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EV mayors warn of regional texting ban BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

he mayors of Chandler and Mesa officials are hoping that the State Legislature finally passes a bill to combat texting while driving, but are prepared to study a regional crackdown if lawmakers continue years of failure to set a consistent statewide standard. Like other city officials throughout Arizona, Chandler Mayor Kevin Hartke and Mesa Mayor John Giles last week told the Tribune they may reluctantly consider ordinances if the state fails to act and pursue a regional approach such as one already in force in the Tucson area.

They were buoyed by passage of Phoenix Republican Sen. Brophy McGee’s bill, which would only allow motorists to use a cell phone by using Bluetooth or other hands-free methods. Amid a sad trail of crashes, injuries and KEVIN HARTKE fatalities caused by texting motorists, the State Senate last week voted 20-10 vote to ban the use of a hand-held phone while driving. East Valley Republicans J.D. Mesnard of Chandler, David Farnsworth of Mesa and Ed-

die Farnsworth of Gilbert were among those voting against the measure. Mesnard is proposing a broader ban on distracted driving, but the measure may not even get out of the Senate. Brophy-McGee’s JOHN GILES bill now goes to the state House, where it faces an uncertain future despite the recent death of Salt River Pima-Maricopa Tribal Police Officer Clayton

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Scouting organizations wage war for girl members BY CECILIA CHAN Tribune Staff Writer

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Mesa, Chandler districts spent more on instruction BY KAYLA RUTLEDGE Tribune Staff Writer AND HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

he state Auditor General shows Mesa Public Schools increased perpupil spending in 2018 while serving fewer students and Chandler Unified did the same despite a student population increase. Both districts spent more per student on instruction last school year than districts of comparable size and the state average overall, according to the Auditor General’s annual report on school spending. According to the report, Mesa spent 55.4 cents per dollar on instruction in 2018, which totaled $4,599 per student and was a slight increase from the 55.2 cents spent the previous school year. Chandler Unified spent $4,606 per student on instruction – an increase of $204 per student from the previous year. For every dollar, Chandler put 61.6 cents in the classroom, the report said. Both Chandler’s and Mesa’s per-pupil spending on instruction exceeded the average $4,531 spent by districts their size and the $4,408 state average. On the other hand, Mesa’s per-pupil spending on administration of $697 was

significantly less than the state average of $860 and the $712 spent by districts the same size. Chandler Unified’s administration per pupil cost was $613. For per-pupil spending on support – which includes everything from attendance clerks and social workers to counselors, nurses, audiologists and speech pathologists – Chandler spent $516 and Mesa $733. Districts the same size spent $704 per pupil on support services and the state average was $693. Auditor General Lindsey Perry said classroom spending in Arizona is on the rise for the second year in a row. According to the report, 54 cents of every education dollar spent during the last academic year went toward instruction. That largely includes salaries and benefits for teachers and aides, as well as school supplies, instructional software, athletics, band and choir. While higher than in previous years, Perry said the instructional share is still 4.6 percentage points below the high point in 2004. And even after adjusting for inflation, total per pupil spending is $177 less now than it was in 2004 and $861 below the high point in 2008 before the Great Recession. Perry said the additional dollars did boost the average teacher pay in Arizona

from $48,372 to $48,951. And she said overall school districts employed 101 additional teachers, which resulted in a slight reduction in the state’s studentsper-teacher ratio. Still, she said, a gap remains between Arizona and the rest of the country. Even with the boost in teacher pay, salaries here remain close to $11,300 below the national average. “Part of the reason for Arizona’s lower average teacher salary may be due to Arizona’s teachers having fewer years of experience, on average, when compared to the national average,” she reported. Perry said Arizona teachers average 11 years of experience compared with the national figure of 13.7 years. The bottom line, she said, is that Arizona spends less than $8,300 per student, compared with the national average of more than $11,800, with 54 percent of those Arizona dollars winding up in the classroom in Arizona compared with the national average of 60.9 percent of the higher national education spending figure. Perry said some districts have worked to identify the potential for improved efficiency and cost savings. But, overall, Arizona schools spend 11.9 percent of their budgets on plant operations versus 9.2 percent in the rest of the country.

Mesa schools ponder schedule changes amid bus problems BY KAYLA RUTLEDGE Tribune Staff Writer

ornings throughout the school week can be chaotic for just about anyone, but Mesa Public Schools Governing Board is slowly piecing a plan together to combat student tardiness – which could include a shift in school start times. The district has had a longtime punctuality battle with students who ride buses. During a governing board meeting Feb. 26, Assistant Superintendent Scott Thompson highlighted the recent inability to meet scheduled drop-off and pickup times, mentioning buses occasionally dropped students off at school up to an hour late while others arrived over an hour early. Thompson said prominent factors contributing to transportation disparities are unique schedules for choiceand-success schools and early release and late start schedules. But Thompson emphasized the most pressing issue is the district’s driver

shortage. Mesa currently has more than 50 unfulfilled driving positions. In its annual report on school district spending, the state Auditor General last week also flagged Mesa’s “very high” transportation cost of $458 per student – higher than the per-pupil cost of $358 to districts of the same size and the $388 state average. Broken down another way, the report said school buses cost Mesa $4.70 per mile or $1,555 per student – significantly higher than spending by both districts of similar size and the state average. Districts the same size spent $3.72 per mile, or $1,330 per student on buses; the state average was $4.05 and $1,301, respectively. The bus driver shortage affects routes on a daily basis, Thompson said, because when drivers are unexpectedly absent or unable to drive their bus because of maintenance issues, entire routes have to be changed for the remaining drivers. “That’s something that would typically happen once a month, maybe once a week. But [because of the shortage]

we are doing [re-routing buses] hourly,” Thompson said. To create a more efficient transportation system, the board is considering three tiers of schedules that would allow one diver to cover multiple routes, as well as a delay in school start times by at least 10 to 15 minutes that could be implemented at the start of the 2020-21 year. The discussed solutions at the session assume the driver shortage will not be resolved in the near future, and are designed to be effective with the current number of drivers available to the schools. Although the discussion on a potential shift in start times is a continuing conversation, Superintendent Ember Conley has already recognized many parents will have concerns with a shift in the schedule. “When you change people’s start times, it rocks their world, even if it’s just ten to fifteen minutes,” Conley said. All board members agreed special attention needs to be paid to transporting children to school on time.

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More downtown Mesa development ready to roll BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

he Pomeroy parking garage, a bland but functional structure near Mesa Municipal Court, will disappear behind a new veneer of three-story row houses when a long-awaited redevelopment project rises downtown. Real estate developer Tony Wall, of 3W Management in Scottsdale, said he is close to landing financing for The GRID Mesa near Main Street and Mesa Drive. The Mesa City Council granted Wall a significant break last week by allowing him to avoid building his own 140-space garage after he convinced city officials that it is unnecessary for an urban development more attuned to walking and mass transit. The second garage would have been at Main Street and Pomeroy, according to the project’s original site plan. Wall’s amended development agreement calls for him to build a resident courtyard instead, but also protects the city by allowing Mesa to get back 75 spaces if the parking proves inadequate for municipal purposes. In all, the city will retain 265 spaces while Wall will license 339 spaces for The GRID. McVay said the agreement will not compromise parking for court employees and for court visitors. He said the number of spaces is more consistent with an urban project, where cars are less important than a suburban project. City officials view the novel seven-story combination of office space, row houses, one- and two-bedroom apartments and “micro units’’ as an important part of downtown Mesa’s renaissance. They say it compliments other development, including Benedictine University next door and the new Arizona State University building near City Hall. ASU’s Mesa City Center campus is viewed as the cornerstone of an Innovation District that will focus on new technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality and virtual reality. The GRID lost a key potential tenant, Co+Hoots, a co-working space company in Phoenix, but is working on finding a replacement that will foster the creativity and collaboration envisioned by the Innovation District, Wall said. “I think the Innovation District is so important to downtown. It’s going to bring new life to downtown,’’ Wall said. “We are in serious discussions with a number of innovative companies.’’

Taylor Robson and developer Tony Wall stand in front of the city garage that will become hidden behind a new veneer of three-story row houses near Main Street and Mesa Drive. (Pablo Robles/Tribune Staff Photographer)

Jeff McVay, Mesa’s downtown transformation manager, said the Innovation District requires a learning institution, a creative business network and a place suitable for the exchange of ideas. “Downtown Mesa has the bones of a great place. New, high-quality residential will put the meat on the bones and will create the human vibrancy that will support an Innovation District,’’ McVay wrote in an email. The GRID also is located on the west side of Mesa Drive, across from The Residences at Main and Mesa Drive, under development by City Creek Reserve, the

real estate division of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Although the garage would be ensconced inside the development’s core, it would still function as a parking facility for the court, and as critical parking for Wall’s future tenants under an agreement worked out with the city. Wall said he knows of no other redevelopment project in the Phoenix metro area that incorporates a city parking garage with new housing. He said the row houses, his premiere product, will wrap around the garage in an L-shaped configuration.

The grid would be a novel seven-story combination of office and retail space, row houses, apartments and “micro” living units that would resemble studio or efficiency apartments. (Special to the Tribune)

Wall considers the arrangement a unique public-private partnership with the city, and praised Mesa for buying into his development. “It’s a pretty good use for a public space that doesn’t have anything much going on,’’ Wall said, noting that the garage is sparsely used. “The mix of housing types is pretty important to us.’’ Karrin Taylor Robson, Wall’s partner and a Mesa native, said very little new housing has been built in central Mesa for decades. She said the ASU building will help the market, but a market already exists. “There’s pent-up demand,’’ Taylor Robson, the daughter of retired Mesa state legislator Carl Kunasek, said. “There’s no new product.’’ Wall said his target market includes millennials who want the convenience of living near entertainment and other services, along with young professionals who might be lured by the row houses. The GRID features 15 three-story row houses, 75 “micro units’’ that are 450 square feet and similar to a studio apartment, and 196 “sky apartments’’ on the fourth through seventh floors, with a rooftop lounge on top, according to Wall’s website. “In the beginning of our design, we exceeded the city standards’’ for parking, Wall said. “Not as many spaces are going to be needed per apartment’’ because of other transit options, such as walking, ride-sharing services and light rail. “If you look at the downtown Mesa lifestyle, you have so many restaurant and entertainment opportunities,’’ Wall said. Wall conceded the changes in the development agreement will save him money, but he said it is more of a marketing decision than a financial decision. “We are very, very close’’ to obtaining financing, Wall said, an obstacle in the past. He signed his first development agreement with Mesa in fall 2017. “It’s a big project. It’s the first real private investment in downtown,’’ Wall said, adding that he considers The Residences more of a church-related project. “We are the pioneers. It’s a hard mountain to climb.’’ Wall’s modified development agreement “represents a delay in project completion of up to one year,’’ according to a report written by McVay. It requires him to start construction by June 3 and finish by the end of December 2021. The $63-million ASU building, now in its design phase, is also tentatively scheduled to open in fall 2021, according to a city web page.

