump to preserve the expansion of Medicaid (AHCCCS) that she championed. She says he should look to Arizona as the “gold standard” for reform of Obamacare/Medicaid.

That’s actually kind of funny. Arizona is widely regarded as an Obamacare basket case and the AHCCCS expansion is a looming disaster. New enrollments have far exceeded expectations and state expenses are set to explode. Moreover, an MIT study shows that for every dollar spent, recipients receive only $0.20$0.40 in benefits in this wildly expensive and inefficient program.

Trump himself could do a lot of good by repealing Obama’s unilateral directives on immigration, the Iran nuclear deal and EPA regulations.

But Republicans must be strong and focused. If they punt another chance, most likely their last, to fundamentally change America’s direction, they must be prepared to own the consequences for their party and their country.

– East Valley resident Tom Patterson is a retired physician and former state senator. He can be reached at pattersontomc@cox.net.

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Inventor’s training firearm helps police learn to prevent accidents

BY MIKE BUTLER Tribune Staff Writer

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hen Mike Farrell of Tempe signed up for formal firearms training some years ago, he was surprised—and a little alarmed— by how often guns were accidentally triggered.

As he progressed to advanced training, he said, things didn’t get much better.

He saw elite shooters and experienced instructors accidentally discharge their weapons. Farrell discovered that it was even a problem among veteran law enforcement officers. He learned that for every 1,000 officers on the street, there’s one on-the-job accident per year.

Such accidents can have tragic consequences. Earlier this year, a rookie NYPD officer was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide and put on probation for the accidental 2014 shooting of an unarmed resident in a housing project stairwell. During the trial, prosecutors argued that the officer breached department protocol by having his finger on the trigger.

Farrell speculated that part of the problem with accidental firings might lie with the inert plastic guns that police officers train with before going to live firearm training. So, he hit the garage and invented a “smart” training aid that warns shooters when their index fingers come off the barrel and move toward the trigger.

Police departments around the country think it’s a good idea.

Farrell’s Smart Firearms training guns are being used in Phoenix, New York City, Boston and Washington, D.C. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office is a client, as is the Law Enforcement Training Academy at Chandler Gilbert Community College.

Farrell said when a stressful and dangerous confrontation occurs, fingers reflexively clench and instinct wants to move the forefinger to the trigger. That can be disastrous when using a modern pistol that lacks a safety and has a short trigger pull. Repetitive training with the Smart Firearms gun, he explained, ingrains a smooth move of the forefinger

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Mike Farrell has created a training device that functions like a police officer’s weapon without using ammunition. It uses sensors to teach “muscle memory.” It is designed to function more like a weapon used in the field so that the training is more realistic and doesn’t teach bad habits.

from barrel to trigger when a shot is warranted.

In traditional inert gun simulation training, according to Farrell, police officers literally say “Bang! Bang!” to indicate when they’ve fired.

“That does nothing to train muscle memory,” said Farrell. “Their thinking was, ‘We’ll fix it in live fire.’”

After receiving patents and getting a few departments to try out an early model, Farrell used feedback to keep improving.

“What they had to say at first wasn’t too flattering,” he admitted.

His first smart firearm had a chip that could handle three algorithms. Today, the chip has an accelerometer and handles more than a hundred algorithms.

“We never want that alarm to go off if they’re doing it right,” Farrell explained.

“We can’t build for the pretend world.

That’s deadly.”

In addition to the alarm, Farrell’s top training guns make firing sounds and include integrated lasers, night sights and removable magazines. Pistols are designed and molded to resemble the weight and feel of the real-life Glocks, Smith & Wessons and SIG Sauers that police departments use. Grips must be

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The training weapon has things you wouldn’t ordinarily see in a firearm, like batteries.

precisely contoured to fit the specialized holsters used by law enforcement. The holsters contain friction fits and catches to prevent bad guys from grabbing officers’ weapons.

“I know more about plastics than I ever wanted to know,” joked Farrell, a former cargo and corporate jet pilot.

The transition from professional to entrepreneur has hit some potholes along

the way, but they’ve been no match for the passion and drive he has for his new product and mission.

“We’re saving lives. We’re saving careers.”

– Reach Mike Butler at 480-898-5630 or at mbutler@ timespublications.com.

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2nd airline adding flights to Canada from Mesa

A second airline is now offering direct flights from Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport to cities in Alberta, Canada.

WestJet Airlines plans to operate three direct, non-stop flights each week to Calgary, beginning on Jan. 19. And, the airline will fly once a week directly between Mesa and Edmonton, starting Jan. 21.

