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EV coaches praise, worry about super playoffs

BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

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ast Valley high school football coaches like the idea of settling who’s really No. 1 in Arizona and generally favor the new eight-team super division playoff system that goes into effect next season.

The Open Division will include the eight top-ranked schools regardless of classification size as determined by a formula created by the Arizona Interscholastic Association, the governing body of high school sports in the state.

The formula includes computer ranking coupled with strength of schedule and margin of victory. The latter category is capped at 14

points so that teams do not run up scores in an attempt to improve their position.

“I think it’s genius, I think it’s something that is as outside of the box as I can recall,” Desert Ridge coach Jeremy Hathcock said. “It gives teams a true hope.”

Desert Ridge has made the playoffs every year since Hathcock took over the program in 2006. The Jaguars entered the postseason last year as the No. 15-seed in the 16-team field with a 3-7 record. Desert Ridge played one of the most difficult schedules in the conference, which helped it capture a postseason berth.

Having been to the state championship twice during his tenure, Hathcock knows each season can bring ups and downs, but he be-

lieves that this system will allow teams that haven’t had success in the past a chance to play in the postseason.

“There’s many years where we have struck oil and gone to state,” Hathcock said. “But each year the rich keep getting richer and the poor get poorer. This shows there is still a place for all of those teams to compete.”

The AIA Executive Board on Jan. 22 approved the eight-team Open Division playoff for 2019. The concept was pitched during the AIA’s reclassification meeting on Jan. 8 when Hines and other members voted for the playoff to include eight teams rather than 12.

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Mesa Drive overhaul a mixed blessing for many

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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ity officials are about to begin the second phase of the transformation of Mesa Drive – a $28-million project to make it an attractive gateway, improve safety at the city’s eighth most dangerous intersection and give an older area a facelift.

But the project will come at a cost beyond the funds approved by voters in a bond issue years ago.

It is irritating property owners who are going through eminent domain for road widening and will create no end of irritation for 18-months for motorists stuck in traffic delays.

Eventually, the project will complete a major upgrade that started in 2012 between U.S 60 and Eighth Avenue. Mesa officials consider the thoroughfare an important, heavily traveled link to downtown and the light rail line.

New sidewalks, turn lanes, landscaping and medians are coming to Mesa Drive in Phase II between Main Street and Eighth Avenue, and

on Broadway Road between Wilbur and Lesueur.

The project also includes some safety improvements for the problematic intersection of Mesa Drive and Broadway Road, which ranked in the city’s top 10 for collisions in 2014-2016, according to Rene Powell, a spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Engineering.

A traffic study found (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer) that there were 126 Kyle Collins and his mother Jewel Collins of Norm’s WatchRepair are happy that intersection-related Mesa Drive is scheduled for a major upgrade starting in March. crashes and 68 nonintersection-related collisions between 2009 and 2015 at that site. lice identified 67 crashes at Mesa Drive and Between 2015 and 2017 alone, Mesa po-

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defeated legislator and three other unsuccessful candidates in last fall’s election are among the seven candidates who so far have filed to fill a pending vacancy on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors for the district that covers the East Valley.

Supervisor Denny Barney is leaving midway through his second term to fill the CEO post at the East Valley Partnership, a consortium of government, business and education leaders whose board picked him last June as their new leader.

The remaining four board members and the Clerk of the Board by law must choose a Republican from District 1 to fill Barney’s position because he was a Republican.

A spokesman said they hoped to start interviewing the applicants within the week and make a selection by mid-February.

As of the Tribune’s deadline – with still several hours to go before the county’s deadline for applications – those who have filed include: former state Rep. Jill Norgaard of Ahwatukee, who lost her bid for a third House term in Legislative District 18; her running mate, Tempe lawyer Greg Patterson, who served two terms in the State House in the mid1990s; and Tempe commercial airlines pilot Frank Schmuck, who lost his bid for State Senate in LD 18 in what was one of the most expensive legislative general election races in Arizona last year.

The other applicants include former

state Rep. Warde Nichols of Ahwatukee; Brandon Schmoll, a former member of the Tempe Union High School governing board who lost his bid for a second term as constable; Rusdon Ray, a Gilbert construction worker who has publicly criticized the need for building codes; and Angela Creedon, associate vice president of community relations for Arizona State University who held a similar position for APS prior to joining ASU President Michael Crow’s staff.

Creedon is the only candidate to submit an endorsement with her application. Mesa Mayor John Giles in his letter called her “a consummate professional” who “also has the backbone to face tough decisions and look for compromise.”

The successful candidate would have to seek election to a full four-year term on the board in 2020.

Each of the five supervisors has a three-member full-time staff and an annual office budget of about $440,000.

The board as a whole oversees an annual budget that currently totals nearly $2.5 billion.

That money funds a wide variety of services that include: county road and bridge construction and maintenance, the operation of all other county offices such as those of the sheriff and recorder; flood control and various health and sanitation programs, including restaurant and supermarket inspections; Superior Court and related operations, including the public defender, county attorney and probation; and various education, cultural and recreation programs.

The position of county supervisor pays $76,600 annually – more than three times the $24,000 annual salary earned by occupants of the positions that the legislative candidates sought last year.

“I have one of the greatest jobs in the world; yet, my profession is not what fulfills me completely,” Schmuck said in his county application. “What really drives me is my passion to serve others.

I feel my combined professional experience and decades of service in the community can help propel our community forward by assisting our residents and businesses gain greater opportunities.”

Norgaard touted her engineering, business and legislative background, stating, “I have utilized these skills to implement business practices in government to streamline processes in the state. “ Schmoll said he “would be a great candidate” because of his school board and constable experience, stating “given that a huge portion of the county budget goes to the courts, law enforcement, and jails it makes sense that you should appoint someone with first-hand knowledge in these areas.”

Patterson, an attorney, submitted only a resume that outlined his experience on the state Board of Regents and the county public hospital board, while Nichols cited his eight years in the State House, his extensive ties to the East Valley and his small-business experience as owner of a pool-cleaning company.

Ray said the job needs to be filled by “a good guy with a passion for liberty and good government.

sending out official looking emails and other messages.

In one scam, the caller claims your Social Security number has been linked to a crime or an illegal activity, says the number has been blocked and seeks a fee to reactivate it.

“Social Security does not suspend or block numbers, ever,” Brnovich said.

In another variation, the caller claims someone has used your Social Security number and your bank account could be seized. The caller urges you to quickly withdraw or transfer your money (sometimes onto gift cards) and will either take your money or gain access to your bank

Social Security scammers are on the rise, AG warns TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

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ast Valley residents should be on guard for a new rash of scammers trying to steal their Social Security numbers and get into their financials, Attorney General Mark Brnovich said.

Con artists are pretending to be from the Social Security Administration, even

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Dueling bills aim to outlaw texting while driving

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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he days of texting while driving or even chatting with a phone next to your ear may soon be at an end in Arizona.

And the reason could be the death of a police officer at the hands of a texting motorist.

A bipartisan group of legislators is pushing a plan that would finally ban the practice in Arizona. That effort, if successful, would end Arizona’s distinction of being one of only two states in the country that allows most motorists to type and dial while driving.

Talking would not be totally off limits if SB 1165 becomes law. The only permitted use would be if a phone or tablet were mounted to the dash and operated only on a hands-free basis.

What seems to have breathed new life into the movement was the Jan. 8 death of Clayton Townsend.

“We have the momentum,” said Sen. Kate Brophy McGee, R-Phoenix.

“We have tragedy from which great good can happen if we make it so,’’ she continued. “It’s time for the legislature to stand up and do our jobs and send the governor a bill that establishes a statewide policy that is proven to save lives.”

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cities and counties in the state already have adopted some type of ban. But the Prescott Republican said the state needs a single standard to ensure that both motorists and police know what is and is not permitted.

One of the (Capitol Media Servicese) c o m m u n i t i e s Chandler state Sen. J.D. Mesnard, seen here talking to reporters a few weeks that has had a ago, has submitted a broader bill aimed at “distracted driving” of all kinds, but law since early his approach has drawn flack from some fellow Republican lawmakers.

2017 is Oro Valley. Police chief Daniel Sharp said the law eration of the motor vehicle in a manner works, especially when people know it’s that interferes with the safe operation.’’

But even then, a violation would occur being enforced.

For the first eight months, officers is- only if the vehicle is operated in a mansued only warnings. Close to 1,200 were ner “that is an immediate hazard to angiven to motorists who were spotted other person ... or property’’ or that the driver does not “exercise reasonable holding a cell phone.

When enforcement really began, the control of a motor vehicle under the cirtown issued just 78 citations in the fol- cumstances.’’

“The issue that is unsafe is the distraclowing four months.

Meanwhile, Sen. J.D. Mesnard, R-Chan- tion,’’ Mesnard said, whether it’s chatting dler, is promoting his own SB 1141 to cre- on the phone or eating a burger. “So my bill goes after that issue. And it’s a bigger ate a new offense of “distracted driving.”

It would make it illegal to engage “in any issue than just telephones.’’

Fann was unimpressed. activity that is not related to the actual op-

“We know that distracted driving bills do not work,’’ she said.

“There are too many loopholes, there are too many issues with something like that,’’ Fann said, saying the state needs to “hone down on the real problem.’’

But Mesnard said he believes there is more support for his plan, at least among Republicans, notwithstanding the backing of SB 1165 by party members Brophy McGee, Fann and Heather Carter of Cave Creek.

Under the terms of the bill, a first-time violation would result in a fine from $75 to $149; subsequent violations would cost drivers at least $150, with a $250 cap.

One provision of the proposal specifically bars police from demanding to see or inspect a motorist’s phone to see if he or she was actually talking or texting.

But Sharp said his experience in Oro Valley convinces him that the law still can be enforced. “We’re not saying somebody’s texting or making a phone call or answering an email,” he said. “We’re saying if it’s in your hand, that’s the violation.”

One provision prohibits any conviction from being used by the Motor Vehicle Division in any way that could add points to a driver’s license that could result in suspension or revocation. And the other bars insurance companies from considering a conviction to raise someone’s insurance rates or cancel coverage.

One big issue is that Arizona law forbids the sale of cigarettes online. McKay does not want a similar restriction on vaping devices. And he fears that such a change could make the devices subject to the same taxes now imposed on tobacco products.

That, he said, undermines the whole purpose behind vaping devices.

“We’re not tobacco,’’ McKay told lawmakers. “We vaporize a product that is glycerin.’’

That product, he acknowledged, has nicotine in it. And that chemical, said McKay, may very well come from tobacco products.

But McKay said it’s the other chemicals in tobacco smoke that cause cancer and other lung diseases. He said vaping is a method to help adults quit smoking.

That explanation did not wash with Sen. Heather Carter, R-Cave Creek, who is pushing for the additional regulation.

She said if e-cigarettes were truly designed to help people quit, then the in-

that the real problem is online sales.

He detailed how he personally tried to order a device that way, saying it was “significantly difficult’’ what with the age verification demanded by sellers. By contrast, Pace said he had no problem ordering a bottle of wine on the internet in just a few minutes, something allowed under Arizona law.

Committee members also heard from Michael Felling who told his own story of starting to smoke at age 11 and quitting 36 years later, with the help of vaping devices, after it was clear that his second-hand smoke was affecting his wife’s health.

“I see these two products as being extremely different,’’ Felling said. And he told lawmakers that any move to reclassify vaping products as tobacco is likely to lead to higher taxes.

While the legislation did get unanimous committee approval, several lawmakers suggested that they want it amended when it goes to the full Senate to continue to allow internet sales to adults.

Curbs on teen vaping pass first legislative hurdle

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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oping to curb teen vaping – a major problem in East Valley school districts – state lawmakers are moving to put new restrictions on where and how vaping devices can be sold.

Without dissent, the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services voted Wednesday to classify both the devices and the liquids that they burn as tobacco products, subjecting them to the same restrictions in Arizona law as cigarettes.

The approval of SB 1009 came over the objections of Gibson McKay, lobbyist for the Vapor Technology Association, which represents manufacturers, wholesalers and business owners who market the devices.

McKay said his members have no problem with imposing new restrictions on youth purchases, but said they don’t want to be lumped in the same category as tobacco products.

dustry would have registered it as a medical device with the federal Food and Drug Administration. With that classification, Carter said, it would be exempt from Arizona law and could be sold online, just like nicotine gums and patches.