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ix alleged Mesa members of a drug trafficking organization were arrested, along with the seizure of cocaine, fentanyl, guns and cash. The arrests and seizures were the result of a joint task force investigation by the Scottsdale Police Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration. The task force raided four residences in west and central Mesa, seizing about two kilograms of cocaine, 1,000 suspected fentanyl pills and $28,000 in cash. According to public law enforcement records, the investigation began in late 2018 based on information developed by the DEA’s Scottsdale Task Force. However, a DEA spokesperson said the investigation began in March 2018. The task force also seized 16 weapons, including stolen handguns and AR-15 assault rifles, high-capacity magazines, body armor and thousands of rounds of ammunition.

The raids all took place at the suspects’ residences in Mesa, at which time the task force found cocaine and pills hidden throughout the homes, including in a toilet. Following the months-long investigation, the task force conducted four raids across the Valley and arrested six individuals with alleged ties to drug trafficking: Jose Gonzalez-Ramos, Yasary Bejarano, Luis Adrian Gonzalez Perez, Carlos Daniel Pineda Martinez, Jorge Marin Cuevas and John Hernandez Vera. Through its investigation, the task force identified Gonzalez-Ramos as the head of the organization, who was purchasing one kilogram of cocaine per week to sell. According to court records, the arrested individuals are suspected of being members of a drug trafficking organization that was selling cocaine and fentanyl-laced pills. The other individuals were allegedly

involved in storing and selling the illicit drugs. According to the DEA press release, Gonzalez-Ramos admitted to being a member of MS-13, an international criminal gang that began in Los Angeles in the 1970s. He is currently on probation for a 2017 federal money laundering charge for attempting to bring currency into Mexico. “The safety and protection of American citizens by targeting drug traffickers, violent gang members and other criminal organizations is our highest priority,” said Doug Coleman, special agent in charge of DEA in Arizona, in a press release. “These criminals who prey on our communities will be discovered, and along with our law enforcement partners, the men and women of DEA will bring them to justice.” The Scottsdale Police Department declined to comment. The bust comes about a month after a local teenager in northern Scottsdale

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nity service. LaFleur also placed Epperlein on probation for one year. Epperlein was not taken into custody immediately but was ordered to surrender at a future date. Epperlein’s license had been suspended when he failed to keep expensive insurance that was required after he was convicted of driving under the influence. Epperlein was driving his roommate’s truck during the collision. “You put yourself above the law, above the right of Pamela Hesselbacher’s children to have their mother,’’ LaFleur said. “Hopefully, this will cause you to change your pattern of conduct.’’ LaFleur said he also is hoping that other people learn from the tragic case and decide not to drive after their license is suspended. Matt Hesselbacher, Pamela’s widower, quietly addressed LaFleur in a hushed tone before the sentencing. He is raising the children, Audrey and Ryan, with the assistance of family members. The children survived their severe injuries but have suffered physically and emotionally. “I lost my loving wife,’’ Matt Hesselbacher said. “She was the person they loved most in the world. For them to never see her again while they are growing up is very tragic.’’ William Epperlein, the defendant’s father, turned to face the Hesselbacher fam-

ily and apologized on his son’s behalf. “I would like to say I am very sorry for what’s happened. It’s a terrible thing,’’ Epperlein’s father said. “I am very sorry and I wish you all the best.’’ He said his son has been wrongfully portrayed in media reports. “We all have to remember this is an accident, a terrible accident,’’ Epperlein’s father said. “You make my son look like a monster. That’s not true at all. He’s a gentle, kind person.’’ Jodi Kieran, Pamela’s mother, worked tirelessly for the passage of Pam’s Law, which requires longer sentences for collisions that result in death. Their efforts eventually culminated in the passage of HB 2522, which makes it a felony, carrying a 3½-year sentence, to seriously injure or kill someone while driving on a suspended license. A defendant’s license must be suspended because of failure to have proof of insurance after an arrest on driving under the influence charges. Kieran was grateful to LaFleur for the sentence, which was what she requested. She said she could tell from the judge’s voice that he was moved by the tragedy, as was the community as a whole. “Now, we can look at our grandchildren and tell them we did everything possible to make it right for their mother,’’ Kieran said. “There’s no erasing what was done. At least it’s a step forward.’’

Driver sentenced in Chandler mom’s crash death BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

n the surface, it doesn’t seem like justice – a 30-day jail sentence for an unlicensed driver who struck and killed a young mother in Chandler while seriously injuring her two small children. But it was the maximum sentence Chandler Municipal Court Judge Gary LaFleur could mete out to defendant William Epperlein in the tragic Nov. 16, 2016, death of Pamela Hesselbacher. Hesselbacher had visited a nearby park with her children and was walking home with them for dinner when Epperlein ran a red light and struck them on Ray Road and College in west Chandler. While the circumstances were heartbreaking, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office ruled that they did not rise to the level of a felony because Epperlein was not impaired, was not speeding and had not fled, avoiding a potential hit and run charge. Alex Gonzalez, Epperlein’s defense attorney, said the sun was setting, restricting Epperlein’s vision. The driver also was distracted by a car next him. “The light cycled, he wasn’t paying attention and he didn’t see the victims,’’ Gonzalez said. “He is guilty of the offense even though he intended to harm no one.’’ But LaFleur didn’t buy Gonzalez’s re-

Pamela Hesselbacher, killed in the 2016 accident, was a vibrant mother of two and devoted wife of Matt Hesselbacher. (Special to the Tribune)

quest for a suspended sentence, or the defendant’s father’s explanation that it was merely a tragic accident. “This is a tragic situation. Nothing we can do can make people whole again,’’ LaFleur said. “The court does not view this as a random act. You made a conscious decision to drive when you did not have the right to do so.’’ LaFleur also ordered $30,000 in restitution, the highest amount possible, on the misdemeanor charges of causing an accident with serious injuries or death and driving on a suspended license. He was fined $1,869; his license was suspended for 180 days; and he was ordered to perform 240 hours of commu-

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program to girls Feb. 1 and changed the name to a gender-neutral one, though troops can only be either all boys or all girls 11 to 17 years old. “Troops continue to form every day across the country as word spreads about this incredible opportunity,” Deon said. The open enrollment comes a year after BSA allowed girls to become Cub Scouts, another once all-male bastion for ages 5-11. Since January 2018, 77,000 girls have joined Cub Scouts, Jacobs said. At Phoenix-based Grand Canyon Council BSA, which covers most of Arizona with 11 districts, so far 300 girls have signed up for Cub Scouts and 68 for Scouts BSA, according to COO Joseph Curtis. Grand Canyon’s current total registration was 35,000. The state’s second BSA council is in Tucson and serves four districts in southern Arizona. BSA’s National Executive Board has steadily expanded membership, beginning in 2013 when it lifted a ban on gay boys, followed by allowing gay adult scout leaders in 2015. Two years after that, BSA welcomed transgender boys into its ranks. Grand Canyon Council CEO Andy Price discounted dwindling membership for BSA’s launch of its Family Scouting Program. He said the organization was responding to requests from families. “Every year of my career I’ve had families ask, ‘How come our daughters can’t participate?’” said Price, who’s been in Scouting since he was 8. His response mirrors a statement put out by BSA in 2017 that cited “years of receiving requests from families and girls” for a reason behind its historic decision. The nonprofit organization has seen its youth membership dip to 2.3 million in 2017 from 2.7 million in 2011, according to BSA’s annual reports. Curtis said Grand Canyon’s membership has not increased in the last three years. Compounding the overall drop in membership, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced last year it was severing its century-old sponsorship ties with BSA to pursue its own programming that would be better suited to its needs. It will continue funding chartering activities through the end of 2019. Nationally, about 425,000 Mormon youth participate in BSA programs – 18.6 percent of the total membership, according to BSA officials. Roughly 70 percent of Grand Canyon’s youth membership belongs to the Church, Price said, adding the

Andry price, chief executive officer of the BSA’s Grand Canyon Council, talks with John Bryant of Mesa, whose daughter is a member of one of the all-girl troops. (Special to the Tribune)

organization did “a survey with parents and 30 percent will stay with Scouting.” Price said the survey results were encouraging because the scouts and leaders who remain are dedicated to the program and not in it because they were told to join by the Church. Sarah Sokiveta is a longtime scout leader who’s staying put. “My scout leadership has never been because I was a member of the Church,” said the Mesa resident, a scoutmaster of a nine-girl troop. Sokiveta said what attracted her to BSA Scouts was its mission statement “to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law.” Girls and boys will have the same curriculum since the program is not genderspecific, according to Price. Sokiveta said girls who choose Cub Scouts or Scouts BSA generally have a brother or parent involved in the programs. In her troop, half are new to Scouting and the other half joined because a brother was a member, she said. “For every three girls who join, we pick up a brother,” Price added. Deon said her younger brother was in the Cub Scouts and her father, a pack leader. She is now a senior patrol leader – the first female to achieve that in the council – and has her eyes set on earning Eagle rank. Both Sokiveta’s 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter, Bridgette, are in the program. Bridgette, who attends Montessori Education Centre Charter School, said Girl Scouts didn’t appeal to her.

