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Mesa land auction rekindles a stormy past

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tranquil desert wash meanders through a 132-acre property Mesa owns at Thomas and Recker roads where a pleasant walk on an undulating trail offers a close-up view of several saguaros as Red Mountain looms on the horizon.

But behind this rare, expansive, beautiful property is a stormy history that includes two failed attempts to build housing and one failed attempt to build a park, fears of industrial development near toney Red Mountain Ranch, and a development company’s attempt to influence an election.

On Thursday, the city will put up for auction that huge parcel – adding a new chapter to that stormy history.

Critics question why there were no public hearings before the Mesa City Council decided to auction it after the city paid $4 million in 1998 and reserved it for a regional park.

They also question whether the lure of a bid of $15 million or more is motivating Mesa to reopen a pandora’s box that seemingly was sealed 20 years ago.

This undulating, pristine piece of desert at Recker and Thomas roads in Mesa is about to be put on the auction block for developers who might see the 132-acre parcel with its views of Red Mountain as a perfect site for homes. But the land, which the city purchased in the late 1990s for $4 million, also poses enough challenges with its topography and geological makeup that an appraiser dropped its estimated value by $10 million. (City of Mesa)

Mesa voters rejected a park bond issue twice in 2000 that included building sports fields on the property. Outside of a city lift station not included in the auction,

it has remained vacant and pristine ever since.

feeling of isolation that summer recess often brings.

“We know the time leading up to and after spring break can be especially stressful for teens,” said Michelle Moorhead, Teen Lifeline executive director. “Stressors can be anything from midterm exams to a break from friends which can leave teens feeling overwhelmed and alone.”

The challenges can loom so large in the minds of many teens that Teen Hotline volunteers will be bracing for a 10 percent spike in calls from some boys and girls who are troubled at best and depressed and even suicidal at worst.

That spike this year also is occurring at a time when suicide prevention advocates fear that the State House may kill a bill that would require all school personnel who deal with sixth- through 12th-graders get training in recognizing suicidal individuals and how to respond to them.

Against the backdrop of 38 teen suicides since July 2017 in the East Valley – mostly in Chandler, Gilbert, Mesa and Queen Creek – the bill won rare bipartisan support in the Senate earlier this month as it passed with the only

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s most East Valley students return this week from spring break, they also are starting a troubling period that generates a noticeable spike in calls to the suicide prevention teen hotline, experts warn.

Representatives of the Teen Lifeline last week issued a reminder for parents and other adults that the final eight weeks of the school year pose significant emotional challenges for many teens that range from upcoming performance exams to life after graduation to a

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proposed new senior housing development in East Mesa would bring affordable rents to east Mesa for residents who are at least 55 years old, while upgrading an area in need of revitalization.

With these goals in mind, the Mesa City Council recently committed $500,000 in federal housing funds to the Broadway and Hawes Senior Housing Development proposed by Dominium, a Minnesota developer that specializes in affordable housing.

The three-story development would have 237 units. The federal money allocated to Mesa, along with $21 million in federal tax credits allocated to the Arizona Department of Housing, would allow Dominium to obtain another $31 million in private financing needed to complete the housing development, said Liz Morales, Mesa’s housing and community development manager.

Dominium’s development would be the first senior housing financed in this manner in East Mesa, she said. What makes such projects so appealing is that the rent must be affordable for tenants earning no more than 60 percent of the area’s median income.

Mesa Mayor John Giles said the council has placed a priority on encouraging development of affordable senior housing in East Mesa.

“Because there is additional money to the development, we ask that you roll that back to the project,” Giles said. “This is an area that could use a $55 million construction project.”

He described the area as having some older mobile home parks and said it was in need of some redevelopment.

“I’m sure you will fill up very quickly,” Giles said.

Minnesota developer Dominium recently completed the rehabilitation of this senior housing complex in Tolleson. While the company has not yet unveiled its look for a seniors complex in east Mesa, it got enthusiastic support from Mesa officials recently, partly because it provides affordable housing for seniors and partly because it will help revitalize the area around Broadway and Hawes roads. (Special to the Tribune)

Councilmember Dave Luna said Mesa has made out well with the Encore senior housing project near downtown, but it is important not to cluster affordable senior housing in one part of town.

“I have been a proponent of placing them on the east side. There has been a lot of saturation on the west side of the city,” Luna said. “We need to begin with a good project. It’s a litmus test for them.”

Luna said he believes there is a need for more affordable senior housing, but not necessarily more assisted care facilities, which tend to put heavy strain on the Mesa Fire Department as residents encounter serious health problems.

Pete Nelson, a Dominium development associate, said the council’s commitment is vital to moving the project toward completion.

Nelson said the subsidized financing arrangement helps Dominium keep rents low, but the development will not offer assisted living.

Nelson told the council that Dominium plans to include a private van service that would take residents to supermarkets and to other appointments. A similar arrangement is used at the company’s properties in Minnesota.

If the financing progresses as planned, Dominium would begin construction in East Mesa in August and the development would be finished by the end of 2020, Nelson said.

“It’s very strong demand in the pricing,” he said. “Across the country, we are seeing empty nesters who want to get into a smaller apartment.”

Dominium manages more than 30,000 apartments in 22 states. The company is based in the Twin Cities and advertises several of its new Minnesota properties on its website.

Nelson said that Dominium has six properties in Arizona and recently completed the rehabilitation of a senior housing complex in Tolleson.

Although the 25-acre project includes a sandy beach and inflatable play structures, it is aimed at a skill-based crowd, according to Rocky Brown, Parks and Recreation’s Business Operations manager.

Brown last week detailed the deal that the council signed in February with operators of The Strand @Gilbert for the Parks and Recreation Board.

The water park will sit on one of three parcels totaling 47 acres adjacent to

272-acre Gilbert Regional Park under construction at Queen Creek and Higley roads. Gilbert set the three parcels aside for the development of recreational amenities through public-private partnerships.

Staff worked 18 months behind closed doors negotiating with The Strand to bring the water park to Gilbert at no cost to the town, Brown said.

Planned EV water park will be one of a kind

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he East Valley could become home to a revolutionary attraction by next year.

It will be like no other in the country when a state-of-the-art water park opens in Gilbert in the summer of 2020 and people can surf a 10-foot-high wave and water skiers are pulled by an electric cable.

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Gilbert hosting 8th annual EV prayer breakfast TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

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he Town of Gilbert is hosting the eighth annual East Valley Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast this month.

The public can participate in what organizers call “a morning of inspiration, reflection and collaboration with business and community leaders.”

Faith leaders from across the East valley will lead participants in prayer, and featured speakers will share their personal stories of community leadership and involvement.

Speakers will include Roc Arnett, director of public affairs for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; Rev. Ozetta Kirby, pastor of Holy Trinity Community African Methodist Episcopal Church; Rabbi Mendy Deitsch, Pollack Chabad Center for Jewish Life; Imam Anas Hlayhel, of the

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two “no” votes cast by Mesa Sen. David Farnsworth and Gilbert Sen. Eddie Farnsworth.

While the bill is before two House committees – education and judiciary – Chandler state Rep. Jeff Weninger said, “I’m confident this will will reach the finish line.”

The Jem Foundation, created by the Gilbert parents of a 15-year-old boy who took his life in 2016, put out calls on social media to supporters, asking them to call lawmakers and urge the bill’s passage.

Meanwhile, Teen Lifeline volunteers ex-

Islamic Center of the East Valley; and Eric Jones, pastor of Evident Life Church.

The breakfast – 7:15-9 a.m. March 27 on the lawn of Gilbert Town Hall – aims to bring together people from local governments, businesses, nonprofit service agencies and the faith community “to focus on blessings for our military and first responders, families and youth, leaders, and those who are suffering,” organizers said.

This year’s theme is “Fabric of Hope” to represent “the many threads of our East Valley Region that are stitched together to provide a variety of faith-based human services that support and strengthen our communities,” according to organizers.

Tickets are $40 and there are sponsorship opportunities. Proceeds will support Winged Hoped, a nonprofit agency that counsels and helps heal victims of domestic violence. Tickets are available at evmpb.org. pect to be with the lives that suicide prevention training might be able to save.

Established in 1986, Teen Lifeline is accredited through the American Association of Suicidology. Trained, volunteer teen counselors last year answered more than 23,000 calls and 1,400 text messages from troubled kids their age or even younger. More than three quarters of those calls and texts originated in Maricopa County.

Lifeline Clinical Director Nikki Kontz said there are multiple reasons why those volunteers see an increase in calls as teens return to school from spring break.

Parents asked to follow SAFE program

Teen Lifeline urges urge parents to follow what Executive Director Michelle Moorhead terms their SAFE program – an acronym for four steps parents should take this time of year: • S. “Search the back of your teen’s school ID. If you have a child in middle school or high school, check the back of your student’s school ID to make sure it has the Teen Lifeline phone number. If you don’t see the hotline number listed, contact administrators at your child’s school now and ask to have it added.”

• A. “Ask about thoughts of suicide. If you are concerned about your child, it is important to ask them about thoughts of suicide. It is a common misconception that you can give someone the idea of suicide, if you ask about it. Openly asking the question gives your teen permission to talk about their feelings, including the emotions, frustrations or challenges they are going through.”

