East Valley Tribune - West Mesa February 25, 2018

Though suicide prevention bills are dead, advocates are hopeful

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

The East Valley-based movement to prevent teen suicide ran into a temporary roadblock at the Arizona Legislature, where separate bills sponsored by two area legislators failed to gain adequate support.

Republican-controlled committees in both chambers bottled up the bills, essentially killing them for this session.

That move came despite the fact that at least 18 East Valley teens have taken their lives between July 24 and Novem-

ber, according to Chandler educator Katey McPherson’s unofficial count.

McPherson has been tracking teen suicides in the Valley through her contacts with other educators.

In January, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) released new statistics for 2016 showing suicide is the second leading cause of death for people ages 10-24 in Arizona.

The measures – introduced by state Sen. Sean Bowie, D-Ahwatukee, and state Rep. Mizti Epstein, D-Tempe – sought to require Arizona school districts and charters to provide staff and teachers with two hours of training annually on recognizing suicidal students.

Despite the bills’ defeat, however, both Bowie and McPherson believe teen suicide is getting more attention than in the past.

“We are going to keep up the good fight, especially after the tragedy in Florida,’’ McPherson said, referring to the mass shooting at a Florida school last week.

“Our resolve is even stronger about our students getting the connection to services they need,” she added. “We’re not going to stop asking for training when the bill dies. We can’t afford to lose another life.’’

Even without a diamond, Chandler Compadres shine

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

The Chandler Compadres are hoping to raise $1 million for disadvantaged children this year, even though they have not had a Cactus League ballpark as a source of revenue for more than 20 years.

While Compadre Stadium, with its distinctive blue roof and large outfield berm, has vanished and become a pleasant Cactus League memory, the Compadres have flourished and stayed true to their community service mission.

With the 2018 Cactus League season in full swing, the resourceful Compadres will again continue to make a more lasting impression even if they have a much lower-profile than during their baseball heyday.

Milwaukee Brewers Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Paul Molitor once played at Compadre Stadium. So did New York Yankees Hall of Famer Derek Jeter, who was once a teammate of basketball great Michael Jordan on the Chandler Diamondbacks, an Arizona Fall League team.

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) Compadre Stadium, shown in the right photo, closed more than 20 years ago but left Sun Lakes resident Frank Pezzorello, its former general manager, with memories for a lifetime.

Police still investigating mysterious murder at east Mesa nail salon

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

The heartbreaking case of a young mother, brutally stabbed to death at an east Mesa nail salon three weeks ago as witnesses watched, remains unsolved as Mesa police continue their investigation.

Detectives are working under the theory that the attacker probably knew Lindsey Eastridge, noting that other women were present when he walked through the front door of Premier Nails and Spa on Feb. 2 and stabbed her, said Detective Steve Berry, a police spokesman.

Eastridge, a mother of two small boys who also had two stepchildren, was a customer at the large salon, in the 9000 block of East Baseline Road, near Ellsworth Road.

“We don’t necessarily believe this was a random act,” Berry said.

Officers arriving at the salon at 7:30 p.m. saw Eastridge lying on the floor and the front door locked. The officers broke the door and attempted to help Eastridge, but it was too late to save her, Berry said.

Police eventually determined that the attacker entered and exited through the front door and that the women who witnessed the attack locked the front door to keep him from coming back. The witnesses then fled out the back door.

Berry confirmed that police obtained surveillance video but he said he is not allowed to release details.

“Certainly, the video is crucial piece of evidence in solving the crime,” he said.

The slaying shocked and saddened Eastridge’s family and friends. She left

behind her two small boys, her stepsons and her husband, Brendon Eastridge.

“She was more than a beautiful soul. She was fierce and passionate and loved with everything in her,” according to a GoFundMe page established to aid the family and to raise money to pay for Eastridge’s memorial services. “She was a protector of family and friends.”

Donors moved by the family’s plight have contributed more than $16,000 toward a $25,000 goal.

“Lindsey was such a kind compassionate person and so much fun to be around. I’m truly grateful for the time I was privileged to spend with her,” one friend wrote. “I will miss seeing her beautiful smile and passion for life. Gone but never forgotten!!!”

Eastridge worked at Chandler cardiology office, according to a Facebook page. It showed photos of a beaming Eastridge in pictures with her husband and her children.

Berry requested that anyone with information about the slaying call police at 480-644-2211 or 480-WITNESS.

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Lindsey Eastridge poses with her sons Madden and Nixon in a photo posted to social media. Eastridge also had two stepchildren.

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Mesa woman has 100 years of memories

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

Many numbers could benchmark Constance Lillie’s life – 18 presidents, two world wars and 10 decades among them – but they would not reflect the math that helps define her as she begins a second century on Earth.

The numbers that matter are much closer to the heart of the longtime Mesa resident – who turned 100 yesterday, Feb. 24.

Three daughters, one son, a foster daughter, 48 grandchildren, 63 great grandchildren and 20 great-great grandchildren.

And hundreds upon hundreds of pages of written memories that her children lovingly committed to five CDs and distributed to that far-flung clan.

In part, those journals tell the story of the world around her: “Going from the horse-and-buggy days to the jet age; from the make-it-yourself days to the push-button computer days.”

But they also are recollections of her own life: “Wash days with pans and tubs of water being heated on the stove; the scrubbing board for extra-soiled clothes that were boiled in soapy water first … Saturday baths in a round tin tub; cars that had to be cranked to start the engine running.”

Constance Elvira Nilson was born on Feb. 24, 1918, to parents who had emigrated from Sweden and settled in Salt Lake City.

As a teenager during the Great Depression, she and her sole sibling – a brother who died years ago – grew up in a family whose motto was “Whether it be old or new, make it over and make it do.”

She met her late husband, Randall Lillie, at a dance school. They married in 1938 and moved to Mesa in 1964, settling

around University and Mesa drives for a number of years before moving to east Mesa.

While he worked as a loan officer and then a bank manager in Sun City, she stayed at home and raised her children. “She always wanted to be a mom,” said daughter Annette Lunt.

But she also pursued other interests while the kids were at school and while she wasn’t caring for her husband in later life – first for the injuries he had suffered in an accident and then during a long struggle with cancer.

She cared for neighbors in need and those confronting a traumatic situation. “There were a lot of Jell-O salads that she made,” Johnson said.

She was good at painting and drawing and was an expert seamstress, recalled Lunt and another daughter, Karen Johnson.

But most of all, she loved to write. She had learned shorthand in school, which she put to use at times for elders in the Mormon Church and also deployed when she made out Christmas gift lists and didn’t want her kids to know what was on them.

She wrote letters to childhood girlfriends – she corresponded for more than 40 years with a friend who had moved away when she was only 9. And she wrote as her grandchildren as well.

Often at a Mesa chapel of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints during a baby blessing, she would use shorthand to record the priest’s individualized words, then type them up and give it to the parents as a souvenir.

And then there were the journals – at least 15 bound books containing photos as well as copious written recollections of her life as a mother and a little girl, when horses pulled wagons with fruits and vegetables or blocks of ice.

She wrote about “the aroma of fresh baked bread coming from the oven – the same oven that would “warm our feet on cold winter days.”

“She filled books upon books,” Lunt said. “She left a lot of stories for us.”

Time has robbed her fingers of the dexterity she needed to sew, cook or even write.

It hasn’t cost her sense of humor. She likes to joke about wanting to go to her piece of property in Utah when she’s done living at the Jones Family Care Home in east Mesa.

That property, she said, has a headstone with her name on it.

And her secret to her long life?

Constance Lillie doesn’t hesitate in her reply:

“Ice cream, lots of ice cream.”

Data center to be built in Mesa’s Elliot Road tech corridor

BY WAYNE SCHUTSKY Tribune Staff Writer

Anew Denver-based data center developer has plans to break ground on three facilities across the country this year and has chosen Mesa’s Elliot Road Technology Corridor as the site of one if its first projects.

EdgeCore Internet Real Estate entered the data center market this year with plans to develop and operate centers across the U.S. and provide services to large cloud users like Microsoft, Amazon and Google and other Fortune 1000 companies in the

Internet and applications space.

The company is backed by the global investment arm of the government of Singapore and will invest $2 billion in the North American data center market, according to a report in Data Center Knowledge.

Its initial development plans include data centers in Mesa, Dallas and Reno, Nevada.

EdgeCore sought a site in the Valley in order to gain access to a large population of users in the Phoenix metropolitan area – the 12th largest MSA in the country.

“It’s no secret that (the Valley) is a pretty

attractive market for data center development,” said Matt Muell, EdgeCore senior vice president.

EdgeCore’s Mesa campus will be within the Eastmark development just west of Apple’s global operations center at Elliot and Signal Butte Roads. A new road called Everton Terrace will be constructed south of Elliot Road to lead to the site, Muell said.