“I have a few friends who said in the Girl Scouts they learned things but never do anything with what they’ve learned,” she said. With Scouts BSA, there was camping, learning to tie knots and whittling, said Bridgette, who owns three pocket knives. While families may be embracing BSA’s open enrollment, its counterpart, Girl Scouts of the United States of America, called the move underhanded. Its president, Kathy Hopinkah Hannan, sent a three-page scathing letter to BSA’s then-President Randall Stephenson, accusing his organization of a “covert campaign to recruit girls” that would undercut the Girl Scouts. She stated that her organization focused on creating engaging new programming around STEM, high-adventure experience in the outdoors, entrepreneurship and other offerings to keep up with the times and suggested BSA should do the same to attract members instead of raiding the Girl Scouts. “Over the last century, GSUSA has adapted to the changing environment, always prioritizing the health, safety and well-being of girls,” she wrote. “For BSA to explore a program for girls without such priorities is reckless.” She requested BSA instead focus on “serving the 90 percent of American boys not currently participating in Boy Scouts” and expand its scope of programming to all boys, “including those that BSA has historically underserved and underrepresented such as AfricanAmerican and Latino boys.” Price said BSA was not stealing members from the Girl Scouts but rather add-

ing a program for girls in the community just like a 4-H Club or any other youth program. “We don’t look at it as competition because so many girls are not in scouting, period,” said Bill Nelson, scoutmaster for BSA Girl Troop 14 in Ahwatukee. “We don’t want to compete with anyone else in scouting and in recruiting girls.” Nelson’s troop of seven girls, ages 1115, is one of two girl troops currently formed in Ahwatukee. “As people find out about the program, we are getting more and more people interested in joining,” he said. “Some of the girls who joined last week have brothers are scouts and so they know what the program is a little bit about.” Nelson, who’s been an adult leader with BSA for over 20 years, has a son who earned Eagle rank, and a granddaughter and grandson who both joined a Scouts BSA troop. “My granddaughter is 13,” Nelson said. “Mostly she joined to be able to do camping and hiking, archery and outdoors stuff.” Both scouting organizations’ members earn merit badges in various activities to advance toward the highest achievement offered – Eagle rank for Scouts BSA and Gold Award for Girl Scouts. And both organizations focus on molding their members into successful and productive citizens. Both can tout members who became famous. Director Steven Spielberg, astronaut Neil Armstrong and former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg were all Boy Scouts. Former Girl Scouts include tennis star Venus Williams, astronaut Sally Ride and former Secretary of State and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. But a 2011 study published in Sage Journals looked at gender messages in both organizations and found girls were offered more activities intended to be performed in groups than were boys. Boys also were offered proportionately more activities with scientific content and proportionately fewer artistic activities than girls, according to the study. The perception Girl Scouts has limited opportunities for outdoor adventure is not true, say its officials. They pointed to the summer camp programs. Scouts BSA offers year-round camping. In Arizona, there are four camp locations where girls have the opportunity to choose from age-appropriate activities like archery, backpacking, ziplining,

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canoeing, white-water rafting and more, according to Girl Scouts. Susan de Queljoe, spokeswoman for the Girl Scouts of Arizona’s Cactus Pine Council, said it was still too early to comment if BSA’s recruitment will affect membership. The Cactus Pine Council’s current membership of 21,000 girls in more than 90 communities across central and northern Arizona has held steady for the past two years, de Queljoe said. “Time will tell what will happen,” she said. “Boy Scouts allowing girls is a disservice to both boys and girls.” She said boys and girls deserve the opportunity to belong to a single-gender group. “I think that Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts fulfill really good leadership skills,” she said. “But research shows that girls do much better if in a single-gender environment where the whole patriarchal society is not dictating to them to be cute, pretty or quiet. “They end up in an all-girl environment and end up being leaders in every single way.” She said girls are exposed every day to a two-gender world and Girl Scouts gives them a place where they can be themselves, don’t have to worry about failing in front of boys or looking smarter than them – or any of the other cultural norms. They can learn and find their own voice, which prepares them as adults to work in a “very patriarchal society,” de Queljoe said. “Women do not have an equal place in this country,” she said. “Women are not valued the same way as men are. Women are not paid as much as men. Girl Scouts is one area where girls can learn in whatever way they wish. They don’t have to be second fiddle to anybody.” Gilbert resident Isabella Belanger, a lifelong Girl Scout since she first joined as a Brownie, can testify firsthand what the program has done for her. “I’ve learned to go outside my bubble and make friends,” said Belanger, 18, who attends Chandler-Gilbert Community College and is a Gold Award recipient. “One of the things that is really important is stepping outside your bubble when you feel you are all alone.”

She said she also learned leadership skills that served her well as a section leader for her marching band during her senior year at Gilbert High School. And being in a girls-only group was a big help, she said. “Sometimes you are a little self-conscious around boys, that is something that happens,” she said. “It’s nice to be surrounded by girls going through the same thing. It gave me the confidence to do things.” Price noted while BSA’s four other programs for young people, Sea Scouts, Venturing, Exploring and STEM have always been co-ed, the Cub Scouts dens and Scouts BSA troops are single-gender. That may be so, de Queljoe said, but the packs and troops can participate together in co-ed activities. Packs are made up of several dens and can be all-girls, all boys or co-ed. The Girl Scouts in November went as far as to sue BSA for trademark infringement, claiming it didn’t have the right to use “scouts” or “scouting” by themselves for services offered to girls. The lawsuit, which asks for monetary damages, is making its way through federal court. The Girl Scout’s suit isn’t the only legal issue facing BSA. The organization is fighting a number of sexual-abuse lawsuits and may consider bankruptcy as an option in light of mounting legal costs, according to several media reports in December. In its latest annual report, BSA noted its financial condition for 2018 and the next few years ahead depended on three factors, including the outcome of the sexual-abuse litigation. In December 2017, BSA upped its annual membership fee to $33 from $24 for all members. Like BSA, Girl Scouts also is facing plummeting membership, falling to 1.76 million girls in 2017 from 2.5 million in 2008. But one thing Girl Scouts will never do is follow the route of its counterpart. “We have a program that is based on research, based with life-changing outcomes and we are going to continue to build a girl’s self worth, confidence, courage and leadership,” de Queljoe said. “I don’t see us taking boys. Girl scouts will never be open to taking boys.”

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Townsend when his car was struck by a texting motorist on the Loop 101. “I’m a big supporter of Kate Brophy McGee’s bill,’’ Hartke said. “I’m a big supporter of this being a regional solution.’’ “If, for some reason, the Governor doesn’t sign it, we would at least look at it,’’ Hartke said. Gov. Doug Ducey said he would sign a ban. Hartke said continuing to do nothing statewide is unacceptable because of the injuries and fatalities caused by distracted driving. But if the legislature continues more than a decade of doing nothing about texting while driving, Hartke said he would support reaching out to Mesa, Tempe and other East Valley municipalities to craft a regional approach to combating the problem. “Driving needs your attention,’’ Hartke said. “We have a whole generation coming into driving that is so used to the cell phone as a part of life. It is artificial to them to not look at a cell phone.’’ Giles said the legislature needs to pass a statewide bill to avoid confusion and promote public safety. “The state of Arizona needs to lead on. If they don’t, you will see local ordinances,’’ Giles said. “I think there is grassroots, public support for addressing the problem of texting while driving.’’ Giles said Mesa also would consider a local ordinance and working with other local officials on a common East Valley approach, but he hopes it doesn’t come to that. Giles compared today’s controversy over addressing distracted driving with the movement in the 1990s to ban smoking inside restaurants, bars and other public places. He said various cities, including Mesa, passed smoking laws of their own, which created confusion that was only eliminated by the creation of a state law. That measure was enacted, however, by a voter-approved initiative in 2006, not by the legislature. Mesnard said he opposes texting bans and has proposed a bill that does not mention cell phones specifically, but would allow police to issue citations if they note any sort of distraction – from eating a cheeseburger, to applying makeup, to the driver taking his or her eyes off the road to yell at misbehaving children in the backseat. It had been scheduled for a vote last Thursday, but was never called and its fate is uncertain. Under Brophy McGee’s bill, police would have to wait until 2021 to issue actual civil citations.

Before the Senate approved the texting bill, Sen. Kate Brophy McGee made an impassioned argument for her measure while Gilbert Sen. Eddie Farnsworth outlined his opposition to it. (Special to the Tribune)

But cities like Tempe aren’t waiting. The city council recently toughened a handsfree driving law it initially passed in 2015. As of April, Tempe police can stop someone for holding a cell phone while driving. Previously, they could only stop a motorist if he or she had committed another traffic violation. The piecemeal approach that Giles and Hartke say must end, already exists throughout Arizona. Brendan Lyons, executive director of Look! Save a Life in Tucson, said 26 cities, towns and counties in Arizona have some sort of distracted driving law, with 23 enforcing hands-free driving and the remainder banning texting. “What you’re telling me about Chandler and Mesa is a very consistent message. Everyone is saying it’s time to act,’’ Lyons said. Lyons, a former firefighter, was nearly killed in 2013 when he was struck by a distracted driver. The collision left him unable to pursue his career, but it also launched him on a statewide mission to pass as many local distracted driving laws as possible after one texting bill after another died in the State Legislature. “Because I’m alive, because I have a voice, it is my duty to speak up for those who do not have a voice,’’ Lyons said, alluding to victims killed in collisions caused by distracted driving. Even if the House approves Brophy McGee’s bill, and Ducey signs it, Tempe and all the other Arizona communities can continue to enforce their local distracted driving laws until the state law takes effect in January 2021. “I think it’s great. It’s something that is

long overdue in my opinion,” said Tempe police Sgt. Steve Carbajal, who has devoted most of his 21-year career to traffic enforcement. “How many lives must be lost until we do something?” Carbajal and his traffic officers will start looking for people who are holding their cellphones while driving, and will stop and cite them. “I think they definitely will be looking for it. It’s a step to make our streets safer,” Carbajal said. “Tempe is not afraid to be the trailblazer. Kudos to our city council for recognizing the dangers and making it a priority.” He said the ultimate goal, however, is to change widespread driver behavior, rather than writing a bunch of tickets. “I think anything that takes your attention away from the driving task is dangerous. The question is where do you draw the line,” Carbajal said. “Put the cellphone down and focus on the driving task.” Marc Lamber, a Phoenix personal injury attorney, said he has noticed a proliferation of injuries and deaths in his practice related to distracted driving. It prompted Lamber to establish a web page listing national statistics on distracted driving collisions. “The bottom line is texting while driving, using the phone and driving, is bad news,’’ Lamber said. “My advice is keep it simple, don’t use it, period.” Lamber considers texting and talking into the cellphone, holding it while driving, as creating the maximum risk. He echoed comments made by Carbajal previously that even speaking wirelessly, without handling the phone, creates a level of distraction.