Earlier this month, NewLeaf Travel Co. announced it would offer charter flights from Gateway to Calgary and Edmonton beginning the same week in January.

Arizona has long been a winter destination for Canadians and Canada is the top international employer in the state, Gateway Executive Director and CEO Brian O’Neill said.

People can book flights on each airline at their respective websites: westjet.com and gonewleaf.ca.

Orbital ATK to expand Chandler presence, add jobs

Orbital ATK, one of the world’s leading aerospace and defense technology firms, is expanding its Launch Vehicles Division operations into an additional facility in

Chandler.

The company is eyeing Allred Park Place along Chandler’s Price Corridor. The building will add 46,000 square feet of office space to Orbital ATK’s Launch Vehicles campuses.

The additional Orbital ATK facility will help support a projected growth of up to 500 full-time, high-wage jobs over a five-year period.

Fired Pie to hire 70 people, hosting job fair for Mesa

Fired Pie is hosting a job fair to hire 70 people, mostly for its new location in Mesa.

The restaurant, which will open at 1003 N. Dobson Rd, Suite 106, is also looking for front house staff, managers and shift leaders for all over Phoenix.

The fair is Tuesday from 3-5 p.m. at the Tempe store, 414 W. University Dr. Applicants are also encouraged to apply online at firedpiejobs.com if they cannot make the job fair.

Phoenix Premium Outlets adds two stores to lineup

Johnston & Murphy Factory Outlet and GNC will open stores at Phoenix Premium Outlets in Chandler.

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leather goods and luggage to both men and women. The 2,714-square-foot store will be next to Tommy Hilfiger and will be the brand’s first outlet in Arizona.

GNC will offer from vitamins and minerals to beauty items and weight-loss products.

The 1,200-square-foot retailer will be across from Old Navy.

Phoenix Premium Outlets is at 4976 Premium Outlets Way, Chandler.

Expert to give presentation on getting small biz funding

Kristin Slice, Business Analyst with the Maricopa Small Business Development Center, will discuss “How to Secure Funding for Your Business” Tuesday at the Gilbert Chamber of Commerce.

Slice, founder of Empowered Lab Communication, will tell how to finance your businesses through personal, borrowing, crowd funding and assistance eligibility.

Her talk will be noon-1 p.m. at the Chamber Office, 25 S. Arizona Ave., Suite 201, Chandler. Register at business. chandlerchamber.com/events.

ASU student project showcase open to public

Innovation Showcase, an exhibit of studentproduced projects, will be open to the public

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The projects demonstrate how ASU students solve real-world problems with innovative and imaginative solutions.

Innovation Showcase enables creators to produce, refine and develop new inventions, new methodologies, new creations and new ideas.

The showcase is from 3-5:30 p.m. at the ASU Polytechnic Fitness Complex, E. Texas Ave., Mesa. Free parking will be in green lot 16A. For more information, contact anna@asu. edu.

Fingerprinting security firm opening location in Mesa

Secureone LiveScan Fingerprinting is opening in Mesa to manage the city’s fingerprinting needs.

Secureone is a nationally renowned fingerprinting program that incorporates an inkless digital fingerprinting process that submits fingerprints electronically to the state police and/or FBI. The new Mesa location of Secureone will also offer a home base for its East Valley security operations and a new Security Training Center.

For more information, visit Secureone livescanprinting.com.

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Championship season comes together one piece at a time

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he pieces have been there since August for every football program.

Some just fall into to place easier than others.

Three area teams were able to complete the puzzle Nov. 26 to win the state title in the respective classifications.

Chandler won the 6A Conference title for the second AIA title in program history, Williams Field is champion of 5A for the Black Hawks’ first title and American Leadership Academy brought back the 3A trophy for the Patriots’ first championship.

Here is a look at how each team went about it.

Patriots knock off Sabino for first title

Having been handed their only loss of the season back in September by Sabino, the Patriots of American Leadership Academy came into the 3A Conference state title game seeking revenge.

The Patriots got all of that and more, blowing out the Sabercats 31-14, making them 2016 3A state champions.

“I am at a loss for words,” senior quarterback for the Patriots Dallin Edwards said. “To be able to get it done with these guys is the best feeling in the world.”

Early in the first quarter on just his second run of the game, Patriots leading rusher Jermiah Boyd was pulled from the game after taking a big hit to the head.

With Boyd out for the game, Edwards went to work through the air, throwing two touchdowns of 10 and 27 yards to Stowers and Bujon Boyd to give the Patriots the 14-0 lead at halftime.

Edwards would finish with four total touchdowns including a 1-yard run of his own.

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Chandler football players celebrate on the field with their trophy immediately after besting Mountain Pointe, 36 to 17, to win the state football championship.