In May 2017, Mesa’s Planning and Zoning Board approved a new development unit plan for multiple parcels in

(Celisse Jones/Tribune Photographer)

Constance Lillie of Mesa, who turned 100 Feb. 24, chronicled much of her life in journals that her children put on five CDs.

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Bowie said he was touched by his conversations with Lorie Warnock, a Mountain Pointe High School English teacher who lost her son, Mitchell Warnock, a Corona del Sol High School student, to suicide.

Bowie named his bill the Mitch Warnock Act.

“Anything we can do to raise awareness and bring attention to the issue is a good thing,’’ Bowie said, vowing to reintroduce a teen suicide bill next year if he wins re-election.

“The more groundswell of support we have, we can encourage districts to take the lead themselves,’’ he added.

Bowie said he realized from the start that it was unlikely the bill would pass in the first attempt, and he is hoping to build momentum to get it passed in the future.

He said some legislators in critical positions were philosophically opposed to the state government mandating school districts.

“I’ve truly been touched by the outpouring of support we’ve received over this bill,’’ Bowie wrote in a newsletter to his constituents, telling them:

“As long as I hold a seat in the State Senate, I’m going to keep pushing this issue forward and get some training that will help our teachers and educators spot the warning signs and find out ways they can help our students.’’

Bowie said he is encouraged that some East Valley districts are making teen sui-

the emotional wellness of students.

“I am committed to working closely with our school leaders, parents, and the Kyrene community to ensure that our most precious resource, our children, are fully supported – academically, socially and emotionally, to be the best they can be,’’ Vesely wrote.

McPherson, director of training at the Gurian Institute, is hosting two social media responsibility events, called “Kids Under the Influence,’’ to educate parents on Internet safety techniques.

The first is on March 20, from 5-8 p.m., at Akimel A-Al Middle School, 2720 E. Liberty Lane in Ahwatukee.

It includes dinner and registration is $25. A second session is planned for May 1 at Kyrene Middle School.

“Kids who feel well do well,’’ McPherson said. “Kids who are not doing well use social media as their voice.’’

She said social media is a contributing factor toward suicide, with children bullied and harassed over image-driven platforms such as Instagram.

The CDC statistics show 152 Arizonans between 15 and 24 killed themselves in 2016, ranking suicide behind the topranked cause of death – unintentional injury – at 339.

The actual number of suicides is highest in the 45-54 age bracket – 233 – but ranks as the fifth leading cause of death for people that age.

“Your state has a problem,’’ Hill said, adding that she was not surprised to hear that the Arizona Legislature had rejected a bill aimed at training teachers to recognize the warning signs of suicide.

“It’s because it hasn’t touched them,’’ she said. “Until it touches them, it’s, ‘we have something more important.”

The teen suicide problem is nothing new, but it has been gaining more attention because of the reported number of suicides is likely more accurate and because efforts to break down the stigma associated with mental health, said Brett Marciel, a spokesman for the organization.

cide prevention a higher priority.

He cited the Kyrene School District’s commitment to promoting the emotional health of students. He said other East Valley districts also are taking important steps toward suicide prevention, with the Tempe Unified School District also providing more training to teachers.

Kyrene Superintendent Jan Vesely wrote in a message to parents that the new middle school model, launched last fall, includes a counselor and an academic behavioral specialist position to address

Those images can make some children and teens feel they are somehow not good enough, whether it is their appearance or some other factor.

“We are in a mental health crisis due to social media,’’ McPherson said, with kids already under intense pressure to perform well academically. “It’s the performance arms race.’’

Suicide is the second leading cause of death among the 10-14, 12-18 and 18-22 age brackets, said Evelyn Hill, senior divisional director for the Jason Foundation in Hendersonville, Tenn.

He said the only way the Jason Foundation has convinced states to pass mandatory training laws was to provide free videos that can be viewed online.

In 2015, the CDC ranked suicide as the third leading cause of death for people aged 10-24 nationwide, with about 4,600 young people taking their own lives every year.

The CDC found that about 157,000 people in that age bracket were treated at emergency rooms for suicide attempts, that 81 percent of the deaths were boys and 19 percent were girls, but that girls were more likely to attempt suicide.

Kyrene plan addresses kids’ emotional health

BY PAUL MARYNIAK Tribune Executive Editor

Less than 24 hours before the Valentine’s Day slaughter at a Florida high school, Kyrene School District administrators were rolling out their plan for identifying and reaching troubled grade school and middle school students before they hurt someone or themselves It aims to instill in them a lifelong sense of responsibility to treat others respect and encourage them to alert a trusted adult when they see a classmate who appears in need of help.

The multi-tiered plan addresses “socialemotional learning” for Kyrene students and is part of Superintendent Jan Vesely’s comprehensive plan for improving students’ chances of success both academically and in later life in the workforce.

Presented to the governing board on Feb. 13, it promotes “an inclusive culture of respect, high expectations, collaboration and shared responsibility for student success.”

When board member John King asked Vesely why a K-8 school district needs to worry at all about that, Vesely replied:

“We really do believe social-emotional wellness is a strong contributing factor to their success academically and in all contexts of job and life.”

The plan includes a data-driven component to help administrators and teachers not just measure academic success but students’ emotional needs and growth.

“We really believe for a child who is really ready for high school, college and beyond – for life – they need cognitive knowledge, they need content knowledge, they need transitional knowledge

and they also need social and emotional wellness,” Vesely told the board.

She said Kyrene was stepping into a vacuum in Arizona when it comes to students’ emotional and social health.

Educators and other experts nationwide are focusing more attention on students’ emotional and mental health, especially because of social media’s impact on teens and even grade school pupils.

Tempe Union High School District is similarly focusing more attention on the emotional well-being of students.

Recently a mandatory meeting for all district personnel was the first in a series of professional development workshops on social-emotional wellness, said district spokeswoman Jen Liewer.

“This training was very unique because it was done in partnership with the city of Tempe,” she said, explaining that an ex-

pert discussed “how children’s brains are impacted by childhood trauma and how to develop resilience in our students.”

Liewer said staffers “participated in group exercises and discussion, developing strategies to better connect with students and address their social and emotional wellness.”

Vesely explained the overarching goal behind the Kyrene plan.

“We want a comprehensive approach to social-emotional learning” she said, that will improve “their ability to problem-solve, their ability to have positive relationships and learn how to deal with conflict. We know students aren’t born resilient, but resilience can be taught.”

Board member Bernadette Coggins lauded the plan, recalling how a 2015

(AFN file photo)

Chandler educator Katey McPherson says 18 East Valley teens took their lives between July 24 and November. Although none have been reported since then, she feels the state Legislature should have passed state Sen. Sean Bowie’s bill requiring suicide-prevention training in schools.

Real estate agent stole jewelry from homes he listed, police say

A real estate agent has been charged with stealing jewelry from homes he was showing.

Last December, Chandler Police were notified of a burglary of jewelry. During the investigation, detectives discovered four similar burglaries. In all cases, the houses that were listed for sale, jewelry was stolen, and the same agent showed the home.

Paul John Stolarik, 35, was arrested in Queen Creek on Feb. 22 and booked into the Maricopa County Jail on five counts of second-degree burglary, a Class 3 felony.

According to police, Stolarik would arrange a showing for homes, arrive at the residence alone and enter, then steal multiple pieces of expensive jewelry from the master bedrooms. He would take only some of the jewelry, hoping that it would not immediately be missed.

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Bill would allow non-lethal weapons on campus

Students, faculty, staff and visitors are a step closer to being able to carry some kinds of weapons on the campuses of public colleges and universities.

HB 2172, sponsored by Gilbert Rep. Travis Grantham, was approved by the House on a 35-23 vote. It is designed to provide new options for self-defense. It specifically would overrule existing policies at the state’s three universities that now make overthe-counter pepper spray the only type of weapon permitted.

The legislation, which now goes to the Senate, also would trump no-weapons policies at community colleges.

What would now be allowed is not spelled out in the bill. Instead, the measure would permit “non-lethal weapons,” defined as those “explicitly designed and developed to incapacitate or repel a person with a low probability of fatality or permanent injury.”

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Would-be Child Safety investigator arrested for child pornography

A man who was being hired to become an investigator for the Arizona Department of Child Safety now faces 10 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.

Paul Stanley Sappington, 48, was arrested in Mesa after files containing child pornography were traced to his computer, documents said.

Sappington admitted viewing and downloading child pornography.

Using a search warrant, officers discovered over 2,200 images and videos depicting child pornography in the recycling bin of a hard drive. The videos depicted children ranging in age from infancy to prepubescence.

In addition to trying to become hired as a DCS investigator, Sappington also lived with his girlfriend and her three children, ages 9, 10 and 17.