Lamber applauds Brophy McGee’s bill, saying a combination of education, legislation and enforcement is needed. “We all need to be prepared for and contemplate the unexpected,” Lamber said. At least two Arizona officers, Department of Public Safety Trooper Tim Huffman and Townsend, have been killed in roadside collisions caused by distracted driving. Huffman was killed in May 2013 on Interstate 8 near Yuma when a truck driver, watching pornography on his cellphone, ran him down. The truck driver later was convicted of negligent homicide. Townsend had stopped a car on the Loop 101 in January, near the McDowell Road exit, when he was struck by a car that veered across two lanes of traffic. The driver admitted to police he had been texting and was arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. Former state Sen. Steve Farley, D-Tucson, tried for 12 years to pass bans on driving while texting, but was blocked by former state Sen. Andy Biggs, now a congressman, and others who said a texting ban is unenforceable and unnecessary. Mesnard blocked Farley’s latest attempt last year when he served as House speaker and has since transferred to the Senate. He said Brophy McGee’s bill would be easier for police to enforce than a texting ban, which would have required prosecutors to prove someone was texting during a collision rather than using a smart phone for another of its multiple functions. But Mesnard said he still voted against Brophy McGee’s bill because it focused only on cell phones as a source of distraction, the same reason cited by Sen. Eddie Farnsworth for opposing the measure. “I believe there is a legitimate, dangerous issue with distracted driving,’’ Mesnard said. “The issue should not be focused as much on the means as by the end.’’ He said more people are better at multitasking than others, and that if his bill is passed, “there’s a little bit of a judgment call’’ by police on whether someone involved in a collision was distracted. That’s one reason why Spring Bemis, a cousin of Townsend’s, supports Brophy McGee’s approach. She said it’s crystal clear sets standards for safe driving and for the police to attack distracted driving. “Keep it black and white,’’ she said. “Let’s end it now.’’ Bemis said, noting that Townsend’s son just turned 1-year-old without his father, added: “Our family does not want any more people to suffer and feel the pain.’’

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Queen Creek teen will represent the East Valley in a statewide competition that could ultimately lead to $140,000 in college scholarship money. Camille Hartman was named Youth of the Year by Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley from nine local teens who were recognized by the club’s individual East Valley chapters for “exemplary young person in recognition of leadership, service, academic excellence and dedication to live a healthy lifestyle.” The 72-year-old Youth of the Year program honors the “most awe-inspiring young people on their path to great futures and encourages all kids to lead, succeed and inspire,” the Boys & Girls Clubs said. Camille will go on to contend for the Arizona Youth of the Year title and a $5,000 college scholarship from Boys & Girls Clubs of America. If she wins at state, she will compete for the title of Southwest Re-

Youth of the Year Camille Hartman is flanked by Debrah Walden-Ralls, left, and Connie Perez, board chair and CEO, respectively, of the East Valley Boys & Girls Clubs. (Special to the Tribune)

gion Youth of the Year and an additional $10,000 college scholarship, renewable for four years up to $40,000.

The five regional winners advance to Washington, D.C., in September 2019 to compete for the title of Boys & Girls Clubs

of America’s National Youth of the Year. The National Youth of the Year will receive an additional scholarship of $25,000, renewable each year up to $100,000. “Camille and all Youth of the Year nominees are living proof that Boys & Girls Clubs across the East Valley are inspiring and enabling young people to achieve great futures,” said Connie Perez, CEO of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley. “Being named BGCEV Youth of the Year is a lifelong honor. As the East Valley Youth of the Year, Camille will serve as a spokesperson for our young people, sharing her inspiring story and leading the way to transform communities for the better.” Camille has been with the Queen Creek club since second grade and considers it a second family and home. “Over the years, the staff and members helped ease the hard transitions she went

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3 East Valley artists shine in 29th Celebration of Fine Art BY BREANNE KRAGER Tribune Contributor

he Celebration of Fine Art transformed the way people experience art when it debuted in downtown Scottsdale nearly 30 years ago. Now a linchpin in Arizona’s art, culture and tourism scene, the show, which runs through March 24 and is considered the West’s premier art show, hosts 100 of the country’s top artists and sees nearly 50,000 visitors from around the globe each year.

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Among this year’s cohorts are three East Valley artists: Seth Fairweather of Gilbert, who specializes in glass and mixed media; Rob Stenberg, an acrylic mastermind from Mesa; and Sandi Ciaramitaro, an awardwinning painter and sculptor from Mesa. Their work resides in homes, museums and government buildings around the country. The East Valley, with its natural beauty, is uniquely outfitted to provide these artists with the amenities necessary to efficiently create and distribute their art. While masters of vastly different media and techniques, their common bond is being inspired to create art in the East Valley. Fairweather’s steel, bronze and glass pieces are among the most striking at this year’s Celebration of Fine Art. Originally on track to become a veterinarian, Fairweather got sidetracked when he took a glassblowing class to fill a requirement and fell in love with creating glass and mixed-media art. Fairweather and his family, who have lived all over the country, settled in Gilbert four years ago. He felt instantly at home,

Since 2002, Sandi Ciaramitaro of Mesa has created oil paintings and bronze sculptures that honor the Southwest’s wildlife and native peoples in poignant, everyday moments. (Celebration of Fine Art photo)

content to be pursuing his artistic endeavors in a community full of fellow artisans. “We chose to live in Gilbert because of the bigger lots,” Fairweather said. “It gives me the space I need to accommodate the equipment I use for my work as well as being situated close to anything else I may need while I’m working. It’s especially nice to live near downtown Gilbert

because of its energy. I love to go into town because it gets me invigorated and excited about working.” Originally from Michigan, Stenberg has lived in Mesa for 25 years, where he creates each of his original paintings and mixed-media art.

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through by providing a safe place to make new friends while also having positive mentors and role models to help shape her into who she has become today,” a spokesman for the club said. “She always felt comfortable and a sense of belonging at the club, which provided a stable environment for her to prosper and grow but also offered financial aid to her family when they were in a time of need.” Camille hopes to eventually work in the medical field. Among the other outstanding eight youths was Elijah Thurman, nominated by Chandler Compadres Branch. A member of that branch for three years, he was cited for the “tremendous amount of improvement in his character and overall respect for others since he has joined.” Club representatives said he “has transformed from a shy child into one of the most dependable members at his club” and “takes pride in helping his fellow club members, and has benefited from the club providing supportive relationships and providing resources for children and families who are unable to provide them on their own.”

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CAMILLE HARTMAN

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SONJA TORRES

The Mesa branch nominated Sonya Torres, who was described as “coming from a challenging childhood” and found the club to be “a safe space for her to be free of stress and fear.” “The Mesa Arts Academy staff helped her and her mother move into a better place to live, and has benefited immensely from her experience at the club.” Sonya also “found a passion for basket-

ball at the club, learning how to be a good teammate, have good sportsmanship and having fun.” In naming the Youth of the Year, the Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley also honored Arnold “Arne” Williams as Volunteer of the Year for “always dedicating over two decades of his time and photography skills at all BGCEV events.” It also inducted into its Hall of Fame Car-

ol Royse, a long-time board member and volunteer for over 40 years. The Boys & Girls Clubs of the East Valley has served more than 35,000 kids with educational, fun and healthy programs and opportunities at 11 branches. The national organization said 54 percent of members said the club saved their lives. Information: clubzona.org or 480-8203688

mountains, help to influence some of the landscapes, petroglyph pieces and the figStenberg’s specialty lies in strong, vi- ures I create,” Stenberg said. “One of my brant paintings of contemporary South- favorite areas is Saguaro Lake. I do a lot of west and tribal depictions of warriors hiking in and around that area and it’s one and shamans. Stenberg also uses canvas, of my sources of inspiration.” wood panels, tobacco barn wood, waSince 2002, Ciaramitaro has been extercolor paper and refurbished antique ploring the Southwest to create varied furniture as vehicles for his creativity. He bodies of work that celebrate and prefinds inspiration for his pieces from his serve the area’s distinctive subject matter. surroundings in Mesa. Her oil paintings and bronze sculptures “The environment, particularly the honor the region’s wildlife and native peoples as they capture poignant, everyday moments. Her residence in Mesa provides Ciaramitaro the opportunity to directly experience the nature and wildlife that influences her art. “Our property backs up to the Tonto National Forest, where we frequently see wild horses and have a view of the Valley that’s second to none,” Ciaramitaro said. “It’s pure freedom. You’ll notice I regularly incorporate the horses, the land and its history into my work. I only wish I had more years in a lifetime to spend here.” Although situated in north Scottsdale, it is clear that the Rob Stenberg of Mesa is known for his strong, vibrant paintings of Celebration of Fine Art’s imcontemporary Southwest and tribal depictions. He also works in pact is far-reaching and felt canvas, wood panels, tobacco barn wood, watercolor paper and rethroughout the entire Valley, a furbished antique furniture. (Celebration of Fine Art photo)

true destination for both artists and art lovers. “The Celebration of Fine Art creates an opportunity for our community to see a lot of different things that they wouldn’t normally see,” Fairweather said. “Not only are there a lot of talented artists at the show, but they all also work in such different styles and mediums. Visitors are able to talk to the artists and ask them questions about their work and how it’s made, which is what really makes this show different.” These East Valley artists encourage others to experience the show for themselves.