The story of the game however was the Patriots defense.

A stout unit all year, the Patriots had arguably their best game of the season on the biggest stage, shutting down Sabino playmaker and University of Arizona commit Drew Dixon in the first half and most of the second.

Williams Field tops Centennial for title

As Tre’ Bugg put it, surrounded by his jubilant Williams Field teammates, “It was a year of many firsts.”

Williams Field’s first-ever meeting with west-side power Centennial ended with Williams Field claiming the most satisfying first of all—the first state championship for Steve Campbell and the Black Hawks.

After previously falling short in the title game in 2010 and 2014, Williams Field broke through on its third try, defeating Centennial 14-6 for the 5A championship and completing the first undefeated season in school history.

“It’s been a long road,” said Campbell,

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the only coach Williams Field has known in nine seasons as a varsity program. “A lot of kids and a lot of people have put a lot of hard work and time and effort into this to make it happen, so it’s phenomenal.”

As it did all year, No. 2 Williams Field (14-0) won Saturday on the strength of its defense, holding No. 5 Centennial (12-2) without a touchdown for the first time all season.

Bugg, a senior cornerback, had two of the highlights: an interception in the fourth quarter to kill a Centennial drive and a 65-yard touchdown on a fumble recovery following a teammate’s interception in the second quarter.

Chandler wins second title in three seasons

This ‘Ohana thing just might be working.

Ever since Shaun Aguano took over the Chandler football program, he has gone out of his way to bring his Hawaiian heritage and his belief of extended family to the Wolves. Since 2011, it has seemingly infiltrated everyone associated

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It was on display again at University of Phoenix Stadium as the secondseeded Wolves won their second state championship in three seasons, topping No. 1 Mountain Pointe 36-17 in the 6A Conference title game, after never winning one under the AIA era dating to 1959.

“If you look around program the word ‘Ohana is all around program,” Aguano said. “It comes from my Hawaiian heritage and making sure we have a family feel.

I’ve been trying to build that. Football is just sport, but if I can give them a sense family that’s the biggest thing.

“Does it help win football games? I think so.”

The Wolves (12-2) won 10 straight games to end the year, all in convincing fashion, to hoist the golden ball behind an underrated offensive line and a bevy of talented skills players led by senior running back TJ Green, who finished with 233 yards rushing and three touchdowns.

While the offensive line was impressive in winning the physical portion of the game, the Wolves had plenty of other contributors as well while building a 22-7 halftime lead after the Pride (13-1) scored first.

Sophomore Jacob Conover did a good job of spreading the ball around, while connecting with a wide-open Jarick Caldwell for a 59-yard touchdown to go up 15-7 with 7:39 left in the second quarter.

Then anytime it seemed the Pride had anything going offensively, senior cornerback Imani Lee stepped to the forefront with a couple of interceptions, including a very athletic one-handed grab.

“We played like a bunch of savages and executed,” Lee said.

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East Valley prep stars find success in the college ranks

BY ZACH ALVIRA TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

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s the high school football season has now come to an end, the recruiting trail is starting to heat up, as players haul in offers from colleges all over the country.

In honor of those committing to schools and extending their football careers, here are three players who know a thing or two about being in that position and are now on college rosters.

Cole Luke

(Hamilton High School) – Notre Dame (Sr.) Defensive Back Being recruited out of Hamilton, defensive back Cole Luke had a rocky start. Second-guessing his college

the Irish in his freshman season, seeing action on special teams and at cornerback before starting his sophomore season and every game since.

He finished as the team leader in interceptions (2), passes broken up (6) and passes defended (8). Luke also had 48 tackles, including two for a loss.

Playing for Notre Dame where success is expected has been a challenge for Luke this year, as the Irish find themselves with a 4-8 record.

Familiar territory for the Hamilton grad.

“We started 0-2 my senior year (at Hamilton) and we had a lot of hanging heads,” Luke said. “We are going through a lot of downs now, and having that background of playing at Hamilton has set myself up for handling this.”

Even with struggles, Luke isn’t letting that spoil the overall outlook of his time at Notre Dame.

“It’s been unbelievable, I truly think this is the best decision of my life,” Luke said. “I am proud and honored to have had this opportunity.”

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Notre Dame Fighting Irish cornerback Cole Luke returns an interception against Northwestern.

decisions, Luke sought out advice from others, but ultimately, kept receiving the same feedback.

“Everybody I asked told me that it was my decision. It was all over the place and it hit a point where I realized friends and the weather weren’t important,” Luke said. “Once I realized that I needed to pick a school that could do the most for me, I made my decision.”