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Valor on Eighth housing project for veterans opens in Tempe

Arizona’s first housing project for veteran families, Valor on Eighth, has opened in Tempe at 1001 E. 8th St., at Rural Road just south of University Drive

Valor on Eighth is a partnership among Save the Family, Gorman & Company, City of Tempe and the Arizona Department of Housing. The 50-unit rental community includes five market-rate, live-in ground floor units and 45 units primarily targeted to female veterans and veterans with children.

Save the Family will provide services and programs including free before- and afterschool care, a computer lab with training classes, financial literacy lessons for all ages, job training and placement and other personalized case management services. Information: savethefamily.org.

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Baseball legends Willie Mays, Willie McCovey, Tony Oliva and Harmon Killebrew all participated in fantasy camps at Compadre.

Hall of Famers Jim Palmer and Ken Griffey Jr. filmed commercials there.

Frank Pezzorello, the ballpark’s former general manager, said he even had Yankees legend Mickey Mantle scheduled for a fantasy camp at one point, but Mantle became ill and had to cancel.

Not a trace remains of Compadre Stadium, which had been located at Alma School and Ocotillo roads. The 65-acre site of the ballpark that once entertained thousands is now home to a sea of red tile roofs in the upscale Echelon at Ocotillo master-planned community.

The only reminder of that 11-year era is the nearby Snedigar Sports Complex, built in 1990 as practice fields for the Brewers. It remains a major south Chandler sports facility, with baseball, softball and soccer fields, along with a skate park and a dog park.

The Compadres did not settle for getting shut out when the Brewers moved to the Maryvale Baseball Park in 1998.

Without baseball as an obvious focal point, they turned to a series of other fundraisers – a golf tournament, a rock concert, a sports car giveaway, a state tax write off – and turned what once looked like a serious loss into a grand slam for disadvantaged children.

“When they lost the ballpark, they made a transition,’’ said Ryan Foster, acting president of the Compadres and a member since 2008, referring to the organization’s 60 life members, many of whom volunteered their time at the stadium.

Now, he added, “We have really grown the charity and increased revenues each year” even though none of its 40 active members date back to the baseball era.

The life members include farmer Dwayne Dobson, realtor Bill Ryan and Pezzorello, the former stadium operations general manager and a past president of the Compadres.

“It took away a big revenue source,’’ Foster said, when Compadre Stadium stopped functioning as a Cactus League facility after the 1997 season. “These guys could have easily wrapped things up and said, ‘We have no source of revenue.’ But they didn’t do that.’’

The big winners are such children’s charities as the Boys and Girls Clubs of the East Valley, Chandler ICAN, Azcend and the Chandler Education Foundation. A graphic prepared by the organization lists donations rising from $520,000 in 2014

to $660,000 in 2015 to $707,000 in 2016 and $807,000 in 2017.

In contrast, the organization raised about $50,000 in 1997, the last year that the Brewers played at Compadre, Pezzorello said.

The next major fundraiser is the annual Compadres Golf Classic at Talking Stick Golf Resort near Scottsdale on April 20, which features two premier 18-hole golf courses.

The tournament fields 80 teams with a total 320 golfers and raises money primarily through sponsorships that start at $3,300 per foursome.

Beyond the tournament, the Compadres also raise money through a “Rock the Cause for Kids,’’ a concert and dinner at Wild Horse Pass where guests are served dinner and have an opportunity to win a car.

Last year’s grand prize was a Chevrolet Corvette donated by another life member, John Chapman of Chapman Chevrolet.

Foster said the Compadres pride themselves on being an all-volunteer charity, with 98.6 percent of donations going to Chandler-area charities. Donors can specify which charity they want to support.

“That’s our commitment to our donors. We will take the time to vet the charities and get the most bang for our buck.’’

Pezzorello said Cactus League baseball probably came to Chandler too early, before the city had adequate hotels, restaurants and other attractions that would have appealed to tourists.

He has no doubt that today’s more mature Chandler could support a team.

It all started when former Chandler Mayor Jim Patterson, a real estate developer who founded Ocotillo, persuaded the Brewers to move from Sun City to Chandler. Patterson put together a partnership that spent $1.6 million to build Compadre Stadium.

From the start, it was envisioned that the ballpark would be expanded, but that never happened. Instead, a rebuilding and renovation plan became the blueprint for the new Maryvale ballpark in west Phoenix.

Compadre Stadium got off to a tragic start when Tony Muser, the Brewers third base coach, suffered second and third degree burns over 55 percent of his body in a natural gas explosion on Feb. 27, 1986.

The explosion occurred when a worker

turned on a heater in the coach’s room, not realizing that there was gas in the line.

Eight other players and coaches were injured. A player was knocked off his chair by the explosion, which also buckled the roof.

Muser survived after spending four months recovering in a burn unit, but he lost an opportunity to become the team’s manager later that year because of his injuries. He eventually became the manager of the Kansas City Royals and spent a lifetime in baseball as a player and coach.

Things also got better at Compadre Stadium for a while after the explosion.

“I’m still proud of it. I have so many memories,’’ Pezzorello said. “The biggest part for me is the friendships. Ballplayers, volunteers, we had some great times.’’

He said the Cactus League has changed since those simpler times, with the role of community organizations such as the Compadres somewhat diminished.

Still, some civic groups remain active in the East Valley, including the Mesa Hohokams, the Tempe Diablos and the Scottsdale Charros.

“All of those groups are still making money for their charities, but their roles are more limited,’’ Pezzorello said. “I would say it was more community-oriented. We had hundreds of volunteers help us every day. It was like that at all the ballparks.’’

At Compadre Stadium, the volunteers “did it all’’ for every game, parking cars, selling tickets and programs and serving as ushers.

Pezzorello said Compadre had about 5,000 seats and could accommodate another 5,000 fans seated on the berm.

“We broke 10,000 one year with the Cubs,’’ Pezzorello said, noting attendance for one season exceeded 100,000 despite the small ballpark.

But the ballpark’s popularity did not pay off for Chandler.

Dave Bigos, a city spokesman, said the lack of hotels and restaurants at that time contributed to fans driving to Chandler for the game and leaving.

Chandler saw little or no increase in sales tax revenues from baseball, making the extensive improvements requested by the Brewers seem like a poor investment, he said.

“The timing just wasn’t right for the community, given where we were with the hotels and restaurants,’’ Bigos said. “We must have 20 times the restaurants and hotels we had back then.’’

Although Foster is proud of his organization’s perseverance, he said he wishes Chandler still had a Cactus League ballpark.

“We are creating our own revenue right now,’’ Foster said. “With something like that, we could easily go into the millions.’’

(Kimberly Carrillo/Tribune photographer)

Former Compadre Stadium manager Frank Pezzorello cherishes the mementoes from his job and displays them in his Sun Lakes home.

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Compadre Stadium stood abandoned for several years before it was torn down to make way for an upscale housing development in Chandler. Built for $1.6 million, it was supposed to be expanded but the plans never got off the ground.

THE WEEK AHEAD

Best of Mesa voting coming to a close

Voting for 2018’s Best of Mesa special section will wrap up Wednesday, Feb. 28. Winners will be announced on Sunday, March 25. Categories this year include Best Deli/Sandwich Shop, Best Real Estate and Home Services and Best Veterinarian/Hospital.

To vote for your favorites, go to tiny.cc/BestofMesa2018.

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Queen Creek mayor hosts seventh annual East Valley Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast

The 2018 Annual East Valley Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast, hosted by Queen Creek Mayor Gail Barney, will be from 7 -9 a.m. March 7.

This year’s breakfast will be at the Aviation Hangar Building at Chandler-Gilbert Community College’s Williams Campus, 7360 East Tahoe Ave., Mesa.

The gathering will focus on service, with military families and first responders, nonprofits and their volunteers, foster families, and youth programs and services highlighted. Information: queencreek.org.

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Chandler residents invited to HOA Mini Summit

Chandler Mayor Jay Tibshraeny is inviting residents living in homeowners association communities to attend an HOA Mini Summit at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, at the Tumbleweed Recreation Center, Cotton Room, 745 E. Germann Road.

During the free event, attorney Beth Mulcahy will speak about a recent court ruling that affects the ability of HOAs to validly assess and collect monetary penalties. A questionand-answer session will be held after the presentation.

Summit attendees also will have the opportunity to pre-register for the upcoming Spring HOA Academy, which is scheduled to start March 27.

Information: 480-782-4354, chandleraz.gov/neighborhoods.

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Mesa to host international cybersecurity conference

An internationally known cybersecurity conference will be held Monday, Feb. 26, to Thursday, March 1, at the Mesa Convention Center, 263 N. Center St.

The SOURCE Conference was developed by Big Brain Security, and first launched in 2008. It holds business-focused, cybersecurity events every year in North America and Western Europe. The 2018 lineup of host cities includes Mesa, Boston, Seattle, Austin and Dublin, Ireland.