• F. “Form connections. Strong connections to family, friends and community support are a protective factor for teens. To help prevent teen suicide, form a stronger connection with a teen in your life today.

For example, send a text to ask how their day is going, plan something fun to do together, eat dinner together or ask about how things are going in their life.”

• E. “Encourage positive relationships. Many times, a teen’s friends help them feel supported and cared for. These friendships can come through school, sports teams, clubs, church groups and even social media. ...Think twice before cutting off all contact with friends or social media, which can actually increase risk. Instead opt for allowing some connection to continue but limit the time or duration.”

The hotline number is 602-284-8336 and is answer 24/7 every day. Teens can talk to or text trained teen

volunteers at that number from 3-9 p.m. daily.

“I look forward to your presence at this remarkable event that brings to light the very best of the human spirit and reminds us of the strength of our personal faith to do great things for one another,” said Gilbert Mayor Jenn Daniels.

The East Valley Mayors’ Prayer Breakfast is modeled after the National Prayer Breakfast, held annually in Washington D.C. since 1952.

In 2012, Hugh Hallman, former Tempe Mayor, and Jon McHatton, former chaplain to the Arizona Senate and founder of CARE INC, helped to launch the “For Our Cities” program, which connected the faith community and the City of Tempe. This led to the first Mayor Prayer breakfast.

“Serving Side By Side” is the motto of the organizing committee.

This year the committee is chaired

by Daniels with Joel Biggs as co-chair.

Members include: Ashley Silva and Sarah Watts, Gilbert Chamber; Linda Moeser and Kaitlyn Spencer, Central Christian Church; Al Bravo, City of Apache Junction; Candice Copple, City of Mesa; Torun Sadow, City of Queen Creek; Parrish Spisz, City of Tempe; Niki Tapia, City of Chandler; Fran Lowder, Just Serve; Also, Gina Benz, Even Stevens and Linda Moeser, For Our City Mesa; Cynthia Hardy, For Our City Chandler; Evelyn Oxner McKenzie, Even Stevens; Velvet Jones, Evident Life Church; Angela Willeford, Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community.

Representing the Town of Gilbert on the committee are Noelle Horten, Susan Moresco, Sylvia Alvidrez, Stephanie Torres, Annette Collins, Dina Aguilera, Jasmin Jones, Robin Van Kirk, Valerie Shaffer, Monica D’Ortenzia and Amy Arguilez.

“When you think of it, there’s a lot going on that’s on their mind. There’s a lot of things happening,” Kontz said.

In their immediate future, April brings performance and achievement testing as well as proms, and the academic and social pressures of those two events alone can seem overwhelming to some teens.

This also is the time when many seniors are getting the verdict on their applications to colleges and Most East Valey high school students’ ID badges now carry the Teen Lifeline number, 602-284-8336, which is answered around the clock. universities, and while the (Special to the Tribune) waiting can be excruciating for some, the letters and emails they the idea of a connection to others.” receive can bring devastating news.

It’s for this reason that Teen Lifeline ex“On top of that, you have finals coming ists, providing what Moorhead called a up and for some, graduation,” Kontz said. “connection to others, hope for the future, Regardless of whether they’ve been ac- access to services, and basic coping and cepted or rejected, the prospect of gradu- life skills” that “all help reduce risk and ation itself can lead to feelings of depres- ultimately prevent teen suicide.” sion as students look at an uncertain Many East Valley school districts – infuture in a new environment and an end cluding Mesa Public Schools, Tempe Union to the sense of security they might have and Chandler among them – have put the found in high school.

Teen Lifeline number on the backs of their And even if graduation is a year or more ID badges. away, the prospect of summer coming That also underscores why some legislasoon is a stressor for many. tors like Ahwatukee Sen. Sean Bowie and “Not every kid thinks summer is won- Sen. J.D. Mesnard of Chandler have been derful,” Kontz said. “For many, it’s a time strongly in support of the suicide prevenwhen they are separate from friends and tion training bill. supportive adults. For them, school is a Its importance was underscored at safe place.” a recent meeting of the Mesa Public Kontz said school can often provide Schools Governing Board when Jen“protective factors – the things that prosee SUICIDE page 9 tect all of us from making bad decisions,

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The agreement also requires The Strand to build 400 parking spots that will be shared with the town, pay a minimum annual lease payment of $253,191 and participate in an annual profit sharing that is anticipated to generate between $450,000 and $750,000 for Gilbert.

In response to board member Matthew Roberts’ questions, Brown said the project will have no impact on the town’s water supply and that The Strand will need to bring its own.

Department Director Robert Carmona said the park will use 158-acre-feet of water a year – the same usage as a resort pool and less than half the 400 acre feet of water used annually by a golf course.

Roberts also asked what the price of admission will be at the year-round facility.

The pricing is not public yet, but there will be a diverse structure that includes a daily rate and a membership rate, Brown said. Under the 50-year deal, Gilbert residents get a 10 percent discount.

Board member Barbara Guy voiced concerns the facility might be “kind of spendy” for the average family.

She also asked if the water park fills the public’s need.

Guy said when the town planned the regional park, some of the amenities the

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public wanted to see was diving, and she asked if the water park’s offerings fall in line with what the public wanted.

Carmona said the regional park’s master plan included an aquatics center, which would cost $20 million to build and $2 million a year to operate.

“We don’t have a funding source for the aquatics component in the master plan right now,” he said.

Vice Mayor Eddie Cook said the $100 million regional park is being built in three phases.

The first phase will be funded with system development fees, phase two with proceeds from the auction last year of two sizeable chunks of land the town purchased years ago from farmer Bernard Zinke. Funding for phase 3 has not yet been identified.

Cook, the council liaison to the board, explained that when the town went out with a request for proposal in 2017, The Strand was one of three companies that came forward with proposals.

He said the council majority in executive session picked The Strand – which he said is not exactly what was called for in a needs assessment but represented a compromise.

Cook said another option for that parcel was a large private business with

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membership fees for use of its pools, but the company didn’t want to lease the land from the Town.

Carmona said the developer is still working on the water park’s master plan and once that was completed, it will be presented to the board.

He said the water park will be surrounded by a fence and will be designed so it looks like it’s part of the park.

The first 30 acres of the regional park is broken into phase 1 and phase 1B. Phase 1 is expected to open in September and will include amenities such as the longest slide in Arizona and a 6,000-square-foot splash pad with 55 water features, Carmona said.

Once that phase opens, the town will immediately begin work on phase 1B, which includes pickleball and tennis courts, a lake, amphitheater and a great lawn.

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City Manager Chris Brady proposed the auction, saying the site has never made a short list of planned park projects, that voters just approved a significant bond issue for other park projects and that it comprises a valuable unused asset.

Former Mesa City Manager Mike Hutchinson remembers how buying the property seemed like a smart move in 1998.

It was “a two for one” deal that reserved land for park development, while also quieting fears among Red Mountain Ranch residents about potential industrial development west of Recker, he recalls.

“In the 1996 election, Del Webb was saying, we want to put homes next to you, otherwise they will put factories in there,” said former longtime City Council member Dennis Kavanaugh, who opposes the auction. “The campaign ads were ‘Families, Not Factories.’”

The ads played off Mesa’s desire at the time to save land west of Recker and Thomas for industrial development to create jobs, with Talley Industries to the north and a commerce park located to the west.

Red Mountain Ranch West never happened – but neither did the park.

A 1998 memo from another former longtime Mesa city manager, C.K. Luster, said the southern half of the property has a more level topography suitable for sports fields, while the northern portion has “several pronounced washes, and more significant desert landscaping including large specimen cactus and trees” more appropriate for trails.

Luster’s solution was to have the city buy the property.

“Any way you would have developed it, it would have upset people,” Kavanaugh said. “We made everybody happy” by purchasing the property.

By auctioning the property, “it’s breaking a promise to Mesa voters and it has the potential of opening pandora’s box,” he said. “The public policy issue remains the same as 20 years ago.”

But Mesa Mayor John Giles said he does not view the issue as a choice between saving the property for a park someday or selling it for residential development.

Councilmember Dave Luna, whose district includes the land, said the cost estimate for a park is $15-30 million and that at least $4 million from a sale would be ploughed back into park projects in the area.

Verl Farnsworth, a Red Mountain Ranch resident whom Luna defeated in last year’s council election, has proposed just leaving the property in its natural state.

This aerial view outlines in red the land that Mesa will try to auction on Thursday as well as its proximity to Red Mountain Ranch. Not visible is Falcon Field, from and to which planes file over parts of the property, creating a possible nuisance for owners of any new homes that might be built there. (City of Mesa)

Giles said he thinks it’s possible to make everyone happy through careful planning that would include a minor General Plan amendment.

The council could sell the land for about $16 million and devote $4 million from that sale into developing hiking and bicycle trails oriented toward the wash and the natural vegetation, he said.

“My goal is to have a win-win situation where we preserve the desert in a more responsible way,” Giles said. “If we improve it so hiking and biking trails are woven into the neighborhood, then more people will enjoy it.”

Giles and Luna stress that the council is under no obligation to accept any bids from the March 21 auction, and can reject any plan that would not measure up to the high standard envisioned.

The property was appraised by CBRE in August 2018 for $15.6 million – a re-

duction from the $25.5 million estimated only three months earlier.

