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NEWS ............................ 2 The remains of a Chandler woman killed in 2010 are found.

COMMUNITY ......... 11 Christian refugees from Iraq find help in settling here.

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Mesa Council putting $196M in projects before voters

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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Mesa City Council meeting resembled a rally for the proposed Mesa Plays soccer complex, with several supporters representing youth soccer programs and the city’s tourism industry already focusing on their goal – victory in the Nov. 6 election.

The council formally put Mesa Plays on the ballot, along with other critical questions that must be decided by voters and a promise to have a sweeping impact on the city.

While the $30 million in excise bonds that would pay for Mesa Plays do not need voter approval, an associated 1 percent bed tax increase must be authorized for the financing package to proceed.

A charter-related ballot question, calling for spending more than $1.5 million on a sports

complex, also must be approved.

In all, six questions will be listed on the ballot. They include the soccer complex – billed as a major source of tourism revenue – as well as new dog parks, new police and fire stations in east Mesa and a new library in southeast Mesa.

The campaign to persuade Mesa voters to authorize the $55 million Mesa Plays project appeared to launch almost on cue as speaker after speaker touted the sprawling project. Only two oppo(Special to the Tribune) nents emerged.

Councilman Jeremy Whitaker, left, opposes the bond package, but Mesa Plays, which would feature 24 former city manager Mike Hutchinson lauds the Mesa Plays plan. fields, is a big enough project to get split into three interrelated ballot questions. bond issue costing $111, a price of about $24 The nine fields reserved for community to the average homeowner. leagues and games would be financed with Meanwhile, the 15 fields reserved for tour$25 million in general obligation bonds. That See BOND on page 6 is only one portion of a parks and cultural

Mesa group-home rules Piano prodigy draw mixed reaction

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ith downtown Mesa residents pleading for relief from a cluster of halfway houses, the city is following Prescott as it cautiously adopts an ordinance exerting some control over so-called sober living homes.

But even though the ordinance is being adopted in less than a month’s time – a vote is scheduled at the City Council meeting Monday, July 9 – neighbors already are complaining that it won’t help

them.

The new ordinance has plenty of requirements aimed at protecting both the homes’ clients from shoddy operators and neighbors who are leery of – if not frightened by – the thought of living next to ex-cons with drug and alcohol addictions recently released from prison.

Following Prescott’s lead, the new ordinance sets a series of minimum requirements – including having a house manager on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week to supervise See

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Saadhvi Sri Jayaram of Gilbert is only 7 and she composed a piece she presented at the Yamaha 2018 National Junior Original Concert last month. Organizers only select 13 performers from some 6,000 Yamaha Music Education System students. She is a student at a Chandler Yamaha school. For her story, see page 11.

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8 years after slaying, Chandler woman’s remains are found

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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ight years after a Chandler woman was reported missing by her father, Chandler police apparently have finally answered an important question for Jaime Laiaddee’s grieving family: What happened to her body?

A painstaking Chandler police investigation culminated in the conviction of Laiaddee’s boyfriend, Rick Valentini, on second-degree murder and fraud charges without the benefit of Laiaddee’s body – a critical source of evidence in any homicide case.

And late last month, a construction crew digging in an undeveloped area near Sun Lakes, at Riggs Road and Arizona Avenue, unearthed deposed remains and contacted the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, according to the authorities.

The Medical Examiner’s Office identified the remains as that of Laiaddee, 32, who was reported missing in May 2010 by her father.

Valentini, 41, then known by his alias, Bryan Stewart, told Sompongse Laiaddee that his daughter had been missing for eight to 10 weeks. Later, Chandler police traced Stewart to Scottsdale, where they arrested him on warrant.

The investigation revealed that Stewart was actually Valentini, that he was driving a car Laiaddee owned and that he had used her credit cards after she had vanished.

Prosecutors argued during the trial that Valentini had emotionally and physically abused Laiaddee during the two years they lived together in her Chandler condominium.

Laiaddee had told friends she was afraid of Valentini and reportedly had landed a new job in Denver after losing her lucrative medical supplies sales job during the Great Recession.

After living off Laiaddee, who had also bought him a car, Valentini did not want to lose the standard of living to which he had grown accustomed, prosecutors ar-

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a home’s operation.

Clients are barred from using alcohol and drugs and must be enrolled in substance abuse counseling programs, such as Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous.

City Attorney Jim Smith said it’s important that Mesa follow Prescott’s ordinance

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The remains of Jaime Laiaddee of Chandler were found in a lot at Riggs Road and Arizona Avenue. She has been missing and presumed dead since 2010 and her boyfriend, Rick Valentini, was convicted of her killing even though her body had not yet been found.

gued. He had been working as personal trainer at one point but had lost his job, according to published reports.

“The defendant was found guilty of using Jaime Laiaddee’s personal assets/credit cards after she was murdered, and his deceitful behavior appears to be substantiated by the defendant’s long-term use of a fictitious identity and the nature of recent convictions,’’ according to the presentence report.

The report said Laiaddee was murdered on March 17-18, 2010, and the fraudulent schemes targeted her financial assets March 18-May 27, 2010.

Valentini insisted to the probation officer who wrote the report that he did not kill Laiaddee. His defense attorney argued during the case that the two had merely broken up and that she had moved to Denver.

Valentini’s defense also focused on the lack of DNA evidence and a body.

A Maricopa County Superior Court jury convicted Valentini of second-degree murder and fraudulent schemes in November 2011. He was sentenced to 22 years in prison on the murder conviction and a consecutive 20 years in prison on the fraud conviction.

After the remains were discovered, Valentini again denied killing Laiaddee.

His appeal is pending before the Arizona Court of Appeals.

Valentini’s case ended up there after Superior Court Judge Susan Brnovich refused to overturn his conviction in two separate attempts.

L. Burke Files, a private investigator, was asked by friends to look into the case after Laiaddee vanished and before Valentini was arrested.

He said he quickly determined that Valentini and his alias, Stewart, were turning up together in databases.

Files said his friends knew Laiaddee and Valentini through a University of Michigan alumni association group, often watching Michigan football games together. He said Laiaddee graduated from Michigan and Valentini falsely claimed he was an alumnus.

Court records said he attended a few classes at a community college in California and at the University of Utah.

“I felt really uneasy. This is a guy who doesn’t fit with someone like her,’’ Files said. “I didn’t do anything more than be a catalyst to get the parents to call the police – now.’’

Files said his friends always found Valentini “dorky’’ and “over the top,’’ overreacting to the football games.

He said the circumstances of the case, with Laiaddee going missing for so long, Valentini being convicted without a body and now the sudden discovery of Laiaddee’s remains, would be emotionally tax-

ing for anyone.

“It is truly a bittersweet moment. You know she’s dead and then the body is found. Then, all of these emotions are brought back to the surface,’’ Files said.

Files said Valentini is a classic con man who leached onto people for their money.

“It’s a knucklehead crime and knucklehead execution,’’ Files said.

Laiaddee’s parents told authorities after the slaying that their lives had been shattered by their daughter’s murder.

“I get mad all the time without reason,’’ Sompongse Laiaddee wrote to the court in Valentini’s pre-sentence report. “Also, my wife is crying for her all the time, every time she looks at her picture or hears her name.”

Shortly after the verdict, Vunnee Laiaddee was quoted in a newspaper report as saying, “Jaime’s got her justice [but] we still want to find her body.”

Family members could not be reached for comment.

After the remains were identified, Penny Pease, a family friend, posted the following on the Help Find Jaime Laiaddee Facebook page: “Our hearts are broken but at least now we can honor Jaime’s glorious memory properly. Rest in peace, sweet girl. You are now and always have been full of goodness and light. We will always love your in our hearts.’’

carefully because it has not attracted any legal challenges. All cities adopting such licensing must assure they are following the federal Fair Housing Act, which considers adults recovering from drug and alcohol addictions part of a protected class.

“I hear the frustrations of the community. That’s why we looked at it so quickly,’’ Smith said.

But a suggestion by some residents in a downtown neighborhood to enact a

moratorium banning a new home on Pomeroy Street, in the Glenwood/Wilbur Historic District, likely would meet with disastrous results, based on the experiences of another city.

“They got sued; they got overturned; the damages were $9 million,’’ Smith said.

Some residents already are disappointed

by Mesa’s decision to make the new ordinance kick in only when a sober living home has six or more residents – the min-

imum number for considering a group of unrelated people to be a family.

The licensing law would match Mesa’s zoning ordinance, which Smith said is typical for Arizona cities, including Phoenix and Scottsdale.

But it also represents an important deviation from Prescott’s law, which kicks in with five residents or more. Because See

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Tax-the-rich, ‘dark money’ measures may go on ballot

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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rizonans may get a chance in November to weigh in on a proposal to tax the rich to provide more money for public education and another that would require full disclosure of any groups or individuals trying to influence their elections.

Supporters in separate drives filed petitions to put both referendum questions on the General Election ballot. Now they must now be checked to determine if each effort secured the required number of signatures.

Supporters of more money for K-12 education said there’s a reason they are taxing only the top 1 percent of Arizona wage earners to pick up the entire cost: It’s politically expedient.

“We wanted to know what the voters were going to tell us,’’ Arizona Education Association President Joe Thomas said as organizers of the #InvestInEd movement submitted about 270,000 signatures to put a surcharge on state income taxes.