Luke made an immediate impact for SPORTS BRIEFS

Local pro soccer team rebrands, seeks new field

Arizona’s only professional soccer franchise changed its name from Arizona United Soccer Club to Phoenix Rising Football Club.

The also announced plans, in collaboration with the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community and the Solanna Group, to develop a 15.8-acre soccer-specific training and stadium facility at McClintock and

(Desert Ridge High School) – San Diego State (Sr.) Defensive End A three-year starter for the Jaguars in high school, earning first-team all-state selections on two occasions, Barrett has continued his success on the gridiron as an Aztec for San Diego State University.

Barrett found himself in the rotation as a redshirt freshman for the Aztecs, totaling 15 tackles and showing that the transition from high school to college wasn’t as hard for him as it may have been for others.

“It was definitely a change in game speed but working with all of the older guys has helped me a lot,” Barrett said.

“I took advantage of the off-season work the 202 Freeway bordering Tempe and Scottsdale.

The club plans to kick off the 2017 soccer season at the new Phoenix Rising FC soccer complex.

Finally, to commemorate the change in name, Phoenix Rising FC unveiled a revamped website, PHXRisingFC.com.

Contact Jason Skoda at 480-898-7915 or jskoda@evtrib.com.

Follow him on Twitter @JasonPSkoda.

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San Diego State defensive linemen Alex Barrett rushes the quarterback in a game against the University of Nevada at Las Vegas.

and you catch up to the speed.”

Now, as a fifth-year senior and starter on the defensive line, Barrett has earned many honors, including a pre-season all-Mountain West selection along with being rated as one of the top pro prospects for the 2017 class in the Mountain West.

That, along with a current 10-1 record, it has proven to be a special career for Barrett at San Diego State as he prepares for what could be an NFL future.

“It’s a blessing, our coaches out here preach toughness and they allow us to get to where we are,” Barrett said. “Every year we have been improving, and overall it has been a blessing in disguise. “

Darell Garretson

(Chandler High School) – Oregon State (RS Jr.) Quarterback Garretson finished his career at Chandler with 5,421 total passing yards, 50 touchdowns and just 13 interceptions thrown.

Now at Oregon State after transferring from Utah State, Garretson earned the starting job for the Beavers in spring practice.

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“It was a smooth transition from Utah State, it helped that I have a really close childhood friend here,” Garretson said.

“I learned a lot about myself and about the team and fit in really well.”

Garretson finished the year with 617 yards while completing 50 percent of his passes with three touchdowns and four interceptions.

Oct. 8 in a game against Cal, Garretson ran for the game-winning touchdown, boosting the confidence for Cal heading into a showdown with Utah.

Against the Utes, Garretson’s season came to a sudden end, as he went down with a fractured ankle. Even while down, Garretson is keeping his hopes high, as he continues to heal from the injury ahead of a return next season.

“Going from an extreme high to almost an extreme low it was hard to deal with,” Garretson said. “Looking on the brighter side of things It’s a learning experience but I’m taking both positive and negatives from this whole thing.”

Jalen Brown

(Mountain Pointe High School) Oregon (RS Soph.) Wide receiver Brown graduated high school early expecting to get a jump on his career.

It didn’t go as smooth as he would have liked.

“It was definitely a mental challenge for me coming in here,” Brown said.

“I was the only early enrollee in my class. It was a huge adjustment socially and understanding their culture and coming in and learning how to get right physically. That was tough.”

His third year on campus proved to be his most productive, more than doubling his freshman numbers, as Brown finished with 19 catches for 318 yards (16.74 avg. per catch, the highest for anyone with at least 10 catches) and three touchdowns.

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SUNDAY, DEC. 4

SPECIAL CONCERT PLANNED

Guest artists from the first annual Summer Artist in Residence Program, Chandler Gilbert Community College piano professor Piano Amanda Sherrill, and Arizona Opera soprano Melissa Solomon, will present a holiday concert of Bach, Handel, Rachmaninov and beloved classics.

DETAILS>> 2 p.m., Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 739 W. Erie St., Chandler. Admission, $15/students, $10. Children under 10 are free. Information: 480-936-4127, or Earl@ htlutheran.com.

SATURDAY, DEC. 10 CHRISTMAS FOR KIDS

Children ages 3 through 10 are invited to come and celebrate the birth of our Savior in Calvary Lutheran Church’s Christmas for Kids. Besides the Christmas lesson, children will have all kinds of activities from crafts, to music, to Christmas treats, including birthday cake to celebrate and grow in the true Christmas message. If parents are looking for some time to shop or prepare for Christmas, we would love to have your children enjoy the morning with us.