“You can’t have it both ways,’’ she told McKay, who could not provide a reason that his clients have not sought such approval other than the possible regulatory delay.

What that leaves, said Carter, is the explosion in youth vaping.

Andrew LeFevre, executive director of the Arizona Criminal Justice Commission, said the latest survey of teens shows more than 25 percent of high school seniors reported using a vaping device in the past 30 days.

That, however, did not impress Sen. Tyler Pace, R-Mesa, who pointed out that at least some seniors are 18 or older, people who can legally purchase and use these products. LeFevre admitted his survey did not break down the data by age group.

And Pace said he was not convinced

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The AIA will continue its weekly rankings in each conference and add an Open Division ranking each week starting the fifth week of the season.

“The biggest thing is it’s trying to build up the sport of football,” said Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Director David Hines. “Football has taken a hit due to concussion concerns, which is rightfully so. But if we have the opportunity to play our best teams in an eightteam tournament, we will have competitive games each week.”

Chad DeGrenier, who recently stepped down as coach at Mesquite to take the head coaching position at Mesa High, echoed Hathcock.

“I think it’s a good thing for schools because you will add more teams into the

How it will work Open Division rankings, based on strength of schedule and margin of victory (14-point cap to avoid scores being run up), to be released

by AIA in Week 5 and updated weekly.

Open Division rankings to include 4A, 5A and 6A schools, with five “at-large” bids – likely coming from 6A conference.

After final regular-season games, top eight teams in Open Division to be placed in new playoff bracket and seeded 1-8.

Traditional 16-team conference tournaments, minus team selected for Open Division, to begin week after regular season while Open Division playoff has bye week.

Quarterfinals and semifinals for all divisions continue second and third weeks after end of regular season, except in 1A. 2A and 3A championships to be played week of Thanksgiving while 4A, 5A, 6A and Open Division have byes.

4A championship likely to be night before 5A, 6A and Open Division games.

Open Division state championship to be premier game with 5A and 6A played earlier same day at same venue – likely Arizona State, University of Arizona or State Farm Stadium (depends on availability).

One true Arizona state champion is crowned, along with six conference champions.

(Tribune file photo)

A big fan of the new Open Division eight-team high school football playoffs is Desert Ridge coach Jeremy Hathcock. “I think it’s genius,” he said. “I think it’s something that is as outside of the box as I can recall.”

playoffs,” DeGrenier said. “I think those first-round games won’t be as uncompetitive.”

Mesa hasn’t been to the playoffs since 2014, when now-Mesquite coach Scott Hare coached the Jackrabbits.

DeGrenier knows an Open Division state title might be out of reach immediately for the Jackrabbits as they continue to build. He believes that the opportunity to play for a conference title is well within reach.

“For us, I’m looking at it as an opportunity to get into the playoffs,” DeGrenier said. “Now it might give us a better opportunity. Once you get into that, it’s a new season and you never know what can happen, so that is exciting for our kids.”

The move by the AIA comes after consecutive seasons in which the state championships in 4A, 5A and 6A featured the same teams. Additionally, Saguaro won its sixth straight championship and Chandler its third, while Centennial repeated in 5A and won its fourth title overall in five years.

The Open Division is meant to determine which team truly is the best in Arizona while giving other programs a chance to compete for their conference championships. But what happens if a team worthy of being in the playoff is left out? That’s a concern of Basha coach Chris McDonald.

“Thankfully, we have the opportunity because we are playing a lot of these teams that are in the conversation for the Open championship,” McDonald said.

“But there are teams that don’t have that chance, especially when strength of schedule comes into play.”

McDonald turned around the Basha High program last fall in his first season, leading the Bears to the playoffs after consecutive three-win seasons. Basha

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showed that it can compete in the Premier Region, which includes Chandler and Perry.

Making the Open Division field is a goal for McDonald and his team.

“I think it’s what people want to see for better football across the state,” McDonald said. “But in all honesty, this doesn’t take away the argument for who the best is.”

Mountain View coach Mike Fell had a similar reaction, acknowledging that it provides an opportunity for other teams.

The Toros once were among the state’s most-dominant programs, in the statetitle mix every season in the early 2000s.

But Mountain View hasn’t won a playoff game since 2009 and Fell knows the school is itching for that skid to end.

“The opportunity to compete in any kind of playoff and win some games there, that’s exciting for them,” Fell said. “When it gets down to it, there will be a champion in that top eight, but there will be champions at all the different divisions, too, so that’s still an honor.”

Fell believes that it will be easier for 6A teams to get into the Open Division due to strength of schedule, a message that was echoed by Dobson coach Pete Wahlheim.

Before he took over at Dobson in 2017, Wahlheim coached at Highland High for 10 years. He never has backed down from the competition at the state’s toughest

(Tribune file photo)

The new Open Division eight-team high school football playoffs excite Mesa High coach Mike Fell. “When it gets down to it, there will be a champion in that top eight, but there will be champions at all the different divisions, too, so that’s still an honor,” he said.

level, not even when Highland had the opportunity to move down a conference a few years ago.

While Wahlheim understands the logic behind the Open Division, he believes that it still will be difficult to determine the top programs.

“The 6A teams will have to go through the meat grinder for the first 10 weeks and that takes a lot out of you,” Walheim said. “I understand what they’re going to do, and in theory it sounds good. But I don’t think you will truly find the best team if you have other teams play in their regular conference and then come up at the end of the year.”

The AIA believes that an Open Division will create more competition throughout the regular season and playoffs.

More competition creates greater excitement among fans and players, which could then boost attendance in the state’s biggest sport.

“No. 1 playing No. 8 (in Open Division) won’t be like No. 1 playing No. 16 (in past conference playoffs),” Hines said. “If we have the opportunity to play our best teams in an eight-team tournament, every game would be really exciting and fun.”

(Tribune file photo)

Dobson High football coach Pete Walheim said of the new Open Division eight-team high school football playoffs, “I don’t think you will truly find the best team if you have other teams play in their regular conference and then come up at the end of the year.”

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Giles calls White House census question ‘just stupid’

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ASHINGTON – Mesa Mayor John Giles derided the Trump administration’s plan to ask people their citizenship status on the 2020 Census, calling it a “just stupid” move that could cost local governments federal funding and congressional representation.

(Cronkite News) Giles was part of a U.S. Providence, Rhode Island Mayor, Jorge Elazer, left, and Mesa Mayor Conference of Mayors John Giles, talk with audience members after a Conference of panel Thursday on the Mayors panel discussion on the 2020 Census.

2020 Census that considered whether the citizenship question director at the Federation for American would have a “chilling effect,” leading to Immigration Reform, which advocates for an undercount of all citizens and under- tougher immigration laws.

Mehlman called the furor over the quesrepresentation of key demographics.

“That’s going to have everyday impact tion “whipped-up hysteria by advocacy in thousands of ways because this is the groups.”

Giles, a Republican, disagreed. baseline we use for all kinds of govern“The idea of adding a citizenship quesment data for the next 10 years,” Giles said. “It’s critical to Mesa, it’s critical to tion to the census is just stupid,” he said.

Arizona that we have a very accurate cen- “It’s going to have a chilling effect. It’s going to result in people being intimidated sus account.”

The citizenship question has not been by the census.”

A federal court last week agreed, ruling asked for decades. The Justice Department in 2017 requested that it be includ- Ross’ decision to include the citizenship ed on the 2020 census to collect data that question “ignored, cherry-picked or badly would help enforce the Voting Rights Act. misconstrued the evidence” of the impact The Commerce Department, which the question could have and that he “viooversees the Census Bureau, last year lated the public trust.”

The Justice Department said Tuesday agreed to include the question. In a memo announcing the decision, Commerce Sec- that it will ask the Supreme Court to reretary Wilbur Ross acknowledged con- view the district court’s ruling on an expecerns that the question might result in dited basis, since the decennial census is low participation, but said any reduction fast approaching.

The data collected in 2020 will impact in response would be outweighed by the 2021 congressional and legislative redisvalue of the data gained.

Opponents of the move say they are al- tricting in Arizona, affecting the number ready fielding concerns, more than a year of seats the state has in Congress and the number of representatives that cities and before the Census is set to be taken.

“People are coming to us, and they’re counties have in the State House. Federal probably coming to the mayors as well, officials will use the same data to detersaying, ‘We don’t want to answer the cen- mine the distribution of federal funding sus. We’re going to boycott it,’” said Vanita and to sort through grant applications from Gupta, president and CEO of the Leader- cities for programs and infrastructure.

“It’s all based on data. So if you have bad ship Conference, who was at the mayors’ data, or data that understates who you are, meeting.

A supporter of the move calls that “an that’s going to come back to you in smaller allocations,” Giles said. “Particularly for absolute ridiculous claim.”

“Somehow we are supposed to believe cities like Mesa, which are very fast-grow… that a question on an anonymous form ing, this has a tremendous impact.”

Mesa had 496,401 residents in 2017, is somehow going to scare people from responding to the census form. It’s absosee GILES page 8 lutely absurd,” said Ira Mehlman, media

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Broadway, making it the eighth most accident-prone intersection in the city during that time period.

“We want to do some safety improvements at our Broadway intersection. It’s not up to our standards,’’ said Julie Christoph, project manager and a supervisory engineer.

Besides adding dedicated turn lanes, crews will be moving the sidewalk farther away from curbs and adding a bicycle lane.

“This is a gateway corridor for Mesa, a link to downtown and the light rail,’’ she said. “It’s a very significant job.’’

But the city’s eminent domain actions to acquire mostly strips of land – along with the impending 18-month construction period – have been irritating business owners months before the first piece of pavement gets replaced.

A staff report to City Council said that 128 parcels with 92 owners are needed to complete Phase II. The city negotiated agreements to buy 90 of these parcels from 67 different owners.

While staff continues negotiations with holdout property owners, the council voted unanimously Nov. 19 to give them more leverage by initiating eminent domain court proceedings – always a dicey topic in Mesa – to acquire the additional properties “only if necessary’’ to avoid construction delays.

Longtime Mesa furniture business owner Marvin Kerby is closing his store, a fixture at Mesa Drive and Broadway for

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the latest year for which Census Bureau estimates are available, up by 57,360 from the population recorded in the 2010 census. That moved the fast-growing city from 38th- to 36th-largest in the country between 2014 and 2017.

Arizona has continued its steady population growth, tying Florida in 2017 for fastest-growing state from the year before. Arizona’s booming population has seen its number of House members grow from just three in the 1960s to nine today, with many expecting the state to add a 10th congressional district after the com-

“Our office has seen an increase in consumer complaints involving Social Security Administration scams,” said Brnovich. “These con artists can be very intimidating and convincing over the phone. They’ve also figured out a way to spoof their phone number, so the number appears to be calling from the Social Security Administration’s national customer

decades, and focusing on his East Mesa location.

Chuck Reddy, owner of Broadway DriveThru Liquors at the southeast corner of Broadway and Mesa Drive, is angry about the project’s impact on his business but has no intentions of leaving.

Kerby said he sold the property two years ago because his business declined, starting with Phase I of the Mesa Drive project.

“It really slowed down and never really picked up’’ during and after Phase I, Kerby said. He said the main issue is potential customers avoiding long construction delays.

And while he doesn’t link his decision to close directly to Phase II, he is glad to be leaving.

“I’m happy,” he said. “I can’t take the hit.’’

Reddy said he will lose an easement, but his main issue is the long construction period and the new medians that will restrict turns for some traffic.

“Of course, it’s going to hurt my business,’’ Reddy said. “If you are going to restrict access, you are going to restrict the number of customers coming into the business.’’

“They are not forcing me to leave,’’ he said. “It’s the construction that’s going to kill everyone. I don’t know if they care.

These streets aren’t even that bad.’’

But Christoph, the city engineer, disagreed, saying that Broadway and Mesa Drive are in poor condition and need to be replaced.

Mesa Mayor John Giles said there is

ing census.

“The citizenship question isn’t just a decennial headcount, it’s a snapshot of the country at any given point in time,” Mehlman said. “There’s absolutely no reason why we shouldn’t collect some hard data on the number of non-citizens who are living in the country.”

But for Giles, the census is too important for Mesa’s growth to risk underrepresentation.

“The point of the census is not to use it as a political tool to accomplish political means,” Giles said. “We’re going to have to live for the next 10 years with these numbers.”