The downgrade accounted for undevelopable acreage, including a 600-foot buffer to the north requested by defense contractor Talley Industries to head off anticipated noise complaints.

Potential bidders at a pre-auction conference alluded to “huge chunks” of land where it would not be possible to build.

A geotechnical evaluation revealed another obstacle: bedrock at shallow depths, resulting in “much higher than typical costs associated with installation of water and sewer lines.”

The council’s decision to even put the land up for auction stunned some people, who believe that selling the land would be short-sighted.

“What is probably most disappointing to me is the lack of transparency on a major policy change as this. I cannot un-

Even though Mesa voters twice rejected bond issues that would have turned the land into a park, nearby residents still find it a convenient place for a hike. (City of Mesa)

derstand why the City did not hold public meetings in the area to get input from the residents,’’ Greg Marek, chairman of the Mesa Historical Advisory Board, wrote Giles, adding: “I sincerely hope that before any bids are accepted, the City conduct public meetings in the area to get the input from residents. Once this land is sold, there is no way to replace it. Quality cities have long range visions to add quality amenities and keep these visions.”

Giles has compared his vision for the property as similar to Las Sendas, the city’s premiere development located a mile east. While the property up for auction has a rolling topography, it lacks the dramatic elevation changes of Las Sendas.

No matter the standard – expected to be a density of about two to three units per acre – there is yet another thorny issue on the property beyond the spines on the cactuses dotting the landscape.

For decades, the property has been a welcome expanse of open space below an air corridor that leads from Falcon Field to U.S 60, where pilots can fly over the Superstition Freeway.

The Villas at Red Mountain, a nearby 110-lot residential development proposed in 2017 south of Thomas Road, and west of Recker Road, was rejected by the city because it wanted commercial development along the Loop 202, Giles said.

But the proposal also was opposed by Corrine Nystrom, Mesa’s airport director, and Bill Jabjiniak, the city’s economic development director, on grounds that it violated the city’s long-term goals in two different ways.

Nystrom wrote that the Falcon Field Sub Area Plan called for commercial development in the air corridor and that there have been numerous noise complaints from residents who live in the area.

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Jabjiniak cited the need to reserve that area near the Loop 202 for job creation.

Luna acknowledged the airspace issue, saying that anyone who would buy a house built on the auction property would be required to sign a “navigation easement.’’ That same document has been required of new homeowners in Red Mountain Ranch for years.

Roger Carlin, a retired manager of flight operations for Hughes Helicopter, McDonnell Douglas and Boeing with decades of experience, told the council that auctioning off land west of Recker for residential development would be a mistake.

“Do you want to protect the airport or don’t you?” Carlin said. “We have been following the letter of agreement for 30 years. You are going to break that.”

He said encroachment of residential development is a constant threat to aviation, and that the aviation industry came to Mesa after getting run out of two airports in California.

“We’re going to have a ton of noise complaints,” Carlin said, and potential safety issues.

Giles said he needs no refresher course on having rooftops too close to airports and that Falcon Field is worth way more to Mesa than the $15 million from the land auction.

“There are ways to develop this property that are compatible with the airport,” Giles said. “We’ll get $16 million to figure this out.”

He said the city has no ulterior motive for selling the property.

“We’d love to pay off some bond debt early,” Giles said. “I am trying to be fiscally responsible.”

Police break down door, remove sick 2-year-old

BY JIM WALSH Tribune Staff Writer

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handler police served an emergency court order recently and forcibly removed a sick child with a fever from his home after a mother refused to follow a doctor’s orders.

When the parents refused to take the 2-year-old boy, who was suffering from a 105-degree fever, to the hospital, police rammed the front door and instead found three children exhibiting symptoms of illness inside the dirty house.

One child was admitted to Banner Cardon Children’s Hospital while two others were taken there for evaluation after a little girl told an officer that her stomach hurt and she had vomited in bed.

Brooks Bryce, identified in police reports as the father, told police that the mother, Sarah Beck, decided not to take the little boy to the hospital as instructed

by Dr. Jaclyn Bain because his fever broke and it was no longer necessary.

Bain had insisted that Beck take the little boy to the hospital as soon as possible on Feb. 25, telling her that he was exhibiting signs of a potentially life-threatening illness.

Bain told police that Beck called her back, said the boy’s fever was down and that she was afraid she would get in trouble if she took him to the hospital because he was not immunized, the police report said.

The doctor told Beck she would not get in trouble and that her son needed to go to the hospital immediately, according to police reports.

After Bain learned that Beck and the boy had never shown up at the hospital, she contacted DCS, which obtained a court order to take temporary custody of the boy.

DCS served court orders on the other two children, both girls 4 and 6 years old, when police discovered signs that they were ill, including the discovery of vomit on a mattress.

Bryce told a Phoenix television reporter that he saw no threat to the little boy’s health after his fever dropped and that he and his wife decided there was no reason to take him to the hospital.

“Like we’re holding our kids hostage or they are deathly ill or barely alive. He was perfectly fine. He was in my arms sleeping,’’ Bryce told the television reporter.

His wife told the reporter that the doctor was concerned the boy might have meningitis.

Sgt. Dan Mejia, a Chandler police spokesman, said the parents were not arrested and the case remains under investigation.

He said police eventually will submit a report to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office for evaluation of whether the parents committed any crimes.

A DCS spokesman did not return calls and emails seeking comment.

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Grantham’s lower-wage bill derailed at least for now

BY HOWARD FISCHER Capitol Media Services

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egislation to let employers pay some young workers less than the minimum wage hit a roadblock Thursday amid questions of whether it will discourage people from going to school.

Rep. Travis Grantham, R-Gilbert, was forced to withdraw his HB 2523 from consideration by the Senate Commerce Committee after one Republican balked at supporting the measure as already approved by the House.

Sen. Tyler Pace, R-Mesa, said he worries that the bill sends the wrong message about education and that he wants to be sure that companies don’t replace their minimum-wage workers with those who, under HB 2523, could legally be hired for less.

Pace’s vote is crucial.

All three Democrats on the eightmember panel were expected to vote against the measure. Without Pace, the bill would die on a 4-4 vote.

But Pace told Capitol Media Services Thursday he’s going to meet with Grantham to see if his concerns can be

addressed and he can support the measure.

The legislation creates an exemption to the 2016 voter-approved law which boosted the state minimum wage from $8.05 an hour at that time to $11 now. It will increase automatically to $12 in 2020, with future increases tied to inflation.

Grantham wants to allow employers to pay the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour for full-time students who are younger than 22 and work no more than 20 hours a week.

Grantham, backed by business lobbyists, said the minimum wage increase has meant that many companies can no longer afford to hire young people to do basic tasks. He argued that permitting employers to pay something below the state-mandated minimum will help create employment opportunities for students.

“A lot of them can’t get jobs because the lowest-paying jobs went away because people can’t afford to pay somebody $15 an hour to bag groceries,” he said.

Pace, however, said he sees flaws in all that.

“We don’t want businesses to use this as a way to unemploy people who are

employed at a certain rate,” he said, replacing $11-an-hour workers with those who can legally be hired for $7.25.

But that’s just part of his concern. The real problem, Pace said, is linking a lower minimum wage to being a full-time student.

“The bill, the way it’s written, would say, ‘We’ll pay you more if you don’t go to school,” Pace said. “To me, that appears an incentive to not go to school.”

He suggested flipping the bill – providing for a sub-minimum wage for those who are not in school – might send a more desirable message.

“The governor and both chambers (of the legislature) are working heavy on making sure that we educate and incentivize kids to go through the process of education to improve their outcomes to be able to provide for their families in jobs that would be above minimum wage,” Pace said. “I want to be sure that, at least for me, that anything I support doesn’t de-incentivize kids to go to school.”

Grantham does not dispute that his legislation allows one rate of pay for part-time workers who are full-time students and a higher rate for those who are not. But he said there’s no rational basis for Pace’s objections.

“I don’t know how one could think that, in order to make more money, someone’s then going to not go to school to make $2 to $3 more an hour, but they’re still going to work less than 20 hours a week,” he said. “If you do the math on 20 hours a week, and it’s only a $2 to $3-anhour difference, you’re talking about $40 to $60.”

Pace said he’s generally in favor of what Grantham said he is trying to do: reduce youth unemployment.

“How we do that?” he said. “That’s yet to be determined.”

Grantham defended targeting his legislation for a sub-minimum wage at fulltime students.

“Students are more like seasonal workers,” he said, including people who come here from all over the country and the world. And that, he said, puts them in a special class – one that he believes should not have to be paid the full votermandated minimum wage.

“I’m not concerned with capturing everybody,” Grantham said.

“I’m concerned with folks who come here for a small amount of time, on a temporary basis, and are looking for parttime work,” he said. “It’s that simple.”

Desert Ridge High principal to leave for new school TRIBUNE NEWS STAFF

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esert Ridge High School Principal Michael Deignan is leaving the Gilbert Public Schools facility in Mesa to take a position closer to home.

The Tempe Union High School Governing Board earlier this month hired Deignan as the new principal of Desert Vista High in Ahwatukee, where he lives.

Deignan, who has been at Desert Ridge for the last four years, has been principal of Akimel A-al Middle School in Ahwatukee and Cielo Elementary in Chandler.