DETAILS>> 9 a.m.-noon, 1270 N. Dobson Road, Chandler.

Free. Register at calvarychandler.net under Events, through Dec. 5. Information: 480-963-9397.

THE GOOD LIFE HEALTH EVENT

Foothills Community Church in Chandler hosts a health education service for local residents to experience improved health and quality of life.

The event includes various workshops, classes and activities on topics such as: nutrition, stressmanagement, wellness, healthy cooking, diabetes prevention, organic gardening, health screenings, CPR classes and healthy meals on a budget.

DETAILS>> 1:30-3:30 p.m., 700 S. Hamilton St., Chandler. Information: 480-917-4688, goodlifeopenhouse@gmail.com, foothillsaz.org.

SUNDAY, DEC. 11

‘JAZZOPERETRY’ RETURNS

After a four-year absence, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church and Jazzoperetry (“Jazz-OP-ruh-tree”), Inc., will join forces to present the long-awaited return to Arizona of the contemporary Christian singer/songwriter Robert Moffat. The Holy Trinity Chancel choir will join the Rob Moffat Chorus and instrumental ensemble to perform a musical nativity.

DETAILS>> 2 p.m., 739 W. Erie St., Chandler.

Admission $15/students $10.

Information: 480-936-4127, or earl@htlutheran.com.

FRI-SUN, DEC. 16-18 WALK THROUGH BETHLEHEM

First Baptist Church Chandler’s 4th annual Walk Through Bethlehem Live Nativity will guide visitors

through the city of Bethlehem, past the stable of live animals and end at the manger and celebrate the birth of Jesus. Food trucks and photo opportunities will be available. Carolers will be singing on the grounds.

DETAILS>> 6-8 p.m., 3405 S. Arizona Ave, Chandler.

Cost: Free. Information: fbc.net or 480-963-3439.

SUNDAY, DEC. 18

HANDEL’S ‘MESSIAH’ SING-ALONG

The Stapley Stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Gilbert is hosting a community sing-along with orchestra. Individuals and families are welcome, including children. There is no admission and no donations will be accepted.

Soloists will be auditioned and must attend a dress rehearsal on Dec. 17. The orchestra for this event is open to the community, but requires attendance at rehearsals which are held Sunday evenings from 4-6:30 p.m. until the performance.

DETAILS>> 7 p.m., 1100 N. Cooper Rd, Gilbert. Cost: Free,. Information: Richard Ewer at 480-507-5758 or richard.ewer@gmail.com.

SUNDAY, DEC. 25

HANUKKAH BOWLING CELEBRATION

Chabad of the East Valley is hosting an afternoon of bowling, food, music, raffles and prizes. A latke bar, menorah lighting, Hanukkah gifts and Hanukkah arts and crafts will be offered.

DETAILS>> 2-4 p.m., McRay Lanes 3825 W. Ray

New Hope Community Church Worship with us!

Traditional Worship: 8:30 am Contemporary Worship: 10:00 am 1380 E. Guadalupe Rd. Gilbert 85234 www.mynewhope.church

Rd. Chandler. Cost: Fee for bowling and shoes.

Information: Rabbi Mendy Deitsch at 480-855-4333.

MONDAY, DEC. 26 ‘CHANUKAH WONDERLAND’

“Chanukah Wonderland,” a project of Chabad of the East Valley, will feature a concert and dancing, a photo booth, olive oil press and “Dreidel Mania.”

DETAILS>>10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life, 875 N. McClintock, Tempe. Cost: Free. Information: 480-855-4333 or visit chabadcenter.com.

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 28 CANDY MENORAH LIGHTING

Ancient traditions meet a new twist with the lighting of a 9-foot candy menorah lighting Each year Chabad of the East Valley takes Chanukah to the next level. Live music will accompany a doughnut dipping bar, a raffle and gifts for all children.

DETAILS>> 5:30 p.m., Phoenix Premium Outlets, 4976 Premium Outlets Way, Chandler. Cost: Free. Information: Rabbi Mendy Deitsch at rabbi@chabadcenter.com or 480-855-4333.

SUNDAYS

VALOR CHRISTIAN OUTLINES MISSION

Valor Christian Center in Gilbert offers “great praise and worship and great messages for today’s living,” according to Pastor Thor Strandholt, associate pastor. “Our mission is evangelize, healing and discipleship through the word of God.” DETAILS>> 10 a.m. Sundays and 7 p.m. Thursdays.

3015 E. Warner Road. Information: valorcc.com.

HORIZON SEEKS YOUNG PEOPLE

High school and middle school students meet to worship and do life together.