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service number. It’s important for Arizonans to remember legitimate government offices will not threaten you, demand money, or ask for access to your bank accounts over the phone.”

The Federal Trade Commission noted that scams are on the rise. In 2017, the FTC heard from 3,200 people about SSA impostor scams, with victims reportedly

a major difference in the quality of the improved section of Mesa Drive and the unimproved section that is about to be replaced.

“It’s pretty evident that we need to finish the job,’’ Giles said. “We took a breath for a while and now we need to finish the plan.’’

Despite speculation from a blogger and other critics to the contrary, “It’s not tied to a downtown agenda. The voters said they want better roads,’’ Giles said.

The opposition from business owners is not unanimous.

The owners of one downtown Mesa landmark, Norm’s Watch Repair, support the improvements.

“I think it’s going to clean it up, like near the freeway,’’ said Kyle Collins, whose grandfather built Norm’s Watch Repair’s distinctive green building.

While Mesa changes around the longtime downtown business, Norm’s has no plans of moving. Instead, Collins expects to attract more clients, particularly because the Church of Jesus Christ of LatterDay Saints is building a major residential project next door.

“It’s just time,’’ Collins said about the Mesa Drive improvements. “I think every city does it.’’

His mother, Jewel Collins, said that Norm’s watch repair services are unique, with watches and clocks fixed locally instead of shipping them to another location where repairs are completed.

She said the construction delays might be irritating, but she thinks many of her customers will put up with the inconve-

losing nearly $210,000. In 2018, more than 35,000 people reported a SSA scam, losing $10 million.

If you ever have any questions about a call, hang up and call the SSA directly at 1-800-772-1213.

People who think they are fraud victims can call the AG’s Consumer Unit at 602542-5763. nience to get their watches fixed.

“If you want to get stuff fixed, we’re the only choice,’’ she said. “We’re a dinosaur. A lot of people fix things because of its sentimental value.’’

Among the worst The intersection of Mesa Drive and Broadway is one of the 10 Mesa intersections with the highest number of accidents. Following is a list intersections that recorded the highest number of crashes from Jan. 1, 2015 to Oct. 31, 2017.

• S. Ellsworth Road and Gateway Freeway, 118 • S. Stapley Drive and E. Southern Avenue, 110 • S. Country Club Drive and W. Southern Avenue, 82 • S. Gilbert Road and US 60, 80 • S. Country Club Drive and W. Juanita Avenue, 79 • S. Power Road and US 60, 74 • S. Ellsworth Road and E. Pecos Road, 73 • E. Broadway Road and S. Mesa Drive, 69 • S. Stapley Drive and E. Broadway Road 67 • S. Dobson Road and W. Southern Avenue, 65

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Report: Arizona comes up short on traffic safety laws

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ASHINGTON – Arizona continues to be rated one of the worst states in the nation for its highway safety laws, falling among those states that are “dangerously behind in adoption of … optimal laws,” a report said last week.

But one state official dismissed the report by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, saying the organization has been “attacking” Arizona for years in its rankings and overlooks the good the state is doing in other areas of highway safety.

“They only look at the big picture, they don’t look at the individual things Arizona has done,” said Alberto Gutier, director of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

The 2019 Roadmap of State Highway Safety Laws gives each state a rating, from green to yellow to red, for its adoption of 16 laws the Advocates’ report deems “essential.”

Arizona and 10 other states got the lowest rating, red. Six states and the District of Columbia got green ratings and the other 33 got yellow.

The 16 laws targeted by the group fall in five areas: seat belt and motorcycle helmet requirements, child seats, teen driving, impaired driving and distracted driving.

Arizona did well on impaired driving, getting credit for all three laws in that category, but only has one other backed by the report, a requirement that teen drivers (Cronkite News) Cathy Chase of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety said have a licensed adult in the car during their six-month Arizona and other states’ laws “are mired in mediocrity.” learner’s permit period.

Arizona, with only four of the recomChase said Arizona needs to work on mended 16 laws, was tied for third-low- a few specific laws: Primary seat-belt est among states. Only South Dakota and laws, which allow an officer to pull over a Wyoming had fewer, while Missouri and driver for not wearing a seat belt as a soMontana had four of the laws. called primary violation, and mandatory No state had all 16 laws in place. Rhode motorcycle helmets.

Island is closest with 13 of the laws on the Gutier said that a helmet law is “never books. going to happen” in Arizona, but noted “Right now, we are mired in mediocrity that about 86 percent of motorcyclists in when we could be boasting about bold the state already wear helmets without leadership,” said Cathy Chase, president a law. of Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, Similarly, he said that while Arizona does at a news conference to release the report not have primary seat belt laws, the state Tuesday. does require seat-belt use and has a “great

record” of issuing seat-belt citations.

“Even though we are a secondary state, last year we wrote 33,186 seat belt citations,” he said.

Gutier said the state should get more credit for its efforts to prevent drunken driving. Those efforts include programs to help find designated drivers, the “Know Your Limit” campaign, which helps people know whether they drank too much to drive, and the ability to take either a blood sample or a breathalyzer test for suspected drunken drivers.

One area where the state fell short was distracted driving. Gutier said he hopes the legislature can pass a bill this year to ban cell-phone use and text messaging behind the wheel.

Chase and other advocates said they plan to continue fighting until every state has passed their recommended laws. She was accompanied by police and medical officials, and by Helen Witty, national president of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, who lost her daughter Helen Marie to an impaired driver in 2000.

“MADD won’t stop, I won’t stop, until the day there are no more victims,” she said. “Until there are no more stories like Helen Marie’s.”

the new software, however, but it won’t be rolled out districtwide until a fix for the Facebook hole is found.

“All the testing we had done indicated we were adequately blocking inappropriate material,” Hollands told the MPS governing board at its Jan. 22 meeting. “The target (threat) is always moving.”

Parents have been urging the district to improve its filtering system for the last year and a half. The usage of social media in the classroom is one of the issues the district is still trying to iron out.

“My viewpoint is we have these computers as educational tools, not social ones,” board member Jenny Richardson said.

But Hollands detailed for the board the educational value of social media.

“Right now, the number-one source of news for adults is Facebook,” Hollands said. “Right or wrong, that’s where people are going.

“At the same time, how are we going to teach a child what fake news is and how to discern real news from fake news if we never expose them to that? That could have serious implications later on as they’re making major life decisions.”

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District numbers also show popular video streaming sites Netflix and Hulu were also way down on the bottom of the list. But the stats don’t factor in what kids are sneaking in on their phones off the school’s network.

District officials said they are still optimistic the Relay software will help administrators and teachers have more control over what students can see and do on the internet while they’re at school.

Holland gave the board another overview of the application this week, showing off its tracking and blocking abilities.

The software can break down what times of day a student uses his or her devices, which sites are the top searched and which sites the software has blocked from accessing.

“If Netflix shows up at 12 hours on your top site, that’s probably a really good conversation to have,” Hollands said.

Mesa High School will be the first district campus to test the filtering software this semester. The district then plans to get feedback before taking it to the entire district. That’s also assuming they’ve already patched the glitch that’s shutting down social media district wide until further notice.

Mesa Public Schools turns off social media access

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security flaw in Mesa Public Schools’ computer network has forced district officials to cut off student and teacher access to social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat.

The impromptu decision came last week after workers found the district’s new detection software failed to filter out some inappropriate material on Facebook.

Members of the district’s technology staff discovered the flaw while testing Relay, the filtering software the board approved in December to stop students from accessing porn and other inappropriate sites on the district’s network.

Helen Hollands, the district’s executive director of technology and communications, said the social media sites will be shut down “until such time as we identify technology that will allow safe access.”

“At this point, Relay – which we thought was going to help that situation – is not performing up to the level that we wanted for that particular use,” she said.

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agreed with the importance of keeping it in the classroom, saying the risks of social media misuse far outweigh the benefits.

“We assume a fair amount of responsibility that we don’t necessarily have to as a district,” Peterson said. “We take on some of those parenting responsibilities.”

New board member Marcie Hutchison said she wants to hear more from teachers how they use social media in their classrooms before making a judgment.

“There are social media uses going on in our classroom today we know are positive learning uses for those students,” Hollands said. “In all aspects of their life they will interact with technology, so it’s important.”

According to the district’s analytics, its network servers rack up nearly two billion clicks per month from various sites such as Google, Microsoft and Canvas, the school management software.

The top-eight searched items make up 82 percent of the total clicks, led by Google and personal email.

Social media sites made up only 2 percent of the clicks, but that’s likely because most students use social media apps on their phones and not the web-based site to communicate.

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Local financial advisor’s investment pays off in novel

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longtime financial advisor with a passion for history and love of sci-fi is thrilled his investment in writing has paid off in the form of his first novel.

Howard Gershkowitz, 62, a Chandler resident for 19 years, wrote “The Operator,” a fictional novel set in Prescott that involves time travel, the economy and romance. Independent publishing company All Things That Matter Press published it.

Gershkowitz has worked in the financial services industry for 34 years and is a financial advisor in Scottsdale. Born in New York City, he earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey but after getting a job in engineering decided it wasn’t the right field for him.

Prior to moving to Arizona, he also owned an engraving business in New

“Writing is what I hope to be my next career,” Gershkowitz said.

“I’ve always journaled.

I’ve always written poetry. I always wanted to be a writer, but I knew I had to earn a living. My son works (Lisa Gershkowtiz) me.

Author Howard Gershkowitz met with people at the Mesa Book Festival last with month. The 19-year Chandler resident recently wrote his first book, “The Operator,” He’s also my a fictional novel set in Prescott involving time travel, the economy and romance. best friend.

He and I talk York for a few years and then reestab- about everything. On my 55th birthday lished the engraving company, which he I said, ‘If I don’t start writing soon, I may owned with his wife, Lisa, and another never get it done.’”

He said his son, Robert Gershkowitz, business partner, and ran it for several a financial planner, recommended writyears in Chandler.

Knit hats warm babies, raise awareness of heart defects

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andmade red knit hats are being created by volunteers in Chandler and around the country to warm little ones’ heads and boost awareness of congenital heart defects.

OptumCare Network of Arizona – through its Chandler Community Center and community centers in Goodyear and Deer Valley – is part of the American Heart Association’s Little Hats Big Hearts initiative.

Volunteers knitted and crocheted red hats for babies last month and will give them to newborns in February.

They are helping the American Heart Association and Children’s Heart Foundation celebrate American Heart Month.

OptumCare Network of Arizona’s Chandler Community Center at 985 W. Chandler Heights Road is one of the three centers in Arizona taking part in the cap-

making and donations.

The centers offer free preventative wellness activities including blood pressure checks and yoga, Pilates and other fitness classes, parties, as well as computer, stress management and foreign language courses open to the public.

Denise Ali-Duchemin, 65, of Chandler, frequently comes to the community center and learned how to crochet hats from others who participate in events at the center. She enjoyed giving back.

“I’m just so happy that I found Optum because it really changed my life,” AliDuchemin said.

“It’s really a good thing because when you have a baby you want something, like a keepsake,” she added. “Optum was the best thing that happened to me. I moved here, I didn’t know anybody. The staff is wonderful. The people I’m meeting are very nice.”

Ben Brock, associate director of community programs at OptumCare Network

of Arizona, said the hatmaking effort is a “win, win, win.”

It not only raises awareness of congenital heart defects, but also supports the American Heart Association and benefits people like Ali-Duchemin.

“Someone like Denise learned a new skill,” Brock said. “Learning a new skill is super good for our brain. Then we also have that socialization of getting to know other people. It’s just something nice to give them purpose.

“To be able to work

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ing classes. The determined Howard has taken classes at community colleges and Arizona State University’s Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, as well as in workshops around the country.

He juggles writing in between his fulltime job and spending time with Lisa, Robert and his two grandchildren: Oliver, 10; and Emmery, 3, kids to Robert and Robert’s wife, Darcy. Howard typically wakes up by 4:30 a.m, writes for an hour and a half, and then again at 2 p.m. after the stock market closes.

He usually holes up in his garage, which is converted to a writing studio, or a Starbucks in Chandler.

“People told me I have a natural talent for it,” he said. “Coming up with ideas for stories and poetry and even novels isn’t a problem. You need to be able to work on characterization and the plot.”