“Mr. Deignan is extremely excited to once again serve the Desert Vista and Ahwatukee community,” Tempe Union Superintendent Kevin J. Mendivil said in an announcement.

“In 2009, Mr. Deignan and his family moved to Arizona from Wisconsin, where he was a middle school teacher and elementary school principal. As a resident of the Ahwatukee community, he served on the Desert Vista Site Council from 2012-2014.

“As principal of Desert Ridge, he has

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been described as a collaborative leader who works closely with staff, students and parents to develop a school community dedicated to academic excellence, increased student participation in athletics and activities, and a focus on social and emotional wellness,” Mendivil continued, adding: “His dedication to the success of his students over the years in his teaching and

leadership roles is truly inspiring and compelling. He will continue to be an integral part of the Ahwatukee community and now, a true asset to the students and family of Desert Vista.”

A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Deignan and his wife have two children.

He describes himself on Desert Ridge’s website as “a strong believer in creating a supremely positive overall school experience for students.

“This includes academic excellence, a high degree of student participation in activities, and responsible social development,” he said. “To do this, we must foster healthy relationships between students, staff, and parents/guardians in order to maximize the school experience.”

Deignan will assume the new position July 1 – the same day Tempe Union High School District will have a new assistant superintendent for district safety and student support.

Sean McDonald, the principal of Marcos deNiza High School the last five years, was approved to take the new position in the district’s leadership ranks.

The position may be the first of its kind in Arizona, and marks yet another acknowledgement by Tempe Union of the relationship between school safety and student support.

Students have appeared before the Tempe Union and other boards in the East Valley to pitch the need for more counselors and social workers and many of them have stressed that the mental and emotional health of students is as critical a factor to school safety as and physical safeguards at a school building.

McDonald’s position will also include overseeing athletics and activities as well as the district’s diversity and inclusion programs and initiatives.

McDonald told the board that he and other parents “send our kids every day to schools and we expect them to be safe physically, socially, emotionally, and we’re going to do our very best in order to continue to do that.”

“I love doing what is best for students,” he added. “I just want to continually set the standard for what we’re going to do here.”

THE SUNDAY EAST VALLEY TRIBUNE | MARCH 17, 2019

Parents question Chandler schools’ equity effort

BY KAYLA RUTLEDGE Tribune Staff Writer

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handler Unified School District’s ongoing pursuit of impartiality in the classroom with the hope of closing achievement and other gaps among students has left some parents concerned about what is being taught in school.

According to CUSD’s website, the goal of the “Deep Equity initiative” is to shift practices throughout the school system in order to “see students as individuals – including their race, language, gender, sexual orientation, and their various abilities,” with the intent of providing challenging content for students and employing culturally responsive teaching.

But the district’s creation of the Equity Advisory Board, a group that works to promote fairness in the classroom, has raised concerns for some parents.

At a recent meeting of the board, Marko Trickovic said promoting deep equity and perhaps making changes to curriculum made him feel uneasy because he feared certain ideologies could be pushed onto his children without his consent.

Trickovic said he believed CUSD’s deep equity program will be less about equal opportunity and more about favoring certain groups of students over others.

“As parents our number one concern when we send our children to school is, ‘Hey, if my son is going into his English class, he should be learning English’ … If you’re forcing any kind of opinion and doing anything different in that classroom, that’s when we have a major problem with it, and this is happening. It’s rampant, it’s happening everywhere,” Trickovic said.

“What we don’t want is an environment to be created where you think you’re helping one group and it leaves the other group behind,” he added.

Kate Tice, an Equity Advisory Board member and music teacher at San Marcos Elementary School, said the panel was created this year after student achievement data showed gaps that may require new teaching techniques to ensure all

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nifer Stewart told members about her 14-year-old son Braxton’s suicide not long after he began his freshman year at Red Mountain High School.

Braxton had been a “kind, happy and gifted young man with a bright future,” and shortly after beginning his freshman year at Red Mountain High School, “his grades began to drop, and he quit turn-

Chandler Unified has two groups working with Adama Sallu, who this school year began as the district's director of equity and inclusion. (File photo)

students were given equal learning opportunities.

Tice said the board’s mission is not to favor any group, but to create learning spaces that better incorporate all students by making small adjustments in discipline, classroom culture and school policy.

“Some students have different financial or socio-emotional needs than others, so when you look at that and the varying needs that all of the students have, we really are trying to create the best environment for them that suits all of their diverse needs,” Tice said.

She added that examining some seemingly insignificant tendencies can also lead to improvements in classroom equity – such as whether more boys are called on than girls, or which gender is being sent to the office for disciplinary reasons more often and why.

“We want to impact our achievement level in a positive way, and I think this is part of how we do that,” she said.

CUSD Superintendent Camille Casteel said she was “overwhelmed” with the undertaking of generating a higher education standard, yet she is “looking forward to the challenge.”

Casteel said the hiring of CUSD Director of Equity and Inclusion Adama Sallu and creation of the Equity Advisory Board and ing in his assignments several times.”

Stewart lamented the absence of training for school personnel and how during her son’s orientation “there was a lot of talk about schedules, dress codes, which I didn’t see enforced at all, and a multitude of forms to fill out in triplicate regarding home addresses and bus schedules, but not one mention of mental health, not one pamphlet or talk about suicide warning signs, the pressure of

the Equity Community Council were not a result of one specific event, but an attempt to address what has become a nationwide need to improve impartiality within the classroom.

The Equity Community Council provides input on “personal, institutional and instructional changes that will address systemic factors that impede excellence for all students,” according to the district.

The council is composed of staff members, parent groups, community groups and faith-based organizations.

The Equity Advisory Board is made up of parents, CUSD teachers, support staff and administrators who work with Sallu.

The district notes that the board’s focus is on developing avenues to “positive outcomes for all students, but more specifically, students from historically marginalized groups.”

While there is not yet a strategic plan in place to overhaul the system for the sake of deep equity, the parents who addressed the board expressed concern that a plan could affect curriculum.

Among the people who spoke was Forest Moriarty, who founded Purple for Parents, a group of parents with the vested interest in giving parents a voice in public education.

He voiced agreement with Trickovic, and added that the district’s encouragement of deep equity could have the opposite of its intended effect by creating a larger divide among student groups.

Moriarty’s concern stems from a recent incident at Perry High School March 1, when students were asked to put a “Make America Great Again” banner away during one of the school’s spirit days because it was upsetting other students.

The episode put a national spotlight on an ongoing Arizona debate of how far the First Amendment’s reach should be in public education, and prompted Republican state lawmakers to ask Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich to investigate the actions taken by high school officials.

Moriarty and other community members believe that asking students to put signs away in support of President Trump

transitioning to high school and college prep or how to handle bullying.”

“I don’t need a tutorial on researching my child’s grades if my child is dead,” she said.

Last week, a 13-year-old girl posted a Facebook message relating to the Feb. 1 suicide by a senior at Mountain View High School.

“I feel like Mesa is really struggling,” she wrote. “A girl has recently taken

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was a violation of the students’ right to free speech. Moriarty added lack of administrative support on the student’s behalf could be a contributing factor towards what he described as a “hostile” learning environment in public schools.

Stating he was curious about “what it is that they’re teaching, what curriculums they’re pushing, and why it’s creating these types of environments in schools that seem to be hostile to certain groups of people,” Moriarty said he was “suspicious” that the Equity Advisory Board “is basically left-leaning to the point where it becomes a political thing and not just, ‘Hey, let’s be nice to everybody.’ It’s more about promoting a leftist ideology.”

The Purple for Parents founder said that as a taxpayer he and other parents should have a say in public education rather than blindly following an “institutional bias that’s being permeated from the top down.”

Tice said there seems to be a miscommunication with not just the mission of the equity board, but the timeline the group is working on.

She said the current status of any changes depends on when the panel has a clear idea of what areas need improvement.

She also noted that the panel must gather community input to identify which positive-teaching methods and school procedures are resonating with students.

“I think perhaps there’s an understanding that we’re further in the process than we are at this point,” Tice said, “we’re really just working on figuring out where we are in this moment in the district.”

Although the next Equity Community Council won’t meet again until May 2, Tice, Moriarty and Trickovic are encouraging community stakeholders, parents, teachers and staff to attend the meeting and ensure their voice is heard while raising questions and concerns.

“We need to be out there, we need to be engaged, paying attention to what’s going on, listening in on what’s happening and voicing our concerns when it’s needed or embracing something if it’s great,” Moriarty said. her life and she thought it would affect no one. It affected everyone, people she didn’t even know.”

Tragedies like these are why Teen Lifeline is alerting parents, said Moorhead, explaining that “it takes the entire community to help our most vulnerable teens. It is important to know the things that put your teen at risk as well as the things that will protect them from the risk of suicide.”

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Westwood High students present Holocaust tragedy

BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

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estwood High School’s student theater is set to put on a Holocaust-themed tragedy that challenges both the crew and audience to rethink the persecution of Jews and other minorities of Europe decades ago.

“Letters to Sala,” written by Arlene Hutton, is based on Ann Kirschner’s book “Sala’s Gift,” which details letters written

by Kirschner’s mother, Sala.

The letters cover her five years in labor camps throughout Poland, Germany and Czechoslovakia during the Holocaust, revealing the struggles inmates faced. “Letters to Sala” allows audiences to experience her stories, hidden for around fifty years, as Kirschner’s family discovers a heritage they did not know of.