Only individuals earning more than $250,000 and couples who file jointly with income of more than $500,000 will

(Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services)

Former state Attorney General Terry Goddard filed for a November vote on a state constitutional requirement that sources of election campaign spending be fully identified.

pay a surcharge of 8 percent on anything they earn over that amount. The current maximum state tax rate is 4.54 percent.

Those in the $500,000-plus range or couples with $1 million income will pay 9 percent.

The state Department of Revenue estimates that the bulk of the estimated $690

million that would be raised would come from about 20,000 taxpayers out of nearly 2.8 million who file tax returns.

Thomas bristled at questions of whether such a system to fund education on the backs of a small minority of Arizonans is fair. “What’s not fair is we have the lowest paid teachers in the nation,’’ Thomas said.

“What’s not fair is we have underfunded and understaffed schools.’’

Backers need for at least 150,642 of the signatures to be found valid to qualify for the November ballot.

Opposition to the proposal has been brewing for months.

The Arizona Education Project already has spent more than $1 million on TV ads praising Gov. Doug Ducey for the money that was put into education this session, saying that progress is being made in improving teacher salaries.

The chamber unveiled another committee, Arizonans for Great Schools and a Strong Economy, which chamber spokesman Garrick Taylor said will spend whatever is necessary to defeat the measure.

The #InvestInEd campaign actually is a political marriage of sorts. It originally was pushed by the Arizona Center for Economic Progress to provide a sustainable source of revenue for education.

In launching the drive, David Lujan, director of that group, pointed out that lawmakers agreed two decades ago to assume responsibility for new school construction and repairs. But lawmakers reneged when See

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Goldwater Institute demands punishing striking teachers

BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

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he Goldwater Institute wants the state Board of Education to punish teachers who strike, up to removing them permanently from the classroom.

The conservative think tank sent a policy memo with the recommendations to the Arizona State Board of Education just days after its members tabled an item to discuss and possibly discipline teachers who walked off their jobs this spring for better pay.

Arizona was one of 10 states in 2017 where teachers got paid the least, according to Education Week.

“It’s the school board’s responsibility to show leadership and prevent these illegal school closures from happening,” said Goldwater Vice President of Litigation Timothy Sandefur, who penned the June 28 memo.

Sandefur said the board has not responded to his memo. State board staff and board President Lucas Narducci did not return calls and emails asking for com-

ment.

“As far as policy is concerned, it has to be researched by attorneys if we can have a policy like that,” said Sheila Rogers, president of the Gilbert Unified School District Governing Board. “Everybody wants a quick fix. This is a much more complex issue.”

Goldwater contends the six-day Red for Ed shutdown of Arizona schools was illegal because it violated students’ state constitutional right to an education and that teachers had no right to violate their contractual obligation.

The strike commenced April 26 and ended with teachers returning to work on May 3 after the governor inked a budget plan that called for a 20-percent pay hike for teachers by 2020,.

Goldwater is urging the education board to consider amendments that would allow school districts to more easily hire substitutes in the event of a strike.

It also asked the state board to make clear that teachers and superintendents who do strike would face disciplinary action, up to and including having their cer-

tificates revoked.

Districts would have to prove they made an all-out attempt to find emergency substitutes, according to Goldwater, which faulted some districts for facilitating and encouraging the strike.

Goldwater wants the state education board to require school districts to: *Adopt policies allowing for the sharing of teachers within districts in order to keep as many schools open as possible during a strike. *Adopt a policy that prohibits locking out teachers who want to work during a strike. *Report striking teachers and superintendents to the state education board for investigation of unprofessional conduct. *Close campuses on a school-by-school basis, which would prevent districts from barring employees from working during a strike or from closing entirely when only some of the schools within that district are unable to open.

Goldwater also is asking the board to consider backing amendments to state law that would prevent school districts from

closing campuses without first holding an open meeting to take input from parents.

And Goldwater wants the board to ask the county attorney or state attorney general to investigate the weeklong strike for things such as “unlawful use of property and illegal political activity.”

Governing board member Bob Rice of the Chandler Unified School District didn’t look favorably on the memo.

“Generally, I am not in favor of those punitive types of things,” he said. “In any case, if you treat people well, then there is generally not a problem. I am not interested in being punitive with our teachers.”

He also questioned the need for Goldwater’s policy suggestions.

“I don’t know the last time we had a strike like that,” Rice said. “Tucson had a strike in the ’70s – a teacher strike – so it doesn’t happen very often.

“That’s why changing a bunch of policies for something that happens every 40 years is not an effective way to govern.”

Goldwater’s memo also didn’t sit well See

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tax revenues dipped during the recession.

In the interim, the #RedForEd movement took hold, forcing Ducey to agree to a 19 percent increase in teacher salaries by 2020 and a commitment to restore all the money he and his predecessor, Jan Brewer, took from an account that pays for things like books, computers, buses and some capital needs.

Supporters of that movement, however, pointed out that Ducey’s promise is based on projections of an improving economy, with no new dedicated revenues to finance either the raises or the restoration of the special account.

Joshua Buckley, a teacher at Red Mountain High School in Mesa, who chairs the #InvestInEd campaign, said the number of signatures collected proves that voters do not believe that elected officials will adequately invest in education.

Meanwhile, backers of a constitutional amendment to mandate disclosure of donors submitted more than 285,000 signatures to put the issue to voters.

That’s only about 65,000 more than need to be found valid to have the constitutional amendment on the Nov. 6 ballot.

But campaign organizer and former Attorney General Terry Goddard said he’s

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convinced that the error rate will be low enough to meet the goal.

If he succeeds, the campaign is likely to have stiff opposition from business groups and others who now put money into political races knowing that Arizona law allows them to shield the names of their donors from public scrutiny.

At the heart of the fight are state laws which say that any group recognized by the Internal Revenue Services as a “social welfare’’ organization need not spell out who is financing the effort.

The result has been a series of campaigns for statewide and legislative offices where funds flow into mailers and commercials on behalf of candidates, with no disclosure of who is spending the money.

Earlier this year the Republican-controlled Legislature voted extend that same protection against disclosure to local elections. That most immediately overrode the 91-9 percent vote by Tempe residents to prohibit anonymous donations to city races.

The initiative would require any group seeking to influence a political race or ballot measure to reveal the identity of anyone who contributed more than $10,000.

As a constitutional amendment, it could not be overridden by lawmakers without asking for voter approval.

Goddard said it is structured to also guard against “chain donations,’’ where

one group gives to a second and that one funnels money to a third and so on. He said the law requires the organization that ultimately spends the money in Arizona to trace those dollars back and disclose the original source.

Goddard dubbed the campaign “Outlaw Dirty Money.’’

“That’s the sums and the millions of dollars that are being spent in Arizona elections,’’ he said while filing the petitions Thursday.

“And we have no idea where they come from because our laws don’t require disclosure of those contributors.’’

Goddard said this is not a partisan issue, saying the campaign also is being led by Republicans like , Grant Woods, another former attorney general, who is a Republican.

But it has been the Republicans in the Legislature who have allowed for anonymous donations.

During 2016 debate on the legislation, Rep. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chandler, said voters don’t need to know the source of the funds paying for those TV ads, mailers, billboards, phone calls and literature left at the door.

“A message is a message,’’ said Mesnard, now the House speaker. “If it’s important to you to know who’s behind the message and you don’t know who’s behind the message, then disregard it.’’

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with Gilbert Unified board President Rogers, who said implementing the recommendations would be a logistical nightmare.

“First of all, there’s no way on earth we can staff the schools” in the event of a strike, said the retired longtime educator.

“There’s not enough subs to begin with.”

Arizona has a teacher shortage, with nearly 2,000 vacancies reported in the 2017-18 school year.

Rogers also challenged Goldwater’s push to investigate striking teachers for possible wrongdoing when there are cases of a more egregious nature that are harmful to children.

Rogers served on the Professional Practices Advisory Committee, which recommends to the state education board disciplinary actions on a teacher accused of immoral or unprofessional conduct.

“Honestly, when I was on the committee for 15 years, we met two days a month – full days – on disciplinary actions against teachers who did things really wrong,” she said, adding: “I can give you 15 examples, from drugs to inappropriate texting to all kinds of

(Kimberly Carrillo/ Tribune taff Photographer)

The Goldwater Institute says teachers who walked out for six days this spring violated the law and should be punished and that local school boards be required to carry it out.

things, and we used to be a year to a year and a half behind because of the need to investigate.”

Having had that experience, she asked how Goldwater’s proposal could be carried out logistically.

“Tell me how it will work in Arizona,” Rogers said. “I don’t know how they can

do it. That’s my opinion.”

Sandefur countered Rogers’ assertion the recommendations would be hard to implement.

“It certainly won’t happen without the political will to take the steps necessary to make sure Arizona schools are not illegally closed,” he said.

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Mesa is sticking with the six-or-more requirement, the controversial new group home operated by the Valjean Society in a downtown neighborhood is not required to comply with the new licensing law.

“It won’t protect us at all,’’ said Janice Gennevois, vice chair of the Mesa Historic Preservation Board.

Mayor John Giles called the new Mesa law a stop-gap until the state Department of Health Services develops new regulations. A law passed by the Legislature this spring gave DHS up to two years to develop the state rules.

The Mesa ordinance would sunset when the state regulations are adopted.

“This is all we can do for the time being,’’ Giles said.

Smith said Mesa plans to hire Daniel Lauber, a Chicago lawyer who also acted as a consultant for Prescott. Smith said Mesa will consider lowering the requirement for complying with the new licensing plan in the future.

“Instead of holding up this ordinance, we are moving forward,’’ Smith said.