Howard has been writing for more than seven years but got inspired to write “The Operator” in January 2015

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Denise Ali-Duchemin, 65, of Chandler learned how to crochet and now enjoys making knitted caps for newborns.

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Mesa teacher named to human rights institute post

serving on many of its education committees, and is on the board of the Phoe-

nix Holocaust Survivors’ Association.

“We’ve been so lucky to have an educator with Kim’s extensive experience on our staff, and her skill set is perfectly suited to this new role at EIHR,” said Educator’s Institute Executive Director Kate English. “Kim’s hard work and professionalism frame all of her endeavors.”

The Educators’ Institute for Human Rights develops partnerships with teachers in countries recovering from conflict to provide training in best practices on human rights, genocide prevention and Holocaust education.

It seeks to help educators and students worldwide to better understand the history of mass atrocities, including the Holocaust, and apply the lessons to their lives in order to create a more tolerant, educated and peaceful future.

English praised Klett’s contributions stating: “She does this work over and above her full-time commitment to the students of Mesa. We are proud of her work.”

screening appointment.

Although the screening is complementary, patients selected as a patient for the program will be charged for customized oral health care services.

The Mesa Community College Den(Special to the Tribune) These Mesa Community Colledge second-year dental hygiene students are tal Hygiene preparing to provide free oral screenings as part of their class work but also Clinic offers because they enjoy giving back to the community. a full range of dental hyson’s teeth, the better in some respects. giene services in the evening at the AriThe students need to demonstrate zona School of Dentistry and Oral Health their skill at cleaning teeth with varying Clinic. degrees of tartar buildup.

Should teeth need a cleaning – done by Mounabah said students are especially appointment 5:30-8:30 p.m. Mondays looking for people whose teeth are in through Thursdays – the students accept the higher levels because they “are also dental insurance. And even patients who more difficult for us to find” and yet they don’t have insurance get a deal, since the are needed for the students’ final exams. students charge less if a patient can afThis is a screening only, participants ford to pay. will not be guaranteed an appointment, Those who cannot afford to pay anyreceive a comprehensive exam or re- thing may qualify for free cleaning – ceive any definitive treatment during the with expenses covered by the students

themselves.

“We have student funds that go towards covering the cost of treatment for patients who can’t afford it,” Mounabah explained. “This way we ensure the patients are able to get the care that they need without cost being an inhibiting factor. We work diligently throughout the year by hosting multiple fundraisers and selling numerous dental products in order to raise enough money in our student funds account to be able to pay for these patients.”

As for the discounts available by having the students do the cleaning, she added, “Our rates for treatment start at $35 for a basic cleaning and can go up to $375 for a deep cleaning. The cost varies, based on individual patient need. These rates are a lot less than a standard dental office that can charge $800-$1000 for a deep cleaning without insurance.”

While the students only need to successfully complete a two-year program to get a state license, they need a fouryear degree to teach. Starting next year, MCC will offer a concurrent degree program with Northern Arizona University, enabling students to get a bachelor’s degree while studying at MCC. Screenings will be done on a firstcome, first-served basis, but people who want a specific time – and know they’ll be there – can call 602-558-8452.

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Mesa teacher has been named the deputy executive director of the Educators’ Institute for Human Rights.

Kim Klett, an English teacher at Dobson High School, has served as an international program coordinator supporting the institute’s partnerships in Bosnia, Herzegovina and elsewhere since joining the staff in 2016.

At Dobson High in 2001, Klett developed a semester-long literature course on the Holocaust and other genocides.

She became a teacher fellow with the Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2003 and joined its regional education corps in 2005.

A Carl Wilkens Fellow in 2001, Klett also is a trainer for Echoes and Reflections, a professional development program for teachers of the Holocaust.

She sponsors student activism clubs, including STAND and Anti-Defamation League’s A World of Difference.

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Dobson High English teacher Kim Klett, right, works as executive director of the Educators’ Institute for Human Rights on her own time, coordinating international partnerships and teaching students about the Holocaust and other genocides.

She also works with the East Valley Jewish Community Center in Chandler,

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Fourteen second-year dental hygiene students – supervised by a licensed dentist and hygienist – will be giving free Xrays and oral health and cancer assessments 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 2, at 5855 E. Still Circle, Mesa on the A.T. Still University campus on Baseline Road near Recker Road.

Dental student Mai Mounabah said the students also will provide free or radically reduced-cost cleaning for people who need it.

The effort is a win-win for both students and patients: The patients get an important check-up and the students get experience – and possibly some people they can try their newly acquired cleaning skills on.

“The reason why we conduct oral cancer screenings is to detect any indication that a patient might have oral cancer,” Mounabah explained. “Oral cancer has a high mortality rate because it often goes unnoticed because most people don’t know you can have cancer in your mouth.”

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when he and Lisa visited Hassayampa Inn in Prescott, where they saw an old switchboard.

He said the hotel “is rumored to be haunted” and imagined what it would be like if he awakened in 1929 and met a character named Talia Sanders, a hotel switchboard operator.

The main character, Harold, brings his wife, Laura, on vacation to Prescott and gets into what Howard called a “squirmhole,” a term he invented to mean a method of time travel without breaking any laws of physics.

In the book, Harold travels back to 1929, where he meets and has an affair with Talia and the two try to stop the Great Depression from happening.

However, the author said Harold wakes up in the present and realizes nothing has changed other than Talia “invested appropriately after the market crashed.”

Harold also learns Talia left him with a billion-dollar fortune, along with instructions on how to stop another national financial collapse.

Harold must deal with Talia’s son, who will do anything to get control of the money, and he must find his way through a political world in Washington, where he crosses paths with a dan-

gerous power broker who has his own agenda.

The saying that art imitates life is partly true with “The Operator.” Howard said the character Laura is based on his wife and that Talia reminds him of her when she was younger.

Howard had already written two other books which have not been published yet, but said “The Operator” came together smoothly for him.

“I had some excellent assistance from various authors,” he said. “I didn’t expect it honestly as soon as it came out. Everyone I talked to said, ‘It’s gonna take you ten years.’ When I saw the first copy it was like having a baby. Literally it felt like that. Finally, it’s real. There are no words to describe it.”

One author he learned from was Steven James, a national best-selling novelist who held a novel workshop in Tennessee. Howard said participating in that workshop helped him “get over the hump.”

“Howard is an imaginative author who brings great detail and a sense of place to his work,” James said.

Howard also learned from Patrick Finn, residential faculty in English and creative writing at Chandler-Gilbert Community College. He took a class from Finn.

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the classroom was his curiosity and tenacity,” Finn said. “He wanted to know everything there was to know about writing fiction, and when he learned those qualities, he dedicated his imaginative efforts to bringing his stories to life on the page – draft after draft, until he got better and better.

“And that’s why he can now point to his own published book on the shelf. Anyone who wants to write a book needs to follow Howard’s formula: You have to want it, and that want must manifest itself in a daily effort of hard work.”

Perhaps Howard’s biggest fans are his family members. Robert and Lisa are proud of him for writing and getting his novel published, as are their other family members.

“I am just super excited for him,” Lisa said. “I’m so glad that he was able to accomplish the goal that he set out to. He’s just so excited about it, as is the entire family. It is a very interesting story. He has quite the imagination, and it’s just something you don’t see out there every day. I’m anxious for a lot more people to get their hands on it.”

She is impressed Howard was able to find time to write the novel.

“That’s what everybody marvels at is that he’s been able to carve out that niche of time that’s required for him to

get this goal done,” Lisa said. “He’s been able to do that in and amongst all of his other obligations.”

Robert, 31, said his father is great at juggling multiple tasks at once.

“Obviously I’m very proud of what he’s done,” he said. “Certainly, since I’ve known him, he’s always got his hands in a couple areas. He was a business owner. He’s always been an entrepreneur. I wouldn’t expect anything less. He’s one of the smartest people that I know. He’s a very persistent person. The story’s great and he’s always been into sci-fi.

He’s always been into fiction. He touches on the financial universe… topics he’s lived and breathed.”

Robert said his son, Oliver, is fascinated that his grandfather wrote a book.

“Out of all the people that I think this has impacted, the most has been my son,” he said. “He already had my dad as a hero. Oliver is absolutely impacted the most by this.”

When coming to Howard’s book signings, Oliver has followed him around and “his eyes are just gigantic,” Robert said.

“The Operator” has five-star ratings on Amazon.com and on Goodreads.com.

“The Operator” is available at Changing Hands Bookstore at 6428 S. McClintock Drive, Tempe, and online at Amazon.com.

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velop normally prior to birth, according to the American Heart Association.

Congenital heart ailments comprise the leading birth defect in the United States and at least nine out of every 1,000 infants born each year has a heart defect, the association said.

OptumCare bought the yarn for the volunteers to make the hats.

“It’s a beautiful thing,” Ali-Duchemin said. “They’re made with love. It’s not just a store-bought hat.”

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on something that they know is for a good cause increases that sense of purpose.”

The hats will be donated to all babies born at many hospitals in the Valley, including Chandler Regional Medical Center.

“It’s just more of a symbol to bring awareness to heart health for babies,” Brock said.

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Deaf Mesa taco chef listens only to inspiration

BY JASON STONE Tribune Staff Writer

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arcus Bryant grew up black and deaf, a double whammy of discrimination that would shape his entire life.

Not only did he deal with the institutional racism of a divided country just after the Civil Rights movement, but the 43-year-old Mesa resident learned to live with a hearing disability for which many people don’t have the patience.

To make matters worse, Bryant floated around foster home to foster home during childhood, making his success today even more unexpected.

“I get a lot of inspiration from Martin Luther King Jr.,” Bryant said through a sign language interpreter. “The fact that he never gave up. I grew up with discrimination, and I became resilient. He is a huge source of positive thinking.”

Bryant is now the creator of Chef Marcus’s Kitchen Tacolicious and Catering Business. Since October he’s been popping up his canopy across the Valley to serve gourmet tacos at street events, office parties, private birthdays, neighborhood gatherings and anywhere else you might see a food truck.

January is Black Deaf History Month, and it’s also a month that honors the birthday of MLK. It’s safe to say the late Civil Rights leader probably would have been proud of Bryant’s story of perseverance.

Long before he had any dreams, Bryant was just trying to stay alive.

One night when he was 9, his birth parents went to an event and left him home alone with his five siblings. The house caught fire, forcing Bryant and the other children to barely escape the flames.

Because the children were unattended, Bryant was put into foster care and rarely saw his birth parents again.

“It was a traumatic experience,” Bryant said. “I moved 11 or 12 times. I was never in a house with a family that could communicate with me.”

The unstable life, combined with the disability that already made life hard, caused him to feel depressed, confused and bitter.

But the upward trend in Bryant’s life

wasn’t far away.

He finally found a family in West Covina, California, who could sign, giving him a stable home.

And a transfer to a new high school near Los Angeles opened his eyes to something he could focus his future on – the culinary arts.

He ultimately (Jason Stone/Tribune) enrolled in the Coastline Region- Marcus Bryant of Mesa has refused all his life to let a hearing disability or racism defeat him. He runs a mobile taco business and caters to events al Occupational as well.

Program in Costa been using a pop-up tent to quickly creMesa and received a culinary arts cerate a portable kitchen where people tificate.

Since then Bryant has worked mostly want gourmet tacos. He eventually plans in the hospitality industry, serving up to invest in a food truck and hopes to food at various places across Southern open his own restaurant as the ultimate California before moving to Arizona in dream.

“When I look at it with an analytical eye, 2013 to be near the family of his wife, I think, ‘I can do this,” Bryant said about who is also deaf.

Bryant previously served as the lead opening a restaurant. “There’s nothing chef at the Seville Golf and Country Club different than what I’m doing now other in Gilbert for a time and now works full- than it’s a brick-and-mortar store.”

Bryant’s company branding is hitting time at the Red Mountain East Valley in Gold Canyon when he’s not running the all the big spots. He has his website, ChefMarcusTacolicious.com, Twitter and Intaco stand. stagram pages and even a YouTube chanHis Tacolicious menu is varied.

It includes Chef Marcus’s Cinnamon nel he calls “The Deaf Chef Marcus.” With Apple Pie Dessert Tacos, which feature Bryant’s gregarious personality, there’s cinnamon sugar, caramelized apples no surprise he’s labeled the channel unand green colored whipped cream. The der the “comedy” category.