Director and drama teacher Jeana Whitaker reads through a large stack of scripts before each semester, but “Letters to Sala” stood out when selecting

Westwood drama teacher Jeana Whitaker gives instructions to the crew of “Letters to Sala” at dress rehearsal.

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which production she would put on this spring.

She was moved to tears just two pages in, and the play seemed like a perfect match for her crew because of its unique retelling of stories heard many times.

“There are a lot of plays that show the death camps, and those are a really im-

portant part of the history, but this one is about what it was like at the labor camps.

It’s really well-written, and I think it kind of offers the kids a different perspective,” Whitaker said.

Though the play is a dramatization of Kirschner’s book, the subjects are real and many of the events are depicted accurately.

In order to further their knowledge of the play and stories within it, the cast made a Skype call to both Kirschner and Hutton.

The students asked questions regarding characters, events and everything else they could think of regarding the play and stories.

For hours after the call, Whitaker could not get her students to stop talking about the interaction, sensing a newfound respect for the people they were portraying.

“They can read all about it in books, but when you really get a chance to talk to them, it makes the people real. They asked about the characters’ quirks so they can make it even more accurate,” Whitaker said.

One student actress, Aviva Bergman, who plays Sala in the production, was Whitaker’s first pick to play the role.

Bergman, a senior who has been involved with theatre throughout high school, is one of very few Jews at West-

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Social media users trying to fetch lost Chandler dog

BY ERIC NEWMAN Tribune Staff Writer

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Chandler woman devastated by the loss of her senior wire fox terrier Feb. 14 found an international outpouring of support in her effort to find him.

Karen Furgeson is offering a $1,000 reward, no questions asked, for her dog, Buddy, whom she believes was stolen from her home on Valentine’s Day while she and her husband were at work.

She has looked extensively over security footage of her front yard provided by a neighbor, which showed that nobody was in her driveway and that her dog had not escaped from the front of the house. Buddy would have had to jump over a large wall in her backyard – something he had never done on his own.

Behind her house is a church, which does not have video for her to view of the parking lot adjacent to her yard. Thus, it is impossible for Furgeson to identify the potential thief.

“Somebody had to know when my hus-

reward she has put up to find the lost dog.

Furgeson said local police came to her house and she believes whoever took the dog had a financial motive.

A fellow wire fox terrier named King won Best in Show at the Westminster Dog Show in early The possible theft of Karen Furgeson’s aging wire fox terrier Buddy on Valentine’s February. Furgeson Day triggered international outrage and offers of support from other terrier owners said there is a peraround the world. Furgeson believes someone stole the dog from her backyard ceived high value when she was out. (Special to the Tribune) for Buddy because band and I were going to be out, so I’m of the national fame that the breed began thinking it has to be somebody that knows receiving. another person close to our house,” FurgeHowever, Buddy is hardly a show dog son said. anymore.

Hundreds of emails from around the At 14, he has trouble with sight and world offered moral support for Furgeson hearing and takes regular medication to and begged news media to report the theft prevent seizures, which could make him a in the hopes someone might see Buddy’s hard sell. photo. Many people also donated toward a “Now they’re sitting there with a dog

that they aren’t going to get money for, and they don’t know how to take care of if something happens to him. The $1,000 I’m offering is way more than they’re going to get anywhere else,” Furgeson said.

A friend created a “Bring Buddy Home – Reward Fund” GoFundMe page, aimed at raising the money for Buddy’s reward in the community. In just 14 days, the site had received 45 donations, totaling over $1,300, and Furgeson had to ask people to stop giving money.

“I had to tell people to stop giving money to it,” Furgeson said, “Now, I’m asking if people want to help that they share the social media posts and try to get the word out as much as possible.”

Furgeson also said she has hundreds of Facebook friends who own and appreciate the wire fox terrier breed. A Facebook group, “Bring Buddy Home,” with a picture of the dog had over 300 followers, and far more posts and shares. Furgeson also created a Twitter page with the same name.

All-in-all, she estimates over 10,000

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wood. She estimates there are less than five at the school, including herself.

Her family fled to the United States from Russia during the Holocaust, giving her a personal connection to the story.

“I’ve heard some of the stories, but actually acting them out on stage has just added to that. It’s a really big deal to me to be Jewish and get to be a part of telling this story,” Bergman said.

While the play can teach personal lessons to the cast and audience, it also holds value in instructing the students to become better actors, she said.

Many schools put on classic plays with humor and memorable songs, she added, but “Letters to Sala” challenges the teenagers to expand their horizons in a tragedy.

Whitaker said her students cast as Nazi soldiers or other villains had a difficult time being as nasty as the characters called for initially. Numerous tears were shed, both because of the sadness of the production and stress of practice, but the result has been something the entire crew can be proud of.

“I’d tell them, ‘No, you really need to be beating her, and you need to be yelling,’ and it took some time for them to really get it. But they’ve worked hard and are really starting to understand,” Whitaker said.

Though Westwood’s theatre seats several hundred, “Letters to Sala” will cap each show at 100 viewers. Each playgoer will sit directly on stage, with players mere feet away. The viewers will feel as if they are experiencing the show at the same time the cast is.

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people have seen her posts. The figure seems to be growing.

The SanTan Sun News also received numerous emails from concerned dog owners around the world. As of March 4, the newspaper’s inbox had messages from people in Texas, England and even Australia asking for updates on Buddy and advocating for his safe return home.

Because of the widespread social media campaign, and putting her cell phone number on fliers throughout the neighborhood and online, Furgeson has had sporadic negative experiences as well.

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Among those who will be able to experience the hardships of the Holocaust, for the first or 100th time, will be Bergman’s grandparents, the same ones who tell her stories of their own experiences.

“My family is coming out, and I know how much it means to them and to me.

I’m really excited to see them in the audience,” she said.

Tickets can be purchased for $7 at the door, but Westwood is offering a $5 presale at the school bookstore and online at westwoodtheatreaz.com. Shows may sell out, so Whitaker advocates purchasing seats early.

Shows run March 20-22 at 7 p.m. at Westwood High School in Mesa.

if she had a husband, and a Craigslist user tried to hack her post on the site and use it for “nefarious purposes.”

She said she will likely have to get a new phone number at the conclusion of the search, and is a bit confused at a few of the reactions, but for now is incredibly grateful for the way people have helped in her efforts to find her dog.

“That definitely was a bit weird, but for the most part the support has been overwhelming. I really appreciate the way people who love these dogs have helped me,” Furgeson said. “I just want Buddy back.”

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New owner sustains Brewer’s community focus

BY COTY DOLORES MIRANDA Tribune Contributor

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rewer’s Air Conditioning and Heating, well-known throughout the East Valley for its 37 years of customer service to residential and commercial clients, has a new owner – but one who’s no stranger to the industry or to Brewer’s.

Mark Ybarra, who grew up in Chandler and Gilbert, started in the heating, ventilation and air conditioning industry at age 18, shortly after graduating from Gilbert High School.

He was first employed with a small, family-owned business for eight years while earning his EPA universal HVAC certification from Central Arizona College.

He joined Brewer’s AC & Heating in 2002 while its founder, Jerry Brewer, still headed the company. The company was founded in Tempe in 1982, and it continues to be a family-owned and operated local business.

Ybarra – only the third owner of the company after taking the helm – speaks proudly of the wealth of Brewer’s history and steady growth, but the 43-year-old family man also looks to the future and the adjustments it will bring.

“We’ll certainly continue to offer the quality products and personal service that this business is built on, but there’s the new as well, including integrating technology,” Ybarra said. “We’re currently in the process of going paperless, so all our field techs are working off tablets which will no doubt help us become even more proficient in customer service.”

As Brewer’s new owner, Ybarra uses his extensive HVAC background and 18 years of company experience to be more in touch with his employees, both those in-office as well as the sales and service techs in the field.

He started at Brewer’s in April 2002 as a department manager, “learning more about the business every day,” and in 2008 took a sales position. Since then, he said, he has personally “over $20 million in company revenue selling door-to-door, mostly to residential customers.”

“What I learned and still value most in this business is getting to meet new

Mark Ybarra, right, shown here with employee Alex Jauregui, said he plans to honor Brewer’s legacy of service now that he owns the company. (Kimberly Carrillo/Staff Photographer)

people every day and helping them make an educated decision on what’s best for their homes in heating and air conditioning,” he said.

“Being that we live and work in such a hot, dusty state, most people here have some sort of indoor air quality issue or concern, and we have a broad range of proven products that work really well that we can offer to help with this problem.”

Ybarra and his wife, Mark K, have three children and will celebrate their 25th anniversary in October.

“She’s been an R.N. since 1998 and has always been by my side, though as an R.N., I honestly think she works harder than I do,” he laughed. “I do know for a fact she’s just as passionate about her career as I am about mine, and I’m proud of her for that.”

His office features numerous family photos. “We have three kids, and in 2018 was gifted with two healthy grandsons,” he said. “My oldest, Marissa, is an R.N.

in Chandler, and her husband, Alex Jauregui, is my operations manager here at Brewer’s, handling most of the office dayto-day business.”

“My middle son, Mario, is also a nurse in Chandler,” he added. “Mario grew up a cowboy, loving to ride horses and rope competing at jackpot roping events all over the state and winning buckles and saddles. And our youngest, Mark, Jr., 15, can rope and ride like his older brother, but a typical teen boy, prefers baseball and girls.”