This Mesa conference will include talks on security topics, networking and professional development opportunities. Information and registration: sourceconference.com.

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Documentary reveals high health cost of digital devices

A new documentary about health risks posed by digital devices will be screened Wednesday, Feb. 28, at the Falls Event Center, 4635 E. Baseline Road, Gilbert.

The film, “Generation Zapped,” features scientists, physicians and health researchers discuss the mounting scientific evidence regarding links to serious diseases such as breast and brain cancer, associations with increased infertility, genetic mutations related to autism and ADHD, and newly developed illnesses, such as Electrical Sensitivity.

The screening will be followed by a discussion and presentation of tips to make wireless use safer. Information and reservations: 808-721-3605.

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the northern part of Eastmark that slated some of the land to be used to create an employment corridor.

The employment uses stipulated in the plan included large and medium-size manufacturing, data centers and offices, according to city documents.

The deal to bring EdgeCore to Mesa came together relatively quickly as the new company first approached Eastmark executives about potentially purchasing land last spring, said Dea McDonald, Eastmark general manager.

“EdgeCore came to us and, at the time, we didn’t know who they were,” McDonald said. “But they had done enough research to know that the Elliot Road Technology Corridor was a place they would like to be, if for no other reason than Apple had put their global operations center there.”

The official groundbreaking for the first phase of the project will take place on March 7.

EdgeCore expects the first phase of the data center campus to go live by the end of the year. It will feature a 200,000-squarefoot building that will support 24 to 32

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suicide by a Corona del Sol High School student and the death of a student from Aprende Middle School in Chandler “ripped through our community and tore a lot of hearts.”

One piece of the district’s strategy is already being tested at Aprende with the help of the Speak Up Stand Up Save a Life movement.

Hundreds of students and adults met last month at a conference that reflects that movement’s goal: to bring law en-

(EdgeCore)

EdgeCore's new Mesa facility will feature a 200,000-square-foot building. At buildout, the Mesa campus will feature seven data center buildings with a total of 1.25 million square feet of space.

megawatts of critical load.

At buildout, the Mesa campus will feature seven data center buildings with a total of 1.25 million square feet of space and will support 225 megawatts of critical load.

Mesa, and the Elliot Road Tech Corridor in particular, was an attractive site for a variety of reasons, including ready access to the significant power, water and fiber infrastructure a large data center requires.

The corridor is near SRP’s Browning receiving station and 500kV, 230kV and 69kV transmission lines. It also has access to SRP’s extensive un-

forcement, government and the community together and help students devise their own ways of teaching their classmates how to relate to others constructively and how to help those who appear troubled.

Eight Aprende student leaders attended that conference.

Students were led to “come up with their own ideas on the best way to communicate to a trusted adult when they hear or see cries for help such as bullying, cyberbullying, drug addiction, depression and ongoing threats against others,” according to the movement’s website, speakupstandupsavealife.com.

used dark fiber network. Businesses can pay SRP to tie in to that network, which connects with major carrier network access points and throughout the Valley, according to SRP.

“(The available) infrastructure and political support were all highly influential (in our decision),” Muell said.

EdgeCore was also attracted to the Valley, because of the region’s affordability relative to other population centers in the Southwest, Muell said.

Specifically, Muell pointed to power costs in the Phoenix area, which are 50 percent lower than Los Angeles.

“Power costs are a big part of total cost

“We’re in the second month of implementation and we’re getting positive feedback from teachers, kids and parents,” Vesely told the board. “The messaging is coming from the student leaders, which is so much more impactful and powerful than from us.”

The student leaders are attempting to break down their classmates’ resistance to reporting a particularly troubled youngster to teachers or administrators.

“We asked them why kids don’t report,” Vesely told the board. “Nobody wants to tattle. They don’t want their friends to be angry with them.”

“The student leaders are stressing the

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when operating data center,” he said.

Those power savings coupled with state tax incentives encouraging data center development made the current site “more cost effective versus other places without incentives,” he added.

The project is a major win for Eastmark, which has made a concerted effort to bring employment opportunities to the community, McDonald said.

Eastmark is targeting campus-style office, data center and light manufacturing users, including employers that require large parcels of land.

McDonald said that business-attraction efforts typically start at the state level, with the Arizona Commerce Authority and Greater Phoenix Economic Council reaching out to municipalities that may be a fit for businesses looking to expand to Arizona.

Eastmark representatives meet regularly with City of Mesa Economic Development officials to discuss opportunities that may be a fit for the community.

“Eastmark is the perfect location for high water users, high power users and large data users,” McDonald said.

– Reach Wayne Schutsky at 480-898-6533 or wschutsky@timespublications.com.

importance of reporting,” she added, noting “the majority of things we investigate comes from students.”

The district has ordered several thousand bracelets for the third quarter that will be distributed by the student leaders to all students at Aprende.

The bracelets carry a texting address that students can use to report a classmate they think needs adult help.

Before the end of the year, students from Aztec Strong, a campus organization of Corona del Sol students dedicated to raising an awareness of teen suicides, will also work with the student leaders at Aprende.

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BASIS Chandler team tops brain-teasing science tourney

BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

Here’s a question for you:

“A student pushes a textbook across a frictionless table with the force of 1.8 Newtons. If the distance she pushed the book is 1.5 meters, how much work, in Joules, did she do on the book?”

You might head to the internet for the answer – or just reach for an aspirin. But teams representing a total of about 55 East Valley students last weekend had only five seconds to answer this and an assortment of other brain-bending questions recently at the Arizona Regional High Science Bowl.

And one of the three five-member teams from BASIS Chandler answered enough the complicated questions correctly to win the competition and qualify for the National Science Bowl in April in Washington, D.C.

The games consisted of two eightminute rounds of science, technology, engineering and math questions with round-robin play eliminating teams in a bracket-style tournament.

Before the competition started, Grant Anderson, president/CEO of Paragon Space Development Corp., gave a short keynote speech encouraging the students in attendance that they were on the right paths to succeed in STEM careers. “Win, lose, draw, however you come out today, the fact that you worked your way here, and actually talk and meet the people that you’re going to meet, network

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MESA

Dana Park center hosting Arts & Crafts Festival

Art Attack Az is conducting the Dana Park Arts & Crafts Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday-Sunday, March 2-4 at 1744 South Val Vista Drive.

More than 30 artists are showing in various mediums. Handmade items include framed wall art, yard and metal art, jewelry, clothing, mirrors, photography, wood works, home décor and more.

Information: artattackaz@gmail.com, 520578-5142 or 520-481-8001.

said, “So they’re just incredibly motivated and incredibly proactive. It’s really all them.”

Their accrued information also made them wellversed in the base sciences, preparing them for college.

you can look into what you want to know and what’s interesting, but it helps in the competition as well,” he said.

Though vast understanding of the different fields was essential, the contestants had to be efficient in buttonpressing and managing the 16 minutes of game play.

with the people here, it takes that type of work to get where you want to,” he said.

BASIS Chandler coach Theresa Gburek said her team members worked for months after schools answering online questions, reading numerous textbooks, packets and research studies and practicing fast-paced recollection.

Members of the winning BASIS Chandler team are Aryan Soman, Zarif Ahsan, Agustya Matheth, Clara Wang and Shenyi Li.

Each contestant specialized in one or two different subjects and collaborated to form a team with a wide range of knowledge that could lead them to success.

“These kids are amazing. We’ve been wanting to win this for a long time,” she

Literary speed dating night at Red Mountain Library

Mesa is offering a literary speed dating event for singles 55 and older from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, March 1, at Red Mountain Library, 635 N. Power Road. Participants are asked to pick a literary character for the afternoon and bring their favorite book as a conversation starter. Each person will have several “mini-dates” in less than two hours. Refreshments will be served and registration is required. Online registration: mesalibrary.org/events/ literary-speed-dating-55. Information: 480644-3100.

“It really means a lot to have a job in that field, and this is like a stepping stone to that because you’re dedicating yourself to it and really going in-depth into whatever studies you are doing,” Verrado High School senior Gina Penuelas said.

Many participants already are doing well in their science and math courses in school, and just enjoy the additional challenge and outlet to study their favorite subjects in further depth, Gburek said.

For BASIS Mesa senior Rahman Mustapha, the hours of study gave him a reason to spend time searching for real-world applications to formulas and expanded his technical vocabulary in schoolwork.

“It helps to the extent that you’re getting more exposure to this type of learning. All the knowledge is rewarding because it’s more than we’re getting in school. And

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Free training for surviving emergencies and disasters

The Chandler Fire, Health & Medical Department is offering a free training course from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 3, and Saturday, March 10 for Chandler residents who want to learn how to survive an emergency or disaster.