He said he’s trying to be a positive inBlazin’ Shrimp Tacos are a spicy number with roasted bell peppers, jalapenos and fluence for others who deal with hearing black beans. And don’t forget a vegan problems.

The Arizona Commission for the Deaf choice, with The Best Vegan Street Tacos, featuring cauliflower and Portobello and Hard of Hearing estimates 1.1 million residents suffer some level of hearmushrooms.

Bryant said many of his customers ing loss. That’s nearly 16 percent of the don’t know he’s deaf when they come up state’s estimated seven million people.

The ACDHH was formed in 1977 to beto his table. A lot of the ordering consists of pointing, nodding and writing down come an advocate for any hearing loss issues in government and to serve the orders.

“Some people get impatient and say state’s growing population of people with they don’t have time,” Bryant said. “I’m hearing loss. The commission’s work can still trying to find the best way possible be seen at events such as Phoenix Suns to communicate with customers. It’s on- and Arizona Diamondbacks, where close captioning units are available. going learning.”

About 20,000 people in Arizona are In launching the business, Bryant has

culturally deaf, meaning they use sign language to communicate. The ACDHH estimates about 30 percent of deaf people in Arizona know how to sign.

When Beca Bailey, the community engagement liaison for ACDHH, heard about Bryant and his business on Facebook, she thought it would be a great story to tell people who read the commission’s newsletter.

“He’s a very energetic and motivated guy,” said Bailey, 44, who lost her hearing at birth for unknown reasons. “When he gets frustrated about something, he’s very solution-oriented. We want deaf people to see (his story), but we also want people who are struggling with hearing loss to know our services are available.”

Bryant has already been giving back to the young deaf community. He recently started telling his life story to children at deaf schools across the Valley to help inspire them to dream big despite their disabilities.

“I’m trying to impart to them that I know how they feel, especially when they can’t communicate with their parents,” Bryant said. “I want them to know about the power of positivity.”

Bryant has an upcoming speaking event planned for Sequoia School for the Deaf in Mesa.

To contact Bryant about booking his catering services, visit his website or call 480-264-0147.

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In a joint announcement last week, the SouthEast Valley Regional Association of Realtors (SEVRAR) and the West Maricopa County Regional Association of Realtors said they’ve been discussing a merger and that “the discussions created an undeniable synergy between” them.

Both were formed in 1946.

SEVRAR CEO Pamela Frestedt said that while a merger would primarily impact members, buyers and sellers would indirectly benefit from an even more educated group of Realtors.

She stressed that SEVRAR already runs “an education program almost every day” for members at no cost, since that effort is covered in their association dues.

“It’s more for the membership,” Frestedt told AFN. “We’re all about education and professional standards. But that can’t help benefit consumers in the long run.”

SEVRAR serves over 13,700 Realtors and affiliates throughout Ahwatukee, Apache Junction, Chandler, Gilbert, San Tan Valley, Guadalupe, Mesa, Queen Creek, Gold Canyon, Sun Lakes and Tempe. WeMAR serves over 10,000 brokers and agents throughout Avondale, Buckeye, El Mirage, Glendale, Gila Bend, Goodyear, Litchfield Park, Peoria, Sun City, Sun City West, Surprise, Tolleson, Youngtown, Waddell and Wickenburg, as well as the Douglas and Western

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Members of both associations will vote in person at a meeting in midMarch following a series of town hall meetings for them, Frestedt said.

A merger would provide “new advantages to agents that include expanded benefits and services, economies of scale and access to multiple locations throughout the Valley. Broker benefits include a stronger relationship with the Arizona Department of Real Estate, a reduction in processes and fees, special broker support and a broker liaison,” the associations’ joint release said.

For the industry at large, they added, benefits would include “addi-

tional opportunities for professional engagement and recognition, expansion of community outreach and programs and increased efforts to protect members and their businesses.”

Derek Anglin, SEVRAR president, said, “Because our members are the heart and purpose of our Association, we’re not taking this opportunity lightly. Merging our associations has to create value for our members.”

Added WeMAR President M. Teresa Rubio-Acuna: “With these similarities and strengths, it makes sense to unite efforts and become one to provide more value for our members.”

Both SEVRAR and WeMAR provide real estate advocacy, education, networking events, business services and other benefits to members.

In the statement, they touted their “strong leadership, financial discipline, positive cultures and unique philosophies.”

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Hard to understand why anyone would like Trump

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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fter writing about and working in politics for 25 years, I’ve come to the conclusion that everything I’ve learned can be summed up in one sentence: People vote with their hearts, not their minds.

For two years now, I’ve been reading convoluted explanations about how the United States elected Donald Trump as its President. I’ve read about the alleged rise of the uneducated and angry white working class, about cultural and economic anxiety, about loathing of immigrants and on and on. To me, that’s all a bunch of hokum.

You want to know how Donald Trump became President? He ran against Hillary Clinton, the one presidential candidate in all America people liked even less than him, at least in enough states for Trump to win 304 electoral votes and the presi-

dency.

I mention this because we passed the halfway point in the Trump presidency last week, and I just got done reading his poll numbers.

According to Gallup, 59 percent of America currently disapproves of the job Trump is doing, while 37 percent approve. As for the other four percent, I assume they’re far smarter than the rest of us, because they stopped paying attention a few months ago.

I’ll be honest: Trump’s poll numbers shock me. I can’t believe they’re actually that high. Which brings me to the point of this column, which is less a point and more like a question: Does anybody in America with the exception of blood relatives and maybe a small percentage of paid employees actually like Donald Trump?

I’m not talking about what the pollsters ask: Do you approve of the job he’s doing as President? I mean like him. As in, “You know, he seems like a pretty cool

guy. I’d love to have a beer with Trump.

Or play a round of golf. Heck, I wouldn’t even call him out on all his mulligans and the cheating. He’s simply that charming.”

Trump is the 10th president during my lifetime and he’s the one I’ve liked the least on a personal level, though I’ve never found any president to be someone I’d want to hang out with on a Sunday.

George W. Bush appeared the most likeable to me, because he seemed like a fellow you could talk baseball with and maybe not feel overwhelmed by his intellect.

I know a lot of folks liked Barack Obama when he was in office, but I was never a fan. He seemed to me like an aloof, too cool cat pretending to be a not aloof, regular guy.

Richard Nixon ruined my ABC afterschool specials with his Watergate hearings. And Bill Clinton always reminded me of that college buddy who you’d find coming out of the bathroom with someone else’s girlfriend at every Saturday

ferently than when I joined the board in 2013. During my first Chairmanship in 2014, I started a zero-based budgeting initiative where departments build budgets from the ground up, justifying all spending rather than just changes from the previous year.

That’s a cultural shift that has led to leaner budgets and more focus on key strategic goals. While other governments took on more debt than they could handle as our economy recovered, Maricopa County maintained a AAA bond rating by not overstepping our mandated authority, keeping two months’ emergency cash, and making sure our big spends align with our highest priorities and make us more efficient in the long run.

then, my colleagues and I have carefully considered which rules, regulations and processes make sense and which ones may be outdated, overly cumbersome or needlessly expensive.

We’re not there yet, but I think the pendulum has swung back in the right direction as we look for ways to approve plans faster and in a manner more convenient for our customers. Next steps include providing more options for those who prefer to do business online, as well as bringing our Air Quality, Environmental Services, and Planning and Development departments together under one roof for those seeking a permit. That’s something that will happen over the next couple of years.

night party.

Basically, we’ve done a lot of striking out with presidents over the last 50 years. For the most part, they’ve managed to become President not through masterful political calculation, but by running against people who are somehow even less likeable than they are.

Then there’s Trump.

Two years into his presidency, I find myself burning with curiosity. I want to meet the human being who reads the tweets, sees the arrogance, hears the constant boasting and nastiness, and thinks, yes, I cannot get enough of this guy. What a shining example of humanity. If only my kids would grow up to be the spitting image.

Do I understand voting for Trump over Hillary Clinton? I do. Do I understand approving of the push for border security or lessening regulation on business? Absolutely. But like the guy?

Explain it to me. My email is david@leibowitzsolo.com. I’m all eyes.

Barney lists major accomplishments as county supervisor

BY DENNY BARNEY AFN Guest Writer

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s many of you know, I am stepping down from my position on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to focus on my role as CEO of the East Valley Partnership.

Ultimately, the chance to be directly involved with economic development in the region my family helped found was one I couldn’t pass up. However, I will always be grateful to the voters who entrusted me to represent them; to my colleagues on the board who challenged and supported me; and to the 13,000+ county employees who did the hard work involved in providing responsive, accountable and fiscally intelligent public service.

I’m proud of many things we accomplished together, but I want to use my last column as a supervisor to highlight three items in particular. Hopefully they are making your life better in some way.

Fiscal management The county manages its finances dif-

Regulatory reform New development is good for businesses and families and, when I took office, we were making people jump through too many hoops. The status quo needed to go.

Early in my tenure, we created citizenled task forces so we could hear directly from the businesses, developers and residents affected by regulatory policy. Since

Criminal justice Public safety is the #1 responsibility of any government and what I’ve learned during my time on the board is that we don’t have to choose between doing the right thing and doing the cost-effective thing. The Maricopa County Smart Justice Initiative has been using a collaborative, evidence-based approach to find ways

to reduce recidivism, average time spent in jail and cost of incarceration while increasing the number of positive outcomes for justice-involved individuals. Some of these approaches cut against common assumptions.

For example, research shows mixing low-risk and high-risk offenders – even in well-designed programs – actually increases the chance that low-level criminals will commit new crimes.

We’ve adjusted our programming as a result so that low-risk offenders have shorter jail stays while high-risk inmates get more intensive programming so they leave jail with skills to deal with past trauma or overcome substance misuse.

There is still a lot of work ahead for Maricopa County if we want to continue to be a place where families and businesses thrive. I have every confidence that my colleagues on the board, including the new District 1 Supervisor, will lead us into the next decade with wisdom, optimism and courage.

Thank you again for the privilege of serving on the Board of Supervisors.

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BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

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t high schools across the East Valley, female wrestling finally has arrived, no holds barred.

Since the Arizona Interscholastic Association, the governing body of high school sports in the state, announced last May that it would sanction girls wrestling as an “emerging sport” this school year, a collective sigh of relief was uttered by every female wrestler who previously had to practice moves against a member of the boys wrestling team.

The first girls wrestling season is under way with sectional and state tournaments to follow. The script is similar to the AIA’s roll out of beach volleyball last year.

Stefany Valencia, a first-year wrestler for Westwood High, who took third place in her weight class at the Anthony Robles Eastside Women’s Tournament on Jan. 12, found her first athletic calling in the sport.

(Eric Newman/Tribune Staff)

Westwood High girls wrestling team member Stefany Valencia said the nature of the sport brings teammates closer together.

Valencia likes the sense of camaraderie and pride among female wrestlers,

knowing they are breaking ground.

“You have to get close with the girls to

practice,” Valencia said. “Then we start talking to each other outside about wrestling, and we start knowing each other.”

They respect that they are part of the inaugural year, setting the first records for girls down the line to break as the sport grows.

Mariah Gramza, one of just two on the Perry High girls wrestling team, took first place in her weight class in Perry’s first tournament of the season.

Gramza said that she sensed silent judgment that she lacked skill and was out of place on the mat when she used to wrestle against boys. Holding up a winner’s medal – the first Perry girl to do so in wrestling – it was clear that the tide had turned.

“It kind of felt nice winning and proving them wrong,” she said.

Having their own teams, being able to wrestle against other females and now having the opportunity to be crowned

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Huskies’ hockey team freezing the attitude, netting early success

BY CARSON ROBERTS Tribune Contributing Writer

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aving lost many of his top performers to graduation, Hamilton High hockey coach Tim Newlin saw it as an opportunity to mold a younger team in a way he couldn’t with one loaded with seniors.

“Some of the kids ran the bench and dictated things, and certainly weren’t very respectful to the coaching staff that was in place,” Newlin said. “That’s going to be different this year.”

The Huskies have already seen success. They cruised to a 4-0-0 preseason record and were 9-8-0 through December, in third place in Arizona High School Hockey Association Division 1 behind the two teams that played in last year’s state-championship game, Notre Dame Prep and Pinnacle.

Their early-season success is a direct result of Newlin’s more structured approach. He wants his team to control puck possession, emphasizing teamwork rather than individual performance.

points) and Jake Wreschner (4).