Lauber said he is glad Mesa is using Prescott as a model, but that Mesa would be better off doing a complete study of its zoning and licensing laws to ensure that they work well in tandem.

Lauber said the definition of a family is important in zoning to comply with court rulings but has no bearing on licensing.

“The licensing can apply to any size sober living home. The city’s definition of a family has nothing to do with licensing,’’ Lauber said.

Since Prescott introduced a carefully constructed sober living home ordinance a year ago, the number of group homes has plummeted from about 200 to 28.

But such a drastic reduction was not Prescott’s goal, City Attorney Jon Paladini said. The focus instead was on protecting a vulnerable population from shoddy operators motivated by quick profit.

Paladini called drafting such an ordinance “a legal minefield,’’ where extra care is required to avoid discriminating against drug and alcohol abusers in rehabilitation.

Paladini said one reason that Prescott considers four or more unrelated group home residents the definition of a family is because the size of the average household in Yavapai County city is relatively small – about 1.7 or 1.8 persons – because of a high number of retirees.

“We don’t lose any sleep about the bad operators shutting down,” he said. “The good operators are not only staying but growing.”

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THE WEEK IN REVIEW EV student paralyzed in Spain improves, regains movement

A University of Arizona student from the East Valley who made international headlines in early June after becoming paralyzed while on vacation in Spain has regained movement and is walking and talking.

Kara Dunn, 20, of Tempe spoke about her ordeal publicly for the first time July 3 at Barrow Neurological Institute at Dignity Health St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix.

Dunn thanked the public and the many people around the world who donated money to help fly her back to the U.S. and who supported her and her family during the difficult time.

She has made an exceptional recovery, according to her physicians, and was to be released from Barrow last week.

Dunn was medically airlifted from Spain on June 15. Two weeks earlier, she was on vacation with a friend in Seville, Spain, when she began experiencing paralysis in her face. The paralysis continued to spread through her body. Within hours after arriving at the hospital there, she had lost movement in her arms, hands, legs and feet.

She was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome, a rare neurological condition that causes the body’s immune system to attack the nerves and begins with weakness and tingling in the extremities. Dunn’s respiratory system also was starting to fail. She was intubated and developed pneumonia, further complicating her condition.

At Barrow, Dunn spent just over two weeks undergoing neuro rehabilitation.

Mesa teen earns award in national scholarship competition as finalist

Jessica Yan of Mesa received scholastics and interview scholarship awards as a top-eight finalist during the 61st Distinguished Young Women National Finals on June 30 in Mobile, Alabama.

She received a $2,500 cash scholarship as a top-eight finalist, $1,000 cash scholarship for scholastics and a $1,000 cash scholarship for interview, totaling $4,500 on the final night of competition.

Yan was in Mobile with 49 other state representatives to participate.

Yan is a graduate of Westwood High. In the fall, she will attend Stanford University. She is the daughter of Jane Zheng and Hongfei Yan.

Program launching to help foster kids in college A collaborative effort by Helen’s Hope Chest and Arizona State University’s Brining Success program starts to remove stubborn financial barriers to higher education faced by young adults in foster care by offering help in purchasing vital college life supplies.

The Arizona Community Foundation in 2015 found that Arizona’s foster youth have a high school graduation rate of just 33 percent and a college graduation rate of 3 percent – worse than nearly all other at-risk student groups.

To serve the program’s fall 2018 group of 25-30 incoming Sun Devils is raising $15,000 from individuals and businesses by July 31. During Bridging Success’s Early Start program in August, students will receive training on college budgeting strategies, a $500 gift card and a group shopping trip to the Target at Tempe Marketplace.

Helen’s Hope Chest is the East Valley’s primary organization to help foster parents and foster kids.

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naments, projected to bring $365 million to Mesa in total economic impact, would be financed with the $30 in excise bonds.

And there are still more important issues at stake. Another question would authorize a one quarter of one cent sales tax increase for public safety personnel costs.

The public safety improvements outlined in the bond issue, which cost $85 million, are earmarked for two police and fire stations, in northeast Mesa and southeast Mesa, and a new library in southeast Mesa that would be shared with a high school.

Former Mesa City Manager Mike Hutchinson, now a member of the Visit Mesa tourism board as well as assistant executive director of the East Valley Partnership, said he remembers when the city paid only $2 an acre to the federal Bureau of Land Management for the Red Mountain Park property.

“The Mesa Plays proposal is a great use for that property,” Hutchinson said. “It will have a major impact on our economy and bring people to the city.

“You have the commitment of the Visit Mesa board to work really hard to tell the voters how important that is,” Hutchinson added.

Rick Kelsey, president of the Arizona Youth Soccer Association, estimated that about 10,000 children in the East Valley play soccer.

“This sort of facility is not only wanted but needed in this community,” Kelsey said, noting the northeast Mesa location is likely to attract hotels and families from out of town staying in Mesa during the tournaments.

“It’s uniquely Mesa. It’s going to be really hard to play in a tournament and not stay in Mesa,” he said.

Rich Adams, chairman of the Visit Mesa board, said the proposal should be approved by voters and has no doubts that it will be successful, with Visit Mesa promoting the tournaments.

“The buzz is already out there. If we build it, these things will happen,” Adams said. “This is an opportunity to become a leader in sports.”

But amid the enthusiasm for Mesa Plays, two critics emerged. Without comment, councilmember Jeremy Whittaker voted against placing it on the ballot.

He later explained it was part of his objection to the council going on “a spending spree” and taking on too much debt.

Opponent Nancy Clay, who lives near the Red Mountain Park site earmarked for the project, complained about how it

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would disturb her solitude after she and her husband invested in a nice Jacuzzi and other backyard improvements.

“This huge proposal will bring lots of noise, lots of change, and lots of commotion to my backyard,’’ Clay said.

Whittaker, who often questions the city’s spending, was consistent. He also voted against the approved Arizona State University campus plan, citing the same reasons: more bond debt, a heavy reliance by the Enterprise Fund generated with utility revenues, and the need for taxpayers to pay up later.

“If we want to save our money and build Mesa Plays, that’s an honest conversation,’’ Whittaker said.

But he questions the city’s projections that both the ASU campus and the Mesa Plays project will eventually pay for themselves through additional revenues and additional economic activity, downtown and in East Mesa, respectively.

“It’s interesting to see how the city expects us to pay for these projects, how these projections will miraculously pay for themselves. If you look back, that’s not the case,’’ he said.

Whittaker also criticized inclusion of a two-acre downtown park in the parks bond issue, a requirement of the city’s contract with ASU to build the campus building just east of City Hall.

The cost estimate for that project has increased from $5.3 million to $7.7 million, making it the most expensive parks project, excluding any plan to add athletic fields in sections of the city.

The city believes the campus will help transform downtown Mesa, injecting new life and revenue through a program that includes cutting-edge technology.

“You just slide in the ASU park project,’’ Whittaker said. “Everything is layered and hidden under the surface. I find it disingenuous.’’

The City will now work on putting together a voters’ guide on the questions that may include arguments against them as well as in favor of a “yes” vote.

Where the money would go Here is the breakdown of how the $196 million bond issue up for voters’ action Nov. 6 would be allocated, according to a city presentation.

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nother attempt to legalize recreational marijuana in Arizona went up in smoke last week when Safer Arizona missed the deadline to file petitions to get on the Nov. 6 ballot.

David Wisniewski, chairman of Safer Arizona, revealed late Thursday he and other volunteers had been able to gather

only about 75,000 signatures on petitions which would have removed all criminal penalties for simple possession and made things like selling to a minor a civil fine. He needed 150,642.

Wisniewski told Capitol Media Services the campaign may have been doomed from the start, what with no money from those that might have an interest in legal marijuana, like owners of existing medical marijuana dispensa-

ries. That’s because his initiative would have ended the monopoly these dispensaries now have and allowed any retailer to sell marijuana to adults.

He said any future proposals to legalize the drug are likely going to need the cooperation of dispensary owners.

In 2016 a proposal by the dispensaries to allow adults to possess up to an ounce of the drug failed by 3 percentage points.

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Mesa’s Bicycle & Pedestrian Program, part of the city’s Transportation Department, is seeking community input on its cycling culture. The annual survey assesses who is biking in Mesa, what motivates them to ride, their concerns as cyclists and types of programming they look to the city to provide.

The survey will remain open through Oct. 15 and can be accessed at surveymonkey. com/r/2018MesaBikePedSurvey.

Survey participants will be entered into a random drawing for Downtown Dollar gift cards, redeemable at more than 40 downtown Mesa businesses.

The Bicycle & Pedestrian Program relies on survey results to improve planned projects, construct amenities on existing infrastructure and improve and provide new services to Mesa residents.

Projects such as Stadium Connector and the Mesa Gateway Shared Used Pathway had designs modified based on residents’ input, such as increasing the number of nodes and shade structures.

Public input also prompted installation of amenities on existing facilities, such as lighting along bike paths.

Kids can use summer to pack meals for the hungry Feeding the hungry is a year-round endeavor, and summer break is a perfect time to teach children the value of helping others at a Feed My Starving Children food-packing.

The hunger-relief nonprofit allows kids as young as 5 to volunteer with their families to pack meals at its meal-packing site, 1345 S. Alma School Road in Mesa.

At the end of a lively, assembly line-style packing session, volunteers celebrate the number of meals packed and children impacted.

Last year, 1.2 million volunteers packed 333 million meals, which were shipped to nearly 70 nations, where they become fuel for community development in schools, orphanages, clinics and feeding programs.