Ybarra has always been an outdoors kind of guy – hunting, fishing, riding horses and roping, but finds he has less free time for those pastimes now that’s he’s the owner of the company.

And when he can carve out free time, he does so “enjoying being a new papa to two cool little grandsons” or working on his golf game.

“I grew up riding and roping but the last 13 years was focused more on teaching my sons the ability to rope, and I did

that. Maybe in a few years after the business has taken off, I’ll start competing again, but until then all business for me,” he said.

“Becoming the owner of Brewer’s Air Conditioning & Heating was no small task, and there were a lot of people that helped in one way or another to get it done, for which I’m grateful.

“As for myself, I knew buying the company was an opportunity that might come my way some day, so I was steadily trying to plan for it so I’d be ready.”

He admits one of his biggest challenges is finding new employees, retaining existing ones and offering continual training to both old and new.

“We’re lucky we’ve retained all but one employee, and have added four new since July, but for sure it’s the biggest challenge, and I imagine it’s that way for most companies,” he said.

Ybarra is well acquainted with the

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company’s penchant and passion for community involvement and charitable actions.

“The company has never boasted about how much we do, but I’m proud to announce this March we’ll be starting our 25th Habitat for Humanity Home,” he said.

“We do these homes with our valued equipment vendor, Trane, and donate all material, equipment and labor to complete the home’s new air conditioning system.”

Other charitable undertakings by Brewer’s include being a major sponsor of the annual Ahwatukee Foothills Chamber of Commerce Masters Golf Tournament for the past seven years, advertising with a half dozen area high schools to help fund football programs and individual endeavors like co-sponsoring a recent fundraiser that helped a young woman who had been injured in a horse accident.

“There are some companies who may do more than us, and we commend them for that, but we definitely try to always give back in the community and do our part to support those that support us,” Ybarra said.

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Former Ahwatukee chamber executive director Gina Jenkins said Brewer’s was a founding member of the Chamber, which celebrates 25 years this October.

She praised Ybarra, who has served on the board and is currently an honorary board member.

“Brewer’s Air Conditioning & Heating is continually giving back to the community,” said Joelle Green, chamber board member and chair for this year’s 22nd golf tournament this April 26. “They’ve been our Golf Tournament Eagle Sponsor for more years than I can remember, and we couldn’t do it without our dedicated business sponsors.”

Ybarra said moving forward under his leadership will mean the emphasis on community involvement continues to be paramount, as well as Brewer’s “personal approach.”

“The personal approach will continue to be the normal way we do business with all our customers. We are passionate about quality customer service,” he said. “We offer quality equipment and quality products, and that will never change, but quality over quantity is what this business was built on, and that is what we will continue to offer.”

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Anti-vaxxers swelling the ranks of stupidity

BY DAVID LEIBOWITZ Tribune Columnist

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ately there’s been a lot of talk about climate change as the most serious threat facing mankind. Respectfully, I disagree.

Climate change may indeed lay waste to civilization someday. But my money is on stupidity killing us first.

If that sounds mean-spirited, please understand that the past few weeks have been an epic stretch for those of us who track idiocy, which happens to be my principal form of entertainment. And while it’s easy to excuse stupidity because we all have brain lapses from time to time, some of us seem determined to push human ignorance to its absolute pinnacle.

Like the now-notorious selfie-taker known as Leanne, no last name, who came to fame on a recent sunny Saturday at the Wildlife World Zoo in Litch-

field Park.

Leanne is alleged to have leaned beyond or otherwise crossed a barrier in order to get closer to a female jaguar.

The jaguar did what annoyed jaguars do, swiping at Leanne through a fence, clawing her arm deeply enough to require multiple stitches.

“We have determined the jaguar was not at fault in any way,” a zoo spokesperson told a reporter for Channel 3. “The injuries were due to human error.”

Uh, I’ll say.

Seriously, if you can’t attend the zoo properly as an adult, how do you handle stuff like work or grocery shopping?

I typically ponder such existential questions while hiking Piestewa Peak, except I’m giving that particular trail a break now, after police arrested three men there last Monday. Their crime? Firing a 9mm handgun at a saguaro near the busy Hopi trailhead. While smoking weed. And babysitting a 1-year-old.

Terrorized hikers and residents called the cops. Officers found the Glock pistol in the baby’s car seat – beneath the baby.

The 29-year-old dad, Nicholas Forte, told police he was holding the toddler when a buddy handed him the gun, so he put the Glock in the baby seat, then sat the kid down on top of it.

This story makes me wonder why there isn’t an enhanced sentence for criminal stupidity, similar to how a “hate crimes” designation adds prison time for heinous offenders. We clearly need to up the ante, because stupid people are getting more dangerous daily.

Like the anti-vaxxers.

Leanne risked only her own life. The Saguaro Shooters endangered a small child and some nearby hikers. Anti-vaxxers endanger broad swaths of Arizona by refusing to vaccinate their children, despite decades of persuasive medical evidence and the urging of everyone from the Centers for Disease Control to the Surgeon Gen-

eral to Gov. Doug Ducey.

Mesa Rep. Kelly Townsend, head of the state Legislature’s Looney Tunes bloc, recently bashed vaccination requirements, opining, “The idea that we force someone to give up their liberty for the sake of the collective is not based on American values but rather, Communist.”

Townsend later doubled down on the crazy, comparing vaccinating children to ward off measles, mumps and rubella with … the Holocaust?

For Townsend, mandatory vaccines to protect public health – or, as she puts it, “government forcing you to inject a solution into your body that could very well damage you for life or even kill you” – is somehow akin to the Nazis tattooing prisoners with ID numbers at death camps.

“Your body is your own,” Townsend told reporters. I couldn’t agree more. As a rule, Americans stand free to use our bodies as we see fit. I just wish more of us would actually use our brains every now and again.

assistant principal. The assistant principal had ordered security officers to report to her any students with MAGA clothing or flags, which she deemed “disrespectful.”

Logan and her friends immediately gathered up their books and backpacks.

The official took pictures then followed them as they moved to leave campus.

He asked for Logan’s name. Again, she asked why – she was already doing what he’d asked her to do. He told her to come with him to speak with the vice principal.

Knowing she was in trouble, she called her mother, who told her she was coming and not to talk to anyone until she got there.

Within 10 minutes, Logan’s mother came in. The principal was in his office, his door closed. After several minutes, he emerged to announce that Logan was suspended for 10 days, and that the two should leave campus immediately. No discussion. No explanation, beyond that Logan hadn’t given her name when asked.

Clearly, that’s not why Logan is having to miss school this week. Out of the wide spectrum of student expressions of patriotism that day, hers was the one singled out as unacceptable.

The obvious inference is that she was suspended simply because she likes President Trump – and her administrators do not. She is being punished for not complying with their political preferences.

That’s a violation of the First Amendment. The Supreme Court has held that high school students “do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech and expression at the schoolhouse gates.”

Such expression can only be prohibited if it “materially and substantially” interferes with the operation of the school or infringes on the rights of others.

But more than that, it’s a case of school officials bullying the very people they’re charged with protecting, and undermining the most essential message a school can teach: that ideas are free. That different people look at the world differently … and peaceful disagreement is allowed.

That the essence of learning is conversation, and exploring ideas and trying to understand why other people believe as they do. That a healthy society thrives on those free conversations.

Logan’s experience echoes a growing number of cases nationwide where stu-

dent speech – and specifically, conservative student speech – is deemed too controversial to be allowed. She is one of an entire generation being immersed in the idea that the most important quality of citizenship is to never say or do or think or believe anything that might possibly offend someone else.

But by banning a certain group of ideas, administrators are creating the very monster they profess to be fighting. They’re not heading off controversy –they’re feeding it, teaching students that certain ideas are “disrespectful” and disruptive. They’re not encouraging tolerance and inviting healthy discussion. They’re creating “public enemies” and celebrating censorship.

After receiving a letter from Alliance Defending Freedom, Perry High School officials say Logan can return to school, but they refuse to remove the unjust suspension from her record. Sorry, but that’s just not good enough. These officials owe Logan an apology, a full exoneration – and a better education.

Perry High owes students an apology for censorship

BY TYSON LANGHOFER Guest Writer

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arning: If you’re a student at Perry High School in Gilbert, you‘d better agree with the principal’s politics – or else.

March 1 marked the end of “Spirit Week” at Perry High and was designated “Party in the USA” day. Students were encouraged to wear patriotic or USA-themed clothing. Logan Jones took that designation at face value: a day to celebrate what she loves about America.

One of the things she happens to love is Donald Trump. Nothing in the school’s promotional materials indicated that she couldn’t celebrate the president of her country. To her, that seemed patriotic.

So, she wore her red “Make America Great Again” shirt, and after school, she and a few of her friends went to one of the outdoor common areas of campus to take a few selfies before they went home. She broke out a MAGA flag for the pictures.

A school official appeared, ordering them to leave. Logan asked why. The official suggested she take that up with the

- Tyson Langhofer represents Perry High School student Logan Jones and is senior counsel with Alliance Defending Freedom and director of the ADF Center for Academic Freedom.