This 18-hour Basic Community Emergency Response Team training course provides community members with hands-on and classroom instruction. Courses include fire safety, light search and rescue, basic medical care and more.

The classes will be conducted at the Chan-

Hamilton High School senior Sachin Konan said there was a lot of gamesmanship taking place between opponents that had nothing to do with science. Teams with larger knowledgebases could be beaten by teams that simply had better coordination and time management.

“For example, one simple one is that if you’re up in the second round, and you are given 20 seconds to answer a bonus question that the other team can’t, you take as much of the time as you can so that they can’t come back,” he said.

Tournament director Shashi Jasthi, president/CEO of Solugenix Corporation in Scottsdale, said he has seen the competition grow over 12 years from 12 teams to a need to restrict entries to 32. He said competition-style education activities are going to only increase in demand around the country, and that Arizona originally did not as many as other states.

“There is a real need and hunger to have this type of education-based, STEMbased event,” he said. “When compared to other large metropolitan areas, we did not have enough. Over the last few years we’ve gotten our act together.”

dler Fire Training Center, 3550 S. Dobson Road. The training is free, but space is limited. Registration and information: 480-7822120, chandlerfire@chandleraz.gov.

Food bank raising funds

at Night to Fight Hunger

Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank is hosting its 2018 Night to Fight Hunger 6-8 p.m. Thursday, March 1, at Bella Rose Estate, 1380 S. Price Road, Chandler.

The evening will include a happy hour, dinner, silent auction, entertainment and more. Tickets are $100 per person and are available online at tiny.cc/fighthunger2018. Information: 480-857-2296.

(Josh Susuras/Tribune Photographer)

BASIS Chandler team members Adrian Palumbo, left, and Ritvik Vallambhatia, sitting next to him, ponder a question at the Science Bowl.

Mesa brothers aren’t fiddling around with pests or music

BY CATHERINE HATHAWAY Tribune Contributor

Identical twin brothers Jeffrey and Jason Linford never gave up on their dreams. Now, with their company and music duo, the Hollywood Bug Guys, it’s paying off.

“It’s finally starting to get traction. It’s just super-exciting,” Jason said. “We’re on a mission to revolutionize the music industry through pest control.”

The brothers have always played music. Growing up in Mesa, their mother taught them to sing and play violin as children, and they were dubbed the “twin fiddlers.”

“Jason knew early on that that was an opportunity, being the twin fiddlers,” Jeffrey said. “We gradually expanded into our pest control, but it all started with our music.”

Pest control wormed its way into their lives in 2004, as the duo used their profits to pay for collect. The brothers attended Brigham Young University. While there, Jeffrey was approached by a friend to start selling pest control.

“I thought, ‘Oh, no, is this what my life has come to,’” Jeffrey said.

Although initially skeptical, Jeffrey got creative. Instead of the traditional doorto-door pitch, he found a way to incorporate his love of music into the sell.

“I went with my violin and played some fiddle tunes,” Jeffrey said. “And I basically was like we don’t fiddle around with bugs. Then people would let us in and talk to us about our music and our pest control and I started signing up customers that way.”

Jeffrey did this for about a year until roping Jason into the job. Jason, who was pre-med and pre-film at BYU, was interested in pursuing his master’s degree, but Jeffrey knew there was a different plan.

“The economy just crashed in 2008 and 2009 and I realized all these great jobs are struggling, but pest control is still thriving,” Jeffrey said. “So, I thought, it’s good to go into a recession-proof industry.”

Jeffrey had to persuade Jason to get involved, but the minute he agreed, it was a “breakthrough moment.”

“I said I’ll do pest control with you if we make a piece of paper and we sign a contract with each other,” Jason said. “You have to sign this paper and agree that we will never give up on music or entertainment because I felt in my heart we could

probably make it together in music entertainment than individually.”

Jason and Jeffrey started their own pest control company, Green Worx, in 2010. The brothers were splitting time between Green Worx and classes at the Musicians Institute in Hollywood.

“We would go every other week to come back to Arizona and drive back,” Jason said. “So, we live in Hollywood, in our cars, and we go to school and sometimes we’d wear our Green Worx clothes because we’d drive back all night long.”

The school’s faculty noticed the brothers’ Green Worx apparel. Their clientele grew and they expanded their business to Hollywood.

“It was like lightning hit my head,” Jason said. “I said, ‘Jeff, we’re the Hollywood Bug Guys. That’s how we’re going to do it. We’re going to get into every door in Hollywood by being the Hollywood Bug Guys.’ If it’s about who you know, you might as well be treating their bugs.”

A friend referred the duo to a casting agent looking for twins with a unique talent. That’s when they got a call from “The Gong Show.”

“The crazier the better, they said,” Jeffrey said.

The brothers performed their cover of

Britney Spears’ “Toxic” (with “exterminating” bug backup dancers) on “The Gong Show” in front of celebrity judges Dana Carvey, Tracee Ellis Ross and Anthony Anderson.

“Since ‘The Gong Show,’ things have just taken off,” Jason said. “About six production companies want to sign us and do a reality show. We have not said yes because we want to find the right fit.”

Back in Mesa, the brothers write their own music in the “Practice Pad,” a live music venue and recording studio.

“We’re making our own little venue,” Jason said. “It seats about 50 people and we’re going to open that sometime this year. We’ll probably have a concert about once a month there. We are getting more of an online following.”

That’s not their only goal. They’re chasing big dreams of an album, a TV show and another the Hollywood Bug Guys location.

“Very shortly, L.A. will be just as much a headquarters,” Jason said. “Not that there aren’t serious artists (in Arizona). There are just so many more out there. The concentration is so high and it’s great to network in both places. Especially bringing that energy back to Arizona.”

Information: 480-439-5081, hollywoodbugguys.com.

(Special to the Tribune)

Security guards mistakenly let Jason and Jeffrey Linford into the Dolby Theater the night before the Oscars thinking they were there for a pest control treatment. The twins made the most of it and talked to the security guards, superstars and backstage crew about bugs and pests.

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With violins in hand, and wearing pest control backpack sprayers, Jason and Jeffrey Lindford walk toward Hollywood Boulevard to perform on the walk of fame as the Hollywood Bug Guys for an audition video for ABC’s reboot of “The Gong Show.”

There is no one-size-fits-all solution to gun violence

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

Here’s a modest proposal, one that makes perfect sense in 2018, when our nation has never been more divided: Rather than an American flag colored red, white and blue, as we’ve had for going on 242 years, perhaps it’s time to change the Stars and Stripes to our new official colors.

Black and white.

I say that because every issue nowadays appears to be exactly that for most Americans – black or white, either-or, Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal, pro or anti. With no issue is this more apparent than when it comes to the mass shootings that continue to occur at an unprecedented clip. How bad is it? America makes up five percent of the global population, yet over the past 50 years we have produced more than 30 percent of the

How many times?

I’m an Arizonan, though I’ve been living and working abroad for a few years now. I’m always a bit behind the news.

Today, while on holiday, I woke once again to another school shooting. I no longer know what to say to people I meet who ask me “Why?” I don’t know why. It remains senseless to me.

But I do know that as a teacher I would put myself between a child and a person pointing a gun, but I would NEVER put a gun in my own hand.

– Kristine Tolman – Mesa

No more incumbents

As voters, whether we’re Democrats, Republicans, Independents, conservatives or liberals, we need to recognize and admit that our state and federal lawmakers are for the most part dysfunctional.

Here are near and the ‘priorities’ for our elected officials that they hold dear:

1. Get elected or get re-elected.

2. Keep your political party in power or get it in power.

3. Raise as much money as you can to further the above objectives.

Even the most ardent far-left or far-right political

world’s mass shooters.

Our answer? So far, not a damn thing. That’s because every time a lunatic opens fire with an AR-15 in a school or a movie theater, a government building or a Las Vegas concert, we line up in two factions and scream at the top of our lungs.

On one side? Those who see gun control alone as the answer – and the National Rifle Association and Second Amendment diehards as the enemy. On the other side?

The “you’ll limit gun ownership over my dead body” crowd. They see mass shootings not as a gun problem, but as a mental-health problem, because “guns don’t kill people, crazy people kill people.”

Here’s a news flash. Both sides are absolutely right. And both sides could not be more wrong.

The truth? Mass shootings are exactly like every other complex social issue we face in America: Nuanced events determined by multiple causes, impossible to prevent with a “one size fits all” response. The solutions to such complicated issues

voter should be able to see that the electorate is unable to compete against special interest money, secret cash donations, and business and corporate third-party contributions to politicians that they are currying favor with.