Information: www.fmsc.org.

Food donations will wipe out county library fines

If you’ve been waiting to clear your library fines for overdue books, now’s your chance. The Maricopa County Library District, which operates five libraries in the Southeast Valley, is bringing back its Food for Fines program.

But hurry. It ends Sunday, July 15.

The program allows library customers to bring non-perishable food items to any MCLD library.

One item equals $2 in waived fines. There is a $50 maximum per account.

Items such as peanut butter and jelly, macaroni and cheese, tuna fish, cereal and canned vegetables are in high demand. Check with your local food pantry to see if it has specific nonperishable food needs. The library district sends all East Valley donations to food pantries directly in the region.

Last year, the library district waived $36,000 in fines in this program.

The offer is valid only at Maricopa County Library District facilities. In the Southeast Valley, those are:Perry Library, 1965 E. Queen Creek Road, and Southeast Regional Library, 775 N. Greenfield Road, both Gilbert; Queen Creek Library, 21802 S. Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek; and Robson Library, 9330 E. Riggs Road, Sun Lakes.

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Long, hard path for Christian refugees ends happily

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t a time when the debate over U.S. refugee resettlement policy rages nationwide, Saba and Nazhoon exemplify what can happen when a community opens its arms to others in need.

The couple built a new life for themselves in Gilbert after being driven from their home in Iraq by violence in the early 2000s. Forced to move from home to home in Iraq for years before fleeing to Egypt, they waited nearly a decade to be resettled in America.

When they finally arrived in spring 2017, Saba and Nazhoon faced the tall task of adjusting to a new culture and society at the ages of 73 and 66, respectively.

They were able to meet the challenge with the help of new friends they met along the way at Gilbert’s Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church.

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Saba, left, and Nazhoon fled religious persecution in Iraq and then faced a high learning curve adapting to a new culture when they arrived in the U.S. last year.

port after they were resettled in Gilbert with the help of Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest.

One couple in particular, Brad and Randi VenHuizen, took a particular interest in Saba and Nazhoon.

The church members have taken their new friends on day trips around Arizona, provided rides for errands around town and even played an instrumental role in making sure the couple’s green card application did not fall through.

“When I meet him, I feel that (Brad) is my father, my brother, my friend, my uncle,” Nazhoon said.

Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest, which operates as a refugee resettlement agency, does not typically resettle refugees in Gilbert because there are fewer resources and ethnic community groups located there than in other Valley cities, according to Stephanie Petrilli, director of development communications.

However, Saba and Nazhoon had a friend in Gilbert who could help the family, so the organization made an exception.

Then, Spirit of Joy stepped in.

Volunteers from the church have helped Saba and Nazhoon become acclimated to their new community by taking them to the library, teaching them to ride the light rail and helping them make connections to the community.

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Gilbert musical prodigies among concert’s rare picks

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usical prodigies Saadhvi Sri Jayaram and Luke Hoang put their summer breaks on pause at the end of June to travel to California and perform at a national concert where few are chosen to perform.

They appeared last month in the Yamaha 2018 National Junior Original Concert – a prestigious national concert where only 13 musicians were selected from some 6,000 in the Yamaha (Special to East Valley Tribune) Music Education System nationwide.

Musical prodigies Saadvhi Sr. Jayaram, above, and Luke The Gilbert residents are both Hoang, 15, were two of only 13 students accepted to the students at the East Valley Yamaha Yamaha 2018 National Junior Original Concert from a pool School of Music in Chandler, where of 6,000 students nationwide. they worked with the school’s owner and director Heidi Grimes to create origi- event last month. She presented a composition she wrote for piano, flute and nal compositions for the performance.

The achievement is all the more impres- percussion titled “Under the Banyan Tree.”

“It was kind of hard when my teacher sive for Saadhvi, given her age. At just 7, she was the youngest participant in the first helped me start to compose, but once

I started getting ideas, it was easy,” she said.

Playing at the national concert fulfilled a yearlong goal for

the young pianist, who was determined to qualify for the event after watching her brother, 11-year-old Ritwik, play there last

year.

“I think I put in a lot of effort, so that is why I got selected for this year’s nationals,” she said.

Watching her brother perform at the event lit a competitive fire in Saadhvi and after that performance “she went in the car and said I am coming back next year for sure,” said her mother, Sri. The budding pianist showed an aptitude for music as a toddler. While attending her brother’s practices at age 2, Saadhvi already showed an ability to memorize and recite complex scales.

“She was just showing a high interest and love and delight in learning the language of music,” Grimes said.

Sri said that when she was pregnant See

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to be part of a church community again; much of the persecution they faced in Iraq resulted from their faith. Nazhoon said they had not been able to attend a church for 20 years.

“They make us love this church so much,” Nazhoon said. “Really, all the people – all the people in this church. I love them. I feel they are in my family.”

Saba and Nazhoon’s journey took nearly 15 years.

Shortly after the beginning of the Iraq War, the family was victimized by violent militias who told them they must leave the country because of their Christianity. They witnessed acts of unspeakable violence.

Eventually, Nazhoon was able to take her son to Egypt to stay with family members.

After returning to Iraq, she eventually fled to Egypt in 2006 with her daughter after receiving another death threat. Saba stayed behind in Iraq and was reunited with his family in 2011.

The resettlement process is arduous with many background and security check.

The White House released an infographic in 2015 that detailed the refugee process.

According to the graphic, refugees typically apply through global agencies like the

U.N. before undergoing interviews and submission of their names, dates of birth and, in some cases, eye scans.

Less than 1 percent of the global refugee population moves past that step and candidates are then checked by several U.S. government agencies. Candidates are also subject to a Department of Homeland Security interview, fingerprint screenings and medical checks before being referred to a domestic resettlement agency.

Things nearly went awry for Saba and Nazhoon when the couple was unable to read a letter about an appointment for their green card application. Luckily, Brad VenHuizen read the letter and took them to the immigration office in person.

“If he hadn’t read the letter, it would have been a big problem for us,” Nazhoon said.

That anecdote illustrates the important role Saba and Nazhoon’s new Gilbert family has played in their resettlement.

While he admits that politics surrounding refugees can be fraught with tension, Brad VenHuizen said he is more focused on helping the people.

“There’s a sentiment that agrees that we need to let less refugees in. That exists,” he said. “And yet, as far as Nazhoon and Saba are concerned, it’s got nothing to do with that. They’re (already) here – now what?”

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with Saadhvi, her daughter would kick her from the womb anytime her brother played the piano.

“I am speechless,” her mother said of her achievement.

Saadhvi was joined at the competition by 15-year-old Luke Hoang, who began composing at age 8 and performed at NJOC in Japan in 2017. He was one of the 14 musicians chosen to play in Japan from a global pool of over 35,000 applicants from 43 countries.

Luke, who said much of the inspiration for his compositions comes from Nintendo video games, presented an original composition titled “Tokyo Suite,” which also was inspired by his previous NJOC experience in Japan.

The Japan experience “taught me a lot about preparation,” he said, noting that it also showed him just how many teachers and coaches are involved in preparing a student for a performance of that magnitude.

Beyond music, Luke’s opportunities to perform at NJOC have given him a chance to experience new culture. At the event in Japan, he made three friends from Italy with whom he still talks today.

Typically, students at Grimes’ school will have a group lesson with their peers in addition to one or two private sessions a week. To prepare for performances, the school will up that to three to four private sessions a week.

Older students like Luke can largely direct their own practices while younger students like Jayaram work more closely with teachers.

The curriculum at the school includes a focuses on a wide variety of genres and includes lessons in improvisation.

“They hear music, learn how to play it by ear, learn to read and understand harmony and then improvise,” Grimes said.

“It is all built into the system.”

Students also have the opportunity to work with a wide range of teachers and coaches.

Recently, renowned jazz pianist Jeremy Siskind spent the day at East Valley Yamaha School of Music and worked with students.

Grimes has known Siskind since he was 3 years old when the musician attended Yamaha schools in Orange County, California.

“That kind of extra experience really works to make kids grow in a significant way,” she said.

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Aubrey and David Nelson decided on Dobson Ranch as the location of their new jewelry store, Nelson Estate Jewelers partly because they see a renaissance in the area.

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Nelson Estate Jewelers is a full-service operation that sells, buys and repairs jewelry.

New shop owners see Dobson Ranch as shining jewel

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he jewelry business is competitive and it is a challenge to succeed.

“Now that everyone has cell phones and internet, the days of uneducated jewelry consumers are gone,” said David Nelson.

He believes his new store, Nelson Estate Jewelers, in Dobson Ranch in Mesa,

stands out because of its ethical stance and commitment to fairness.

“We value ethics and transparency in business above all else,” Nelson said. “We have a huge advantage as we have incredible connections, lengthy experience and extensive knowledge. Our operating costs are extremely low and our margins are smaller than anyone we know in the jewelry business.”

Before settling in Mesa, Nelson and

his wife and business partner, Aubrey, researched Tempe, Scottsdale, Gilbert, Chandler and Queen Creek. They chose the location at 2051 S. Dobson Road, just south of Baseline Road, because it is close to freeways.

“The renaissance in the area is incredible. If the economy stays healthy for another three to five years, I think Dobson Ranch has the ability to become the new ‘Arcadia of the East Valley,’” he said.

When he was 15, Nelson was a cashier at a Zales jewelry store in Wisconsin.

After high school, Nelson attended Arizona State University, unbeknownst to him that working for Zales in Arizona would be the start of his career and his greatest passion.