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BY ZACH ALVIRA Tribune Sports Editor

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n 27 years leading the Seton Catholic Prep girls basketball program, Karen Self has reached just about every milestone imaginable.

She holds the Arizona high school record for basketball championships, 10, and was a win away from her 11th this past season. The 2019 title game was Seton’s sixth straight. It marked the Lady Sentinels’ 25th consecutive region title.

The major milestone that Self has not reached – yet – is most wins. The Arizona record of 816 is held by her friend, former Highland High girls coach Miner Webster, who retired in 2018. Self, at 49 with 710 wins, is within reach.

“In the big scheme of things, sure, I suppose it’s something that is out there,” Self said. “What’s more on my mind is the future of our program.”

It is bettering the lives of her players that means the most to her, she said.

Seton is saluting Self, who has made Arizona sports history with her accomplishments, during Women’s History Month.

Self was a year removed from Arizona State University when she was hired. She didn’t know anything about the school.

She found out from a friend that Seton needed a girls basketball coach.

Seton was not having much luck attracting top-notch candidates. Self applied.

“I think I was one of just two applicants, so I was lucky enough to get the job,” Self said. “I can’t imagine they would give a 23-year old this job now. I made a lot of mistakes but that’s how we learn. I have definitely grown up here in a similar way to the kids who grow up here.”

Self was recruited to play basketball at Arizona State as a freshman from upstate New York. The Sun Devils were the first to call, even before local colleges. She took an official visit to Tempe, recalling freezing temperature and snow as she left New York on that November day.

She was greeted by sunshine and 72 de-

Hall of Fame basketball coach Karen Self says her family and her relationships with her Seton Catholic players mean more to her than her accolades. (Rory Self photo)

grees upon arrival in Tempe.

“When I got here, they said they were sorry it was cold,” Self said. “I thought they were crazy. It felt amazing.”

Self studied business and economics at ASU but wasn’t sure that was the career path she wanted. Instead, she took an assistant coaching position at Endicott College, a Division III program near Boston.

She stayed six months and returned to Arizona when the season ended to be with her then-boyfriend and now husband, Rory. She was hired at Seton shortly after.

“I was so afraid of talking in a group setting that I couldn’t talk to the players unless I had a ball in my hand. It was like a security blanket,” Self said. “I was so

young and so much closer to the age of the players. The parents scared me to death.”

Before Self arrived, Seton’s girls program had three coaches in three years. With no seniors on the team in Self’s first season, she said her players didn’t care about wins or losses. They wanted continuity.

“The only question they had for me was if I would stay more than one year,” Self said. “It struck me: These kids just wanted someone to stay.”

The Lady Sentinels went 12-14 in her first season. The next year, they went 156. Seton had flipped a switch.

“The kids all bought in,” Self said. “A championship wasn’t on my radar initially.”

Yet the Lady Sentinels captured three state titles and lost just nine games in the next five years. In less than a decade, they were among the premier programs.

She is no stranger around the Seton Catholic campus.

Self helps coach track and field. She teaches economics, Advanced Placement Macroeconomics and a college-level math course. She tries to make it to all school events, including football games and plays.

Self’s players raise awareness and funds for causes. This year’s charity was Donate Life AZ, in honor of the late Tiffany TateEckes. Self and the team dedicated the season to Tate-Eckes, a Seton Catholic assistant coach who passed away in September after a lifetime of major health issues.

Self takes pride in seeing former players and students move on to do great things.

She attends their college basketball games when she can, and even some weddings.

“It’s amazing, I love to see them be successful and be happy in whatever they pursue,” Self said. “When you have a kid who is open to being molded and you are able to help them get to the next level and are a part of that process, you can’t help but want to follow them through their careers and lives.

"Honestly, it means the world to me when kids still reach out.”

Self has no regrets about devoting so much of her life to Seton. It’s all about making an impact on the students.

The players and her four children – including teenage triplets – are the reason she said she never will leave Seton.

“I will retire from Seton Catholic,” Self said. “I think we all have our own gifts and talents. For me, I think I am most wellsuited for high school basketball.”

She wants to go another 10 to 15 years.

“I want my players to look back at their high school career and realize they loved their experience, team and coaches,” Self said. “To me, it’s about the relationships they made. That’s most important to me.”

Karen Self’s major coaching accomplishments

• 10 state titles, most by any girls or boys prep basketball coach in Arizona.

• Career record of 710-144 (83 percent).

• Arizona High School Athletic Coaches Hall of Fame induction, 2017.

• Seton among four girls teams invited to the 2016 and 2017 Dick’s Sporting Goods High School Nationals in New York, televised live on ESPN. • National Federation of High Schools National Coach of the Year, 2017.

• The Spirit of Cotton Award, presented by the Phoenix Suns in memory of Coach Cotton Fitzsimmons, 2008.

Karen Self has reached every milestone except the state record for wins, 816, held by her friend, former Highland High girls coach Miner Webster. (Rory Self photo)

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rystal Reidy may have won her battle with breast cancer but for the Gilbert mother, it’s not over.

The 42-year-old has taken her new lease on life by supporting other moms who are fighting Stage 4 breast cancer with proceeds from her nonprofit Pink Sister Yard Sale.

“I just started having yard sales because I felt bad,” said Reidy, who’s lived in Gilbert for 25 years. “I was in remission and other women in stage 4 never get into remission. They are constantly battling it. So, when I realized that, it really spoke to me.”

She started off selling her stuff and then it was her friends’ stuff in bi-annual yard sales to raise money for cash grants given to women so they can pay an electric bill or buy food. Last year, the group raised $3,000.

Reidy is one of eight East Valley women who will tell their story of healing through helping at the annual S.T.A.R.S.: Survivors Tell A Real Story” event on March 24 in Scottsdale.

The event is sponsored by A2ndAct, which celebrates and supports women survivors of all cancers who use their newly realized gifts of life and experience to give back for the greater good. The nonprofit awards each woman $1,000 to grow their second acts.

Reidy was six months pregnant with her youngest child when her body began shutting down. She has a blended family that includes five children.

“I had lot of medical problems and they didn’t know quite why,” Reidy recalled. “My blood pressure was extremely high, which they thought it was pregnancy-related. My vital signs were very low, very weak.”

At 26 weeks into her pregnancy, she gave birth to her premature son, who went straight into an incubator. He is now 7.

Four months later, doctors finally diagnosed Reidy with breast cancer that was now in stage 3.

There was no history of cancer in her family and she never smoked, she said.

“The only risk factor I had was that I was in Iraq,” said Reidy, who was in the Army National Guard and was deployed from 2008-09. She retired Dec. 5, 2017 after 23

As the photo on the right shows, Crystal Reidy went through a rough period undergoing chemotherapy in five years ago. Now that she is a breast cancer survivor, she will tell her story on stage next Sunday in Scottsdale, along with seven other women who survived the dreaded disease. (Special to the Tribune)

years of service.

U.S. troops stationed overseas are filing claims for illnesses they say came from exposure to toxic smoke from open-air fire pits at military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Reidy’s treatment included 24 doses of chemotherapy drugs, radiation every day for six weeks and invasive surgery that took out 28 lymph nodes. She finished her treatment in May 2013.

“It wasn’t until the end I realized, oh, wait there is a lot of women with stage 4 who will never get off of the cycle of chemo, radiation and surgery. They don’t get to go on with their lives. Their lives go on but they have to constantly fight this beast.”

Elizabeth Ayers Cluff also has a story to tell.

The Gilbert resident was 37 when she was diagnosed in 2009 with breast cancer.

She went to her doctor complaining about pressure on her right breast whenever she put on a sports bra to go running.

Because she was not 40, her doctor sought authorization for her to get a mammogram.

A biopsy confirmed stage 3 breast cancer for the mom of three children all under 6 at the time. Treatment included a mastectomy, surgery to remove 21 lymph nodes, chemo and radiation.

Even more challenging was the nine surgeries to reconstruct her breast.

“I was over-radiated,” she said. “It burned a hole in my skin that went to the chest wall. My body rejected so much of the reconstruction.”

Her insurance would not cover the cost of a wig or a prosthetic breast because she

was going to have reconstruction surgery.

“So, I was left completely flat and concave in,” she said. “I put myself in that category of going without a lot of items and it affected me mentally and I had a hard time being out in public.”

But, she thought, how much harder it was for mothers with breast cancer who didn’t have the support of a husband or friends or even insurance like she had, she said. When she finished treatment and was better, she reached out to local retailers to see if they had any items to donate.

That request of “can you donate” landed her with so much product in 2015 that Ayers Cluff took her efforts to another level. She formed a nonprofit, set up a website and contacted American Cancer Society and oncology centers to refer women to Impact One. The nonprofit provides prosthesis, bras, wigs and post-surgical garments to women during breast cancer-treatment and recovery.

Ayers Cluff spent 10 years in remission until five months ago, when the 48-yearold began feeling unwell.

Her cancer had returned and was in the spine.

“This incredible group of women are doing some exceptional things in their 2nd Acts,” said Judy Pearson, founder of A2ndAct.org. “Their stories will serve as inspiration for anyone who has ever had a life challenge – and who hasn’t.”

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That’s what is so great about corned beef and cabbage: It’s easy! The spice packet comes with the corned beef brisket, you provide the cabbage, carrots and potatoes and a couple of hours later it’s time to eat.