“It will take a few minutes to get out there, but it’s worth the drive, and there are beautiful views along the way,” Ciaramitaro said. “You have 100 artists in one place with very unique, multifaceted mediums, meaning that there is truly something for all visitors, no matter the age. It’s just a wonderful experience everyone can enjoy.” The Celebration of Fine Art is in the white tents at the southwestern corner of the Hayden Road/Loop 101 interchange. There is a café, restrooms and free parking on-site.

Artist Seth Fairweather settled in Gilbert four years ago, where he produces steel, bronze and glass pieces regarded among the most striking at the 29th Celebration of Fine Art in Scottsdale. (Celebration of Fine Art photo)

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Mesa man shares fun childhood antics in his new book BY COLLEEN SPARKS Tribune Staff Writer

Mesa resident and 1977 Chandler High School graduate is happy to share stories of the fun and shenanigans he and his nephew got into when they grew up in what was then a small community with a soda shop and movie theater downtown. James Ricks Jr., who works as a director of facilities at Mission Community Church in Gilbert, recently wrote a children’s book, “The Mis-Adventures of Temp and Junebug,” published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc. The book’s character, Temp, is based on Ricks’ nephew, and Junebug is based on the author. Though Ricks was his uncle, he and his nephew, whose real name was Jesse James, were only one month apart in age. Jesse James, Ricks’ older sister’s son, died a few years ago. The book chronicles the boys’ adventures in Chandler when they were 5 to 7 years old. “We thought we were brothers until they told us we weren’t,” said Ricks, 60. “It didn’t change anything for us.” The book is described as funny and

James Ricks Jr., a 1977 Chandler High School graduate, wrote “The MisAdventures of Temp and Junebug.” (Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.)

shares tales of Temp and Junebug getting into all kinds of trouble in rural Arizona including falling down while running along the tops of cow pens at a dairy farm, then returning covered in manure and mud. “It’s about two kids and all the stuff they got into, trouble and fun things,” Ricks said. “It’s more of just adventures and a few messages in there. Playing with matches didn’t turn out too well for us.” The book also describes what happened when the boys came home to discover a wild goose had found its way into the house. “I love Chandler,” Ricks said. “The downtown area when I was a kid was so differAIR CONDITIONING & HEATING

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He had also previously worked as a detention officer for the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and helped a friend launch a business. “I would have never thought I’d be writing a book,” James said. Patrice said she knew James’ nephew as well as James were best friends with her brother in high school. Also a Chandler High graduate, she found James’ childhood antics funny because she came from a much different background. “I came from a pretty strict background, military background,” Patrice said. “We didn’t do stuff like that. I remember when he would tell me about it, I was like, ‘You should write this down, honey.’ I just thought it was funny … I laughed so hard at some of his stories.” She said James and his nephew would “play catch with glass jars” in grocery stores. “They would walk along this fence and get chased by the farmers because they were torturing cows and the cows were chasing them,” Patrice said. “Our version of playing was the playground with the girls.”

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orma Hubele has a vision. And if you drive a motor vehicle, you may want to pay attention

to it. The Chandler company executive and ASU professor has put her impressive academic accomplishments in mathematics, engineering and statistics into developing a website – theautoprofessor.com – that grades thousands of makes and models of vehicles on the likelihood of death from a crash. “I have a vision that the way people buy cars will change as a consequence of my auto grades,” she said. “And that part of that vision is that when you go on to these car advertising websites, that in addition to looking at the price tag and miles on the car – the power of the engine, the color of the car –the auto grades would be part of your criteria. My mission is to change the way people choose their cars.” She spent more than a year crunching numbers and other information from the fatal accident reports all law enforcement agencies have been required for years to send to the U.S. Department of Transportation and its National Highway Transportation Safety Administration. As a result, users can go to the website and, without charge, plug in not just a model, year and make – but their own age and gender as well – to find Hubele’s statistically-driven assessment of what that historical data says about the protection that vehicle provides. Hubele said her site offers a far greater level of assurance and evaluation than the ratings by either the NHTSA or the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety because those two agencies base much of their evaluation on the results of front-end collisions with dummies. Almost always, she found, they hand out four or five-star ratings – which belie the tragic reality contained in the reports Hubele used. For example, the overall federal safety rating for a 2018 Toyota Corolla is five stars.

“The ratings that the federal government creates are totally based on imitation crashes they create in a laboratory,” Hubele said. “That system has been pulling the wool over the American public’s eyes for years,” she added. “People will get a car and they’re going to get a warm fuzzy beASU professor emeritus Norma Hubele has developed a grading system for cause the feds gave motor vehicles based on real data from fatal accidents, not faked crashes with it a four-star rating dummies. (Kim Carrillo/Tribune Staff Photographer) when in fact it might be a death trap.” But theautoprofessor.com gives it an Besides, she notes, the foundation overall B- grade – and C- for women of her grades reflects a stark reality, drivers over 51 and C for male driv- given that they involve fatal crash vicers in that age bracket. The grades are tims: slightly higher – B to B- – for younger “They died. Why aren’t we learndrivers. The C grade means, as the ing from these tragedies so that we website explains, “This car is at or be- can move people out of the cars that low average in terms of driver protec- are causing these tragedies and move tion.” them into better cars with better proHer grades are based on statistical tection?” probabilities. “Say that you hear about a three-car The ivory tower meets the road pileup on the radio and somebody There’s more than a little authority died,” she said. “My grades will tell behind Hubele’s work. you what occupant of what car was First, there’s the academic side. most likely to die. Not everybody dies She is now professor emeritus, but in a fatal crash. People walk away. Un- during her 20+ year career at Arizona fortunately, there’s somebody who State University, she held the position perished. My grades will give you the of director of strategic initiatives for probabilities. the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering “You know if you got a C car and a B and professor in the Department of Incar, it’s more likely the fatality was in a dustrial Engineering at Arizona State C-rated car. So, with that, the problem University. is that the current rating systems don’t Hubele graduated magna cum laude give you that level of distinction. Since from the University of Massachusetts2011, the federal government has rat- Amherst with a bachelor’s degree in ed 96 percent of all their vehicles as math. She followed her master’s in opeither four or five stars.” erations research and statistics with With that in mind, Hubele talks pas- a doctorate in computer and systems sionately about her hopes for the long- engineering from Rensselaer Polyterm impact of her website. technic Institute. “We’ve got to get over the hump of After earning her Ph.D., she also bepeople thinking that safety is associat- came co-owner and vice president for ed with imitation crash,” she asserted. quality control in a Chandler company “We’re offering people the informa- called Refrac System, which her hustion so that they can provide the best band, Norman, founded after leaving protection for their families.” corporate life.

In a kind of feminist jab, her website notes that she was the first ASU engineering school professor to get pregnant. When asked about that, she smiles and notes that with more than 100 professors, she was only the third woman to join the engineering school faculty and soon after was pregnant with her daughter, a Mountain Pointe High School graduate. But Hubele is no ivory tower academician. She has put that background to work in the courtroom, testifying over three decades as an expert witness in more than 120 consumer-related cases ranging from the way golf clubs are made to the reliability of guardrails, mortgage fraud to the safety of child seats in vehicles. But her biggest area of work has involved motor vehicles – including several cases involving the old Ford Crown Victorias once used by police officers with deadly results. In the 1990s and early part of this century, at least several dozen officers across the country died – and still more suffered horrific burns – after their Crown Vics collided with other motor vehicles. The patrol vehicles burst into flames because the fuel tank had been positioned by the manufacturer over the rear axle and were subjected to punctures that would cause explosions. A trail of product liability cases involving Crown Vics cost the manufacturer untold millions. Hubele testified in several – including the most celebrated locally, involving Phoenix officer Jason Schecterle, who was severely burned in March 2001 when his patrol car was rammed from behind by a taxi. Schecterle spent years recovering from his injuries and settled his lawsuit in 2004. Though he suffered lifelong disfiguring injuries, he has become a beloved Valley figure and has worked on behalf of a variety of charitable causes. Ford stopped producing Crown Vics in 2011. see AUTO PROFESSOR page 16

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AUTO PROFESSOR from page 15 Strictly by the numbers

Hubele’s expertise becomes a potent weapon in court through her painstaking study of statistics, something that she started making her career on when data processing involved punch cards and mammoth computers. Typically, she said, a manufacturer of anything doesn’t want to hear about statistics although “a product liability case is all about that.” When it comes to vehicles, she explained, “there’s an attribute about the vehicle that under these circumstances caused the death or injury of my client. But the typical defense on the part of the automotive industry is ‘we’re no worse than anybody else’ or ‘that’s how the industry works. You know this is how the technology is introduced and we didn’t have that technology in that car.’” “Everything I do is data driven … What I tried to do for the courts is I try to describe what this organization did and how I look at it differently. So, it’s always been – and I’ve always looked at it – as an educational mission.” “Cars on the road are different than one in the lab where they are tested.

Norma Hubele was part of Phoenix Police Officer Jay Schecterle’s team of experts who were ready to testify in a product liability suit against Ford Motor Co. over the unsafe positioning of gas tanks in Crown Victoria patrol cars that often produced explosions like the one where he suffered horrendous, disfiguring injuries. Ford settled before the trial, and has paid millions in cases involving more than 100 officers who were killed or injured in identical explosions. (Special to the Tribune)

For one, a human is driving the car. Safety has been around since cars were invented. The automobile industries want to ensure that their customers are safe on the road, but they are also concerned about their safety rating is determined by an algorithm that measures impact by sensors placed around crash test dummies. “These federal safety star ratings have played a big role, but now we find ourselves in a new age with new information at our disposal. That’s where the auto professor comes in. We take

real, on-the-road crash data and use it to form our own safety grades. These ratings are not formed in a lab. They are formed on our roads and our cities with the cars we are driving now.” The information that formed the basis for her grading system probably can be broken down into 50 or more types – the age of the driver, the car, even the vehicle identification number. “We looked at over 150,000 records since 2001,” Hubele said. That translated into more than 4,200 makes and model years that were analyzed.