What can private citizens, voters without a cadre of cash and people concerned about the direction of our democracy do to compete against or at least attempt to neutralize these special interests that are attempting to buy our legislators? While the simple answer is that we as voters and private citizens can’t go “toe to toe” with deep pocketed interests, we still have some power to change things via the ballot box. With one person, one vote still the law of the land, we can in up and coming elections vote against every single incumbent lawmaker to show our collective disdain for the “business as usual” politics that is prevalent in Phoenix and Washington. D.C. Sending a message of this magnitude to both our state and federal lawmakers could be construed as a clarion call to future politicians to tend to the needs of the voters and not to “special interests.”

– Richard K. Meszar – Mesa

DACA empathy

Why is empathy missing from our public DACA dialogue?

If Congress fails to act, our government will begin rounding up hundreds of thousands of taxpaying

are themselves complicated, not black and white, nor either-or. No set of solutions will prevent every mass shooting. But a set of solutions that weaves together BOTH sensible gun-control laws AND better mental-health screening and services would be a good start against what has become America’s weekly ritual: Wholesale slaughter by killers who, in retrospect, inevitably had not one problem that required solving, but two – access to high-powered killing machines and serious mental issues that could have been red flags, but somehow got missed, as was the case with Nikolas Cruz of Parkland, Fla., infamy.

I can’t say with certainty that the Parkland massacre would have been prevented by a comprehensive approach combining stricter gun laws – like forbidding the mentally ill from buying guns, for starters – with better mental-health screening – including potentially committing someone like Cruz, who exhibited more red flags than a Soviet military parade.

members of our society. Like so much unwanted chattel, they will be shipped to various parts of the world. These are children and young adults. America is the only home they have known and English is their only language. What chance do they have of surviving in a country like El Salvador, one of the most violent places in the world? What do the rest of us gain by sentencing these innocent people to a life of unimaginable violence or death? What do our Sens. McCain and Flake gain by not demanding this be stopped? DACA recipients are husbands and wives, sons and daughters. Their lives should not be horse-traded for a wall or used as bargaining chips to appease a faction of our society that wants America to be a place for whites only. DACA wasn’t a problem before the current president and Republican Congress were handed the reins of governmental control. They have created the problem and could solve it today by passing a law to protect the “Dreamers.”

– Stephanie Koppenhafer – Tempe

A vote for Kuby

I know Councilmember Lauren Kuby from her work with the Tempe Community Council advocating for vulnerable populations and working families.

Lauren has lived in Tempe nearly 30 years and has spent her entire life building community; in fact, she leads community outreach for the School of Sustainability and has mentored hundreds of students in cre-

But here’s what I can say: Doing nothing is unacceptable. Yet that’s where we find ourselves, because of the societal and political gridlock created by our insistence on approaching mass gun killings in an exclusively “either-or” manner.

The truth? We can continue to view this issue as black and white and do nothing. That approach will help political candidates stoke their bases and attract votes, but it will not stanch the flow of blood in our streets, schools and public spaces. Or we can open our minds to the complexity of this issue and do what America used to do, back when we weren’t simply a collection of red states and blue states united by little more than geography, 325 million partisans who would rather make Facebook posts than save lives.

We used to solve problems in this country. Now, screaming is what we do best. And funerals. Because we’ve had so much practice.

– David Leibowitz has called the Valley home since 1995. Contact david@leibowitzsolo.com.

ating sustainable solutions at the neighborhood level. Because of Lauren’s sustainability initiatives, I now monitor my water usage at my south Tempe home and I’m seeing measurable reductions in my water use. Now in her first term on the Tempe City Council, she’s not content to sit back and run a passive mail campaign to ask for your vote. Instead, she is out in the neighborhoods, talking to residents about what they love about Tempe and what needs work. Because she knows homelessness is a crisis in our city, she personally took part in last month’s Point-in-Time Homeless Street Count. She walks the talk.

Lauren has put her ideas into action; working tirelessly on:

An Urban Forestry Master Plan that aims to double the shade and make the city more walkable

Lowering the contribution limits in city elections from over $6,000 to $500

Passing a referendum to force the disclosure of “Dark Money” contributions in elections

An Equal Pay program that has become a national model

A free Pre-K initiative to improve education and help Tempe’s working families

Simply put, Councilmember Lauren Kuby is a leader who gets things done. She is a Tempe treasure. We need to keep Kuby on the Tempe City Council.

Jay Scherotter

Tempe

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Sports & Recreation

Mesquite girls win, will defend state championship

BY GREG MACAFEE Tribune Sports Editor

All season long, the No. 2 Mesquite Wildcats have been in pursuit of a second-straight AIA 5A State Championship, and Feb. 20 at Wells Fargo Arena seemed like just another day for the defending state champs. They defeated No. 3 Sahuaro 80-48 to advance to a state championship matchup with No. 1 Chaparral.

Mesquite jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter behind strong defensive play and an offense that moved the ball from corner to corner in the blink of an eye. Through the first five minutes, the only points Sahuaro could generate came at the free-throw line. They broke through in the fifth minute, with an Alyssa Brown layup and an Alyssa Franke 3. But the Wildcats had already built a considerable lead and were ahead by eight at the end of the first.

The Wildcats never took their foot of the gas pedal: By three minutes into the second, the defending state champs had extended their lead to 16. They continued to push the ball whenever they could

to where senior guard Lindsey VanAllen, who scored 32 on the day, was on the receiving end.

Sahuaro never submitted to the 5A powerhouse that has averaged 82 points a game this season. They kept battling as their two star freshmen, Brown and Franke, continued to pour it in on the offensive end, with multiple rebounds in the paint and clutch baskets from behind the perimeter. With 2:30 remaining, they trailed by only nine.

Coach Candice Gonzales called a timeout and calmed her team down, and the Wildcats came out firing. They implemented a 1-3-1 full-court press that re-

sulted in a 7-0 swing. First, Shaylee Gonzales made a steal, led a fast break for an easy layup and then stole the ensuing inbounds pass for two of her eight first-half points. Then VanAllen capped off the run with an and-one layup to end the half and give her team a 15-point lead heading into the break. What once seemed like an opening for Sahuaro was quickly closed.

“Just composure,” Gonzales said about the message she gave to her team during that crucial timeout. “I felt like they (Sahuaro) were getting a lot of loose balls and they were converting off those loose balls. So, I just wanted to call a timeout, let them regain their composure, get some confidence and get back out there. Then they

got a couple steals and it kind of took us into halftime.”

Mesquite never let up after that. By the end of the third, they led by 19 and by the time the final buzzer sounded the Wildcats had won by 32, securing their third straight trip to the state championship.

“It feels good, but it isn’t the only feeling,” VanAllen said after the Wildcats captured their berth into the state championship. “We want to win the title game and I think that’s the most important thing.”

To take home that second straight state championship, VanAllen thinks there will be one crucial thing they will have to focus on in order to hoist the golden ball trophy at the end of the game Tuesday evening in Wells Fargo Arena.

“Defense,” VanAllen said. “I feel like our defense always leads to our offense and were able to leak out and get easy baskets.”

The Wildcats will take on No. 1 Chaparral in the AIA 5A State Championship at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Wells Fargo Arena.

– Contact Greg Macafee at gmacafee@ timespublications.com or at 480-898-5630 or follow @greg_macafee on Twitter and the Sports Department at @TMG__sports.

(Greg Macafee/Tribune Staff)

Lindsey VanAllen looks for an open teammate during Mesquite’s semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena.

(Greg Macafee/Tribune Staff)

Lindsey VanAllen looks for an open teammate during Mesquite’s semifinal game at Wells Fargo Arena.

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Hop Social Tavern hopping with menu delights

BY COLLEEN SPARKS Tribune Contributing Writer

Anew restaurant near Chandler Fashion Center is hopping with diners eager to dig into pot pies and other comfort food and dish with their friends over happy-hour specials.

A group of veteran Oregon restaurateurs opened Hop Social Tavern in November on West Chandler Boulevard just west of Loop 101 in the building where Elephant Bar had been located.

The restaurant offers homemade, Americana-influenced food and 52 brews on tap in an open setting with an industrial feel, eclectic decorations and bright green booths.

Two married couples, David and Christie Burnett and Bud and Kathy Gabriel, known collectively as Crossroads Restaurant Group, own the independent eatery. The four friends own three restaurants in Oregon.

“I would describe it as scratch-made, Americana comfort food,” David said. “Everything from my mom’s chicken pot pie, corn fritters. I was born in Chicago; everyone’s a dipper. Everything is fresh. Nothing is frozen.”

“It’s been great,” he added. “Happy hours are packed. Every day the lunches are growing. There’s families, Gen X, millennials, baby boomers. We have something for everybody.”

One specialty at Hop Social Tavern is the housemade pot pie with grilled chicken breast, vegetables and homemade crust served with baked French bread ideal for dipping in the pie’s creamy filling.

The menu also features buttermilk-battered crispy fried chicken, a PB&J burger with peanut butter, jalapeño grape jelly, cheddar and crispy fried onions and orange chicken with Szechuan chili peppers, onions, garlic, orange sauce and white rice.