DETAILS>>5 p.m. at Horizon Presbyterian Church, 1401 E. Liberty Lane. 480-460-1480 or email joel@ horizonchurch.com.

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Highland Yard Vintage sits in an old Payless building behind the much larger Merchant Square Antiques Marketplace in Chandler.

Highland Yard Vintage Four days of home decorating heaven

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Where: 1509 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler.

When: 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m., Friday-Saturday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sunday.

Cost: Free Info: facebook.com/Highlandyardvintage.

people standing in line,” says Herman.

November saw 6,500 people pass through the doors. n a world of disposable machineNot bad for a market that only opens made, mass-produced goods, words four days a month. like “vintage,” “handmade” and “do-itOne reason for the popularity—and the yourself” increasingly seem to strike a limited hours—is that each monthly market chord with shoppers, and for good reason. boasts its own unique theme. From May’s “The whole vintage concept is “Endless Summer” and October’s picking up because people want “Shades of Fall” to this month’s that touch of history, like they’re “Winter Wonderland,” these themes going to grandma’s house. It brings are more than just a name change. them a sense of joy and security,” “It takes us a full month to build said Jill Herman, owner of local it out because it’s not just a store,” business Junk N Love District, which Herman says. The 30 or so local provides a one-stop directory for vendors selected for that month antique vendors and events. work together for weeks to overhaul (Special to the Tribune) She also manages a growing mecca the building interior. They create Every month, Highland Yard Vintage gets a new theme and a for vintage enthusiasts, Highland new look. vignettes based on that month’s Yard Vintage. This 6,000-square-foot theme using their wares. market sits in an old Payless building And in the last nine months of operation, These “interactive marketplaces” are like behind the much larger Merchant Square that strategy seems to be working.

Ikea’s room displays, except with vintage Antiques Marketplace in Chandler.

“We have well over 5,000 people a and handmade items.

However, the two businesses don’t month. We sometimes have up to 200 That makes Highland Yard a place to get

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According to Herman, “Merchant Square is an antique mall. Highland Yard is a vintage decorative market,” which means completely different inventories, look and feel. “We felt like [Highland Yard] would bring in a whole new audience.”

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decorating ideas as well as pick up items for your home or yard. And for those not looking for a complete vintage home makeover, “we specialize in mixing old with new,” says Herman.

In addition to purchases and decorating, a popular regular feature of the market, according to Herman, are the porters that help you load larger items of furniture into your car. The market can also hold items for later pickup.

Special to the market for December will be free gift wrapping on purchases. For the young and young at heart, Santa will be on hand from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday and Saturday.

The market costs nothing to enter, although you might wait in line for a bit depending on when you visit. Food and drinks are available inside for a fee.

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The first at coming in second The holidays and politics with Clay Aiken CARSON MLNARIK Tribune Contributing Writer

singing hiatus.

“It’s not what I’m focusing on now. I’m pushing 40 and realized that everyone has hirteen years ago, Clay Aiken was a second chapter in life,” Aiken said. “I’ve runner-up on “American Idol.” have maybe seven already, but this is a new In the years since, the 37-year- one.” old has started a family, published a New The singer’s new chapter began in 2014 York Times best-selling memoir, moved 6 when he ran for Congress in his home million albums and sold out 11 nationwide state of North Carolina. While he won concert tours. the Democratic primary, he lost to the His visit to the Chandler Center for the Republican incumbent in the general Arts on December 16 is his first concert election. since 2012 and his only show in the near Aiken said he always had an interest in future. politics and issues.

“We’re doing it Even though he because we got asked lost, he did not to go and I thought, leave without Where: Chandler Center for the Arts, ‘You know what, it’ll a few lessons 250 N. Arizona Avenue, Chandler be fun to sing with learned.

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to get enough people to pay attention to the race—and it worked!”

His involvement didn’t end there. He continues to have discussions with people across the world and appears weekly on Meghan McCain’s radio show, “America Now,” to offer his opinion and listen.

That doesn’t mean that Aiken will not enjoy his Chandler Center for the Arts gig.

“Christmas has always been my favorite show to do,” says Aiken, who toured for five years after his 2004 Christmas album.

“We often did it with a full orchestra and people are always in festive or emotional

spirits when they come to a Christmas show.”

As for his favorite holiday song to perform? After much deliberation, Aiken settled on “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”

“It’s an old, somewhat stale hymn if you open it up in the hymn book, but it’s a completely different arrangement of it that I just think is beautiful,” began Aiken, before proclaiming his love for any orchestral arrangement with French horns.

“If the French horns are playing, I’m happy,” he said. “That triumphant horn sound just kind of does it for me.”