Not surprisingly, the knowledge she has amassed from these reports carries a personal impact. Hubele drives an Acura – which got an A- in her grading system. After Hubele became a grandmother, she has used her knowledge to coax a somewhat reluctant daughter into buying a vehicle with a much higher grade than the one she had been driving. She envisions people using her grades not only when they buy a vehicle but when they rent one as well. She thinks it should be something parents use not only when they buy a new vehicle but before they pass down their old one to their child. But ultimately, she wants the auto industry to use her grades to make safer vehicles. “We as an organization have recognized that the auto industry and everything surrounding the auto industry doesn’t change … unless they absolutely have to,” Hubele said. “We’re out to educate the public so that the public starts demanding that. So that when a car buyer goes into a dealership, they’re asking the salesman, ‘Well, how does this rank with the auto professor?’”

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Perry High dust-up had no heroes but one lesson BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

If you like your stories devoid of heroes, then the MAGA banner fiasco at Gilbert’s Perry High School is your kind of tale. The story commenced on March 1 amid “Spirit Week” at Perry, with students asked to wear “Party In the USA” garb. What partying in these United States has to do with education I have no clue, but it turned into a great life lesson, so there’s that. The condensed version: Some Perry kids dressed in “Make America Great Again” shirts and hats and even brought along a pro-Donald Trump flag. At lunchtime – as was inevitable and surely the point of brandishing the MAGA banner – a shouting match erupted between students. School officials, eager to prevent an altercation, told the kids to put away the banner, which they did – for a couple hours.

When the banner came out again, after school but still on Perry grounds, the school resource officer asked the kids to leave campus. They refused. When the principal stepped in, several students refused to give their names or show school ID. Minutes later, an angry mom by the name of Jennifer Farriss showed up – toting her iPhone camera – and did what angry moms typically do in such situations. She doused a simmering fire with gasoline. Farris can be heard on her video calling principal Dan Serrano a “jerk,” though nothing on the video supports the school’s claim that Farris also dropped an f-bomb. The highlight? It’s Serrano telling the mom, “Ma’am, I’m not going to put up with this stuff.” “I’m not going to put up with it either,” says Farris. “You’re not able to tell my daughter to leave the school.” Says Serrano: “As a principal, yes I can.” Touché.

By Monday, the story was national news, with a few dozen protesters gathering outside Perry to support the MAGA kids’ right to free speech and 26 Republicans in the State Legislature calling on Attorney General Mark Brnovich to investigate – something. As an added very 2019 wrinkle, a video surfaced from last year. It shows a throng of middle school kids partying at Farris’ house, chanting lyrics from a rap song with an obscene racial slur.” Farris told 12 News the video “got twisted around and made me realize the media only tells one side of the story.” No doubt it was simply a Martin Luther King Jr. holiday celebration that got a little overzealous. Not a soul involved with this story looks good. The kids we can semi-excuse, because they’re teenagers. They wanted to offend their fellow students. Mission accomplished. Back in the day, the flagwaving might have ended in a schoolyard punchout, but this being 2019, it ended

in a mire of school policies, letters to parents, written media statements and one 10-day suspension. As for the alleged grown-ups, to a person they succeeded in managing a nothing incident into a national controversy. School officials, risk averse in the extreme, overreacted to some lunchtime taunts. Farris and her persecution complex posse seem to value political bickering and their 15 minutes of fame more than what they’re teaching their daughters and sons. As for the politicians demanding an investigation, let’s hope the Attorney General has better things to probe. So what did we learn here? We are a sensitive bunch in these times, quick to offend, proud of it and equally quick to take offense. No slight is too small to escape notice. No disrespect exists that cannot be topped by the next jerk. Some people look at Perry High School and see a debacle. I look at Perry High and see the campus we call America.

Mesa chief needlessly fed anti-police sentiments BY WILL BIASCOECHEA Tribune Guest Writer

he absence of facts in news stories can result in wild speculation and sensationalism based on politics or personal agendas. Last year, Police Chief Batista created such a spectacle by drawing unnecessarily speculative and harsh attention to two use of force instances by department police officers. By immediately condemning officers in the media and setting up multiple overlapping investigations, the chief let speculation rather than facts drive the conversation. Worse, the chief “shopped around” for investigations and hired multiple “consultants” in an attempt to force his predetermined conclusion. Now, those investigations have largely been concluded. The result? No officers will be charged with any crime and none will be terminated. When these incidents were first reported, the media and anti-police groups pounced. Our officers were treated as guilty until proven innocent. Chief Batista

told the public he was feeling “anger and disappointment.” He claimed the department had “lost its way.” And, he did all that without ever having met with any of the officers involved in any of the incidents. Not only did the chief fail to interview those involved, in some cases, he wasn’t even familiar with his department’s own policies or training methods. That he went to the media first shows a broken leadership model. Tragically, we can’t undo the damage. As the dust settles, the muted media coverage of the results of the investigations will not match the loud coverage of the chief’s original criticisms. For some in the public, the media coverage reinforced what they already believed. For some, it caused a loss of faith in the department – loss of faith that will be difficult to regain. And that’s the sort of thing that makes our job harder and less safe. To have our chief encourage that emotional response, to have him so obviously succumb to perceived political pressure and his self-appointed agen-

da, leaves rank and file police officers – to borrow the chief’s own phrase – “angry and deeply disappointed.” Chief Batista’s media release recently highlighted a litany of changes made in the department already as the result of internal reviews. The most important change, however, was not listed – and we can’t be sure it’s been made. The most important change, that being for our chief – the leader of our department – to pause, reconsider and think through his responses and actions in the wake of future use of force incidents. That’s not asking too much. We’re not asking him to blindly support his officers. In fact, we join him in looking for opportunities for positive change that will allow us to even better protect and serve Mesa. What we don’t need – what we can’t have – is a chief who feeds the anti-police sentiment and his personal political agenda that makes our jobs harder, the public less confident and the officers less safe. A leader can only be as successful as those he leads and by the examples he sets. - Will Biascoechea is president of the Mesa Fraternal Order of Police.

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East Valley man strides away from destructive addictions BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

enry Ward always has been a runner of one sort or another. For the longest time, his run was from reality through a bottle. When he hit rock bottom, when even those who love him most kicked him out of their lives, he found salvation through a pair of running shoes. Ward, a Tempe resident transplanted from Waltham, Mass., hated distance running when he started nearly a decade ago, but it kept his mind off of something that almost cost him his marriage and his life. He never imagined running 26.2 miles and crossing the finish line in the 2019 Mesa-Phoenix Marathon, but he did that, and more. On Feb. 8, a Friday, Ward departed from Mesa Riverview at the finish line of the official marathon to be run the next day. He spent the next five hours running the course in reverse, ending at the starting line at Usery Mountain Regional Park. There, he turned around and ran it again. And then again. And again, a feat known in the running community as a “quad.” “I honestly believe if you really want to do something, you can find a way to do it.” Ward said. Ward ran the 104.8-mile Mesa-Phoenix Marathon quad in just under 24 hours. The pain was excruciating as the miles piled on, he said. He began to question if he would make it. He’d known that feeling well. Ward began drinking at a young age back in Massachusetts. As a teenager, he would consume alcohol on weekends at parties. By 21, getting drunk was a daily routine. “I loved the feeling. It was like I was

hooked and found what I had been looking for,” Ward said. “People told me I had a problem, but I would brush it off and tell them to mind their own business.” In 2004, Ward traveled to the Valley for the first time to watch the New England Patriots play the Arizona Cardinals. Needing a change, he stayed an extra week. He loved it. “I made arrangements to move out here,” Ward said. “I met my wife (Alejandra), girlfriend at the time, and eventually moved in with her. I kind of hid the whole alcoholism thing, but once I started getting comfortable, I started drinking more.” Ward didn’t work right away. He called it a “vacation,” and used it as an excuse to drink. Alejandra gave him an ultimatum: Get help or get out. “I would come home and he would be on the couch completely passed out,” Alejandra said. “He wouldn’t wake up until I woke him up.” Eventually, Ward accepted a fourmonth job at the 2008 Summer Olympics at Beijing, as an executive chef at the Main Press Center. He supervised 150 Asian culinary students who cooked for as many as 10,000 at peak times. “I was supposed to be clean, but immediately when I got on the plane I started drinking,” he said. He fell into another binge when traveling to Orlando to be honored for his work in China. “When I would try to call him, I couldn’t reach him,” Alejandra said. “I told him I couldn’t live with someone who just disappears. He didn’t even know what he had done during that time.” Alejandra, who had been seeing a therapist on her own, moved into her own apartment. Their house went on the market. “When she did that, I partied harder

than I ever did before, as if I didn’t want to live,” Ward said. “I was weak. I was so sick I couldn’t eat anything. The only time I actually felt well enough to do anything I went to the store to get more booze.” A real-estate agent, giving a tour of the home to a couple, walked in on him. Humiliated, he took it as a sign. He went to treatment at Valley Hope of Tempe. He’s been clean since Nov. 17, 2008, he said. “I honestly feel that the way I was going I would have been divorced and I wouldn’t have my beautiful son,” Ward said. “I don’t know where I would be without my wife giving me the tough love and kicking me out to get help. “After the Boston Marathon bombing (in 2013) I decided to start running. At first it sucked but I kept doing it a little at a time.” Now 48 and a foodservice director at Aramark, he’s hooked

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Henry Ward, who once fled reality through alcoholism, now is hooked on running. The Tempe resident recently ran a quad – four 26.2-mile marathons – in just under 24 hours in conjunction with the MesaPhoenix Marathon. (Special for the Tribune)

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on running. He runs not only for his life but also for those of others by raising money and awareness for Runwell, an organization that provides alcohol and drug treatment programs through financial scholarships. “I was afraid to share my story at first with Runwell but I realized that it was selfish for me not to,” Ward said. “The more I started running the more I received really good feedback from total strangers.” Alejandra said that she’s proud of what he has accomplished and also what she has accomplished with him as they have grown as partners. “Once he started running, everything came into place,” she said. Ward successfully timed the fourth and final leg of his Mesa-Phoenix Marathon quad perfectly to coincide with the start of the official marathon at Usery Park that Saturday morning. By the 17th mile, he was forced to walk and jog due to pain and fatigue. At mile 22, he saw one of his friends walking slowly, crying. He stopped and encouraged her to finish the race with him. “God put me in the right place at the right time to bring her out of her low

quad marathon was 4 hours, 43 minutes. “I had some emotional moments during the race, especially when I realized I was going to finish,” Ward said. “I was proud of myself. I’ve come a long way. “I’m still trying to put the pieces together. Knowing where I came from and what I went through trying to be sober, (the quad) was nothing compared to that.”