Carter Newlin has emerged as the scoring leader with 15 points, including a teamleading 10 goals.

Murphy, now a senior, was the team leader last season with 12 goals and 22 points. The playmaking forward did a lot of damage on the power play, netting four goals.

(Carrie Shiverdecker/Special for the Tribune) Connor Bottrill Hamilton High’s hockey team, with players like Connor Manning, have burst onto the undergone an attitude adjustment that has them in third place at AHSHA scene last midseason in Arizona High School Hockey Association Division 1. year, dishing out 11 assists as a juThe Huskies still have talent, especially nior, which led the team. Bottrill tied for up front with Patrick Murphy (11 points second on the team in goals with 9.

Wreschner, a senior, matched Bottrill’s through 17 games), Connor Bottrill (8

goal mark with 9 of his own last year; however, his 58 penalty minutes also placed him second on the team. Wreschner is aware of the adjustments he must make, citing a key moment from the Huskies’ 5-2 playoff loss to Notre Dame Prep.

In the second period, there was a battle along the boards for the puck. Wreschner came in hard, checking a Notre Dame player from behind, Wreschner recalled.

The referees saw it and sent Wreschner to the penalty box. The Saints scored on the ensuing power play.

“If I hadn’t done that, then we would have had a lead going into the third period and it would’ve been a different game,” Wreschner said.

Logan Bellar and Hayden Manning also emerged during the first half of the season.

Although Bellar is a senior this is his first year with the team. The big, puckmoving defenseman has carved out an important role for the Huskies with 7 goals and 14 points through 17 games.

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Taking her pulse: Soccer star more interested in nursing

BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

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t’s hard to believe that Desert Ridge High senior forward Jessica Olander’s soccer career might end with the final whistle this season.

“It would be really hard to let go of the game,” Olander said. “But I want to be a nurse and go to medical school so it’s hard to play soccer while doing that.”

With a full-ride academic scholarship to Northern Arizona University, Olander’s future on the field has taken a backseat to her future in the classroom.

With a 4.0 GPA, Olander knows she has the ability to go anywhere for school but seems determined to continue her education about 2 hours north of Desert Ridge in Flagstaff next fall.

She is open to continuing to play if it doesn’t get in the way of school.

“I’ll get one or two emails a day asking what she is doing,” Desert Ridge coach Robert LaPlante said. “I tell them that she has academic scholarships to go somewhere for free and go into nursing. It’s hard to say no to free money.”

LaPlante, in his eighth season at Desert Ridge, often finds himself trying to persuade college coaches to offer Olander a full ride as well as give her the leniency to pursue a career in nursing while playing.

He knows she has had her heart set on NAU. He is trying to persuade her to walk-on to the soccer program.

“I have told her to go talk to the new soccer coach and feel it out,” LaPlante said. “If she can do it, great. If not, then she focuses on academics and it works out.”

Olander began playing when she was 3, kicking the ball around with her family in the yard. She later attended soccer camps and played in youth leagues.

The game grew on her as she made new friends and her skills improved.

Spectators would tell her how talented she was, which came as a bit of a surprise

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Bellar, taking some of the offensive responsibility, was recruited during the off season by players on the team.

“All of my friends played and they said it was fun, so I decided to join,” Bellar said.

In the end, the Huskies’ success is riding on Manning’s ability in goal. The junior replaces Guy Blessing, a two-year starter who helped carry the team.

“We had to figure out our goalie situa-

(Zach Alvira/Tribune Staff)

Desert Ridge High soccer coach Robert LaPlante (right) and assistant Lindsey Cerqua Williams understand and support senior forward Jessica Olander’s goal to be a nurse but they would hate to see her give up the game in college.

“She’s always been dedicated and does the extra things out(Zach Alvira/Tribune Staff) side without anybody Jessica Olander, a senior forward at Desert Ridge High, is among the telling her,” LaPlante top soccer players in the region with a chance to continue in college. said. “We could tell With her perfect grade-point average, she says she is more interested early on she would be in focusing on a career in nursing. a big part of our ofto her. Once she realized just how good fense.” she could be she took her dedication to Olander had a breakout year as a freshanother level. man, scoring 18 goals on 43 shots and 3 “I started to think that I could actually assists in 17 games. Against Mesa on Jan. do something and go somewhere with 13, 2016, Olander scored five goals, leadit,” Olander said. “I really started taking ing the Jaguars to a 6-0 win. it seriously and practicing on my own. I She followed up with an even more imwould go out with my neighbor and kick pressive sophomore season. In 21 games the ball around, just do whatever I could she scored 23 goals and had 13 assists, to stay in the game.” scoring two or more goals in eight games.

Olander joined Arizona Arsenal’s Elite Olander believes that she took a step Clubs National League. Her team played backward as a junior. She scored 12 goals other elite teams from across the country. and had 6 assists.

Now a senior, she has once again taken Her time with ECNL prepared her for high school, where she made the Desert the reigns of the Desert Ridge offense.

“I don’t want to say everything goes Ridge varsity roster as a freshman.

tion this year, and it’s worked out great with Hayden Manning in net,” Newlin said.

Hamilton allowed 47 goals through 17 games, third-fewest in the league.

The Huskies once again appear to be chasing Notre Dame Prep and Pinnacle, placing them atop the best of the rest at midseason in Division 1 in AHSHA. Their improvement over the second half will determine if they can close the gap and compete for a title.

through her, but when she’s on it’s fun to watch,” LaPlante said. “It makes our jobs easier when someone that smart is up top to help.”

Through 17 games, Olander has 23 goals and 10 assists.

Her point total – a combination of points and goals – is 56, according to MaxPreps. That’s a school record. The senior captain has led the Jaguars to a 132-2 record, both losses to Red Mountain.

It’s one of the best starts Desert Ridge has had under LaPlante and assistant coach Lindsey Cerqua Williams. With only five seniors on the team, Olander is setting a foundation of success for years to come.

In the meantime, Olander is striving for the 6A state championship.

“We just need to continue to train hard at practice and go out there and give it our all,” Olander said. “We need to keep a good mindset even if we are down. We need to stay positive and do what we do.”

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state champion makes Horizon High wrestler Andrea Horanzy feel like she and other girls finally have their own identity in the sport.

“Before, I kind of felt isolated being the only girl, like I wasn’t important, especially because I was losing a lot against the boys my size,” said Horanzy. “Now, I feel more included.”

For years, girls struggled to fit in to the high school wrestling community. They were permitted to wrestle on boys high school teams because they had none of their own.

That kept some potential female wrestlers away from the mat.

With rosters small while the new sport builds, girls often still must wrestle against boys during practice sessions.

That’s uncomfortable for both, for reasons beyond a difference in muscle mass and natural strength.

Casteel High coach Frank Torres said several potential wrestlers and their parents were uncomfortable with their daughters in such close contact to similar-age boys.

“A couple of years ago, I had five juniorhigh cheerleaders walk in and say they wanted to wrestle,” Torres said. “I let

(Eric Newman/Tribune Staff)

Members of Westwood High’s girls wrestling team meet NCAA champion Anthony Robles during a tournament named in his honor. This is the first school year for the sport in Arizona.

them do it for a couple of practices and they didn’t come back because they were wrestling the boys.

“I asked them what drove them away and to boil it down it was just strange for

them being that close and having that kind of contact with boys.”

The sport, by its nature, requires close contact with the opponent to train and compete.

“We instantly become friends with every girl we meet on the other teams,” said Desert Vista wrestler Akira Cook. “Being girls and the only girl wrestlers, we have to stick together. It’s an honor that all of us are here.”

The rules of the sport have not changed.

Neither has the coaching. What’s different, though, is the sense of accomplishment the girls get from competing in a sport tailored just to them.

“I’ve definitely bragged about wrestling to a bunch of my friends,” said Desert Vista junior Hannah Armenta. “Now I’m trying to even more of them to do it, too.”

Torres calls wrestling one of the most inclusive sports girls can be a part of in high school now. All body shapes and sizes are welcome, even encouraged. With weight classes from 101 to 225 pounds, and competitors of more or less equal size, girls who might be too big or too small for other sports actually provide their teams with a scoring advantage in wrestling.

Further, he said, the boys on the high school wrestling scene often are the girls’ biggest cheerleaders.

“Nobody gets more excited and there’s no louder cheers than when one of your girls makes a good move or wins,” Torres said.

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BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GET OUT Editor

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ountry music and the Coors Light Birds Nest are fast friends, and this year’s chairman, Michael Golding, wasn’t about to put a wedge in it.

Nashville’s best takes the stage two of the four days at the Waste Management Phoenix Open concert series. Reigning ACM Vocal Group of the Year Old Dominion, Midland and Brandon Lay kick off the festivities on Jan. 30, followed by Jake Owen, Lee Brice and Michael Ray on Jan. 31.

The last two days stretch outside of country’s boundaries with the Chainsmokers and Snoop Dogg playing a sold-out show on Feb. 1, and Martin Garrix, DJ Vice and Justin Mylo Feb. 2.

“Country music is a big hit in the Valley

If you go

What: The Coors Light Birds Nest.

Where: Directly across from the main Waste Management Phoenix Open tournament entrance at 82nd Street and Bell Road, Scottsdale.

When: 3:30 to 10:30 p.m. Jan. 30-Feb. 2.

Tickets: $65-$120.

Info: coorslightbirdsnest.com.

and country performers are a lot of fun to work with,” said Golding, this year’s Birds Nest chairman.

“The Birds Nest has a great reputation in Nashville. In my opinion, Old Dominion, Midland, Jake Owen, Lee Brice, Michael Ray and Brandon Lay represent the best of country music right now. We were lucky to get them signed. It’s a great start to the Birds Nest.”

Old Dominion singer Matthew Ramsey vouches for Golding’s statement. Word has traveled to Nashville about the Birds Nest.

His guitarist, Brad Tursi, and drummer, Whit Sellers, are big golfers and hoping to get in a few holes.

Lay wants to give it a shot himself, even though he hasn’t hit the greens too often.

“We talked to some friends out there and they had good spots to go for a beginner, like myself,” he said. “I have so many hobbies. I’m sure my wife would like me to have another one. I figured I’d give it a swing while we’re out there.”

Lay and Ramsey, both of whom have new music ready for this year, are looking forward to sharing a stage again, as they spent the summer on Kenny Chesney’s Trip Around the Sun Tour.

“We’ve done a lot of shows with Old Do-

minion and this is just the cherry on top,” Lay said. “They have a party crowd following them around, and we can make new fans based on their audience. At the Birds Nest, I’ll try to warm up the crowd right with some ‘Yada, Yada, Yada’ and ‘Speakers, Bleachers and Preachers’ and people will have a good time.

“Arizona has been a good honey hole for us. Anytime we get out there, we appreciate the love. This time of year, the cold in Nashville makes it this much sweeter.”

What’s making this year’s Birds Nest sweet for Golding is the inclusion of Snoop Dogg.

“Growing up, Snoop Dogg was a favorite of mine, and a favorite of many people and a lot of Thunderbirds,” he said about the nonprofit organization formed in 1986 to distribute monies raised through the Waste Management Phoenix Open golf tournament and the Birds Nest. The Thunderbirds host the tournament.

“We worked with his team and it took some time, but we got him. He’s one of the best acts we’ve ever had. He resonates very well with the age range and for what the Valley is looking for in the Birds Nest acts.”

The most important bit, though, is the money the concert series brings in for

(Special to AFN)

Brandon Lay will kick off festivities with country music Jan. 30 at the Coors Light Birds Nest during the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

charity.

“That’s our job and the best part of being in the Thunderbirds organization,” he said.

“We see where the dollars go.”

Army of volunteers puts Phoenix Open on leader board

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY GET OUT Staff Writer

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he golfing universe will converge on Scottsdale when the Waste Management Phoenix Open begins Thursday, bringing a host of celebrities and professional golfers to the city to participate in the PGA Tour’s most attended tournament.

In addition to hundreds of thousands of fans, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps, Arizona Cardinals Pro Bowler Patrick Peterson and NFL Hall of Famer Emmitt Smith are among the celebrities expected to attend the Phoenix Open.

But while all eyes are on the big names, an army of thousands of volunteers will be hard at work behind the scenes and on the course.

Approximately 5,100 volunteers will work the event this year in security, concessions, transportation and as “hole

marshals” – the on-course ambassadors who are in charge of crowd control.