Nelson later worked for many big-name Valley jewelry stores, including Ganem See

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Realtors demand voters decide on banning service taxes

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

Arizona Realtors formally launched their bid last week to ask voters to ban state lawmakers from ever taxing services, even if it also would reduce or eliminate taxes on other necessities – or even if legislators say the revenues are needed.

The Arizona Association of Realtors submitted more than 400,000 signatures on petitions to put a measure on the November ballot to constitutionally prohibit a state sales tax on services. That includes everything from their own services to medical care, barbers, lobbying services

and weight-loss centers.

Holly Mabery, a Prescott real estate agent who chairs the effort, said the desire is to protect senior citizens and the poor from new taxes that a future Legislature might impose.

But Mabery acknowledged that the ballot measure, if approved in November, would prevent lawmakers from revamping what is and is not taxed in a way that actually might have more benefit to those on fixed incomes.

For example, Arizonans now pay taxes to purchase school supplies, clothing, over-the-counter medications and even adult diapers.

Under current law, lawmakers could opt to make those purchases tax exempt, making up any lost revenues by taxing selected services. Or they could expand the list of what’s taxable to include services and reduce the overall state sales tax rate from its current 5.6 percent.

But this initiative, if approved in November, would block lawmakers from taxing not just basic services like medical care but also accounting, advertising, public relations, travel arrangements, nail salons, portfolio management and investment advice.

House Speaker J.D. Mesnard told Capitol Media Services that from a policy

standpoint, he’s never been a fan of sales taxes on services. But the Chandler Republican, whose district includes part of Gilbert, said it’s not that simple.

“From a philosophical standpoint on how government should be run, I tend to believe that public officials need the flexibility to govern,’’ Mesnard said. “So putting restrictions on their ability isn’t helpful.’’

But Sen. David Farnsworth, R-Mesa, who chairs the Senate Finance Committee, has no such second thoughts.

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Jewelers in Tempe and E.D. Marshall Jewelers in Scottsdale. These jobs gave Nelson valuable experience and connections around the world.

In 2015, the Nelsons bought a home in Dobson Ranch. The area had been under renovation since the recession, and Nelson was impressed with its potential.

With the area making a comeback and property values rising, a high-end business like a jewelry store would be a perfect addition, the Nelsons believed.

With this in mind, they started their business.

The lease for their store was signed in January, and it opened in April. Nelson Estate Jewelers soon became a full-service jewelry store that buys, sells and repairs.

“We are already being warmly received

pretentious. People are people, and we want to help every one of them to our best abilities,” said Nelson.

Moving forward, the Nelsons hope to expand their store, employ more people and make an impact on the community.

They already are trying to help the community.

“We make donations to United Food Bank based on watch-battery sales and whenever extra (money) is available. We hope to make sizable donations in the future,” said Nelson.

United Food Bank holds a special place in Nelson’s heart, as he was supported by government-assisted food programs as a child and believes that agencies like the food bank give kids a better chance in life.

The Nelsons also help local artists by displaying and selling their work.

“We feel that a jewelry-store setting is a great place to display art. We want to help

“ We value ethics and transparency in business above all else, We have a huge advantage as we have incredible connections, lengthy experience and extensive knowledge. ” – David Nelson, Nelson Estate Jewelers by the community and are holding our own. We are helping a lot of people and that is the first step to success. ‘If we are able to help enough people, we will be successful in our own way,’” he said.

While the industry plays price games with high margins and constantly running sales, Nelson said, he will offer the same quality pieces at prices that will consistently beat any other jeweler’s best sale or internet price.

“We do not judge any book by its cover.

If you are coming in to get a chain repaired or to buy a $500,000 ring you will be treated exactly the same, with respect and fairness,” he said.

The couple strives to form strong bonds and lasting relationships with customers to keep them coming back.

“We care more about making people happy than making a buck. We are not

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services are expanded tremendously,’’ he said, saying it is important to restrain the ability of lawmakers to raise any new taxes “since I consider socialism to be the real enemy of our country.’’

Mabery said there are politicians in Arizona who have said they want to produce

our local artist community by continuing to offer that space for them to display, as well as bring potential customers into our store to see their hard work on display,” Nelson said.

Nelson believes that consistency with his core values will make his business stand out in a competitive marketplace.

“We understand that sometimes people get taken advantage of when selling pieces. We will always be as fair as possible when buying these pieces. Every client buying, selling or getting a repair is important to us. We want to cultivate long-lasting relationships with everyone who walks through our doors. We plan on doing this by offering the best product at the best price. Period.”

Visit nelsonestatejewelers.com or call 480-459-9867 for more information.

more revenues by expanding the list of what’s taxable.

That includes state Sen. Steve Farley, DTucson, who now is running for governor and has pushed to expand what’s taxable to generate dollars for education. Fellow Democrat David Garcia, also in the guSee

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bernatorial hunt, also has said the state needs to review what is now exempt from sales taxes.

Republican gubernatorial hopeful Ken Bennett also has mentioned the idea of taxing services, but in the context of making the state less dependent on income taxes.

There already are some constraints on the ability of lawmakers to raise taxes.

A 1992 constitutional amendment requires a politically difficult two-thirds vote of both the House and Senate for anything that increases state revenues.

That applies to any tax increase – including a new one on services – that does not include a commensurate decrease in other taxes.

The measure will be on the ballot if the Secretary of State’s Office determines that at least 225,963 signatures are valid.

The November ballot could be crowded with issues for voters to decide.

Petitions also were due last week for a measure financed by a California billionaire to require Arizona utilities to produce at least half their power from renewable sources by 2030. That is being fought by the state’s utilities, who point out that nuclear is not included in that list.

(Howard Fischer/Capitol Media Services)

Crews last week dropped off dozens of boxes filled with petition signatures gather on behalf of Realtors’ efforts to ask voters in November to approve a state constitution amendment forbidding taxes on any services in Arizona, including theirs.

Also set for filing were: Putting a “right-to-know’’ provision in the Constitution requiring the disclosure of all sources of funds spent to influence state and local elections; Legalizing the possession of marijuana; Imposing an income tax surcharge on individuals making more than $250,000 a year to raise money for education.

The ballot also will have a referendum on expanding the school voucher program and two constitutional amendments, one to put curbs on the power of the Citizens Clean Elections Commission and the other to impose new annual cost-of-living adjustments to pensions of corrections officers, judges and elected officials.

Some services that are currently exempt and would be off limits to future taxes under the ballot measure, and the approximate revenues they could generate: • Hospitals: $810.1 million • Physicians: $454 million • Legal: $184.9 million • Dentists: $121.9 million • Auto repair: $105.3 million • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, payroll: $82 million • Travel arrangements and reservations: $69.9 million • Investigation and security: $53.9 million • Advertising, public relations: $41.3 million • Investment advice: $35.6 million • Personal, laundry services: $23 million • Beauty salons: $18.8 million • Chiropractors: $13.7 million • Funeral services: $9.3 million • Nail salons: $3.2 million • Diet, weight loss centers: $2.3 million • Lawn maintenance services: $1.3 million • Leasing billboards: Not available -Source: Arizona Department of Revenue

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AARP is too much of a reminder of getting old

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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hree years ago, right about the time I turned 50, the membership packet arrived in the mail. I took great joy in chucking it in the recycling, the same as I do junk mail, phone books and those liefilled mailers the politicians send.

At Chez Leibowitz, we are steadfast believers that ignorance is bliss. Thus, I intend to ignore all evidence that I’m aging at least until rigor mortis sets in – if not longer.

Which is why accidentally clicking on an AARP ad last week was so deeply horrifying to me.

Follow me here: If I clicked on such an ad, that means I was served such an ad.

If I was served it, that means some algorithm did a calculation that went like so: “Hey, this putz is old. Show him ads for

old people. Like maybe an AARP membership.”

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not that I’m afraid of dying. It’s all the stuff that leads up to dying that I’m afraid of.

Like thinking, “Man, this white belt would look terrific with calf-length white socks and a pair of yellow golf shorts.”

Or seeing a story in the AARP magazine – there is such a thing – headlined “How Ted Danson Found His Balance” – there was such a story – and saying to myself, “Self, I bet that bejillionaire who played Sam the Bartender on ‘Cheers’ is chock-full of wisdom about graceful aging. Dagnabit, that’s a must read.”

For the record, I abandoned getting life advice from Ted Danson at precisely the moment the cliche “attitude of gratitude” appeared. And I was deeply grateful not to read another word.

If I sound anti-AARP, that’s untrue – especially after I found out only two decades after the fact the organization has

changed its name. Originally, they were the American Association of Retired Persons. In 1998, they changed it to AARP – which rhymes with “carp,” a useful verb in a column like this, since it means to habitually complain.

Frankly, carping about getting old is the only thing I like about getting old.

My father, now 72, has gone the other way with aging: He likes growing older, if only for the cost savings.

You ever meet those people who use an extra gallon of gas at almost four bucks a pop because deep in their wallet they have lodged a frayed and faded Burger King coupon saving them two bucks on a double cheeseburger meal?

That’s my old man. Every time he seems depressed about getting on in years, I remind him the Sunday newspaper will show up next week with all sorts of terrific coupons.

Me: “If I was you, dad, I’d try to live to be 100. Think of all the money you’ll

save.”

My Dad: “You know, I stopped at this Jimmy John’s sandwich place the other day. They make a gigantic roast beef and ham sub, 16 inches, for just $13.99.