Submit your Sports stories to zalvira@ timespublications.com Check us out and like the East Valley Tribune on facebook and follow @ EVTNow on Twitter It took tough love from wife Alejandra to get Henry Ward to get help. Sober since 2008, he now runs for his life – and for those of others – by raising money for Runwell, which provides alcohol and drug treatment programs through financial scholarships. (Zach Alvira/Tribune Staff)

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East Valley gets women’s pro soccer team BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

ast Valley women’s soccer players have a new opportunity to play professionally as FC Arizona, a regional soccer club, creates a women’s professional team, set to begin play this spring. The FC Arizona Women will compete in the expanded Women’s Premiere Soccer League and play its home games in Mesa. FC Arizona president Scott Taylor said the men’s team has grown in popularity during its three years but he has noticed a lack of mothers and daughters in the stands. He hopes a competitive women’s team will remedy that. “I’m all about the diamond in the rough that nobody knows of, but primarily it will end up being a lot of recently-graduated Division 1 and other college women’s players who are still in great shape and want to play in the highest level possible in Arizona,” Taylor said. “Hopefully that means more women and girls who love the game will come out, as well.” FC Arizona Women plans an open tryout in April, the date to be announced. Taylor hopes that women of all ages try out to fill a quality roster before league play begins

FC Arizona, whose men’s team has built a following over three seasons, introduces a team in the Women’s Premiere Soccer League. (FC Arizona photo)

in May. Taylor’s next challenge after filling the roster is attracting fans to the new team. FC Arizona Men and Women will host several doubleheaders. The goal is to draw fans of the men’s team to stay and watch the women’s squad. “Every daughter, every parent of the daughter that we talk to about this thinks it’s pretty cool,” Taylor said. “That’s why we’re doing it, because I want more women and girls to get involved and come out

to our games and grow soccer.” FC Arizona Women hired Brett Meskill and Lindsey Johnson co-associate coaches. Johnson is former varsity soccer coach at Chandler High and current director of player development at the Arizona Soccer Club in Gilbert. “My coaching style is really about a holistic player,” Johnson said. “I’m really dedicated to creating the four pillars of a player: technical, tactical, physical and psychological. My teams really love to get after it. They’re hard working and they’re all very knowledgeable about the game.” Meskill has coached East Valley youth clubs for years and was women’s coach at Chandler-Gilbert Community College the past seven seasons. “Team is a big thing for me,” Meskill said. “I really believe that the chemistry is important and everyone has got to work for each other. It’s important to have that team camaraderie. “I’m not all about, ‘Hey, let’s get it to one player.’ I want to have as many threats as we can on the field and make sure defensively we’re all working hard together.” Sean Jones, president of the WPSL, said he was impressed with the growth of the FC Arizona’s Men’s team during its forma-

tive years. He said it is an honor to have the women’s club come in, too. FC Arizona Women is cost-effective for the league and surrounding teams, Jones added. The WPSL teams already in Arizona – FC Tucson Women and Phoenix Del Sol, which plays in the North Valley – had to go to San Diego for road games. Travel and lodging expenses add up, he said. FC Arizona Women joins the two Arizona teams and two in Las Vegas to create a five-team Pac South Conference. “It’s more affordable for the clubs because that money that would have been spent on travel can be spent on investing in their clubs, getting the best people and getting more people to come out to their games in the community,” Jones said. He hopes that FC Arizona Women, who will play at Mesa High, nearly 40 minutes away from Phoenix Del Sol, will be far enough away to not encroach on talent yet close enough to begin a friendly rivalry. “The initial reaction is always, ‘Oh no,’ and then they start thinking it would be good to not have to travel as far for the young ladies to be able to stay local,” Jones said. “It ends up being good for both teams and they can support each other while still competing.”

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Roots N’ Boots rodeo comes to Queen Creek BY COLLEEN SPARKS Get Out Staff Writer

amilies heading to the carnival at Roots N’ Boots Queen Creek later this month can expect more bells and whistles than the popular event offered in previous years. A new carnival March 15-17 with new rides will be part of the festivities at Horseshoe Park and Equestrian Centre at 20464 E. Riggs Road in Queen Creek. Kastl Amusements for the first time will offer the rides such as the Gondola Ferris Wheel, Zipper, Scooter, Cliffhanger, Super Slide, Sizzler, Mardi Gras and Tea Cups. “The carnival is just one of the attractions of Roots N’ Boots Queen Creek,” said Rich Robertson, vice president of the nonprofit organization Friends of Horseshoe Park, and carnival organizer. “The carnival is just a little bigger and brighter than (we’ve) had in the last number of years.” Guests can also play games, adding to the fair-type atmosphere. The signature Roots N’ Boots events are

Kastl Amusements will be bringing the Orient Express to the carnival at Roots N’ Boots Queen Creek. (Kastl Amusements)

part of the rodeo that will be held March 15-17 in the Equestrian Centre. Some pre-rodeo events March 13-14 include community roping and barrel racing and Rodeo 101 tours. The Roots N’ Boots Queen Creek Pro Rodeo performance will feature seven

professional events. Bareback riding, steer wrestling, saddle bronc riding, tiedown roping, team roping and bull riding are sanctioned by the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, according to the Roots N’ Boots website. The Women’s Professional Rodeo As-

sociation sanctions the women’s barrel racing. Rodeo 101 tours are available, with a single tour per day, starting an hour before the PRCA rodeo starts. A maximum 16 people can join the tour to get a feel for the rodeo by walking around the arena and possibly running into a rodeo clown, bull fighter or other competitor. About 16,000 people come to the Roots N’ Boots Queen Creek events every year, but Robertson said it is hard to predict what the turnout will be for just the carnival. “The carnival we know attracts people who aren’t even coming to the rodeo,” he said. “There’s rides that are appropriate for all ages, a variety of those, all around it horse-related events. Most of the people who come here are young families. Every year it’s been popular. We’re just trying to make it bigger and better. We want to mix it up a little bit.”

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‘Dixie’s Tupperware Party’ uses sass to sell BY LAURA LATZKO Get Out Contributing Writer

he phrase “Tupperware party” may evoke an image of women of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s gathered in a living room, gossiping and looking at colorful plastic storage containers. Like the products, the parties have evolved and are more relevant to today’s consumers. Drag queen Dixie Longate, the alter ego

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of Kris Andersson, turns selling Tupperware into a southern tale of empowerment in “Dixie’s Tupperware Party” at Chandler Center for the Arts Thursday, March 14, through Saturday, March 16. By engaging audience members and making them laugh, she makes the products more attractive to them. “Sometimes people come in, and they think, ‘Oh, that’s not something that I need.’ Then, they see me doing it and talking about it, and they’re like, ‘That’s the best crap I’ve ever seen. I need that,’” Longate said. Longate is a sassy, less-than-pure, redheaded woman from Alabama, who often finds creative uses for her Tupperware. “Dixie’s Tupperware Party” is a stage show, but it is also a real Tupperware party. Audience members are given order forms and catalogs and may purchase items that appear onstage. Before this show, Andersson began selling Tupperware as Longate on a dare and became one of the top “sales ladies” in the company.

Drag queen Dixie Longate, the alter ego of Kris Andersson, turns selling Tupperware into a southern tale of empowerment in “Dixie’s Tupperware Party.” (Special for GET OUT)