“Simply put, our volunteers are what make this tournament work,” said Ed Grant, a member of the Phoenix Thunderbirds organization that has helped run the tournament for eight decades.

The Thunderbirds work closely with the volunteers and one member of the organization is assigned to each group to expedite their duties and make sure operations run smoothly.

Last year, the Phoenix Thunderbirds also raised $12.2 million – bringing to more than $68 million the money they’ve generated for charity through the tournament since 2010.

Grant said the Thunderbird members, who are assigned to work with different groups every year, rely on the expertise of longtime volunteers – many of whom

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(Kim Carillo/Progress Staff Photographer)

Frank Kohler, chairman of the Marshal Committee, and Nancy Bryan, co-chair of Player Transportation, have a combined 48 years experience volunteering at the Phoenix Open.

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have worked the tournament for decades.

“It’s a great fraternity of people,” said Frank Kohler, who has volunteered at the Phoenix Open for 28 years. Kohler has served as the chairman of the Marshal Committee since 2000 and manages over 1,200 volunteers.

Kohler said that many volunteers come to town from the Midwest and even Canada to work the event.

Though Kohler said that the vast majority of volunteers have good intentions, he has come across a few over the years that have not been invited back – a rare occurrence as Kohler estimated about 90 percent of volunteers return year after year.

Some volunteers purchase the uniform just to gain entry to the event while others have been caught flirting with attendees, drinking on the job and laying down on tee boxes.

He said last year he caught several volunteers skipping out on their responsibilities early, changing out of their uniforms in the parking lot and then reentering the tournament with their volunteer badge.

“Now they’re watching golf for $40 for the entire week instead of $50 a day,” he said. “It makes my blood boil… I have fired volunteers, and I will continue to fire them, too.”

The presence of a few bad apples has not stopped the Open’s volunteers from putting on a successful event year in and year out.

“The general public has no idea what it takes to put this event on,” Kohler said of the tournament, which shattered its own attendance record in 2018, attracting 719,179 guests over the course of seven days.

“This becomes the third largest city in Arizona on Saturday,” Kohler said.

Though a slight exaggeration, Kohler’s estimation is not far off.

The Open’s Saturday attendance last year of 216,818 people – a single day

(Courtesy the Waste Management Phoenix Open)

Justin Thomas participates in the R.S. Hoyt Jr. Dream Day at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in 2018. Thomas has committed to play in the Scottsdale-based tournament again this year.

record – would make it Arizona’s eighth largest city behind Gilbert’s population of 242,000 people.

Putting on an event for that many people requires a lot of coordinating behind the scenes.

Kohler, who said he begins planning for the next Phoenix Open in March every year, is responsible for scheduling and feeding the 1,200 volunteer marshals working under him and coordinating the logistics of getting many of them to the course for work.

He is also responsible for clothing volunteers, and his office – a trailer located in a staging area across the street from the course – is filled with boxes of official Waste Management Open shirts and jackets.

“There’s a million pieces; it’s like putting together a jigsaw puzzle,” Kohler said.

For Scottsdale resident Nancy Bryan, a volunteer since 1999, the jigsaw puzzle has 150 pieces.

“I have to take responsibility for the 150 vehicles that are assigned to the players,” said Bryan, co-chair of Player

Transportation.

“Sometimes it’s ‘my kids are dying for In-N-Out (Burger); they haven’t had it since last year,” Bryan said. “We get it all.”

She even had to rush Michael Phelps, actor Mark Wahlberg and golfers Ricky Fowler and Justin Thomas to a nearby burger joint for a low-key lunch last year.

Kohler, who got his start volunteering at an LPGA tournament in Sun City years ago before signing up with the Phoenix Open, has served as a hole marshal, hole captain and front nine supervisor before taking over his current position after training under the previous Chairman for eight years.

“I’d like to say if you mentioned the word marshal in this town, my name comes up,” Kohler said.

While the marshals are the most photographed volunteers at the tournament – they hold the infamous “quiet signs” that are dubiously effective at the Open’s raucous 16th hole – another group may get even more face time with attendees.

“Of the 5,100 volunteers, (over 1,200)

lot of influence on genres around the world, like country, bluegrass and even American folk music,” Howley said. “Our sound represents a cross pollination with bluegrass. Irish music includes a huge amount of energy, while bluegrass has incredible instrumental pyrotechnics. ‘Celtgrass’ means the blending of the drive of Irish music and the instrumental style of bluegrass along with the heart and soul of folk music.”

Fans can hear We Banjo 3’s “Celtgrass” sound when it comes to the Chandler

Center for the Arts on Friday, Feb. 1.

These brothers are among the most celebrated and distinguished musicians from their country. Martin Howley is a seven-time “All Ireland” banjo and mandolin champion. A “banjo wizard,” Enda Scahill, an author on Irish banjo techniques, holds four “All Ireland” titles.

Multi-instrumentalist Fergal Scahill is among the most acclaimed fiddlers in Irish music, with a growing international reputation, and “All Ireland” titles on fiddle and bodhran.

are in concessions alone,” said Grant, who was tasked with working with concessions volunteers this year.

Those volunteers work closely with the tournament’s vendors to keep attendees well-stocked with food and drink throughout the tournament.

Grant said the Thunderbirds have worked to improve the concession offerings this year by enlarging the craft beer garden and El Rancho Mexican food restaurant and installing LED menus.

Grant said he spends 15 to 20 hours a week during January coordinating with vendors, conducting site visits and supporting volunteers.

Grant also credited the volunteers for their part in making the Thunderbirds considerable charitable donations from the Phoenix Open possible.

“Simply put, if we had to pay for (labor) that would cut into those charity donation dollars,” he said.

Grant said those donations go to a range of local organizations, including high school golf teams and the Special Olympics.

The funds are also used to support local youth golf in Arizona by offsetting entry fees, sponsoring tournaments and providing financial aid for players in need.

Organizations benefiting from the funds include Junior Golf Association of Arizona, American Junior Golf Association, The First Tee of Phoenix and ASU Golf.

“A lot of us have grown up in the Valley,” Grant said. “Just seeing the Open grow throughout the years and being able to do so much for community is a personal endeavor and having that connection is special.”

IF YOU GO Find out how to get there, what to do and how much it will cost at wmphoenixopen.com.

We Banjo 3 bringing ‘Celtgrass’ sound to Chandler

BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI GET OUT Editor

Galway, Ireland’s We Banjo 3 has found common ground in the musicians’ loves: Celtic and Americana music.

Call it “Celtgrass,” they said.

“We were all banjo players who were inspired by traditional Irish culture and music,” said David Howley, who is joined in the band by Enda and Fergal Scahill and by Martin Howley.

“Irish and Celtic music has had a

David Howley, with “All-Ireland” titles on guitar and banjo, is the group’s vocalist and guitarist known for his showmanship and deeply emotive vocals. The Howleys live in Nashville.

We Banjo 3’s debut album, Roots of the Banjo Tree, was released in 2012, followed by Gather the Good in 2014; String Theory, which climbed to No. 1 on the Billboard bluegrass chart in 2016; and its most recent CD, Haven, which

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was released last summer.

Haven won best folk album at the inaugural RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards. It is We Banjo 3’s fourth studio album and fifth overall. It marked the first time the band recorded in America.

“Each of us, individually, has had interesting musical careers up to this point,” Howley said. “I live in Nashville and I spend a lot of time writing music and hanging out with different musicians.

“Last week, I sat around with Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Martin was the first Irish banjo player to play the Grand Ol’ Opry. Fergal is a world-renowned fiddler. Separately, he’s famous for playing and recording a fiddle tune for every single day of the year for social media (in 2017). He has a massive following because of this.”

IF YOU GO

What: We Banjo 3.

Where: Chandler Center for the Arts,

250 N. Arizona Ave., Chandler.

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 1.

Tickets: $26-$38.

Information: 480-782-2680, chandlercenter.org.

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ourselves very seriously. We have fun and laugh. We create a space for people to come to a show and maybe forget the things that happened that week.

“For two hours, we want you to have a great time and sing along with songs you may have never heard before.

We teach people to enjoy the show as they go, and con(Special to the Tirbune) We Banjo 3, performing Feb. 1 at the Chandler Center for the Arts, developed “Celtgrass,” a musical fusion of classic Celtic and nect with the Americana Music with high energy instrumental pyrotechnics. people around you. Music is Throughout We Banjo 3’s journey, the is we have a mutual admiration for what the great language everybody understands. When you get a bunch of people musicians have spent time with Mum- each other does.” ford and Sons and Old Crow Medicine Howley describes the upcoming Chan- in the room together and put aside all the political or social things that are goShow. dler show as inclusive.

“We’ve just become part of this “The show is about being real with ing on, everybody goes back to being a sphere,” Howley said. “What’s really cool the audience,” he said. “We don’t take human. I really enjoy that.”

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Consulting services may include design and/or construction phase support activities for General Aviation (GA) airport capital improvements such as paving, grading and drainage, geotechnical investigations, pavement markings, airfield lighting, development of construction safety and phasing plans, obstruction evaluation submittals to the FAA, Airport Layout Plan (ALP) and Airport Master Guide Sign Plan updates, and similar services as outlined in the RFQ. A Pre-Submittal Conference will not be held.

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, to 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.

This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural-engineering-design-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10 point. Please provide seven (7) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by 2:00pm on February 27, 2019. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City is an equal opportunity employer.

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

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NOTICE TO READERS:

ARTERIAL ROADWAY IMPROVEMENT PLANS – SOUTHERN AVE (GREENFIELD TO HIGLEY ROAD)

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS (RFQ)

PROJECT NO. CP0700 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed bids will be received until Thursday, February 21, 2019, at 1:00 p.m. All sealed bids will be received at Mesa City Plaza Building, Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, 5th Floor, Mesa, Arizona; except for bids delivered 30 minutes prior to opening which will be received at the information desk, 1st floor, Main Lobby of the Mesa City Plaza Building. Any bid received after the time specified will be returned without any consideration.

This contract shall be for furnishing all labor, materials, transportation and services for the construction and/or installation of the following work: Roadway improvements along Southern Avenue from Greenfield Road to Higley Road. Roadway improvements include removing and replacing pavement, installing street lights, removing and replacing driveways, installing sidewalks, widening the Southern and Higley intersection, upgrading landscaping, installing conduits, street lighting, and fiber, upgrading the traffic signal at Higley Road, installing signage and striping, relocating utility and other improvements as shown on the improvement plans and specs.

The Engineer’s Estimate range is $4,300,000.00 - $5,300,000.00.

For all technical, contract, bid-related, or other questions, please contact Maggie Smith at Maggie.Smith@mesaaz.gov.

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, to 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 above.

Contractors desiring to submit proposals may purchase sets of the Bid Documents from ARC Document Solutions, LLC, at https://order.e-arc.com/arcEOC/PWell_Main.asp?mem=152. Click on “Go” for the Public Planroom to access plans. NOTE: In order to be placed on the Plan Holders List and to receive notifications and updates regarding this bid (such as addenda) during the bidding period, an order must be placed. The cost of each Bid Set will be no more than $71.00, which is non-refundable regardless of whether the Contractor Documents are returned. Partial bid packages are not sold. You can view documents on-line (at no cost), order Bid Sets, and access the Plan Holders List on the website at the address listed above. Please verify print lead time prior to arriving for pick-up. For a list of locations nearest you, go to www.e-arc.com.

One set of the Contract Documents is also available for viewing at the City of Mesa’s Engineering Department at 20 East Main Street, Mesa, AZ. Please call 480-644-2251 prior to arriving to ensure that the documents are available for viewing.

In order for the City to consider alternate products in the bidding process, please follow Arizona Revised Statutes §34.104c.

If a pre-bid review of the site has been scheduled, details can be referenced in Project Specific Provision Section #3, titled “Pre-Bid Review of Site.”

Work shall be completed within 210 consecutive calendar days, beginning with the day following th e starting date specified in the Notice to Proceed.

Bids must be submitted on the Proposal Form provided and be accompanied by the Bid Bond for not less than ten percent (10%) of the total bid, payable to the City of Mesa, Arizona, or a certified or cashier's check. PERSONAL OR INDIVIDUAL SURETY BONDS ARE NOT ACCEPTABLE. The successful bidder will be required to execute the standard form of contract for construction within ten (10) days after formal award of contract. In addition, the successful bidder must be registered in the City of Mesa Vendor Self-Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

The successful bidder, simultaneously with the execution of the Contract, will be required to furnish a Payment Bond in the amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, a Performance Bond in an amount equal to one hundred percent (100%) of the Contract Price, and the most recent ACORD® Certificate of Liability Insurance form with additional insured endorsements.