It was so big, I had to cut the thing in thirds. You cut it in three like that and the unit price ends up being just $4.67 per sandwich.”

Why in the name of all that’s good would I fear aging? Gosh, guys like my father and Ted Danson make it look so darn appealing.

Personally, I’m going to stick with ignorance.

All AARP membership offers will go immediately into the blue bin. Digital ads will go unclicked. You won’t catch me piloting a golf cart through Sun City any time soon.

And the only time I’ll ever wear a white belt? To bind my hands when the medics transport me kicking and screaming to senior living.

Raising awareness for HIV testing in the East Valley

BY JONATHAN BRIER AND LISA M. FONTE Tribune Guest Writers

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ometimes we meet people on the worst day of their lives.

The student who is in her first relationship. The man who visits bathhouses each week. The woman who turned to heroin when her brother died. The father who had casual sex with a male stranger several years ago.

At face value, they have nothing in common. But they all could have HIV. In 2016, the Arizona Department of Health Services’ Epidemiology Program reported 17,464 people living with HIV in Arizona.

Using data from Maricopa County Department of Health Services, ABC15 mapped out each ZIP code in Maricopa County with the most reported STD and HIV cases.

More specifically, our team filtered every ZIP code in Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa, Queen Creek, Scottsdale, Tempe and Ahwatukee.

Nearly every ZIP code in the East Valley made it to this high-case list, totaling 80 cases of HIV. While this number may seem low compared to the rest of Maricopa County,

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it doesn’t factor in the additional 1 in 7 people who have the virus but aren’t aware that they’re infected.

HIV can happen to anyone. At any time. We are all vulnerable.

But learning about your risks and knowing your status – positive or negative – can empower you to take charge of your health, enjoy safer sex and prevent you from getting or spreading the virus.

Every day, the compassionate and qualified team at Southwest Center for HIV/ AIDS works to help people learn their status. We provide resources so that those who test negative stay negative. We link those who test positive to medical care so they can live healthy lives.

The center recently implemented Test & Treat, a first-of-its-kind program in Arizona, that will empower those who test HIV-positive to take charge of their health and access medications on that same day.

Before, many who tested positive had to return home and wait weeks or months before returning to pick up their prescribed treatment.

Test & Treat, which was made possible by a generous donation from The Bob & Renee Parsons Foundation, will be crucial in ending Arizona’s HIV epidemic.

June 27 marked National HIV Testing Day, a moment when we raised awareness about HIV and HIV testing. However, awareness should not be limited to one day. It should be every day.

The Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS offers free, confidential, and non-judgmental HIV and STI testing to the community at its downtown location, 1101 N. Central Ave., Suite 200, in Phoenix in the Parsons Center for Health and Wellness. More information is available at swhiv.org or 602-307-5330.

It can take as little as 1 minute to learn your HIV status. So, do you have a minute to spare for your health?

Together, we can end HIV. Jonathan Brier is Southwest Center for HIV/ AIDS chief of staff. Lisa M. Fontes, Ph.D., is Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS director of development. Both are passionate about eradicating HIV and AIDS in the East Valley.

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Red Mountain 12-year-olds win Little League district title

BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

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Mesa team has punched its ticket to the state Little League baseball tournament after winning its district championship last week.

And East Valley teams in other district tournaments, which ended late last week or early this week, also were in contention to move on to the state tournament in Scottsdale beginning July 17.

The 12-year-old all-star squad from Red Mountain Little League in Mesa took home the District 7 championship with a 6-0 win over Four Peaks Little League in the final.

“It was kind of my rubber match with them because they beat me last year, and I beat them two years ago, so it was a good feeling to win the tournament in my third and last time going against them,” Red Mountain coach Phillip Moore said.

For many of the boys, the state tournament represents the last time they will play Little League baseball, and Moore said the team has been preparing for this final opportunity since losing to Four Peaks last season.

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Members of the Red Mountain Little League 12-year-old all-stars proudly display their District 7 championship banner. Mesa moves on to the state tournament in Scottsdale, beginning July 17.

Because of the immense preparation – nearly six days a week of practice with the all-star team since June 1, the day Arizona State Little League allowed the

formation of all-star teams – Moore said there now is no pressure on his kids. They understand that winning the district tournament should be enough to

give them confidence that they can play against any team in the state.

However, Moore understands that the teams at the state tournament will be much tougher on a nightly basis than those in the district tourney.

“The level of competition is going to be a lot stiffer. I’ve actually watched a few teams. Queen Creek, for instance, is going to be really tough, and we’re scheduled to face them in pool play in Scottsdale, and they’re tougher than a lot of teams we’ve faced,” Moore said.

Elsewhere in the East Valley, Queen Creek went on an undefeated run to win in District 14, which contains several Gilbert teams. Queen Creek allowed just five runs in as many games of bracket play, and beat Gilbert American Little League 17-2 in the District 14 title game on July 2.

District 13, always among the state’s most competitive, with talented teams from Chandler, Ahwatukee and Tempe, was scheduled to finish on July 7.

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Chandler woman digs international volleyball title ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

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rooke Nuneviller’s volleyball career already was illustrious, but in June, she added another jewel to it: an international championship.

Nuneviller, a 2018 Corona del Sol graduate, Chandler resident and former member of Aspire Volleyball Club in Tempe, was part of the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team that won the NORCECA Women’s Under-20 Continental Championship in Mexico.

“Any international tournament is always going to be crazy because you actually go and represent your country all over the world,” Nuneviller said. “And there’s also the adversity that you have to go through because everybody is so good.

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“But it’s so incredible to be able to compete for your home, playing with the best at your age group from other countries.”

With a dominating gold-medal match win in straight sets against the Dominican Republic, the U.S. Women’s Junior National Team earned an automatic qualification to the FIVB Women’s U20 World Championship in 2019.

Having a few weeks to prepare for the tournament, comprising talented girls set to play college volleyball, Nuneviller not only accumulated great memories and lifelong friends she will play against for years, but she improved skills that she did not need to use as much at lower levels. That will be valuable this fall at the University of Oregon.

She goes to the Ducks after having

left her mark on the Arizona volleyball community, with multiple club titles, recognition as the 2018 Gatorade State High School Volleyball Player of the Year and winning an AIA big-school volleyball state championship in 2017.

In high school and club volleyball, Nuneviller played outside hitter, a kill specialist on the outside who aimed at ending points with spikes and blocks.

On the USA team, she was a libero, a defensive specialist that focused more on passing and digs.

“I played a different position for USA, so specifically my passing and defense always improves when I go compete with them, especially because the speed of the game is so much quicker than club or See

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Regardless of who wins District 13, Ahwatukee Little League coach Tim Romaine believes the district representative again has a strong chance of winning the state tournament and the regional competition in San Bernardino, California.

However, the play only gets better at each level, and Romaine believes that every play and every mistake will be magnified in Scottsdale and moving forward.

“Every out counts, every pitch counts and every at-bat counts, so you can’t give away pitches or outs on defense,” Romaine said. “If you approach it that way, it does make a difference, because in bracket play, if you lose there’s no tomorrow.

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That variety of skills is exactly what Aspire Volleyball Club president Carlos Flys said made her such a special player at the high school level.

Flys credits Nuneviller’s success to her work ethic in the gym from a young age, but also to her hours spent playing volleyball in the sand.

“She’s been very, very active in beach volleyball, and beach volleyball has made her a better indoor player. On the beach, you touch every other ball, so you need to have all skills down,” Flys said.

“You can’t just specialize in one thing, like hitting or setting, like some girls do in indoor, which has made her great.”

Flys recalls Nuneviller playing competitively since a young age, always looking to get to the gym and improve, even against older and stronger opponents.

“Her older brother played competitively, and she would constantly be at his practices, playing against the big boys and competing well with them,” he said.

Nuneviller’s dedication and work ethic were also on display on the Aspire courts, which not only motivated her teammates to play and train harder themselves, but also was a large factor in recruiting area talent to Aspire, seeing the success the club had.

Aspire remains a consistent presence near the top of national rankings each year, even after she left.

time, there’s always another one coming up the next weekend or in the future. But if you get bounced out of this, you’re not playing Little League anymore.”

Another team fighting for a spot atop the District 13 podium is Tempe South, and coach Chad Ackerley said the chance to play against the state’s toughest competition will serve as a great life experience for the players.

“If you have the opportunity to play against the best, you want to do that and challenge yourself. That’s something that builds character,” he said.

Moore agreed, saying that the winner in Scottsdale could be the team that makes the least mistakes on routine plays and allows fundamentals to outweigh nerves and pressure.

“We’re very confident in our defense and our pitching, and that they will carry us against tough teams,” he said. “Defense wins games, and I would put my defense against any offense in the state.”

“She was that constant presence that everyone knew would be part of the club, and that made us much more respected,” Flys said. “People knew that one of the top players in the state was loyal to that club and they’d have a chance to play with her.”

Looking back on her time at Aspire and high school volleyball, Nuneviller has fond memories of playing with best friends, but she noted that she will be able to continue relationships with many of them moving forward.

She said she is among four girls from Aspire who will be playing in the Pac-12 this season, and she is looking forward to seeing some of the friends she spent so much time training with at Aspire.

“I’m really excited to be able to see them because you definitely lose touch with a lot of your friends as you go into college,” she said. “But I’ll get to see them every year when I compete against them.”

Nuneviller went directly from Mexico to Oregon to begin summer training, which she described as “really hard.”