Ingredients 1 (5 lb) Corned Beef Brisket (plus spice packet) 12 small Red Potatoes 6 Large Carrots 1 Green Cabbage Olive oil and vinegar for drizzling over vegetables, optional

Here, I’ve provided the five-ingredient version as well as the recipe that my family has used for decades!

It offers just a few more spices to give your brisket extra flavor. No luck-o-the-Irish needed here. Just a pot, brisket and veggies Directions: Boil the Brisket with the contents of the spice packet for several hours or until fork-tender. In another pot, steam the veggies until fork tender.

Slice the corned beef, surrounded with steamed veggies drizzled with olive oil and vinegar.

Jan’s Family Corned Beef and Cabbage (Serves 4) Ingredients: 3-4 lb. Corned Beef Brisket with spice packet 3 bay leaves 5-6 cloves 10 peppercorns, optional 3-4 cloves fresh garlic 1 large sweet yellow onion, quartered 1 large head green cabbage, quartered 6 large carrots peeled and cut into thirds 12 small red potatoes Olive Oil and vinegar for drizzle Salt and pepper to taste Mustard for spreading on corned beef, optional Directions: Remove spice packet from brisket. Place brisket in a large pot or Dutch oven.

Add contents of spice packet, bay leaves,

cloves, peppercorns, garlic and onion. Pour enough water in pot to cover the corned beef.

Cover and cook on medium high for several hours or until fork tender. (Corned Beef package should have cook time instructions as well.)

When corned beef is cooked, turn heat off and cover pot with lid. In another pot, add cabbage quarters, potatoes and carrots. Add 3-4 inches of water to steam veggies. Keep checking to make sure you have enough water in the pot.

Add more if needed. Cook vegetables until fork tender. The potatoes may take a few minutes longer to cook.)

Place corned beef, sliced against the grain, on a platter. Surround the corned beef with steamed vegetables. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and vinegar. Salt and pepper the vegetables as needed. Serve with mustard if desired.

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The Possibilities are Endless

HOME IMPROVEMENT & PAINTING Interior/Exterior Painting 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE Dunn Edwards Quality Paint Small Stucco/Drywall Repairs

We Are State Licensed and Reliable!

Free Estimates • Senior Discounts

480-338-4011

ROC#309706

East Valley PAINTERS Voted #1 Paint Interior & Exterior • Drywall Repair Light Carpentry • Power Washing • Textures Matched Popcorn Removal • Pool Deck Coatings Garage Floor Coatings • Color Consulting

10% OFF

We Beat Competitors Prices & Quality Free Estimates!

Home of the 10-Year Warranty!

480-688-4770

www.eastvalleypainters.com Family Owned & Operated Bonded/Insured • ROC#153131

Now Accepting all major credit cards

Medical Services/Equipment

Custom Design and Renovation turning old to new Custom Built-ins, BBQs, Firepits, Fireplaces, Water Features, Re-Designing Pools, Masonry, Lighting, Tile, Flagstone, Pavers, Culture Stone & Travertine, Synthetic Turf, Sprinkler/Drip, Irrigation Systems, Clean ups & Hauling

Call for a FREE consultation and Estimate To learn more about us, view our photo gallery at: ShadeTreeLandscapes.com

480-730-1074

Bonded/Insured/Licensed • ROC #225923

$

100 Off!

See store for details.

Arizona Mobility Scooters 9420 W. Bell Rd., #103, Sun City, AZ 85351

Mobility Scooter Center 3929 E. Main St., #33, Mesa, AZ 85205

480-250-3378 480-621-8170 www.arizonamobilityscooters.com

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Pool Service / Repair

Plumbing What we do… ☛ Never a service call fee

10 YEARS FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED LICENSED, BONDED, INSURED • ROC242432

SPECIAL! $30 OFF 480.888.0484

www.ezflowplumbingaz.com

POOL REPAIR

☛ Tank-less water

I CAN HELP!

heaters

Replacements

25 Years Experience • Dependable & Reliable

☛ Plumbing &

drain repairs Treatment

Free Estimates - Affordable Rates All Work Guaranteed

Not a licensed contractor.

Licensed/Bonded/Insured • ROC #236099

Publishing

affinityplumber@gmail.com

PHILLIPS ROOFING LLC Member of ABM

Licensed • Bonded • Insured

Your Ahwatukee Plumber & East Valley Neighbor

ROC 223367

Valleywide

CR 42 DUAL

623-873-1626

Anything Plumbing Same Day Service 24/7

Inside & Out Leaks

Bonded

Toilets

Insured

Faucets

Estimates Availabler

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

Disposals ACCREDITED BUSINESS

Pool Service / Repair

phillipsroofing.org phillipsroofing@msn.com

“Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising” - Mark Twain

Roofing

®

480-357-2463

Window Cleaning $100 - One Story $140 - Two Story

Includes in & out up to 30 Panes Sun Screens Cleaned $3 each Attention to detail and tidy in your home.

(480) 584-1643

Bonded & Insured

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

What it does require under A.R.S. §321 1 2 1 A 1 4 ( c ) www.azleg.gov/ars/32/01165.htm is that the advertising party, if not properly licensed as a contractor, disclose that fact on any form of advertising to the public by including the words "not a licensed contractor" in the advertisement.

Reference: http://www.azroc.gov/invest/licensed_by_la w.html

Tim KLINE Roofing, LLC www.timklineroofing.com

Professional service since 1995

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

TK

15-Year Workmanship Warranty on All Complete Roof Systems

APPEARANCE

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

The Most Detailed Roofer in the State

Roofs Done Right...The FIRST Time!

Window Cleaning

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

Not a licensed contractor

MORE CLASSIFIED ADS ONLINE! www.EastValleyTribune.com

NOT A LICENSED CONTRACTOR

NOTICE TO READERS:

Remodeling

®

480-245-7132

LLC

Water Heaters

Any Service

480-706-1453

Call Juan at

www.affinityplumbingaz.com

$35 off

David’s Clean-Up & Tree Service

COUNTS

Affinity Plumbing LLC 480-487-5541

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

480-720-3840

☛ Water We accept all major credit cards and PayPal • Financing Available ET01

Tree Trimming, Pruning & Removal Yard Clean-Up & Trash Removal

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

heaters

☛ Fixture

Tree Services

Roofing

Juan Hernandez Pavers • Concrete • Water Features • Sprinkler Repair

☛ Up-front pricing ☛ Tank water

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FREE Estim a and written te proposal

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

480.898.6465

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As a consumer, being aware of the law is for your protection.

You can check a business's ROC status at: http://www.azroc.gov/

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Plant Questitfill Call The Wh ow Sh Nursery Garden Sat 7-9 am KFYI 550AM n Su 7-9 am KTAR 1230FM

ARIZONA’S LARGEST GROWER DIRECT

NURSERY FOR FOUR GENERATIONS!

SPRING TREES! Now’s The Time to Plant & We’ll Do the Diggin’

HUGE GIANT

Mesquite • Oak • Pistachio Ash • Elm • Acacia

PLANTED & GUARANTEED

Mesquite • Thornless Mesquite Palo Verde • Acacia • Palobrea • Ironwood Sissoo • Oak • Ash • Elms & more

599

PLANTED & GUARANTEED

YOUR CHOICE

PALMS

Arizona’s Best Selection Grower-Direct From Our Farms

FROM

TOMATOES & PEPPERS

NOW $299 SHADE TREES Monster 48”

$ 299 499 -$

You’ll See The Difference As Soon As You Arrive!

• Best Plants In Town • Friendly, Knowledgeable Nurserymen • No Commissioned High-Pressure Sales People • Best Price In Town On Quality Trees!

BIG

TREES 24” BOX TREES 36”UPBOX TO 15’ TALL

$

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Box Trees 1000’s to Choose From

1500

$

From

Compare at $1000

UP TO 25’ TALL

119

ORCHARD SPECIAL

$

15 GAL.

Dates • Bismarkia California and Mexican Fan • Sycads • Blues And More!

• Ash • Elm • Mesquite • Palo Verde • Pistachio • Pines

PLANTED & GUARANTEED

BIG 5-6 Year Old • Many With Fruit!

Lemon • Lime Grapefruit • Oranges

Reg. $3.99-$4.99

Planted & Guaranteed • Compare at $3000+

CITRUS TREES Includes Dwarf Trees:

Price Good with Ad

Three 5-6 Year Old Trees

CASH & CARRY • Lemon • Lime • Tangerine • Tangelo • Oranges • Grapefruit and more!

399

$

WORTH THE DRIVE FROM ANYWHERE! VALLEYWIDE DELIVERY JUST $75!

MAIN TREE FARM • 602-268-9096

EAST VALLEY • 480-892-2712

2647 E. Southern Ave. (Phx)

Cooper (Stapley) & Guadalupe

NORTH PHOENIX/ SCOTTSDALE • 602-944-8479 824 E Glendale Ave. (Phx)

All offers limited to stock on hand. • No other discounts apply. • Not valid on previous sales. Multi trunk, jumbo size, and field dug trees slightly higher.

STORE HOURS: MON-SAT 8-5:30, SUN 10-4 • LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED • RESIDENTIAL - C-21 - 125878 • COMMERCIAL - A-21 - 125879

SALE ENDS 3/31/19

Price is good with ad only.