The right is hereby reserved to accept or reject any or all bids or parts thereto, to waive any informalities in any proposal and reject the bids of any persons who have been delinquent or unfaithful to any contract with the City of Mesa.

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Jan. 27, Feb 3, 2019 / 18104

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Consultant for the following: THE STUDIOS @ MESA CITY CENTER 59 E. FIRST ST MESA, AZ 85211 PROJECT NO. CP0880 The City of Mesa is seeking a qualified Consultant to provide design services for The Studios @ Mesa City Center. 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 will be reviewed with the selected Design Consultant and defined to meet the needs of the project as part of the contract scoping.

The project consists of fully renovating all floors of an existing 26,500 ft2 building at 59 E. First Street Mesa, AZ. The estimated construction cost is $4,800,000 and the total estimated project cost is $6,000,000.

A Pre-Submittal Conference will be held on January 30, 2019 at 9:00 AM at the City of Mesa (Mesa City Plaza, Room 170, 20 E. Main St.). 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, to 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. This RFQ is available on the City’s website at http://mesaaz.gov/business/engineering/architectural-engineeringdesign-opportunities.

The Statement of Qualifications shall include a one-page cover letter, plus a maximum of 10 pages to address the SOQ evaluation criteria (excluding resumes but including an organization chart with key personnel and their affiliation). Resumes for each team member shall be limited to a maximum length of two pages and should be attached as an appendix to the SOQ. Minimum font size shall be 10pt. Please provide six (6) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy (CD or USB drive) of the Statement of Qualifications by February 7, 2019 at 2:00 PM. The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all Statements of Qualifications. The City 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 and activated in the City of Mesa Vendor Self Service (VSS) System (http://mesaaz.gov/business/purchasing/vendor-self-service).

Questions. Questions pertaining to the Consultant selection process or contract issues should be directed to Maggie Smith of the Engineering Department at maggie.smith@mesaaz.gov.

BETH HUNING City Engineer ATTEST: DeeAnn Mickelsen City Clerk Published: East Valley Tribune, Jan. 20, 27, 2019 / 18008

Most service advertisers have an ROC# or "Not a licensed contractor" in their ad, this is in accordance to the AZ state law.

Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC): The advertising requirements of the statute does not prevent anyone from placing an ad in the yellow pages, on business cards, or on flyers.

What it does require under A.R.S. §32-1121A14(c) www.azleg.gov/ars/ 32/01165.htm is that the advertising party, if not properly licensed as a contractor, disclose that fact on any form of advertising to the public by including the words "not a licensed contractor" in the advertisement.

Again, this requirement is intended to make sure that the consumer is made aware of the unlicensed status of the individual or company.

Contractors who advertise and do not disclose their unlicensed status are not eligible for the handyman's exception.

Reference: http://www.azroc.g ov/invest/licensed_ by_law.html As a consumer, being aware of the law is for your protection. You can check a businesses ROC s t a t u s a t :

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BROWN, Carol Ann

Carol Ann Brown was a beautiful person who lived a wonderful life.

Carol passed away peacefully at her home in Denton, Texas, surrounded by her children on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. She was 75. Carol was born October 29, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan the daughter of Leonard and Ethel (Borwick) Massey.

Carol lived in Sun Lakes, Arizona before moving to Denton, Texas two years ago to be closer to her family.

Carol was a devoted caring and loving mother. Carol is survived by son Craig Graef and wife Anna and their two children Marisa and Garrett Graef; daughter Kimberly Sherman and husband William and son Mark Graef and his two daughters, Bailey and Kelsey Graef.

Carol was preceded in death by her second husband, Terrance Brown, first husband Earl "Buzz" Graef, parents Leonard and Ethel Massey and sisters Joan Powers and Dolores Healy.

Carol touched many lives with her compassion and dedication. She was a lifelong volunteer always sharing and caring for others. Carol was also a member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Carol will be missed deeply by those who loved her. A private memorial will be held in her honor at White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Michigan. The date for this memorial has not been set.

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5 Temp FT Landscape Laborer Positions. Work site(s): Provided daily transport to and from worksite; begin in Phoenix, Maricopa County, AZ 85040 @ $13.23/hr. Continue into county(ies) of Maricopa, AZ, Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ MSA. 4/1/1910/31/19. Poss duties: Care for established lawns by mowing, mulching, aerating, weeding, and trimming.

Gather and remove litter. Maintain or repair tools, equipment such as hand or power tools. Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides or insecticides onto grass and granite using hand sprayers/spreaders.

Care for natural turf fields & other related Landscape Laborer activities per SOC/OES 37-3011 (onetonline.org). Must be 18 due to equipment use.

Must show proof of legal auth. to work in U.S. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco free work zone. Perform physical activities such as: lift, balance, walk, stoop, handle, position, move, manipulate materials use static strength to exert max muscle force to lift, push, pull, carry objects up to 60lbs (poss. 2-person). No min. edu. reqmt. OJT. All applicants must be willing, qualified to perform wrk described and available for entire period specified. Poss. bckgrnd check post hire at emplyr's expense. $13.23/hr up to possible $15.00/hr OT $19.85/hr up to possible $22.50/hr, Wage may vary. DOE. Poss daily/wkly hrs: 5:30AM-2:00PM. 40+ (plus) to include lunch break M-F. Poss wknd/holiday wrk. (OT poss., not required/guaranteed. If OT is worked, wage paid at rate of time and a half per hr worked beyond 40 hrs/week.) Outdoors, exposed to weather; must be capable of doing physically strenuous labor for long hrs, occasionally in extreme heat/cold. Variable weather conditions apply; hours may fluctuate (+/-), poss. downtime and/or OT. OT avail, not reqd. Emplyr will comply w/all applicable federal, state & local laws pertaining to OT hrs. Transport: Will provide/pay cost of wrkr return transport, subsistence from wrksite to place from which wrkr departed to wrk for emplyr if wrkr completes period of emplymnt or dismissed from emplymnt before end of wrk period above. Transport and subsistence will be provided for cost from place from which worker has come to work for emplyr, whether in the U.S. or abroad, to place of emplymnt. Guaranteed offered work hours at least 3/4s of workdays each 12/wk period of total emplymnt period. Use/maintain of emplyr provided tools/equip./supplies @ no cost/deposit. Cash advance may apply @ emplyr discretion.

U.S. Lawns of Central Phoenix. Email: Chris.hallenbeck@uslawns.net or Phone: 602-768-5296 To apply: send resume/application w/contact info to nearest AZ SWA: Arizona@Work: South Job Center - 4635 South Central Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85040.

Full Time Concrete Finishers / Concrete Laborers Carpenters

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Apply at www.mccarthy.com/careers Or call 1-855-41-BUILD *McCarthy is signatory with the Carpenters Local 1912. Upon employment, McCarthy will assist with the Union connection and sign-up. McCarthy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer

Taylors Herbs Garden of Arizona seeks 5 temp. fulltime farm workers from 03/01/2019-12/21/2019 (Ref. Job Order #2913450). Workers will spend 80% of their time cutting herb plants in lengths of 5-6” using hand clippers. Must cut only the good parts of the plants and neatly place into boxes. Workers will dig rows, plant plants, weed, and do general farm work. Work involves frequent bending, walking, standing, and Lifting cartons approx. 60 lbs. Wage offer is $12/hr., 48 hr. work week, S-F, 8 hr/day.

Employer guarantees each worker the opp. of employment for at least ¾ of the workdays of the total period of work contract and all extensions. Tools, supplies, and equipment provided at no cost. Housing provided at no cost to workers who cannot reasonably return to their permanent residence at end of each work day. Transportation and subsistence expenses to the worksite will be paid by the employer upon completion of 50% of the work contract, or earlier.

Applicants may send or contact the AZDES Office, 4635 S Central Ave, Phoenix AZ, 85040. 602-7710630. Please reference AZDES Job Order #: 3316398.

Apply in person at our Congress, AZ address: 233375 W. Hwy 71, Congress, AZ 85332.

Carpenter Helper – Temporary/full time 4/1/1912/15/19. 120 jobs w/ Erickson Framing AZ LLC, Chandler, AZ & job sites in Maricopa & Pinal cntys.

Assist skilled carpenters in home build process: measure, cut, & assemble components. Assist w/tie spacing & install of fasteners/hardware/blocking.

Keep work area/equip clean & orderly. Outdoor work in all weather conditions. 3 months exp req'd.

Lift/carry 50 lbs, when nec. Drug test req'd prior to starting work, upon suspicion & post accident. 40 hr/wk 5 AM-2PM M-F. Sat work req'd, when nec.

Wage is no less than $15.81/hr (OT varies @ $23.72/hr). Raise/bonus at emplr discretion. Transport (incl. meals & as nec lodging) to place of employ provided/pd to wkrs residing outside normal commute distance by completion of 50% of job period. Return transport provided/pd to same wkrs if wkr completes job period or dismissed early. Wkrs guaranteed offer of 3/4 of work hrs each 12-wk period.

Tools, supplies, equip provided at no cost. Potential deduct for vol. health ins. may apply. Emplr provides incidental transport btw job sites. Interview reqd.

Fax resume to (480) 627-1152 or apply at: AZ@W:MC-East Valley Career Center (Gilbert), 735 N Gilbert Rd. #134, Gilbert, AZ 85234, (602) 372-9700. JO #3301649

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Employment General Chastain Legal Group, PLLC is looking for an Associate Attorney to work in their office in Chandler, AZ Job Duties The associate attorney will be required to make court appearances throughout Arizona, provide legal advice, assist clients with business formation and international trade issues, estate planning, real estate, and personal injury.

Attorney Skills and Qualifications Strong writing and problem solving skills Ability to meet deadlines.

Must be bar licensed in Arizona State and Federal Courts. Prefer Candidates residing in the Phoenix Metro Area.

Salary is Negotiable Please send your Resume, Transcripts, Writing Samples, and Cover letter to our Office Manager at: clg@chastainlegalgroup.com Production Helper – Temporary/full time 4/1/1912/15/19. 50 jobs w/ Erickson Framing AZ LLC, Chandler, AZ in Maricopa cnty. Assist prod. wkrs to construct pre-fab. wall/truss units. Duties incl: use hand/pwr tools, supply/hold/staging materials/tools, clean worksite, load finished units for transport.

Lift/carry 50 lbs., when nec. Outdoor work in all weather conditions. Drug test req'd prior to starting work, upon suspicion & post accident. Entry lvl; req's supervsn. No exp req’d/will train. 40 hr/wk.

Shifts: 5AM-2PM or 10PM-2AM, M-F. Sat work req'd, when nec. Wage is no less than $13.14/hr (OT varies @ $19.71/hr). Raise/bonus at emplr discretion.

Transport (incl. meals & as nec lodging) to place of employ provided/pd to wkrs residing outside normal commute distance by completion of 50% of job period. Return transport provided/pd to same wkrs if wkr completes job period or dismissed early. Wkrs guaranteed offer of 3/4 of work hrs each 12-wk period.

Tools, supplies, equip provided at no cost. Potential deduct for vol. health ins. may apply. Interview reqd.

Fax resume to (480) 627-1152 or apply at: AZ@W:MC-East Valley Career Center (Gilbert), 735 N Gilbert Rd. #134, Gilbert, AZ 85234, (602) 372-9700. JO #3301646

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Arizona Registrar of Contractors (ROC): The advertising requirements of the statute does not prevent anyone from placing an ad in the yellow pages, on business cards, or on flyers.

What it does require under A.R.S. §32-1121A14(c) <http://www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01165.htm> , is that the advertising party, if not properly licensed as a contractor, disclose that fact on any form of advertising to the public by including the words "not a licensed contractor" in the advertisement.

Again, this requirement is intended to make sure that the consumer is made aware of the unlicensed status of the individual or company.

Contractors who advertise and do not disclose their unlicensed status are not eligible for the handyman's exception.

Reference: (http://www.azroc.gov/invest/licensed_by_law.html) As a consumer, being aware of the law is for your protection. You can check a businesses ROC status at: http://www.azroc.gov/

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