Though the level of talent each night will dwarf what she played against in high school, if Nuneviller’s past success in volleyball shows anything, it’s that she is up for the challenge.

“I’ve had a few practices and, so far, they’ve been difficult. It’s just a different game, but I think once I lift more and stick to the program, it’ll just come a little bit easier. I’ve been staying after practice a lot to make sure I get better,” she said.

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Hash Kitchen picks Chandler for 3rd spot

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he Valley’s newest Hash Kitchen, in Chandler, opens for breakfast at 7 a.m. sharp on July 11.

The third in the family of restaurants from Joey and Cristina Maggiore is at 2855 W. Ray Road, #4, in a space occupied formerly by Panera Bread.

Hash Kitchen will follow this formula: Brunch is a meal for all hours, seven days a week.

The new restaurant is designed to be the spot for foodies seeking a new culinary adventure.

“By the third time, they say you know what you’re doing,” said Joey, whose business group also owns Tomaso’s Italian Restaurant in Phoenix, opened by Joey’s dad in 1977; Tommy V’s Urban Kitchen, Scottsdale; Tomaso’s When in Rome, north Scottsdale; and The Sicilian Butcher, north Phoenix.

“We re-imagined breakfast dishes in a casual yet lively atmosphere,” said Joey, who oversees the food and beverage direction for the Hash Kitchens, with Cristina heading operations. “It’s crazy fun, bold, innovative and out of the box.”

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Joey and Cristina Maggiore have made their Hash Kitchen restaurants a big hit in Scottsdale and now they’ve chosen Chandler to open their third eatery, which is known for serving outrageously loaded Bloody Mary drinks with a variety of fruits, veggies and event meats.

He will be head chef in Chandler for 60 days, then entrust the back-of-the-house leadership to Lauren Smith.

Guests will enjoy innovative pancakes,

French toasts, waffles, eggs Benedict, scramblers and frittatas and, of course, hashes, including the very popular carnitas hash: Coke-braised pork, hash potatoes,

cotija, roasted corn, avocado, green chili sauce, crema, fried onions, cilantro and corn tortillas.

Popular dishes include the Herb Fried Chicken Beni (two poached eggs, fried leeks, warm maple reduction and Hollandaise) and the Cannoli Pancakes (buttermilk pancakes layered with cannoli cream and topped with maraschino cherries and crushed cannoli shells).

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Gary Puckett, Union Gap celebrate ‘America’s Finest’ BYDAVE GIL DE RUBIO GETOUT Contributor

Finest,’ as I like to call them,” Puckett said.

“I also do a tribute to veterans that’s been part of my set since way back in 1984 on the very first Happy Together Tour.”

The tour – which also features The Turtles, Chuck Negron (formerly of Three Dog Night), The Association, Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere & The Raiders and The Cowsills – comes to Talking Stick Resort on Friday, July 13.

Founded in 1967 by Puckett, the Union Gap enjoyed a string of five Top 10 hits for the next two years.

Like any other oldies act, Puckett promises to keep the nostalgia flame burning bright with those much-loved songs serving as the creative kindling for anyone coming out to catch his band’s set.

“The people want to hear the music of

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ary Puckett and the Union Gap may have enjoyed their heyday from 1967 to 1969, but it hasn’t kept these pop legends from continuing to tour and entertain their legion of fans.

But beyond merely being your standard oldies act, Puckett and his crew regularly donate a portion of proceeds from their shows to various charities throughout the country.

The Minnesota-born frontman has an affinity for military veterans and first responders. The Wounded Warrior project is a favorite, as it provides free programs and services for veterans and fill gaps in government care.

“I’m always pleased to see that we’re doing something for those who are ‘America’s

Gacr Puckett and the Union Gap were hot in the Sixties and they’re riding that wave of nostalgia to help military veterans, particularly those wounded in combat.

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their youth and the music that they expect from me,” Puckett said. “I play all the hits and we play a lot of the songs that were on the first three albums for the Union Gap. “So, it’s built around music that they may recognize, but not necessarily were our hits – though I do all the hits – ‘Woman, Woman,’ ‘Young Girl,’ ‘Lady Willpower,’ ‘Over You’ and ‘This Girl is a Woman Now.’ But we also do some songs like The Bee Gees ‘To Love Somebody’ and Bob Dylan’s ‘Mighty Quinn,’ because it’s so much fun and I think it was on our second album. We do Petula Clark’s ‘Kiss Me Goodbye’ – stuff like that. Songs that everybody knows and loves.”

As the son of two musicians who got their start playing in Dick Halverson’s Big Band straight out of high school, Puckett was introduced to music at a young age.

A chance discovery of a guitar in his grandparents’ attic, plus an affinity for an array of 1950s rock ‘n’ rollers including Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Eddie Cochran, Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis, had the aspiring musician looking to this as a viable career choice by the time the Puckett clan relocated to Southern California in the early 1960s.

It was also around the time this ambi-

tious young musician came up with the Civil War motif for his new group.

“I thought we might want to go for a visual image along with a record that we might be able to make. (The idea was that) maybe somebody would look at it, be curious and wonder what the record sounded like and that’s exactly what happened actually. I always thought the Civil War-era period of history for the U.S. was so interesting [and the uniforms] were spectacular to look at.”

Hits started rolling in over the next couple of years, the band shared bills with The Buckinghams, Grass Roots, The Association and The Beach Boys.

By then, Fuller’s controlling ways in the studio led to creative chafing that came to a head when Puckett and the band refused to take part in a 1969 recording session for which the producer had arranged for a 40-piece orchestra to play on a song.

The date was canceled and Fuller never again worked with the group, whose days as a hit-making act soon came to an end.

“The ’60s were becoming the ’70s. People were changing their attitudes, their minds, their music, their drugs – they were just changing and moving on.”

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vative dishes such as Pop-Tarts and Fruity Pebble Pancakes.

“This is a creative place, a place to have fun, a family place, with vibe and a lot of personality, where you don’t have to worry about anything before your day starts.

We’ll have a DJ and lots of music. Perhaps it will bring back childhood memories of food you remember,” he added. “At the same time, you can still have a business meeting here to start the day.”

Designed by Third Story, Scottsdale, the 5,000-square-foot restaurant will offer patio dining and seat 330 customers. Approximately 80 people will be employed, mostly locals such as general manager Brett Aiken, a Chandler resident.

“It’s our biggest place so far and will be our flagship Hash Kitchen. The place looks spectacular, and we can’t wait to open and welcome the East Valley,” said Joey, who will add two Hash Kitchens shortly, in Phoenix in November and the West Valley next April.

People who like morning cocktails will enjoy a variety of innovative offerings at Hash Kitchen, such as the mimosa flights, which include a variety of flavors including grapefruit and traditional orange. There

are five infused vodkas: bacon, cucumber, cilantro-lime, jalapeño and smoked salmon or seasonal flavors such as habanero and tomatillo.

Coordinating the adult beverages will be New York mixologist Sheldon Wiley, who will create shooters and waffle shots as well as cereal-milk cocktails.

Hash Kitchen Chandler will feature a Build Your Own Bloody Mary Bar seven days a week. The DIY Bloody Mary bar has more than 50 toppings, such as Italian meatballs, Slim Jims, pickled jalapeño, cucumbers, fried ravioli, artisan cheeses and meats, mozzarella sticks, corn dogs, pickled hard-boiled eggs and pepperoni sticks.

The name Hash Kitchen? “I wanted to do something memorable and easy to roll off the tongue,” said Joey, who was born in New York, grew up in San Diego and returned in his 20s to help the Maggiores establish the other restaurants.

“Hashes really became the staple of the entire restaurant, and you can make a hash out of pretty much anything; that’s what makes it so fun. So why not tell it like it is?

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Summer hours are 7 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m.-3 p.m Saturday and Sunday. After hours, the restaurant hosts private events.

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Salt, pepper and seasonings of your choice to taste

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Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Coat a sheet pan lightly with olive oil.

Season your steak with salt and pepper.

Combine your seasonal veggies in a bowl, add your favorite seasonings (salt, pepper, garlic salt, etc), drizzle with some olive oil and then toss to combine.

When sheet pan is hot, lay proteins on (The hotter the pan, the better sear you’ll get on your steak.)

Tip #3: LayHeat the seasoned veggies skillet right next to the protein. an 8- to 10-inch to medium hot and Return pan to oven and cook until proteins and just brush it ever so lightly with oil. Again, you don’t vegetables are cooked to desired doneness. want soggy quesadillas. (Cast iron skillets are perfect for quesadillas!)

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Chandler teams can scavenger hunt via Instagram

BY COLLEEN SPARKS GETOUT Staff Writer

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popular activity many people participated in as children is taking on a modern twist in Chandler’s parks this month.

People are encouraged to get out their smartphones and snap photos as they race through the city July 21 in its first #DiscoverChandler Instagram Scavenger Hunt. Players will take part in the competition from 8 a.m. to noon or until the treasure is discovered.

As a way to celebrate Park and Recreation Month around the country, competitors will need to join forces with at least one other player and find hotspots around the city’s parks.

They must find all the items listed within seven challenges and upload a photo of each one to Instagram. Finishing each task unlocks the next clue and prompts players to go on to another location in downtown Chandler.

The team that completes all the tasks first will receive a Chandler Parks & Recreation All-Access Family Pass, which includes an annual family membership to Tumbleweed Recreation Center.

With that pass, family members can take an unlimited number of fitness classes and take part in Family Nights at Tumbleweed Recreation Center for free.