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Scores of young actors taking to the stage for ‘Annie Jr.’ Tribune News Staff

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t was 9:15 p.m. on a Friday and the studio was buzzing with excitement.

Grade-school girls raced through the halls, packing up their dance bags, storing the prop brooms and buckets and singing bits and pieces of the musical number they just rehearsed.

They had just finished a four-hour rehearsal to cap off a long school week, yet they were untouched by fatigue. If anything, the hours of blocking, dancing and singing filled them with new energy.

For the cast of “Annie Jr.,” the experience is magical.

The show, produced by Gilbert’s Studio 3 Performing Arts in partnership with Limelight Performing Arts, will play at Mesa Arts Center Dec. 14-20 with a bigger-thanexpected cast of actors and actresses from (Katy Springer/Special to the Tribune) the East Valley.

The orphans in “Annie Jr.” include, from left,Baylee Horvath, Abby Springer, Hailey Laidig, Karis Puckett, Shayla Forero, Kaylee Delgado, Emma Martin, So many young actors turned out for Savannah Springer, Claire O’Malley, McKenna Henry, Mia Tarwater and Reagan Plank. auditions that director Caroline Wagner opted to double- and even triple-cast “It was important to me to create a many of the featured roles, dividing them bawdy, hilarious and ill-tempered Miss Chandler from Yuma, stars in the red cast.

She looks the part, acts the part and sings show that’s fresh and unexpected—not Hannigan. into a blue, red and green cast. the same old ‘Annie’ everyone has already “Playing Miss Hannigan was always a with a pure, yet powerful, voice.

“I like performing a lot because it makes But the show goes well beyond beautiful seen,” added England. “The choreography people excited and happy if they’re down,” childhood dream,” said Sinodis. “It is not is an area where we are really bringing said 8-year-old Baylee Horvath who plays like any theater experience I’ve ever had. singing.

When choosing the final cast—after a some magic, not only with dancing but Unlike me, she hates children and is very the role of Kate, one of the orphans.

Emma Martin, 10, who plays Tessie, added, crass. This is definitely a role that has taken weeklong audition process and multiple with tumbling, too.”

For example, “Hard Knock Life” is full of call-backs—the directors carefully “The fact that I get to express myself to an me out of my comfort zone.”

Added Emma England, Studio 3 owner evaluated the skill, the look and even the handsprings, walkovers and even flips over audience, to make them laugh or feel what broomsticks and blankets. “NYC,” a song and “Annie Jr.” artistic director: “You can’t height of each performer.

I’m feeling, is awesome.”

“When choosing our casts, we lined up featuring the entire cast, explodes with Said Abby Springer, 9: “Being in the show help but be swept up when you see the the girls to make sure they were stair steps energy, bringing to life the magic of New brings my spirits up and makes the audience cast perform.”

The depth of the cast’s talent is especially in height,” said Wagner. “Just like the movie, York City through tap, jazz and acrobatics. happy. It’s a really fun experience getting to Performing in “Annie Jr.” is a dream for perform and being with other drama kids evident among the three 11-year-old Molly had to be the smallest, Duffy had to performers playing be the tallest, and Annie was right in the the cast and even their parents, who grew who share my same Annie, a dream role middle. Every single one of them needed up quoting lines and singing along to interests.” to be able to hold their own in singing, the famous 1986 movie. The red-headed for any young girl.

Despite their youth, What: “Annie Jr.,” presented by Studio orphan, full of spunk and wisdom, imparts Julia Pitman of acting and dancing.” the kids bring a giant3 and Limelight Performing Arts.

Surrounding the orphans is a cast of a lesson for the generations: never lose Chandler heads sized share of talent Where: Mesa Arts Center, One E. Main up the blue cast. teenage actors, many of them Studio hope, take good care of those around you to the stage. Many St., Mesa.

With her red hair, 3-Limelight regulars. They include Maddy and life will turn out just fine. cast members are When: Times vary, Dec. 14-17.

“There’s something uplifting and magical sparkling eyes and Rathbun (Grace), Matthew Pitman (Rooster), decorated actors, Tickets: $17. freckled cheeks, Sarah Golden (Ms. Hannigan, blue cast, about this show, and it goes well beyond with AriZoni and Information: mesaartscenter.com, she truly embodies and Ms. Pugh, red cast) and Nicolas Caglia the talent of our actors or the quality National Youth 480-644-6500, Boxoffice@ of the performance,” said Wagner, an the role the Annie. (Rooster, blue cast, and Drake, red cast).