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I do, the more I understand how certain ingredients 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided 3 branches fresh thyme 216tablespoons butter, melted Directions: 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice (1/2 lemon) tablespoons olivechips oil plus 1 tablespoon butter oz. semi sweet chocolate 2 for heaping tablespoons fresh parsley, choppedunsalted fine12tablespoon Dash of Sriracha or Tabasco Sauce 2 ears of2extra fresh corn, shaved off the cob 1/2 cup buttermilk more hot) Tony Chachere’ s Creole Seasoning What the heck is cream of tartar? interact and combine and create beautiful flavors, tex1 ½(or cups sweet yellow onion, rough chopped branches fresh rosemary 11teaspoon vanilla Ingredients: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 1cooked teaspoon Lemon Pepper cup butter 6pounds strips of bacon, cooked crisp androtisserie rough chopped (*See below for homemade chicken (grilled, or (optional, but delicious) Cream of Tartar is a kitchen staple used to stabilize tures and delicious dishes. 1 ½111½ cups baby carrots 1 teaspoon salt cup brown sugar, firmly packed cup gruyere, head cauliflower, cut into florets Rolo Pretzel Turtles sauce Inoptional a skillet,sea melt of butter. When 1 teaspoon Worcestershire Directions: Pinch of salt, 1 teaspoon salt4 tablespoons 1 pint cherry orrough grape tomatoes cut in half buttermilk)pepper fried) shredded orcut chop 11shredded tablespoon garlic powder 2 stalks celery, rough chopped teaspoon cup cocoa 1¼For head broccoli, into florets Ingredients: it starts to brown, add 3-4 cloves of minced garSlice top of sourdough loaf lengthwise and scoop out bread, leaving itorhollow. Reserveyogurt bread dough. In Ingredients: garnish, powdered sugar, 1(white lb.bacon, large raw shrimp, peeled with tails fine, off 1/2fresh cup mayonnaise plain 8½1 slices cooked crisp and chopped 1½ salt 1 leek and light green part) chopped teaspoon red pepper flakesGreek ¾sweet cups hot water yellow onion, sliced thin 1toteaspoon cup grated Small pretzel rings Directions: 1 (26 oz.) bag of frozen meatballs (yield, approx. 52 1 cup shredded Italian Blend or Pizza Blend cheese lic. Add sage leaves and cook for 1 minute, just Ingredients: a skillet, fry bacon until cooked halfway (not crispy). whipped cream or fresh berries For the compounded garlic lime butter 4 cups chopped iceberg or romaine lettuce 1/2 cup pesto, homemade or store bought divided 16-8 teaspoon 3-4 largemeatballs), fresh garlic cloves, chopped baby potatoes (whole) or 2Inchocolate) baking potatoes, 4 cloves fresh garlic, cut incan half lengthwise parmesan orpepper Romano Rolo candies (caramel-filled Prepare salad dressing: a medium amount be doubled if desired 1 cup grated Parmesan cheese 3 large eggs soften. (Do not burn the butter.) Set bacon aside to cool. In same skillet with bacon grease, sauté onion and garlic until golden bowl, brown. 1 avocado, diced 1 small shallot, minced 1/2 stick (1/4 cup) unsalted butter, softened but firm 1 (8 oz.) package sharp cheddar cheese, shredded 2 Roma tomatoes, diced 1½ cups1 (24 redoz.) wine (like a Malbec, Cabernet or peeled and quartered 3Directions: green onions, sliced thin cheese Pecan jarcottage ofgarlic, marinara orthe(Imeat sauce (I used Rao’ s5-6 1 fresh baguette, sliced 3Preheat tablespoons cheese used 4%) or cream cheese whiskhalves together olive oil, brown sugar, lemon Wash and patdegrees. dry chicken Make Cool and set aside. 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Select a baking sheet juice, mustard and Worcestershire sauce until three quarters ofmelted way through Indiagonal large bowl, combine beef pork, bread dough, cooled onion cheese, eggs, milk, Buttermilk pesto dressing Pinch of salt andgarlic, pepper, tomixture, taste Directions: 1½5(4ingredients oz.) cans green chiles Flour optional (enough to cover bottom into acuts bowl. inGrease milk,and 2adiced tablespoons of Stir freshly-squeezed juice cup balsamic vinegar 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped fine 1 cup shredded mozzarella cheese ½ cup extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon sugar, optional or roasting pan in which the cake pan will set. (You will be adding water to the bottom of the sheet or well blended. Set aside. chicken. Place chicken on a 9X13 baking sheet. parsley, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. thethe oven to 325 degrees. After patting the roast dry, sprinkle 2 teaspoons of salt and 2 11Preheat (4teaspoon oz.) can chopped, diced or pickled jalapenos of pan) butter and vanilla. Pour into an 8or 9-inch 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt salt Optional, 1 teaspoon seasoning of your choice, like Directions: Directions: roasting pan.) Coat the sides and bottom of a large wooden teaspoons of pepper over entire roast. Spread flour on a baking sheet or large plate. up prosciutto slices. Tucksugar prosciutto, 41round oz.Salad: black olives sliced, optional and sticks or Mix square pan. Mix together brown the ingredients by hand or with large spoonCarrot until wellcelery combined. ¼Roll teaspoon black pepper teaspoon fresh ground pepper Italian blend Preheat ovenMelt to 300 Lay pretzels on Incocoa aDirections: microwave safe bowl, combine chocolate chips with the butter. atthen 45degrees. second intervals, and stir Directions: Spray two cookie sheets liberally with cooking Roll or dredge the roast in flour, making sure all sides are coated. bowl with garlic, discard garlic piece. (Ifof you 4and scallions, chopped and divided Tortilla chips and sprinkle evenly over the top. slice of cheese and a sage into each slit in Prepare barbecue sauce. InAdd aInleaf bowl, combine catsup, vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, drytheir mustard, brown a greased baking sheet. Place a Rolo on top Preheat oven to 350 degrees. a medium to large saucepan, combine the pasta sauce and frozen meatHeat a skillet over high heat. the corn kernels and let them dry-roast, stirring until edges begin until the chocolate and butter are fully melted and combined. Preheat oven to 300 degrees. spray (or butter) In a large Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil. Add the roast and over medium high heat, sear Add hot water over top, completely covering don’t have a wooden bowl, mince the garlic clove the chicken. Spoon garlic butter over the chickDirections: over top.serving, Evenly drizzle olive oil anduntil balsamic sugar, chili powder andTransfer sauce. Set aside ½plate cupions of for if10-15 desired. With atwo brush, lightly coat pretzel. Bake forinjust a minute orstirring the Directions: balls. Cook over medium heat until warmed through, about minutes, sobe meattoSeparate brown and caramelize. the corn to acompletely toorsauce set aside. Reduce heat to medium-high. 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Pour melted chocolate into a largerounds bowl.on Spoon one third of the whipped eggs intothe the whites. the sheets about sizecrisp ofone the top-half Dutch oven. inand oven. Bake for 45 Inuntil aminutes large bowl, add spinach, bacon, eggs, Remove thick stems from broccoli. outLay links of sausage on the vegetables orthe two Mozzarella over each piece ofRemove chicken. from oven and immediately squish aor pecan half Pack meatloaf firmly into theuntil hollow bread loaf. Place strips of bacon across the top, tucking sides go around the edge of your baking dish). Combine garlic and olive oil and brush over slices of bread. skillet. Add the shrimp and sauté cooked and pink, about 2 per side (depending on the size juice, salt and pepper. Mix until well blended. Refrigerate ready use. Heat a grill pan skillet to In a bowl, mix together the cream cheese, sour cream, mayonnaise, ranch salad dressing and Frank’ s hot the chocolate and gently fold until combined. Add the remainder of the eggs into the chocolate and fold Intheone bowl, mix together the egg and yolks, cottage of aover hamburger bun,heat roughly 1 vegetables inch thick and 4 softinch-of Add onions, carrots, celery, leek garlic, cooking medium until are During baking, thecauliflower. cake will bubble and rise er green leaves from inches apart. Spread gruyere and parmesan cheese salt and pepper. gently down ontopRolo so that italuminum flattens the Rolo Bake for 25 minutes, basting halfway through the Place meatballs in the center of a 9x12 baking dish. Sprinkle mozzarella, Italian blend cheese and parmeyour shrimp). Remove shrimp and set aside to cool. Make salad dressing. into the bread. Brush bacon with barbecue sauce. Cover with loaf and wrap in foil covering medium high heat. sauce until well combined. Add chicken, chopped bacon, cheddar cheese, blue cheese, chiles, jalapenos, until completely combined. Pour mixture into prepared cake pan. 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Many people who come to the carnival live in Queen Creek, Chandler, Mesa, Gilbert and San Tan Valley, Robertson added. “We get a lot of snowbirds come to this, people from other states and all over the world that are visiting out there because it’s a great time of year to come out here and see the western rodeo,” he said. Besides the carnival, Roots N’ Boots Queen Creek offers family-oriented activities, including Kids N’ Kritters on March 16. One children’s activity is Mutton Bustin,’ where kids ages 3 to 8 (weight limit 55 pounds) ride sheep. Other festivities include Learn to Rope, where children get a crash course in roping, and Scrambled Eggs, where youths try to be the fastest holding an egg on a spoon running to a chicken, and sack races. Xtreme Teen Rodeo gives those young people 12 to 19 the opportunity to try out many animal-oriented events including the Ultimate Steer Toss, Tractor Tire Relay and the Piggy Back Hustle. People can register for their children and teens in person starting at 7:30 a.m. March 16 at the Equestrian Centre. Friends of Horseshoe Park, the orga-

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new products, but after more than a decade, the show continues to have a similar message of female empowerment. Since Tupperware’s inception, parties have been a way for women to gain financial independence. Longate said the show has retained its interactive, campy tone. Audiences often are invited onstage to play games and help with demos. “Because every show is a little bit different, because there’s always different people in the audience, and they are always participating with me, every show is different for me, and it keeps me entertained. I don’t feel like I’m ever doing the same show twice,” Longate said. Longate hopes to make Tupperware fun and relevant for her audiences. “The whole point of the Tupperware party was it was always a party, even back in the days when your grandma was doing it. So, my goal is to keep the party element going,” Longate said. Longate packs her Tupperware with her when she travels, often putting cosmetics and toiletries in the storage containers. She has a few favorite items of her own from Tupperware’s collection. “I have my Jell-o-shot caddy, for taking Jell-o shots to church. That way, you can

nization that helps host Roots N’ Boots along with the Town of Queen Creek, is in its ninth year as a nonprofit. “Our goal is to support and help benefit the Horseshoe Park,” Robertson said. “It’s a unique facility. It’s attracting equestrian events from all over the country. We want to bring people to the park to see how it benefits them.” Friends of Horseshoe Park also provides volunteer help for Horseshoe Park and Equestrian Centre events and continuous upkeep and promotes Queen Creek’s rural heritage. The organization aims to host inexpensive, family equestrian events from which it can gather revenue to invest money back into the park. Friends of Horseshoe Park generates revenue through donations, special sales, merchandise sales and hosting the activities at Horseshoe Park. Banner Ironwood Medical Center is the major sponsor for the Roots N’ Boots Queen Creek. Carnival rides will cost $2 on March 15 and people can buy a $25, unlimited rides wristband for March 16. Wristbands for March 16 will be valid from noon to 6 p.m. Guests can buy wristbands on-site during Roots N’ Boots. The carnival ticket presale ends on March 15. Information: rootsnboots.org serve it not to just yourself and the reverend, but you can serve them to everybody, which just makes the service go so much faster,” Longate said. “I have a wine opener from Tupperware that is so good. I keep two of them. I’ve got one in my kitchen and I’ve got one in my glove box, so that when I’m driving, I just reach into my stash of wine in the back and I can open something up with one hand. Before that red light turns to green at the intersection, I’m drinking and having myself some nice refreshments,” Longate said. Longate is protective of her Tupperware, writing her name on the bottom of her containers when she takes a dish to pass at church. “You can enjoy my ambrosia salad, but don’t touch my Tupperware. Don’t take it home because Jesus is watching and I will find you and set your trailer on fire because I want to make sure to get my Tupperware back.”

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