Besides that perk, the first-place team will also get an annual Family Swim Pass, which allows family members to visit the city’s pools for public swim sessions.

The top team will also receive various recreation-related items. The total prize package for the grand-prize winning team is valued at $2,500.

Smaller prizes will be awarded for the 10 teams with the most creative photos.

Those prizes will be worth about $20

each and can include movie passes and coffee shop gift certificates.

“Every July is Park and Recreation Month,” Kelle Harrison, marketing assistant for Community Services in the City of Chandler said. “This year’s theme was ‘a lifetime of discovery.’

“We know Chandler likes to have fun and so we took a little bit of a spin on the theme and came up with the scavenger hunt to spark that lifetime of discovery with parks and recreation. We’re a very active community, very social and technology-driven.”

Parks, pools and a museum are among the Parks and Recreation landmarks participants in the Instagram Scavenger Hunt will need to visit.

Harrison said the scavenger hunt is similar to Pokémon Go, an augmented reality game developed by Niantic but the Chandler competition is “more of an Instagram challenge.”

She said Chandler also gives people a chance to explore nature year-round with the Agents of Discovery app at its Environmental Education Center at Veterans Oasis Park.

Agents of Discovery is a mobile, educational gaming platform utilizing augmented reality to inspire youths to get active. Participants seek and find animals and characters while at the Chandler park.

The Agents of Discovery program at the Environmental Education Center is geared toward youths ages 8 to 15, Harrison said. The July 21 scavenger hunt is suited to all ages.

“It’s a great way to get out on a Saturday as a family,” Harrison said. “It’s just a fun way to get out there, explore what we have to offer and then get rewarded.”

Anyone who wants to try their hand in the Chandler scavenger hunt must register no later than July 13 at chandleraz. gov/parkandrecmonth.

Those who register for the scavenger hunt will receive packets with a selfie stick, T-shirts and maps. The packets can be picked up at Chandler City Hall July 18 to 20.

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Public Notices CITY OF MESA, ARIZONA ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified firm or team to act as Job Order Contractor for the following: JOB ORDER CONTRACT (JOC) – NATURAL GAS LINE CONSTRUCTION SERVICES PROJECT JOC-G18 The City of Mesa is seeking a General Contractor to provide construction services pertaining to natural gas line projects on a Job Order type basis. All qualified firms that are interested in providing these services are invited to submit their Statements of Qualifications (SOQ) in accordance with the requirements detailed in the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

The following is a summary of the project. The required tasks for each job order issued under the contract resulting from this solicitation will be reviewed with the selected contractor and defined to meet the needs of the job order as part of the contract scoping.

This Job Order Contract is for construction of new polyethylene gas service lines not to exceed 2inches in diameter to serve City natural gas customers. The work primarily involves service line installation to new homes in new subdivisions, but it may also involve installation of service lines to new or existing residential or commercial customers. The Contractor shall be required to install the gas service line and riser from either an existing gas stub or gas main to the gas meter location including testing, purging and activation of the service line.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on Monday, July 16, 2018, at 9:30 am at 20 E. Main Street, Mesa, Arizona, in Conference Room 170. At this meeting, City staff will discuss the scope of work and general contract issues and respond to questions from the attendees. Attendance at the pre-submittal conference is not mandatory and all interested firms may submit a Statement of Qualifications whether or not they attend the conference. All interested firms are encouraged to attend the Pre-Submittal Conference since City staff will not be available for meetings or to respond to individual inquiries regarding the project scope outside of this conference. In addition, there will not be meeting minutes or any other information published from the Pre-Submittal Conference.

Contact with City Employees. All firms interested in this project (including the firm’s employees, representatives, agents, lobbyists, attorneys, and subconsultants) will refrain, under penalty of disqualification, from direct or indirect contact for the purpose of influencing the selection or creating bias in the selection process with any person who may play a part in the selection process. This policy is intended to create a level playing field for all potential firms, assure that contract decisions are made in public and to protect the integrity of the selection process. All contact on this selection process should be addressed to the authorized representative identified below.

RFQ Lists. The RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/construction-manager-at-risk-and-job-order-contracting-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications may not exceed ten (10) single-sided pages (maximum 8½” x 11”) with a minimum of 10-point font size. The SOQ shall include a one-page cover letter (cover letter is included in page count) plus a maximum of nine (9) pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria.

Do not include a table of contents. Submittals should be plastic or metal spiral-bound only; do not use binders of any kind. The following information is not included in the 12-page limit and should be attached as appendices: bonding capacity letter, certificate of insurability, Workers’ Compensation Experience Modification Rating (EMR), resumes (maximum 2-pages for each key team member), and the Subcontractor Management Plan Table.

Submissions exceeding the 10-page limit or any resumes exceeding the two (2) page limit will be considered non-responsive and will not be evaluated.

Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy of the Statement of Qualifications to the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department by 2:00 pm on July 26, 2018. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualification. The City of Mesa is an equal opportunity employer.

Delivered or hand-carried submittals must be delivered to the Engineering Department reception area on the fifth floor of Mesa City Plaza Building in a sealed package. On the submittal package, please display: Firm name, project number, and/or project title.

Firms who wish to do business with the City of Mesa must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Job Order Contract selection process or contract issues should be directed to Donna Horn of the Engineering Department at donna.horn@mesaaz.gov.

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk PUBLISHED: East Valley Tribune, July 8, 15, 2018 / 14060

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Bonded

Toilets

Insured

Faucets

Estimates Availabler

Pool Service / Repair

Disposals

$35 off

Any Service

ACCREDITED BUSINESS ®

Not a licensed contractor

Juan Hernandez

Pavers • Concrete • Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

POOL REPAIR

Minuteman Home Ser vices

Pebble cracking, Plaster peeling, Rebar showing, Pool Light out?

PLUMBING

25 Years Experience • Dependable & Reliable

Same Day Service Guaranteed 24/7 FREE Service Call with Repairs

% 10 OFF any total work performed ANYTHING PLUMBING • Water heaters • Leaks • Garbage disposal • Bathrooms

minutemanhomeservices.com ROC 242804, 257474, 290005

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Meetings/Events

PUBLIC SALE Monday, uly 9, 2018 10 00 a.m. to Noon 3400 N. Alma School Road, 1052, Chandler, AZ 85224 Personal belongings including clothing and some household furnishings

If you want to drink, that’s your business.

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Roofing

Roofing

PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC

Tiles, shingles, flat, repairs & new work Free Estimates • Ahwatukee Resident Over 30 yrs. Experience

480-706-1453

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

Member of ABM

Licensed • Bonded • Insured

Call Juan at

480-720-3840 Not a licensed contractor.

GREEN POOL

Notice is hereby given that First National Bank Texas d/b/a First Convenience Bank, 507 North ray Street, illeen, Texas, has filed an application with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency on Friday, July 6, 2018 as specified in 12 C.F.R. 5.30, for permission to establish and operate a full-service branch to be located inside the Walmart store at 1380 W. Elliot Road, Tempe, AZ 85284.

Any person wishing to comment on this application may file comments in writing with the Director for District icensing, Southern District Office, 500 North Akard, Suite 1600, Dallas, Texas 75201, within 30 days of the date of this publication. The public portions of the application are available for inspection during regular business hours at the Southern District Office.

First National Bank Texas d/b/a First Convenience Bank illeen, Texas PUB ISHED: East alley Tribune,July 8, 2018 / 14070

Public Notices

LLC

CLEAN UPS & REPAIR

SERVICING THE VALLE Y FOR OVER 25 YE ARS

Pay 3 months up front & get 4th FREE

ROC 223367

Valleywide

CR 42 DUAL

623-873-1626

Window Cleaning

All employees verified Free estimates on all roofs 36 Years experience in AZ Licensed contractor since 2006

Unbelievable Prices PROFESSIONAL WINDOW CLEANING

www.shine-master.com

$95/ Month Weekly Service (chemicals included)

Green Pool Cleanup & Tile Cleaning - $750

Code T06

APS/SRP Certified Contractor BBB A+ • Licensed, bonded, and fully insured for your protection.

Spring Window Cleaning Special up to 32 Panes

*1-Story Home only $130 total *2-Story Home only $150 total

PROFESSIONAL • WEEKLY POOL SERVICE • REPAIRS

480-755-5818

480-208-1808 CERTIFIED • BONDED • INSURED

phillipsroofing.org phillipsroofing@msn.com

*Every screen cleaned for free for the month of July.

Call Shine Masters

480-269-6133

Remodeling

Roofing

Minuteman Home Services BATHROOM/KITCHEN REMODEL in 5 Days or Less!*

The Most Detailed Roofer in the State

$

200 OFF

Cabinets • Walk-In Tubs • Bathtubs • Showers • Toilets • Vanity • Faucets • Shower Doors • Tile • Lighting

Walk In Tub

FREE

In-Home Design & Consultation

FAUCET

Included w/ Vanity Install

$

750 OFF Complete Bathroom Remodel & Upgrade Install

*Some restrictions may apply.

480-755-5818

minutemanhomeservices.com ROC 242804, 257474, 290005 APS/SRP Certified Contractor BBB A+ • Licensed, bonded, and fully insured for your protection.

CODE T15

TK

®

Tim KLINE Roofing, LLC Roofs Done Right...The FIRST Time!

15-Year Workmanship

Warranty on All Complete Roof Systems

www.timklineroofing.com

480-357-2463

FREE Estim at and written e proposal

R.O.C. #156979 K-42 • Licensed, Bonded and Insured

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STORMS

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