Arts awards and mesaartscenter.com Others, like Kendall Kingdesky (Lily St. accomplished director, choreographer, She is a skilled and nominations to their seasoned performer with a big voice and a Regis) and Kate LeCheminant (Tessie) have actress and teacher. “In a world that’s credit.

Among them is 17-year-old Jessica kind heart who serves as a mentor and big built their repertoire in productions at increasingly troubled, the sweetness and innocence of ‘the sun will come other theaters.

Sinodis, who recently starred as Grizabella sister to her younger cast mates.

Under the artistic direction of England, a out tomorrow’ fills us with hope for the Mesa’s Reagan Plank, who doubles-up in Studio 3-Limelight’s summer production of “Cats” and dazzled audiences with a as Annie in the green cast and Pepper in lifelong performer, the dancing is fun and future.”

It’s a lesson, too, for the kids in the cast, voice that has Broadway written all over it. the red cast, may be the surprise breakout energetic, yet challenging and polished.

While “Annie Jr.” is one of the most- who put in hundreds of hours in rehearsals She played the role of Pepper in Studio performer of the group. Even her mom, 3’s “Annie Jr.” when she was only 11—it was Amy Plank, had no idea her daughter could performed musicals of all time, the dancing to produce the best possible performance.

“This is what I love to do,” said Lily in Studio 3-Limelight’s production gives one of the studio’s very first productions— sing like that.

Nelson, who plays Duffy in the red cast.

Alyse Negroni, who recently moved to this show a brand all its own. and now comes full circle to portray the

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KAY, Cameron Cameron Kay, 17 of Gilbert, went home to be with our Heavenly Father on Saturday, November 26th, 2016. He was a junior and attended Higley High school. He was always seen with a fishing pole in his hand. His passions in life included family, fishing, camping and hunting.

Cameron is survived by his parents, Clinton and Araceli Kay; younger brother Andrew Kay; grandfather Robert Kay; grandmother Mary Denogean; aunt Tracy Kay (Michelle and Trinity); uncle Ron Kay (Jennifer); aunt Leticia Soto (Aalia, Michael and Chloe); aunt and uncle Amanda and Joe Roush (Joseph, Austin and Jackie); uncle Jeff Kay (Robby); aunt and uncle Enrique and Diana Denogean (Maximus); aunt and uncle Anna and Adam Nickerson (Aidan, Benjamin, Dylan and Lilianna); his ninos Ramon Denogean and Pat Norriega; Alicia and Marcus Valiente; as well as many extended family members and friends.

A celebration of Life was held at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints on December 2, 2016 at 4170 S. Ranch House Pkwy, Gilbert, AZ 85297.

A fund has been set up in Cameron's name: https://www.gofundme.com/cameron-kay-funeral-fund Sign the Guestbook at: www.EastValleyTribune.com

ASHBROOK, Jeffrey Mark

Passed away in Gilbert, AZ. Born in Monroe, LA to Mike and Loretta Ashbrook, Jeff was 45 years old. Jeff was a graduate of Neville High School and also Louisiana Tech University where he received his degree in Architecture.

He used his degree as a successful freelance architect and lived in Dallas, TX, Denver, CO and Gilbert, AZ.

He enjoyed listening to bands, music, and riding his Harleys. Jeff was the proprietor of Triple 2's Tavern in Arizona and loved "bussing" tables and visiting with his customers and friends. He is preceded in death by his father, L. Michael Ashbrook. Jeff is survived by his mother, Loretta Barkley Ashbrook; brother, Scott Ashbrook and his wife, Donna; three nephews, Lowell, Hunter and Archer and numerous family and friends.

Jeff never missed a birthday of his mother, brother or nephews and would always find the funniest and humorous cards to send. Jeff lived life to the fullest and loved to travel. He will be missed the most by the friends he made throughout Louisiana, Texas, Colorado and Arizonia. Visitation will be held from 10:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M., Saturday, December 3, 2016 at Kilpatrick Funeral Home of West Monroe.

Jeff's wishes were to be entombed in Kilpatrick's Serenity Garden Open Air Chapel Mausoleum which will be private. Memorials in Jeff's memory may be made to the Alzheimer's Association at www.alz.org. Online condolence messages may be sent to the family at www.kilpatrickfuneralhomes.com

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Duties: Laborers will be needed for turf care, pruning, fertilization, irrigation system maintenance and repair, general clean up and installation of mortarless segmental concrete masonry wall units. 3 months landscape EXP REQ. No EDU REQ. Drug testing REQ. Days & Hours: 40 hours/week (6:00am-2:30pm); day shift; Mon-Fri. Dates of employment: 02/05/1711/05/17. Wage: $11.74/h, OT $17.61/h if necessary.

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