Made-from-scratch meatloaf with veal, pork, ground chuck, bacon, coffee stout gravy and buttermilk mashed potatoes, as well as glazed carrots, is another house specialty. Steak tacos, cabernet tenderloin tips and spicy mac & cheese are also some of the featured meals. A grass-fed bison burger and a variety of brick-oven pizzas add to the American appeal.

A popular appetizer at the new Chandler hotspot is deep-fried donuts with ricotta,

(Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer) David and Christie Burnett, pictured here, are co-owners of Hop Social Tavern, a new restaurant in Chandler. The other co-owners, not pictured, are Bud and Kathy Gabriel. Together, the four co-owners are known as Crossroads Restaurant Group, and they own three other restaurants, which are in Oregon.

vanilla and cinnamon. The donuts, round like donut holes, come with a housemade caramel sauce for dipping. Other appetizers that stir up nostalgic taste buds are soft-baked pretzels with beer cheese fondue, sautéed Brussels sprouts and shishito peppers.

Christie expressed enthusiasm for the customers and employees.

“People in Chandler have been above and beyond amazing, so welcoming,” she said. “People say it’s hard to find good staff. We have just an amazing staff.”

Customers can wash down the appetizers, lunches and dinners with 52 diverse beers on tap, more than half of which are made in Arizona. More than 100 beer tap handles hang on a wall, including one from the brewery Yuengling, founded in 1829. Behind the beer tap handles is a bar with 62 seats.

Happy hour is every day from 3 to 6 p.m. and from 9:30 p.m. until closing time. Most of the happy hour food costs from $3.95 to $5.95. Beers include lagers, pilsners, pale ales, ambers, ciders and IPAs, as well as wheat beers, stouts, porters and red and brown ales.

A SanTan Epicenter with a copper amber hue and toasted malt, as well as a Four Peaks Brewing Company 8th Street Pale Ale and

Sleepy Dog Brewing Peanut Butter Milk Stout are among some of the local brews.

Craft beers are “so popular,” David said. “They’re unique. They use local product. To have a beer that tastes like peanut butter, everyone loves it. A lot of these smaller brewers, they take some creative liberties.”

The smaller beer manufacturers have fun with their creations and David said he and the other Hop Social owners enjoy coming up with new menu items and planning their restaurant concepts. The four Hop Social owners have 56 years combined experience as business owners and operators in the restaurant industry.

“We’re just a couple people chasing our dream,” David said. David’s zest for restaurants was inspired by his mentor and former boss, the late Bob Farrell, who founded the Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour chains. Also a motivational speaker, Farrell wrote the book “Give ‘Em the Pickle.”

David worked for Farrell for 24 years and was a district manager of restaurants most recently. Farrell sold Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour to Marriott Corp. in 1973 and then started Pacific Coast Restaurants (a restaurant group that owned and operated 27 restaurants) and David then worked for Farrell at Pacific Coast Restaurants. When Farrell sold that company to a private investment firm 11 years ago, David decided to leave and open a restaurant.

“My wife and I cashed in our 401(k)s and put our money where our hearts were and joined forces with our partners, Bud and Kathy Gabriel,” David said.

In March 2009, the two couples opened Oswego Grill, an upscale steakhouse in Lake Oswego, Oregon. David, Christie, Bud and Kathy opened their second Oswego Grill in 2011 in Wilsonville, Oregon.

In 2015, the four entrepreneurs opened their third restaurant, Copper River Restaurant & Bar in Hillsboro, Oregon. Copper River is similar to Hop Social with American comfort food, David said. David and Bud met when they were on their church’s council and their children went to school

together.

David and Christie’s son, Daniel, and Daniel’s 4-year-old daughter, Malia, live in Glendale. The couple also has two friends in the Valley restaurant business.

“The community has been so supportive,” David said. “We fell in love with not only the East Valley and its development but with the evolution of the Arizona food scene. We love the Lord; He blessed us. We want to just serve.”

David and Christie are renting a home in Gilbert and plan to spend much time there, as well as in Canby, Oregon, where they have a home. The couple also has six grandchildren in Oregon in addition to their granddaughter in Glendale. Of their four adult children, two live in Oregon and one is in Los Angeles.

Kristi Ludenia of Chandler is already enjoying Hop Social. She recently went there for a business lunch and said “it was just phenomenal.”

“I thought the ambiance in the restaurant was great,” Ludenia said. “Our server was very educated. The food was fantastic. I had the crispy buttermilk chicken tenderloin salad. It was so flavorful.”

She predicted the restaurant will be very successful, citing its huge outdoor area, something not easy to find at Chandler restaurants. Hop Social has two patios that have couches and fire pits to keep diners warm.

Ryan Adamson, 37, of Tempe is also a big fan.

“I like the food, the environment, just the whole experience,” Adamson said. “To me it’s like a higher end restaurant with a casual feel. I feel like you can have this food in a really nice upscale restaurant but it’s more a place you can go on a normal night. I love that they have local beers.”

The interior of Hop Social, which is over about 7,600 square feet, houses reclaimed wood in golden hues on its tables and floors.

“We’re not trying to grow crazy fast,” he said. “We’re taking our time. We have of leaders that want to grow. The bottom line is we’re very thankful for what we’ve been given.”

Hop Social Tavern is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Sundays through Thursdays and from 11 a.m. to midnight Fridays and Saturdays. It’s located at 3405 W. Chandler Boulevard. Information: hopsocialtavern.com.

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ick a day, any day. You’ll find me in the kitchen, testing recipes, shooting videos or cooking for a crowd. It’s my “home” inside my home.

Everyone who enjoys cooking is always looking for recipes that will make them instant rock stars in the kitchen – which brings me to one of my all-time favorites, my Momma’s best-ever homemade meatballs. That’s all I’m going to say. Just make them and see for yourself.

ou’re more than 100 years old … and you haven’t aged a bit. You’re just as popular, just as sweet, just as beloved. And the massive engine that powers you and your iconic cookies are just as coveted as they were back in 1917, when you had your very first cookie sale.

omemade peppermint patties are here, just in time for Valentine’s Day. If you love store-bought peppermint patties, you’re going to flip over this homemade version. It’s a chocolate lover’s world this week, and you’re about to rule it!

hen I think of Sunday suppers (or any supper for that matter), a good oldfashioned brisket is right there at the top of the list. Ah, but wait! What if that brisket was fall apart fork-tender and soaked in spice and coffee? Now we’re talking!

When preparing food for a hungry gathering, you can bet that I will include dishes that are tried and true; the dishes I know people love.

That pretty much sums up my momma’s famous chicken scaloppini. Back when she was the gourmet chef of her own signature restaurant, scaloppini was made with veal.

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Ingredients:

tis is the affable nightly news anchor on screen. Off screen, he’s a bit of a foodie. But the one that gets credit for this amazing brisket is his wife Abby, whose Grandma Suzy made her recipe good enough to pass along from generation to generation.

I’m so excited to share momma’s scaloppini with you. It’s one of the pricier dishes you’ll find in upscale Italian restaurants, but thanks to momma, you can make it at home anytime you want.

In fact, make a big batch, freeze some for later or have a big bowl of pasta with meatballs tonight. I’m including momma’s homemade meat sauce, so now all you have to do is pick the pasta!

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Ingredients:

3 cups powdered sugar

Ingredients: (Serving for 4)

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 large onion, finely chopped

2 tablespoons softened butter

If you haven’t used coffee in a beef recipe, you’re in for a real treat. The great flavor is why top chefs love to prepare meats with a coffee rub. Coffee and beef bring out the best in each other.

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4 cloves garlic, minced

2 teaspoons peppermint extract

4 medium boneless chicken breasts

can’t think of a better combination of comfort foods in one bowl than a creamy, cheesy and satisfying potato soup with broccoli and bacon. I love this soup because it starts with the basics, but you can cheese it up, spice it up and thicken it up just the way you love it.

It really only takes about five minutes to make once you have all of your items prepped, which is an absolute must for this recipe because it will sauté up so quickly.

Momma’s meat sauce

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Ingredients:

1 large onion, finely diced

3 or 4 cloves fresh garlic, minced

4 tablespoons cream

1 cup flour for dredging

1/4 cup olive oil

Incidentally, the Girl Scout Cookie Dessert

1 pound ground pork

1 teaspoon kosher or sea salt

1 pound ground beef

12 oz. melting chocolate wafers (dipping chocolate)

Abby said that a lot of popular brisket recipes use onion soup mix, but she found that it makes the meat and vegetables very salty. The coffee is wonderful because it tones down the saltiness, adds a rich flavor when it’s mixed in with ketchup and the coffee also tenderizes the brisket. Grandma’s Brisket is one of those delicious reminders of how much we love treasured family recipes. Move over, Mark Curtis. This one is ready for prime time, too.

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2 sticks of celery, finely diced

1 medium carrots, finely diced

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1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

Girls Scout Tagalong Pudding Pie

Ingredients:

1 1/2 cup bread crumbs

Ingredients:

3/4 cup Marsala

6-8 pieces of bacon

Directions:

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 pound of fresh ground beef

or 1 small can (4 oz.) green chiles

1/2 pound Italian sausage (sweet or hot)

1/2 cup butter, cubed

1 cup finely grated fresh Romano or Parmesan cheese

1 box of Girl Scout Tagalongs

1 large yellow onion, diced fine

2 cans (16 oz.) organic tomato sauce

Ingredients

3 eggs

1 cup sweet yellow onion, chopped fine

3-4 lbs. (first cut) trimmed brisket

2 large carrots, diced fine

1 can (6 oz.) organic tomato paste

1/4 cup green onions, sliced thin

1 small package (3 1/2 oz.) instant vanilla pudding

1/4 cup chicken broth or warm water

3 bay leaves

2 large celery stalks, diced fine

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped

1 1/2 cups milk

1 tablespoon parsley, chopped fine

2 tablespoons fresh basil, finely chopped

3 large russet potatoes, peeled and diced

Directions:

2 sweet yellow onions, sliced in rounds

4 cups white button mushrooms, sliced thin

3 tablespoons flour 1 cup milk, plus more to thin out if desired 2 cups (8 oz. package) shredded cheddar cheese, plus more for garnish

1 teaspoon kosher salt

1/3 cup creamy peanut butter

2 (14.5 oz.) cans chicken broth

1 1/2 cups fresh brewed strong coffee

1 teaspoon coarse ground pepper

Salt and pepper as needed

Whipped topping or whipped cream

1 1/2 cups ketchup

2 cups broccoli, cut in small 1-inch flowerets

Directions:

Chopped peanuts for garnish, optional

3-4 tablespoons Montreal Steak Seasoning

Optional, 1 large fresh Anaheim chile, diced fine

1 teaspoon garlic powder

1 teaspoon pepper

Directions:

2 cups baby carrots

Directions:

8 mini potatoes

Directions:

Sauté onion and garlic in olive oil until translucent. Set aside to cool. Combine pork, beef, bread crumbs, cheese, eggs, broth or water, parsley, salt, pepper and the onion and garlic mixture in a large bowl. Mix just until ingredients are combined. Roll into small balls (about an inch and a half.)

In a mixing bowl, combine the powdered sugar, butter, peppermint extract and cream. On medium high, beat with a paddle attachment. (Mixture will be crumbly at first.) Turn mixer on high and beat until it becomes creamy and smooth. Candy should be soft but not sticky. If too sticky, add more powdered sugar, a little at a time, until the consistency is that of Play-Doh. Roll out a long piece of plastic wrap. Scoop out mixture onto the wrap and form into a long thin roll about 1 1/2 inch in diameter. (This will be the size of the inside of your peppermint patty.)

1 teaspoon salt

Directions:

teaspoon pepper Green onion, sliced thin, for garnish

Grind cookies in blender or food processor and press into a lightly greased 8- or 9-inch pie plate. Prepare pudding mix using only 1 1/2 cups milk. Stir in peanut butter until well combined. Pour into pie shell. Freeze for several hours for pie to harden. Keep frozen until ready to serve. Add whipped topping and chopped peanuts for garnish if desired.

and put the candy inside which will help keep the bottom from flattening as it sits in the refrigerator.

Chill the candy until it is very firm, at least one hour. Prepare a sheet pan lined with parchment paper and place in refrigerator to chill. When candy has hardened, remove from plastic wrap and, using a sharp knife, slice off rounds about

In a large pan (or Dutch oven) over medium heat, sauté onion, garlic, celery and carrot in olive oil until tender and translucent. Add beef and sausage and cook until browned. Add tomato sauce, tomato paste, bay leaves and basil. Simmer for about 45 minutes. When dark oil bubbles to the surface, the sauce is

Wash chicken and pat dry. Remove fat. Cut each chicken breast into five medallion slices. (Not lengthwise like tenders.) Place chicken in zipper-closure bag and place on cutting board. Gently pound to form 2½-inch medallions. Dredge each medallion in flour. In a large sauté pan, add 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

On a baking sheet slightly greased or lined with parchment paper, bake meatballs at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes or un til meatballs are slightly browned. (Or cook meatballs in frying pan with a little oil until browned.)

Add potatoes and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring often. Add broccoli and optional diced chile. Add chicken broth and cook for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a bowl, whisk together flour and milk, making a slurry. Pour into soup, stirring to

Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Season brisket by patting and rubbing Montreal Steak Seasoning on both sides of brisket. Sprinkle both sides with garlic powder and pepper. Drizzle olive oil into Dutch Oven, roasting pan or large oven-safe skillet. On high heat, brown brisket on both sides, about 2 minutes per side.

Melt the dipping chocolate in the microwave in 30-second intervals, stirring to prevent over-

Remove brisket. Reduce heat to medium high and cook onions with drippings

about 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally. Wisk together

When the pan is hot, add the chicken a few pieces at a time. Do not overlap chicken. Brown each piece quickly on both sides, about 1 minute per side, making sure the heat is on high. When all pieces are browned, add Marsala. (Caution: It may flame up!) Stir gently just enough to combine. Turn heat down to medium and simmer for about 45 seconds until wine has mostly evaporated. Add butter, mushroom, yellow and green onions

and pepper. Do not

Roll it up tightly in the plastic wrap and twist or tie off the ends. (I divided the mixture up into two logs and wrapped each in plastic wrap to keep one log chilled while working with the other.)

Simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, occasionally stirring gently. Serve

For more flavorful rice,

Slice entire slab of bacon in half. Refrigerate one half for later use. Cut remaining half of slab of bacon into one-inch slices. Do not separate bacon before cutting (It’s easier to cut and to pull apart when using this method). Alternately, you can cook 6-8 full pieces of bacon and cut into smaller pieces when cooked. In a Dutch oven or large pot, cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon to drain on paper towels. Remove all but 2 tablespoons of bacon grease. (If desired, remove all bacon grease and add two tablespoons of butter or olive oil.) Add onion, carrots and celery and cook over medium high heat for about 5 minutes, or until softened, stir-

move them to one side of the pan. Return the brisket to the

Tip: To keep your candy round, cut a slit all the way down an old cardboard paper towel tube,

Using a fork or dipping tool, dip a patty into the melted chocolate, coating completely. Let the excess coating drip back into the bowl. Set on chilled parchment-lined baking sheet and repeat with the rest of the candy slices. Immediately re-

When potatoes are soft and soup has thickened, add cheese, stirring to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste. If soup becomes too thick, thin it out with more milk. Serve in a bowl with sprinkled cheese, crisp pieces of bacon and green

onions over the brisket. Add carrots and mini potatoes. Pour the

You can also serve soup in scooped out baked

Store in airtight container in fridge or at room temperature. Serves approximately 30.

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CALKINS, MaryAnn

MaryAnnCalkins,NeeChase,age80,four yearresidentofWoodridge,IL,formerlyof MesaandMarsHill,Maine,passedaway Monday,January15,2018atEdward HospitalofNaperville.Marywasborn January4,1938inWestfield,Mainetoher lovinglateparents,CyrusandMargaret Chase.

BelovedwifeofthelateMelvinBrewer. CherishedmotherofMarkBrewerof Woodridge,IL,ColleenOfiaraandFred Calkins.DearestgrandmotherofAlexandra&SeanOfiaraand Kelly&FredrickCalkinsLovingsisterofBetsyClements,Rachael BrewerandthelateCurtisLunney. Marywasalongtimecaregiverandnurse.Shelovedgardening especiallyplantingshrubsandtrees,turningdesertrocksintoa beautifulgarden.

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eacefully surrounded by loved ones on Febary 17, 2018. James was born on Novemer 17, 1942 in Green Bay, Wisconsin to the

ames grew up in Green Bay and was an allstate high school quarterback before playing football at University of Wisconsin as a member of their 1962 Big Ten championship team James studied at Wisconsin where he earned his bachelor's degree in 1965 He then attended Purdue University where he earned his master's ('67) and doctorate ('70) degrees and also taught for several years

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deavors were his priorities on faith and family. James was an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, always imparting the importance of God and service with love and kindness He was a loving adventurous father, caring grandfather and compassionate friend

James is celebrated by those who survive him, including his sist e r J u l i e ( J o h n ) B

(Richard) Deahl, South Bend, IN; Troy (Julia) Hennig, Anchorage, AK; Ryan (Carrie Garczynski) Hennig, Evergreen, CO; Tara Henn i g , G r a n g e r , I N , a n d t h e i

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